Places

Date: 1884

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: E-278-q-099

Description: Postcard with a photo-mechanical reproduction of a photograph, taken by William Williams in 1884. It shows Okiwi Brown seated at the door of his thatch-roofed hut at Rona Bay. His Maori wife Nan can be seen on the other side of the door. The two men standing near Brown are F W Devereux and T H Wyatt. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 64 x 110 mm on card

Date: [Between 1930 and 1935]

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

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953

Reference: PA1-o-408

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names of people usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Landscapes too, are mostly fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. The album includes a map of the Rakaia-Mathias River area, drawn by E. Porter; a map of the "Three pass route" across the Southern Alps, drawn by Len Boot (p. 003); two extracts from the New Zealand Alpine Journal hand-written by J D Pascoe (from Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 209-210; and Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 213-214); and a photograph of a painting by A E Wildey, with caption "Artist's versin of Carrington Peak" (p. 028). Pages 89-94 show the preparations and work undertaken by a large rescue party involved in searching for two school teachers, B Robbins and H D Smith, who died while attempting to cross the Harman Pass, en route from Hokitika to the Bealey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [247 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

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: [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: 1909 to 1918

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

Reference: PA1-f-008

Description: Photographs supplementary to the 3 MS foolscap volumes of Annals of the Tararua Range (Vol 1, figures 1-146). Images show geology, topography, physiography and flora of the Tararua Ranges. Views of the Tararua Ranges, with peaks named (figs 1-6); ascent of Mt Waiopehu (3588 ft.), 22 Jan 1909 (figs 8-10); 1st crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 13-19 Feb 1909, finishing on a campsite on the farmland of Alfred Deal at Waingawa, also a view of Mr Deal's house, and views of Masterton, including the Masterton Post Office and public gardens (figs 11-45); visit to the High Fall on the Poruriri Ridge near Tokomaru, 30 Oct 1910 (figs 46-49); ascent of Mt Tawirikohukohu (3455 ft) via the Ohau Rover, 18 Dec 1910 (figs 50-52); 3rd ascent of Mt Waiopehu, 3-6 Jan 1911 (Figs 73-76); across the Tararua Range via Palmerston North-Pahiatua Road, 22-23 Jan 1911 (figs 73-76); visit to the Ohau-Mangahao divide via the southern branch of the Ohau River, 12 Feb 1911 (figs 77-83); 2nd crossing of the Tararua Range from Levin to Masterton, 9-17 Feb 1911 (figs 84-128); ascent of Te Paki trig station on the Tararua foothils east of Shannon, 10 Dec 1916 (figs 129-132); topography & physiography of the valley of the Makahika, tributary of the Ohau River, 6 Jan 1918 (figs 133-134); 2nd ascent of Te Paki & topography of the Upper Tokomaru Valley, 28 Apr 1918 (figs 135-136); 1st visit to the No.1 gorge on the Mangahao River, 29 Feb 1919 (figs 137-138); topography & physiography of the Waireka & Wainui valleys, 13 Apr 1919 (figs 139-142); physiography of the Poruriri Ridge & Mangaharakeke Falls, on the Tararua western foothills near Tokomaru, 24 Aug 1919 (figs 143-146).

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-038

Description: A rough sketch of Waitahuna valley and stream, with a hut, possibly a toilet, on the stream's left bank and piles of dirt from gold-mining. There is a bucket beside the stream by a large rock in the foreground. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 173 mm.

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: ca1910-ca1929

By: Jansen, Elwyn George, 1904-1979; Jansen, Nancy, active 1940s-2000s

Reference: PAColl-6174

Description: Photographs relating to the Jensen family, especially to E G (Paddy) Jensen. There is also a portrait of the Presbyterian medical missionary, Dr Owen Lamont Eaton, who was shot in China in 1939. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1995-1996

