Nathan, Simon, 1943-

Date: 28 Sep 2006

From: Recordings relating to National Library Gallery exhibitions, events and promotions

Reference: OHInt-0894-02

Description: Mary McEwen, ecologist, writer and editor, talks about Sir Charles Flemming, New Zealand geologist, ornithologist, conchologist, and conservationist. Mary, Charles Fleming's second daughter, is author of "Charles Fleming, environmental patriot : a biography" (Nelson, N.Z., Craig Potton Pub., 2005). Although Harold Wellman is mainly remembered for his discovery of the Alpine Fault, this was only one of his many contributions to New Zealand earth science. A talk by geologist Simon Nathan who has written a biography of Wellman [Harold Wellman : a man who moved New Zealand (Wellington, Victoria University Press, 2005)] and covers some aspects of his career. Other Titles - Talks by Mary McEwen and Simon Nathan Other Titles - Harold Wellman - the man who moved New Zealand Recorded by - Sound Conservation Venue - Recorded in the National Library Auditorium Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - powerpoint slideshow. 1 event(s). 44 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available Powerpoint slideshow OHDL-000163. Search dates: 1916 - 1909 - 2006

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967; Nathan, Simon, 1943-

Reference: PAColl-9969

Description: Stereoscopic photographic print of the gold mining town of Waiuta, West Coast, showing the township and Blackwater Mine's south shaft (top right) taken by Joseph Divis about 1920. Also a glasine sleeve labelled 'Jos. Divis Photographer Stereoscopic work a speciality'. Envelope printed about 1930 when Divis was trying to make a living as a photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Information about photograph and glasine envelope from a note provided by donor Simon Nathan and housed at PAColl-9969. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (Stereograph). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera (Glasine sleeve). Provenance: Donated by Simon Nathan, Wellington, 2012 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2054: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Research papers.

Date: [1950], 1969

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-38

Description: Completed work on the tertiary and cretaceous geology of Punakaiki sheet S37 for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; includes photographs, maps, tables etc Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Arrangement: Outsize accompanying papers at MSI-Papers-7919-01 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (case folder).

Date: [1950], 1969

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-39

Description: Completed work on the tertiary and cretaceous geology of Greymouth sheet S44 for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; includes photographs, maps, tables etc Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Arrangement: Outsize accompanying papers at fMS-Papers-7919-02 and MS0-Papers-7919; photograhs at 2003-374-40 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939 - 2011

From: Nathan, Simon, 1943- : Research papers

By: Mason, Brian Harold, 1917-2009

Reference: Series-5170

Description: Series comprises of research material compiled by Nathan for his edited memoir by Brian Mason `From mountains to meteorites' (2001). Includes an interview with Brian Mason about his geology career. Quantity: 9 folder(s). 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Interview(s).

Date: [ca 1964-2020]

By: Nathan, Simon, 1943-

Reference: ATL-Group-00516

Description: Collection of photographs taken by Simon Nathan between 1964 and 2020 on topics related to New Zealand. Includes images of geological fieldwork in some remote areas (including the Kermadec Islands and the Ross Dependency of Antarctica), and documentary images of geological events including the1968 Inangahua earthquake and 1974 Ngauruhoe eruption. Also includes a group portrait of delegates at the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research Photographers Conference, Nelson, 1972. The 35mm slides were digitised by Wellington Photographic Services. Descriptive text was supplied by Simon Nathan. Title supplied by Library. Some original slides were mislaid and only their electronic scan was delivered to the Library. Manuscript material donated by Simon Nathan is held at Library reference MS-Group-2054. Arrangement: All born digital photographs and digitised images were arranged by Simon Nathan into four groups according to topic or location, and delivered in four digital folders titled: 'SN West Coast', 'SN Antarctica', 'SN Kermadec Islands', and 'SN General images'. The digital files in each folder are identified by a prefix relating to the folder title: 'SNWC' 'SNANT', 'SNKE' and 'SNGE'. Each folder prefix is followed by a unique three digit running number. Where images on a closely related topic exist in a folder, these images are identified as a set by addition of an alphabetical suffix, for example SNWC-168a to SNWC-168g. The original slides have been annotated by Nathan with the file name for the matching digitised image. The original order of this arrangement has been preserved by the archivists where possible. All digital files and original slides have been organised by the archivists into four series to reflect the original digital folder groups. This collection comprises a selection made by Simon Nathan of his photographs which he has deemed appropriate for public use. The photographs were taken between 1964 and 2020 on a variety of cameras, however Simon Nathan intended all the photographs to be presented to the public as digital images. The original 35mm slide photographs have been included with the selection of digitised and born digital photographs as supplementary material. The images reflect his professional career as a geologist and his personal interests. Many photographs were taken on field trips around New Zealand and to Antarctica and the Kermadec Islands. Approximately half of the photographs were taken between 2004 and 2010 when he was contributing material to the Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand website. Quantity: 280 digital photograph(s). 112 colour original transparency/ies 35mm mounted slides. 130 electronic scan(s) of 35mm slide photographs. 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. Physical Description: Mounted slides and a mounted photographic print; digital photographs. Processing information: Not all names are indexed.

