Ayres, Harry Herbert, 1912-1987

Date: February 1948

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: PAColl-10769-01

Description: Contains photographs showing the alpine rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams, February 1948. Photographs taken by Harold Earle Riddiford. Images include various points of the rescue including on the slopes of La Perouse, camp sites and huts, various points along the Cook River Valley, and fording the Cook River. Adams is seen in her stretcher; being pulled, carried, during rests, and finally being loaded onto the back of a flat-bed truck. Members of the rescue party, which included Harry Ayres, are also photographed. There are a number of photographs showing alpine areas. One photograph shows a small aircraft flying above the photographer. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Arrived at Library in an envelope labelled "Ruth Adams Rescue". Envelope contained two glassine bags with the first containing prints one through to 20 and the second prints 21 through to 28. Included in the second envelope were six negatives. Members of the rescue party included Harry Ayres, Edmund Hillary, Norman Hardie, and Mick Sullivan, who are also photographed. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Negatives are held at 1/4-138162-F to 1/4-138167-F.. Processing information: Negatives originally held with these prints have been separated for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1957-1958

By: Ayres, Harry Herbert, 1912-1987; Claydon, John Richard, 1917-2014

Reference: PAColl-6803

Description: Photographs of the Russian Antarctic Base on Haswell Island, taken 1950s by Harry Ayres. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1940s-1950s]

From: Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005: Collection

By: Kenyon, Ley, -1991

Reference: PA1-o-223

Description: Album of photographs chiefly relating to interviews by Jim Henderson on the ZB radio programme `This is New Zealand', first and second episodes. The first image is a photograph of a pencilled portrait by British artist Ley Kenyon drawn while he was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III. The image, dated November 1943, is of New Zealand army officer John Walton who was acting Assistant Church of England chaplain in the camp. Signed and inscribed `In memory of our ordeal together, and the wild flowers you brought me from without'. Two additional loose copies of this image are inserted near the back of the album. Includes a loose photograph of the dolphin Pelorus Jack, with pencilled note on the back which reads `Pic taken, sent and given by A. Hawke, 3 Denton St., Gore, 23, 2, 1953; "I feel fairly certain that it was taken in 1911". First half of the album is entitled `Gone west' with images of people and places on the West Coast, South Island, including Harry Ayres (mountaineer and guide who coached Sir Edmund Hillary), [?] Butler (editor of the Grey River Argus), Tom Casey and Bob Friend (rangers at the white heron reserve near Okarito), Jack Hinton (V.C.), Jimmy Donovan (storekeeper at Okarito for over 60 years), the Nolan Family from Jackson Bay, and the `Golden-Elephant House' gold dredge at Arahura. Second half of the album is entitled `This is New Zealand, No. 2. Northland', and contains views of the Government Bird Sanctuary on Little Barrier Island, including caretakers May and Charlie Parkin. At the back of the album are loose images; two relate to the last issue of the Wyndham Farmer, a newspaper established in 1895 by Ewen Grevelle Macpherson, continued by his son Douglas until the final issue published on 18th February 1955. One image shows Douglas Macpherson, setting up the type for this issue, the other shows Douglas Macpherson with his assistant Cecil Dimmock. Other Titles - Gone west Other Titles - This is New Zealand Inscriptions: Album page - `"Gone west" by Jim Henderson. NZ Carpet Distributors' Radio Feature No. 1' [typescript]; `First of the "This is NZ" ZB radio series 1950s. Photos mostly by Jim H' [hand-written in ink]. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 18.5 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1952-1953

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-20

Description: Contains inward correspondence to Harold Earle Riddiford, 1952 to 1953. Correspondents include Noel Ewart Odell, Harry J Stevenson, Ronald Macmillan Algie, Harry Ayres, Keki Bunshah, and Cecil Hugh Tyndall-Biscoe. Includes inward and outward correspondence with New Zealand Customs and Rolex regarding a Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch worn on the1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. Also correspondence with representatives of the Royal Geographical Society (E E T Day, Mumford) and The Himalayan Club (J Henderson, A R Leyden). There is also a memorandum from the Wellington Section of the New Zealand Alpine Club regarding a lecture by Edmund Percival Hillary. Photography is the subject of a number of letters. One letter from The Himalayan Club relates to the payment of Pasang Dawa Lama. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "2" in a clear plastic sleeve with a note in pencil reading "1952 Letters ([54] Pasang " and "Done". A further note in blue ink describes the letters as "Correspondence to Earle Riddiford| H.J. Stevenson, Harry Ayres, Hugh T.B. Algie etc." A second peice of coloured note paper, with a printed illustration of three women and the text "Ladies wot Lunch" has "Pasang| Odell| Letters" written in black ink. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1951-1956

