Glacial crevasses

Date: [Between 1930 and 1935]

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

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953

Reference: PA1-o-408

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names of people usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Landscapes too, are mostly fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. The album includes a map of the Rakaia-Mathias River area, drawn by E. Porter; a map of the "Three pass route" across the Southern Alps, drawn by Len Boot (p. 003); two extracts from the New Zealand Alpine Journal hand-written by J D Pascoe (from Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 209-210; and Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 213-214); and a photograph of a painting by A E Wildey, with caption "Artist's versin of Carrington Peak" (p. 028). Pages 89-94 show the preparations and work undertaken by a large rescue party involved in searching for two school teachers, B Robbins and H D Smith, who died while attempting to cross the Harman Pass, en route from Hokitika to the Bealey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [247 p.]; 26.5 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: [Between 1933 and 1958]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

Reference: PA1-q-203

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1933 and 1958. There are various sequences as follows: Museum trip to Lake Waikaremoana, December 1946; Holiday trip in 1937 which included Mohaka, Lake Waikaremoana and Urewera Country; Cass-Torlesse biological trip, February 1936; South Island trip, March 1939; and a Southern Lakes and Hollyford Valley trip in January 1940. The holiday trip in 1937 includes photographs of the Mohaka Viaduct under construction. At the beginning of the album a photograph shows Lake Waikaremoana after 21 years of deterioration due to state Electricity Department actions. This image was taken in January 1958, from approximately the same spot as one taken in February 1937. The Cass-Torlesse biological trip includes an image of "vegetable sheep" (page 48). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: [1930s-1950s]

From: Creator unknown: Lantern slides, chiefly of trips overseas, plants, and gardens

Reference: PA11-273

Description: Lantern slides of New Zealand landscapes, holiday scenes, and gardens taken by unidentified photographers, probably during the 1930s-1950s. Some have printed captions giving the location or subject. The images include: - Views of Mt Cook and of the Franz Josef Glacier, along with image of crevasses. Also images of skiing, including kea bird perching on upright skis. - Landscapes seen through windows above the altars of two churches: the Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Tekapo) and St James Church (Waiho Gorge, near Franz Josef). - Scenes in Queenstown, including of the lakefront and the yacht `Kelvin' at the wharf, St Peter's Church, and looking over Lake Wakatipu to The Remarkables. - Images probably taken elsewhere in Central Otago, including a stone post office and other buildings; lake with boats [Lake Wanaka?]; a hillside flower garden; flower beds and gardens; and informal group portraits of children. - Views of flowers, gardens, or trees in Tauranga, Rotorua, and unidentified locations. - Exterior views of Canterbury Museum and Arts Centre in Christchurch. Arrangement: Set contains slides from boxes, 4, 5, and 8. Quantity: 19 b&w lantern slide(s). 30 colour lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: [1907]

From: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Albums and photographs

Reference: Pa1-o-184

Description: Photographs of a group of men and women on a walking tour in the area of Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, and the Malte Brun Hut. Photographs taken by Algernon Charles Gifford. This album appears to be linked with Gifford Albums 2, 5, 6 and 7. An undated article Gifford wrote for the Oamaru Mail entitled `To Mount Cook by motor car', is pasted in the back of Gifford Album 2. The article talks about a group travelling by car to Mount Cook, and then tramping in the mountains in the area. This album shows the party travelling in two Darracq automobiles, while the other albums show the party in the mountains, mountain views, the group crossing the Tasman Glacier, and relaxing at various spots on the way, including at Ball Hut and Malte Brun Hut. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cardboard cover, impressed pattern on front; 17.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: [Between 1903 and 1935]

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

By: Westland, Charles J, active 1900s; Kitchingham, Frederick Arthur, 1885-1964; Mercer, James Cuthbert, 1886-1944; Atkinson, George Gordon, 1905-1982

Reference: PA1-o-411

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly the Westland Region. They include groups of mountaineers; routes traversing difficult terrain; views of mountains, mountain ranges and glaciers; deer stalkers and their catch; campsites, both in tents, and in caves (including Wilkinson Cave, in which prospectors, trampers and mountaineers have sheltered); fording swollen rivers; and mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Album includes early photographs taken by C J Westland (1903), and a number of photographs taken by F A Kitchingham (1914). Particular trips taken include a new route from the Evans region to the Rakaia, discovered by J D Pascoe, Wyn Barnett and A P Thomson on 4th January 1933; the first traverse of the McKenzie Glacier, in rain (31st December 1932); and the first ascent of the McKenzie Col (31st December 1932). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [185 p]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Between 1914 and 1945]

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

By: Graham, Elizabeth Muriel, -1957; Hurley, James Francis, 1885-1962; Lysons, Markham Carthew, 1907-1944; Mercer, James Cuthbert, 1886-1944; Thomson, Jane, 1858-1944; Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983

Reference: PAColl-0959-03

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps, taken between about 1914 and the 1940s by various unidentified and identified photographers including William Alexander Kennedy, Markham Cardew Lysons, Jane Thomson, Frank Hurley and James Cuthbert Mercer, and possibly Elizabeth Graham (Mrs P Graham). Includes views of "Turner Hooker Expedition" in which Samuel Turner was the first man to climb Mount Hooker (in 1929), probably with guide Peter Graham (images 001-007); view no. 14 of the high peak of Mt Cook, taken by Mrs Thomson (Jane Thomson); numbers of unidentified images; views of glaciers and crevasses, mountains, and mountain huts; cutting round the schrund? below the Tasman Saddle showing the steepness of the snow slopes; the dining room of The Hermitage Hotel at Mt Cook; various expeditions including a Callery Valley Expedition and a goldminer's camp in Waikukupa Valley; aerial photographs taken by James Cuthbert Mercer including a campsite and landing site in the Arawata Valley; four views of Antarctica, including one of the end of the Shackleton Expedition ship Endurance, taken in 1915 by Frank Hurley (image no. 087), and one of Campbell Island; the foot of the Unser Fritz Falls; Copland Valley; Mt Ngaruahoe, and Tama Lake (Mt Tongariro); the road over Mt Hercules; Cascade Point; Mounts Cook and Tasman; aerial view of tree ferns ("palm trees") at Waiho; plane over Otako branch of Paringa looking north; Mount Hooker; five views of a group of men carrying planks up the Haast Ridge from the Tasman Glacier, probably in 1915 for the building of the King Memorial Hut; Mt Elie de Beaumont from the Upper Callery Valley; cloud reflections in Mapourika; the Fox Moth plane ZK-ADH by the camp and landing strip at Arawata. Quantity: 122 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-1920s]

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

By: Fletcher, Thomas A, active 1910s-1920s; Graham, Alexander Carter, 1881-1957; Graham, Peter, 1878-1961; Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942; Lippe, Jack N, active 1914; Milne, Francis Middleton, 1891-1933; Murrell, John Robert, 1886-1918; Pope, Jack, active 1920s

Reference: PAColl-0959-23

Description: Alpine photographs taken by various mountain guides circa 1900s to 1910s. Photographers identified are Peter Graham, Alec Graham, Jack Pope, John Robert Murrell, Jack Lippe, Tom Fletcher, Leslie Hinge, and Frank Milne. Photograph number 35 shows seven guides with a coiled climbing rope and two crossed ice picks in front. The guides are not identified on the image, but are identified from comparison with image at (1/2-035265-G). They are (back row from left) Alf Cowling, Jock Richmond, Jack Lippe, Charlie Milne and Frank Milne; (front row) Darby Thomson and Peter Graham. Image no. 7, taken by Peter Graham, is labelled "Building the Sefton bivvy" in pencil on the back. Image no. 9 shows a woman climber standing in the mouth onf an ice arch. There are a number of views of the Hermitage reflected in a pool in winter, and image no. 11 shows the chief guide's cottage by the Hermitage. Most of the places shown are listed above. Quantity: 40 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: [1920s]

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

By: Peart, Heaton Clairemont, 1894-1991

Reference: PAColl-0959-31

Description: Photographs taken by H C Peart, circa 1920-1921. Various views of glaciers, crevasses, and unidentified climbers; southern lakes, Milford Sound and waterfalls. Several show the Franz Josef Glacier from the Almer bivouac. Three views of Milford Sound show a steamship. Of these numbers 16 and 17 show a small steamship in Milford Sound, and number 27 shows a steamship and several men in two dinghies. Photographs numbered 24-26 show the old Rimu gold dredge and tailings. Identified places are listed above. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints.

