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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 1925

From: East, Pamela: Photographs of groups visiting the Canterbury outback, family portraits, and Maori

Reference: PAColl-6917-2

Description: The people in these photographs look like tourist groups who have just got out of a bus. They are photographed aginst scenic backdrops of forest covered hills, river valleys and mountains; they are showen picnicing in similar locations; some of the locations are identifiable and include Otira, Otira Gorge and Tunnel, Arthurs Pass, and the gravel reaches of the upper Waimakariri River. Some of the images show groups of people associated with corrugated iron huts. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1919

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-04-004

Description: Two huts in foreground, hills in background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.

Date: 1916

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-05-009

Description: Shows a hut with a terrace and hills in the background, grassland in the foreground. Other Titles - 1916 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-001

Description: Huts in foreground Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photo print of watercolour 101 x 178 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Elizabeth Laing, London, 27 Sept 1940

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: 1924-1925

From: Loftus, Helen :Photographs of climbing Mt Tapuaenuku and a trip to Kaikoura

By: Gunn, George Alexander, 1895-1968

Reference: PA1-o-1217

Description: Record of six members of the Awatere Rugby Football Club who climbed Mount Tapuae-O-Uenuku on the 10th and the 11th of February 1925. Four of the team had made a failed attempt at the summit the year before (1924), and two of the images in the album were taken at this time. The party foregathered at Seddon and drove up the Awatere Valley to the Hodder River where the walking began. They followed the Hodder River and then its tributary, the Shin. They spent the night in Shin Hut (built in 1880) and the next morning made the climb to the Crows Nest, passing the Pinacle, and then on to the summit. The reached Shin Hutt on the way out at four o'clock on the afternoon of the 11th of February. The six men were George Alexander Gunn, Alan Fleming, William (Bill) Dick, Jock Dick, Frank Dick, and Albert (Bert) Lawsen Kennington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1923

By: Saunders, Frank Lewis, 1902-2002

Reference: MapColl-q834.48a/1876-2000/Acc.32345

Description: Shows: The Black stump (Pou o tu Mokai); Claridge House; Weirs house; G Meredith, Dohrmans Road; Suspension foot bridge; Sir Charles Creek (named after a race horse drowned in creek, owned by Mr Studholme); Mayers Rd; Waimate creek; Maori hut occupied by man now known as Kinita Karate Hir; Char Creek; Yorkeys creek (named after a man employed to clean it); Poingdestres Road. Accompanied by two records: (i) Note on North Branch of Waihoa River (MapColl--q834.48a/1876-2000/Acc.32345A) and (ii) Biography of Frank Sanders (MapColl--q834.48a/1876-2000/Acc.32345C) Other Titles - [Map of Waihao River North Branch] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - A request by Arthur Rollinson to supply him with a plan of this part of the Waihao, eventually turned into a map showing objects of interest past and present. Signed Frank Sanders 26.8.2000. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in two parts + booklet by Frank Saunders giving history of area. Physical Description: Ink drawings. No scale given. Each piece 30 x 21 cm

Date: 1870s

By: Cox, Horace A, active 1883

Reference: PA1-o-110

Description: New Zealand scenery photographed circa 1870s. Views include the Pink and White Terraces and Lake Rotomahana; a digger's hut in the Tararua Range; Mercury Bay; carriers changing horses in Oripi bush; a group of Maori holding a runanga at an unidentified meeting house; two views of the new road being created between Lake Coleridge and Hokitika. Inscriptions: Album page - Horace A Cox, from his old schoolfellow Harry [?], Lyttelton, New Zealand, 9 July 1883 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cover with gold outline, 22.5 x 31 cm Provenance: Presented to Horace A Cox on 9 July 1883.

