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Date: [1880s]

From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-138

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-386

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenery taken by various photographs of whom Wheeler & Son and the Burton Brothers are identified. There are a number of images of Mount Tarawera and surrounds both before and after the eruption on 10th June 1886. A few other images show the volcanic areas around Whakarewarewa and Wairakei in the North Island; all the rest are in the South Island. Two interesting images show people transported across wide rivers by flying fox, one with a woman sitting in the `cage', across a river near Lake Wakatipu (probably Deep Creek or the Shotover, near Skippers), and one with two people crossing the Hooker River. Most of the views of people are distant views, but several near the end of the album show close-up views of men climbing on glaciers with ropes and ice picks. Other - "Apparently only part of an album", note in album register Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey card covers, tied with cream tape; 17.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: 1926

By: Harding, William Guy, 1883-1978

Reference: A-108-019

Description: A cabbage tree left foreground, the remains of a patuka (food-storage platform) lacking its thatching, on the right, flat land and Lake Rotoaira, with Ngaurhoe and Tongariro, the later erupting, in the background A-108-016 to -020 appear to be originals for book illustrations Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 76 x 139 mm Provenance: Unknown

Date: 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920

Reference: B-110-023-1

Description: A view of the steaming crater of Ngauruhoe One of three proof lithographs on a single sheet measuring 285 x 447 mm. A later stage of this page is at B-110-008 Other Titles - Ngauruhoe Nga-Uru-Hae Inscriptions: Recto - title Nga-uru-hae corrected in pencil to Nga-Uru-Hoe; also the word Duplicate inscribed across the top Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 99 x 170 mm

Date: 1886

By: Way, Herbert Fitzwilliam, 1842?-1913

Reference: MapColl-832.18cbh/[1886]/Acc.6719

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s) photocopy. Physical Description: 35 x 26 cm. Scale 1:17 500

Date: [after 10 Jun 1886]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-39-30

Description: Photograph of the desolated area on the shores of Lake Tarawera where the village of Moura had been before the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 5703 - Site of the destroyed village of Moura, Tarawera; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: [1970-1993]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-05

Description: Working paper on the Taupo Volcanic Zone with tables, diagrams, draft article etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-101

Description: Two trampers look on disconslately as mountain, possibly Ngauruhoe, erupts. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on watercolour paper, 192 x 092 mm

Date: 1886

By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PAColl-7232

Description: Photographs of the Haszard family, parents and six children, outside their house before the eruption, the ruins of their house after it, and the ruins of McRae's Hotel. Photographs taken by Charles Spencer. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [After 10 Jun 1886]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-39-25

Description: Photograph of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 Jun 1886. Shows the hotel on the left, Sophie's whare, and (on far right) a two-storey building. In the foreground are four men standing on a pile of volcanic ash. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4127 - Wairoa - after eruption June 10 1886. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: [1886]

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-18

Description: View in the Tiki Tapu bush, near Blue Lake, Whakarewarewa, after the Mount Tarawera eruption of 10 June 1886, taken by George Dobson Valentine in October 1886. The two men in the foreground are possibly Charles Chapman and Joseph McRae who are known to have accompanied Valentine at this time. Indentical image at PA7-54-03 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tiki-Tapu Bush. After eruption. 119. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 28.9 x 18.7 cm

Date: 1966

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-133-466

Description: A headline states that the Prime Minister has said that New Zealanders must play an active role in South-East Asia to bring peace and prosperity to the region. It is suggested that he look closer to home (scene shows him examining a timebomb on his doorstep, labelled strife and instability). The current threats are shown in the next scene as being Ruapehu erupting and rugby players and officials shouting at each other about dirty play. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black and white ink, letratone and pencil, 285 x 394 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1886 - 1956 - 1957

From: Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :It happened in New Zealand. [208 original drawings. Late 1940s and early 1950s].

Reference: B-140-010

Description: Six-panelled account of the 1957 discovery by divers of the possible remains of the Pink and White Terraces under the waters of Lake Rotomahana and of exploration (sponsored by Sir Henry Brett) in July 1886, just after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, by Alfred Warbrick and J. A. Philip, with Hau-te-Horo and Toko. Warbrick insisted on abseiling into the still active crater, and was forced to climb up again when it began to erupt. These illustrations were reproduced in New Zealand newspapers during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The newspapers included The Evening Post, Auckland Star, Christchurch Star Sun, Taranaki Herald, Southern Cross, Students' Digest, Greymouth Evening Star, Evening Star (Sports) Dunedin, and the Southland Daily News. In 1953, 48 of them were collected and published as a booklet called 'It happened in New Zealand' by Ross Gore. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 330 x 565 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jenny Gibbs, of Auckland, in 1995.

Date: 1902 - 1908

By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927

Reference: E-599

Description: Includes sketches of Plimmerton, Mana, Kapiti, Waikato River below the rapids, the mountains of the Central Plateau, a view of the Central Plateau from the summit of Mount Tongariro, a view from near the Ketetahi Crater, the Crater Lake on Ruapehu, Waihohomo at twilight, double portrait of Gilfedder and Jones, a panorama of Taupo. There are also handwritten notes about the eruption of Ruapehu on 15 March 1906, a sketch of Rangitahau and notes aboutt aking the tapu off a whare. Other Titles - Sketches Inscriptions: On cover: Sketches Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings in sketchbook bound in brick-red buckram covers, each page 135 x 173 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2002.

Date: [Circa 1880s]

By: Phillips-Turner, Roland Glyndwr, 1902-1988; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-f-077

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1880s by various photographers including James Bragge and Josiah Martin. Photographs of the Manawatu Gorge were taken by James Bragge, some of which show the horse and carriage in which Bragge carried his equipment. There is one photograph of English explorer and adventurer Captain Speedy who spent many years in Abyssinia and other parts of Africa, and who came to New Zealand in 1864, where he fought with the Waikato Militia before returning overseas. He is shown wearing Abyssinian costume (p 15). Some photographs relate to the Haultain family, with a view of St John's College, of which Thomas Minet Haultain was a governor, anda view of Colonel Haultain and his family at their home in St Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, Auckland Inscriptions: Album page - "Frances Aplin Haultain, 14, August 1886"; Album page - "To I & E Phillips Turner, Easter 1905" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, brown leather corners and spine; 31 x 42 cm

Date: 8 May 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13077-F

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

Date: [After 10 Jun 1886]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-39-31

Description: Photograph of the carved meeting house partially buried by volcanic ash. Taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 Jun 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4095 - Runanga house - Wairoa - after eruption June 10 86. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.2 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: ca1945-ca1955

By: Pinnell, Karen, active 2002

Reference: PA1-f-240

Description: Album of scenic photographs taken on motoring tours through the North Island during the 1940s and 1950s. It includes a series of images showing United States Servicemen touring in New Zealand, probably during World War 2. Places visited include the Chateau Tongariro, Ohinemutu, Rotorua and Huka Lodge. Mount Ruapehu is shown in eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: From the collection of the Draper and Brenton families.

Date: [1880s]

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-212

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s, chiefly by George Valentine, and Charles Spencer, both of whom visited Mount Tarawera before and after the eruption of June 1886. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album are images cut from the paper "Newsview", June 1949, showing historic photographs of the eruption, and another double-page from the Weekly News (June 6, 1951) on the "65th Anniversary of the Mount Tarawera catastrophe". The latter article notes that mud, estimated at 75 ft in depth, covered a vast area. The album includes images taken before the eruption, and shows the same areas irreparable damaged. Many show the Pink and White Terraces, the village of Te Wairoa, and the massive rift in the mountain; also a group led by Sir James Hector to study the aftermath and changes wrought by the eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, impressed design in dark brown; 31 x 27 cm

Date: [187-?, 1911-1940s]

By: Birks, Lawrence, 1874-1924

Reference: PAColl-0890

Description: Two photographs of thermal activity at Whakarewarewa, one showing the Maori village in the background; people watching the Ngauruhoe eruption of 1926; looking over the thermal area at Waimangu; the crater of Wahanga in 1911 with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance taken by L Birks; men watching the volcano on White Island; the grounds of the Sanatorium at Rotorua; a crowd watching the Pohutu geyser at Whakarewarewa Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints