Endurance (Ship)

Date: 1839 - 1995

From: Various artists :[Set of 9 cards issued for Treasures in Trust exhibition]. National Library of New Zealand, 1995.

By: Hurley, James Francis, 1885-1962; National Library of New Zealand

Reference: E-498-008

Description: Shows sailing ship with sails furled, in ice floe. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on card.. Physical Description: Colour photolithograph on card, 140 x 105 mm (folded). Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit, in 1995.

Date: 1914-1916

By: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958; Orde-Lees, Hisako Hoya, active 1932-1962

Reference: MS-Group-2416

Description: Journal gives full account of the voyage from England to South Georgia, the loss of the Endurance in the pack ice, and life on Elephant Island during the wait for rescue. Lacks entries for 25 Jun 1915-8 Jan 1916. Many photographs. Material also includes photographs and newsclippings concerned with the early development of parachutes. Publication - The Orde Lees diaries have now been published - John Thomson `Elephant Island and beyond. The Life and diaries of Thomas Orde Lees', 2003. Orde Lees was seconded by the Admiralty to Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917. He was the motor expert and later store-keeper. Quantity: 13 folder(s). 6 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs with annotations, photographs and printed matter Holograph and typescript (photocopy) (35cm; blue linen tie cases) Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Orde Lees, Wellington, 1962 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs (PA-Group-01014). Includes drawings, diagrams and photographs Processing information: Archivists notes - qMS-1149-1153 were photocopied from originals held by Mrs Orde-Lees, of Wellington in 1962

Date: [2000-2004]

By: O'Neill, John, active 2004

Reference: MS-Papers-8120

Description: Information collected by O'Neill on Harry McNeish (McNish) including notes, letter and newspaper articles (all photocopies); includes attempt by family to gain a posthumous award for McNeish Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Dulwich College uses McNish as the preferred spelling of his name Accompanying material - Copy of letter from Dulwich College, 14 Sep 2004 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J O'Neill, per Dulwich College, Sep 2004

Date: 1914 - 1916

By: How, Walter Ernest, 1885-1972; Gibbs, Eric Reginald, 1921-2013

Reference: A-470-017

Description: Shows a profile view of the ship 'Endurance' trapped in ice. Icebergs can be seen in the background, and three figures are visible on board. The ship has three masts and a funnel, and two lifeboats. Its sails are all furled Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Sir E. Shackleton's "Endurance" [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - W. E How [in ink]; Verso - bottom right - Recd. 1963 E R Gibbs [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and white enhancer, on paper 180 x 238 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, from the estate of Antarctic scientist Eric Reginald Gibbs

Date: 1914 - 1916

By: How, Walter Ernest, 1885-1972; Gibbs, Eric Reginald, 1921-2013

Reference: A-470-018

Description: Shows a profile view of Scott's ship 'Discovery' heading through choppy Antarctic waters. The ship has three masts and a funnel. Icebergs can be seen in the background and foreground. Almost the ship's sails are unfurled Other Titles - Captain Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Capn Scotts Discovery [in ink]; Recto - bottom right - W. E How [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and white enhancer, on paper 180 x 238 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, from the estate of Antarctic scientist Eric Reginald Gibbs

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: 1914

By: Patten, Leonard, active 1914

Reference: A-155-017

Description: Shackleton's yacht seen from the bow, moored at a wharf, presumably in London. Other boats and ships visible in the background. A man and a woman are standing on the deck of the yacht Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 2/6 [i.e. a price of two shillings and sixpence]. The date 1914 has been added in pencil lower right. The copyright symol followed by the artist's initials appears immediately below the image on the right Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of pen drawing, 280 x 196 mm (image) on sheet 418 x 292 mm

Date: 1839 - 1995

From: Various artists :[Set of 9 cards issued for Treasures in Trust exhibition]. National Library of New Zealand, 1995.

By: Hurley, James Francis, 1885-1962; National Library of New Zealand

Reference: E-498-008-a

Description: Shows sailing ship with sails furled, in ice floe. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on card.. Physical Description: Colour photolithograph on card, 140 x 105 mm (folded). Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit, in 1995.

