Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume XXII, Issue 1, 1 May 1989, Page 65

Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, APRIL 1988 TO NOVEMBER 1988

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 1988. 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. 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).

alley, Roderick. Papers, 1937-1977. 9 folders, donation. Further papers of Rewi Alley including copies of the Gung Ho News; Indusco Bulletins', correspondence and photographs. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. Records, 1872-1983. 60cm. DONATION. Includes annual minutes; district executive meetings minutes; Friendly Society Journal and medical and dispensary reports. Armstrong, sheila. Correspondence, 1947-1949. 4 folders, donation. Letters written by a new immigrant to her relatives in the United Kingdom describing post-war conditions in New Zealand. bagnall, Austin graham, 1912-1986. Papers, 1840s-1980s. 3m. donation: Mrs D. Bagnall, Mahina Bay, Wellington. Collection consists of six manuscript volumes of William Colenso’s ‘Bush Journals, October 1847-March 1851’, as well as research papers on the Wairarapa and the National Library. Access subject to sorting.

bland, peter. Papers, ca. 19605-1980 s. 4 folders, purchase. Includes correspondence, poems, a speech, articles and a typescript of working notes. cairns, keith Raymond, 1925-1987. Papers. 7.3 m. donation: Estate. Collection concerns Wairarapa history, archaeology and place names. Access subject to sorting. England, ronald william. Papers, 1950-1983. 60cm. donation. Collection of papers relating to the New Zealand Social Credit Political League. ex-libris society. Records, 1931-ca. 1979. 60cm. donation. Comprises accounts; minutes; bulletins and correspondence. The Society is now defunct. federated farmers of new Zealand womens division. Records, ca. 1925-1983. 15m. DONATION. Records comprise branch minutes; accounts and correspondence; Dominion Executive minutes; correspondence; subject files and annual reports.

GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND. Records, 1910-1985. 15m. DONATION. Includes correspondence; subject files; minutes of National Executive; Annual General Meetings; committees; oral history tapes; photograph albums and scrapbooks. Restricted. henry hughes ltd. Patent Registers, 1874-1979. 3m. donation. Henry Hughes established the first trade mark and patent company in New Zealand. The company is still extant. hofmann, frank. Plelen Shaw’s collection relating to Walter DArcy Cresswell. lm. donation. Research material collected by the late Helen Shaw for a projected biography of D’Arcy Cresswell. Restricted.

hughes, alan w. Diaries and correspondence, 1917-1919. 1 folder, donation. Typescripts of diaries and correspondence used in the preparation of ‘The Great Adventure: The Diaries and Correspondence of Private James McKenzie, 1917-1919.’ Restricted. kemp, peter. Papers of George Thomas Kemp, 1889-1926. 3 folders, donation. Kemp was an engineer in Nelson and Christchurch. Includes correspondence, clippings, photographs and diagrams of wireless telegraphy. lovelock, jack (john edward), 1910-1949. Diary, 1936. lv. donation: Timaru High School Board. Microfilm copy.

malone, william george, 1859-1915. Diaries and letterbooks, 1914-1915. 15v. and 1 folder, donation: Mr E. P. Malone, Masterton. Lieutenant-Colonel Malone commanded the Ist Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He saw action with the Battalion at Suez and Gallipoli, and was killed in action at Chunuk Bair in August 1915. The Library already holds typescripts of the Malone diaries. martin, h.d. Papers, 1941-1944. 3m. donation. Papers relate to the Communist Party of New Zealand, 1941-1944. NEW ZEALAND FEDERATION OF LABOUR. Records, 1937-1988. 32m. DONATION. Material includes correspondence; subject files; minutes; conference papers; photographs; sound tapes; videos and ephemera. Restricted.

new Zealand workers’ union. Records, 1901-1970. 60cm. DONATION. Collection includes conference reports; minute books; membership rolls; scrapbooks; rulebooks and membership tickets. Restricted. o’connor, irma miriam, b. 1891. Papers, ca. 1820s-1860s. 5 folders, donation: Miss I. Wakefield, Auckland. Collection includes correspondence from William Wakefield to his daughter Emily; photographs; a diary and other family material. o’reilly, ronald norris, 1914-1982. Papers, ca. 1965-ca. 1982. 30cm. donation. Material relating to Maori art. petherbridge, Gertie. Diary, 1906-1907. 1 folder, donation: Mrs S. R. Pook, Kumeu. Typescript of a diary written aboard the Athenic travelling from Plymouth to New Plymouth.

potts, Geoffrey. Papers, 1917-1919. 9 folders, donation: J. B. Nixon, Wanganui. Correspondence, photographs and a biography of Potts relating to his military service during World War I. salkeld, brian. Papers, ca. 19405-1980 s. 3.3 m. donation. Papers relating to the writer’s career in radio broadcasting. seddon, mary stuart. Seddon family scrapbooks and letters, ca. 1874-1918. 7v. and 50cm. donation: Mrs Helen Hitchings, Wellington. Collection includes typescripts of some of Richard Seddon’s speeches; telegrams of condolence following the death of Captain R. J. S. Seddon in 1918; scrapbooks ca. 1891, 1896-1897, 1904-1905; and correspondence to Mary Seddon. Somerville, rosalie. Papers, ca. 1970-1987. lm. donation. Papers relating to adult literacy in New Zealand. tripe, mathews and feist. Records, 1870-1945. 30cm. DONATION. Legal records and some correspondence pertaining to Bishop Octavius Hadfield, his family and descendants.

turbott, dr harold bertrum, 1899-1988. Papers, ca. 1943-ca. 1988. 1.5 m. donation: Estate. Includes some of the scripts for his radio programme ‘The Radio Doctor’, as well as research notes and publications on health matters. varnham, Frederick stuart, 1888-1963. Diaries, 1915-1919. 2 folders, donation: Mrs Nancy Croad, Auckland. Varnham was an officer serving with the New Zealand forces in the Middle East during World War I.