The papers of Samuel Butler includes a bound manuscript French translation of Erewhon, by Valery Larbaud (1915); Butler's bound manuscript of The fair haven, 2nd. edition (1873); press clippings on Butler, his writing, and Mesopotamia Station (1955-1972); 2 copies of photographs of Mesopotamia in Butler's day (ca. 1860-1864); Butler's licence to depasture stock (1862 and later), and a photocopy of an article about Samuel Butler in New Zealand, by Roger Robinson (no date).