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Aldred was a Methodist minister with the Wesleyan Missionary Society, who arrived in New Zealand in 1840 and served at Kawhia, Nelson, Christchurch and Wellington. See DNZB / Scholefield (Vol 1, p9). [Source: TAPUHI online catalogue 08 Jan 2007].

Scope and Contents Includes programmes of Sousa’s Band, 1911, Wellington Professional Orchestra, Bland Holt, Charley’s Aunt etc. with playbills, visiting Italian opera singers, timetables of Huddart Parker and Union Steamship.S.S. Co., and certificate of membership Grand Orient Lodge, 1936 wages book, etc. Detailed listing - Part 1 1. Business card - A.T.McWilliam Cab, Drag and Gig Proprietor -- 2. Wage book titled 'Shop and Saloon' (1945-1949) -- 3....

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The records consist of Minutes, versions of the catalogue, and some financial records; there is no membership register nor any record of borrowing patterns. Other administrative records for Brancepeth Station were retained by the owners.

Description

The collection consists of records salvaged by Les Cleveland. They concern the Athenaeum, the Brass Band, and the Crown Hotel only.

Les Cleveland contributed photographs for the article 'Survivors of ghost town recall a bygone era', 'New Zealand Truth', 11 February 1958, p.22 (clipping held with collection).

Abstract The collection includes material from the middle to late period of Campbell's career as a writer, in the form of drafts of published and unpublished work, annotated proofs, marked up final proofs, notes and notebooks, correspondence with publishers and with one critic. There are no reviews or press clippings, and very little publicity or personal material. The unpublished works consist of poetry. The published works consist of all works since 1993. The collection includes an unpublished...

Scope and Contents Legal and other papers (some parchment) plus correspondence of the Compton Family, orignally of Paignton in Devon, England. Deposited by A. H. Angelo November 15, 1991. Brief listing as follows:17-- 6 docs, brother's letters etc.17-- 13 docs, brown envelopec.1772 (3 docs)1772 Indenture[Names mentioned in the 18th century papers above include James Compton, Ian Compton, Charles Spencer Compton and Samuel Compton]....

Abstract

The papers of Wellington book collector and historian Horace Edwards Manners Fildes, 1875-1937, including correspondence, clippings indexes and research notes, and collected manuscripts and other items.

This collection covers over forty years of Fildes' interest in New Zealand history and historical resources, and a corresponding period of indexing and scrapbooking.

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1. Letters from Ralph Bodle on collecting Swiss Family Robinson 2. Bibliography by Rowan Gibbs of Rosemary Rees 3. Note on pseudonym

Description

The collection consisted of correspondence, papers and reports related to banking and finance in New Zealand, mostly in the 1930s, as well as a number of pamphlets about economics and socialism and a notebook of prayers and biblical verses. Most of the pamphlets have been catalogued and integrated into the general pamphlet collection, with some duplicates being discarded. Remaining material is held in the archival collections. The correspondents include Michael Savage and Walter Nash.

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Access is freely available in the J.C.Beaglehole Room for research and private study. For any use beyond this, please contact the J.C.Beaglehole Room (jcbeaglehole.room@vuw.ac.nz) in the first instance.