Wakatipu (Ship : 1878-1924)

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-079

Description: Views of the Otago Region taken by unidentified photographers, circa 1870s to 1895. Many show buildings in Dunedin, including one house `Lisburn House' built for the Fulton family in 1865; also commercial buildings, church buildings, school buildings (Otago Boys' High School), and Dunedin Gaol. The church buildings include the Chapel in Leith Street, the Chapel in Great King Street, and the Baptist Chapel. Beyond Dunedin there are views of Naseby, Butchers Gully, Port Chalmers, Cromwell, Kyeburn, Shag Valley, and Lake Hayes, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover decorated with gold birds, lettering and decorations outlined in black; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]

By: Erskine & Whitmore (Firm); Coxhead & Le Sueur (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: PA1-o-151

Description: Views of New Zealand collected by Invercargill firm Erskine & Whitmore. Scenes taken by various photographers including Hart, Campbell & Co., and Coxhead & Le Sueur. Several views show Queenstown under floods in 1878; others of the Queenstown-Lakes Region, Waitati, Gore and Dunedin in the South Island. In the North Island, one shows a large picnic party travelling in three horse-drawn coaches, stopped at Ngauranga; many show a range of steam locomotives including J Class, K Class, F43, E22, H Class and A Class, in the Upper Hutt area, the Wairarapa, and on the Rimutaka line. Several at the end of the album show the effects of a major slip which blocked the mouth of the Summit Tunnel at the top of the Rimutaka Incline. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Erkine & Whitmore Inscriptions: Album page - `A choice collection of New Zealand views carefully selected from the best artists'. Erskine & Whitmore, Invercargill Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue buckram cover, 24.5 x 35.0 cm Provenance: Part of Alexander H Turnbull's collection

Date: [Between 1870s and 1880s]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.

Reference: Pa1-o-389

Description: Early photographs of New Zealand, mostly taken by unidentified photographers. One collage of Union Steam Ship Company ships, ship captains and the head office building in Dunedin was photographed and issued by David Alexander De Maus. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album cover pink and white pattern with gold tracery, red spine; 24.0 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1891 - 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]

Reference: E-033-2-024

Description: The S. S. Wakatipu moored at a wharf, with details of its upper bridge and masts Dating uncertain. The surrounding drawings in the sketchbook are dated 1891; however the artist travelled on the Wakatipu to Stewart Island in December 1895 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 125 mm

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook] [ca 1865?]-1896

Reference: E-147-041

Description: A view on the deck of S S Wakatipu on a day trip to Stewart Island from Bluff. People are promenading, admiring the view, reading, chatting. On the verso is a drawing of a person lying seasick in a bunk. Card is attached to page at four corners. Requires careful handling for viewing the versol from an angle from above and below On verso: [Passenger lying seasick in bunk]. Page is glued down and almost impossible to view except partially from above and below. Viewing requires the assistance of a staff member The Library holds a watercolour version of the deck scene, see A-182-001 Other Titles - Wakatipu Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card, 114 x 185 mm

Date: 1895 - 1896

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898; Field, George Alexander Hughes, 1905-1992

Reference: A-151-006

Description: Shows a sailor huddled in a raincoat and souwester hat on the foredeck of S. S. Wakatipu, acting as watch, probably in rainy weather. There are water reflections on the deck where an anchor and a pile of rope lie Dated 26/12/96; corrected from the diaries Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in ink. Signature W Hodgkins bottom right Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper 176 x 114 mm

Date: [11 Mar 1878-27 Dec 1878]

From: Hunter family: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11496-04

Description: Includes letters relating to the Wellington Club, the Diocesan Fund, and the `New Zealand Times'. Includes a letter from T Kennedy Macdonald about a land sale, and one from M Holmes about a shipment of cattle from the South Island (being transported on the Union Steam Ship's `Wakatipu') with desciptions of individual animals, and the breeding of Ayrshires. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 1878

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ships and shipping companies, mainly on voyages to New Zealand. 1870 -1879]

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1878-01

Description: Pamphlet shows the timetable of sailings for May 1978, to ports in New Zealand and to Sydney. The ships involved were the 'Beautiful Star', 'Hawea', 'Lady Bird', 'Maori', 'Rotorua', 'Samson', 'Taiaroa', 'Taranaki', 'Taupo', 'Waitaki', 'Wakatipu', 'Wanaka', 'Wellington'. There is also a timetable for the trains to and from the ports at which the steamers called. The back panel shows a list of agencies, and a map of New Zealand. Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 114 x 224 mm, folded to 114 x 77 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Wills-Union