Date: [ca 1920s]

Reference: PAColl-6488

Description: 17 views of Aoraki/Mount Cook one of which shows two men on horseback, one a cow grazing on the plains in the foreground, and one an old, delapidated hut possibly a tramping hut. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044126 to 044142 Quantity: 15 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These negatives belong to a sequence of unidentified negatives. The negative register has the heading Mount Cook for them but the provenance is unknown. 1/4-044135 is missing at the time of entry but is most likely to belong to this collection.

Date: 1919

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-04-019

Description: Two Huts and hills. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.

Date: 1919

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-04-006

Description: Two huts with hills. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.

Date: 1919

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-04-020

Description: Two Huts Close Together, Hills in Background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 182 x 273 mm.

Date: [1870s-1880s?]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-081

Description: Views of the South Island, chiefly in Southland and Otago, taken by unidentified photographers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, lacking spine and back cover, 30.0 x 23.5 cm

Date: 1867-1868

From: Cooke, I V :Photographs of New Zealand and Australia

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-045

Description: Photographs taken in 1867 and 1868 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Collection comprises: moa skeletons on display in the Canterbury Museum, Maori man sitting in front of a flax plant in the Hokianga, a black pine forest in Westland, miners' whares at Tararu creek in the Thames goldfield, Punch Bowl Falls, Otira Gorge, fern trees at Governor's Bay, waterfall at Waihi at the head of lake Taupo, tramway at Moanataiari in the Thames goldfield, bush at German Bay (Akaroa), Waitohi creek in the Thames goldfield, Onoke (Hokianga), kauri forest at Wairere Stream (Hokianga), Wild Missouri and Russell's batteries at Tararu Creek, waterfalls at Banks Peninsula and Otira Gorge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in green morrocco, with gold tooling, 41.2 x 30.2 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Gray, William Alexander, 1862?-1937

Reference: Pan-1609-F

Description: Panoramic view of ducks and swans strung between three cars and a hut after a day's shooting. At least 57 ducks and 38 swans. Corrugated iron and wood hut centre left. Two tents behind the hut. Eight men are in view, five seated near the hut, some holding guns, one on right holding a billy with a thermos flask on the ground, and a man by the hut holding a shovel. Three cars (number plates L to R, NZ 52-636, NZ 53-520 [?, part hidden], NZ 49-515). (Possibly on the property of William Alexander Gray (see Pan-1602 for view of wild swans and ducks on Lake Ellesmere, taken from his property)). Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. (See also Pan-1608 for a view from almost the same position but with fewer men visible). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Shooting camp on Lake Ellesmere N.Z. No. 563 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.0 cm

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-019

Description: Looking up the Waimakariri River to the right, with the mountains in the background. Two huts are in the left foreground beneath beech trees The artist has wrongly identified the Waimakariri River as the Dobson River, which is further south in Canterbury Other Titles - Goat Pass Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title and R. Dobson [an incorrect name]; also lower left, 'Evening scene very gorgeous' and above the pass 'Goats Pass' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 178 mm

Date: [1907]

From: Gifford, Algernon Charles, 1862-1948 : Albums and photographs

Reference: Pa1-o-184

Description: Photographs of a group of men and women on a walking tour in the area of Mount Cook, Tasman Glacier, and the Malte Brun Hut. Photographs taken by Algernon Charles Gifford. This album appears to be linked with Gifford Albums 2, 5, 6 and 7. An undated article Gifford wrote for the Oamaru Mail entitled `To Mount Cook by motor car', is pasted in the back of Gifford Album 2. The article talks about a group travelling by car to Mount Cook, and then tramping in the mountains in the area. This album shows the party travelling in two Darracq automobiles, while the other albums show the party in the mountains, mountain views, the group crossing the Tasman Glacier, and relaxing at various spots on the way, including at Ball Hut and Malte Brun Hut. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cardboard cover, impressed pattern on front; 17.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: 1913

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-02-035

Description: Shows Shaggy Hill hut and surrounding mountains, with Lake Heron Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 26/2/13; Recto - top centre - Mount Smythe; Recto - bottom left - Shaggy Hill Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 179 x 274 mm