From Hokitika. Mountaineer with John Dobree Pascoe in the 1930s. Drew a map of the Three Pass Route from Hokitika to Arthur's Pass, via Browning Pass, Whitehorn Pass and Harman Pass. (See Pascoe Album III, PA1-o-408, p 3)
Boot, Leonard William, 1908-1998
Pascoe album 3
Date: [Between 1930 and 1935]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Wildey, Alexander, 1865-1953
Reference: PA1-o-408
Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps. They include views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names of people usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Landscapes too, are mostly fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. The album includes a map of the Rakaia-Mathias River area, drawn by E. Porter; a map of the "Three pass route" across the Southern Alps, drawn by Len Boot (p. 003); two extracts from the New Zealand Alpine Journal hand-written by J D Pascoe (from Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 209-210; and Vol. IV, no. 18, p. 213-214); and a photograph of a painting by A E Wildey, with caption "Artist's versin of Carrington Peak" (p. 028). Pages 89-94 show the preparations and work undertaken by a large rescue party involved in searching for two school teachers, B Robbins and H D Smith, who died while attempting to cross the Harman Pass, en route from Hokitika to the Bealey. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [247 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm
Pascoe album 1
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
Pascoe album 6
Date: [Between 1903 and 1935]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Westland, Charles J, active 1900s; Kitchingham, Frederick Arthur, 1885-1964; Mercer, James Cuthbert, 1886-1944; Atkinson, George Gordon, 1905-1982
Reference: PA1-o-411
Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly the Westland Region. They include groups of mountaineers; routes traversing difficult terrain; views of mountains, mountain ranges and glaciers; deer stalkers and their catch; campsites, both in tents, and in caves (including Wilkinson Cave, in which prospectors, trampers and mountaineers have sheltered); fording swollen rivers; and mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Album includes early photographs taken by C J Westland (1903), and a number of photographs taken by F A Kitchingham (1914). Particular trips taken include a new route from the Evans region to the Rakaia, discovered by J D Pascoe, Wyn Barnett and A P Thomson on 4th January 1933; the first traverse of the McKenzie Glacier, in rain (31st December 1932); and the first ascent of the McKenzie Col (31st December 1932). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [185 p]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm
Pascoe album 2
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
Notes on Charles Douglas' Field books, Hokitika by L W Boot
Date: 1954
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers
Reference: 75-241-022
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
New Zealand Alpine Club : Pt Southern Alps [map with ms annotations]. 1933
Date: 1933
From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand
By: New Zealand Geographic Board; Boot, Leonard William, 1908-1998
Reference: MapColl-NZGB-4/23/306/Acc.54992
Description: Topographical sketch map of part of the Southern Alps, traced from an Alpine Club Map, drawn by L Boot, 1933. Marked as "B". Manuscript annotations include pencil note "Copy in G. B. Records"; in red ink selected place names underlined, one point marked as unamed peak [sic], discreprencies between location of Mount Lambert and Mount Goethe indicated by arrows in comparison to New Zealand 4-mile sheet number 25. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Tracing of map on linen-paper, scale 1 mile to 1 inch, 32.5 x 31 cm
New Zealand Alpine Club : Map of Part Southern Alps [facsimile]. 1961
Date: 1933 - 1961
From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand
By: Boot, Leonard William, 1908-1998; New Zealand Alpine Club
Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/16/226/Acc.54912
Description: Topographical sketch map of part of the Southern Alps. Partial copy of a map prepared by the New Zealand Alpine Club, drawn and compiled by L W Boot in 1933 and revised by Boot in 1961. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photostat facsimile copy on paper, mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, scale 1 mile to 1 inch, 41 x 58 cm