Lambert, Gail
Description
The papers include the first draft manuscript of Peter Wilson: Colonial Surgeon and the final draft prior to editing. Also included is correspondence between members of the Wilson family, copies of letters to and from Wilson, the originals of which are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library and National Archives. Also notes on Alexander McShane and Peter Wilson by Alan Hayton.
Born in Napier, Gail Lambert (nee Henry) spent most of her childhood in Wanganui. After several years in Wellington and Christchurch she moved to Taranaki where she became involved in the Friends of the Taranaki Museum and the NZ Historic Places Trust. In 1981, she published her first book, Peter Wilson: Colonial Surgeon.
Object detail
Box 1
Turnbull letters 1847 - 1870
Copies of letters from Alexander Turnbull Library are supplied for research purposes and may not be reproduced without the permission of Alexander Turnbull Library.
1. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to (?). 3 May 1847
2. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to the Colonial Secretary (D. McLean). June 1848
3. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 25 Dec. 1848
4. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 22 Jan. 1849
5. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 19 Feb. 1849
6. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 4 Mar. 1849
7. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 27 Apr. 1849
8. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 7 May 1849
9. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 14 May 1849
10. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 23 May 1849
11. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 23 May 1849
12. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to (?) 7 June 1849?
13. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 22 June 1849? (part of letter)
14. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 22 June 1849
15. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 8 July 1849
16. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 1849?
17. Photocopy and typescript. Letter from H. A. Wilson to D. McLean. 15 July 1850
18. Typescript. Letter from H. A. Wilson to D. McLean. 18 Aug. 1850
19. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 Dec. 1850
20. Typescript. Letter from H. A. Wilson to D. McLean. 23 Dec. 1850
21. Typescript. Letter from H. A. Wilson to D. McLean. 17 Feb. 1851
22. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to Captain King, Resident Magistrate, New Plymouth. 8 Mar. 1851
23. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 3 Mar. 1851
24. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 31 July 1851
25. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from E. Wilson to P. Wilson. 8 Dec. 1851
26.Typescript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 6 June 1852
27. Typescript. Letter from H. A. Wilson to Mrs McLean. 30 Aug. 1852
28. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 5 Apr. 1853
29. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. A. Wilson to D. McLean. 12 ? 1853
30. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 1 Aug. 1853
31. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. A. Wilson to D. McLean. 3 Apr. 1854
32. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 4 April 1854
33. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean.
12 Apr. 1854
34. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean 1 May 1854
35. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 1 May 1854
36. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 18 May 1854
37. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 19 May 1854
38. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 June 1854
39. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 June 1854
40. Photocopy and transcript. Poem written in 1854 by H. Wilson?
41. Photocopy. Part of a letter written by P. Wilson to D. McLean. 6 Aug. 1854?
42. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 6 Aug. 1854. Includes comment on the death of Rawiri.
43. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 20 May 1854
44. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 16 Dec. 1854
45. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from S. M. Mawby. 14 May 1855
46. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 14 April 1856
47. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 5 May 1856
48. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 28 July 1856
49. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 1 Sept. 1856
50. Photocopy and transcript. H. Wilson to D. McLean. 24, 27 Dec. 1856
51. Photocopy. P. Wilson to D. McLean. 8 Nov. 1856
52. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 9 Nov. 1856
53. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 21 Nov. 1856
54. Photocopy. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 22 Nov. 1856
55. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 27 Nov. 1856
56. Typescript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 22 Dec. 1856
57. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 16 Dec? 1856
58. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson and part of letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 12 Feb. 1857
59. Typescript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 19 Jan. 1857
60. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 19 Jan. 1857
61. Typescript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 15 Feb. 1857
62. Typescript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 Apr. 1857
63. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 Apr. 1857
64. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 2 Mar. 1857
65. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 9 May 1857
66. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 27 May 1857
67. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 20 Sept. 1857
68. Missing? (Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean, 17 Oct. 1857)
69. Photocopy. Copies of correspondence P. Wilson to J. N. Watt
70. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 20 Dec. 1857
71. Typescipt. Letters 1858. To Capt. Campbell, D. McLean, T. Chippendale, Rev. Dr Bruce, Mrs Emma Wilson, W. H. Ritchie, P. Imlay, William Pye from P. Wilson.
72. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 25 Jan. 1858
73. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 16 May 1858
74. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to Mrs Gasgoiyne. 21 June 1858
75. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to Donald McLean's brother. 23 July 1858.
76. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 19 July 1858
77. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 29 Oct. 1858
78. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 1858? (p.1 & 2 missing)
79.Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 31 Aug. 1858?
80. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 4 Apr. 1859 (Original held in Puke Ariki collections) ARC2002-21
81. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 Nov. 1859
82. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 22 Aug. 1860
83. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 19 Sept. 1860
84. Photocopy. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 21 Nov. 1860
85. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 21 Mar. 1861
86. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 17 June 1861
87. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 26 June 1861
88. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 26 July 1861
89. Typescript. Letter from P. Wilson to D. McLean. 14 July 1861
90. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 17 Aug. 1861
91. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. Oct. 1861
92. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 10 Nov. 1860
93. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 9 Dec. 1861
94. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 3 June 1862
95. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 4 June 1862
96. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 5 Aug. 1862
97. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 1 Oct. 1862
98. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 16 Dec. 1862
99. Photocopy. Copy of a letter to the Under Secretary from P. Wilson. 14 Dec. 1862
100. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 22 Jan. 1863
101. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 15 Mar. 1863
102. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 Dec. 1863
103. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 26 Dec. 1863
104. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 23 Aug. 1864
105. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 3 Sept. 1866
106. Typescript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 18 Jan. 1867
107. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 1 Dec. 1868
108. Photocopy and transcript. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 3 Dec. 1868
109. Photocopy. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 29 April 1869
110. Photocopy. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 31 May 1869
111. Photocopy. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 13 Jan. 1870
112. Photocopy. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. Aug. 1870
113. Photocopy. Letter from H. Wilson to D. McLean. 25 Nov. 1870
Box 2
Folder. Turnbull miscellaneous letters, not catalogued, includes copies of reviews for Gail Lambert's book Peter Wilson : Colonial Surgeon
Manuscript. Maps and book cover from the book Peter Wilson : Colonial Surgeon.
Letters and correction list for the book Peter Wilson : Colonial Surgeon.
Photos and letters associated with the manuscript for Peter Wilson : Colonial Surgeon.
Manuscript. A copy of the final draft of Peter Wilson : Colonial Surgeon. Signed by Gail Lambert 1982
Copies of letters from Alexander Turnbull Library are supplied for research purposes and may not be reproduced without the permission of Alexander Turnbull Library.
Box 3
The irascible Scot : biography of Peter Wilson Colonial Surgeon.
Photographs and maps used in the publication.
Box 4
Notebooks (3)
Photocopies of Wilson material, plus handwritten drafts from material held at Auckland Public Library and National Archives
Research and speech notes compiled by Dr. A. Hayton on Peter Wilson.
Photocopies of letters from Vic and Helen Warren to Alan Hayton re the Wilson Papers. Includes photographic negatives of a Moselle snuff box being presented to Helen Warren.
Box 5
Folder 1. Photocopies of letters from Alexander McShane, Colonial Surgeon to the Colonial Secretary. Research notes on the Colonial Hospital.
Folder 2. Research notes on The Gables, The Colonial Hospital, New Plymouth. Photocopies of letters and maps, some from National Archives, New Zealand, letters re instruments contained in Wilson's medical chest, magazine and newspaper articles on The Gables, letters re the upgrading of the exterior of the building in 1982.
Exercise book. Bz. Research notes on Wanganui data
Exercise book. By. Research notes
Folder 3 / 4. Correspondence relating to the research for the book Peter Wilson : Colonial Surgeon.
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