Mountaineer. A guide on Mt Cook. Son of James (farmer) and Mary. Born in Ireland. In NZ for 55 years. Never married. See also NZ Alpine Journal v.XV, no 40, June 1953, p 288-93 (Information from Alexander Turnbull Library Biographies Index). Also, Jack Clark, Tom Fyfe and George Graham reached the top of Mt Cook at 1:30 on the afternoon of Christmas Day 1894 (Source: Open Country radio series, Programme 372)
Clarke, John Michael, 1875-1952
Clarke, Jack M, fl 1898. Attributed works :Constance Astley and Margaret Shaen on Tasma...
Date: Tuesday, 1 March 1898
From: Constance Astley (1851-1935) :Photographs relating to the New Zealand visit of Constance Astley
By: Clarke, John Michael, 1875-1952
Reference: 1/2-178522-F
Description: Constance Astley and Margaret Shaen on Tasman Glacier. Photograph taken Tuesday 1 March 1898l, probably by their guide, Jack Clarke, on Margaret Shaen's camera. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) copied from original returned to owner. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 100 x 125 mm
Creator of Collection Unknown: Photographs of the MacKenzie country
Date: ca 1880s-1900s
Reference: PAColl-7220
Description: Photographs of Clarke, Graham and Fyfe who first climbed Mount Cook on Christmas Day 1894, with their mountaineering equipment; the sheep dog of James MacKenzie the sheep-stealer; a bullock team pulling wool bales; the Fairlie to Mount Cook coach with John Rutherford driving; the bridge over the river at Lake Tekapo with the hotel next to it; Mount Cook Station, originally built by A Burnett, with a thatched roof and the family outside it; a drawing of the ferry crossing Lake Pukaki and the original accommodation house on the shore; hay-making in front of the Balmoral homestead; the yard of Haldon station surrounded by trees showing the out-buildings and men with dogs; Levels homestead with a man with a hoe and others outside; and a group of men and women picnicking in front of two tents at Governor's Bush in Mount Cook township being the first party conveyed by the Mount Cook Motor Company ca 1880s. Images were used in the "History of the Mackenzie county to 1912" and all have similar typed captions beneath them. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007817 to 007827 Quantity: 11 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives
Alpine scenes [taken by] Dr. T [i.e. Dr. Teichelmann]
Date: [Circa 1907-1911]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938
Reference: PAColl-0959-35
Description: Alpine views in the South Island, taken by Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann, circa 1907-1911. For information on mountaineering trips taken by Dr Teichelmann, see internet at http://ebenezerteichelmann.blogspot.com/2007/12/teichelmann.html. In 1911 he took an exploratory trip with Alec Graham and Jack Clarke to the head of the Wanganui River (Westland). Image no. 17 shows their camp in the Wanganui River Valley, and image no. 19 shows Alex Graham trying unsuccesfully to ford the Lambert River. The article also mentions that he took many pictures on this trip. Photographs include views of Franz Josef Glacier, Mount Tasman, Mount Cook and David's Dome, taken from Mount Roon; views of the trip taken with Alec Graham and Jack Clarke showing the Lambert River (tributary of the Wanganui), the Lambert Glacier and Mount Lambert; also the area of the Lord River, Mount Lord, the Lord Glacier and Lord Range with Mount Stoddart, Malcolm Peak, Newton Peak and Mount Tyndall. Several images show close-up views of serac ice and broken ice on the Fox Glacier. Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box (and printout of internet blog "The Official Ebenezer Teichelmann Blog, December 2007" posted by Bob McKerrow) held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Camping and mountaineering in Canterbury
Date: [Circa 1900s-1920s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Pattle, John Charlesfield, -1971; Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938
Reference: PAColl-0959-09
Description: Views, mostly snapshots, many of which show a group of eleven men camping in the Cook River area circa 1920s, taken by unidentified photographers. Other images are very clear portraits, but neither the subjects nor the phtographers are identified. The views of the group camping show the men's arrival at the end of the road in buses and cars, prior to their pushing a trailer filled with camping equipment over a stoney river bed to the campsite, tents erected in bush settings, and several different mountain huts including one A-frame hut and two huts identified as the Havelock Hut and Ball Hut. Jack Pattle is identified as the photographer of the Havelock Hut (no. 29); Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann took photograph no. 30 which shows Jack Clarke, Dr Parker, Rev H E Newton and Billy Batson at Ball Hut in 1902 when they made the first crossing of Graham's Saddle in 1902 (identified from copies at the University of Canterbury). Photograph no. 37 shows a cartoon of "Bergschrund Bill" (possibly Bill Batson?). Photographs no. 31, 33, and 46 show a large group of men having a picnic at a mountain hut circa 1920s (possibly members of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club); photographs 39, 40, 41 and 47 show men in military uniform about 1941. Nos 40 and 41 show a combimed reunion dinner of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club and New Zealand Alpine Club members in the 2NZEF and RAF Middle East Forces, held Saturday July 26, 1941 at Kings Hotel, Cairo, while no. 39 shows an unidentified soldier and no. 47 is inscribed "All good wishes, John Simpson" presumably both members of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club or the NZ Alpine Club. Compare many of the images in this box which are similar to those in W A Kennedy Collection Box 10 (PAColl-0959-10) Quantity: 47 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.".
Alpine scenes, birds and plants, [taken by] Miss K. Gardiner
Date: [Circa 1900s-1920s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Gardiner, Kate, 1885-1974; Joachim, Mary Eleanor, 1874-1957; Kurz, Marcel, 1887-1967; Mannering, George Edward, 1862-1947; Theomin, Dorothy Michaelis, 1888-1966
Reference: PAColl-0959-32
Description: Photographs of various mountains and valleys, birds and plants in New Zealand taken by identified and unidentified photographers. A large proportion were taken by Kate Gardiner (nos. 1-10, 13-30, 33, 54, 66-94). Other identified photographers are G E Mannering (nos 136-141, 143, 146-149); Miss Joachim (nos 37, 48-50, 56-57, 63-65, 148, 15-153); Miss Theomin (nos 31, 35-36, 38-43, 53, 55, 144, 145); Tudor Collins (nos 45-47, 52); and Marcel Kurz (nos 95-135, 142). Note on the back of image no. 1 reads "1928 ascent of Malte Brun with Frank Alack and Peter Graham. Picture shows Frank Alack and Mrs Ivan Wilson (Mrs Mona Wilson). Info from Mrs Wilson's daughter, 1990." Additional note reads "one opinion. However in Frank Alack's book 'Share my joys' a similar photo of the same woman is identified as Katie Gardiner" [writer not identified]. Photographs numbered 34 and 35 are probably of the helichrysum species. Image no. 11 shows mountain guides Jack Lippe, Frank Milne, J Clarke (John Michael Clarke) and Jock Richmond (back row), and Alec Graham and Peter Graham (front row). Image no. 12 shows Guy (George Edward) Mannering with three undentified mountaineers. A number of images, chiefly taken by Miss Joachim, show various New Zealand birds and plants, including pied and spotted shags on Little Barrier Island (nos 45-47), gannets at Cape Kidnappers (nos 48-51, 56-57), kea and pukeko; and Prince of Wales feathers fern, a cabbage tree, two varieties of helichrysum and staghorn ferns. Many of the images by Marcel Kurz show mountaineers, bivouacs and camping sites in the mountains, including the Pioneer Ridge Bivvy. Image no. 133, taken by Marcel Kurz shows Ned Porter, Clive Barker and Doris Barker (later Mrs Porter), on the second ascent of Mount Haidinger in 1927. Most identified places are listed above. Other Titles - Miss K. Gardiner (with additional note which reads "includes photos by Mannering, Kurz, Gardiner, Joachim, Theomin".) Quantity: 153 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." Some photographs have no information or identification of places, times or names of people..
Alpine photographs
Date: [Circa 1910s-1930s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983
Reference: PAColl-0959-18
Description: Alpine views, taken by John Dobree Pascoe, circa 1930s, except image no. 27 (taken by Edgar Williams, in 1917). Many of the places shown are listed above, most images having detailed identification in pencil on the back. Image no. 8 has note on verso which reads "From Mein's Knob slopes. Andreas Reischek mentions the glacier in his book and says it was named by Haast as the "Reischek Glacier". Should this name stick?" [This glacier has been officially named in current topographical maps (2011)]. Image no. 10 shows three mountaineers, Barker [i.e. Nevile Barker], Clarke [i.e. Jack Clarke], and R E McInnes. Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints.
Programme 372 - Cook for Christmas by Tony Nolan
Date: 20 Dec 1970
From: Open Country Sound Recordings
Reference: OHInt-0002/336
Description: Tony Nolan traces the various attempts at climbing Mount Cook - The siege of Mt Cook started in 1882 with the arrival of Rev. Green - an Irishman, and Swiss companions - Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, making valiant attempts and almost succeeding. This near-success jolted some local boys into action - Kenneth & Malcolm Ross and Marmaduke Dixon. However, it was at 1.30 o'clock on the afternoon of Christmas Day 1894 that three young climbers - Tom Fyfe, George Graham and Jack Clarke stood at last on the summit of New Zealand's highest mountain. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papers-1239, folder 98 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0344 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 11 Minutes Duration.
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.".