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

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: MSX-4193

Description: Comprises original of `Red beech writing' with cover, layout and illustrations, two letters from Ross to the Turnbull Library describing these papers, two draft letters from Ross (not sent), to Keri Hulme and Chris Hooker, loose illustrations including maps of the Lewis and Arthur's Pass areas, and a play, `How the ecosystem works' (1996) In `Red beech writing' Ross describes his experiences as a hunter, tramper and mountaineer in the NZ back country with particular emphasis on the people he tramped with, the huts they stayed in and flora and fauna. Among the areas he writes about are Kapiti Island, the Paparoas, the West Coast, Fiordland, the Rakaia and Stewart Island. Other Titles - Red beech writing Quantity: 1 volume(s) (case folder). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Book Collections - Two booklets `Alpine: true outdoor stories from Canada and New Zealand...' and `Kiwi writing: more New Zealand and Canadian adventures' by Greg Ross - To Photographic Archive - Photograph of Ross - To Oral History Collection - Tape: Greg Ross reads NZ stories from `Apline writing' and his other books 20 Jan 1996 (Side 1) and from `Alpine writing' and `Red beech' (Side 2). In the text Ross has done illustrations of Serpentine Hut, Bluff Hut, Old Croesus Hut, and general trampingscenes

Date: 1849 - 1855

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Taranaki Museum; New Plymouth Public Library

Reference: A-284-031/035

Description: Show Taranaki scenes: Interior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Exterior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Alpha flourmill, Huatoki Valley and Victoria Road from Marsland Hill, New Plymouth; Henui (Weekstown) from the coastal dunes; Unidentified New Plymouth outskirts (possibly now Tukapa St / Westown). Attribution based on style. George Curtis arrived in New Plymouth in 1849 on the 'Pekin'. "As soon as a raupo house could be erected by the Maoris at Omata, George Curtis and his family went to live on his farm". (NZ Biogs, 1967, vol. 1, p. 53). Supplied titles. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Recto - beneath image - [Titles as supplied by donor]. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, black and white, varying sizes. Provenance: Original drawings in New Plymouth Public Library tipped into a book, until 1992, then transferred to Taranaki Museum.

Date: [Between 1927 and 1965]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-113

Description: Album includes photographs, chiefly taken by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, from black and white photographs taken in the 1920s to coloured snapshots taken in the 1960s. Subjects range from scout camps and tramps in New Zealand, to views of military aircraft and scenic views of India, Egypt and Libya taken circa 1940-1943 while he was serving with R.A.F. squadrons. Later coloured snapshots show holiday scenes. The photographs are interspersed with postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled red and black cover, black corners and spine, 24 x 34 cm

Date: 1987 - 1895 - 1905

From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]

By: Gateway Pictures

Reference: B-123-032

Description: Shows a group of six children outside a wooden hut with wooden roof and chimney. There are two pigs in the foreground, and a cat at the far left. Pukapuka is in the Rodney District in the Auckland Region. Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm

Date: [Circa 1907 to 1915]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm); Moore, May Gertrude, 1874-1954

Reference: PA1-o-284

Description: The signature `May Moore' inside front cover, is possibly that of Mrs May Moore (daughter of Sir Joseph Kinsey), who travelled and mountaineered in the areas covered by the album. Album containing 21 scenes of the South Island. Of these, 12 were taken by photographers Muir and Moodie, between 1907 and 1913. The Muir and Moodie numbers for these views are 1810, 6743, 6752, 6780, and 6782 to 6789. The photographer for the other nine images is not identified. 24 leaves are blank. Several of the Muir and Moodie views were taken on 1st January 1913, a number of which show various stages of a group crossing the Haast Pass on horseback. Places noted include Cameron's Flat, Will's Bridge, the Burke Huts, and Mule Flat. Inscriptions: Album page - May Moore Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with loose green cloth cover, entitled `Photographs'; 24 x 30 cm

Date: 1970 - 1989

Reference: MapColl-832.45gmbh/[197-?]/Acc.40295

Description: Map showing the location of Middle King bivouac, below South King and Middle King, and above Mitre Flats, on the Wairarapa side of Tararua Ranges. Includes instructions for approaching the bivouac from Middle King peak and from below from Baldy Creek-South Mitre Stream. The Mitre Flats hut, Waingawa River and a new footbridge are marked, as are tracks (marked and unmarked), spurs, creeks, the bivouac forest, and Mt Baldy. The four-man bivouac and new Mitre Flats footbridge were build in early 1970 (Jagger, Peter: Tramping in the Tararuas. Wellington, N.Z. : P. Jagger, 2006. p. 124-126). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo on paper, scale indeterminable, 27.5 x 35.3 cm.

Date: 1910 - 1985 - 1935

By: Northwood, Richard Alfred, 1881-1955; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Listener (Periodical); Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-

Reference: C-106-019-a/024-a

Description: 6 images: Dalmation gumdiggers, Ahipara district, 1914; Group in Okahu Bush, near Kaitaia, felling tree for shingles to repair roof of St Saviours Anglican Church, ca 1934; Slab hut, Northland, ca 1930s; Baling flax, Lake Ohia ca 1920; Bullock team hauling kauri log from Hokianga bush 1910s; Gumdiggers camp, Houhora district 1910s. On container: An old gumfield warrior. Container has not been assigned location number and is therefore not separately catalogued. Other images have been separately catalogued. Other Titles - Photographs by the Northwood Brothers. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (beneath each of 6 photolithographic images): Reproduced from the original glass plates by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of the Listener. / [Title]; Verso - top left - Photographs by / The Northwood Brothers / Published with the assistance of the Listener Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (2 copies of set with 6 images).. Physical Description: Cardboard envelope 510 x 390 mm, containing 6 images 258 x 334 mm, on sheets 350 x 440 mm. Provenance: Deposited on Legal Deposit, 1986.

Date: 1923

From: Hunter, Thomas Alexander (Sir), 1876-1953: Albums and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-233

Description: Scenes of a group of trampers in the Greenstone, Mackenzie and Routeburn areas. Photographs probably taken by Thomas Alexander Hunter, tramping with four other men. They are identified only as Irwin (Thomas Hunter's older brother Irwin Hunter?), McIntyre, A. Walt and M. Walt. Inscriptions: Album page - `Greenstone, MacKenzie, Route Burn. 1923. Irwin, McIntyre, A Walt, M Walt, T A Hunter' (hand-written inside front cover). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey card cover; 10 x 15 cm

Date: 1872

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-007-7

Description: A view of a hut at Lake Wanaka with mountains in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - K Holmes Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (oval shape). Physical Description: Pencil 84 x 84 mm (diam)

Date: 1931-1932

By: Nichols, James Keith, 1909-1972

Reference: PA1-o-392

Description: Photographs taken by James Keith Nichols on tramping trips in the Arthur's Pass National Park, Easter 1931, and Easter 1932. Views include the Waimakariri River, Arthur's Pass, Harman Pass and Whitehorn Pass. They show scenes of scree slopes, glaciers, mountain huts, groups of trampers (none of whom are identified) and keas. Inscriptions: Album page - "J.K. Nichols, Census & Statistics Office, 39 The Terrace, Wellington" (Inside front cover).; Album page - "Climbs in Arthur's Pass National Park. Photos taken up Waimakariri R. & Arthur's Pass, Harman Pass & Whitehorn Pass. Easter 1931. Easter 1932" (Page 1). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, green spine; `Everyday reporter's note book'; 12.5 x 20.0 cm

Date: Jan 1906

From: Page Collection :Christchurch and general New Zealand towns and scenes; costume. ca. 1880-1910

Reference: PA4-0747

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Edgar Williams standing by his Punga Hut at Catlins, showing Rabbits hanging around it. Photograph taken Jan 1906. Inscriptions: Verso - In ink: Edgar Williams - His Punga Hut at Catlins. Jan `06 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1852

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875; Ralph, Thomas Shearman (Dr), 1813-1891

Reference: A-215-017

Description: View from Te Aro Flat, probably from the bottom of Mount Victoria, looking towards Wellington. A small hut at the water's edge nearby, swampy ground and the Waitangi Stream in the foreground, fencing marking Te Aro Pa, European houses beyond, cliffs marking the beginning of Lambton Quay with houses running its length at the waterfront, the sloping line of The Terrace, with several houses running up the hill in the left background and ships moored in the harbour. One of two copies at A-215-017 and A-215-018. One copy is an untouched proof, the other has pencil pencil additions of mosque, basilica, buildings on hills and wharf Another copy in Pearse, J Album (ATL) p. 34. This copy is not able to be issued Inscriptions: Signed: E N : T S Ralph Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 194 x 294 mm on sheet 245 x 295 mm