Hansen, Anders, -1939

Date: 1880-1959, 1962, 1964, 16 Mar 1918, 6 Feb 1925, 17 Apr-27 Sep 1937

By: Hansen family; Tiller, Eileen Mavis, active 1957-2014

Reference: MS-Group-0887

Description: Estate papers of W F Hansen and his father Anders. These include correspondence, diaries, autograph books, insurance papers, accounts, property papers, papers re British & Continental Film Company Ltd, 1920s. The diaries of Elizabeth Hansen, 1928-1932, 1954-1959, 1962, 1964, contain brief daily entries describing her domestic activities, weather conditions, involvement in community work and the Methodist Church. The early diaries were kept while the Hansens were in Featherston (the period immediately following their marriage). From 1954, after Fred Hansen died, Elizabeth lived at Masterton. Included in some of the diaries are newspaper clippings which report on church and community affairs. Contains letters by Anne Hansen aboard the `Rangitata', in England and Ireland to Fred and Lizzie Hansen in Masterton, New Zealand. Anne describes her daily life and travel and discusses family matters. Also contains a letter from Lena Cook (nee Hansen) while on holiday in Melbourne and a letter from an ex-soldier Elyabill Harrold to Fred Hansen following Fred's return from World War One. See ATL-Group-00334 for photographic material relating to the Hansen family. William Frederick Hansen's father, Anders Hansen was a lighthouse keeper. Fred Hansen was born at Cape Saunders, Westport. He was a tunneller in World War One. Elizabeth and Fred Hansen lived at Featherston and later moved to Masterton where Fred died in 1953. Mrs Eileen Tiller (née Hansen) is the niece of Mrs and Mrs Hansen. Quantity: 32 volume(s). 9 folder(s). 0.71 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Provenance: Eileen Tiller is the granddaughter of lighthouse keeper Anders Hansen. Processing information: Twenty diaries arrived in the Photographic Archive and were separated from the photographic material as was the practice at the time.

Date: 1925-2005

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: PAColl-8991

Description: Photographs relating to Anders Hansen. These include a trip to the Auckland Islands on the Government steamer,`Hinemoa' in 1925. Mrs Hamiora's house in Taupo photographed in 1974. Maori artifacts collected by Anders Hansen's family when he was lighthouse keeper at Little Papanui Inlet from 1916 to 1919. In 2005 the Maori artifacts were sold to the Otago Museum where they now form the Anders/Tiller Collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-231014-F to 1/2-231020-F. 35mm-84439 to 35mm-84441. 1/4-114246-F. Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). 3 colour original negative(s) strips with 8 images. 3 colour original photographic print(s). 1 colour original negative(s).

Date: 1862-[ca 2005]

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Hinemoa (Ship : 1876-1944); Meluish, William, 1822?-1888; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PAColl-10718

Description: Contains photographs relating to the Hansen family, circa 1862 to 1990s. Taken by Hansen family members and photographers including Frank Arnold Coxhead, Fredrick George Radcliffe, Arthur Waldemar Schaef, William Meluish, and Burton Brothers. A commercial set of "New Zealand Graphic Series" stereoscopic prints shows a trip down the Whanganui River and the town of Whanganui. These are taken by Fredrick George Radcliffe with the exception of one photograph by Arthur Waldemar Schaef. The collection also contains a stereoscopic print titled "Milford Sound Starvation" by the Burton Brothers showing two men posed with empty barrels and an empty bottle on the rocky shore at Milford Sound. Photographs by Frank Arnold Coxhead show numerous views of Puyseger Point and its surrounds including Preservation Inlet. Futher nineteenth century prints include photographs, largely taken in Fiordland and the Otago Region, of landscapes (including Milford Sound, Dunedin gardens and coast, and Lake Wakatipu and surrounding peaks) and buildings in Dunedin (Garrison Hall, Knox Church, First Church, and Royal Exchange Hotel). There are also photographs of roading (Otira Gorge, Hokitika Road), railways (Rimutaka Incline), and an unidentified shepherd with his dog and herd of sheep. Other photographs include a William Meluish photograph of the goldrush at Gabriel's Gully, Tuapeka, taken in 1862. There are photographs relating to roads, railways, buildings, mainly in the Otago Region Assorted family prints from circa 1900s to 1930s include a photograph of Anders Hansen on board the government steamer 'Hinemoa' and further photographs taken on board the 'Hinemoa'. Other identified Hansen family members are George and Annie Hansen, who are also photographed on board a ship, which is likely bound for the Auckland Islands circa 1925. Other photographs relating to boats and shipping include row boats and small steamers on the water [delivering supplies from lighthouse tenders?] and wool being loaded into barges at a coastal woolshed and wharf. Photographs from the Wellington Region show Eastbourne and Wellington Harbour scenes. Photographs relating to a coastal farm, possibly Orongorongo Station, feature farm buildings, an unidentified group of three women and a boy riding in a cart drawn by a draught horse with another saddled horse behind, and two men shooting and bludgeoning a shark on the rocky shore. There is also a photograph of an unidentified wedding party. Two photographs from circa 1990s to 2005 show carved greenstone and bone Māori artefacts, collected by Anders Hansen and his family when he was the lighthouse keeper at Little Papanui on the Otago Peninsula. A Hansen family trip to Rarotonga and Aitutaki in 1977 includes photographs of accommodation (a resort, Rapae Motel) and other buildings, beach scenes, vehicles (bus, cars, motorcycle, tractor), a variety of flora (trees, flowers, and other plants), a waterfront scene, thatched roofs under construction, and local people (children by the road, women collecting water lilies, group selling produce). Identified buildings are Cook Island Liquor Supplies and a post office. Also photographs relating to Vaipae and the Ngatangiia Passage. Donor identified some images as being taken on a journey to the Auckland Islands. Greenstone and bone artifacts that appear in photographic prints are now at the Otago Museum. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). 54 colour original photographic print(s). 13 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) stereoscopic. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Photographic prints and ephemera. Provenance: Series of photographs by Frank Arnold Coxhead were given to Anders Hansen by the photographer while he was the lighthouse keeper at Puysegur Point circa 1880s to 1900s.

Date: 1980-2003

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915

Reference: PA1-q-1313

Description: Scrapbook album compiled by Eileen Tiller relating to lighthouses and the Hansen family, covering a time period of circa 1860s to 2000s, likely compiled over a period from the 1980s to 2013. Photographers largely unidentified but many are likely taken by Hansen family members. Eileen Tiller is identified as a photographer. Includes typescript histories, clippings, and photographs from lighthouses and their surrounding areas and associated buildings. The lighthouses featured are Cape Maria van Diemen, Cape Reinga, North Head of Kaipara Harbour, Cape Brett, Moko Hinau [sic] Island, Cuvier Island, Tiritiri Matangi Island, East Cape, Cape Egmont, Portland Island, Castlepoint, Cape Palliser, Pencarrow Head (lighthouse and low-level automated light), Baring Head, Somes Island, The Brothers, and Stephens Island. Cranes and derricks, pullies, tramlines and pathways, social activitities (listening to the wireless, picnics), construction of lighthouses, automated lights, and the introduction of solar powered navigation lights (Parengarenga and Fraser Rock) are some subjects that are covered. Animals, including goats and dogs appear in some photographs. Identified people include Hansen family members (Anders Hansen, Elizabeth Hansen, Lena Hansen, Annie Hansen, and Fred Hansen are named); Inez Pearce, Mr Pearce, and Mrs Sheerwood at Cape Brett Lighthouse; Oliver Robertson and Mr Dowley at Cape Egmont Lighthouse; keeper Mr Shepherd and W Cookson of Wairoa [Cape Egmont or Portland Island lighthouse?]; Nicholas Sciascia, including a carte de visite by Hanna, and material relating to his death; J Marchbanks, Chief Engineer of the Wellington Harbour Board, and other unidentified Habour Board employees; Mr R S Wilson principal keeper at Pencarrow; Steve O’Neill Principal Keeper at Pencarrow; Captain C M Duthie; Mrs E Riddiford; and Mr Pearce, Hermia Hutton (née Hansen) and Bob Hutton, and Jamie Seddon all photographed on Somes Island. Unidentified people include a family at Tiritiri Ligthouse, Swiss Sharemilkers and their musical instruments at Cape Egmont Lighthouse, and two group photographs of keepers and their families on Portland Island (one on a beach picnic, another seated in front of a house). Named ships are the government lighthouse tenders 'Hinemoa' and 'Tutanekai'. The 'Huanui' is also identified, There are photographs and articles relating to shipwrecks including that of the ship 'Pirate' on Portland Island and that of the 'Zuleika' off Cape Palliser. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Scrapbook album arrived at the Library containing loose items and with items stored in an envelope stuck to the front cover. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing photographs, clippings, ephemera. Physical Description: Scrapbook with brown plastic cover, 31.5 x 38.2 Transfers: Materials separated from this album are now at MS-Papers-12440-1.. Processing information: Material that was loose or stored in inappropriate housing was separated from album for conservation and housing purposes.

