Mountaineering - New Zealand - Canterbury Region

Date: [188-?]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-1724

Description: Photograph album of scenic views of New Zealand taken ca 1880s by Frank Arnold Coxhead. Includes hunting group with shotgun and game birds (humorously posed in wheelbarrow); Mt Sefton and Mueller Glacier, including ice bridge, ice cave, and mountaineers; Te Wairoa after Tarawera eruption; Ohinemutu, including carved gateway; Maori bathing in hot pool, lake Rotorua; St Clair beach, Dunedin; Dunedin from Roslyn; Christchurch from Cathedral; White Terrace, including Coffee Cups; Pink Terrace; Lake Wakatipu; Gabriels Gully sluicing claim; Arthurs Point Bridge; Shotover River. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - [Cover] New Zealand Scenery F.A. Coxhead Photo. Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with leather spine and corners, 21 x 29 cm

Date: December 1950-January 1951

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: Series-6713-03

Description: Contains photographs and negatives taken on Whymper Glacier, Burton Glacier, and Mount Cook expedition, between December 1950 and January 1951. Taken by Harold Earle Riddiford. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Corresponding negatives and prints arrived at Library in a photograph wallet labelled "Reject Negs and Prints Whymper Burton Trip + Cook". Photograph wallet was originally in a file box labelled "Mountain Photos". Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera photograph wallet with hand-drawn map. 13 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: Prints are at PAColl-10769-03 and negatives are at 1/4-138168-F to 1/4-138180-F. Processing information: Photographs and negatives separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: December 1948 - January 1949

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

By: Hardie, Norman David, 1924-2017

Reference: Series-6713-07

Description: Contains photographic prints of an expedition to Mount Tasman via the Balfour Glacier, Southern Alps. Taken by Harold Earle Riddiford and possibly other members of the climbing party between December 1948 to January 1949. Climbing party included Bill Bevan, Norman David Hardie, and Jim McFarlane. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Photographic prints arrived at the Library in a brown paper envelope labelled "Southern Alps Mt Cook - Tasman" in blue pen. Additional text in pencil reads "Balfour contacts". Envelope was originally in a file box labelled "Mountain Photos". Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: Series-6713-12

Description: Contains negatives and contact prints of photographs taken by Harold Earle Riddiford on a climbing trip to Mueller and Hooker, circa 1960s to 1970s. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Photographic prints and negative strip arrived at the Library in a brown paper envelope. Print labelled "EARL RIDDIFORD" and "1 Negatives of spoilt colour film| 2 + reject negatives Mueller & Hooker climbing trip| Black + white prints of same". Envelope was originally in a file box labelled "Mountain Photos". Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original negative(s) strips. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Transfers: Prints at PAColl-10760 and negative strip at 35mm-117600. Processing information: Photographs and negative strip separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1931-1934

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PA1-o-1244

Description: A record of climbing expeditions in the Southern Alps made by Alister Duthie and other mountaineers from 1931 to 1934. The first is a single group photograph of a party of eight, one of whom was A P Harper, leaving 25 Mile Hut in the Rees Valley in 1931/1932. Another copy of this print is in the collection at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-5-63 and it carries a caption naming each person in the party. The print in this album is surrounded by their signatures. The caption on the copy print also states that this photograph was taken on the occasion of the first New Zealand climbing camp. The second expedition recorded took place from the 4th of January to the 10th of February 1934. Initially the party comprised Alister Duthie, Lella Davidson, and Greta Stevenson. It involved climbing mountains in the general vicinity of Mount Cook. They began by crossing the Copland Pass to Welcome Flat. At Waiho the party was joined by Kurt Suter who was working as a guide at Franz Josef Glacier. The party did much climbing which included Mount De la Beche, the Minerets of Mount Drummond, Mount Spencer, Glacier Peak, Mount Lendenfeldt, ending up at De la Beche Hut on January the 24th, at which point Lella Davidson left to return to Dunedin. The remaining three continued their climbing expedition during which they made the first crossing of the Southern Alps divide by way of Clarke Saddle, a high col at nearly 10,000 feet between Teichelmann Peak and Mount Bountier. The third expedition recorded took place earlier from the 25th of December 1933 to the 2nd of January 1934 when Alister Duthie and W H W Walker made an usuccessful attempt on Mount Aspiring. They were foiled by the weather and their tent was "blown to bits." However, from the 12th to the 19th of April 1934 a party consisting of Kurt Suter, R Pinney, and Alister Duthie climbed Mount Aspiring via the north-west ridge, and also climbed Plunket Dome and Cascade Saddle. As well as photographs relating to these expeditions, the album contains many other images of mountain peaks and river vallies in the Southern Alps. An article by Alister Duthie on the first crossing of the Southern Alps divide via Clarke Saddle is housed at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-7. It is from The New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol 5, June 1934. The crossing of the Southern Alps divide via Clarke Saddle was reported in the "Star." A photocopy of the report can be found in the collection at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-6-12. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [193-?]

Reference: PAColl-6941

Description: 19 views of a climbing expedition on Mount Cook. Includes one of a man in a hut with a pile of tramping boots next to him using a last to make repairs and two of huts in the mountains. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057452 to 057470 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 19 April 1930

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-408-008-1

Description: A G Flower (left), R E Clark (right) and John Dobree Pascoe (right) on the summit of Mount Gizeh after making the first ascent. Photograph taken 19 April 1930 by John Dobree Pascoe. The original negative from which this print was made is at 1/4-046765-F. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - First ascent of Mt "Gizeh" (7100 ft); Album page - left of image - Summit Rock; Album page - right of image - 19/4/30; Album page - beneath image - Geoff Flower, "Granny" (A.E.) Clark & J.D.P. By J.D.P. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 60 x 104 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1931-1932

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PA1-o-1245

Description: Photographs of friends, family, mountaineering expeditions in the Southern Alps, and a mountaineering training camp. The mountaineering expeditions are as follows;- 1. Mount Cook climbing expedition, Easter 1932. 2. A climbing expedition in the Forbes Range, Christmas 1931-1932. 3. A trip to the Remarkables in 1931. 4. Climbing Mount Eley in 1931-1932 Three groups of photographs relate to the occasion of the first New Zealand climbing camp in the Rees Valley area in Decenber 1931/January 1932. One of the participants in this event was A P Harper who features in the group photographs. A photograph of HMS "Diomede," and groups of sailers on board HMS "Wakakura." Two views of the interior of a naval arsenal, probably in Dunedin. There are also many unidentified photographs of Mountains, River vallies, waterfalls, and glaciers in the Southern Alps. Also unidentified climbers, and climbing parties on mountains, at camps and mountain huts. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 5 Feb 1997 - 05 Feb 1997

From: Women and mountaineering in New Zealand 1920-1950

By: Anderson, Betsy Helen, 1909-2001

Reference: OHInt-0423/02

Description: Helen Betty (Betsy) Anderson was born in 1909 in Riccarton, Christchurch. Recalls early education and love of sport. Discusses desire to be financially independent, and her early jobs. Explains finding out about job as a guide on Mount Cook. Began in 1928 as a picnic guide, then took two/three day trips. Recalls being the youngest guide and support from male guides. Outlines working conditions, including the heavy carrying required with badly-designed packs. Explains reasons for leaving. Discusses engagement and marriage to Robert Ensor and other work in Christchurch. Recalls work as a chauffeuse for Hon J Clifford in Australia, and working as a "land girl" during World War Two. Recalls marriage break-up, and remarriage to Ian Anderson, a farmer in Omarama. Discusses love of guiding. Recalls various climbing trips around the South Island. Explains some guiding techniques. Believes that these were not as specialised as today. Recalls highlight of guiding on Mount Cook, taking a blind boy up Mt Sebastopol. Recalls guiding in Arthur's Pass. Discusses attitude of Canterbury Mountaineering Club to her as a woman, but did not see herself as unusual. Outlines attitude to risk-taking and the importance of good leadership. Discusses some climbing equipment and techniques. Recalls membership of New Zealand Alpine Club. Talks about recent walking trips. Interviewer(s) - Jennie Gallagher Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1810.

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0423

Description: Two pages from the second Von Haast album (PA1-f-081) containing 6 photographs of a mountaineering trip to Mount Cook and the Hochstetter and Tasman Glaciers, a newspaper engraving of Thomas Carlyle, a photograph of two men outside a mountain hut, and a photograph of a painting of a campsite at the foot of mountains. Also a mounted photograph from "The Camera in the Coral Islands" series by Burton Brothers, Dunedin. It shows a woman holding a paddle sitting on the side of a small outrigger canoe on a beach. The location is either Samoa, Tonga or Fiji. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-5926-28

Description: William Davidson examining John Pascoe's foot, photographed in the Kaikouras in 1945 (by John Pascoe?) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1 Jan 1934

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-058567-F

Description: Mountaineers Allan Priestly Thomson (left), and Gavin Malcolmson, on top of Mount Evans, New Years Day, 1934. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. A print from this negative is at PA1-o-411-134-2 (album PA1-o-411, page 134, image 2) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1 January 1934

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-411-134-2

Description: Mountaineers on top of Mount Evans on New Year's Day 1934, taken by John Pascoe. From left to right: Allan Priestly Thomson, Gavin Malcolmson, John Dobree Pascoe. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - A. P. Thomson, Gavin Malcolmson, John P. New Year's Day 1934: On top of Mt. Evans, Westland. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints mounted side by side on an album page, 10 x 11.8 cm

Date: [189-?]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-002047-F

Description: Mountaineers in the Mount Cook region, 1890s. Shows Marmaduke Dixon (top), and George Mannering (bottom). Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print, and image. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 15 Feb 1931

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-047284-F

Description: Mount Oates mountaineering party at the Mingha River, 15th February, 1931. From left to right: Betsy Blunden, John Dobree Pascoe, and Bryan Barrer. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. A print from this negative is at PA1-o-407-089-5 (album PA1-o-407, page 89, image 5). The image in the album has been cropped. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1937

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-410-016-2

Description: View looking up the Hochstetter Glacier towards the Grand Plateau, showing in the background Mounts Silberhorn, Tasman, Glacier Dome and Dixon, taken ca 1937 by John Dobree Pascoe. The routes taken by Pascoe on 27 December 1936 and 2 January 1937, and by Chief Guide Mick Bowie, have been marked on the print. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Silberhorn, Tasman, Glacier Dome, Tasman; Album page - beneath image - Hochstetter icefall (left: red dots over 2/1/37 route, black [dots] over Bowie's routes; right: red [dots] over 27/12/36 route) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 70 x 130 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1 Jan 1934

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Malcolmson, Gavin, active 1930s

Reference: 1/2-058568-F

Description: John Pascoe on top of Mount Evans, New Years Day 1934. Photograph taken by Gavin Malcolmson. A print from this negative is at PA1-o-411-134-2 (album PA1-o-411, page 134, image 2) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1915

From: Emmett, M E :Photographs of the building of the Haast Hut, Haast Ridge, 1915

Reference: 1/2-057095-F

Description: Group carrying timber up the Haast Ridge for building Haast hut, 1915. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 22 Feb 1930

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Mackie, A, active 1930

Reference: PA1-o-406-150-2

Description: Group of mountaineers at Happy Valley, in the vicinity of the Torlesse Range, Canterbury Region, 22 February, 1930. Alan Willis is far left. Bertie Mabin is 6th from the left. Photograph taken by A Mackie. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Allan Willis, Boney, Charlie, Gavin, Charlie, Bertie Mabin, Geoff, Bugs, S Chester, Geoff, Robins, Tucky. 22/2/30; Album page - beneath image - A Mackie; Album page - right of image - Happy Valley Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 205 x 78 mm, attached to album page

Date: 15 Feb 1931

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-407-089-5

Description: Mount Oates mountaineering party at the Mingha River, 15th February, 1931. From left to right: Betsy Blunden, John Dobree Pascoe, and Bryan Barrer. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Mt Oates Party, 15th Feb, 1931. Minga River; Album page - beneath image - Betsy Blunden J D P Brian [sic] Barrer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 144 x 195 mm, attached to album page