Date: [1950], 1969

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-44

Description: Completed work on the tertiary stratigraphy of sheet S12 (Karamea) with notes on the glaciation of North West Nelson for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; includes introductory note by Simon Nathan explaining why the bulletin was not published Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Arrangement: Outsize accompanying papers at MSI-Papers-7919-04 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1950], 1969, 1980

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-41

Description: Completed work on the tertiary and cretaceous geology of Kumara sheet S51 for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; includes photographs, maps, tables etc; also letter from Simon Nathan to Dr Hornibrook about the work Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Arrangement: Outsize accompanying papers at MSI-Papers-7919-02 and MSO-Papers-7919-2 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1950], 1969

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-43

Description: Completed work on the tertiary geology of Westport, sheets S23 and S24, for a New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin; includes photographs; also introductory note from Simon Nathan on why the bulletin wasn't published Accompanying material - Note from Simon Nathan (1969) explaining why this work was not published and how it was used in a later publication Arrangement: Maps, tables, diagrams etc at MSI-Papers-7919-03 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939-1967

By: Mason, Brian Harold, 1917-2009; Nathan, Simon, 1943-

Reference: PA-Group-00776

Description: Photographs showing New Zealand geological features taken in 1939, and images used to illustrate "From Mountains to Meteorites" by Brian Mason and Simon Nathan. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Photograph album pages, photographic prints, film transparency Provenance: Donated by Simon Nathan, Wellington, 2003

Date: 1937-1967

By: Wellman, Harold William (Professor), 1909-1999; Nathan, Simon, 1943-

Reference: PA-Group-00555

Description: Photographs of geological subjects, taken 1936-1950 by Harold Wellman. Includes photographs of a trip to Papua New Guinea 1937-1938. Negatives at 1/4-118730-F to 1/4-120088-F, and 1/4-124534-F and 1/4-124535-F. Other - Original negative envelopes and accompanying information are boxed in the PAColl sequence at PAColl-9649-4 and PAColl-9649-5. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1359 b&w original negative(s). 254 b&w original photographic print(s). 9 b&w proof sheets comprising 33 images. Provenance: Photographs had been given to donor by Wellman family for use in his research for his book and then to deposit with ATL.

Date: [ca 1935-1952, 1999]

By: Gage, Maxwell, 1913-2000; Nathan, Simon, 1943-

Reference: PA-Group-00189

Description: Photographs relating to Maxwell Gage's geological work predominantly in the South Island of New Zealand, ca 1935-1952 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - See Photographic Archive back file 'Gage, Maxwell' for typed catalogue of the collection by Simon Nathan, listing of the numerical sequence, annotated copy of 'A Geologist remembers: Recollections of fieldwork' by Gage and Nathan (1999), correspondence relating to the collection, list of photographs of the Reefton Goldfield Survey, copy of an article entitled 'To be a geologist' that includes some of Gage's photographs. Arrangement: Prints and negatives have been kept within the numerical sequence that was created by Maxwell Gage Quantity: 978 b&w original negative(s). 11 b&w copy negative(s). 612 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour original transparency/ies. 96 digital print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 5 b&w original negative(s) strips with 6 images. 104 kilobyte(s) (1 document). Physical Description: Negatives, photographic prints, transparencies, Word processing document Finding Aids: Catalogue of the collection based on Maxwell Gage's numerical sequence, drafted by Simon Nathan, available at PADL-000184 and a hard copy is in Photographic Archive back file. This list provides the title of each original negative and print envelope, thereby detailing the entire collection.. Provenance: Donated by Dr Simon Nathan, Wellington, 2008. Maxwell Gage had given the collection to Dr Nathan, who was writing a memoir of Gage.

Date: 2009

From: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Photographs of the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, Inangahua, Mount Ngauruhoe, and various New Zealand locations

Reference: PADL-001991

Description: Digital scan made in 2009 of a black and white photograph taken in November 1980 by Simon Nathan. Shows members of the 1980 Macauley Island expedition organised by NZ Wildlife Service. Back row, from left: Rowley Taylor, Duncan Cunningham, Brian Bell (leader), Ted Lloyd, Simon Nathan. Front row: Peter Hayden, unknown, Phil Moors, unknown. Descriptive text based on information supplied by Simon Nathan. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Files were delivered in a digital folder titled "SN Kermadec images". Quantity: 1 electronic scan(s). Processing information: Not all names indexed.

Date: March-June 2006

From: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Photographs of the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, Inangahua, Mount Ngauruhoe, and various New Zealand locations

Reference: PADL-001982

Description: Digital scan made between March and June 2006 of a colour transparency taken by Simon Nathan in November 1966. Group portrait of members of the 1966-67 southern New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) party, from left: Ross Chisholm, leader, Frank Schulte, geologist, Iain Stewart, field assistant, Simon Nathan, geologist. Descriptive text based on information supplied by Simon Nathan. Title supplied by photographer. Arrangement: File was delivered in a digital folder titled "SN Antarctica". Quantity: 1 electronic scan(s) of original slide.

Date: 10 November 2007

From: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Photographs of the Kermadec Islands, Antarctica, Inangahua, Mount Ngauruhoe, and various New Zealand locations

Reference: PADL-002073

Description: Group of geologists with the rock from Kicking Horse Pass. From left: Simon Nathan, Graeme Stevens, Ian Speden, Keith Lewis. Descriptive text supplied by Simon Nathan. Title supplied by photographer. Arrangement: File was delivered in a digital folder titled "SN General images". Quantity: 1 digital photograph(s). Processing information: Not all names are indexed.

Date: 1996-2003

By: Nathan, Simon, 1943-; Geological Society of New Zealand

Reference: OHColl-1085

Description: Comprises interviews with and about eminent New Zealand geologist Harold (Bill) Wellman. The bulk of the collection consists of interviews conducted by Simon Nathan and other research materials for Nathan's 2006 biography, 'Harold Wellman, a man who moved New Zealand'. Former colleagues, former students, Wellman's son, Peter, and wife Joan document Wellman's career and contribution to earth sciences. Many highlight the tracing (with Dick Willett) of the Alpine Fault and his theory of lateral land displacement that was later vindicated by plate tectonics. Interviewees discuss working, studying, and field trips with him at institutions including a Southland DSIR geophysics team, Canterbury University, Victoria University College, Wellington, DSIR Geological Survey Branch, BP Exploration Office, Gisborne, Department of Geology, Victoria University of Wellington. Some of the interviews were commissioned by the Geological Society of New Zealand. Interviewees: John Andrews, Hamish Campbell, Doug Campbell, David Christoffel, Jim Cole, Doug Coombs, Roger Cooper, James Crampton, Andy Duncan, Stephen Eagar, Frank Evison, Paul Froggatt, Ken Fink-Jensen, Jeremy Gibb, Roger Gregg, Rodney Grapes, Ted Hardy, Don Haw, Alan Hull, David Kear Russell Korsch, Simon Lamb, Chuck Landis, Gerald Lensen, Ted Lloyd, Brian Mason, Alex Malahoff, Bruce McFadgen, Vince Neall, Ian Reilly, Les Singh, David Smale, Euan Smith, Ian Speden, Tim Stern, Graeme Stevens, Dick Walcott, Bruce Waterhouse, Joan Wellman, and Peter Wellman. Collection also includes copies of the following interviews with Harold Wellman: by Jim Sullivan on 19 May 1974 for Sounds Historical Radio NZ programme; on the Ataka proposals for mining in the Greymouth Coalfield, 1974, by Gillian Woodward; and by Paul Finlay in 1989; as well as recordings of Wellman's Cotton Memoral Lecture at Victoria University, ca 1980, of Wellman's funeral in April 1999; and a copy of 'Golden Kiwi : Harold Wellman' played on National Radio 30 January 2000. Title supplied by Library. Harold Wellman oral history project by Hugo Manson available at OHColl-0016. Arrangement: Additional orignal recordings: OHC-019893 - OHC-019898. There is only a transcript, no tape for Don Haw. There is no tape or transcript for Roger Gregg. Quantity: 39 interview(s). 1 audiocassette(s). 7 C60 cassette(s). 37 C90 cassette(s). 31 Electronic document(s). 3 folder(s). 43 transcript(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - (A2008-002) See MS-Group-1241 and MS-Group-1655 for related materials. Search dates: 1996 - 2003 Number of interviews/events: 39