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

Date: [Circa 1908-1930s]

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

By: Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938; Kurz, Marcel, 1887-1967

Reference: PAColl-0959-22

Description: Photographs of mountains and valleys in the Southern Alps towards the West Coast, chiefly taken by Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann, with the last two images probably taken by Marcel Kurz. The box is entitled "W.A. Kennedy. Dr. T. 4 (Box 22). The images are separated into nine sequences filed in paper folders, with two loose images at the end. The folders are as follows: 1: Complete pan (panorama) of 8 from Pioneer Ridge (nos. 1-22). 2: Callery (nos. 23-30). 3: Pan of 8 of the Lambert Group (from near the head of Lambert Glacier) (nos. 31-38). 4: Pan of 11 from Chancellor Ridge (nos. 39-46). 5: Lower Waiototo (i.e. Waiatoto) Valley (nos. 47-61a). 6: From Craig's Peak (no. 62). 7: odd Pioneer Ridge (nos. 63-70, and 80 (lacking nos. 71-79). 8: Head of Victoria Glacier (nos. 81-83). 9: Upper Waiototo (i.e. Waiatoto) Valley (nos. 84-109). 10: two loose images, now numbered 110 and 111 (originally numbered 103 (Haast from the H.-L col, K. Gardiner), and 127 (High peak of Cook from north beyond 2nd peak). Neither of these are listed in the inventory. Most of the places shown are listed above. Quantity: 104 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." Inventory lists 109 images, however the sequence lacks numbers 71-79, and there are four images not listed in the inventory (nos 61A, 94A, and two loose images originally numbered 103 (now numbered 110), and 127 (now numbered 111); this makes 104 images in total..

Date: [Circa 1913-1915]

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

By: Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961

Reference: PAColl-0959-13

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps taken circa 1913-1914 by Herbert Otto Frind (H.O.F.). All the views are identified, seen from various sites including from the Murchison Glacier and neve; from Whataroa Pass; from Mt Acland; from the summit of Mt Mannering; from Mount Sydney King; from the Classen Saddle; from Richmond Peak; from the Ant-Hill; from Mount Hutton; from Hackel [i.e. Haeckel] Peak; and from Mount Conrad. Many 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: 93 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: [1907]

From: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-187

Description: Photographs of a group of men and women on a walking tour in the Southern Alps, taken by Algernon Charles Gifford. This album appears to be linked with Gifford Albums 2, 4, 5 and 6. An undated article Gifford wrote for the Oamaru Mail entitled `To Mount Cook by car', is pasted in the back of Gifford Album 2. In it he talks about a group travelling by car to Mount Cook, and then spending some days tramping in the mountains in the area. Gifford Album 4 shows the party travelling in two Darracq automobiles, while the other albums show the party in the mountains, mountain scenes, the group crossing the Tasman Glacier, and relaxing at various spots, including at Ball Hut and the Malte Brun Hut. Relationship complexity - Glass negatives of some of the images in this album are filed at 1/2-060500-G, 1/2-060503-G, 1/2-060506-G, 1/2-060508-G and 1/2-060511-G Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black album, entitled `Photographs', 18.5 x 23.0 cm

Date: [Between 1931 and 1934]

