Mount Roon

Date: 1951

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

Reference: A-384-001-1/6

Description: Shows a view of the Franz Josef Glacier, the sunlit mountains beyond, and trees silhouetted in the foreground. Similar to the image at A-379-031. Quantity: 6 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Woodcuts on sheets, 230 x 290 mm.

Date: [Circa 1907-1911]

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

By: Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938

Reference: PAColl-0959-35

Description: Alpine views in the South Island, taken by Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann, circa 1907-1911. For information on mountaineering trips taken by Dr Teichelmann, see internet at http://ebenezerteichelmann.blogspot.com/2007/12/teichelmann.html. In 1911 he took an exploratory trip with Alec Graham and Jack Clarke to the head of the Wanganui River (Westland). Image no. 17 shows their camp in the Wanganui River Valley, and image no. 19 shows Alex Graham trying unsuccesfully to ford the Lambert River. The article also mentions that he took many pictures on this trip. Photographs include views of Franz Josef Glacier, Mount Tasman, Mount Cook and David's Dome, taken from Mount Roon; views of the trip taken with Alec Graham and Jack Clarke showing the Lambert River (tributary of the Wanganui), the Lambert Glacier and Mount Lambert; also the area of the Lord River, Mount Lord, the Lord Glacier and Lord Range with Mount Stoddart, Malcolm Peak, Newton Peak and Mount Tyndall. Several images show close-up views of serac ice and broken ice on the Fox Glacier. Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box (and printout of internet blog "The Official Ebenezer Teichelmann Blog, December 2007" posted by Bob McKerrow) held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [Circa 1910s-1930s]

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

By: Joachim, Mary Eleanor, 1874-1957; Theomin, Dorothy Michaelis, 1888-1966

Reference: PAColl-0959-37

Description: Alpine views in the South Island, taken by Miss Joachim (nos. 1-19) and Miss Theomin (nos. 20-50). There are two North Island views taken by Miss Joachim (Papakura Geyser (no. 2), and Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua (no. 9)). Included in this box is a two-page letter to "Mr. Kennedy" signed by Dorothy Theomin. She starts off "I am always so very [proud when you think any of my films are worth turning into slides that I feel the "kindness" is all on your side for the honour you do me in using them...". She also refers to Peter Graham, Mr. Chas. Buchanan and a Mrs. Bickerton. There are also two pages, partially in Miss Theomin's hand-writing, describing a few of her images, though the numbering system in these notes, the pencilled numbers (possibly given by W. A. Kennedy) and the numbers in the typescript inventory all differ from one another. Most of the places identified are listed above. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Mueller, Mildred Violet, -1969; Mueller, Gerhard, 1835-1918

Reference: B-113-019

Description: View from the face of Franz Josef Glacier. Mounts Roon and Moltke centre and right. Three Europeans close to the ice cave at the mouth of the Waiho River in the glacier; two Maori figures in the foreground, left Other Titles - Franz Josef Glacier. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 254 x 415 mm Provenance: Originally owned by surveyor and mountaineer Gerhard Mueller and shown at the 1906 Christchurch International Exhibition. 'Two fine little watercolours by the late Sir William Fox lent by Mr Gerhard Mueller of Auckland' according to the official record of the exhibition, p. 211