Glaciers - New Zealand

Date: [Circa 1929-1939]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)

Reference: PA1-o-112

Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Between 1926? and 1937]

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

By: Ambras, Walter Frederick, 1888?-1970; Clark, Richard E, active 1931-1961; Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949

Reference: PA1-o-409

Description: Photographs taken by John Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury and Westland regions. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Many images show climbers exploring new routes in the Southern Alps, and first ascents of various mountains, including Mount Farrer (by N. Barker & G.D.T Hall, 27.12.1935); exploration of the "Adams ice-world" (from 27th-30th December 1935); Mount Kensington (28.12.1935); Mount Hulka (28.12.1935); Guardian Peak (30.12.1935); Speculation Hill (1.1.1936); exploration of Hot Spring Creek headwaters (2.1.1936); Tent Peak, Arrowsmith Range (Jan. 1931); Cloudy Peak (by B.A. Barrer & F.R. Askin, 28.12.1931); The Marquee (Easter 1932); the first crossing of the Lyall-Lawrence watershed (solo trip by F. Ambrose, 1926?); and the second ascent of Mount Arrowsmith (by Evan Wilson, J. Wilson, & A. Anderson, Jan. 1931). Several photographs show methods of crossing rivers, particularly in gorges, and in flood situations; and several show the suspension bridge in the Wataroa (Whataroa) Gorge, built by miners in 1906). McRae's Hut was located in Clyde Valley, Canterbury. Abandoned in 1890. Photographed by J D Pascoe in 1930s, and again in 1961. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [236 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1879-1892

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9826

Description: Photographs of mountaineers, glaciers, mountains, lakes and rivers. Included are - Crossing the Hooker River by cable car (flying fox?). Percy Hawkins Johnson, W Low, J W Annan, George Edward Mannering, and Marmaduke J Dixon in the Murchison Valley, 1880. Irishman Rev William S Green and his two guides, Ulrich Kaufmann and Emil Boss, 1882. Mountaineers George Edward Mannering, Percy Hawkins Johnson and Mamaduke J Dixon photographed in 1889. Lake Pukaki, 1889. Tasman Glacier. Lake Tekapo. Hut in the Godley Valley. Mount Aorangi and the Hooker Glacier. Mount Aorangi seen from Ball spur. Panoramic View of mountains seen from Mount Sealy. Murchison glacier and river. Views of Aorangi, De la Beche Peak, and Tasman Glacier. Views of the Godley Glacier, 1892. Volynteers digging for Smith and Morrison in the avalanch of snow on the Rollesby Range, 28 August 1879. Quantity: 10 card mounts containing 33 images.

Date: 1921-[ca1945]

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 :Photographs relating to family and scientific interests

Reference: PAColl-8799-05

Description: Photographs of birds in their various habitats. The kauri tree "Tanemahuta" and a man climbing a kauri tree. Hunting dog with bird in mouth. Landscapes and geological formations. New Zealand glaciers. The Chatham Islands. Geological maps of parts of Northland, the North and South Islands, and the European Alps. Quantity: 82 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1913-1922

From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-228

Description: Views of Lake Rotoma, Hamurana Creek, and the Sanatorium gardens, Rotorua; Pukekura Park, New Plymouth; friends and houses in Napier; all 1916. Photographs of "Greenhill" homestead near Hastings, its gardens, and a group of visitors. Also "Ben Lomond" a house on the hill at Napier, its gardens and owners. All photographed in October 1921. Harold and Mabsie Hislop's house "Clovelly" at Wadestown, its gardens, and visiting friends. All photographed in 1916. A holiday at the Hermitage which included climbing trips and views of the Southern Alps. Photographs taken on board HMS New Zealand, and a view of ships stranded in Wellington Harbour by the waterside strike. Two photographs of a golfer on the Miramar golf course. All taken in 1913. Photographs of young women at Days Bay photographed in 1922 Inscriptions: Album page - `Wishing you very happy returns of this day, Aug. 18th 1916. With love, Dorice' (At end of album, upside-down) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red suede cover, entitled `Album. H.S.H.', containing platinum and silver gelatin prints; 18 x 34 cm

Date: [Between 1910s and 1930s]

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

By: Adamson, Jack, 1866-1951; Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Cain, Conrad, active 1910s; Kent, T R, active 1930s; Lysons, Markham Carthew, 1907-1944; Mitchell, John Wesley, 1884-1954; Nanson, Gerald Leighton, 1907?-; Odell, Robert Sidney, 1908-1992; Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976; Porter, Harold Edward Lionel, 1886-1973; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Snowden, Andrew Craig, 1897-1981; Syme, Roderick, 1900-1994; Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938; Thompson, A F, active 1939

Reference: PA1-o-410

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; routes traversing difficult slopes; views of mountains, mountain ranges and glaciers; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. A number of images in this album have no captions, but some have been identified as having been taken by, or of, Jack Adamson in the late 1890s and possibly up to the early 1910s. A number of postcard images by F G Radcliffe are included. Other photographers and subjects include early mountaineers Kate Gardiner, Mrs Thompson, and there is one image of mountain guide Darby Thomson (who died in an avalanche on the Linda Glacier in 1914). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [197 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7811

Description: Transparency slides of various locations in the Southern Alps, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1966

Reference: PA1-o-383

Description: Hand-made album containing ten photographs of a group of students at an adventure camp at Mount Cook, organised by the New Zealand Student Christian Movement. There are no captions identifying people or places. Photographs show a glacier, mountain views, climbing and tramping. Other Titles - Adventure camp. Mt Cook Physical Description: Grey card album, entitled `Adventure camp. Mt Cook 1966'; 23 x 23 cm

Date: 1980-1992

From: Zemanek, Norman Herbert Emanuel, 1909-2001 : Photographic prints

Reference: PAColl-10415-6

Description: Photographs of the upper half of the South Island, taken between 1980 and 1992 by Norm Zemanek. Comprises a range of subjects taken around the east coast as far as Riccarton and around the West Coast to Fox Glacier. The photographs mainly consist of landscapes, natural features, and scenic views. Some buildings and boats are included. Among the subjects are: the hulk of the Janie Seddon on Motueka Beach, Wairau River in flood, Conway River Bridge, the forest outside Hanmer Springs, Westport fishing boats, Punakaiki Beach, derelict sawmill machinery at Kumara, Castle Rocks at Arthur's Pass, Mt Rolleston, Franz Joseph Glacier, Fox Glacier, Waimakariri River, kayaks on the Avon River, the Basilica in Christchurch, a Riccarton Church. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca1930-1960

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-0614-2-22

Description: Photographs relating to places in the South Island of New Zealand, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images are scenic views of the West Coast, Otago, Southland, Stewart Island, and the Southern Alps taken by a range of photographers, generally between 1930 and 1960.

Date: [ca 1920 to 1950]

From: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984: Slides, negatives, photographs, letters and printed material

Reference: PAColl-0639-09

Description: Includes photographs showing Franz Joseph glacier. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1920 to 1950]

From: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984: Slides, negatives, photographs, letters and printed material

Reference: PAColl-0639-08

Description: Includes photographs showing West Coast bush scenes. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1952-1960]

From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-1631

Description: Album containing scenic photographs of the South Island from Picton to Invercargill. Publication Note - This photograph album was published in 2002, 'Photography by Gladys Goodall : A record prepared by Gladys, for her sister Edna in 1960, of South Island photography', compiled by Laurence Eagle Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 26.5 x 33 cm

Date: ca 1925-ca 1955

From: Nichols, James Keith, 1909-1972 :Collection of negatives and photographic prints, taken by James Keith Nichols

