Box 1

1) Road Board formed; Felling the forest

2) Rua Ruru by D G Hutchinson 1974; Te Ngutu o te Manu; Cowan's interview with Pou 1915; Comments on the 'lost' village of Rua Ruru; Copy of Houston's military sketch showing position of Rua Ru; What happened in the period between the war and settlement

3) Survey and Surveyors/The roads; seen at the offices; Bush survey of the land and Kapuni; Earliest Purchasers of land

4) Lewis Watkins; letter from Lewis Watkins; diary of Mary Watkins - voyage to NZ 1879, SS Wanganui; additions by L Watkins

5) Kapuni Settlers; recollections of Mrs Freethey (Anita Cassidy) living in New Plymouth March 24 1959 (3 copies); death notice for Anita Freethey and Ida Grace Newing; 'Our Heritage' a tribute to the Kapuni Settler (poem) by D A B

6) Saw milling; saw milling at Kapuni; Pit sawing

7) John and George Gibson; recollections taken in NP 1959

8) Mr Harry Robinson; recollections - August 3rd 1960

9) Religion; taken from memories of Kaponga by Rev O.M. Stent - Easter 1916; also other and earlier religious activities around Kapuni

10) Mr and Mrs David Black, Palmer Rd; extracts from letter from Miss Alice Black 1958; Note on Palmer Rd settlers, David Black

11) Gibson; recollections taken at New Plymouth 1959

12) dairy factories; Palmer road and Kapuni

13) Kapuni settlers; an attempt to name settlers

14) Kapuni Research Notes; Kapuni was first; Before the roads; Survey on the main roads

15) Medical; medical services; Dr O'Carroll

16) Misc notes; The first saw mill; The dairy industry at Kapuni; Harvesting Cocksfoot; Bullock teams at work; Religious activities in the bush settlement; Maori and Pakeha; Maori was also ; The bush burn technique; The first milking machine; Early factory described; A settler's home in 1898 (from notes written by W W Davy, January 1956); I used to ride

17) Misc notes II; early factory managers at Kapuni; sale of first land; opening day Kapuni school, list pupils 1888; historic background - diary of events 1868 - 1888; Kapuni pioneers 1881 - 1892; Settlers west of Kapuni on Skeet Rd; Kapuni settlers; Settlers west of Kapuni on Skeet Rd

18) Misc notes III; From the Hawera Star 1938; Kapuni School Jubilee extract from Hawera Star 1938; Some personal links with Titokowaru; Fungus

19) Letters; D Brook to Mr Harrison 1962 re Kapuni School Jubilee; Ellen Crowley to Dorothy 1958 re research; D W Maclegen to Mrs Brooks 1962 re history of Kapuni

20) Research notes: Kapuni research used in Jubilee 1938 and then in 1963

21) Old box list (from when the collection was first catalogued)

A) Misc papers and photos: letter from Con Crowley, Palmer Rd: photo - felling the last tree of the bush, Smith's farm: photo Cyril's horse team: photo Mr and Mrs Crowley at Smith's farm: photo Tommy Christian with whey for calves: photo Haymaking at Smith's farm: photo school picnic at Pearce's paddock c1903: photo members of Crowley family: photo Skeet survey party: photo ditto (Mokau River): misc notes

B) Chas Tait: particulars from Cyclopedia NZ Vol 6.

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C) Hutchinson family: Copy & original of letter from W. Davis on her sister Miss F.J. Davis 15/12/1959: Letter to Alice undated; Newspaper clippings: Billy Davy's memoirs (1956-1957): Palmer Road settlers. David Black: Wealth of machinery Inventor. Mr George Hutchinson. Hawera Star 9/6/1952: Recollections of William Davy. Grandson of William Hutchinson: Part of letter to Dorothy ? 23/11/1958: Williamm Hutchinson and family to Kapuni October 1885: How Dad came on the Survey from D. Hutchinson (Mrs Brooke): Photo, W.S. Hutchinson: Photo C. Hurchinson: Photo Hutchinson homestead: Photo G. Hutchinson car 'Little George': Photo Family of Robert and Sarah Hutchinson: Photo William Hutchinson

D) Wilson family: from Owen Wilson 28/3/1960: The Hobbs and Wilson families

E) Crowley: letter from Ellen Crowley, Kaponga 10?10/1959: letter from Ellen Crowley, daughter of Cornelius crowley 13/10/1959: photo taken at Kaponga Jubilee: photo Katie Crowley: photo travelling cyclist: photo grandchildren of Pioneer settler Dan Crowley and Mrs Crowley: photo Mary Crowley: photo Jim and Dean (?) married Jerry Cowley's sister: photo from Con Crowley, Palmer Rd: photo Jack Kissick, Dan Hennessey, Dawson Falls: photo grandchildren of D. Crowley: photo Mr and Mrs P. Crowley 13 August 1913: photo Lennon - Crowley

Folder 1) Smith family : George Smith, statndard certificate 1896: Isa Smith, Standard certificate 1890: Isa Smith, Standard certificate 1902: Souvenir of the coronation of King Edward VII 1902: Original and typescript of letter from W. Smith, Hawera 18 October 1959: Photo Kitchen of farmhouse, Smith's Lower Palmer Road (Mrs Smith sitting with spinning wheel brought from the Shetland Islands, now in TM collection A59.245): Photo 2nd from left Isa Smith: Photo Mrs Robert Smith: Photo Mrs Robert Smith and daughter Isa: Photo W Smith: Photo Kapuni, W Smith (next to guide): Photo Waimate West Council

Folder 2) Misc items: photo belonging to Mr R.W. Swale (employees in Kapuni branch of the Kaupokonui Dairy factory: photo Rawhitiroa school: Kapuni School photos per Jack Kissick: Regimental photo: photo of the soaping of the Wairoa Geyser