Accountant, mountaineer and photographer. Born Croydon, England, ca 1879; emigrated to New Zealand 1889; died Hastings 13 December 1957. Climbed extensively in the Southern alps in the 1910s and 1920s. (Source: obituary, HB Herald Tribune, 14 December 1957)
Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957
Alpine scenes
Date: [Circa 1890s-1930s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Fitzgerald, Edward Arthur, 1871-1931; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936; Lippe, Jack N, active 1914; Marsden, (Miss), active 1900s; Pascoe, Dorothy Gladys, 1917-2014; Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Sanders, R, active 1910s?; Sun Newspapers Ltd; Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957
Reference: PAColl-0959-36
Description: Alpine views in the South Island, taken by various identified and unidentified photographers. Those named include Miss Marsden (no. 33), E.A. Fitzgerald, J.J. Kinsey, J. Lippe, A.S. Sutton-Turner, a member of Sun Newspapers Ltd (possibly McGregor?), R. Sanders and C. Beken. Two images of an unidentified mountain hut were taken by John Pascoe (in 1931) and Dorothy Pascoe (in 1944) showing the hut which had been in use since 1895, and was completely destroyed by erosion. There are early images (nos. 1-7, 20-22, and 41). No. 1. is a diorama of an ice cave in the Mueller Glacier; no. 2. shows three mountaineers (two older men greeting a younger man, two of whom are carrying ice picks, the man on the right possibly J.J. Kinsey); no. 3. is entitled ""In difficulties" Ollivier carrying Barrow as hor[ses in difficulties]" and no. 6. taken at the same time is entitled "Ollivier carrying Fitzgerald ashore. In difficulties in the Forks Stream", signed J.J. Kinsey and dated 13/7/[18]97 on the back. Nos. 4-5. were taken by E.A. Fitzgerald show Zurbriggen and Clark [i.e. Jack Clarke] on the summit of Haidinger, dated 14/7/[18]97 on the back. Image no. 20. shows five men holding ice-picks, standing in front of a stone wall with a tent behind at Separation Camp at the ehad of the Godley River; image no. 20 shows four men with heavily laden bicycles on a track with mountains behind. No. 41. shows two women wearing large hats sitting in the wire cage above the Hooker River (one possibly Freda Du Faur). One sequence shows aerial photographs of the Southern Alps, some of which were taken by a member of the Sun Newspapers. Another sequence (nos. 23-31) were taken by Arthur Seymout Sutton-Turner, many of which show the effects of storm clouds in the mountains. Image no. 33. (taken by Miss Marsden) shows the foot of the Unser Fritz Falls. Charles beken took images no. 36-40, showing The Minarets, serac on the Hochstetter Icefall, the bridge over the Tekapo River, and the Pukaki Bridge and lake with the accomodation house centre right. Image no. 34. (taken by R. Sanders) shows a disused logging railway with wooden sleepers, which leads into the mouth of a tunnel, surrounded by native bush. Image no. 42. was taken by W.A. Kennedy and shows a bridge on the road to the hermitage. Most of the places identified are listed above. Other Titles - W.A. Kennedy. Misses Marsden and Freda du Faur Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Sutton-Turner album 1
Date: [Circa 1920s]
From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps
By: Driver, H (Mrs), active 1977; Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957
Reference: PA1-f-073
Description: Album of photographs taken by mountaineer and photographer Arthur Sutton-Turner, all related to the Southern Alps and all with good captions. People climbing with Sutton-Turner include Jack Lippe and T A Fletcher. A number of images relate to their journey towards the mountains, stopping at two sheep stations, the Richmond Station at Lake Tekapo, and Lilybank Station. At Lilybank, Sutton-Turner took a number of photographs of sheep being mustered from the High Country ready for shearing, and finally trucks being loaded with wool bales for sale in Fairlie. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown hessian cover; 29 x 43 cm
Sutton-Turner album 4
Date: [Circa 1910s to 1920s]
From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps
By: Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920; Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957
Reference: PA1-o-486
Description: Album of photographs taken by Arthur Seymour Sutton-Turner, on the walking track between Manapouri and Milford Sound. Inserted in the front of the album is a map issued by the New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, drawn by W. Deverell, 1903. it is entitled "Map of the tourist foot road from Te Anau Lake to Milford Sound." Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey-brown suede cover, entitled "From Manapouri to Milford" in gold lettering; 24 x 30 cm
Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps
Date: [1920-1927]
By: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957; Driver, H (Mrs), active 1977
Reference: PAColl-6167
Description: Photographs of the Southern Alps, taken on mountaineering expeditions before 1927, by Arthur Seymour Sutton-Turner. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 4 album(s).
Sutton-Turner album 3
Date: [Circa 1910s]
From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps
By: Driver, H (Mrs), active 1977; Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957
Reference: PA1-o-485
Description: Album of photographs taken by mountaineer and photographer Arthur Seymour Sutton-Turner, all related to mountaineering in the Southern Alps, and all with good captions. Many of the images show mountain accomodation, both the larger Hermitage (the old, built 1884, and the new, opened in 1914); and smaller mountain huts such as the Hooker, Malte Brun and Ball Huts. A group of mountain guides are named (initials and surnames), and a young girl is named (Nella Cook). Other groups of climbers (men and women) are not individually named, but their location is given. Nineteen untitled loose photographs are inserted in a pocket in the back cover of the album. They show various mountain scenes with several close-ups of keas Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured dark olive green covers, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 33.5 cm