Reference: PAColl-0190-22

Description: Family photographs from the early 1950s; some views of Wellington including a view of the Karatane Hospital and garden at Melrose; views of the Kapiti coast; Tramping in the eastern and western Hutt Valley and views of native forest and forest rivers and streams taken along the way; trampers and mountaineers in the Tararua Ranges and the Southern Alps; tramping huts, snow and glaciers; views of the Marlborough Sounds; some Wellington houses. Quantity: 264 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1925-ca 1955

From: Nichols, James Keith, 1909-1972 :Collection of negatives and photographic prints, taken by James Keith Nichols

Reference: PAColl-0190-23

Description: Some views of Nelson and Dunedin; views of the Kapiti coast; Tramping in the eastern and western Hutt Valley and views of native forest and forest rivers and streams taken along the way; trampers and mountaineers in the Tararua Ranges and the Southern Alps; tramping huts, snow and glaciers; views of the Marlborough Sounds; a tramp in the mountains in the Wilkin River area north west of Lake Wanaka; a tramp in the Tararua Ranges inland from Paraparaumu; children on the beach, babies, and Maori children. Quantity: 279 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1860s-1880s, ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Newcomb, Stanley Peter, 1934-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9453-6

Description: Scenic photographs taken for New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1910s-1940s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Mitchell, John Wesley, 1884-1954; Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961

Reference: PAColl-0959-04

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps, Lake Matheson and Lake Kanieri, Punakaiki and a bush railway near Hokitika, taken between circa 1910s to 1940s by various unidentified photographers, except one (no. 38) by John Wesley Mitchell which has an inscription on the back "Wishing you the compliments of the season, 1940, Lake Kanieri" signed J.W. Mitchell. There are many unidentified views; those identified include several taken from the Annette Plateau with the snowfield on the Sealey Range, McKenzie Plains, Liebig Range, various peaks including Isabel, Eric, Maungama, Eagle, and the Mueller Glacier, Mt Sealey; other views are taken from Mount Conrad in the Liebig Range and include the Murchison and Mannering Glaciers, the Malte Brun Range, Mounts Cooper, Elie de Beaumont and the Hochstetter Dome. Photograph no. 39 shows an unidentified light-coloured ship with three funnels (possibly the Empress of Britain), at sea, and a number of small ships drawn up alongside, in an unidentified location. Photograph no. 45, is inscribed on the back: "Mt Mannering from the south west ridge of the unnamed peak. Wataroa Pass upper right. Apperley & Sweney[?] photo". Many of the identified images have pencilled information in the top left hand corner which reads "H.O.F." and a series of numbers. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [Circa 1900s-1910s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938

Reference: PAColl-0959-07

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps taken circa 1900s to 1910s by various unidentified photographers. Photographs (nos. 34 and 35) probably taken by Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann, and photograph (no. 60) was probably taken by G E Mannering. Most of the locations are identified, and include views from various vantage points including from the Balfour Range, the Chancellor Ridge, Gillespies Trig, Waheka Flats, Glacier Dome, Haast Ridge, Lake Matheson, the Sealey Range, the Sebastopol and Malte Brun. Specific places identified are listed in the place headings above. Quantity: 79 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1985

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8548

Description: South Island photo tour, 1985. Sequence showing sheep in draughting yards. View across tussock grasslands. Group on a rocky hilltop. Views of mountains, river valley, snow and glaciers. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [Circa 1913-1915]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961

Reference: PAColl-0959-12

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps taken circa 1913-1914 by Herbert Otto Frind (H.O.F.). All the views are identified. Images in the box are filed in ten blue wrappers with the following titles: from Hooker Glacier; from Thomson; from face of Brunner; from Karangarua Saddle; from The Hermitage; from Tasman Glacier; from Shark's Teeth; from Sefton; from Cook; from Watchtower. Includes views of a bergschrund (crevasse formed when moving glacier ice separates from the stagnant ice above), and avalanches, in the views from the Hooker Glacier. Most of the named physical features are listed above in "places". On the verso of all the images the initials "H.O.F." is printed in the top left hand corner, with information about location printed along the lower edge. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints