Lava - Samoa

Date: [Between 1905 and 1936]

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Crown Studios (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-445

Description: Photographs of Samoa taken between 1905 and 1936, some taken by Samoan photographer Alfred James Tattersall, many by unidentified photographers. One photograph is not related to the rest, showing two young women flautists from Highcliff School, Dunedin, winners of a Dunedin competition in 1918 (P 90) The earliest ones, taken in 1905, show the damage caused by a volcanic eruption, and show lava pouring into the sea. The rest of the images are related to Donald Alexander John Rutherford, headmaster at Ifi Ifi School (Leififi School) from 1919, becoming Superintendent of Schools from 1923 to 1936. There are many scenes which include his family, with his wife and four children (including Alexander Mathieson Rutherford). Many of the scenes show school activities, including the ceremonies surrounding the opening of the new school at Avele; the schools at Malifa, at Ifi Ifi, Poutasi, Aleipata and other districts; sports teams; school parades, including boy scouts linked with the schools; and groups of teachers, both European and Samoan. General views of Samoa include the construction of a fale, the interior of a fale; fishing; cocoa beans and their harvesting and drying; copra industry, with Solomon Island workers; and sowing cotton seed. Several images show the celebrations for George V's birthday; school breakup feasts; and the farewell flotilla of canoes when the Rutherford family left Samoa in 1936. Social activities of the Europeans in Samoa include tennis, large groups of bowlers, and garden parties at Vailima, the Governor's residence. Inscriptions: Album page - "The Rutherford Family, November 30th 1936 ... Sae-Tupe" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm

Date: [Circa 1930s]

By: Williams, Percy N, active 1930s; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PA1-o-535

Description: Photograph album compiled by Percy N Williams who was Chief Clerk in the Public Works Department in Western Samoa ca 1930-1935. Includes photographs of village scenes, and construction projects, some of which were taken by A J Tattersall (photographers). Scenes of road construction show rolling coral, and a bitumen heater; there are also views of dam construction; and construction of school buildings at Vaipouli. Two images show a huge log labelled "External Affairs, No. 1, Wellington, NZ" There are two views of a tombstone commemorating Anthony Kolar who died on November 29, 1929 (cabin boy on the yacht "Carnegie") Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album covered with tapa cloth; 26.5 x 30.5 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs B J Morris, Wellington, 1980

Date: 1905

From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PAColl-3062-1-05

Description: Steam plumes from hot lava flowing into the sea, Savai'i, photographed by Alfred John Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1905

From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PAColl-3062-2-05

Description: Remains of a cement or concrete house embedded in lava from the eruption of Matavanu volcano, Savai'i, Samoa, photographed by Alfred John Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1905

From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PAColl-3062-3-05

Description: London Missionary Society church in Samoa, damaged by lava from the 1905 eruption of Matavanu volcano. Photograph taken by Alfred John Tattersall. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1905

From: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Photographs of Samoa

Reference: PAColl-3062-3-13

Description: Steam plums from molten lava flowing into the sea during the eruption of the Matavanu volcano, Savai'i, 1905. Photohraphed by Alfred John Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1905

From: Gleeson, Francis Joseph 1908-1993 :Album of photographs of the Mau uprising, Western Samoa, 1930

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PA1-o-795-46

Description: Steam plumes rising from lava entering the sea. The 1905-1911 eruption of the Matavanu volcano photographed by Alfred James Tattersall Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).