Godley Glacier

Date: [Between 1920 and 1927]

From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps

Reference: PA1-f-074-015

Description: The Godley Glacier at its junction with the Maud and Grey Glaciers, with Mount Moffat hidden in cloud in the background, photographed during a mountaineering expedition in the 1920s by Edward Seymour Sutton-Turner. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - The Godley Glacier where it joins the Maud and Grey Glaciers. Mount Moffat in the clouds. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 157 x 215 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1850-1890

By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Moberly, Patricia, active 1990s

Reference: PA1-f-207

Description: Album probably compiled by the mountaineer and explorer, A P Harper. Harper was also probably the photographer for many of the prints, especially those of mountains and mountaineering. There are Harper and Ackland family photographs which include interior and exterior views and views of the garden, of Ilam, the family mansion in Christchurch. The other main group of photographs relate to A P Harper's activities as a mountaineer and explorer in the Fox and Franz Joseph glacier regions. Some of the climbers active in the Southern Alps during the 1880s and 1890s are depicted. W S Green and his two Swiss guides, and at least one photograph taken by Green during his unsuccessful attempt to reach the summit of Mount Cook in 1882. Fitgerald, Zurbriggen, Mannering, and Dixon were all men that Harper was associated with as a mountaineer. As an explorer he was associated with Charles Douglas, and there are photographs of Douglas, Leonard Cockayne the botanist, and John Roberts of the Westland district survey. There are also many photographs of the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and gorges of the Southern Alps. Some of the English photographs at the beginning of the album may be associated with A P Harper's brother Charles who became an Anglican priest. He may have been the C C Harper who was at Keble College and Cuddesdon theological college, Oxford. There are two interiors of "C C Harper's room at Keble College", and a number of photographs of family groups taken in the grounds of the vicarage at Patea where Charles Harper was vicar from 1894 to 1900. The album ends with A P Harper and his house at Thames, and more British photographs, in particular several pages of Jersey taken about 1897 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1879-1892

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9826

Description: Photographs of mountaineers, glaciers, mountains, lakes and rivers. Included are - Crossing the Hooker River by cable car (flying fox?). Percy Hawkins Johnson, W Low, J W Annan, George Edward Mannering, and Marmaduke J Dixon in the Murchison Valley, 1880. Irishman Rev William S Green and his two guides, Ulrich Kaufmann and Emil Boss, 1882. Mountaineers George Edward Mannering, Percy Hawkins Johnson and Mamaduke J Dixon photographed in 1889. Lake Pukaki, 1889. Tasman Glacier. Lake Tekapo. Hut in the Godley Valley. Mount Aorangi and the Hooker Glacier. Mount Aorangi seen from Ball spur. Panoramic View of mountains seen from Mount Sealy. Murchison glacier and river. Views of Aorangi, De la Beche Peak, and Tasman Glacier. Views of the Godley Glacier, 1892. Volynteers digging for Smith and Morrison in the avalanch of snow on the Rollesby Range, 28 August 1879. Quantity: 10 card mounts containing 33 images.

Date: [Between 1920 and 1927]

From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps

Reference: PA1-f-073-121

Description: The terminal face of Godley Glacier, photographed during a mountaineering expedition in the 1920s by Edward Seymour Sutton-Turner. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - The Terminal Face; Godley Glacier Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 131 x 214 mm mounted on album page

Date: [Between 1920 and 1927]

From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps

Reference: PA1-f-074-064

Description: A view down the Godley Glacier, showing its former level, photographed during a mountaineering expedition in the 1920s by Edward Seymour Sutton-Turner. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - The old level of the Godley Glacier. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 158 x 215 mm mounted on album page

Date: [Circa 1900s-1920s]

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

By: A G Wehrli & Company; Mannering, George Edward, 1862-1947

Reference: PAColl-0959-33

Description: Alpine views in the South Island and two views of rock formations in the North Island taken by G E Mannering. There are also four images of the Matterhorn in Switzerland, which were probably all taken by Wehrli AG, a photographic company between 1900 and 1924 (nos. 27, 32, 50 and 57). Images numbered 36, 41 and 47 show views from the Godley Riverbed, with the various mountains identified in pencil on the back. No. 7 shows clouds above Waiho with the note "The condensing power of mountains, Waiho". Several images look down to Bealey township from the top of the pipeline. Photograph 24 is probably of the helichrysum species. Several views show close-ups of glaciers, including ice pinnacles on the Franz Josef Glacier (no. 20); one of "hummocky ice" on the Godley Glacier (no. 37); Mannering's two young sons on the Franz Josef Glacier (no. 38); broken ice on Franz Josef Glacier (no. 39); a sand cone on the Tasman Glacier, with four women and three men in the backgound (no. 43); and the terminal glacier face (Franz Josef?). Image no. 25 has identification which reads "Organs - Sandstone cliffs on Mahaka (Mohaka?) River, Hawke's Bay. Image no. 34 shows Samuel Butler's cottage at Mesopotamia Station; and no. 56 probably shows the Cass Field Station. 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. Quantity: 58 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." Two photographs have been numbered 47, now changed to 47 and 47a (47a added to typescript inventory in pencil)..

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.

Date: [Circa 1913-1915]

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

By: Frind, Herbert Otto, 1887-1961

Reference: PAColl-0959-13

Description: Scenic photographs of the Southern Alps taken circa 1913-1914 by Herbert Otto Frind (H.O.F.). All the views are identified, seen from various sites including from the Murchison Glacier and neve; from Whataroa Pass; from Mt Acland; from the summit of Mt Mannering; from Mount Sydney King; from the Classen Saddle; from Richmond Peak; from the Ant-Hill; from Mount Hutton; from Hackel [i.e. Haeckel] Peak; and from Mount Conrad. Many of the named physical features are listed above in "places". On the verso of all the images the initials "H.O.F." is printed in the top left hand corner, with information about location printed along the lower edge. Quantity: 93 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.".

Date: [ca 1930]

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962

Reference: qMS-0063

Description: Describes the early history of the Akaroa settlement, and describes the Mackenzie Country and a mountaineering expedition around the Godley Valley Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (11 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm, red cloth)

Date: [Circa 1920s]

From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps

By: Driver, H (Mrs), active 1977; Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957

Reference: PA1-f-073

Description: Album of photographs taken by mountaineer and photographer Arthur Sutton-Turner, all related to the Southern Alps and all with good captions. People climbing with Sutton-Turner include Jack Lippe and T A Fletcher. A number of images relate to their journey towards the mountains, stopping at two sheep stations, the Richmond Station at Lake Tekapo, and Lilybank Station. At Lilybank, Sutton-Turner took a number of photographs of sheep being mustered from the High Country ready for shearing, and finally trucks being loaded with wool bales for sale in Fairlie. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown hessian cover; 29 x 43 cm

Date: [Circa 1920s]

From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps

By: Driver, H (Mrs), active 1977

Reference: PA1-f-074

Description: Album of photographs taken by mountaineer and photographer Arthur Sutton-Turner, all related to the Southern Alps and with good captions. People climbing with Sutton-Turner included W A Kennedy and T A Fletcher. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown hessian covers; 29 x 43 cm

Date: 1862 - 1864

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888

Reference: C-096-005

Description: Shows an exploring party traversing the glacier, with mountains in the background Illustration for lecture, Notes on the mountains and glaciers of the Canterbury Province, New Zealand, delivered by Julius von Haast, London, 1864 Inscriptions: Mount recto - Keith Johnstone Range; Mt Petermann; Mt Tyndall; Southern spurs Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 310 x 615 mm (Canterbury, N.Z., no. 5)

