A medical practitioner in Pahiatua, and member of the trans-Antarctic expedition team (New Zealand party) in 1955-1958. Member of Ex Libris Society in 1950s.
Findlay, John Farquhar (Dr), 1918-2000
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Helm, Arthur Stanley, 1914-1998 : Chiefly photographs of maps of Antarctica
Date: 1955-1958
By: Helm, Arthur Stanley, 1914-1998
Reference: PAColl-4502
Description: Photographs of: V B Gerard, geophysicist; Dr J F Findlay, medical officer with the New Zealand Trans-Atlantic expedition; an artist's impression of Scott Base; map showing the New Zealand party's route from New Harbour to Beehive Mountain; plan of the lay-out of Scott Base by the Ministry of Works; map of Antarctica showing the proposed route of the Trans Antarctic Expedition; sign showing the mileages from Scott Base to the major cities of the world; map of Antarctica showing the number of research stations; topographical map of the area round McMurdo Sound; map of Antarctica showing the different territories; map of the area round the Ross Sea; map showing possible routes from the Upper Ferrar Glacier to the polar plateau; map showing elevations on Scott Island; 12 photographs of huskies with their names; New Zealand's three observers, Gunn, Smith and Hatherton haul their loaded sledges across the sea ice; portrait of Joseph Holmes Miller; portrait of John Richard Claydon. Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Personal and mountaineering correspondence to Earle Riddiford
Date: 1951-1956
From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance
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.
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Trans-Antarctic expedition personnel file - J Findlay
Date: 1955-1958
From: Helm, Arthur Stanley, 1914-1998 : Papers relating to Ross Sea Committee and Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Reference: 73-132-9/14
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward and outward correspondence (pt 1)
Date: [1952-1953]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8179-06
Description: Inward and outward correspondence; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters from David, Dick of Greymouth, Jim of Dunedin; and letters to Henry, Jean [?] Johnson, Dunedin following her husband, Christopher's, death, Mr Young, Barbe and Peter, and Jim in Dunedin. Includes drafts of articles by Pascoe. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward and outward correspondence
Date: [1953-1956]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8179-42
Description: Inward and outward correspondence, mostly relating to poetry; correspondents entered in the Name field. Includes draft poems and articles. Accompanying material - List of contents by Chris Maclean Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward correspondence C to F
Date: 1953-1967
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers
Reference: 87-208-100
Description: Many of the letters relate to ornithology. Letters are selectively indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
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Members completed forms for proposed Register of Book Collections - Surnames E-N
Date: 1952-1955
From: New Zealand Ex Libris Society : Records
Reference: 88-084-1/09C
Description: Members names entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Miscellaneous correspondence A to H
Date: 1952-1956
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers
Reference: 87-208-087
Description: Letters relating to purchase of a car and other items as well as ornithology. Letters are selectively indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
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Westland from the Hollyford to the Arahura
Date: 1899-1940
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers
By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916
Reference: 75-241-025
Description: Copy of report by Charles Douglas. Note by John Pascoe that `these reports made by Charlie Douglas were taken over on his death by William Wilson of Hokitika (ex Survey Dept) and the originals were lent to me through the courtesy of Alexander Aitken' Includes notes and letters on the mountains of north-west Otago that were enclosed in the volume. Quantity: 1 folder(s).