Volcanic eruptions - Samoa
Rutherford, Alex album 1
Date: [Between 1905 and 1936]
From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Crown Studios (Auckland, N.Z.)
Reference: PA1-o-445
Description: Photographs of Samoa taken between 1905 and 1936, some taken by Samoan photographer Alfred James Tattersall, many by unidentified photographers. One photograph is not related to the rest, showing two young women flautists from Highcliff School, Dunedin, winners of a Dunedin competition in 1918 (P 90) The earliest ones, taken in 1905, show the damage caused by a volcanic eruption, and show lava pouring into the sea. The rest of the images are related to Donald Alexander John Rutherford, headmaster at Ifi Ifi School (Leififi School) from 1919, becoming Superintendent of Schools from 1923 to 1936. There are many scenes which include his family, with his wife and four children (including Alexander Mathieson Rutherford). Many of the scenes show school activities, including the ceremonies surrounding the opening of the new school at Avele; the schools at Malifa, at Ifi Ifi, Poutasi, Aleipata and other districts; sports teams; school parades, including boy scouts linked with the schools; and groups of teachers, both European and Samoan. General views of Samoa include the construction of a fale, the interior of a fale; fishing; cocoa beans and their harvesting and drying; copra industry, with Solomon Island workers; and sowing cotton seed. Several images show the celebrations for George V's birthday; school breakup feasts; and the farewell flotilla of canoes when the Rutherford family left Samoa in 1936. Social activities of the Europeans in Samoa include tennis, large groups of bowlers, and garden parties at Vailima, the Governor's residence. Inscriptions: Album page - "The Rutherford Family, November 30th 1936 ... Sae-Tupe" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm
Irwin, G :Prints of the Savaii eruption March 1906, taken by Tattersall
Date: March 1906
By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951
Reference: PAColl-0389
Description: Mt Matavanu eruption began 4 Aug 1905 and stopped in Nov 1911. The lava flowed over 40 square miles of the countryside to the lagoon and reef, destroying villages in its path between Samalae'ulu to the east and Saleaula to the west. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).
Diaries, notes and other writings
Date: 1898-1911
From: Oceania Marist Pacific : Archives
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-21-044
Description: Continuation of Fr Gavet's diaries from Micro-MS-Coll-21-043, 1900-1909; Notes by Br Phillippe on thr troubles in Samoa, 1898-1899; `Matavanu' journal by C Mennel SM, including description of the volcanic eruptions on Savai'i. 1905-1911; description by Sr Cecilia of a journey to Leatalele, ca 1905; other small notebooks. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Samoa. Lava flowing into the sea, Savai'i
Date: 1905
From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PAColl-3062-1-05
Description: Steam plumes from hot lava flowing into the sea, Savai'i, photographed by Alfred John Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Samoa. House destroyed by lava
Date: 1905
From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PAColl-3062-2-05
Description: Remains of a cement or concrete house embedded in lava from the eruption of Matavanu volcano, Savai'i, Samoa, photographed by Alfred John Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Samoa. Lava flowing into the sea, Savai'i
Date: 1905
From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PAColl-3062-3-13
Description: Steam plums from molten lava flowing into the sea during the eruption of the Matavanu volcano, Savai'i, 1905. Photohraphed by Alfred John Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Volcanic eruption at Savaii
Date: 1905
From: Gleeson, Francis Joseph 1908-1993 :Album of photographs of the Mau uprising, Western Samoa, 1930
By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951
Reference: PA1-o-795-46
Description: Steam plumes rising from lava entering the sea. The 1905-1911 eruption of the Matavanu volcano photographed by Alfred James Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).