Scottish Sources at the Hocken Collections
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Reference Guide Scottish Sources at the Hocken Collections Under the shade of “Rabbie”, Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders’ Band Playing at the Burns Statue in the Octagon Dunedin. Otago Witness 10 November 1925, p.37 [S12- 219b]. Hocken Collections/Te Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago Library Nau Mai Haere Mai ki Te Uare Taoka o Hākena: Welcome to the Hocken Collections He mihi nui tēnei ki a koutou kā uri o kā hau e whā arā, kā mātāwaka o te motu, o te ao whānui hoki. Nau mai, haere mai ki te taumata. As you arrive We seek to preserve all the taoka we hold for future generations. So that all taoka are properly protected, we ask that you: place your bags (including computer bags and sleeves) in the lockers provided leave all food and drink including water bottles in the lockers (we have a researcher lounge off the foyer which everyone is welcome to use) bring any materials you need for research and some ID in with you sign the Readers’ Register each day enquire at the reference desk first if you wish to take digital photographs Beginning your research This guide gives examples of the types of material relating to the Scottish held at the Hocken. All items must be used within the library. As the collection is large and constantly growing not every item is listed here, but you can search for other material on our Online Public Access Catalogues: for books, theses, journals, magazines, newspapers, maps, and audiovisual material, use Library Search|Ketu. The advanced search ‐ https://goo.gl/HVNTqH gives you several search options, and you can refine your results to the Hocken Library on the left side of the screen. The Library Search Guide https://otago.libguides.com/ketuhelp contains helpful tips and assistance for using Library Search|Ketu; for pictures, photographs and archives and manuscripts, use Hākena ‐ https://hakena.otago.ac.nz. Listing of the ephemera collection has just begun on Hākena; please talk to desk staff if you have any questions about this collection. The Hākena Search Help Guide https://otago.libguides.com/hakena contains helpful tips and assistance for using Hākena; 2 some of the photographs from the Pictorial Collections are available for viewing online via Hocken Snapshop at https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/. Some other photographs and artworks can be viewed at http://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/ . If you have any enquiries about ordering or other research questions please ask the reference desk staff – they will be happy to assist you. 3 Contents General ……………………………………………………………………………. 5 Biography ………………………………………………………………………… 8 Family History …………………………………………………………………… 9 Emigration……………………………………………………………………….... 11 Religion……………………………………………………………………………. 13 Education…………………………………………………………………………. 15 Organisations……………………………………………………………….…. 16 Political…………………………………………………………………………. 17 Literature……………………………………………………………………….. 18 Music …………………………………………………………………………….. 20 Art ………………………………………………………………………………... 21 Business…………………………………………………………………………. 22 Websites …………………………………………………………………………... 24 4 The Hocken Collections hold a large number of sources relating to individuals and organisations with Scottish origins and connections. General Publications Try a subject search on Library Search|Ketu with the terms Scots –New Zealand Scottish – New Zealand You can add more specific terms to narrow your search. For example: Scots‐‐New Zealand‐‐History Scots‐‐New Zealand‐‐Social life and customs Some useful general histories relating to the Scots in New Zealand include: Tom Brooking and Jennie Coleman (Ed.) (2003). The heather and the fern: Scottish migration & New Zealand settlement. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press. Tanja Bueltmann (c2011). Scottish ethnicity and the making of New Zealand society, 1850 to 1930. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Jim Hewitson (1998). Far off in sunlit places: stories of the Scots in Australia and New Zealand. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. Angela McCarthy (c2011). Scottishness and Irishness in New Zealand since 1840. Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press. Brad Patterson, Tom Brooking, Jim McAloon, Tanja Bueltmann and Rebecca Lenihan (2013). Unpacking the kists: the Scots in New Zealand. Montreal: McGill‐Queenʹs University Press; Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press. Jock Phillips & Terry Hearn (2008). Settlers: New Zealand immigrants from England, Ireland & Scotland, 1800‐1945. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press. Newspapers and Journals Search Library Search|Ketu for holdings of particular titles. Try a subject search with some of the following terms: Scottish‐‐New Zealand—Periodicals Scotland – Periodicals 5 Scottish – Periodicals Scotland—Newspapers Scottish ‐ Newspapers Some early Scottish newspapers are accessible online (to University of Otago staff and students) via the University of Otago Library webpage under article databases https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/databases/index.php (use the ‘Newspapers’ link) and they include the Scotsman (1817‐1950) (ProQuest News & Newspapers), the Caledonian Mercury (1800‐1867), the Glasgow Herald (1820‐1900), the Aberdeen Journal (1800‐1950), and the Dundee Courier (1844‐1950) (British Library newspapers). The Ancestry database https://www.ancestry.com.au provides access, for subscribers, to the Dunfermline Journal (1851‐1931). The Hocken Collections holds the following titles: Scottish guardian. Glasgow. May 26‐June 2, 1835; Feb 2, 1836‐Oct. 1843; Sept. 5, 1848‐Apr. 6, 1849 Witness. Edinburgh. 1840‐May 20, 1848; 1850‐1856 New Zealand Scot. Dunedin. V1:1 ‐ V2:8(Jun 20 1914) New Zealand Scotsman and Caledonian. Wellington. 1927‐1933 (some gaps) Scotia Pacific. Nelson. 1994‐ (some gaps) The Shetland Society of Otago Newsletter. Dunedin. 1995‐ (some gaps) Use the database Index New Zealand https://goo.gl/pPJ8da to locate articles in New Zealand journals and newspapers on Scotland and the Scots – try a subject search using the term ‘Scotland’ or ‘Scots’. This database is not full text so you need to check Library Search|Ketu for holdings of the relevant publication and then order it to view the article. See the University of Otago Library guide on Scottish Studies for tips on locating articles in other databases https://otago.libguides.com/scottish. 6 Archives You are able to make a search of Hākena, the pictures, photographs, ephemera, archives and manuscripts catalogue, https://hakena.otago.ac.nz by place. Try a search under ‘Scotland’ or try specific cities or counties of Scotland eg. Edinburgh. Some examples of sources held in the archives and manuscripts collection with a Scottish connection are: Cameron family papers [ARC‐0610]. Angus Cameron was born in Appin, Argyll, Scotland. He served an apprenticeship in the shipyard of Alexander Stephen and Sons and went to sea. He came ashore in Australia at the time of the gold rush and later returned to sea to gain his officer certificates, becoming Master of the schooner ʹUnited Brothersʹ. Angus Cameron established himself in lighterage work at Port Chalmers in the mid‐1860s before returning to Scotland where he commissioned the construction of the barque ʹOtagoʹ. In later years, Captain Cameron spent much of his time in Glasgow, supervising the construction of new ships for the company and his archives contain a considerable amount of material relating to the new vessels. He returned to Dunedin in 1906 and died in the city on 12 April 1909. The other main contributor to the archive, Dr Percival Douglas Cameron, was born in Dunedin on 31 January 1883 and gained his MB ChB in Edinburgh in 1907, later studying at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and working in hospitals in Edinburgh, Dunedin and Wellington, before entering private practice. Percy Cameron died in Wellington on 19 July 1971. The collection contains the family papers of the Cameron family, mainly those relating to the life and work of Captain Angus Cameron. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, photographs, tapes, many specifications and plans of ships (particularly Union Steam Ship Company ships) and reminiscences. The collection also includes papers of Dr Percival Douglas Cameron relating to his medical career and training at Edinburgh Medical School, and papers from Angus Frederick Cameron, (a grandson of Captain Angus Cameron and son of Dr Percy Cameron) relating to the Oamaru Licensing Trust. Alexander Robertson Falconer ʹJournal of my visit to Shetlandʹ [Misc‐MS‐1991]. Alexander Robertson Falconer was born in Edinburgh in 1843. He converted to evangelical Christianity in 1859 and migrated to New Zealand in 1863. He worked as a hairdresser at Hokitika where he established a ʹDiggerʹs Restʹ and carried out evangelical work. He married Annie Smith, a native of Shetland, in 1870. In 1872 he established a ʹSailorsʹ Restʹ at Port Chalmers and in 1873 took over the Bethel Unionʹs mission to seamen. He opened a sailorsʹ rest in Rattray Street, Dunedin, in 1887. In recognition of his work, shipping companies gave him a trip ʹhomeʹ in 1903. He died in 1915. This collection consists of a photocopy of Falconerʹs illustrated journal of his visit to Scotland and the Shetland Islands in 1903 and 1904. The journal contains photographs of family and friends, postcards, maps, a family tree, copies of other genealogical papers, and correspondence. 7 Blackie family papers [ARC‐0329]. The Blackie family, originally from Dundee, Scotland, began its connection with Otago in 1848. Alexander Blackie and Margaret Arnot had three sons: James, Alexander and Davidson. James