Barrer, Bryan Amherst, 1908-1980

Date: 1926

From: Barrer, Nina Agatha Rosamond, 1879-1965 : Photographs of Rolleston House students at Canterbury University, Wellington Harbour Board and others

By: Standish & Preece (Firm)

Reference: PA7-59-27

Description: The photographs was taken in the quadrangle in front of the cloister. The names are all given with offices held where relevant. Photograph taken by Standish & Preece. Back row: R Maxted, S G Moy, M H Kemp, M Rodger, B W Doak, H Lea, H H Lamgmuir, D S Mackenzie, W H Ward, R E Standen, H L Hume, L J Fyfe, A E Forsyth, T H F Nevins, R G Webb, E Hayes, W L Harrison, J G Armstrong. Second row: R M Innes, D J B Halley, H M Thomson, E D Edmundson, C W Fraser, A W Russell, I L Ward, D W Dunwoodie, E E England, A A D McGregor, H E Barber, J A Marris, F E Holdgate, J Wilson, R S Gore, E C Smith, I F C Hamilton, A G Gillies. Third row: J B Collinge, G T Wilson, N H C Bell, G E Page, A B Tiffen, C J Hunter, R M Bremner, R H Galbraith (Secretary), R B Wells, A R Smith (Vice-President), Wm Bryden (President), W G Hughson (Treasurer), E J Riches, A R Dunlop, H F Morgan, L G Loveridge, A J Dickson, L C Stephens, H M Nimmo, E E Ackland. Front row: A Dyhrberg, H W Hunter, E A Bell, E Fooks, J C Langmuir, J K O'Dea, A F McGregor, B A Barrer, A Tisdall, H W Mason. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Names of those in the photograph; Recto - above image - Title & year; Verso - top centre - B A Barrer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 14 x 32.8 cm on mount 27 x 44.5 cm

Date: [Between 1929 and 1937]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Boot, Leonard William, 1908-1998; Honour, Walter Basil, 1897-1988; Snowden, Andrew Craig, 1897-1981; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949; Teague, Bernard Henry Norris, 1903-1982; Townsend, Maxwell Geith, 1911-1935; Wilson, Evan, active 1931-1964

Reference: PA1-o-407

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers. One sequence (pages 129-140) show aspects of the search for the body of Edgar Russell who died on Mount Avalanche in 1933. They show the location where he was lost on 30th July 1933, the search party, and the routes they took to search, finally succeeding on 6th August 1933. Pages 99-100, 83-84, and 105-106 show the building and completion of the Athur's Pass Canterbury Mountaineering Club mountain hut; page 87 has an indistinct view of the unveiling of the Arthur Dobson Memorial, on 18th April 1937 (5 km north of Arthur's Pass Village). Most of the photographs re fully described with names usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Many of the people and places photographed are listed above. Most of the landscape photographs are again fully described, including panoramas with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [224 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Between 1926? and 1937]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Ambras, Walter Frederick, 1888?-1970; Clark, Richard E, active 1931-1961; Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949

Reference: PA1-o-409

Description: Photographs taken by John Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury and Westland regions. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Many images show climbers exploring new routes in the Southern Alps, and first ascents of various mountains, including Mount Farrer (by N. Barker & G.D.T Hall, 27.12.1935); exploration of the "Adams ice-world" (from 27th-30th December 1935); Mount Kensington (28.12.1935); Mount Hulka (28.12.1935); Guardian Peak (30.12.1935); Speculation Hill (1.1.1936); exploration of Hot Spring Creek headwaters (2.1.1936); Tent Peak, Arrowsmith Range (Jan. 1931); Cloudy Peak (by B.A. Barrer & F.R. Askin, 28.12.1931); The Marquee (Easter 1932); the first crossing of the Lyall-Lawrence watershed (solo trip by F. Ambrose, 1926?); and the second ascent of Mount Arrowsmith (by Evan Wilson, J. Wilson, & A. Anderson, Jan. 1931). Several photographs show methods of crossing rivers, particularly in gorges, and in flood situations; and several show the suspension bridge in the Wataroa (Whataroa) Gorge, built by miners in 1906). McRae's Hut was located in Clyde Valley, Canterbury. Abandoned in 1890. Photographed by J D Pascoe in 1930s, and again in 1961. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [236 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1931

From: Barrer, Nina Agatha Rosamond, 1879-1965 : Photographs of Rolleston House students at Canterbury University, Wellington Harbour Board and others

By: Standish & Preece (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0732-2

Description: Group photograph of the Rolleston House Council for 1931. Photographer was Standish & Preece. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Print 202mm x 117mm on a mount 304mm x 250mm with a cover

Date: 15 Feb 1931

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-407-089-5

Description: Mount Oates mountaineering party at the Mingha River, 15th February, 1931. From left to right: Betsy Blunden, John Dobree Pascoe, and Bryan Barrer. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Mt Oates Party, 15th Feb, 1931. Minga River; Album page - beneath image - Betsy Blunden J D P Brian [sic] Barrer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 144 x 195 mm, attached to album page

Date: 15 Feb 1931

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-047284-F

Description: Mount Oates mountaineering party at the Mingha River, 15th February, 1931. From left to right: Betsy Blunden, John Dobree Pascoe, and Bryan Barrer. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. A print from this negative is at PA1-o-407-089-5 (album PA1-o-407, page 89, image 5). The image in the album has been cropped. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [Between 1914 and 1937]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-406

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers; and several scenes showing Canterbury Mountaineering Club annual sports days over a number of years. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Many of the people and places photographed are listed above. Most of the landscape photographs are again fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [240 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 2014

By: Barrer family

Reference: MSDL-2341

Description: Electronic document comprises transcribed Second World War letters between Margaret Barrer and her husband Bryan Barrer of Christchurch. The bulk of the transcribed letters are from Margaret Barrer to her husband serving in Italy, and detail daily family and domestic life, life in Cashmere, Christchurch, and local events, such as talks, film going, and theatre productions. Accounts of note include Margaret's trips to Arthurs Pass, an acquaintance receiving shock treatment, interaction with Mrs Dowling, wife of a conscientious objector, and Oscar Coberger sending an item from his German Red Cross parcel received while he was a prisoner of war. Letters from Bryan Barrer include details of his illness. Document includes letters to Bryan Barrer from Sergeant Bill Massetti, and Ray of Wades Avenue, Christchurch. The letters were transcribed by Anne Barrer from carbon copies and original airgraphs. Document also contains copies of a photograph of Margaret Barrer, and her painting 'The Fuschias', and a copy of a Christmas Greeting card from the 2NZEF. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Electronic transcript created by Anne Barrer of original letters and airgraphs in the possession of the Barrer family