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Date: [ca 1930's]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1867

Description: Photograph album created by Neville H Mosen of Raetithi. Contains views related to trips taken by the Tongariro Tramping Club and views related to the Mosen family and friends. Taken by Neville Mosen circa 1936 to 1937, and possibly some taken by other unidentified photographer(s). Contains scenic views and views of the Club members on bush walks and skiing in Tongariro National Park, featuring Ruapehu, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and surrounding environs, the Pinnacles at Blue Bluffs, Ruapehu crater lake, Tama Lakes, The Chateau, Whakapapa glacier, Karioi Lakes, Mangawhero River and various tramping huts. Bruce Davis, an amateur photographer who lived in Raetihi is identified. Also includes views of Raetihi township and Horopito locality, Napier, Tauranga (rail bridge and The Strand), and Ngauruhoe erupting (possibly 1937 eruption). Also includes views of Tom Parker posing with the fountain he gifted to Napier in 1936 and scenes of a parade and bonfire in Raetihi to mark the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Also includes the wedding of Gwen Wise (circa 1930s) 5 loose prints have page numbers noted and are in an envelope at the front of the album. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album bound with string and featuring an embossed image of mountains and a sun and the word 'Photographs' on the front cover, 21.5 x 27 cm

Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1947-1955

By: Shaw, Geoffrey Conrad, active 1947-1966

Reference: PAColl-6596

Description: 14 photographs of tramping huts and general views: Waerenga hut and Baines hut in the Orongorongo valley; Flora hut on Mt Arthur; ATC huts on Mt Ruapehu and Moumoukai valley; Ketetahi hut on Mt Tongariro; Black Horse Hotel in Nelson; Upper Takaka Hotel, Takaka; a view of Collingwood; two views of the Hutt Valley from the Wainuiomata Hill; band playing in the sound shell at Wellington Botanic Gardens; a street in Kawhia; a hotel in Upper Takaka; and a view of Wellington from Brooklyn. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018137 to 018150 Quantity: 14 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1838-1839

From: Colenso, William, 1811-1899 : Correspondence

Reference: MS-Papers-10533-1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 pieces). Finding Aids: See listing in folder for details.

Date: ca 1900-1925

By: William Beattie & Company; Hewitt, Sharon, active 1981

Reference: PAColl-0139

Description: Shows a range of New Zealand towns, houses, churches and some other buildings, mostly unidentified. Also shows some natural history. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1967

Reference: B-090-001/004

Description: Contents: Taranaki or Mount Egmont War canoe (early morning); Volcano of Tongariro with Motupoi pah from Roto Aire lake; Te Heuheu's [sic] old pah of Waitahanui, at Taupo Lake; Motupoi Pah and Roto-aire Lake. Tongariro in the distance From lithographs by J W Giles..... Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithographs 177 x 235 mm on sheets 305 x 483 mm

Date: 1925

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Diaries

Reference: Micro-MS-0600-04

Description: Chronological account of Adkin's farming activities and his interests in local Human History and Natural History as well as Ethnology. Includes information on Kapiti Island (ie. Waiorua Bay, Motungangara, and Wharekohu where Te Rauparaha was said to have signed the Treaty). Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1904

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Ruapehu eruption sketchbook. 1902-1908].

Reference: E-599-018/019

Description: A sketch showing a view down the slopes of Mount Tongariro. Horahora is marked on the distant horizon. Other Titles - 11 November 1904 Extended Title - From his Ruapehu eruption sketchbook. 1902-1908, pages 18-19. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil on double page spread in sketchbook, image 135 x 240 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: 1901-1934

By: Fama, Ronald Cyril, 1926-

Reference: PAColl-3254

Description: Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-039904 to 039909 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1901

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Young, Henry William, 1840-1903

Reference: A-216-010-b

Description: An invitation with elaborate lettering, surmounted by portraits of the Duke and Duchess, and surrounded with landscapes of (clockwise from top left) Mts Ruapehu and Tongariro; Mt Egmont; Mitre Peak; Wellington; Mt Cook. The Royal Arms and those of New Zealand appear at the sides. Futher copies at A-216-010, -a & -c Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 230 x 304 mm on card 284 x 358 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Arthurs, Wellington? 10 February 1954.

Date: 1850 - 1880

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-084-006

Description: Shows part of the foreshore of Lake Taupo in the foreground, with Mount Ruapehu and Tongariro in the distance. Other Titles - Lake Taupo showing Ruapehu & Tongariro Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Wash sketch, 180 x 255 mm

Date: [Between 1930 and 1941]

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

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-207

Description: Album of photographs (mainly landscapes) taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1930 and 1941. The album is divided into sections (not in chronological order), many relating to camping holidays with an unidentified companion. Areas covered included a Christmas holiday trip in 1937 to the East Coast and thermal regions around Tikitere and Waimangu, the Morere nikau forest, Mount Maunganui beach, Hongi's track, the buried village at Te Wairoa, and Rotorua. A North Auckland trip in December 1938 included camping as far north as Paihia, Russell and Waitangi, the Waitangi Falls, the Waipoua Kauri Forest and Trounson's Kauri Park, also Auckland, the Kaingaroa Plains and Waiouru Valley. Areas of erosion were noted, and mangrove swamps. An Anniversary Day trip (22-23 January 1939) took Salmon to the Putangirua Pinnacles in the Wairarapa; and in September 1941 he went to the Hawke's Bay area. In 1945 he went on a North Island Expedition working on malaria control, with ?Bissett, and William John Phillipps. February 20-27 1939 was a trip across the Napier-Taupo Road, and included a number of images of the silt and desolation caused by a great flood in the Esk Valley in 1938. In 1936 Salmon went on a geological trip to the Rotorua area, and at Orakei Korako he was particularly interested in "sinter formations" (thermal deposits of silica, of which the Pink and White Terraces were examples). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: 1859 - 1888 - 1867 - 1890

By: Hochstetter, Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand von, 1829-1884; Ciceri, Eugene, 1813-1890; Sargent, Alfred Louis, 1828-; Charton, M E, active 1860-1890s; Tour du Monde (Periodical); Clive Burden Ltd.

Reference: A-109-066

Description: View towards the south end of Lake Taupo, showing snow-covered Ruapehu, and steaming Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ketetahi crater in left background. In centre distance is Motutaiko Island. Figures wading in water at left foreground are holding fishing nets. There are two small fishing craft at right foreground, and craft with sails further off. Inscription at lower edge, gives name of engraver, "Sargent" - Alfred Louis Sargent. M.E. Charton's edition appears to be a reprint of the original 1865 edition of "Le tour du monde..." Vol. XI, pages 273-320. Image copied by Eugene Ciceri, from Hochstetter's original design lithographed by A. Meerman, in F. von Hochstetter's "Neu-Seeland" (Stuttgart, 1863), page 364. ATL has original; and English translation , 1867, at q919.31 HOC. c.f. copies at A-048-026 and B-062-024. Another negative made from the 1865 edition of "Le tour du monde" (published Paris: Editions C.T.I.C., 1865), page [297]; negative no. 1/2-C-09879-F. File print in Drawing and Prints Artists file. Other Titles - Lake Taupo. Extended Title - From: "Le tour du monde; nouveau journal de voyages"..."Voyage a la Nouvelle-Zelande", verso of page 298, vol. unknown, 1890? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - SARGENT; Recto - beneath image - Le lac Taupo. - Dessin de Eugene Ciceri d'apres M. F. de Hochstetter. Hochstetter was in the Taupo region in 1859. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white 158 x 236 mm, on sheet 219 x 300 mm.

Date: 1904

From: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927 :[Ruapehu eruption sketchbook. 1902-1908].

Reference: E-599-022/023

Description: A sketch showing snow patches, snow in shadow, gravel, dark rocks, light fleecy clouds, with Mount Ngauruhoe in the right background. Other Titles - 11 November 1904 Extended Title - From his Ruapehu eruption sketchbook. 1902-1908, pages 22-23. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on double page spread in sketchbook, 135 x 346 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-259-009

Description: A plain in the foreground, with several Maori dwellings amongst scattered cabbage trees. Rotoaira Lake in the middle distance and part of Tongariro Mount rising behind. The artist has drawn a plume of steam rising from the flank of the mountain Engraved by an unknown artist after a drawing by James Coutts Crawford. See Ellis, E.M. Early prints of N.Z. p. 193, no. 799 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Tongariro Rotoaira. [in ink, in Crawford's hand] Original sketch by Crawford done on 1862 trip held at E-051-045/046. cf A-259-008 Junction of Moawhanga with Rangitikei ...which appears to have been removed from the same unknown publication. Untitled proof of engraving for unidentified publication; titled version held in Richard Taylor's sketchbook E-296-012-3 (neg. 1/2-050424) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 78 x 149 mm on sheet 114 x 188 mm

Date: Dec 1913-Jan 1914

By: Gauntlett, Gertrude Mary, active 1913-1914

Reference: MS-Papers-2033

Description: Diary of an Auckland group's trip to Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe. Includes press cutting on pioneer skiing in New Zealand (11 Aug 1913). Quantity: 1 folder(s) (32 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter and photographs (photocopies)

Date: 1915 - 1917

By: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: A-227-003

Description: Inscriptions: Signed: Cranleigh Barton Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 195 x 254 mm Provenance: Donated by Cranleigh Barton, Esq., June 1968

Date: 1898 - 1901

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: A-176-005

Description: Shows lake with the two mountains, Ngauruhoe (steaming) and Tongariro in background. There is the framework of a Maori storehouse in right foreground, and part of two trees at left. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash, 177 x 305 mm.

Date: 1923-1928

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-242

Description: Print from same negative as PA6-234 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1906-1909

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1227

Description: This album is an anthology of views of Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro from 1906 to 1909, and includes a climbing trip up Mount Egmont. Included are details of the mountains such as the Crater Lake, the crater on Mount Ngauruhoe, Ngauruhoe erupting Easter 1909, climbers on the Wangaehu and Mangaehuehu glaciers, views of snow fields and peaks near the summit of Ruapehu, climbing parties, and various lakes in the area. These include Tama Lakes, Lake Rotoaira, and the Blue and Green lakes on Tongariro. There are images of waterfalls on the Makatote River, the Whakapapanui Stream, the Mangawhero River, on a branch of the Mangatoetoenui Stream, and below the Wangaehu Glacier. There are also two views of Ruapehu Hut and views of Ruapehu from the locality of Rangataua, south west of the mountain, described in the album as "Rangataua Bush" and "Rangataua lake". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).