Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 October 1989, Page 123

Notes on Manuscript and Archive Accessions

A SELECTIVE LIST OF ACQUISITIONS, DECEMBER 1988 TO JUNE 1989 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 May 1989. 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).

bett, elva. Papers, ca. 19605-1980 s. 3.3 m. donation. Elva Bett was the owner of a Wellington dealer art gallery. The material includes the gallery’s records as well as working papers for numerous publications on New Zealand art. CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL. Records, 1840-Cd. 1982. 6.3 m. PERMANENT LOAN. Records include Vestry minute books, Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Churchwarden’s Registers, financial papers and subject files. harper, george s. Diary, 1864-1865. 1 folder, donation: Mrs Pat Booth, Wellington. The diarist was a Methodist minister who took passage from Gravesend to Lyttelton on board the Rachel. Harris, william. Journal, 1879-1880. 1 folder, donation: Mrs M. E. Harris, Hamilton. William Harris’s shipboard journal written on board the British Empire. Also included is a copy of the ship’s passenger list, a history of the ship and a biography of Harris. Photocopy of the original.

hawk press. Records, 1978-1987. 3 folders, purchase. Material includes annual accounts, correspondence, printer’s proofs and documentation of printing. kidman, fiona, b. 1940. Papers, ca. 1962-1985. Bm. and 104 tapes, donation. Collection of tapes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, radio scripts and drafts of novels and poems of a prominent New Zealand author. Partly restricted.

new Zealand citizen’s advice bureau. Records, 1975-1987. 3m. donation. Collection includes both central and regional branch correspondence, newsletters, legal submissions, minutes, annual reports and accounts. NEW ZEALAND FEDERATED NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR’S INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION OF employers. Records, 1916-1970. 1 folder, donation. The collection consists of the Association’s minutes 1916-1970, and accounts 1938-1970. new Zealand labour party. Minute Books, ca. 1910-1980 s. 3.3 m. donation. Minute books from the branch level of the New Zealand Labour Party. NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY. Scrapbooks, 1938-1975. 22v. DONATION. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to Labour Party activities.

new Zealand news ltd. Records, 1881-1980 s. 24m. DONATION. The collection includes both the records, and bound copies of the. Auckland Sun, Lyttelton Times and Oamaru Mail as well as the records of Brett Printing and Publishing and the New Zealand News Company itself. The Company’s archive includes photographs, oral histories and newspaper clippings, as well as financial papers, subject files, staff files, Board files and Editor’s files. Restrictions on oral histories and publishing files. new Zealand newspaper publishers’ association. Minute Book, 1898-1907. lv. DONATION.

new Zealand women’s hockey association. Records, ca. 1910-1988. 3.3 m. DONATION. Records include minutes, reports, correspondence, financial papers and newspaper clippings. NEW ZEALAND WOOLLEN MILLS INDUSTRIAL UNION OF WORKERS. Records, CO. 1910-1982. 3.6 m. DONATION. Materrial includes minute books, correspondence, cashbooks and material relating to submissions, industrial disputes and resulting arbitration Restricted.

Norwood, hugh. Notes, ca. 1908. 1 folder, donation. Photocopy of notes made by Katherine Mansfield in a copy of A Shropshire Lad given to her by Sylvia Payne, Christmas 1908. pearson, dr william (bill). Papers, ca. 1958-1988 lm. donation. Papers include material relating to and about Coal Flat ; and also to the writer Frank Sargeson, with emphasis on his collected stories. Restricted. peterson, major h.w.r. Papers, ca. 19405-19705. 30cm. purchase. Diaries, Company reports and other material relating to the writer’s experiences during the Malayan Emergency and the wars in Korea and Vietnam. ranstead family. Letters, 1914-1919. 1 folder, donation: Mrs Pat Kay, Te Awamutu. Letters written by George Ranstead to his parents whilst on active service in Palestine during World War One.

revans, samuel stebbing, 1808-1888. Letters from his Uncle, Samuel Revans , 1858-1871. lv. donation: Mr S. A. Robertson, Tauranga. The Rev. Struan Robertson’s transcription of letters written by Revans, a prominent New Zealand newspaper proprietor. stannage, s. gillman , b. 1910. Letters, ca. 19205-19505. 1 folder, donation: Stannage Estate, England. Letters from Sir Ronald Storrs and D’Arcy Cresswell to Gillman Stannage. The letters are accompanied by photographs and newspaper clippings.

stubbs, Charles. Diary, 1886. 1 folder, donation: Mr R. Ellingham, Wellington. The diary is an eyewitness account of the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. The diary’s existence, and the diarist’s identity was unknown during the writing of R. F. Ream’s publication Tarawera: The Volcanic Eruption of 10 June 1886 (Auckland, 1988). Photocopy of original manuscript.

WELLINGTON ROWING CLUB. Records, 1890-1959. lv. DONATION. Register containing the Club’s annual reports and balance sheets. Wellington women’s club. Records, 1926-ca. 1980 s. 3m. donation. The Club was established in 1924. The records include minute and account books, correspondence and photographs. young women’s Christian association. Records, ca. 1906-1983. 4m. donation. The Association’s material includes registers, minute books, correspondence, photographs and plans.