Typescript and handwritten copies of letters to Gilbert Mair, including deed of appointment of William Mayhew as Vice-Consul U.S.A. for New Zealand, 1841; copy of memorandum of agreement between James Busby and Gilbert Mair 1840, letter to Mair in Maori language from Nei Taipari, with English translation, not dated, and from Tirarau, 1844. Includes, also, copy of letter from J. Logan Campbell to G.H. Mair dated 30 Aug 1897, and of a letter from G.H. Mair to Director, Auckland Art Gallery, 1943, detailing documents concerning G. Mair to be added to Old Colonists' Museum Mair Collection., 1840 - 1943

During the late 1940s Professor Rodwell and Mr Bruce G. Hardie, of the Economics Department, Auckland University College, intended to write a history of James Busby. In 1948 Miss Agnes Busby made family papers available to them for their research. Some of the papers in this collection are, presumably, copies of that material; and there are copies of other material relating to early New Zealand history. The book was never published.

Folder 1 contains a checklist of material in the collection. Against descriptions of the contents of Folders 1-3, Mair, Busby and Hobson papers, there is this note: These need a warning to students that they may not be correct with originals; and a further note concerning the Busby letters: Busby papers are in the National Archives – Judith Binney said some are missing and that perhaps these could be transcripts of the missing letters... However, this has not been verified.