Notable acquisitions 2010


Archives and Manuscripts
279 collections were received in the Archives and Manuscripts section during 2010. Many of these collections have yet to be fully processed and are therefore not yet available to readers. Below are some highlights.
Schools and Societies:
  • Kelsey-Yaralla Kindergarten : Further records, 6 boxes (January and February)
  • Otago Girls High Schools : Further records, 43 boxes (April)
  • Otago Girls’ High School : Photograph album presented to J.H. Pope, dating from 1876, contains carte de visite portraits of Pope, his pupils, family members, and other individuals (January)
  • Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, Headquarters : Further records, 7 boxes (January)
  • Scout Association (Otago): Further records, 18 boxes (April)
  • University of Otago, School of Physical Education, Volume of camp logs, 1 large volume of handwritten daily accounts of various camps held at Trotters Gorge, Matukituki and Dead Horse Creek. Accounts include who attended and activities held. Some accounts were compiled by Philip Smithells and E.J. Wright. (February)
  • Waldronville Primary School : Further records, 5 boxes (March)
  • High Street School: Records, 9 boxes
  • Mornington Scout Group : Records, 10 boxes
  • New Zealand Alpine Club : Further records, 9 boxes
  • Otago Polytechnic Students’ Association : Further records, 86 boxes
  • Scout Association (Otago) : Records, 6 boxes
  • St Margaret’s College : Further records, 18 boxes

Businesses:

  • Donaghy’s Industries Limited: Further records, 44 boxes (May)
  • Longacre Press : Further records, 21 boxes (April)
  • Fairmaid, Chance and Crawford: Records, 3 boxes
  • Otago Southland Meatworkers’ union, 86 boxes

Individuals and families:

  • Dunckley, Gay : Papers relating to the Preston Family, 2 boxes (February)
  • Friedlander, Ted : Dora de Beer papers, 1 box (May)
  • Gaylene: Papers, 5 boxes (February)
  • Hitchings, Michael Garnstone : Papers, 4 boxes.  Hitchings was Hocken Librarian from 1965 to 1984. (February and May)
  • Ibbotson, Dawn : University of Otago Cricket Blues Blazer of Arthur Ibbotson, a prominent local cricketer who became involved in cricket administration and was the President of the New Zealand Cricket Council. (February)
  • Smither, Elizabeth : Correspondence and other papers, 1 bag (February)
  • Thomson family: Papers relating to William George Howes and the Howes family, 1 box (March)
  • Trotter, Alexander Meiklejohn, Dr : War diaries, photographs, and related papers, 1 box (March)
  • Chance, George Roger : Papers and slides, 18 boxes
  • Dickson, John: Papers, 1 box
  • Ffrench, Di : Papers, 13 boxes, 11 slide carousels
  • Leckie James Gunn : World War I diary
  • Lindsay, Rob : Diaries of Charles Mercer, 3 volumes
  • Simon, Margaret : Autograph and sketch book, 1 volume
  • Smith, Des and Ray Yallop : Papers, 5 boxes
  • Smither, Elizabeth : Further poems, 1 folder
  • Sommer-Matheson, Heinke : Letters, slides and photographs from Hone Tuwhare, 2 folders
  • Wildey, David Lloyd : Papers, 15 boxes