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-29

Description: Contains largely inward correspondence to Harold Earle Riddiford between 1951 and 1956. Subjects include lectures and talks on Himalaya mountaineering expeditions and Mount Everest to various societies around New Zealand, a proposed Antarctic Expedition, personal finances, customs and duty relating to India, tailoring, photography, book reviews, infants, and Riddiford becoming a partner at his legal firm. Correspondents include Alan Forrest Reid, Ian Ogilvie Gibbs, Harry J Stevenson, Cecil Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Marcel Kurz, Harry Ayres, Richard Jackson, Noel Ewert Odell, Archie (Scott, Aitken & Cox Stock and Share Brokers), [Jim Thornton?], E Vincent Smith (tailor of Christchurch), Department of Internal Affairs (J B McGuire), R L Macalister, John Leonard, R M Crockett, M A W Gudgeon, L V Bryant, Thomas Duncan Bourdillon, [Barry?] Ogilvie, E D Tyndale-Biscoe, Jock A Sim, Hamish MacInnes, and Sam [McCosh?]. There is a card from Thomas Naegele announcing the birth of his son. Organisations in contact with Riddiford regarding talks and lectures include the Overseas League, Manawatu Tramping Club (V M McPhail), Rotary Club of Petone, New Zealand Broadcasting Service (W M Yates), St Matthew's Collegiate School, Alex Lindsay String Foundation, Wellington Catholic Men's Luncheon Club (Barry O'Regan), and Manawatu Tramping Club. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "3" in a clear plastic sleeve with a note in pencil reading "Correspondence 1954-56" which is annoted in ink to read "To Earle R, 1953, Personal & Mountaineering". Split into two folders due to volume of material. Folder two of two. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, clippings Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1951-1956

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-28

Description: Contains inward personal and business correspondence to Harold Earle Riddiford between1951 and 1956. Subjects include mountaineering, finances, postage and customs, watches, and photography. Letters are mostly written from New Zealand, but some correspondents are in Nepal, India, Switzerland, Australia, and England. Correspondents include Ian Ogilvie Gibbs, Cliff Holdsworth, Harry J Stevenson, Cecil Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Marcel Kurz, Harry Ayres, W M Taylor, Richard Jackson, Noel Ewert Odell, Rolex, Archie (Scott, Aitken & Cox Stock and Share Brokers), Alan Forrest Reid, Cliff Holdsworth, Jim Thornton, Henry Genese, Peter Aufschnaiter, Frank Cook (Canberra Alpine Club), R W Lloyd (Himalayan Committee), and New Zealand Alpine Journal, Canterbury Mountaineering Club, and New Zealand Alpine Club. There are typescript copies of outward correspondence to John Farquhar Findlay regarding Antarctic Expedition. Also includes telegrams congratulating Riddiford and his wife Rosemary Riddiford on the occasion of their wedding in 1954. Also telegrams relating to other events, including mountaineering and travel. One telegram is from Riddiford's mother, Helen Josephine Tytherleigh Nicholl. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "3" in a clear plastic sleeve with a note in pencil reading "Correspondence 1954-56" which is annoted in ink to read "To Earle R, 1953, Personal & Mountaineering". Split into two folders due to volume of material. Folder one of two. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1950-1951

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-16

Description: Contains Harold Earle Riddiford's inward and outward correspondence regarding the New Zealand Himalayan Expedition. Includes holograph and typescript correspondence as well as some carbon copies and telegrams. Also contains memoranda, equipment lists and a food inventory, notes on phone calls, and expedition proposal documents (including expedition member descriptions). Dated largely in 1950, but also material from 1951. Correspondents include Harry Ayres, Norman Hardie, Edmund Percival Hillary, Wallace George Lowe, John Dobree Pascoe, Roland [?], Geoff (at Hermitage), Noel Ewart Odell, Jock Sim, Arthur Paul Harper, and Archie [Archibald James?] Scott. Companies corresponded with include Union Steam Ship Company. There is also correspondence with members of the Himalayan Club and New Zealand government officials and ministers. This latter group includes Robert Hunter Wade, Frederick Widdowson Doidge, William Alexander Bodkin, and Ronald Macmillan Algie. These include letters of introduction and the organisation of permits with the Indian Government. There is a copy of the ''Memorandum Re Proposed Himalayan Expedition'' which was handed to Doidge. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "1" in a file stamped "Bell & Taylor Barristers & Solicitors Christchurch" and labelled "1950-1951| General correspondence/telegrams + food inventories" in blue pen. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typsscript, carbon copies Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1950-1951

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-05

Description: Contains material relating to the negotiation of the New Zealand Himalayan Expedition 1951. Mainly contains typed duplicates of outward correspondence from Harold Earle Riddiford. Also some inward correspondence. Named correspondents include Harry Ayres, Norman David Hardie, Wallace George Lowe, G Milne, Edmund Percival Hillary, and Edmund Cotter. Also contains correspondence with government representatives Frederick Widdowson Doidge, W A Bodkin, and Robert Hunter Wade as well as an unnamed passport officer. One letter from Doidge regards the group’s unsuccessful request to gain permission to climb Mount Everest. Also includes outward correspondence to companies and suppliers of goods and equipment such as pemmican maker W Stevenson of Irvine, Stevenson, and St George Company Limited, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, and Bruce Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited. On the reverse side of one of the letters to the latter company there is a pencil sketch of a machine relating to the manufacture of wool products. Also contains a record of a conversation, a description of the party, and a list of main climbs made by party members between 1941 and 1950. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "1" in a plastic sleeve with note in blue ink describing the contents as "Typed letters 1950 Garhwal negotiations including letters to H. Ayres, N D Hardie, W. G. Lowe, G. Milne, E P Hillary & E. Cotter." Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1955 - 1958

From: Helm, Arthur Stanley, 1914-1998 : Papers relating to Ross Sea Committee and Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Reference: 73-132-14/03

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1956-1958

From: Helm, Arthur Stanley, 1914-1998 : Papers relating to Ross Sea Committee and Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Reference: 73-132-1/12

Description: Papers include financial statements, medical reports, and reports on numerous other expeditions Quantity: 1 folder(s).