NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

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NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY TO JUNE 1975

The following list updates the Note in the Record for October 1975. It is in two main categories. The first group comprises original manuscripts which have been donated or purchased by the Library. The second group comprises copied material lent by individuals or purchased. Included are important collections on microfilm bought from holding institutions but excluding material copied by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau or as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.

A. ORIGINAL MATERIAL ALGIE, Colvin S., 1887-1916. Diary, 1914-1915. 1 v. Donation: Mr D. C. Algie, Auckland. Algie served as lieutenant in 6th Hauraki Regiment, N.Z.E.F., and died in France, July, 1916. Details of voyage, 1914, life in Egypt, particularly military camp duties, conditions and training. Account of landing at Gallipoli. Typescript.

BARTHOW, Frithjoe M. H. Writings, 1942-1943. 15 items. Donation: Mr F. M. H. Barthow, Auckland. Verses and accounts of incidents written while serving in the Pacific during World War II including information obtained from Japanese prisoners of war. BEAUCHAMP, Richard Ralph Papers, 1975. 2 items. Donation: Mr A. Fry, Wellington. Correspondence and published article A Family Affair or What became of Fred? re Katherine Mansfield’s uncle, George Frederick Beauchamp and his family.

BENNETT, Dr Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd, 1872-1960. Diary, 1916-1917. 7 v. Donation: Mrs I. MacPherson, Kaitaia. Record of service as medical officer both with New Zealand troops in Cairo and later with unit sent by the Scottish Women’s Hospital to Serbia and attached to the Third Royal Serbian Army. BIGGS, Reginald Newton, d. 1868. Letter, 6 November, 1868. 4 p. Purchase. To Arthur I uke from Poverty Bay. Describes changes in military leader-

ship and instructs Tuke to maintain pressure on the Maoris to prevent the war from spreading. Four days later Biggs and his family were killed by Hauhaus.

BLOXHAM, Ann C. Teacher’s Workbook, 1931-1932. 1 v. Donation: Mr W. J. H. Baillie, Wellington. Kept while teaching at Moonlight School, Otago, and describes times and topics of lessons.

BOULTBEE, John, 1799-1854. Journal of a rambler with a sketch of his life from 1817 to 1834, including a narrative of 3 years’ residence in New Zealand etc, [ca. 1836?]. 1 v. Indefinite loan: Rev. J. Boultbee, Dorset, and Dr P. Boultbee, Isle of Man. See note Journal of a Rambler on p. 18 for contents. Also An account of the family of Boultbee . . . , by Rev. Thomas Boultbee and others.

CARRINGTON Family. Papers, 1861-1967. 24 items. Donation: Mr T. Waddell, New Plymouth. Personal papers, correspondence, surveyor’s licences, land deed of Octavius Carrington, Provincial Surveyor, Taranaki; miscellaneous family papers, clippings and photographs, scrapbook.

CASTLES, Thomas. Reminiscences, 1975. 14 1. Donation: Mr T. Castles, Upper Takaka. Capture in Crete, 1 June 1941, and life as a prisoner of war Stalag VIII B, Germany with account of strike instigated by New Zealand prisoners of war. Photograph.

CHAMBERLAIN Family. Notebook. 1 v. Donation: Estate of Mrs V. C. M. Chamberlain, Auckland. Typescript notes on the Chamberlain family who arrived in Wellington on the ship London, 22 May 1842, and settled in Wellington and Wairarapa; prayers.

CHAMEROVZOW, Louis Alexis. Letter, 29 May 1852. 2 p. Purchase. Letter from Secretary of the Aborigines’ Protection Society, to Rev. Dr Venn, re the “new Bill relating to the Constitution for New Zealand”.

COLDICOTT, Claude Ernest Addison, d. 1962. Indenture of apprenticeship, 1899. 1 item. Donation: Broadwood, Northland. Indenture to serve John William Robinson, chemist and druggist, Parnell, as apprentice, 1899.

COLENSO, William, 1811-1899. Correspondence, 1845-1860. 178 items. Purchase. Mostly letters in Maori from various Maori writers re Church and other matters, laments. Access subject to sorting.

COTTRELL, Bernard V. Papers, 1916-1919. 6 ins. Donation: Mrs F. Cottrell, Whakatane. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers giving detailed accounts of service in N.Z.E.F. in France and Belgium, 1916-1919; postcards and photographs.

COVENTRY, Evangeline, d. 1963. Papers, 1920-1923. 2 inches. Donation: Mrs D. Jesson, Wellington. Seven letters from Horace Fildes, scrapbook and loose newspaper clippings largely relating to early Wellington.

CRUMP, Barry John, 1935Papers, 1959. 27 1. Donation: Mr A. Fry, Wellington. Fragment of MS of A good keen man, 1959; biographical details.

DE BRES, Pieter Hendrick. Two years Community Counselling Service, 1974?. 346 p. Donation: Mr P. H. de Bres, Christchurch. A review written after two years service as Director of the Community Counselling Service in Hastings. Background and establishment of organisation emphasising co-operation in casework, counsel groups and community work, training and education programmes etc. Restricted access.

DYE, Edward. Correspondence, 1912-1920. 8 items. Donation: Estate of W. R. McKay, Wellington. Letters to and from Harry Holland mainly to do with an invitation to visit New Zealand. Dye hoped that Holland would come to Waihi to help organise men into the miners’ union and support the Socialist Party.

ELLIOT, Archibald John, 1902-1974. Papers, ca. 2 ft. Donation: Mrs Archibald J. Elliot, Wellington. Papers of New Zealand circuit manager of J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd., comprising a large collection of letters from theatrical personalities, photographs and theatre programmes. Access subject to sorting.

ELLIS and Burnand Ltd. Minute books, 1903-1933. 3 v. Donation: Ellis and Burnand Ltd., Hamilton. Records of timber merchants and millers. Restricted access.

FUTTER, Frank Hall. Futter tree and historical notes [1975?]. 2 items. Donation: Mr F. H. Futter, Eastbourne. Records of descendants of James Futter, 1800-1873, who came to Wellington on Lady Nugent, 1841. He settled at Ngauranga and ran a hostelry there. Copies of photographs, newspaper clippings etc.

GAS Association of New Zealand. Records, 1910-1970. 25ft. Donation: Gas Association of New Zealand, Wellington. Includes correspondence, annual reports, minutes of meetings and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

GOODFELLOW, Sir William, 1880-1974. Biographical notes, 1973. 8 1. Donation: Mr T. G. Tyrer, Wellington. From records of New Zealand Dairy Exporter. Typescript.

GRAHAM, J. Fergus. Shakespeare’s pen. 89 1. Donation: Mr J. E. Burt, Christchurch. Essay supporting the thesis that Christopher Marlowe was the writer of Shakespeare’s plays etc. Typescript MS with emendations.

GREY, A. B. Poems, 1924. 35 items. Donation: Miss Cody, Masterton. Poetry written by A. B. Grey while a patient at Pukeora Sanitorium, Plawke’s Bay, 1924.

HADFIELD, Octavius, 1814-1904. Letters, 1848, 1863. 2 items. Donation: Mrs B. Macmorran, Wellington. Letter written by Archdeacon Henry Williams, 1792-1867, to “My very dear child Kate” (Hadfield) with family news; another to Te Harawira (Hadfield) at Poneke from Te Rauparaha, 12 June 1848, with pencil notes by Hadfield on morality.

HAMPSON, Martin H. Papers, 1889, 1940-1941. 3 ins. Donation: Mrs K. H. Hampson, Wellington. Official and personal correspondence of M. H. Hampson, Counsel for the Maori people, including his Note on the Memorial of the Maori People of New Zealand to the Privy Council, November 1940. Letter book of John Rogan, 1823?-1899, Judge of the Maori Land Court, and reminiscences, 1889.

HANDYSIDE, Henry. Report of survey of the Waiau-ua district, Province of Nelson [lß6l]. 1 v. Purchase: Mr Montague Handyside, England. Illustrated with 19 pencil drawings and a map of the area.

HARDING, William Guy, 1883Waltzing Matilda in a canvas canoe, 1963. 119 p. Donation: Mr W. G. Harding, Silverstream. Subtitled An old man’s recollections of a pioneering holiday. An account of a trip from Masterton down the Ruamahanga River to the coast, across Palliser Bay to Turakirae Head accompanied by his sons Eric and Peter. Foreword and final pages written by Peter Harding. Typescript.

HENDERSON, Monica L. Papers, 1860, 1915-1944. 35 items. Donation: Mrs E. M. Henderson, Lower Hutt. Letters from members of Laird family serving in Great War, 1915-1917; also from servicemen in World War II from the front and prison camps, 1940-1944. Material relating to Macgregor Laird, 1808-1860, shipowner, who took an active part in expedition to open up trade on the River Niger, 1832.

HOOPER, Richard Henry, 1868Papers, 1902-1936. 4 items. Donation: Miss C. Hooper, Wellington. Memo book, 1902-1933, containing financial and biographical information, monthly diary, 1923-1936, of longtime editor with the Depart-

ment of Agriculture; scrapbooks of MS, programmes etc. Hooper, a Fabian Socialist, was attached to High Commission in London, 19021909.

HORNIBROOK, Norcott de Bisson. Diary, 10 June 1944-28 February 1945. 1 v. Donation: Dr N. de B. Homibrook, Lower Hutt. Record of service before being wounded on Italian front.

HOWELL, John Christopher Mark, 1922Letters, 1940-1956. 127 items. Donation: Lt.Cdr. J. C. M. Howell, Wellington. Written to his parents during training as marine engineer, 1940-1942, and later service on Royal Navy vessels, in Indian waters and at Allied landing in Normandy, 6 June 1944, also in Scandinavia, 1945; postwar cruises including service at Aden during Suez crisis, September 1956. Sketch plan of Normandy landing.

HUGGINS, Herbert Augustus, 1867-1962. Papers. 3 ft. Donation: Mr C. R. Hancox, Wellington. Correspondence, ephemera and published material on astrology, funny money, election ephemera and a large collection of wartime newspaper clippings. Mr Huggins served in the Post and Telegraph Department, 1882-1923, and on Wellington City Council, 1925-1935. Access subject to sorting.

HUNT, Charity Ann, comp. Beard family record, 1973. 17 1. Donation: Mrs C. A. Hunt, Putararu. Descendants of James Beard, 1848-1903, and Ann Margaret Beard formerly Prince, 1852-1945. Cyclostyled material.

ILOTT, Sir John Moody Albert, 1884-1973. Papers, 1909-1971. 2 ft. Donation: Mr J. V. Ilott, Wellington. Financial records, cash books, papers etc. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

JEPSON, Cecil John, 1899Papers, 1852-1919. 17 items. Donation: Mr J. J. Jepson, Paraparaumu. Paybook, 1852-1864, and documents re pension etc of John Wright, 1834ca. 1913, who served in the Crimean War, in Malta and the West Indies before coming to New Zealand with the 57th Regiment in 1862. He was discharged in Wanganui, March 1864. Nominal Roll, Third New Zealand

Contingent for service in South Africa. Diaries, 1916-1919, address book, paybooks of C. J. Jepson who served with New Zealand Cycle Corps in Egypt, and France.

JOHN Brogden and Sons. Record of repayment of labourers’ promissory notes, 1873-1874. 5 1. Donation: Gordon Harcourt and Co., Wellington. Records of labourers employed on railway construction.

JONES, Edward George Thomas, 1939A brief account of my family in New Zealand. 58 1. Donation: Dr E. G. T. Jones, St. Louis, Missouri. Covers the life and experiences of writer’s family, 1824-1971, but mainly after the arrival of Jones family, Otago, and Riordan family, Taranaki, about 1870. James Riordan served with Armed Constabulary in Taranaki and later with the Police Force before becoming a carrier in Taihape, 1907. Jones family went to Upper Hutt by 1915. Mention of Dodinski, Goodwin, Fisher and other families. Notes on settlement of inland Taranaki, early Inglewood, maps etc.

JURISS, Maximilian, 1878-1960. Papers, 1883-1960. 6 inches. Donation: Mr H. C. Juriss, Wellington. Primarily records of service in Ist World War comprising scrapbook of correspondence, reports, documents etc., also currency used in prisoner of war camps, programmes, photographs etc. Served in France with the British Army from 1915 including battle at Vimy Ridge, May 1916, where he was captured. After the War he served with the Inter-allied Commission and the British Red Cross in command of Russian prisoner of war camp in Germany; unpublished autobiography Adventures of Swizz; one of the human moles of the 1914-1918 war. Second scrapbook records career and contains many family photographs. Decorations and medals.

KAURI Timber Company. Records, 1913-1951. 30ft. Donation: Fletcher Holdings Ltd., Auckland. Records of the New Zealand operations of the Melbourne based Kauri Timber Co.; mainly letterbooks and financial records.

LAIDLAW, H. Letter, 15 March 1871. 4 p. Donation: Mr C. A. Kenderdine, Wellington. Written to John Nye Read and sent on to James Read in New Zealand re the manufacture of cement.

LAING, Thomas Meek, ca. 1893-1959. Papers, 1917-1918. 15 items. Donation: Family of Mr T. M. Laing, Napier. Soldier’s diary, 1917 describing life aboard troopships on voyage to England, camp life near Aldershot; list of members of unit, 28th Field Artillery, ration cards, form letters, photographs etc. Manual for German mine thrower.

LAWLOR, Patrick Anthony, 1893Papers. 12 items. Donation: Mr P. A. Lawlor, Wellington. Where have all his books gone?, by Pat Lawlor describing the dispersal of his Library. Catalogues of manuscripts, books, pamphlets etc of New Zealand verse in the library and a bibliography of his collection of editions of The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. Letters from Keast Burke, 1956-1961.

LAWSON, Alan Wallace, 1892War records, 1914-1916. 2 v. Donation: Mrs A. W. Lawson, Auckland. Scrapbook compiled to cover service in Egypt and at Gallipoli with Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1914-1915. Letters, postcards, material re King’s College Old Boys reunions, Anzac Day service, 1916. Many clippings from Auckland newspapers and Auckland Weekly News. Photograph album covering Gallipoli campaign.

LIVERPOOL, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl, 1846-1907. Letters, 1863-1867. 83 items. Purchase. Letters give an account of his service on H.M.S. Curasao in New Zealand, Australia and the South Sea Islands. Include detailed accounts of the Waikato-Tauranga war, mining in Australia and his cruise in the Islands; with pen drawings and maps.

LONSDALE, Edward, d. 1881. Letters of administration of will, with copy of will attached, 30 August 1882. 2 p. Donation: Mr B. A. Carter, Essex. Lonsdale lived at Ponsonby, Auckland.

LUNT, W. Horoeka-Pukehinau Maku School District, 1953. 15 1. Donation: Mr R. J. Frame, Dannevirke. Outline of establishment of settlement in the district with considerable reference to personalities: newspaper clipping re 75th anniversary of the Horoeka School.

McLEOD, J. D. Diary, 1915-1917. 150 p. Donation: Mrs I. M. McLeod, Oamaru. Detailed accounts of voyage to Suez, fighting at Gallipoli, 1915; Suez and France, 1916; hospitalisation in England; photographs, clippings and medals.

MAIR, William Gilbert, 1832-1912. Letter, 8 August 1905. Purchase. Written to Robert Mair and refutes charge of a Maori uprising in Whangarei; discusses the political scene and Maori politics.

MANIAPOTO, Rewi Manga, ca. 1815-1894. Letter, 16 January 1879. Purchase. To the Marquis of Normanby. Farewell to the Governor and asking him to explain to Queen Victoria the troubles between Pakeha and Maori, to tell her that, “in her hands is the destiny of my people”.

MAORI Letters, 1858, 1861. 2 items. Purchase. Taitutui to Tamati Ngamoke at Te Whanga postmarked New Plymouth, 16 October 1858; Matiaha Mokai, Wairarapa, 22 October 1861 re religious matters and associated with A. S. Atkinson, waiata pencilled on verso.

MITCALFE, Barry, 1930Papers, 1870-1974. 2 ft. Donation: Mrs J. Mitcalfe, Tauranga. Correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous material relating to anti-war and nuclear testing activities. Turangi: the town that Uncle MOW built. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

MORRISON, John Craig, 1918-1944. Papers, 1940-1944. 61 items. Donation: Mr D. Morrison, Wellington. Mainly journal and letters describing his life on voyage from New Zealand, training in England, Trinidad and Scotland, 1940-1941, and his service in the Fleet Air Arm in Malta, 1941-1942. Letters written after his return to New Zealand where he served as a training officer and later in the Pacific.

MORTON, Alfred Bishop, 1883-1915. Diaries and papers, 1914-1918. 11 items. Donation: Mr E. L. Morton, Auckland. Journey to Egypt and service at Gallipoli where he was killed. Details of fighting, information from Turks, official papers and letters of condolence.

MUFF, Dudley R. Diary, 1942-1945. 57 p. Donation: Mr D. Muff, Christchurch. Written and illustrated for his niece during internment in Stalag 383. Lighthearted detailed accounts of daily life there; photograph of camp.

NATHAN Family. Book of registry of births, deaths and marriages in Auckland, New Zealand, 1843-1858. 12 p. Donation: Mr L. D. Nathan, Auckland. Kept by Charles Davis, Registrar; contains entries for Nathan, Asher, Davis, Keesing and other surnames. Photocopy.

NATIONAL Council of Women of New Zealand. Records, 1896-1973. 36 ft. Donation: National Council of Women. Records of internal administration of N.C.W. at a national level, its activities as pressure group, and of individual members who served on commissions etc: correspondence, reports, subject files, conference and National Executive material, financial records, publications. Also correspondence etc relating to affiliated Nationally Organised Societies; correspondence, annual reports and returns of N.C.W. branches. Records re affiliation with International Council of Women. Restricted access.

NELSON Province. Miscellaneous papers, 1857-1858. 9 1. Donation: Nelson Provincial Museum. Expenses re Nelson Provincial Building, notice of motion and order of the day, 8 April 1858 followed by minutes of meeting of Provincial Council, lists of sums due for passages of Immigrants to Nelson, 1857, including sureties, bonds signed in England. Typescript.

NEW ZEALAND. Ministry of Works. New Parliament buildings, Wellington: first portion. Schedule of quantities. Worthington and Co., printers, [1913]. 1 v. Indefinite loan: The Building Surveyors’ Institute, Wellington. Contains four tenders with detailed prices and quantities used in tender accepted. Newspaper clippings.

NEW ZEALAND. Railways Department. Dunedin Station. Rough notes on Gasmaking Works, 1919-1923. 1 v. Donation: Mr W. J. LI. Baillie, Wellington. Record of activities and occurrences kept by unidentified officer.

NEW ZEALAND Howard League for Penal Reform. Minute book, 1954-1974. 1 v. Donation: Mrs S. O’Halloran, Auckland. Minutes of the Dominion Executive and the Auckland Branch, on penal reform, abolition of the death penalty for certain crimes and other matters involving criminal justice.

NEW ZEALAND Overseas Women Warworkers Association. Minute books, 1925-1948. 2 v. Donation: Miss B. Basham, Wellington. Minutes recording annual meetings, activities on Anzac Day and organisation finances. The Association changed its name after World War II to the Ex Service Overseas Women’s Association.

NEW ZEALAND Red Cross Society. Wellington Centre. Records, 1922-1944. 19 v. Donation: New Zealand Red Cross Society (Wellington Centre) Inc., Wellington. Includes minutes of the executive board, finance committee and special committees as well as financial records and annual reports.

O’HALLORAN, G. S. Autobiography, 1860-1894. 132 p. Donation: Mrs S. O’Halloran, Auckland. The writer came to New Zealand from Victoria, 1861, and worked at gold-mining in Otago, hotel and store-keeping, driving and contracting in the Thames, Auckland and central North Island areas. He spent nine years with the Mounted Militia, 1865-1874, in Taranaki, central North Island and East Coast areas where he saw T frequent action.

OLSSON, Hans. Manawatu Gorge records, 1882-1907. 2 ins. Donation: Mr A. L. Olsson, Wellington. Records of toll keeper on the road through Manawatu Gorge. Day book for work done, 1882-1886; monthly sheets of tolls taken at the Manawatu Gorge bridge, 1891-1906; tallies of traffic and stock using road, 19051906; floods, 1906-1907.

PARKINSON, Thomas. A list of New Zealand and Australian lands the property of Robert Wainhouse Esq., 1844-1845. 61 1. Purchase. Brief descriptions of properties in Wellington and district, New Plymouth and Nelson Town, each with a plan of the property. Notes recording renting and disposal of properties to 1851.

PASCOE, John Dobree, 1908-1972. Papers, ca. 1940-1972. 10 ft. Purchase. Correspondence, diaries of mountain trips, drafts of books, photographs and miscellaneous material. Access subject to sorting and restriction.

PAUL’S Book Arcade, Hamilton. Papers, 1946-1964. 2 ft. Donation: Miss J. Ward, Hamilton. Files of bookseller comprising correspondence, reports etc. of D. Blackwood Paul reflecting his activities in Associated Booksellers, 1950-1952, 1961-1964, censorship, 1954-1963, bookselling course, 1946-1947, trade practices etc. Book lists and circulars, articles, customs file. Access subject to sorting.

RIDDIFORD Family. Papers, 1863-1912. 5 ft. Indefinite loan: Mr J. S. Riddiford, Martinborough. Personal and station diaries of Riddiford properties. Diaries of E. J. Riddiford, Lower Flutt, 1878-1907, recording personal interests; Lionel Riddiford’s diary, 1903; Te Awaiti Station diaries, 1863-1907, kept by E. J. Riddiford, R. Riddiford and various managers. Longburn, Longwood and Tablelands Station diaries. Stock records for Te Awaiti and Tablelands. Also Te Awaiti Station shearing book, 1855-1885. Lists of shearers and the number of sheep shorn on given days and abstracts for a particular season. Microfilm.

ROBERTS, Sir Alexander Fowler, 1882-1961. Letter book, 1904-1918. Donation: Mr John Roberts, Wellington. Kept while working with Murray, Roberts and Co., in Dunedin; mostly business letters, particularly re grass seeds, some personal letters to retailers in Great Britain, and to his father.

ROBIESON, Maude E. Correspondence, 1896. 6 items. Donation: Estate of Miss P. B. Trapp via J. B. Trapp, London. Correspondence re her uncle, C. R. Carter’s death and burial between Miss Robieson, H. H. Wolters, Carterton, and the Wellington firms of T. & W. Young and P. J. A. Wilson.

SALMOND, James David, 1898-1976. The New Zealand Labour movement, 1840-1895, 1923-1924. 2 v. Donation: Dr J. D. Salmond, Dunedin. Thesis for Ph.D., University of Otago, 1923-1924. Account of the emergence of trade union and working class movements, including the Eight Hours Movement, and their political activities. Volume of appendices describing individual craft and industrial unions and of the political manifestos of labour groups, Mr Spragg’s investigation into the Sweating System in Dunedin, letters from old unionists and others.

SAUNDERS, Gordon Frederick, 1897Family and personal memoirs, 1975. 30 1. Donation: Mr G. F. Saunders, Wellington. Records arrival of forebears in New Zealand: McHardie family farming in the Hutt after arrival in Lady Nugent 1841, and later near Bulls; James Saunders, 1856, gold digging, service in Maori wars, carter, in Featherston; F. Whybrow, 1863, settled in Greytown. Writer’s childhood in Wadestown, Shannon and later during early youth at Ngaere, Taranaki, breaking in a dairy farm.

SCHAFER, Adele. Papers, 1960-1975. 2 ins. Donation: Mrs A. Schafer, Wellington. Typescript MS of notes and articles on comparison between Semitic and Polynesian languages; copies of correspondence on the matter with Albert Kalsbeek, Hawaii, articles and clippings. Manuscripts including play, Maui, Prometheus of the Pacific, and copies of Mrs Schafer’s published articles, letters to the Editor etc.

SCRIMGEOUR, Rita The Scrimgeours, 1972. 13 p. Lent for copying by C. G. Scrimgeour, Auckland. Genealogy of the Scrimgeour family of Scotland and England from 1928. Typescript.

SMITH, Alfred Edward W. Reminiscences, 1975. 5 1. Donation: Mr A. E. Smith, Christchurch. Account of landing at Gallipoli, 25-26 April, 1915.

STEVENS, D. Burrell, d. 1916? Diary, 1914. 1 v. Donation: Miss C. M. Stevens, Wellington. Kept on Raupata Station, Taranaki, the diary describes farming activities, the weather etc.

SUTCH Defence Committee. Papers, 1974-1975. 4 items. Donation. Jury list, campaign to oppose the Security Service etc. Printed and cyclostyled material.

SWANSON, Arthur Trial by enquiry, ca. 1967. 2 tapes. Donation: Mr E. J. McQuillan, Auckland. Gallipoli Day broadcast compiled for the BBC based on the 1916 Commission of Enquiry into the failure of the Dardanelles Campaign. Includes comment by Sir Winston Churchill, and serving officers and officials. Original tapes held by British Broadcasting Corporation.

THOMAS Family. Letters, 1915-1918. 19 items. Donation: Mrs A. L. J. Payne, Blenheim. Letters to the donor Annie Thomas from her brothers George, Jack and Frank and other family members who saw service in the Great War at Gallipoli, in Egypt and France with periods in England; photograph of Ismailia.

THORP, Jean M. Papers. 30 1. Donation: Mrs J. M. Thorp, Napier. Research notes regarding Tiffen Lodge, a house built at Greenmeadows, Hawke’s Bay, 1957. Information on H. S. Tiffen, first owner of the land, and on the district. Copies of relevant documents, correspondence, newspaper entries etc. Typescript.

WAIATA Recordings. Poetry recordings. 28 tapes. Donation: Waiata Recordings, Auckland. Poetry recorded by a number of New Zealand poets.

WALLIS, William Fletcher, 1874-1958. Papers, 1892-1900. 15 items. Donation: Te Awamutu Historical Society, Hamilton. Boer War relics, passes while serving with Transvaal Constabulary, letters and ribbons re the last Contingent which went to the South African War.

WATCHMAN, Robert. Papers, 1915-1919. 30 items. Donation: Mr R. Watchman, Wellington. Diary, November 1915-October 1916, May 1917-January 1919, describing

voyage to England, service in France, leave in London and Paris. Scrapbook relating to service in XXII Corps Intelligence, including captured German orders, details of weapons etc., extracts from prisoners’ letters, posters and instructions on examining prisoners; photographs.

WEBSTER, Kohe Robert. Lifting the tapu, 1972? 1 reel. Donation: Mr K. R. Webster, Wanganui. Tape of substance of talk given at conference of New Zealand Federation of Historical Societies held at Wanganui, April 1975. Covers the ceremonies involved in the lifting of the tapu on an old and unfinished Maori canoe found in the Whangamomona Saddle and removed from there, 1972. Restricted access.

WELLS, C. S. Diary, 1915-1916. 2 v. Donation: Mrs O. Meares, Auckland. Journey to Suez, duties and conditions, fighting at Gallipoli, in the desert and later in France near the Somme, 1916.

WILLIAMS, Charles Athol, 1899Papers, 1922-1951. 10ft. Donation: Mr C. A. Williams, Pukehou, Hawke’s Bay. Records of sheep stations in Hawke’s Bay and the Williams family, including correspondence, receipts, accounts, newspaper clippings, notes. Also records of the Primary Produce Council and Emergency Precautions Scheme during World War 11.

WILLIAMS Family. Letters. 6 ins. Donation: Mr Greville Warren, Havelock North. Letters from Archdeacon Samuel Williams and his wife to their daughter Mrs Lucy Warren, 1860-1925, mostly concerned with family news.

WILLIAMS Family. Papers, ca. 1825-1975. ca. sft. Donation: Mr C. A. Williams, Pukehou, Hawke’s Bay. Correspondence, diaries, photographs, pamphlets and other printed material, cassette tapes gathered together by Mr Athol Williams relating to Archdeacon Samuel Williams, 1822-1907, and his family with special reference to his missionary and secular life (from 1854) at Te Aute. Biographical material from various sources including three tapes of reminiscences of C. A. Williams. Mr G. W. Warren, Bishop Warren and

Mr B. L. Williams. Includes papers etc. relating to other branches of the family. Access subject to sorting.

WOMEN’S Social Progressive Movement. Records, 1929-1968. ft. Donation: National Council of Women, Wellington. Minute books, 1929-1969, including annual and general meetings, and of discussion groups; annual reports, 1931-1942, brief history and material re winding-up of W.S.P.M., 1968; financial records. Restricted access.

WRIGHT, John D. Address to Papakura Historical Society, 1 December 1973. 11 1. Donation: Mr J. Wright, New Plymouth. Comprises biographical notes on George Samuel Wright, 1802-1890, who came to New Zealand on the Castle Eden, 1851, and settled at Brunswick near Wanganui. He was involved in a skirmish with the Hauhaus at Tauranga-Ika, 28 December 1868. Copy of diary kept on the Castle Eden, 1850-1851 and J. D. Wright’s comments on action against Hauhaus. Typescript.

YEATES, Mrs J. R. Hire payment book, 1889-1900. 1 v. Donation: Mrs R. Stephens, Wellington. Hire purchase record for Singer sewing machine.

YOUNG, Frances Lesley. A Young saga, 1975. 355 1. Donation: Mrs F. L. Young, Stratford. Unpublished biographies of William Young, 1813-1893, who settled in Auckland, 1840, and became Collector of Customs, Acting Postmaster General, Magistrate etc., and of his son William Spearman Young, 18421913, who was surveying in the South Island, 1857-1866, before farming at Kaipara Harbour and at Riverside, Taranaki. Great War experiences of descendants. Typescript.

B. COPIED MATERIAL BILLINGS Family. Genealogical information. 4 items. Donation: Mrs J. R. Braybrook, Waihi.

New Zealand family of William and Eliza Billing and their Cornish antecedents. Photocopy.

BLACK, Charles Crofton. Diary of a journey made round the world, 1889-1890. 97 1. Donation: Mr P. Black, Loxhill, England. The writer visited New Zealand and travelled from Dunedin to Auckland; describes travel by coach, impressions of towns visited and people met. Photocopy.

BLACK, Walter C., d. 1914. Diary and letters, 1914-1915. ca. 45 frames. Lent for copying by Mr A. G. Black, Hastings. Lance Corporal Black served with the London Scottish Regiment in Northern France and was killed in action at Givenchy, December 1914. Papers cover his experiences and include letter from his commanding officer. Microfilm.

BOADEN Family. Papers, 1744-1971. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr R. R. Boaden, Melbourne, Australia. Letters, journals and genealogical information of Cornish yeoman family, members of which emigrated to Australia and New Zealand. Includes William Orchard’s account of residence in New Zealand as shoemaker during goldrush, ca. 1872. Microfilm. Also papers, 1913-1926, of Richard James Boaden, 1886-1948, correspondence re purchase of a house built under the auspices of Housing Branch, Department of Labour, in Ellerslie, Auckland. Photocopy.

COWIE, Gordon R. Diary and notebook, 1942-1946. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr G. R. Cowie, Lower Hutt. Captain Cowie describes life as prisoner of war in Germany ending with capture of Oflag XC, Lubeck, by the Allied forces; his return to England; photographs, notes, sketches. Microfilm.

COWIE, William, 1853-1931. Letter, 13 November 1876. 44 p. Lent for copying by Mrs P. M. Brandeis, Wellington. Schoolmaster’s account of voyage to Port Chalmers on board Timaru, July-September 1876. Photocopy.

DENTON, George, 1833-1910. Journal, 1855-1856, 1862. 140 frames. Lent for copying by Mr Denton, Wellington. Journal of a voyage from London to Nelson and Wellington in the China, August 1855 to January 1856. Account of journey to Dunedin and Gabriel’s Gully; crossing to Melbourne in the Blue Jacket and return to England in the Suffolk, 1862. Microfilm.

FRANKLIN, William, fl. 1912. Journal, 7 May-25 August 1874. 12 1. Lent for copying by Mrs M. Perry, Wellington. William Franklin, bookbinder, records the voyage to Wellington on board the vessel Conflict; comprises brief entries recording illnesses, births, deaths etc and weather; first impressions of Wellington, food prices, wages etc. Also The voyage of the Conflict, verse by John Winter. Photocopy of typescript.

GASPARICPI, Joseph George. Papers, 1975. 2 items. Donation: Mr J. G. Gasparich, Napier. Two manuscripts, Gumdiggers and gumdigging, and The Kauri. Reminiscences of son of Yugoslavian gumdigger, Northland. Describes recovery of Kauri gum, way of life of diggers and some well known characters; detailed description of milling Kauri forests and removal of logs by bullock teams. Photocopy.

HART, Sir Herbert, 1882-1968. Diaries, 12 August 1914-18 May 1919. 509 frames. Lent for copying by B. Paine, Auckland. Training and transport of troops to Egypt; the fighting at Gallipoli, in France at the Somme, Messines and Gravenstafel. Brigadier General Hart commanded 2nd, 3rd and 4th brigades and was with the occupation forces in Cologne, 1918-1919. Convalescence in Great Britain and France. Microfilm.

HOBHOUSE, Edmund, 1817-1904. Letters, 1865, 1888. 3 items. Lent for copying by Mr Hodgson, Lower Hutt. From Bishop of Nelson to H. W. Harris wishing him well with teaching post at Waikawa and other matters. Photocopy.

HOOPER, John Paris. Diaries, 1916-1917. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr E. W. Hooper, Wellington.

Service with the New Zealand Division Signallers 14th reinforcements. Describes voyage to England via South Africa, training in England and service in France, April-December 1917; photograph. Microfilm and typescript.

HORNEMAN, Francis Arthur. Account of the siege of Ladysmith, 1899-1900. ca. 140 frames. Lent for copying by Mr P. R. Horneman, Wellington. Account of the siege and associated Boer War material. Horneman served in the Imperial Light Horse. Microfilm.

JACKSON Family. Papers, ca. 1882-1884. 4 items. Lent for copying by Mr A. McG. Jackson, Jacksons. Diary kept by Thomas Jackson of Jacksons, Westland, ca. 1882-1884, recording farming activities, weather, local visitors, swaggers and travellers. Jacksons was a staging post for coaches travelling to and from the West Coast. Genealogical information. Photocopy.

KAURI Timber Company. Minute books, 1888-1939. 5 reels. Purchase. Minutes of the Board of Directors, 1888-1939; minutes of the Kauri Timber syndicate, 1888-1891; minutes of shareholders’ meetings, 18881939. Microfilmed from originals held by the University of Melbourne.

KEEGAN, Patrick, 1871-1947. The first generation; a true story of early New Zealand. 431 frames. Lent for copying by Mr J. E. Heaps, Akaroa. Typescript reminiscences written 1939-1945 about life in Akaroa, Wairarapa, East Coast and Bay of Plenty. Microfilm.

LAMB, Robert, 1834-1895. Papers, 1855-1963. 61 1. Donation: Mrs M. Retemeyer, Wanganui. Copy of information compiled by Mrs Retemeyer re Robert Lamb, architect, engineer and surveyor who came to Napier from Darlington, 1879. He was architect to the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, and in addition to schools, designed many houses, commercial buildings and churches in the district. Mrs Retemeyer’s notes concern these buildings, personal and family information. Robert Lamb’s Commercial diary, 18941895, Certificate Ledger, 1889-1894, list of tenders, 1886-1893, photographs. Photocopied typescript.

LAUGESEN, Christian Louis, d. 1915. Reminiscences, 1872-1911. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr Carl T. Laugesen, Wellington. Mainly concerned with years spent sawmilling in the Oxford area. Describes conditions of agricultural labour, European migrants and the economic difficulties of the small settler. From 1890 the family moved from place to place through both islands before settling in Auckland. Microfilm.

McCAW Family. Papers, 1880-1965. 3 items. Lent for copying by Rev. J. C. McCaw, Paraparaumu. Autobiographical sketch of William Theodore McCaw covering life at Wellington Training College, 1910, experiences in both wars, farming conditions, 1919-1930’5. Sketch by Rev. James McCaw, Presbyterian Minister, 1894-1936. He served at Knox Church, Lower Hutt from 1910. Photocopy of typescript. Rev. J. C. McCaw’s Journal, 1949, kept while serving as ship’s chaplain on SS Atlantis, describing ship’s activities and holiday in the United Kingdom. Microfilm.

McKIRDY, Charles, 1839-1914. Papers. 5 1. Lent for copying by Mr W. McKirdy. Biographical information on Charles McKirdy who came to New’ Zealand in 1860, served on Wellington City Council 1873-1875, and carried out railway construction, Wellington-Masterton, Napier-Wai-pukurau, 1873-1876; letter from his brother in Capetown, 1842, describing way of life there, prices etc. Photocopy.

MASSEY, William Ferguson, 1856-1925. The call of Empire, 1916-1917. 235 frames. Lent for copying by Mr W. F. Birch, Pukekohe. Typescript subtitled The War and related problems. Comprises speeches, interviews and contributed articles on the war and post-war settlement problems and the consolidation of the British Empire. Compiled as result of a visit to Great Britain, October 1916 to May 1917.

MOIR, John Strachan, 1808-1896. Journal, 1847-1896. 272 frames. Lent for copying. Volume comprising irregular entries re events in the life of first pastor of St. John’s Church, Wellington. Account of voyage to Lyttelton, by John

Taylor, 1853, Wellington earthquake 1855, building of St. John’s Church completed August 1856, observations on growth of Wellington, family details etc. Notes on scriptural history, list of sermons, books read etc. Microfilm.

