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Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
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- Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982
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- PA-Group-00007
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Includes diaries noting activities, flora and fauna, and photographs of birds, seals, wild animals and flora on Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec islands, and also some relating to people stationed there as coastwatchers in 1940s; all images numbered and cross referenced to a list of the photographs, type of film used, and the relevant diary entry
Jack Sorensen was a naturalist who worked in Auckland and Kermadec Is in 1940s.
See Archives NZ report on JH Sorensen papers, 2004/5120, in back file
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Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-112603-F to 1/4-114100-F. Lantern slides at PA11-226.
Quantity: 1507 b&w original negative(s). 173 b&w lantern slide(s). 691 b&w original photographic print(s). 32 colour original transparency/ies.
Transfers: To Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1495: Diaries of John Herman Sorensen.
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- 1507 b&w original negative(s), 173 b&w lantern slide(s), 691 b&w original photographic print(s), 32 colour original transparency/ies, Photographs
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Birds of the Kermadec Islands
Date: [ca1942-ca1946]
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-16
Description: Photographs of birds of the Kermadec Islands taken by S R Oliver, W R B Oliver, A Gardiner, R S Bell, and T Iredale. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs of sea birds and seals from the Campbell and Auckland Islands
Date: 1942-1945
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-09
Description: Photographs of sea birds and seals from the Campbell and Auckland Islands. Photographed by John Sorensen from 1942 to 1945. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s).
Birds of Campbell Island
Date: 1942-1945
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-02
Description: Photographs of sea birds on Campbell Island. Birds include a flightless duck, penguins, albatrosses, and mollymawkes. The largest group record wandering albatrosses. There is one photograph of a land bird. Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s).
Birds of Campbell and Auckland Islands
Date: 1942-1945
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-03
Description: Photographs of sea birds on Campbell and Auckland Islands. Birds include penguins, albatrosses, mollymawkes, skuas, shags, penguins, and a land bird. There are also photographs of an owl and a white flowered clematis. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographs of sea birds and seals from the Campbell and Auckland Islands
Date: 1942-1945
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-08
Description: Photographs of sea birds and seals from the Campbell and Auckland Islands. Photographed by John Sorensen from 1942 to 1945. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s).
Seals of Campbell Island
Date: [ca1942]-1946
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-14
Description: Photographs of seals, two men holding an albertross, and an RNZAF Catalina flying boat taking off from Campbell Island carrying a sick man on the 1st of May 1946. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).
Fauna and flora of Campbell and Auckland Islands
Date: 1942-1945
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-01
Description: Photographs of sea birds and plants on Campbell and Auckland Islands. Birds include albatrosses, mollymawkes, gulls, skuas, shags, and penguins. Plants are Chrysobactron rosii, Anisotome latifolium, and kelp. The birds are recorded as adults, chicks, and in some cases, juveniles. Some nests and eggs have also been photographed. Two landscape photographs of Campbell Island include a view along the south coast towards Mount Paris, and a rock formation on Mount Beeman. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s).
Birds of the Kermadec Islands
Date: [ca1942-ca1946]
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-15
Description: Photographs of birds of the Kermadec Islands taken by S R Oliver, W R B Oliver, A Gardiner, R S Bell, and T Iredale. Quantity: 116 b&w original photographic print(s).
Castor oil plant, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
Date: 1944
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: 1/4-113682-F
Description: Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis), Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands. Photographed by John Sorensen in 1944. John Sorensen's negative reference - K.190 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm
Penguins, Campbell Island
Date: 1942-1945
From: Sorensen, John Herman, 1905-1982 :Photographs relating to Campbell, Auckland and Kermadec Islands
Reference: PAColl-8938-04
Description: Photographs of Penguins on Campbell Island. An albatross on a house roof. What is possibly a species of dolphin. Maps of Campbell Island. Photographs of a graph and a chart. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s).