Arthur's Pass National Park

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Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :Looking across Crow Flat, into the Crow Valley, Arthur's Pass ...

Date: 1970 - 1995 - 1980

From: Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :[Red beech writing. Illustrations. 1970-1984].

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-023

Description: Illustration to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Shows river flat, amonst high hills in background. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 220 x 280 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

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Nichols, J K album

Date: 1931-1932

By: Nichols, James Keith, 1909-1972

Reference: PA1-o-392

Description: Photographs taken by James Keith Nichols on tramping trips in the Arthur's Pass National Park, Easter 1931, and Easter 1932. Views include the Waimakariri River, Arthur's Pass, Harman Pass and Whitehorn Pass. They show scenes of scree slopes, glaciers, mountain huts, groups of trampers (none of whom are identified) and keas. Inscriptions: Album page - "J.K. Nichols, Census & Statistics Office, 39 The Terrace, Wellington" (Inside front cover).; Album page - "Climbs in Arthur's Pass National Park. Photos taken up Waimakariri R. & Arthur's Pass, Harman Pass & Whitehorn Pass. Easter 1931. Easter 1932" (Page 1). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, green spine; `Everyday reporter's note book'; 12.5 x 20.0 cm

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Arthur's Pass National Park - Management plan

Date: 1976

From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 : Papers

Reference: 87-208-648

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

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Correspondence - Mount Aspiring, Fiordland, Arthurs Pass National Parks

Date: 1974-1980

From: Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (Inc): Records

Reference: 93-304-4/05

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Printed matter relating to Arthur's Pass Natioinal Park

Date: [197-]

From: Thom, David Alan, 1924- : Papers

Reference: 2005-086-166

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

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[Ephemera of octavo size relating to walks in the Lewis Pass area. 1980-1999]

Date: 1980-1999

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to marked walks, trails, tracks and walkways]

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: Eph-A-WALKS-Lewis-Pass-1980/1999

Description: Pamphlets for: New Zealand. Department of Lands & Survey. Tarn nature walk, Lewis Pass National Reserve. 1985 (2 copies) New Zealand. Department of Lands & Survey. St James Walkway. ca 1982 New Zealand Treks. High country walks: Lewis Pass walk; Arthurs Pass trek. 1988/89 programme New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey. Lewis Pass Region; guide to tracks and walks [1984?] (2 copies) Related material may be housed at subject locations: PARKS (subdivided by place), TOURISM (subdivided by place) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

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McComb transparencies one

Date: [ca 1955]

From: McComb, Kevin James, 1932-2012: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-11488

Description: Transparency slides showing South Island scenes taken by Kevin James McComb, circa 1955, while on a road trip around New Zealand. Scenes in cities and towns show cable car advertising “DCT Mornington” on a Dunedin street outside a National Party office; view of Port Chalmers and Otago Harbour; a Donald Duck statue on the awning of T & J Thomson Ltd and a view of Caroline Bay, Timaru; lake and parked cars, Wanaka; Lyttelton with port in foreground; swimmers and sunbathers on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown; an unidentified woman pushing a child in a pram across a bridge over the Avon River, Christchurch as well as another image of seagulls on the riverbank; Picton, Marlborough Sounds, seen from wharf. Scenes relating to roads show Arthur's Pass, with views of river and road; cars outside Homer Tunnel; driver warning signs at start of Skippers Saddle Road; the road leading to Sumner; and tunnels marked “In” and “Out” at Ohau Bluff on Christchurch to Blenheim Road. Other images show a billboard advertising a Manapouri-Doubtful Sound tour boat [tourist?] on Lake Manapouri; the floodgates Lake Pukaki; girls from Hukarere Girls’ College in school uniform at Franz-Josef motor camp; a government hostel building at Milford Sound; and Jim Docking and Phil Webster on tarmac with New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) plane being loaded behind them. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour film phototransparencies in card mounts

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South Island holidays

Date: 1978. 1985

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8546

Description: South Island trip of February 1978 includes - Okarito Lagoon. Hokitika Gorge. Margaret's Tarn, Arthurs Pass. Upper bealey River and Mount Rolleston. Waimakariri River and Turkey Flat. Lake Brunner. South Island trip of 1985 begins with unidentified mountains and river torrents. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

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Keir, William James, 1938- : Mountain memoirs

Date: 2016

By: Keir, William James, 1938-

Reference: MS-Papers-12175

Description: Folder comprises a paper print-out of Bill Keir's illustrated reminiscences `Mountain memoirs'. The manuscript is in typescript form and includes copies of scanned photographs in the text. The work recounts Keir's experiences of mountain climbing in New Zealand and abroad. These recollections are based on diaries Keir kept on these adventures. Climbs and climbing locations described include: - Mount Ruapehu (1948-2014) - Hopkins Valley (1958) - Arthur's Pass (1958) - Mount Aspiring region (1959, 1960) - Mount Hooker (1959) - Mount Rolleston (1959) - Matukituki Valley (1959 onwards) - Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (1960) - Fiordland (1962) - Malte Brun (1967) and many more. It also describes travels and climbs in Europe, including Scotland, the Lakes District, Wales, the Bernina Alps of Switzerland, Mont Blanc Range and Matterhorn in 1962. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Loose-leaf typescript manuscript (computer print-out) with scanned photographic illustrations.

