Manuscript and manuscript proofs

This series contains annotated proofs of several key Best publications, including 'The Pa Maori', 'Stone Implements of the Maori' (Bulletin 4) as well as miscellaneous research notes largely arranged by subject.

Files in this series are:

• The Maori Canoe; 03.1924
• Cook Islands (Mangaia)
• Untitled manuscript and cards
• Tuna: eel myths; 1913
• Illustrations for Bulletin 14 (pencil sketches and some notes)
• Proof of Bulletin 4 'Stone Implements of the Maori'; 1912
• Implements - weapons, tools, fishing gear, Wakaatua, vessels (Dom.); circa 1914 - 1930
• Clothing, names of garments, desiderata, textiles, ornaments; circa 1900
• Clothing and Ornaments (possible publication) - He tiki, pages 1-100
• Miscellaneous notes on Thomas Pratt (Tame Parata), Maori kites, tools, weapons, clothing, fishing
• Maori weapons (possibly part of an unpublished work)
• Research Notes on Animism (Edward Clodd), proof of fishing methods of Maori; circa 1929
• Proof of Bulletin 4 'Stone Implements of the Maori'; 1912
• Proof of Bulletin 4 'Stone Implements of the Maori'; 1912
• Proof of 'The Pa Maori' (annotated); 1926
• E Best: Manuscripts, various; circa 1899 - 1920
• Best's Maori Religion Part 2
• Clothing and Ornaments (possible publication) - Garments, pages 101-192
• E Best Notes on Chathams
• E Best Miscellaneous Research Notes, Correspondence etc; circa 1929 - 1931
• E Best/A Shand - Moriori; circa 1889 - 1920
• Proof of 'The Pa Maori' (annotated); 1926
• Houses, stores, tombs, cenotaphs, coffins, paepae; 1920 s
• Elsdon Best: "Maori notes No 1" [notebook]; circa 1910 - 1920
• Fragments of notes regarding arms and implements, weapons and naval
• Miscellaneous Notes and Correspondence: Elsdon Best, Augustus Hamilton, Percy Smith, HM Stowell
• (Investigations at Kerikeri) and a John White manuscript (chapter from Maori Mythology); circa 1910 - 1931
• Elsdon Best: "Maori notes No 2" [notebook]; c 1910 - 1920
• Samoan Tattoo and Canoes; circa 1900 - 1918; Fleck, James