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File of correspondence concerning the Tarawera eruption, ca 30 items. Includes telegrams and correspondence between W.J. Lanarch, Minister of Mines, J.H. Hamer and H.J. Eliott, Under-Secretaries of the Mines Department, HA Gordon, Inspector of Mines and Professor Thomas. Also one photograph of Messrs Blyth and Lundius after the eruption.

 File — Box: 3
Identifier: MSS. Archives. A-54. Series 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The papers of Professor Thomas include correspondence, published reports, newspaper clippings, notebooks and cash books, social ephemera and files on the Tarawera Eruption of 1886 and the constitutional rights of the Norfolk Islanders. There is also a detailed biography of Thomas complied by M.J. O'Sullivan.

Dates

  • 1870 - 1942

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Not restricted.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.3 metres (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository

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