Porter, Harold Edward Lionel, 1886-1973

Porter, Ned, 1886-1973

A British climber; was living in Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, in 1958-1961. He climbed in New Zealand over 8 seasons, the first year here being 1923. In 1926-27 he made his greatest achievement when accompanied by Marcel Kurz he made a traverse of Mount Tasman, an outstandingly difficult ice peak. He taught new techniques to NZ mountaineers who accompanied him, ascended almost every important peak in the Southern Alps, many several times and by different routes. While in New Zealand he married Doris Barker, the sister of NZ mountaineer Clive Barker. Took photographs in the Southern Alps in the 1920s. See internet article: http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1974_files/AJ 1974 279-286 In Memoriam.pdf

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Pascoe album 5

Date: [Between 1910s and 1930s]

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

By: Adamson, Jack, 1866-1951; Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Cain, Conrad, active 1910s; Kent, T R, active 1930s; Lysons, Markham Carthew, 1907-1944; Mitchell, John Wesley, 1884-1954; Nanson, Gerald Leighton, 1907?-; Odell, Robert Sidney, 1908-1992; Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976; Porter, Harold Edward Lionel, 1886-1973; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Snowden, Andrew Craig, 1897-1981; Syme, Roderick, 1900-1994; Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938; Thompson, A F, active 1939

Reference: PA1-o-410

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; routes traversing difficult slopes; views of mountains, mountain ranges and glaciers; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. A number of images in this album have no captions, but some have been identified as having been taken by, or of, Jack Adamson in the late 1890s and possibly up to the early 1910s. A number of postcard images by F G Radcliffe are included. Other photographers and subjects include early mountaineers Kate Gardiner, Mrs Thompson, and there is one image of mountain guide Darby Thomson (who died in an avalanche on the Linda Glacier in 1914). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [197 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

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Alpine scenes [taken by] Kurz

Date: [Circa 1910s-1930s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Barker, Clive Studholme, 1899-1994; Frazer, William D, active 1920s-1940s; Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961; Graham, Elizabeth Muriel, -1957; Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942; Kurz, Marcel, 1887-1967; Mannering, George Edward, 1862-1947; Porter, Harold Edward Lionel, 1886-1973; Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938

Reference: PAColl-0959-34

Description: Alpine views in the South Island, many apparently taken by Marcel Kurz (according the the title on the box), though none have the name Kurz noted. However other photographers are named on the back of many of the photographs including Ebenezer Teichelmann (no. 1); W.D. Frazer (nos. 18-20, 48-58); H.O.F. (Herbert Otto Frind) (nos. 21-26, 40-45); Leslie Hinge (no. 47); H.E.L. Porter (nos. 59-65); Mrs P. Graham (Elizabeth Muriel Graham) (no. 66); C. Barker (no. 67); ? Lewthwaite (nos. 71-72, 75-76); and G.E. Mannering (nos. 77-81, 85-89). Nos. 1-11 show scenes on the route to Alex Knob, with the Franz Josef Glacier and the Divide at its head, and the Waiho Valley; nos. 27-39 are en route to, and views from, Torres Peak; and nos. 40-44 are views from Mt Thomson. Photograph number 47 shows seven guides with a coiled climbing rope and two crossed ice picks in front. The guides are not identified on the image, but are identified from comparison with image at (1/2-035265-G). They are (back row from left) Alf Cowling, Jock Richmond, Jack Lippe, Charlie Milne and Frank Milne; (front row) Darby Thomson and Peter Graham. According to this copy of the photograph it was taken by [Leslie] Hinge. There are a large number of images of native alpine plants, some of which are unidentified. Many have the name of W D Frazer as photographer. (The plant images are nos. 13-17, 51, 53, 55, 57, 67-76, 87). Identified names are listed in the subject field above. Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 94 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.".

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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..

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Alpine photographs

Date: [Circa 1909-1930s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961; Kurz, Marcel, 1887-1967; Porter, Harold Edward Lionel, 1886-1973; Vollmann, F W (Dr), active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-0959-19

Description: Alpine views, chiefly taken by Harold (Ned) Porter, circa 1923 to 1927. The first two photographs were taken by Swiss guide Marcel Kurz who accompanied Porter. Interspersed with Porter's photographs are a few taken by Dr F W Vollmann, a German archaeologist who spent some time in 1909 climbing in the Southern Alps. The last photograph (no. 157) was taken by H O Frind. Inserted between photographs nos 075 and 076 is a slip with hand-drawn map of the Bonar Glacier Plain showing climbing routes, the Matukituki River and Saddle, Mounts Bevan and Joffre, and positions of campsites used (by Porter?). A number of images show unidentified mountaineers. Most of the photographs are collected in sequences wrapped in paper folders. They are as follows: 1: Aspiring trip (nos. 001-025). 2: From David's Dome (nos. 026-034; including a route marked on no. 027). 3: From Conway (nos. 035-041). 4: From the Malte Brun Range (nos. 042-046). 5: From West Coast Flats (nos. 047-050). 6: National Park (nos. 051-054). 7: From about Newton Pass (nos. 055-061). 8: From Minarets (no. 062). 9: From Elie de Beaumont (nos. 063-065). 10: From the Fox Range (nos. 066-067). 11: From Chancellor Ridge, Fox neve (nos. 068-070). 12: From Mt. Haast (nos. 071-074). 13: [9 loose photographs] (nos. 075-083). 14: From De La Beche (nos. 084-093). 15: From summit of Cook (nos. 086-087). 16: From Glacier Peak (nos. 088-093). 17: From the col between Haast and Lendenfeld (no. 094). 18: From Tasman, Silberhorn & Teichelmann (nos. 095-105). 19: [8 loose photographs] (nos. 106-113). 20: From Green & Walter [Peaks] (nos. 114-126). 21: From about the Hooker bivvy [bivouac] (nos. 127-131). 22: From Walter Peak (nos. 132-135). 23: [3 loose photographs] (nos. 136-138). 24: From Franz Josef Glacier (no. 139). 25: [8 loose photographs] (nos. 140-147). 26: From the Sealy Range (nos. 148-153). 27: From Footstool (nos. 154-156). 28: [1 loose photograph] (no. 157). Many of the places shown are listed above, most images having detailed identification in pencil on the back. Photographs have been numbered following the sequence as they appeared in the box, but there are a number of images which appear in two or more separate folders. Quantity: 157 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints.