Series 31: Treaty House, Waitangi, 1989-1990

MLMSS 9966/Box 36/Folder 2
MLMSS 9966/Boxes 37-38

series

1989-1990

Textual Records, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Graphic Materials

1010731

0.48 metres of textual material (3 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed, plans, drawings

BOX 36/Folder 2
Research notes on Waitangi Treaty House; report on need for aboricultural work to trees in the grounds; proposal for archaeological investigation of the garden and yard, 1989; specification of schedule of works; copies of original letters relating to materials used for the house in 1832-33; condition report on the Treaty House original timbers, 1989; restoration reports; furnishing proposals & cost estimates; photographs (3) of interior

BOX 37/Folder 1
Builders certificates; plans; research findings on the Busby family and furnishings of the Waitangi residency 1833-1840; excerpt from ‘The Gift of Waitangi, a history of the Bledisloe Gift’ by Vernon H. Reed; copy of article ‘Restoration of the Treaty House’, by Ralph McComb, builder, 1933; clippings; Busby family history

BOX 37/Folder 2
Client file no. 1, to Dec. 1989. Letters regarding the ‘grey’ or ‘ghost’ furniture in Sydney House, the replication of Busby family furniture, reproduction of Busby portraits, furnishing specifications, summary of research findings on furnishings of the 1833-1840 residency, clippings

BOX 38/Folder 1
Client file no. 2, 1990-. Letters regarding accounts, cost breakdowns, materials proposals, invoices, conservation programme

BOX 38/Folder 2
YM (Yvette Middleton) working papers. Letters regarding materials, furnishings, Busby memorabilia, portraits, quotes, fabric samples, photographs (3) of furniture in Kemp House, Waimate North, working drawings, histories

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Copyright holder:: Lucas Stapleton Johnson & Partners Pty. Ltd