Portrait of Sarah Harris

We are so lucky to be in touch with the Harris Family descendants based here in New Zealand. This week we hear from one of them about their recollections. ________ I am Roseanne Cranstone (nee Briant), a great-great-granddaughter of Sarah Harris, who was one of the first settlers in New Plymouth. She is also the Read More…

Otto Weyergang Writes Home

Among the Cranstone Papers are eight letters Emily Harris’s nephew Otto Weyergang wrote to his sister Gretchen Briant and mother Mary Weyergang while serving with the New Zealand Army 1917-18. At the time of the letters Mary was about to move to Nelson to live with her sister Emily. Neither Otto nor Gretchen was sure the move Read More…

Open Call for Emily’s New Zealand Flowers, New Zealand Berries, and New Zealand Ferns

How far did Emily Harris’s books of botanical lithographs travel? How many copies did she sign and hand-colour? These and other questions have come to the fore as we search overseas catalogues and collate the results, finding a surprising number of hand-coloured sets outside New Zealand. New Zealand Flowers, New Zealand Berries, and New Zealand Read More…