Notes on Manuscript Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume XV, Issue 1, 1 May 1982, Page 62

Notes on Manuscript Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, JANUARY TO JUNE 1981

Acquisitions of manuscripts are listed selectively in the Turnbull Library Record to alert scholars to newly acquired material judged to be of research value. For items marked ‘Access subject to sorting’ or ‘Restricted’ the Library would welcome notification that access will be sought, preferably with an indication of a likely date. This will help the staff in establishing priorities for sorting collections. The following list updates the Notes in the Record for October 1981. Material produced by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and the Australian Joint Copying Project is not listed except for items copied under the latter’s Miscellaneous series.

ADKIN, GEORGE LESLIE, 1888-1964. Additional papers. 10 v. DONATION: Mr I. W. Keyes, Lower Hutt. Notes on and references to published works relating to Maori prehistory and ethnology particularly in the Horowhenua district. ANNABELL, ANGELA RUTH. One Hundred Years of Music in Australia and New Zealand, 1979. 1 videotape. PURCHASE. Presented at the Musicology Section of the 49th ANZ AAS Conference, Auckland. ASSOCIATION OF ANGLICAN WOMEN. Additional papers, ca. 1959-1976 . 60cm. DONATION. Minute books and correspondence. ATKINSON, ARTHUR RICHMOND, 1863-1935. Letterbook, 1896-1899. lv. DONATION: Mrs L. McKinnon, Otaki. Letters of Wellington lawyer to family, friends, politicians and others relating to his work, personal activities and the temperance movement. ATTWOOD, BAINMUNRO. Correspondence, 1934-1936, ca. 1979. 2cm. DONATION. Relates to New Zealand League of Nations’ Union; correspondents includej. A. Lee, Professor J. B. Condliffe, Dr E. Olssen, and Rev. Haddon Dixon.

BETHUNE AND HUNTER LTD. Records, 1840-1962 . 25 m. DONATION: Hay Associates Australasia Ltd., Wellington. Wellington merchants’ records include letterbooks, 1850-1921; cash books, 1851-1953; journals, 1862-1927; ledgers, 1862-1927; invoice books, 1845-1921. BRADSHAW, JAMES. Papers, ca. 1975-1981 . 3 items. DONATION. Lists of casualties in New Zealand of Imperial units and Royal Navy, 1860-1866; Corps of Royal Engineers members who qualified for New Zealand medal; material relating to service of H.M.S. Castor in New Zealand waters. BRADSHAW, MURIEL AGNES. Papers, ca. 1950-1978. ca.l6cm. DONATION. Scrapbooks and clippings primarily concerned with music from Christchurch, facsimile scores of carols by John Ritchie and Vernon Griffiths. brown, SIR JOHN RANKINE, 1861-1946. Papers, 1861-1946. 3 items. DONATION: Mr J. Brown, Wellington. Includes contract with Council of Victoria College concerning his appointment as Professor of Classics, 1899, and tribute by Sir Thomas Hunter, 1946.

BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY, 1838-1906. Correspondence, 1875. 3 items. DONATION: Mr S. H. Saxby, Lower Hutt. Relate to controversy between Buller and F. W. Hutton over latter’s Catalogue of the Birds of New Zealand published in 1871, involving Sir James Hector and Sir Julius von Haast. CHRISTENSEN, ANSGAR, d. 1958. Papers, 1928-1958 . 30cm. DONATION: Mr H. Christensen, Palmerston North. Includes sermons, diaries, miscellaneous documents and clippings. Mads Christensen’s MS History of the Danish Lutheran Church with English translation; History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Zealand, by Clem Koch; pastoral reports, 1933, 1952.

CLARKSON, PERCY WISE, 1874-1942. Parochial journal, 1901-1903. 19 1. DONATION: Dame Cecily Pickerill, Silverstream. Kept while serving as assistant curate attached to St Margaret’s Parish Church, Taihape, journal contains accounts ofhorsebackjourneys to outlying parishioners, building accounts for Church and vicarage. COOK, GEORGE PILKINGTON, 1893-1975. Reminiscences, 1971. 103 1. DONATION: Miss H. A. Cook, Greytown. Family emigrated, 1899, from Australia to Huntly, where his father was Methodist agent, and thence to Dannevirke and Johnsonville. Photocopy of typescript.

CROWE, peter RUSSELL, b. 1932. Papers, 1948-1979. 12cm. DONATION. Music scores, 1975-1978, and papers including report of Composers’ Association of New Zealand first conference commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. DELLOW, RONALD GRAEME, b. 1924. Music scores and tapes, 1948-1978. ca. 6cm., 2 tapes. DONATION. Choral and instrumental works. Photocopies of holograph scores. Partially restricted. DENTON, OSWALD GEORGE. Sim Family Account o/Te Kooti’s Raid on Mohaka, April 1869, 1981. 19 1. DONATION. Detailed account of raid as he heard it from his mother, daughter ofjohn Sim, the Mohaka publican.

DONNE, LORNA. Scrapbook, 1899-1935. 1 v. PURCHASE. Kept by daughter of A. E. Donne, Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company, whose wife was an accomplished singer. Includes bookplates, autographs, news clippings relating to family and friends, famous persons and noted musicians. EMSLEY, PAUL, b. 1951. Music scores, 1976-1978 . 3 items. DONATION. Photocopies of holograph scores. FARQUHAR, DAVID ANDROSS, b. 1928. Papers, ca. 1940-1979 . 2m., 2 cassettes. LONG TERM LOAN. Holograph scores of compositions, ca. 1940-1979, scripts of radio broadcasts, ca. 1955-1976, tapes of Belgian Radio interview on New Zealand music, 1976. Partially restricted. FERGUSON AND HICKS. Ledgers, 1901-1908 . 2v. DONATION: Professor D. F. McKenzie, Wellington. Plant and fittings accounts, insurance accounts of Wellington bookseller, stationer and printer.

FREAKES, CHARLES M. Diary, 19 October-6 December, 1906. 1 v. DONATION: Mrs S. Russell, Gisborne. Kept by young man during voyage from London to Wellington aboard Corinthic. FREED, DOROTHY W., b. 1919. Musicscores, 1954-1969. 15cm. LONG TERM LOAN. Compositions of New Zealand composer and librarian. GLEN, FRANK GRENFELL, b. 1933. For Glory and a Farm, 1976-1979. 172 1. DONATION. Subtitled The Story of Australia’s Involvement in New Zealand’s Wars of 1860-1866. GOODMAN GROUP LTD. Additional records, 1902-1976. 7m. DONATION. Records of Goodman Group Ltd, formerly A. S. Paterson and Co. Ltd, and subsidiary companies, including minute books, financial records, share registers, etc.

GORDON, GEORGE, b. 1857. Papers, 1911-1930. 12cm. DONATION. Esperanto translation courses and notes, translations of a number of writers’ published works and articles, pamphlets, photographs. GRIFFITHS, DAVID j., b. 1950. Music scores, 1974, 1976 . 4 items. DONATION: Auckland University Music Library. Photocopies of choral works. HAWK PRESS. Records, 1975-1979. ca. 1.25 m. DONATION. Includes drafts and proof copies ofpublications, correspondence, financial records. Restricted. HILL, ALFRED FRANCIS, 1870-1960. Papers, ca. 1879-1952. ca,lscm. DONATION: Mrs E. E. Hill, Lower Hutt, and others. Holograph scores, 1885-1953, and papers including correspondence, programmes related to Hill family, newscuttings.

HILL FAMILY. Papers, ca. 1875-1968 . 4cm. DONATION: Mrs Doris Everton, Wellington. Includes programmes, newscuttings, ca. 1875-1960, fromEdwinJ. Hill collection; autograph albums belonging to Doris B. Hill, ca. 1906-1968; some photocopies. HORNEMAN, FREDERICK EDWARD, 1808-1872. Diary, 19 July, 1852-2 January, 1853. 56 1. DONATION: Mr P. R. Horneman, Wellington. Kept aboard immigrant vessel Slains Castle by Captain Horneman, Honourable Artillery Company, who settled with his family at Pangatotara near Motueka. Includes impressions of Port Chalmers and Wellington before disembarkation at Nelson; illustrated. Photocopy. HUNT, JOHN, 1812-1848. Papers, 1841-1848. 7v. PURCHASE. Wesleyan missionary serving in Fiji, 1838—1848. Collection comprises journal, 6 April-19 May, 1843, covering circumnavigation ofViti Levu assessing settlements as potential mission stations, short grammar of Nadroga dialect including vocabulary comparing other local dialects, sermons, and translations.

KEMPTON, BASIL LE BRUN. Annotated copy of Manhunt, the story of Stanley Graham, by H. A. Willis, 1981. lv. DONATION. A homeguardsman who took part in the exercise adds his impressions. LEVIN, WILLIAM HORT, 1845-1893. Scrapbook, 1879-1893. ca,l2op. DONATION: G. J. and T. G. Vogel, Havelock North. Press cuttings covering the public life of senior partner in Levin and Co., Wellington, 1878, and Member of the House of Representatives for Thorndon, 1879-1881.

