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The British Resident's Archives consist of Inwards Letters written between 12 October 1832 and 28 October 1834, and addressed to James Busby, New Zealand's first and only British Resident.

Mrs Grace Brown (died 1997) was the daughter of Philip Charles Reynolds (died 1951) who worked for 40 years as a woodworker for C E Daniells of Masterton.

Brown was ordained by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1837 and came to New Zealand in 1859 in the 'Eclipse'. He settled at Omata where he became resident clergyman. The records comprise documents concernin

Samuel Brown was born in 1876 and died at Whakatane in 1963. The collection is of Brown family records.

Born 19 May 1897. Brigadier Bull joined the Medical Corps in 1917 as a 2Lt. He was recalled from the Reserve of Officers in 1925.

Graeme Campbell Taylor Burns (Bob). Dr Graeme (Bob) Burns was the pathologist the microbiologist for Christchurch Hospital from 1948-1964, but during WWII he was a doctor in the Medical Corps; 2NZEF.

John Cade joined the Pahiatua Rifles in 1900, the Wanganui Guards in 1902, and became a captain in the Wellington West Coast Regiment in 1911. He served in France, Belgium and Germany, 1916-1919.

Robina Thomson Cameron (Ruby) was born in Edinburgh on 15/4/1892. She came to New Zealand in 1920, and trained at the Cook Hospital in Gisborne.

Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, pamphlets, press cuttings, photographs(3) and other papers. A manuscript letter and envelope from Colin McCahon, originally held in this archive is n

(1) Governor-General's appointment of Francis Eastwood Campbell to be Adjutant in the Auckland Regiment, 26 Apr 1860 (2) Extract from Journals of the House of Representatives expressing the sympathy

The Canterbury Regiment dates from 1869, when the Canterbury Rifles formed as an official Corps.

Records including minute books, membership lists, rules and constitution, and menu.

Records

James Thomas Catley (1831-1909) arrived in Nelson on the "John Phillips" on 6.5.1855.

Undated typescript entitled "A Brief History of the Lyttelton Volunteer Artillery", by R.A.Chapman

Typescript

Records include correspondence, certificates, press cuttings, photographs, official and other papers. This Committee was formed to support the applications of Jewish and other refugees fleeing Hitler

This collection contains letters written home by Sapper Rupert James Christie 35093 NZ Divisional Signallers, from the time he entered camp at Featherston in August 1916 until he was killed in action

Robert Alan Harry Church, MB ChB NZ 1922. Regd 18 Dec 1922: London/Seacliff Mental Hosp, Otago/Reefton/Marton. Died 7 May 1974.

Russell Clark was a Christchurch-born artist best known for his illustrative work during the 1930s and 1940s.

The collection consists of papers relating to Clarke's experiences in South Africa as a Trooper with the IX New Zealand Contingent.

Diaries kept while serving in the Navy aboard the HMNZS Leander 1940-1943, and in the Army during the occupation of Japan 1946- 1947.