Scope and Contents Newspaper extracts: (1) from New Zealand Family Friend, 4 Aug 1888; (2) from Auckland Star, 22 Jan 1938 (typescript). The seven volumes comprise: (i) Notebook listing geological specimens: (ii)-(vii) Field notebooks, i.e. (ii) 1886, July 2-, beginning "First journey to Tarawera"; (iii) 1887, Jan 8-, beginning "2nd journey to Tarawera" [on spine: A.1887]; (iv) 1887 [March?], beginning "South Crater and Echo Crater..." [on spine: B.1887]; (v) 1887, Dec 1-1888, beginning "Journey to...

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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.