Kinsey album
Date: [1890s]
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Inglis, Charles, active 1894
Reference: PA1-q-137
Description: Album includes scenic photographs of areas in the region of the Southern Alps, including panoramas and closer views of mountains, valleys, rivers and glaciers. Many photographs show groups of men and women, many of whom are identified, camping and climbing in the Southern Alps area. Also shown are scenes of The Hermitage at Mount Cook (one of which shows a bullock team for transporting stores, and another which shows Frayne's coach leaving Mount Cook); views of the Birch Hill Station; and Ball Hut (with a curtained-off area as a "ladies' compartment"). Many of the photographs were taken by Joseph James Kinsey, some also by Arthur Paul Harper, Charles Inglis, and Kinsey's daughter May. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; 37.5 x 29.5 cm
Mountaineering group
Date: 1896
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-66-1
Description: Mountaineering group, Kea Point, 20 February 1896, photographed by Joseph James Kinsey. Back, from left: Mattias Zurbriggen, Isabel Baker, Jack Clarke. Front, from left: Signor Borsalino, John Holland Baker, May Kinsey, Noeline Baker. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.2 x 20.3 cm, on album page
Group, including mountaineer Jack Clarke
Date: [Circa 1895]
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-64-1
Description: Group photographed by Joseph James Kinsey circa 1895, probably in Christchurch. From left to right, unidentified, unidentified, Signor Borsolino, May Kinsey (with a cat in her lap), unidentified, mountaineer Jack Clarke, unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.3 x 20.6 cm
Jack Clarke
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-12-2
Description: Jack Clarke, photographed by Joseph James Kinsey in 1895, probably in Christchurch. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - The first climbers of Mt Cook on Xmas Day 1895 via the Hooker Jack Clark [sic] G Graham T C Fyfe; Album page - beneath image - J J Kinsey 1895 Jack Clark [sic] he holds the records for maiden peaks in NZ. 25.12.95 Mt Cook 12,349 in company with Fyfe and Graham Mt Haidinger 10,107 ft Mt Silverhorn Mt Tasman 11,475 Mt Sealey 8,631 [all] In company with Zurbriggen and Fitzgerald 20.2.94 Hockstetter Dome 9,258 [with] Dr Cox, Graham and others Mt Darwin 9,718 [with Dr Kronecker and Fyfe Mt Earnslaw alone Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 10 cm, on album page
Mountaineers on De La Beche peak
Date: ca 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-40-1
Description: Mountaineers in the snow on De La Beche peak, Westland, circa 1895. From left to right: Jack Clarke, Dr Kronecker, Mahler, Mrs Maxwell, Thomas Camperdown Fyfe, Maxwell. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Jack Clarke Dr Kronecker Mahler Mrs Maxwell Fyfe Maxwell On De La Beche with [3?]00 feet of summit Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.1 x 15.2 cm, on album page
Mountaineers
Date: 1896
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-78-2
Description: Group of mountaineers photographed by Joseph James Kinsey in 1896, probably in the Canterbury region, possibly in the vicinity of Mount Sealy. From left: Mattias Zurbriggen, Signor Borsalino, and Jack Clarke. Inscriptions: Album page - left of image - Zurbriggen, Borsalino, Jack Clark [sic]; Album page - beneath image - The "Disastre of Sealey" [sic] 1896 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14 x 17.7 cm, on album page
Jack Clarke, Halpin Creek, Canterbury
Date: Mar 1937
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PA1-o-406-021-5
Description: Jack Clarke at Halpin Creek, March 1937. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Jack Clarke; Album page - right of image - March 1937 (Halpin Ck) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9.4 x 4.7 cm, on album page
Jack Clarke, Halpin Creek, Canterbury
Date: Mar 1937
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PA1-o-406-021-6
Description: Jack Clarke at Halpin Creek, March 1937. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Jack Clarke; Album page - left of image - March 1937 (Halpin Ck) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.2 x 5.9 cm, on album page
Mountain lilies, Jack Clark, and an ice cave.
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936
Reference: PA1-q-137-12
Description: Left hand photograph (PA1-q-137-12-1) shows a bunch of Mount Cook lilies (Ranunculus Lyalli) in a vase. A note states that this photograph was taken at the Hermitage, Mount Cook Middle photograph (PA1-q-137-12-2) is a portrait of Jack Clark taken just after he, George Graham, and Tom Fyfe had climbed Mount Cook reaching the summit on 12 December, 1895. Right hand photograph (PA1-q-137-12-3) shows the interior of an ice cave looking towards the entrance from inside Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three silver gelatin photographic prints mounted on album page 360 x 260 mm (page size)
Jack Clarke
Date: ca 1937
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PA1-o-406-022-3
Description: Jack Clarke, circa 1937, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe. Location unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 5.4 x 5.4 cm, on album page