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Photographic prints of people, landscapes, and ships

Date: 1910s-1950s

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; Kinsey's Studio; Clark, Charles Troughton, 1890-1973; Cowan, James, 1870-1943

Reference: PAColl-10460-01

Description: Photographs of people, landscapes, seascapes and ships, taken by various photographers including C. Troughton Clark, James Cowan, Roy Cowan, between circa 1900 and 1950s. Comprises: - A studio portrait of an unknown Māori woman dressed in a kākahu (feather cloak) with feathers in her hair. Processed by C. Troughton Clark of Rotorua. - A studio portrait of Major Mair (William Gilbert[?]) circa 1910s, taken by Kinsey of Wellington. - An image of three girls doing an activity with metal objects, circa 1950s. - An image of rata flowers, possibly taken by James Cowan on 6 January 1928. - An image of a river and surrounding landscape with trees. - An image of a Waimakariri River valley, taken by J R Cowan (also known as Roy Cowan). - An image of trees with a mountain backdrop, in the Arthurs Pass area, taken by J R Cowan. - An image of a cannon (described as a "muzzle-loader") on Mount Victoria in Wellington, taken by J R Cowan. - Thirteen images of various ships (includes photographs of drawings, paintings or model ships). The named ships include the 'Sir George Grey', HMS 'Eclipse', 'Loch Garve', HMS 'Castor', 'Charlotte Jane', 'Kent', 'Resolution', 'Adventure', HMS 'North Star', and 'Sunny South'. Some of these prints were processed by Hanna of Auckland. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s) Silver gelatin prints. Physical Description: Twenty-three black & white photographic prints. Transfers: These photographs were originally with the manuscript material now in MS-Papers-11946-134..

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Photographs relating to Henry Stowell

Date: 1925-1936

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006; S P Andrew Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10460-14

Description: Comprises mainly photographs of Sir James Carroll and other people. The subjects include Henry Stowell, Te Kai Rakau (Sir James Carroll's uncle), a photograph of the Lindauer painting of Heta Te Haara of Ngāpuhi, Sir Robert Stout. Photographers include S P Andrew. Also an image of the landscape at Arthur's Pass possibly showing Mount Rolleston, with a tarn in the foreground, taken by Roy Cowan in 1936; and an image of a young Māori woman asleep in the porch of a small thatched whare. The annotations on the back include "Hohepa" "Hare Te Heihei" and "Te Moeroa". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Survey of Arthur's Pass National Park

Date: 1942

From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12211-029

Description: Survey compiled by Helen Butler (Brew) while at Christchurch Teachers Training College. Includes photographs, illustrations, and diagrams. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript. Includes original photographs, cuttings and original sketches and diagrams, Binding of cover has unusual metal rings.

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[Ephemera of octavo size relating to Arthur's Pass National Park. 1900s]

Date: 1960-1999

By: New Zealand. Arthur's Pass National Park Board

Reference: Eph-A-PARK-Arthurs-Pass-1900s

Description: Includes: 1960: Arthur's Pass National Park. [1960]. Card Arthur's Pass National Park. Bridal Veil nature walk [Booklet. 1960s] Arthur's Pass National Park. Bridal Veil nature walk [Booklet pre July 1967 - price is 6 shillings] (2 copies) Walks in the Bealey and Otira Valleys [pre 1965] (2 copies) 1963: Arthur's Pass National Park. Dobson nature walk [1983] 1970: Arthur's Pass National Park. Pamphlet showing illustration of stone monument [ca 1970]. (2 copies) 1981: Arthur's Pass National Park. Route guide series. Covering pamphlet plus guide numbers 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11 [1981] 1983: Arthur's Pass National Park. Summer programme 1983-1984 1984: Arthur's Pass National Park. Day walks [1984?] Arthur's Pass National Park. Information. 1984 Arthur's Pass National Park. Summer programme 1984-1985 1985: Arthur's Pass National Park. Day walks [1985] (2 copies) Arthur's Pass National Park. Information. 1985 (2 copies) 1994: Arthur's Pass National Park. Route guide series numbers 3, 6, 10 [1994] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

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[Ephemera of octavo size relating to walks in the Lewis Pass area. 1980-1999]

Date: 1980-1999

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to marked walks, trails, tracks and walkways]

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: Eph-A-WALKS-Lewis-Pass-1900s

Description: Pamphlets for: New Zealand. Department of Lands & Survey. Tarn nature walk, Lewis Pass National Reserve. 1985 (2 copies) New Zealand. Department of Lands & Survey. St James Walkway. ca 1982 New Zealand Treks. High country walks: Lewis Pass walk; Arthurs Pass trek. 1988/89 programme New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey. Lewis Pass Region; guide to tracks and walks [1984?] (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

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