Date: 1862 - 1863

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: D-037-001

Description: Shows the Godley Glacier with a mountain range beyond. This painting is based on Julius von Haast's "From central moraine of the great Godley Glacier, 5 Mar 1862", at C-097-060. The mountains in the background include Mt Petermann (at right alone beyond the smooth surface of the Godley Glacier). The Keith Johnston Range is the longer ridge at centre left. These two are both identified on Haast's original watercolour sketch. From a map, the central peak can be identified as Mount Wolseley. Purchased by the Library as: "Mount Arrowsmith and the Pembroke Glacier, Southern Alps". However it is based on a Haast drawing on which the title is written: "From central terminal moraine of great Godley Glacier, 5 March 1862", together with labelling of Mt Petermann and the Seal[e]y Pass. Gully painted the work in 1863, the year after Haast's original drawing. Other Titles - Mount Arrowsmith and the Pembroke Glacier, Southern Alps Additional to, and part of the series of of twelve watercolours by Gully from Haast originals, C-096-001 to C-096-012, acquired by the Library from the Royal Geographical Society, 1974. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 393 x 614 mm (sight) Provenance: Previously sold at Watson's auction Christchurch, 15 July 2003, lot 235. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1939

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: PAColl-8550-12

Description: Photograph of a skier approaching a high camp at Godley Glacier, Canterbury, pulling a sledge behind him across the snow. Photograph taken in 1939 by C E Smith. Publication note - Department of Internal Affairs. 1939. `Making New Zealand' 1(10): 28 Caption - `Sledging into a high camp, Godley Glacier, Canterbury. Skiing in New Zealand is only beginning and great development lies ahead of this sport. Mountaineers are hampered in winter by soft snow. The intelligent use of skis could save much labour in winter ascents. The skier in this photograph is able to pull on a sledge a greater load than he could carry on his back.' Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Photo C-56 / Ex large to this / size 9" x 6 1/8"; Verso - bottom left - Original published caption: Above - Sleding into a high camp, Godley Glacier, Canterbury. Ski-ing in New Zealand is only beginning and great development lies ahead of this sport. Mountaineers are hampered in winter by soft snow. The intelligent use of skis could save much labour in winter ascents. The skier in this photograph is able to pull on a sledge a greater load than he could carry on his back.; Verso - bottom right - C E Smith Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.4 x 21.6 cm Provenance: Photograph by/from C E Smith for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40). Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 75. Mackenzie Co. Godley Glacier. 1939

Date: 1861 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-034

Description: Shows the high glacier up on the bare mountain slopes in the background. Grassy slopes converge in centre foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 183 x 251 mm.

Date: 1862

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

Reference: C-096-004

Description: An extensive view along the Godley River bed, towards the Southern Alps. Shows surveying party on horseback, and tents Illustration for lecture, Notes on the mountains and glaciers of the Canterbury Province, New Zealand, delivered by J. Haast 1864 Inscriptions: Mount verso - The Hector Range; Keith Johnstone Range; Signed: J Gully Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 265 x 574 (Canterbury, N.Z., no. 4)

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-061

Description: Extensive view of mountain range with some peaks named and heights of peaks indicated. Haast's field sketch and the original for John Gully's watercolour: Sources of Godley River (C-094-004) Image on reverse of sheet is: The great Tasman Glacier ... 16 April 1862 Reproduced in: Paul, Janet. "Twelve water colours of glaciers in the Province of Canterbury", 'Turnbull Library Record, volume 7, issue 2, October 1974, page 26. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 11. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour on wove paper 169 x 764 mm

Date: 1862

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: C-097-060

Description: Extensive view of the Southern Alps, with glaciers. Some peaks are identified, eg the Keith Johnstone Range, and Mount Petermann. Marked on the lower edge are the words "Sealey" and Stewarts Saddle"; these may refer to saddles (numbers 184 and 186 on drawing). Haast's field sketch Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour on wove paper 160 x 510 mm

Date: 1862

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-171

Description: Rough sketch of mountain peaks on the left, and a plan of the Classen and Godley Glaciers and their relationship to one another on the right On the verso of C-097-170 `Plan of terminal face of Tasman Glacier' Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, page 52. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 155 x 87 mm (irregular)