Description: Includes coloured cards showing the ships of the Union Steam Ship Company, with a short history of each ship. Set is incomplete (7 cards missing) 1. TS Arahura built 1905 2. RMS Aorangi built 1883 4. SS Arawata 1875-1897 5. TSS Atua built 1906 6. SS Beautiful star, 1862-1907 7. TSS Aparima, 1902-1917 8. MS Hauraki, built 1922 9. SS Hawea, 1875-1885 10. TS Loongana, built 1904 11. TS Maheno, built 1905 12. SS Maitai, 1892-1916 14. SS Manapouri, built 1882 15. SS Maori (1st), built 1868 16. TS Maori (2nd), built 1907 17. SS Mapourika, built 1898 18. TSS Marama, built 1907 19. SS Mararoa, built 1885 20. TSS Maunganui, built 1911 21. RMS Moana, 1897-1927 23. SS Mokoia, 1898-1928 24. SS Monowai, 1890-1926 25. TSS Navua, built 1904 26. RMS Niagara, built 1913 27. SS Paloona, 1899-1928 28. SS Pateena, 1883-1924 29. SS Ringarooma, built 1875 30. TS Rotoiti, built 1898, wrecked after 1912 32. RMS Tahiti, built 1904 33. SS Takapuna, 1883-1925 36. SS Tarawera, 1882-1927 37. SS Taupo, 1875-1879 38. SS Taviuni, 1890-1924 39. SS Te Anau, 1879-1924 40. SS Tekapo, 1881-1899 41. SS Waihora (1st), built 1883 42. SS Waikare, 1897-1910 43. SS Wairarapa, 1882-1894 44. SS Waitaki, built 1876 45. SS Warrimoo, built 1892 46. SS Wakatipu, 1876-1924 47. TSS Tofua, built 1908 48. SS Hauroto, buit 1882 49. TS Wahine, built 1913 50. TSS Manuka, 1903-1929 Other Titles - Union Steam Ship Company Quantity: 43 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards. Physical Description: Offset lithographs on cards, 38 x 70 mm.

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]

Reference: E-033-2-001

Description: A profile view of an elderly bearded man with a bowler hat, and a detail of the Captain at the prow of a ship, probably the S. S. Wakatipu. Hodgkins has noted 'For the upper bridge see sketch near end of book'. There is a sketch on p. 22 titled 'Upper bridge, Wakatipu' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 125 mm

Date: between 1878-1899

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002480-G

Description: Steamship Wakatipu in the graving dock at Port Chalmers, looking towards the harbour, with sailing ships moored in the background, photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Arrival of S.S. "Wakatipu" U.S.S & Co. De Maus. Note on back of file print reads "b 1876. 1796 tons, U.S.S.Co 1878-1924. Broken up at Sydney." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1900-1910?

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-002537-G

Description: Port Chalmers ca 1900s. SS Wakatipu moored near the site of the new dock; George Street Wharf on far left centre. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. See also photograph taken from same place, at almost same time, at 1/1-003458 (File print: 387. Wakatipu). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Site of new graving dock. Port Ch. NZ.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Port Chalmers; Marginal notes on negative - top left - 30 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: between 1878-1924

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-003457-G

Description: SS Wakatipu aground in the Victoria Channel, surrounded by smaller boats. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - S.S. "Wakatipu" aground in the Victoria Channel Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

By: Robertson, David Ogilvie, 1850?-1920

Reference: 1/2-112169

Description: Broadside view of the Union Steam Ship Company's S. S. Wakatipu in a stormy sea Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Photograph of watercolour?

Date: between 1878-1924

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/1-003458-G

Description: SS Wakatipu moored at Port Chalmers near the site of the new dock. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. See also photograph taken at almost the same time at 1/1-002537 (File print: 81. Waikouaiti Co. Port Chalmers. ca 1900s) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Port Chalmers; Marginal notes on negative - top right - Wakatipu; Marginal notes on negative - bottom centre - Site of new dock Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-007

Description: View across the harbour looking towards the S. S. Wakattipu and other moored ships with Bluff Hill to the left Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 115 x 245 mm

Date: 1892-1907

By: Stanert, Frank C, active 1892-1907

Reference: MSY-6809

Description: The volume contains a journal, written up afterwards, of Stanert's tour with Longshore Potts. The journal begins in 1892 and describes Stanert's travels through Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Ceyon, Port Said, and through England. The journal ends in 1894 but includes other later papers and clippings, including a list of places visited in Great Britain up to 1907. The New Zealand itinerary included Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Wellington, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Reefton, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, Gore, Wyndham, Bluff, Winton, Orepuhi, Invercargill, Riverton, Balclutha, and Ashburton. The journal contains very little direct observation about his employer, but a lot about the sights and local peculiarities of places visited. Also includes details of shipboard life on some of the vessels Stanert travelled upon along his journey. Enclosures - Includes foldout maps, newspaper cuttings, ephemera and photographs Stanert was an American stereopticon (or lantern slide operator) who toured the world in 1892-1894 with the American lecturer Dr Anna Longshore Potts. Later he worked as a vaudville performer and manager. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (107 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed material & photographs

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-001

Description: Shows passengers on the deck of the ferry steamer Wakatipu on Foveaux Strait. The passengers are variously promenading, admiring the view, reading a newspaper or a book, or sitting and talking. A lifeboat can be seen at an upper level of the ship. A preliminary pencil drawing of the same scene is held at E-147-041 'S S Wakatip - Stewart Island trip on deck, 25/12/96 [sic]. The way some people enjoy themselves, see back for the way other people enjoy themselves'. The back shows a seasick passenger lying in a bunk. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 170 x 255 mm