MORGAN, John Edward, 1921Diary, 22 September, 1942-26 April 1943. ca. 30 frames. Lent for copying by Mr J. E. Morgan, Renwick. Service in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Auckland and the Solomon Islands as an armourer fitting bombs etc. into aircraft and servicing the planes. Describes camp conditions and general activities of the men. Microfilm.

PRIEST, Owen George Whitaker, 1894-1916. Papers, 1914-1916. 70 frames. Lent for copying by Mrs V. A. Brown, Hamilton. Diary kept while serving with 3rd Battery, N.Z. Field Artillery. Records time spent in Egypt and service in Gallipoli; postcards and paybook. Microfilm.

REX, Helmut Herbert, 1913-1967. Papers. 22 1. Donation: Hewitson Library, Knox College, Dunedin. Biographical details of professor of Church History at Knox College, list of lectures and published articles, biographical jottings, obituary etc. Photocopy.

ROBERTS Family. Papers, 1866-1975. 10 items. Donation: Mr E. T. Roberts, Culverden. Genealogical material relating to Roberts and Trueman families; copies of marriage certificates, heraldic papers. Photocopy.

ROPIHA Family. Maori notebooks, 1883-1903. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr B. L. Williams, Otane. Five notebooks of genealogies and vvaiatas kept by Te Atua Ropiha, 1883-1903. One kept by Paora Ropiha, 1887. Microfilm.

SHAW, George Bernard, 1856-1950. Letter, 15 April 1934. Donation: Mr John A. Lee, Auckland. Congratulations and comment on Lee’s Children of the Poor. Photocopy.

SUNDBERG, Peter Joel, 1871-1966. Reminiscences, 1956. 298 p. Donation: Mr I. Holmquist, Auckland. Childhood in Sweden, life at sea with visits to Americas, Japan and Australia, trading voyages to Kaipara Harbour area, 1897, before settling near Dargaville, 1898. Reminiscences of life and personalities in the district where he was engaged in gumdigging, sawmilling and as general storekeeper, and involved in community affairs. Photocopy.

TAYLOR, Basil Kirk, 1831-1876. Diaries, 1862-1867, 1876. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr R. B. Taylor, Wellington. Account of journeys around Wanganui district ministering to Maoris. Records of baptisms, marriages and burials etc.; military engagement at Moturoa, 15 May 1864, journey to and account of meeting near Taumaranui between Wanganui, Waikato and I aupo Maoris, February 1876. Observations on Maori customs, flora and fauna and nature of country traversed. Maori vocabulary; sketches. Microfilm.

THOMPSON, Reginald Ephraim. Diary, 1914-1916. 56 frames. Lent for copying by Mr G. W. Thompson, Motueka. Record of war service from 12 August 1914. Detailed account of Gallipoli campaign before evacuation to hospital in England after becoming ill in July 1915. Details of personal kit, rations, expenses etc. Microfilm.

TOMPKINS, Gladys. Papers. 7 items. Lent for copying by Miss G. Tompkins, Hamilton. Diary, notebooks, newspaper clippings, re Miss Tompkins’ internment in the Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, during World War 11. Microfilm.

TUCKEY, Henry Phelps, 1875-1961. Letters from South Africa, 1900. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs B. Macmorran, Wellington. Service with sth New Zealand Regiment during the Boer War. Troopship and camp life and descriptions of Beria, Marandellas, Bulawayo, Mafeking, Fort Tuli and elsewhere. Major Tuckey returned to South Africa after the war and made himself a name in diamond mining.

WARD, Charles A. With General Rundle in the Free State; six months on active service with the St. John Ambulance Brigade, 1900. 83 1. Donation: Mrs C. Pickering, Raumati Beach.

Describes return journey England-South Africa; conditions on marches and during military encounters. Photocopy.

WARREN, John Byrne, 3rd Baron de Tabley, 1835-1895. Papers, 1892-1893, 1895, 1899-1901. 2 inches. Purchase. Letters, 1892-93, to John Lane and Elton Mathew, publishers, concerning the publishing of de Tabley’s Poems Dramatic and Lyrical (1893). Correspondence, 1899-1901, of his sister Lady Leighton Warren re the publication of his remaining verse, Orpheus in Thrace and other Poems (1901); writers include Edmund Gosse, Richard Le Gallienne and William A. Sim. Extracts from de Tabley’s diary, 1895, bibliography. Photocopy. Originals in the possession of the Bodleian Library, Oxford and Cheshire County Record Office.

WESTMAGOTT Family. Memoirs, 1842-1960. 5 reels. Lent for copying by Mrs E. Westmacott, Otorohanga. Reminiscences of Herbert Westmacott, 1842-1915; of his youth in England; as manager for Clifford and Weld at Stonyhurst and Flaxbourne runs, 1864-1882; trading horses from New Zealand to India, ca. 1890-1898; and farming near Waimate before removal to Rangitoto in the King Country about 1910. Memoirs of Major Horatio Herbert Spencer Westmacott, 1885-1960 written in unusually useful and precise detail, span childhood and youth in South Canterbury and family’s move to King Country, also military service including Gallipoli landing. Microfilm.

WISNIOWSKI, Sygurd, 1841-1892. Ten years in Australia. 332 1. Donation: Mr J. Podstolski, Wellington. Translation from the Polish by Jerzy and Mary Podstolski. The writer visited New Zealand in 1864 and provides a description of conditions here and an account of goldmining in Otago. Photocopy of typescript.