MANTELL, GIDEON ALGERNON, 1790-1852. Letters to James Sowerby, 1813-1839. 22 items. DONATION: British Museum (Natural History), London. Concern the exchange of fossil specimens, and common interest in natural history. Photocopies. MARSDEN, SAMUEL, 1765-1838. Letters, 1823-1824 . 2 items. DONATION: Mr C. Athol Williams, Hastings. To Hongi Hika from Paihia, 11 November 1823, ‘you were amongst the first of my New Zealand friends’; and from Parramatta, 26July 1824, announcing arrival of Richard Davis to ‘teach your people to plough and grow wheat’.

MATAMAU CEMETERY. Records, 1901-1939, 1980. 16 1. DONATION: Mr W. B. Kivi, Auckland. Minute book of the Board of Trustees of Matamau Cemetery, 1901-1939; list of headstone inscriptions. MEE, JOHN, 1837-1916. Diary, 1863-1864. 60 1. DONATION: Mrs L. J. Sims, Waikanae. Shipboard diary kept on voyage of barque Alpaca from London to Lyttelton, 2 September, 1863-26 January, 1864, with first impressions of life in Christchurch. Photocopy of typescript. MODERN DANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Records, 1972-1975. 2 cm. DONATION. Includes minutes of committee meetings, 1973-1975, financial records, 1974-1975 programmes and publicity material, paper on the development of modern dance in New Zealand by H. Woolley, 1972.

MOORE family. Letters, 1890, 1894. 7 items. DONATION: Mrs J. Forbes, Wellington. Written from Moreroa, Chatham Islands, these letters provide details of family life including a camping holiday there. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON BRANCH. Records, 1938-1977. 3.3 m. DONATION. Executive and general minutes, reports, correspondence. Restricted. NEALE, PAULINE. Interviews, 1981. 16 items. DONATION. Edited transcripts of interviews with women from environs of Brooklyn exhibiting in display held in conjunction with a Women’s Day which took the form of workshops in the creative arts held at Brooklyn Community Centre, 2 May 1981.

NEW ZEALAND FORESTRY LEAGUE. Records, 1914-1940. 10 cm. DONATION: Mrs L. McKinnon, Otaki. Mainly correspondence of Sir James Wilson, founding President of the League set up to promote husbanding of forest resources, related minutes, reports and printed matter. Includes amended typescripts of papers on forestry matters by Mrs McKinnon, some published by New Zealand Forestry Service. NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS. DUNEDIN GROUP. Headstone transcripts, 1976-1980. 14v. donation. Records of cemeteries in Otago, dating from 1846. NORTON, CHRISTOPHER GARTH, b. 1953. Music scores, 1969-1977. 33cm. DONATION. Musical compositions (some photocopies).

O’DONNELL, EWART, b. 1890. We the Settlers, 1974. 218 1. DONATION. Unpublished book describing pioneer farming near Eketahuna, in Waikato, and in King Country, 1890-1914. Typescript. OLIVER, WILLIAM HOSKING, b. 1925. Fire without Phoenix: poems 1946-54. Iv. PURCHASE. Review copy with extensive holograph annotations by Allen Curnow. O’SULLIVAN, NATALIE A. Additional research papers, 1891-1979. 30cm. DONATION. Correspondence, scrapbooks, interviews, clippings and other material gathered for a history of woolbuying and the wool trade in New Zealand. Access subject to sorting.

PATRICK, MARGARET GRACE, fonas Woodward, 1810-1881: Citizen of Wellington, 1980. 23p. DONATION. Woodward arrived on New Zealand Company vessel Clifton in 1842, was a member of Wellington Provincial Council, 1855-1865, first Public Trustee, 1873-1880, and headed Government Life Insurance Co., 1876-1878; also first pastor of Wellington Congregational Church, 1842-1859. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. Records, 1879-ca. 1979. 6.5 m. DONATION. Includes records of Pharmacy Board and Society’s affiliated bodies, comprising correspondence, financial records, examination papers for College of Pharmacy, registration and apprentices records, material on status of pharmacists and the Pharmacy Act. Restricted.

PHILLIPS, MAGLONA PATRICIA BRYONY, b. 1948. Papers, 1965-1979. 40cm, 1 microfilm reel. DONATION. Compositions include microfilm of oratorio Autumn floods, 1972-1973; papers, 1965-1978, include reviews and programme for Birds of Enlightenment. Photocopies.

PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. Records, 1880-1980. 4m. DONATION. Records of New Zealand lodges including fund and membership registers, minute books, correspondence, financial returns, photographs and clippings. QUEEN ELIZABETH II ARTS COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND. CONSERVATION WORKING PARTY. Records, 1974-1975. 3cm. DONATION: Mr J. E. Traue, Wellington. Minutes, working papers and reports, draft final report of Working Party set up to assess facilities for preservation of cultural property. RIES FAMILY. Papers, 1872-1981. 50cm. DONATION: Mrs L. Allardice, Dannevirke.

Official papers relating to the Danish Evangelical Emmanuel Lutheran Convention, 1877-1937 (in Danish). Family papers including notes, clippings, naturalisation papers, business interests and photographs. Notes on early history of Dannevirke. Access subject to sorting and restriction. ROLSTON, RICHARD, 1887-1961. Archaeological journal, 1909-1950. lv. DONATION: Mr D. J. Butts, Palmerston North. Levin farmer and amateur archaeologist describes Maori and Pacific Island artifacts discovered or purchased, and field trips, chiefly in Horowhenua district, 1945-1950.

ST PAUL’S PRO-CATHEDRAL CHURCH, WELLINGTON. Records, 1840-1899. 1 microfilm reel. DONATION. Registers of Marriages, 1840-1856, Burials, 1840-1866, and Baptisms, 1840-1899. Microfilm.

SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN IN NEW ZEALAND. CHILD CARE STUDY GROUP. Records, 1970-1975. 20cm. DONATION. Correspondence, minutes, reports, questionnaires, surveys, working notes and printed material of group undertaking research into child care and problems of working mothers. SOUTHCOTTIAN SOCIETY. Papers, ca. 1815-1860. 16cm. DONATION: Mr D. M. Luke, Wellington. Correspondence between first generation followers of Joanna Southcott (1715-1814), prophetess, with copies of her prophecies.

SOUTHGATE, WILLIAM DAVID, b. 1941. Papers, ca. 1961-1980. 26cm. LONGTERM LOAN. Compositions and papers including correspondence, 1975-1978, MA thesis, 1965, lecture scripts, 1965-1966. STEWART FAMILY. Papers, 1855-ca.1910. 4 cm. DONATION: Mr K. F. Sim, Foxton. Includes correspondence of family of John Tiffin Stewart, civil engineer and artist of Wanganui. THOMSON, JOHN MANSFIELD, b. 1926. Additional papers, 1961-1980. 50 items, 2 tapes. DONATION. Letters to Eric Crozier, 1965-1976; BBC talk ‘Thirteenth anniversary of the BBC Third Programme’; talk with Robert Craft about Stravinsky; and associated material. Restricted.

TURNER, CAMERON ARCHER, b. 1915. Build it in Stone, 1981. Cassette tape. DONATION. Subtitled History at St Mary’s, a son et lumiere production at Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth, 11 March 1981. TYHURST, BELLA, fl. 1862. Letter, ca. 1862. 2cm. DONATION: Mr W. S. Pitt, Walton-on-Thames, England. Written during voyage to England round Cape Horn, describes sailing amongst icebergs, and conditions on board. VAN LOON, HENDRICK, 1882-1944. Letter, 20 August, 1941. 2 1. DONATION: Mrs D. Hampton, Wellington. Brief comment on war situation, his health, and a visit to New Zealand.

WARNER, ERIC ROSS. History of Competitive Woodchopping and Sawing in Australia and New Zealand, 1970-1980. 2 cm. DONATION. Articles and notes on organisation and development of the sport, 1870-ca. 1926. WELLINGTON TRADES HALL. Records, 1927-1981. 3m. DONATION. Correspondence and financial records relating to administration and maintenance of Trades Hall; includes files on unemployment, industrial disputes, minutes and papers of Workers Co-operative Provident and Indemnity Society Ltd., 1968-1969, Trade Union Secretaries Association, 1945-1952.

white, HENRY JAMES, 1846-1914. Shipboard diary, 23 October 1877-29 October 1878. 17p. DONATION: Mrs M. Hatt, Wellington. Immigrating to New Zealand with his family by means of free passage, writer describes in detail accommodation and daily life for steerage passengers aboard vessel Gainsborough. Photocopy of typescript.