Places

Date: [Between 1914 and 1937]

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

Reference: PA1-o-406

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers; and several scenes showing Canterbury Mountaineering Club annual sports days over a number of years. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Many of the people and places photographed are listed above. Most of the landscape photographs are again fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [240 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1950

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: qMS-0066

Description: Describes the kea, its habitat, the question of its predation on sheep, and possible reasons for such behaviour Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (13 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph additions and corrections (34cm, red linen)

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 1910s and 1930s]

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

By: Adamson, Jack, 1866-1951; Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Cain, Conrad, active 1910s; Kent, T R, active 1930s; Lysons, Markham Carthew, 1907-1944; Mitchell, John Wesley, 1884-1954; Nanson, Gerald Leighton, 1907?-; Odell, Robert Sidney, 1908-1992; Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976; Porter, Harold Edward Lionel, 1886-1973; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Snowden, Andrew Craig, 1897-1981; Syme, Roderick, 1900-1994; Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938; Thompson, A F, active 1939

Reference: PA1-o-410

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; routes traversing difficult slopes; views of mountains, mountain ranges and glaciers; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. A number of images in this album have no captions, but some have been identified as having been taken by, or of, Jack Adamson in the late 1890s and possibly up to the early 1910s. A number of postcard images by F G Radcliffe are included. Other photographers and subjects include early mountaineers Kate Gardiner, Mrs Thompson, and there is one image of mountain guide Darby Thomson (who died in an avalanche on the Linda Glacier in 1914). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [197 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [1990-1998]

From: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6198

Description: Comprises eight pages from `Outdoor writing' with section headings Wapiti vs Elk, Outwitting a hind, Cottage traditions, Comparing three countries, The Kea and the deer, Looking up at that mountain, The Feathered opossum, Wet bush, The Best years, Hunting in the tussock, The Big line, Huts over Harpers Pass, Three valleys and a poem, `Waimakariri'; also includes laser copies of photographs of huts, weka, footbridge over the Taipo and related subjects. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1957-01

Description: Shows native bird, the kea, with wings raised to show red feathers, perched on a branch in an alpine setting. Date previously thought to be 1930s. Date verified by photograph of Eric de Lacey and Gerald Phillips at the National Publicity Studios in 1957. The studios hung recently completed posters on their walls. Archives New Zealand reference AAQT 6401/26 A51164. This photograph is reproduced inside the front cover of "Selling the dream; the art of early New Zealand tourism" eds Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart, Dave Bamford (2012) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MARCUS KING Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1012 x 635 mm.