Letters, Alice Woodhouse
Maker
Woodhouse, Alice
Bagnall, Austin Graham
Mitchell, B
Object detail
Brief Description
Letters to and from Miss Alice Woodhouse mostly about William Colenso.
a) letter from A G Bagnall to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated c/o Pictorial Library Service, Private Bag, Wellington, 18 January 1948 regarding the publishing of a book on Colenso.
b) copy of letter from Mrs B Mitchell to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall. 27 August 1965 regarding using old stamps to illustrate the life of Colenso; request for information about the Napier Post Office and Māori mail carriers during William Colenso's time.
c) letter from Miss Woodhouse to Mrs B Mitchell, addressed and dated Hawke's Bay Art Gallery & Museum Box 429 Napier. 13 September, 1965.
re receipt of letter, the necessary records, the old Provincial Council Papers held in Wellington. Surface mail sent with information.
d) letter from Miss Woodhouse to Mrs B Mitchell, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall. 13 September 1965 regarding Māori postal carriers; date of Colenso's seat on council; information about the history and construction of the Napier Post Office; information about the schooner Harlequin and mission ship Karere.
e) letter from Mrs B Mitchell to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall, 30 September 1965,
regarding receipt of letter; permission to use an unpublished thesis on Rev. Colenso written by Mrs McIntosh
f) letter from Mrs B Mitchell to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall. 1 December 1965 regarding having a photograph of Karere used by Colenso for a botanical excursion
g) letter from M K Fitzgerald to The Director of the Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum, addressed and dated Dominion Museum, Private Bag Wellington, 16 April 1973. Regarding printing press, Columbia Eagle, model used by William Colenso
h) letter from Director to Mr Fitzgerald, addressed and dated the Curator of Colonial History, National Museum, Private Bag, Wellington. 27 April 1973. Regarding printing presses.
a) letter from A G Bagnall to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated c/o Pictorial Library Service, Private Bag, Wellington, 18 January 1948 regarding the publishing of a book on Colenso.
b) copy of letter from Mrs B Mitchell to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall. 27 August 1965 regarding using old stamps to illustrate the life of Colenso; request for information about the Napier Post Office and Māori mail carriers during William Colenso's time.
c) letter from Miss Woodhouse to Mrs B Mitchell, addressed and dated Hawke's Bay Art Gallery & Museum Box 429 Napier. 13 September, 1965.
re receipt of letter, the necessary records, the old Provincial Council Papers held in Wellington. Surface mail sent with information.
d) letter from Miss Woodhouse to Mrs B Mitchell, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall. 13 September 1965 regarding Māori postal carriers; date of Colenso's seat on council; information about the history and construction of the Napier Post Office; information about the schooner Harlequin and mission ship Karere.
e) letter from Mrs B Mitchell to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall, 30 September 1965,
regarding receipt of letter; permission to use an unpublished thesis on Rev. Colenso written by Mrs McIntosh
f) letter from Mrs B Mitchell to Miss Woodhouse, addressed and dated 4 Trendeal Gardens, Clarence St. Penzance Cornwall. 1 December 1965 regarding having a photograph of Karere used by Colenso for a botanical excursion
g) letter from M K Fitzgerald to The Director of the Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum, addressed and dated Dominion Museum, Private Bag Wellington, 16 April 1973. Regarding printing press, Columbia Eagle, model used by William Colenso
h) letter from Director to Mr Fitzgerald, addressed and dated the Curator of Colonial History, National Museum, Private Bag, Wellington. 27 April 1973. Regarding printing presses.
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
a) handwritten in black ink on paper
b) - d) typed in black ink on paper
e), f) handwritten in blue ink on blue air mail paper
g) typed in black ink on paper with Dominion Museum letterhead
h) typed on paper, bottom of letter ripped off
b) - d) typed in black ink on paper
e), f) handwritten in blue ink on blue air mail paper
g) typed in black ink on paper with Dominion Museum letterhead
h) typed on paper, bottom of letter ripped off
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 208 x 133mm
Length x Width: 227 x 178mm
Length x Width: 227 x 178mm
Length x Width: 251 x 201mm
Length x Width: 244 x 200mm
Length x Width: 244 x 200mm
Length x Width: 294 x 208mm
Length x Width: 170 x 215mm
Length x Width: 227 x 178mm
Length x Width: 227 x 178mm
Length x Width: 251 x 201mm
Length x Width: 244 x 200mm
Length x Width: 244 x 200mm
Length x Width: 294 x 208mm
Length x Width: 170 x 215mm
Signature/Inscription
PENZANCE / ... / OCT / 1965 / CORNWALL, Stamp, Stamped
PENZANCE / 3.45PM / 1 DEC / 1965 / CORNWALL, Stamp, Stamped
PENZANCE / 3.45PM / 1 DEC / 1965 / CORNWALL, Stamp, Stamped
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1855-1973
Other number(s)
67870
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