11/01/2012
SCRAPBOOKS – STOREHOUSES OF MEMORY
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The practice of cutting out items of interest and putting them onto blank pages is characteristic of scrapbook makers throughout the world. While scrapbooking is sometimes seen as a contemporary phenomena, the term scrap-book first appeared in the English language in 1825, and books with similar characteristics were made as early as the 15th century. A current exhibition at Auckland Libraries’ Sir George Grey Special Collections highlights these treasures and is well worth a visit.In the Archive at the Kinder Library, we have a range of scrapbooks which form part of specific collections and which vary in content from the records of organisations through to early personal papers of missionaries and notable Anglicans and Methodists. Typically, contemporary scrapbooks include a mixture of photographs, news clippings, sketches, handwritten comments and autographs. The type of scrapbooks used for the task varies from solid bound leather volumes through to colourfully designed soft-cover formats. The scrapbook featured, is part of the St John’s College Students’ Association records [SJC 4/5/7] and was compiled by their 1960 Social Committee.
A comment alongside the Saturday Night !!!!! Common Room sketch included this advice:
On Sat. 12 March, 1960, we were favoured with a talk from one of our first- year men Barry Allum. Notes for future! When using a small projector, make sure the speaker does not block the view of persons on one side whilst he gives his commentary …”
13/12/2011
First New Zealand Christmas
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As Christmas approaches, we share extracts from this quaint pamphlet from our stacks, first published in 1933: First New Zealand Christmases by A.H. & A. W. Reed: BV 3667.M3 REE.1642 ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN
‘On Epiphany eve … he sighted a small groups of islets to the northward … and, being a good churchman and explorer of some originality … named them Three Kings, a tribute to the Wise Men from the East who followed the Star.’
1769 CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
On 17th December he sighted the north-eastern extremity of the mainland and named it North Cape. On Christmas Day he was in the neighbourhood of the Three Kings, and thereafter the Endeavour was tacking to and fro, day after day, in a heavy gale, in a vain attempt to round Cape Maria Van Diemen … Christmas was celebrated in the old-fashioned way, as Banks tells us, by the eating of Goose Pye. The ‘geese’ were provided by shooting gannets on Christmas Eve. ‘
1814 REV. SAMUEL MARSDEN
‘On the afternoon of 16th December 1814, Samuel Marsden stood upon the deck of the brig Active as she sailed to the Three Kings … a few days later the Active anchored inside the north head of the Bay of Islands, opposite Rangihoua … on Christmas Day in the morning every European with the exception of the Captain and one seaman, went ashore.
At Oihi, in the Bay of Islands, stands Marsden Cross, bearing this inscription:
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1814, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN SERVICE IN N.Z. WAS HELD ON THIS SPOT BY THE REV.SAMUEL MARSDEN
07/12/2011
A controversial churchman: essays on George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, and Sarah Selwyn. Allan K. Davidson, editor. Bridget Williams Books, 2011.
New Zealand’s first Anglican bishop, George Selwyn, was a towering figure in the young colony. Denounced as a ‘turbulent priest’ for speaking out against Crown practices that dispossessed Maori, he brought a vigorous approach to Episcopal leadership. His wife Sarah Selwyn supported all her husband’s activities, in a life characterised as one of ‘hardship and anxiety’, she expressed independently her sense of outrage over the Waitara dispute. ….
His place in Treaty history as a political commentator and source of historical information is recognised. George Selwyn left a large imprint on New Zealand church and society. This collection both honours and critiques a controversial bishop.
The book, launched on December 7 at St John’s Theological College, was published with the support of St John’s College Trust Board.
23/11/2011
Bishop William Garden Cowie, 1831 – 1902, Archive: KIN 5
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William Garden Cowie was selected by G.A. Selwyn to become the first bishop of Auckland and was consecrated at Westminster Abbey in June 1869. He arrived in Auckland with wife Eliza Jane in February 1870. Bishop Cowie was known as an intrepid traveller and during his long episcopacy he and Eliza made regular visits throughout his diocese, often under difficult conditions, as depicted in the Philip Walsh sketches featured.Following Bishop Hadfield’s resignation in 1893, Cowie became Acting Primate until formal election in 1895, holding office until his death in Auckland in 1902.
Under his leadership “the number of clergy increased from 28 to 82, and many churches were built. He created the Home Mission Fund to support church extension… [and] encouraged the training and appointment of Maori clergy … during Cowie’s episcopate Anglicans re-established contact with Waikato and King Country Maori who had been alienated from the church during the wars of the 1860s … His achievement was in helping the Auckland diocese in the post-Selwyn era consolidate and expand both its Maori and Pakeha work”. Allan K. Davidson. “Cowie, William Garden – Biography’. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand’.
The discrete archive of Cowie Family personal papers (KIN 5) includes a journal from 1869 – 1871 and a mix of correspondence, research notes, photographs, memorabilia and sketches.
