NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

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NOTES ON MANUSCRIPT ACCESSIONS

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, 1976

PART B The following list continues the Note for May 1977. It comprises copied material lent by individuals or purchased by the Library. 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.

ABERNATHY, Harold, d. 1917. Letters, 1915-17. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs M. E. Hill, Dunedin. Training at Trentham camp, voyage to Egypt on troopship Wiliac hr a. He was posted to France and provides an account of camp life and military activities as a member of the 3rd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery. Microfilm. ANDERSON, William, b. 1891. Milford Track scrapbooks, 1851-1975. 1 reel. Lent for copying by the Tourist Hotel Corporation, Wellington. Historical accounts, photographs, maps, reminiscences relating to the Milford Sound area, particularly to the Milford Track. Microfilm.

BLUNDELL, Henry Neil. Letters, 1940-46. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr H. N. Blundell, Wellington. Written while serving in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and cover training in New Zealand and Great Britain, air strikes against Germany and his transfer to Egypt. He later served at Guadalcanal and on New Britain. The 1946 letters describe a post-war trip to a press conference in London and business activities there. Microfilm. BREWER, Robert, 1853-1924. Papers, 1883. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs J. Brown, Auckland. Accounts of voyage to Wellington on the Oxford ; also letters, genealogical information and Wesleyan Society class book for the Blenheim circuit, 1884. Microfilm.

BUCK, Sir Peter Henry, 1880-1951. Field notebooks, 1907-08, 1919-26. 1 reel. Purchase. Notebooks, 1907-08, relate to service as Native Health Officer in Lake TaupoRotorua district, with later volumes kept as Director of Maori Hygiene. Contain details from work, vital statistics, lists of Maori councils, efforts to introduce sanitation. Ethnological notes and sketches. Microfilm of originals in the possession of Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. CHATHAM Islands. Official papers, 1864. 33 1. Donation: Mr C. J. R. Robertson, Wellington. Nominal return of Morioris and Maoris on the Chatham Islands, 1864, signed W. E. Thomas, Resident Magistrate, together with rules for the administration of justice including methods of appointment of assessors and Runangas. Photographed material.

CLARKE, Charles. Papers, 1863-1909. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs A. Matheson, North Auckland. Early history of Omaha District, a reminiscence of early settlers and their family histories; diary extracts 1863-1909, recording events at Omaha, Leigh and Ti Point; copy of shipboard newspaper written on the Queen of Beauty while on a voyage to New Zealand, 1863. Microfilm. CURNOW, Thomas Allen Monro, b. 1911. Tape recordings, 1961-74. 6 reels. Purchase. Recordings made at the Library of Congress, as Guest Poet, 2 June 1961, together with a lecture, 7 November 1966 and reading, 4 November 1974. Originals held by Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

DAVIDSON, Dr George. Diaries, 1915-17. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs G. Croucher, Nelson. Service with the British 89th Field Ambulance at Gallipoli and later in France. The diaries give very full account of work of a medical officer with sketches and maps of areas he visited. Microfilm. DAWBIN Family. Papers, 1915-19. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs F. C. Alexander, Palmerston North. Includes diary kept by Walter Dawbin during fighting in Palestine, copy of Gallipoli diary, 1915, and typescript account by a cousin, Polly Burrough, of his stay in a British hospital until his death in July 1915. Microfilm.

DEVITT, Thomas Martin, d. 1973. Grey Funnel Line, 1939-46. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs A. Ballara, Auckland. Service as Second Officer with S.S. Turakina in New Zealand at the outbreak of war followed by transfer to Orkney Islands transporting troops to Norway, 1940; Captain of the Royal Eagle, auxiliary anti-aircraft vessel operating in the Thames Estuary. His next command was an LST from U.S.A. to the Mediterranean landing troops and supplies in Italy. Training at Royal Navy Staff College, 1945, and posting to Ceylon as Chief Postal Officer. Microfilm.

FINDLAYSON, J. Diary, 22 Sept.-31 Dec. 1876. 12 1. Lent for copying by Mrs S. Natusch, Wellington. Account of voyage from Greenock to Port Chalmers on board the ship Oamaru kept by young single woman. Typescript. GT. BRITAIN. Foreign Office. Correspondence, 1862-63. 35 1. Purchase. Letters from the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand, the Superintendent of Taranaki province and others, to the Colonial Office in London, regarding Mrs Dieffenbach’s claim to property in Taranaki granted to her husband, Ernest Dieffenbach, in 1842, by the New Zealand Company. Print-out from microfilm in the possession of the Public Record Office, London. GADD, David A. Diary, 1943-44. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr B. Gadd, Papatoetoe. Kept while serving as medical orderly in the Pacific theatre, the diary provides account of living conditions, camp amusements, diseases contracted by servicemen. Microfilm.

GADD, Herbert, b. 1896. Diary, 1917. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr B. Gadd, Papatoetoe. Training at Sling Camp, Salisbury, followed by service in France including reserve at the Battle of Messines. Description of guard activities and training in signalling. Microfilm. [HARPER?] F. E. Life among the missionaries in New Zealand, ca. 1890. 13 1. Donation: Mrs W. Macdonald, Auckland. Sketch of life of Mary Rymill who came to New Zealand in 1842 and joined the Maunsell family at Waikato Heads and later the family of Archdeacon Brown at Tauranga. The account was probably written by a member of the family of Bishop Harper whose wife she nursed before retiring to Rangiora. Typescript.

HART, William. The voyage of the Eighteenth Reinforcement of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1916. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs C. A. Perry, Wellington. Daily life of soldiers travelling between New Zealand and England with time spent in Capetown and Freetown because of German Raider in the area. Transcribed by C. A. Perry. Microfilm. HOBY Family. Papers, 1879-81. 36p. Lent for copying by Miss M. M. Hoby, New Plymouth. Description of voyage to New Plymouth, 1881, written by Clara Hoby who was emigrating with her husband Dr Arthur Hoby. Also account of voyage from Adelaide to Dover via Suez Canal, 1879. Photocopy.

JOLLIE, Edward. Diary, 1899-1900. 38 I. Lent for copying by Mrs V. North, Mosgiel. A New Zealander serving in the British South African Police, he was trapped in Bechuanaland during siege of Mafeking. Describes fighting, living conditions. Photocopy of typescript. JONES, Albert H. Papers, 1914-19. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Miss L. M. Jones, Auckland. Jones, a student in Germany when war broke out, was interned at Ruhleban Prison, near Hamburg. Letters describe prison life, daily activities and the effects of loneliness; newspaper clippings and photographs. Microfilm.

KEBBEL, John R. Diary, 1914-15. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs N. Kirkcaldie, Levin. Describes training after joining the Wellington Mounted Rifles. Travelled to Egypt and while the S.S. Tahiti was passing through the Indian Ocean the Emden was defeated by H.M.A.S. Sydney. Includes extract of diary of German sailor interned on the Tahiti. Also description of camp life and training at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt, and a short section on fighting at Gallipoli. Microfilm. KERSE, Charles Allan ton, 1894-1918. Diary, 1914-18. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs J. N. Kerse, Lower Hutt. Kerse sailed with the Ist NZEF in 1914 and describes camp life at Zeitoun and fighting at Gallipoli. After hospitalisation in 1915 he was returned to New Zealand. Later served in France and describes leave in Paris and Great Britain and officer training there. Died in France 1918. Microfilm.

KILPATRICK, Thomas, 1857-1939. Papers, 1903-09. 9 items. Donation: Mr W. H. Cooper, Auckland. Includes letters from Sir James Hector, 1834-1907, to Thomas Kilpatrick, Superintendent, Canadian Pacific Railway, in Revelstoke concerning the death of Hector’s son Douglas while visiting Revelstoke; also subscription list for monument erected in honour of Sir James Hector as one of the earliest scientists to explore the Canadian Rocky Mountains and discoverer of Kicking Horse Pass. Photocopy. MCDONALD, Donald, d. 1942. Papers, 1940-42, 1960. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs J. Beattie, Papatoetoe. Includes diary kept during service in Fiji, 1940, also letters from Middle East, 1941-42, describing battles in North Africa, leave in Cairo, service in Syria and return to North Africa where McDonald was captured and killed. Microfilm.

McDOUGALL, Robert Alexander, b. 1904. Papers, 1940-43. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr R. J. McDougall, Wellington. Diaries written during army service describe training at Ngaruawahia, voyage on troopship Empress of Japan, 1940, daily life and social activities in Egypt, bombing of Tobruk. Miscellaneous notes on military procedures and paybook. Microfilm. Restricted access. MANNERS Street Methodist Church. Records, 1840-1926. 1 reel. Lent for copying by the Wesley Methodist Church, Wellington. Includes baptismal register, 1840-1926, with separate register for Maoris, 1840-43, kept by John Aldred, Gideon Smales and James Watkins; also marriage register, 1872-73, 1876-77. Microfilm.

MORGAN, Eric. Diary, 1917. 1 in. Lent for copying by Mrs J. Harvey, Gisborne. Life in the trenches in France interspersed with leave periods. Captain Morgan served with the Wellington Infantry Brigade and describes air battles; map. Photocopy. NEW ZEALAND Company. A Register of Town sections chosen at Wellington between July 28th and August 14th 1840. 60 1. Lent for copying by Mr R. Smith, Masterton. Lists give the section number, location and who chose it. Apparently a duplicate sent back to England in the barque Brougham which arrived in New Zealand in 1842. Photocopy.

NEW ZEALAND Historic Places Trust. Kemp House, Keri Keri. Records, 1820-1962. 1 reel. Lent for copying by New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Wellington. Ledgers kept by James Kemp while serving as storekeeper at C.M.S. Store, 1819-32, miscellaneous letters, 1820-25, diary kept as lay preacher, 1848-50; J. A. Bedggood’s ledger as carpenter and general storekeeper, 1859-85. Also Keri Keri Church records, 1830-1930, including 3 notebooks kept by Rev. R. Davis, 1856-59, lists of Maori communicants and Waimate Church list. Catalogue of papers held at Kemp House. Microfilm. O’FARRELL, Patrick James. Notes on New Zealand Labour Party Correspondence, 1890-1935. 4 ins. Purchase.

Notes taken by Professor O’Farrell of the correspondence of Harry Holland and of minutes and correspondence of the New Zealand Labour Party while working on his biography Harry Holland, militant socialist. Photocopy. OMAHA School Committee. Letterbook, 1881-98. 95 frames. Lent for copying by Mrs A. Matheson, Northland. Letters between President and Secretary of the Committee and Secretary of Education Board about matters involving the school’s teacher, buildings and grounds. Microfilm.

PACIFIC War Council. Minutes, 1942-44. ca. 300 1. Donation: Professor K. Sinclair, Auckland. Minutes taken from the first meeting of the Pacific War Council, 1 April 1942, to 12 January 1944. Photocopy of original in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Photocopy. PEARCE, R., b. 1878. Diary, 1900-01. 16 1. Donation: Mr R. A. Loe, Auckland. Brief daily entries recording fighting, casualties, troop movements, etc., kept by trooper serving with 4th New Zealand Regiment in South Africa. Cyclostyled copy. PERRY, Clifford A. Diary, 1917-18. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs C. A. Perry, Wellington. Training in England prior to service in France where he took part in the Spring Offensive before being wounded in June 1917. He spent the rest of the year in hospital and camps and describes leave in London and daily round of parades, marches and inspection before returning to the Front in February 1918. Microfilm.

POLISH Army League. Papers, 1941-47. 1 reel. Lent for copying by the Palmerston North Public Library. Organisation founded by Mrs A. K. Jacques of Palmerston North to send food parcels, etc., to Polish soldiers; minutes of meetings, letters of appreciation from recipients and from the Polish government in exile. Microfilm. PRATT, William H., 1852-1934. Diary, 1876-96. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr W. Pratt, Okaio, Wanganui. Kept by New Zealand painter while studying in England and travelling in Europe. Describes voyage to England on board the Waitangi, Jan.-April 1876, and his life there. Pratt married while in England and returned to New Zealand on board the Otaki in 1879. Microfilm.

RAINE, Hugh Denys. Letters, 1940-45. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr H. D. Raine, Eastbourne. Service with 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 2nd NZEF; camp life at Papakura and Ngaruawahia before embarking for the Middle East, April 1941; service there, 1941-43, and in Italy, 1943-45. Describes life, military actions, with detailed impressions of places visited and people encountered. Microfilm. ROYAL Commonwealth Society, London. Manuscripts relating to New Zealand, 1842-1931. 5 items. Purchase. Early reminiscences of Auckland from June 1861, prepared in 1931 by Lt. Col. A. Morrow for Lord Bledisloe, primarily concerned with military forces, confrontations with Maoris, soldier settlements, government and land policy. Report by Parakaia te Pouepa of meeting of chiefs at Otaki, 17 Sept. 1861, re Maori King movement. Among the Maoris, 1898-99, anonymous account of visit to New Zealand including the thermal regions, with memories of E. Douglas who served

at battle at Gate Pa, 29 April 1864, with the Naval Brigade. Copies of letters of G. F. Young, 1842-46, Chairman of Shipping Committee of the New Zealand Company, to J. Kelham, H. St. Hill and Capt. A. Wakefield, with comment on state of Company’s affairs and political problems in London, his property in Wellington, etc. Also S. Moreton, Mitre Peak , Milford Sound, account accompanying his paintings given to the Royal Commonwealth Institute in 1895. Photocopy of originals in the possession of the Society, London.

RUSSELL, John Macbeth. Reminiscences, 1914-18. 1 v. Lent for copying by Mr J. M. Russell, Wanganui. Detailed day-to-day account of service with Ist Wellington Infantry Battalion through the Gallipoli campaign and in battlefields of France; training in England, etc., 1917-19. SANDILANDS, B. N. Diary, 11 May-10 August 1915. 69p. Lent for copying by Mr E. Sandilands, Feilding. Kept during Gallipoli campaign. Describes day-to-day activities of New Zealand troops and details of advance on Destroyer Hill. Photocopy.

SAXON, John B. H. Diary, 1914. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs G. M. Davis, Christchurch. A bombardier serving in Samoa describes voyage, camp life, weather, gun drill, etc. Microfilm. SCOTT, David. Report to Major Richmond, 1846. 33 1. Lent for copying by Mr T. L. Skerman, Eastbourne. Detailed day-by-day account of expedition against Rangihaeata, 31 July-1 September 1846. Hutt Valley to Waikanae district. Scott accompanied Capt. McDonagh leading an advance guard of 140 Wellington Maoris. Photocopy.

SHAND Family. Records, 1837-82, 1975. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mr A. C. Shand, Culverden. Farm accounts and ledgers kept by John Shand and his son Thomas J. W. Shand. The family came to Canterbury from Broughton Grange near Chester. Records of John Shand and Sons, Christchurch re their properties there including Avon Lodge, Riccarton, Rawcliffe run, Springston. Prices of stock, wages, etc., reflect interests in farming, horse breeding and racing and financial activities; accounts with E. J. Wakefield and other personalities. Mr A. C. Shand’s notes on the family with some analysis of the records. Microfilm. SOLDIERS’ Songs and Verse, ca. 1943. 1 reel. Lent for copying. Anonymous songs and ditties re soldiers’ life in Fiji, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands. Microfilm.

SPEEDY, Fanny H. Diary, 1915-19. 2 items. Donation: Miss N. G. Twisleton, Levin. Experiences of nursing sister serving in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Travel to England via Cape Horn, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. Service at 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, and on hospital ship transporting troops between Gallipoli and Malta, later on transports between Egypt and England, Egypt and India and Salonika and Malta, 1915-16. Microfilm. Diary, 1916-19, covers her work at Brockenhurst Hospital, England, and return to New Zealand. Typescript.

THOMAS, John Harold. Diary, 1900-01. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs T. Shanks, Martinborough. Thomas served with 14 Company, sth New Zealand Contingent during the Boer War. He provides a full account of activities of mounted troops operating between Fort Tuli and Bulawayo and surrounding areas foraging, destroying farmsteads, clashes with the Boers, etc. Describes nature of the country, flora and fauna, impressions of towns passed through. Microfilm.

THOMPSON, Reginald Ephraim. Diary, 1914-16. 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, July 1915; details of personal kit, rations, expenses. Microfilm. TROLLOPE, Anthony, 1815-1882. Letters, 1871-79. 23 items. Donation: Miss M. Rusden, Melbourne, Australia. Letters from England, Australia and New Zealand to G. W. Rusden, Clerk of Parliaments and of the Legislative Council, Victoria. Letters comment on Trollope’s and Rusden’s writings, mutual friends and interests and Trollope’s activities. Photocopy of originals in Leeper Library, Trinity College, Melbourne University.

WALLACE, Donald R. The second voyage, 1975. 78 1. Lent for copying by Mrs R. W. Richards, Wellington. Account based on scrapbook of training and service with Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve on Royal Navy patrol vessel prior to transfer to Fleet Air Arm, 1939-41; flying training and convoy work in the battle of the Atlantic, 1942-44, followed by service in Ceylon and with British Pacific fleet, 1944-45.

WILSON Family. Letters, 1845-65. 2 ins. Donation: Taranaki Museum, New Plymouth. Letters to Sir Donald McLean written by Dr Peter Wilson (1791-1863) and his wife from Wanganui, 1845-46, and New Plymouth presenting settler’s viewpoint of events in the area. Photocopy.

WINDLE, Harold, d. 1916. Letters, 1911, 1914-16. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs F. R. Gibbons, Te Puke. Written while serving with the Ist NZEF in Egypt, Gallipoli and France describing fighting and camplife with comment on New Zealand events. Microfilm. WOMEN’S Division Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Rotomahana Branch. Scrapbooks, 1954-75. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs N. M. Evans, Rotorua. Branch activities, annual reports, newspaper clippings, invitations, photographs and miscellaneous material. Microfilm. WOOLF, Dr Arthur E. V. Diary, 1916-18. 1 reel. Lent for copying by Mrs G. Croucher, Nelson. Kept after leaving Wellington in 1916 as a member of New Zealand Field Artillery. Dr Woolf spent some time in Egypt followed by service in France, fighting in the Battle of the Somme where he was injured, hospitalised in England before returning to New Zealand in 1918. Microfilm.