Booklet and minutes, Colenso - The Man
Maker
Andersen, Aileen Mary
Production date
1961
Object detail
Brief Description
a) A folder housing four copies of the booklet: Colenso - The Man.
b) Meeting minutes with contents page:
Contents:
1. Picture, William Colenso, FRS, FLS.
2. From minutes of A Colenso Commemoration, 7 November 1961.
3. Paper titled: Colenso - The Man, prepared and read by Aileen M Andersen, MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society, Napier, New Zealand.
Includes mention of a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society held on 7 November 1861 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Colenso; Exhibition in the Holt Gallery of Documents and other Colenso relics lent by Dr R Cooper, Botanist at the Auckland Museum and Institute, Colenso High School, Napier, and the museum collection; Exhibition of Early Watercolours in the Art Gallery; The Programme - events from the meeting, including the presentation of Colenso - The Man; acknowledgment of the work done by Miss Andersen.
c) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
Includes information about William Colenso's early life, work in Paihia, journeys around New Zealand, life as a travelling missionary, trade, and land purchases. It also includes information on the Mechanics Institute at the Atheaneum, the New Zealand Institute, the Hawke's Bay Branch of the Philosophical Institute; his role as Inspector of the Common and Private Schools under the Provincial Council and Fellow of the Royal Society; and interests in fauna, philology and philanthropy.
Glued to the inside of the back cover is a copy of the minutes of the meeting, similar to b) minus the contents page.
d) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
Glued to the inside of the front cover are two newspaper clippings, one titled: Colenso display at Napier, hand dated 4 November 1963 and the second an advertisement of the upcoming meeting, open to the public, of the Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society, hand dated 7 November 1961.
e) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
f) Inserted inside the front cover of e) is a copy of the minutes of the meeting, similar to b) minus the contents page.
g) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
h) Inserted inside the front cover of g) is a copy of the first page of the minutes of the meeting, similar to b) minus the contents page.
i) Inserted inside the front cover is a note about the Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum Centennial Year 1959 Colenso Native Plant Committee planting native shrubs in the museum garden.
b) Meeting minutes with contents page:
Contents:
1. Picture, William Colenso, FRS, FLS.
2. From minutes of A Colenso Commemoration, 7 November 1961.
3. Paper titled: Colenso - The Man, prepared and read by Aileen M Andersen, MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society, Napier, New Zealand.
Includes mention of a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society held on 7 November 1861 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Colenso; Exhibition in the Holt Gallery of Documents and other Colenso relics lent by Dr R Cooper, Botanist at the Auckland Museum and Institute, Colenso High School, Napier, and the museum collection; Exhibition of Early Watercolours in the Art Gallery; The Programme - events from the meeting, including the presentation of Colenso - The Man; acknowledgment of the work done by Miss Andersen.
c) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
Includes information about William Colenso's early life, work in Paihia, journeys around New Zealand, life as a travelling missionary, trade, and land purchases. It also includes information on the Mechanics Institute at the Atheaneum, the New Zealand Institute, the Hawke's Bay Branch of the Philosophical Institute; his role as Inspector of the Common and Private Schools under the Provincial Council and Fellow of the Royal Society; and interests in fauna, philology and philanthropy.
Glued to the inside of the back cover is a copy of the minutes of the meeting, similar to b) minus the contents page.
d) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
Glued to the inside of the front cover are two newspaper clippings, one titled: Colenso display at Napier, hand dated 4 November 1963 and the second an advertisement of the upcoming meeting, open to the public, of the Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society, hand dated 7 November 1961.
e) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
f) Inserted inside the front cover of e) is a copy of the minutes of the meeting, similar to b) minus the contents page.
g) Booklet, Colenso - The Man, a paper compiled by Aileen M Andersen MBE, Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society 1961.
h) Inserted inside the front cover of g) is a copy of the first page of the minutes of the meeting, similar to b) minus the contents page.
i) Inserted inside the front cover is a note about the Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum Centennial Year 1959 Colenso Native Plant Committee planting native shrubs in the museum garden.
Production date
1961
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Green cardboard folder, booklet typed with green paper cover, bound by three copper staples
Media/Materials
Measurements
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Signature/Inscription
HAWKES BAY / ART SOCIETY / This Book must / not be taken away, Bookplate, Printed
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
LOCAL COLLECTION, Stamp, Stamped
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
A.M.A. / 1961, Inscription, Handwritten
4.11.63, Inscription, Handwritten
7.11.1961, Inscription, Handwritten
HAWKE'S BAY ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
at a joint meeting of / and delivered to the royal Society of New / Zealand Hawkes Bay branch and / the Hawkes Bay and East Coast Art Society / on the occasion of the 150th anniversary / of his birth. 17 November 1811, Inscription, Handwritten
Colenso / preached / in the church / and worked in / the museum, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
LOCAL COLLECTION, Stamp, Stamped
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
A.M.A. / 1961, Inscription, Handwritten
4.11.63, Inscription, Handwritten
7.11.1961, Inscription, Handwritten
HAWKE'S BAY ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
at a joint meeting of / and delivered to the royal Society of New / Zealand Hawkes Bay branch and / the Hawkes Bay and East Coast Art Society / on the occasion of the 150th anniversary / of his birth. 17 November 1811, Inscription, Handwritten
Colenso / preached / in the church / and worked in / the museum, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1811-1961
Credit line
gifted by the Napier City Council
Other number(s)
5232, q 920 Col, 67856
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