09/11/2011
The New Zealand Church Missionary Society Archive: ANG 143
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When the New Zealand Church Missionary Association was formed in 1892, the constitution of the Association defined its aims and objectives as “… a society of members of the Church of the Province of New Zealand, based upon the evangelical principals … of the CMS for Africa and the East … to send missionaries to the mission-fields occupied by the CMS in connection with and under the direction of the parent CMS Committee .. to engage in missionary work in such other fields not occupied by the CMS.” The Association changed its name to the New Zealand Church Missionary Society in 1916 and remains active in the field today.This extensive archive contains material dated from 1892 to 1978, consists of reports, minutes, financial records, correspondence, publications, ephemera and photographs, such as those featured.
25/10/2011
Mangungu Mission Station [MET: 5/1/1 - 5]
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Mangungu was established in 1828 as the second Wesleyan Mission station in New Zealand, the first being destroyed in 1827. The existing house was built ca 1838 for the head of the Methodist Mission in New Zealand, the Rev. Nathaniel Turner. The station is the oldest surviving structure associated with the Methodist Church in New Zealand. The archive consists of a handwritten history by John Hobb’s descendant Mrs Emma Kirk, (54 p.) which was intended for “Dr Morley to use in his history”; a typescript history by Jean Irvine, Secretary of the Hokianga Historical Society; an account book of the Mangungu Mission station, 1837; a New Zealand Historic Places Trust ‘Mangungu Mission House research progress report’, 1973 and a pamphlet – ‘the Weslyan Mission Primer’, Mangungu, 1884. The featured primer contains ‘alphabets, lists of words, and easy reading lessons’ as well as the ten commandments in Maori, ‘Ko nga ture a te atua’. The 1837 account book includes several ‘house lists’ which itemise the contents of the house, and a letter from Rev. Nathaniel Turner in October 1837
04/10/2011
God’s Scientist: John Morton Archive (KIN: 217)
Emeritus Professor John Morton was a distinguished marine biologist, prolific writer, broadcaster, supporter of conservation issues and a committed Christian. He published more than one hundred scientific papers and theological works, including:
Man, science and God, 1972.
Redeeming Creation, 1984.
Christ, creation and the environment, 1989.
Professor Morton had a long involvement in the Synods and governance of the Anglican Church and was a strong advocate for Creation Sunday in the Anglican calendar. Professor Morton was also a Lay Canon Emeritus of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland. He died in Auckland in March this year.
The recently accessioned papers consist of a selection of annotated drafts and copies of lectures, papers and addresses which span many years. They complement an existing collection of his lectures on man and evolution, at ANG 161/2/13.
“Science and religion blended produce one unity”
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20/09/2011
Iconic Maori Composer Kingi Ihaka
The late Rev’d Sir Kingi Ihaka was acknowledged and awarded the Iconic Maori Composer for 2011, at the Maori Music Awards earlier on this year. In 1964, Kingi Ihaka was president of the Wellington Anglican Maori Club from 1964 and probably became most well known for his compositions and direction of Maori cultural groups at competitions. Although his groups were famous and often won prestigious awards, he disliked the competitiveness associated with Polynesian festivals.
He composed waiata for the church and for competitions and many of his waiata like Nau mai, Piki mai and Ehara taku toa is still sung today around Aotearoa and the world.
At the library in the archives we have a collection of notebooks filled with known and unknown waiata from Kingi Ihaka. (KIN157/1/12)
06/09/2011
Bishop Broughton’s visit to New Zealand in 1838 – 1839
In December 1838, Bishop Broughton, Bishop of Sydney, sailed for New Zealand with Octavius Hadfield, whom he had just ordained deacon. He landed in the Bay of Islands 21 December. On 5 January 1839, he preached at the first confirmation service in New Zealand. The sermon was subsequently translated into Maori by William Williams and printed at Paihia that same year. There is a copy of the sermon in the Library.
17/08/2011
The passing of Sir Paul
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- Archbishop Johnston and Bishops of the Province at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 1976-1980s.
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- The form and order of service for the Consecration of the Reverend Paul Alfred Reeves as Bishop of Waiapu, March 25th, 1971.
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- Archbishop Paul Reeves with Archbishop George Ambo in Kaitaia 1985
The library mourns the passing of a good friend in Bishop Sir Paul Reeves. Always aware of the value of the written record, Sir Paul was careful to ensure that his papers from his various roles in the Church were safely deposited in the appropriate archive.
From his time as Archbishop, we have his files relating to international and national meetings, such as the Anglican Consultative Council and Primates Meetings as well as papers and correspondence relating to his role.
Sir Paul’s Certificate of Consecration as Bishop of Waiapu on March 1971 and other related documents are also held in the archive. Papers relating to his role as a diocesan bishop both in Waiapu and Auckland are held in the archives of the Diocese of Waiapu and the Diocese of Auckland.
Sir Paul was a student at St John’s College from 1956 to 1958. He later returned to the College as a lecturer in church history from 1966 to 1969, and then as Te Ahorangi of Te Rau Kahikatea, 1994 to 1995. He was made a Fellow of the College in 1989.
