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Personal and mountaineering correspondence to Earle Riddiford
- Date
- 1951-1956
- By
- Ayres, Harry Herbert, 1912-1987; Bank of New Zealand; Canterbury Mountaineering Club (Christchurch, N.Z.); Findlay, John Farquhar (Dr), 1918-2000; Gibbs, Ian Ogilvie, -2015; Holdsworth, Cliff, 1936-2005; Jackson, Richard, active 1953-1961; Kurz, Marcel, 1887-1967; New Zealand Alpine Club; New Zealand alpine journal; Nicholl, Helen Josephine Tytherleigh, 1882-1978; Odell, Noel Ewart, 1890-1987; Reid, Alan Forrest, 1931–2013; Riddiford, Rosemary Hope, 1930-2013; Stevenson, Harry J, -1993; Tyndale-Biscoe, Cecil Hugh, 1929-
- Reference
- MS-Papers-12631-28
- Description
Contains inward personal and business correspondence to Harold Earle Riddiford between1951 and 1956.
Subjects include mountaineering, finances, postage and customs, watches, and photography. Letters are mostly written from New Zealand, but some correspondents are in Nepal, India, Switzerland, Australia, and England.
Correspondents include Ian Ogilvie Gibbs, Cliff Holdsworth, Harry J Stevenson, Cecil Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Marcel Kurz, Harry Ayres, W M Taylor, Richard Jackson, Noel Ewert Odell, Rolex, Archie (Scott, Aitken & Cox Stock and Share Brokers), Alan Forrest Reid, Cliff Holdsworth, Jim Thornton, Henry Genese, Peter Aufschnaiter, Frank Cook (Canberra Alpine Club), R W Lloyd (Himalayan Committee), and New Zealand Alpine Journal, Canterbury Mountaineering Club, and New Zealand Alpine Club.
There are typescript copies of outward correspondence to John Farquhar Findlay regarding Antarctic Expedition.
Also includes telegrams congratulating Riddiford and his wife Rosemary Riddiford on the occasion of their wedding in 1954. Also telegrams relating to other events, including mountaineering and travel. One telegram is from Riddiford's mother, Helen Josephine Tytherleigh Nicholl.
Title taken from item.
Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "3" in a clear plastic sleeve with a note in pencil reading "Correspondence 1954-56" which is annoted in ink to read "To Earle R, 1953, Personal & Mountaineering". Split into two folders due to volume of material. Folder one of two.
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter
Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.
- Use/Reproduction
- Public or commercial use requires the written permission of the donor. The Library may provide members of the public with the donor’s contact details for the purpose of obtaining permission for public or commercial use of the material. Private use of the material is permitted. Copyright: Materials created by Earle Riddiford are in copyright; copyright is held by his four children. Copyright in other materials in the collection is not known.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance / Expeditions, correspondence, and New Zealand Alpine Club
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Business correspondence, Personal correspondence, Telegrams, Mss, typescript, printed matter
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