Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 21, Issue 1, 1 May 1988, Page 56

Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, APRIL 1987 TO NOVEMBER 1987

Acquisitions of manuscripts and archives 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 staff in establishing priorities for sorting collections. The following list updates the Notes in the Record for October 1987. Material produced by the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and the Australian Joint Copying Project is not listed except for items copied under the latters Miscellaneous series. New accessions for the Archive of New Zealand Music are listed in Crescendo, the bulletin of the International Association of Music Libraries (New Zealand Branch).

ASSOCIATION OF HANDCRAFT PRINTERS NEW ZEALAND. Records, 1974-1984. 30cm. donation: Mr C. Alldrift, Auckland. Comprises membership records and general correspondence. barton, shirley a.m. Rewi Alley papers, ca. 1936-1986. lm. purchase. Letters from Alley to Barton, 1952-1986; poems, plays, talks, scrapbook. bateson, frank m. John Grigg: a Musical Astronomer, 1987. 28 leaves, donation. Grigg (1838-1920) was a noted amateur astronomer and musician from Thames. Carbon typescript. bell, gerda Gertrude Elizabeth, b. 1903. Research notes relating to Ernest Dieffenbach, ca. 1976-1986. 2 folders, donation. Letters, articles and clippings collected by Dr Bell for her research on the New Zealand Company surgeon and naturalist Dieffenbach.

bensemann, leo vernon, 1912-1986. Papers, 1934-1979. 19 folders, donation: Mrs E.M. Bensemann, Christchurch. The collection of typographer, painter and editor Leo Bensemann consists of letters from friends and colleagues associated with The Caxton Press, 1934-1978; nine music scores by Douglas Lilburn, 1941-1945, 1962; and printing blocks of Lilburn’s Four Preludes for piano, 1945. Partly restricted. carr family. Letters and journal, 1879-1881. 4 items, donation: MrF.H. Carr, Essex, England. Journal kept by Billy Carr on the Alastor, 1879-1880, and three letters written to his family from New Zealand. Photocopies.

cates, Charles. Diary of the Ups and Downs of a Common Soldier, 1914-1916. 2v. and 1 folder, donation: Whangarei Public Library. Cates served with the New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance at Gallipoli. He was wounded and invalided back to New Zealand. chapman, Leslie Walter. Diaries and letters, 1941-1945. sv. and 1 folder, purchase. Daily experiences of a gunner in the Middle East and Italy.

danilow, Nicholas, 1896-1981. Papers, 1896-1981. 30cm. donation: Mrs A. Danilow, Wellington. Danilow came to New Zealand in 1939 as a refugee, and in 1942 introduced the teaching of Russian to New Zealand universities. Includes biographical material, writings of and about Danilow, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs and a portrait. family life education council. Records, 1966-1986. 2m. donation: Mrs B. Morris, Wellington.

Goodman, rev. george h. Papers, 1930-1986. 1.3 m. donation. Pacifist, family and church affairs. heughan, Robert h. Diary of a Voyage on the Indian Empire, 1862. 39 leaves, donation: Mr J. Clark, Haywards Heath, England. Details activities on voyage to Auckland. Photocopy of typescript. hughes, john GETHiN. Gallipoli, 1941? 1 folder, donation: Mrs L. Hughes, Wellington. Reminiscences of the Gallipoli campaign and the role played by the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. Photocopy. jones, Stella morrison (claridge). Literary papers, ca. 1950-19605. 2 folders. DONATION. Includes short stories, plays, photographs, and newspaper clippings on Jones’s life and work.

lawson, john. Diary, 1928. lv. purchase. Diary kept when Lawson and others attempted to locate missing aviators George Hood and J.R. Moncrieff. leary, Leonard. Gallipoli; France, 1941? 1 folder, donation. Reminiscences of service with the Wellington Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli and the New Zealand Divisional Signal Company in France, 1915-1918. Photocopy. long, Margaret. Papers relating to human rights organisations, ca. 19505. 30cm. donation. Includes papers on Niue Islanders Committee, 1954; capital punishment and human rights; police offences and civil liberties. mcwhannell, rhoda. Diaries, 1938-1986. 91v. donation. Daily entries including appointments, weather, current news, and trips to Europe and South Africa.

Marriott, sophia. Letter from Caroline Abraham, 19 December 1850. 2p. purchase. Notes her husband Bishop Abraham’s departure and her own illness. meads, diana. The Works of A.A.St C.M. Murray-Oliver: an Annotated Bibliography, 1979. 41 leaves, donation. Further annotated by Murray-Oliver. mountfort, benjamin woolfield , 1825-1898. Mountfortfamily history, ca. 1890 s. 142 leaves, donation: Mrs J.A. Stichbury, Auckland. Part of a holograph family history prepared by Mountfort, a Christchurch architect. Covers from eleventh to sixteenth centuries. NEW ZEALAND DAIRY FACTORY MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION. Minute books, 1908-1939. donation: N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd, Hamilton. newman, sarah. Letter from Caroline and Joseph Newman, n.d. 4p, purchase. Written to ‘my dear sister’. It includes an additional note from Joseph Newman to William Newman.

newman, william, d. 1906. Letter from Joseph Newman, December 1855. 4p. purchase. Written from Remuera to his brother in England concerning business matters. pascoe, john. Correspondence, 1962. 4 items, purchase. Pascoe corresponded with Harold Leov and Andrew Sharp about the latter’s Ancient Voyages in the Pacific.

Paul, j.t. Inwards letters, 1914, 19405-19505. 13 items, purchase. Thirteen letters including one from Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, 1914, and several from William Downie Stewart. perry, james f., 1858-1926. Logbook kept on board the Orari, 1882. lv. donation: Mr R. C. Perry, Broadbeach Waters, Australia. Describes daily shipboard life, and includes a sketch of the vessel. Photocopy. Phillips, donald john. Papers relating to the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949. 3cm. donation: Mrs L. Stenhouse, Palmerston North. Phillips was a flight lieutenant with the Australian squadron. Includes logbook and newspaper clippings.

rowe, betty. Account of Life on Arapawa Island, n.d. 254 leaves, donation. An American family’s life on the island in Queen Charlotte Sound, and their battle to save the wild goat and sheep population. savage, Stephen, 1875-1941. E Tuatua Tiato . . ~ 1907. 61 leaves, purchase. Original typescript with corrections and annotations of Savage’s 1908 publication. shaw, george Bernard, 1856-1950. Papers relating to a visit to New Zealand, ca. 1934-1951. 45 items, purchase. Includes notes for an article giving Shaw’s views on currency depreciation and migration for the Evening Post, two programmes, pamphlets and clippings.

sherriff, rev. Francis. Sermons, 1873-1902. 30cm. donation: Mr H. Needham, Wellington. Sermons mainly delivered at All Saints, Foxton. Sinclair, sir keith. Research papers relating to South African War and World War One, ca. 1986. 30cm. donation. Chiefly copies of newspaper clippings and card index of research on New Zealand troops in South Africa, Gallipoli and Flanders. UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PEACE. AOTEAROA COMMITTEE. Records, 1985-1987. 4m. donation. Files on peace education, marches, conferences, publications.

WELLINGTON DAIRY EMPLOYEES’ INDUSTRIAL UNION OF WORKERS. Records, 1924-1977. 30cm. donation: Mr C. Sargeant, Wellington. Includes correspondence, notices, accounts and awards. Wellington photographic society inc. Records, ca. 1895-1930. 30cm. DONATION. The Society was founded in 1892. Includes minutes, 1895-1930. williams, Griffith william a., 1885-1963. South Taranaki Pioneering, ca. 1960. 10 leaves, purchase. Account of bushfelling and farming.