Date: 1987-2003

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-1314

Description: Scrapbook album compiled by Eileen Tiller relating to lighthouses and the Hansen family, covering a time period of circa 1887 to 2013, likely compiled over a period from the 1980s to the 2000s. Photographers largely unidentified but many photographs are likely taken by Hansen family members. Includes typescript histories, clippings, photocopies of Anders Hansen’s keeper’s log, and photographs from lighthouses and their surrounding areas and associated buildings. The majority of the photographs are from the period 1900 to 1910. The lighthouses featured are Cape Campbell, Godley Head, Akaroa Head, Moeraki, Taiaroa Head, Cape Saunders, Nugget Point, Waipapa Point, Dog Island, Centre Island, Puysegur Point, Cape Foulwind, and Farewell Spit. Identified people include Anders Hansen, Elizabeth Hansen, Lena Hansen, Dorothy Ridley, Mr and Mrs Brown, Annie Hansen, George Hansen, Mary Hansen, and Mrs Sutherland (of Milford Sound). Album also contains photographs of unidentified people, boating images, and photographs of lighthouse equipment. Album possibly includes photographs of Orongorongo Station. Another area of focus are photographs and clipping relating to the government lighthouse tenders ‘Hinemoa’, ‘Stella’, and ‘Tutanekai’ as well as Captain John Neale and Captain John Bollons. Provisions depots on Auckland Island and Kermadec Group and the shift from manned to automated of lighthouses are also covered. Arrangement: Scrapbook album arrived at the Library containing loose items and with items stored in an envelope stuck to the front cover. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing photographs, clippings, ephemera. Physical Description: Scrapbook with blue plastic cover, 31.5 x 38 Transfers: Materials separated from this album are now at MS-Papers-12440-2.. Processing information: Material that was loose or stored in inappropriate housing was separated from album for conservation and housing purposes.

Date: ca1920-ca1960

By: Tiller, Eileen Mavis, active 1957-2014

Reference: PAColl-0535

Description: Note in ATL donation book 15, page 106, 13/10/1983 reads: "1 bundle of negatives and photographs from the estate of the late Mr F Hansen, former lighthouse keeper of Pencarrow lighthouse." Arrangement: Negatives at F 68712 1/4 - F 68952 1/4, F 69058 1/4 to F 69065 1/4, F 175326 1/2 - F 175359 1/2, and F 70058 1/4 - F 70065 1/4, F 175396 1/2 - F 175397 1/2 and in the 35mm sequence at 16097 - 16101. Previously NegColl-077-1. Prints at PAColl-0535-1, PAColl-0535-2, and PAColl-0535-3. Quantity: 255 b&w original negative(s). 16 colour original negative(s). 229 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1897-1993

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: PAColl-9080

Description: Photographs of New Zealand lighthouses, lighthouse keepers, and scenes on the West Coast, South Island. A number of photographs relate to Anders Hansen and his family. Photographs taken and collected by Eileen Tiller. Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm-84585 to 35mm-84608, and 1/4-114251-F to 1/4-114270-F, slide at PA12-5892. Quantity: 17 b&w original negative(s). 14 colour original negative(s) strips with 32 images. 12 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 b&w original negative(s) strips with 40 images. 9 photocopy/ies. 4 colour original negative(s). 4 colour original photographic print(s). 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: ca 1902

From: Tiller, Eileen, active 1957-2014: Collection

Reference: PAColl-4696

Description: From left to right: Anders Hansen (at that time lighthouse keeper at Pencarrow Lighthouse), J Mitchell, and Lanham outside a tent on D'Urville Island. There are three other tents to the left and right of the panorama. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-056690 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) as a two part panorama.