Date: 1915

From: Pontefract, J :Chiefly photographs of Antarctica

Reference: 1/2-098630-F

Description: Members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) leaving their ship 'Endurance' to take the dogs for their daily exercise. Ernest Shackleton stands upper left. George Marston is closest to the camera. Photograph taken in 1915 by James Francis Hurley. Other - Same image at 1/2-020138. Use 1/2-020138. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1914

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-02

Description: View from the yardarm of the Endurance, showing the polar pack ice as the ship enters it for the first time, taken in 1914 by Frank Hurley. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Carbon print 15.8 x 21.2 cm

Date: 1915

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-33

Description: The camp on sea-ice after the abandonment of the ship "Endurance", during the during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). The x marks the sinking "Endurance". Photograph taken by Frank Hurley between 27 October 1915 - 21 November 1915. Inscriptions: Caption attached to bottom of print reads: "13 Camp on the ice-floe after abandoning ship." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.4 x 21.5 cm

Date: 14 Jan 1915

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-26

Description: The ship Endurance trapped in ice, photographed in 14 January 1915 by James Francis Hurley during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917. the caption "Laying to, 14 January, 1915" is Hurley's own caption for this image. (Information from "Endurance" by Caroline Alexander) Other Titles - The approach of 4 1/2 months darkness Other Titles - Why ships cannot always reach the southern shore of the Weddell Sea Other Titles - Laying to, 14 January, 1915 Inscriptions: beneath image, on paper glued to bottom: 6. The approach of 4 1/2 months darkness; Verso - Why ships cannot always reach the southern shore of the Weddell Sea T Orde Lees Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.7 x 21.1 cm, with paper glued to bottom edge

Date: [ca Oct 1915]

From: Pontefract, J :Chiefly photographs of Antarctica

Reference: 1/2-098664-F

Description: The ship `Endurance' trapped in pack ice, circa October 1915, during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Photograph probably taken by James Francis Hurley. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [between 1914-1915]

From: Pontefract, J :Chiefly photographs of Antarctica

Reference: 1/2-098616-F

Description: The Endurance travelling through the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Shows the bow of the ship and some of the rigging, and flat ice on the sea. Photograph taken between 1914 and 1915, possibly by James Francis Hurley. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1915

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-10

Description: The ship Endurance trapped in ice, with dog kennels alongside. Photograph taken in 1915 by James Francis Hurley during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917. the caption " Kennels around the ship" is Hurley's own caption for this image. (Information from "Endurance" by Caroline Alexander) Other Titles - Broadside view of the ship and dogs Other Titles - Kennels around the ship Inscriptions: beneath image, on paper glued to bottom: 8.Broadside view of the ship and dogs; Verso - Dogloos for sheltering dogs; Verso - S S Endurance in the sea-ice a few days before she was crushed by the ice pressure. Note dog kennels on the ice. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.5 x 21.5 cm, with paper glued to bottom edge

Date: November 1915

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2094-30

Description: The Endurance raised up by the pressure of the Antarctic pack ice, photographed ca November 1915 by Frank Hurley. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - 22A; Verso - centre - Endurance raised by ice-pressure Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 101 x 139 mm

Date: Between 1914-1917

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-020138-F

Description: Members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) leaving their ship 'Endurance' to exercise the dogs. Ernest Shackleton stands upper left. George Marston is closest to the camera. Photograph taken in 1915 by James Francis Hurley. Other - Same image at 1/2-098630. Use 1/2-020138. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Between 1914-1917

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-020141-F

Description: The ship `Endurance' amongst sea ice during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). This is a flashlight photograph taken during the 4 month long polar night. Photograph probably taken by James Francis Hurley. Note on back of file print reads "S S Endurance frozen into ice during the four months polar night (flashlight photo)." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca Oct 1915

From: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs

Reference: 1/2-020133-F

Description: Sledge team, and the ship Endurance trapped in ice, circa October 1915, during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition (1914-1917). Photograph probably taken by James Francis Hurley. Caption on back of file print reads: "Resting dogs at exercise - sledge on one side to prevent dogs stampeding." Print of this identical image at PAColl-2094-14 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 9 Dec 1914-13 May 1916 (1935)

By: McNeish, Harry, 1874-1930

Reference: MS-1390

Description: Includes letter by Shackleton, S[outh] Georgia, 16 May 1916 Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (128 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; ½ blue calf) Processing information: Access statement changed from "Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room" to "Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original" on 26 October 2022.