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

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

Reference: PA1-o-412

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, chiefly in the Rakaia River area. Views include groups of mountaineers; routes traversed in the mountains; the building of mountain huts; deer stalking; the difficulties of fording flooded rivers; traversing glaciers; camping in the mountains; and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Particular sequences include views of the source of the Rakaia River at the terminal face of the Ramsay Glacier; the first ascent of jacob Glacier and the second ascent of Mount Butler by ian Powell and Jim Nichols; the first ascent and traverse of Mount Whitcombe by Boney Chester, Allan Willis and Bill Mirams (28/12/1931); the first ascent of the Snow Dome by Jack Hayes, Cedric Turner and A Anderson; record of pioneer work in the Wanganui-Rangitata-Rakaia watershed by Dr E Teichelmann with guides A Graham and J Clark (in 1911); and the first traverse of Malcolm Peak by Jack Hayes and Cedric Turner in February 1934. Throughout the album are excerpts from Pascoe's articles published in the Canterbury Mountaineer, relating to the photographs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower-right corner; [285 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s or 1890s?]

By: Charnaux Freres (Geneva, Switzerland)

Reference: PA1-o-487

Description: Album of tourist photographs taken by Swiss photographers Charnaux Freres, Geneva. They include scenes of mountain climbing, negotiating a crevasse, glaciers, and Chamonix Album consists of joined pages folded in concertina form Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "Souvenir", Charnaux Freres & Cie., Geneve; 21.5 x 27.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1212-F

Description: Panoramic view of a group of nine men and women standing on the glacier in the foreground. They are carrying walking poles and are facing the camera. Crevasses are visible in the ice. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] The F.J. Glacier; Photographer's title on negative - On the Franz Josef Glacier. N.Z. No. 493 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.8 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1150-F

Description: Panoramic close-up view of the surface of Franz Josef Glacier. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Franz Josef Glacier from Cape Defiance New Zealand No. 927 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 128.0 cm

Date: [Circa 1913-1915]

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

By: Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961

Reference: PAColl-0959-14

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps taken circa 1913-1914 by Herbert Otto Frind (H.O.F.). All the views are identified, filed in 12 blue folders. The views are from the following sites: from Malte Brun Hut; below William's Galcier; from Haast Ridge; from maunga Ma; from Montgomery [i.e. Montgomerie]; from Sebastopol; from Ngakanohi Glacier; from Mueller Glacier; from Darby; from Sladden neve; from Barron Saddle; from Scissors; from Bannie; from Tasman Saddle. Image no. 36 shows Austrian/Canadian mountaineer Conrad Kain on the rock arete of Mount Darby. Many of the named physical features are listed above in "places". There are examples of a bergschrund, rock formations, ice caves, and cloud formations. Quantity: 66 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1910s-1930s]

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

By: Joachim, Mary Eleanor, 1874-1957; Theomin, Dorothy Michaelis, 1888-1966

Reference: PAColl-0959-37

Description: Alpine views in the South Island, taken by Miss Joachim (nos. 1-19) and Miss Theomin (nos. 20-50). There are two North Island views taken by Miss Joachim (Papakura Geyser (no. 2), and Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua (no. 9)). Included in this box is a two-page letter to "Mr. Kennedy" signed by Dorothy Theomin. She starts off "I am always so very [proud when you think any of my films are worth turning into slides that I feel the "kindness" is all on your side for the honour you do me in using them...". She also refers to Peter Graham, Mr. Chas. Buchanan and a Mrs. Bickerton. There are also two pages, partially in Miss Theomin's hand-writing, describing a few of her images, though the numbering system in these notes, the pencilled numbers (possibly given by W. A. Kennedy) and the numbers in the typescript inventory all differ from one another. Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [Circa 1920s]

From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps

By: Driver, H (Mrs), active 1977; Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957

Reference: PA1-f-073

Description: Album of photographs taken by mountaineer and photographer Arthur Sutton-Turner, all related to the Southern Alps and all with good captions. People climbing with Sutton-Turner include Jack Lippe and T A Fletcher. A number of images relate to their journey towards the mountains, stopping at two sheep stations, the Richmond Station at Lake Tekapo, and Lilybank Station. At Lilybank, Sutton-Turner took a number of photographs of sheep being mustered from the High Country ready for shearing, and finally trucks being loaded with wool bales for sale in Fairlie. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown hessian cover; 29 x 43 cm