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Date: 1948

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-002

Description: "Illustrating geological formations, Vol 2". Black & white photographs showing the geology and geomorphology of the Rotorua area, taken while George Leslie Adkin was attending a New Zealand Geological Survey Staff Conference, May 9-22, 1948. Includes images of a thermal spring at Ohaki (near Rotorua), the Hinemaiai Stream; Lakes Taupo and Rotoaira, aerial views of the Tongariro volcanic complex showing Mt Tongariro, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe with the Waco plane used for the flights; the Tikitere thermal area; Lake Rotoiti; the ignimbrite gorge of the Waikato River at the Maraetai dam site; Whakarewarewa; Maggie Papakura's house at Tuhoromatakaka, Whakarewarewa. He later visited Napier and Hastings (Sept 3-7, and 15-20, 1948), and has images showing Napier City; the shingle beach at the breakwater, Napier; Ahuriri Bluff, and the Manawatu Gorge. On Sept 9th 1948 he took photographs of the Wellington Peninsula from Parkvale Road to Mt Kaukau, and from Mt Kaukau showing the Wellington City hill system and its topographical features.

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: 1970 - 1988

From: Eagle, Audrey Lily, 1926- :[Collection of original paintings made for "Eagle's trees and shrubs of New Zealand" books. 1955-2005]

Reference: A-437-140

Description: Shows leaves, berries and flowers of a Mountain Wineberry or Shrubby Wineberry. Artist's list: Flowers Nov., berries March and juv. branchlet from Mt Ruapehu 7.3.70, coll. A Eagle Appears on page 277 of Eagle's "Complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand" Other Titles - March 1970; flowers November Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 260 x 211 mm.

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-035-1

Description: Unfinished. Shows bush with a faint indication of Mount Ruapehu Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 283 x 230 mm

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-49209-F

Description: Skiers with Jaguar car in snowy Ruapehu setting, dated 26 September, 1965, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with five images. Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: J. Ilott no 8243.

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: 1895

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.

Reference: E-379-033

Description: Shows Mt Ruapehu topped with snow Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mt Ruapehu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 225 mm (page size)

Date: 1930 - 1933

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: E-756

Description: Includes pencil sketches with colour notes, of Mount Taranaki, house and trees at J P Murphy's farm Taranaki, Patea 3/3/30, sketches from steamer from Pipiriki down to Wanganui leave 6 a.m. arr Wanganui about noon, Pipiriki March 1930, Ruapehu from Ohakune, [waterfalls and rapids], after leaving Waiouru, from Hikitahi. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black-covered softbound notebook of 60 leaves, each 178 x 118 mm.

By: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: A-227-002

Description: Inscriptions: Signed: Cranleigh Barton Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 193 x 284 Provenance: Donated by Cranleigh Barton, Esq. June 1968

Date: 1920 - 1959

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-379-079

Description: Shows a view of Mount Ruapehu. Location confirmed by similar named view at A-379-078. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 253 x 353 mm.

Date: 1910

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: C-065-008

Description: Shows a new European settlement near Ohakune, amongst an extensive tract of felled timber, with trees and bush in the background. Mount Ruapehu is in the distance. Other Titles - The above photograph depicts a pioneering scene near Ohakune, on the route of the Main Trunk railway, and shows the birth of a new settlement in the heart of the bush. In the background towers the majestic snow-clad peak of Ruapehu ... Extended Title - Supplement to: The Weekly News. Special Christmas Number. 1910. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 462 x 662 mm

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-084-009

Description: Shows a distant view of the town from the far bank of the Whanganui River. York and Rutland Stockades can be seen on the hills at the left, with the spire of Christ Church beyond the houses below. Shakespeare Bluff is across the river to the right. The peak of Mt Ruapehu rises in the distance Title appears to have been added at a later date. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil in the hand of C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

Date: 27 Jul 1966

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-66194-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1868-1921

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0172-039

Description: Includes [Ascent of Ruapehu] by A E Russell, 1881; Letter from [unidentified soldier] to his father (Wairoa Feb 1868); New Zealand Institute to G O K Sainsbury (Wellington May 1926); C Cognet to [an inidentified priest); G Mair to Elliott; H Wily to Major Gascoigne (Mauku May 1921) Relationship complexity - See also notes and transcript by Graham Langton of A E Russell's account `Ascent of Ruapehu 1881' (MS-Papers-4805) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1923-1928

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

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-252

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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).

By: McComish, James Cox, active 1957

Reference: MapColl-832.17grcm/1946/Acc.29642

Description: A base map of the nomenclature of the northern slopes of Mt. Ruapehu has been used to give the position of existing and proposed huts. Existing huts are marked in green and named as Salt Hut, Aorangi Hut, R.S.C. Hut, Glacier Hut. Proposed huts are marked in red and named as Tongariro Hut, R.S.C. Memorial Hut, A.S.C. Hut, while Otaihare Hut has been crossed through. Sites of other huts are marked in black ink and named as Alpine Hut, T.T.C. site, Otaihape Hut, A.S.C. Hut and M.T.C. Hut. A reference key states 'Wanganui above R.S.C., Puketoi below Tongaririo, Levin Waiohehu near A.S.C'. Other Titles - Huts on Mount Ruapehu '43' is handwritten in pencil centre left of the bottom edge. Base map: Nomenclature map of northern slopes of Mt. Ruapehu / J.C. McComish. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Ruapehu Ski Club (Inc.), [1943] Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, coloured, scale not given, 41.3 x 32.4 cm.

Date: 1926

From: Haylock, Arthur Lagden 1860-1948 :[Sketchbooks]

Reference: E-292-q-4-005

Description: Outline of a man sitting at the base of the WWI war memorial built on the site of the Rutland Stockade in Queen's Park, Wanganui. In the distance is a snow covered Mount Ruapehu. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 140 x 233 mm