Images from Reminiscences of a long life: John Logan Campbell

Logan Campbell aged 22, commissioned painting before he left Scotland in 1839

Logan Campbell in 1905

Logan Campbell climbing Maungakiekie in his 90th year

Sir John with Mayor Edwin Mitchelson by his side, speaking at the official opening of Cornwall Park in August 1903.

The plan of Cornwall Park, comprising an area of 300 acres, the gift of Dr John Logan Campbell to the people of NZ. Later, more land was gifted to the Cornwall Park Trust.

Professor Russell Stone

Michael Horton spearheaded the book project in his role as Chairperson of the Cornwall Park Trust Board. He also transcribed a huge number of Campbell’s handwritten documents at the Museum, so that Professor Russell Stone could work with them, and so they are now preserved digitally.