Vailima

Date: 1922-1936

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

Reference: PA1-o-448

Description: Photographs of Samoa, related to the period when Donald Alexander john Rutherford was a teacher, and then Superintendent of Schools in Samoa, between 1922 and 1936. Inside the front cover is a list of names of over a hundred native Samoan teachers who trained in Western Samoa during that period. There are group portraits of members of staff in the Samoan Education Department, teachers, students, sports teams; groups of boy scouts on parade; and one of a group attending the Conference on the Education of Native Races in the Pacific held in Honolulu in 1936. Several images show local and visiting dignitaries, including the Duke of Gloucester, Sir Herbert Hart, General Richardson, and Lord Bledisloe; and the visit to Samoa of a group of New Zealand teachers. Many of the images relate directly to the farewell ceremonies held at the departure from Samoa of Donald Alexander John Rutherford and his family in 1936. They include images of his home and personal servants. Inscriptions: Album page - "Staff of Native Teachers, Western Samoa, 1922-1936" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth; 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [between 1890 and 1894]

From: Lands and Survey Department: Photographs taken by Alfred James Tattersall relating to Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa

Reference: 1/2-002525-F

Description: Robert Louis Stevenson (back row, 4th from left) with family, and servants, at the house "Vailima", at Vailima, Samoa. Taken between 1890-1894. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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: 1893-1917

By: Cox, Rosemary N, active 1990s; Cox, John, active 1990s

Reference: PAColl-5959

Description: Arrangement: Copy negagatives at 1/2-180619-F - 1/2-180625-F Quantity: 7 colour copy photographic print(s). 7 colour copy negative(s).

Date: [ca 1949-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9769

Description: Contains photographs relating to Guy Powles' time as High Commissioner of Western Samoa. Includes: photographs of a ship preparing in Wellington Harbour in the late 1940s; photographs of coming ashore by longboat in Samoa; photographs of a welcome ceremony in Samoa; photographs of a large number of unidentified ceremonies in Samoa, including many people in costumes; photographs of chiefly Samoans, including paramount chief Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole; photographs of Samoan men and women in formal and everyday situations; portraits of Samoan children; photographs of Samoan buildings and villages; photographs of rivers, waterfalls and seascapes; photographs of official occasions and ceremonies relating to a visit to Samoa by the Governor General of New Zealand, Sir Willoughby Norrie; formal portraits of Guy and Eileen Powles. May also contain Powles family photographs unrelated to their time in Samoa Quantity: 215 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: ca1923-ca1927

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

Reference: PA1-o-446

Description: Photographs of Samoa taken during the 1920s by unidentified photographers. Images include scenes of Samoan ceremonies, including the presentation of Fine Mats at Mulinu'u; an investiture; Anzac Day, placing wreaths on the graves of soldiers who died in samoa; scenes of the Faipule (this image with the inscription "Faipule. Samoan Parliament"); ceremonial welcoming canoes; Sir Charles Fergusson, and General George Spafford Richardson; and scenes at various schools, including group portraits of pupils and staff, and sporting teams. Another sequence shows the damage which occurred during a hurricane in 1925, including the grounding of the ship Lady Roberts, and destruction of plantations and buildings. Two photographs have an additional historical note: On page 72: "Visit to native village. `Historical photo. This indicates the rising of the organisation of the "Mau". General Richardson visits the biggest villages. Note the poor attendance and the disturbed countenance of the Chief'. General Richardson and party listening to the orator's speech" and, on page 77 "Visit of General Richardson to the village of Lufi Lufi (Note the poor attendance. General Richardson's disappointment)". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, dark green cloth spine; 26 x 31 cm

Date: [ca 1893]

From: Lands and Survey Department: Photographs taken by Alfred James Tattersall relating to Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa

Reference: 1/2-002524-F

Description: Robert Louis Stevenson with Tuimalealufano and friends at Vailima, Samoa, circa 1893. Photograph taken by Alfred John Tattersall. The National Portrait Gallery (UK) has identified the four men as (Samuel) Lloyd Osbourne; Charles, Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Tuimalealhfano https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw175175 (retrieved March 2021) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative

Date: [1894-1901

By: Eeles, Charles Gerald Sheperd, active 1890s-1900s

Reference: MS-Papers-6514

Description: Comprises photocopies of a paper on Robert Louis Stevenson given by Eeles to the Stoke Library Society in 1901, with transcript by Mr Cox which describes his first meeting with Stevenson in 1892, his feelings about him, their friendship, aspects of the Stevenson family home and of Samoan life; `A Letter to Mr Stevenson's friends' by Lloyd Osbourne, private circulation (1894); a song by Stevenson at Vailima, played and sung by Teuila; a letter to Dorothy from Vailima (1893); song, `Balaklava charge' (1894); and report of Stevenson's death Language - Some hymns used in the `Letter to Mr Stevenson's friends' by Osbourne are in Samoan Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also qMS-1894 for notes on life in Samoa by Robert Louis Stevenson Relationship complexity - Photograph material relating to this accession is held in the Photographic Archive. Eeles was navigating lieutenant on the `Curacoa' which visited Samoa in 1892; he met Robert Louis Stevenson and maintained the connection as well as collecting material about him Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (photocopies)

Date: [1920s]

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

By: Armstrong, Charles Clark, -1946

Reference: PA1-o-447

Description: Photographs of Samoa, taken by unidentified photographers, most with no description. Identification for many of them from comparison with Rutherford albums 1 & 2 (PA1-o-445, PA1-o-446). One photograph, taken circa 1890s, taken in Dunedin by Armstrong Photographers, shows the Riddell family with Bessie and James Mathieson (grandparents of Donald Alexander John Rutherford?) Samoan scenes include damage caused by a hurricane in 1925; celebrations for Lord and Lady Bledisloe, with General Herbert Hart and his wife, and George Frederick Hufnagel-Betham. Schools shown include the London Missionary Society Boys' High School at Malua, Ifi Ifi School, Vaipouli School, the Apia Technical School, Avele School and Malifa School. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm

Date: 1921

From: Tate, Robert Ward, 1864-1933 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Tate, Robert Ward, 1864-1938

Reference: PA1-o-489

Description: Snapshots of Samoa, taken by an unidentified photographer. Minimal information in captions, with people named with only Christian names or surnames. There are several views of Villa Vailima, the home of Robert Louis Stevenson Some images show places like Rutherford's Fall, and Stevenson's Pool; also one of a group of men and women in "The Birdcage". Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Softbound with light brownish grey cover, entitled "Photo Snaps"; 15.5 x 18.0 cm

Date: 1895 - 1904

From: Strong, Austin, 1881-1952 :[Sketchbooks. ca 1895-1904]

Reference: E-778

Description: Notebook possibly made on a voyage, includes portrait sketches, sketches of sailing ships, a parrot, a lamp and two figures sketching with the parrot and lamp nearby. There is also a page entitled "Vailima", showing portrait profiles of RLS (Robert Louis Stevenson), LO (Lloyd Osbourne), MRLS (Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Osbourne), IS (Isobel Strong nee Osbourne), MIS (Mrs Isobel Strong?) and a bearded baby at the lower centre. There is a sketch of "Bron" and of a "lawyer on board, a very nice fellow. He was a[n] ambassador for something he ..." Also includes a sonnet (beginning "Thou now familiar english semes my turn / Thee, learned Wilson, still I fear to face / Just terror of the younger student race ...") and a short poem entitled "Where is my wife?": "If you don't come tonight / I shall go insane outright / Already more than halfway mad / I'll go entirely to the bad". Also accompanied by a printout of the article form "Historic Nantucket, vol 51, no 1 (Winter 2002) pages 5-9, retireved on 25 March 2009 from http://www.nha.org/history/hn/HN-theroux-strong.htm Other Titles - Louis Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings and handwriting in hardcovered notebook, 135 x 190 mm.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Lands and Survey Department: Photographs taken by Alfred James Tattersall relating to Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: 1/2-002519-F

Description: "Vailima", the home of Robert Louis Stevenson at Vailima, Samoa, circa 1890. Photograph taken by Thomas Andrew. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - "Vailima" - Andrew - Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: February 1935

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

Reference: PA1-o-448-40-4

Description: Photographed taken 1935 by an unidentified photographer. Shows Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester and a group of white uniformed military men and three European women photographed on the veranda of Vailima, Western Samoa. Group identified, seated from left to right; Helen McCarthy; Herbert Hart; Prince Henry; Minnie Hart; Major-General Richard Howard-Vyse. Standing: Captain Derek Schreiber; Captain A. Curtis; Bettina Hart; Captain Howard Kerr; Captain Monty Fairbrother. Source: Similar photograph - Hart, Minne Alma, Eleanor. "Official party, Duke of Gloucester at 'Vailima', Samoa : digital image". Wairarapa Archive, 14-183/10. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Description updated 28 June 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: February 1935

From: Hart, Herbert Ernest (Sir), 1882-1968 :Photographs of hunting, overseas travel, and Samoa

Reference: PAColl-4197-1-01

Description: Group in Samoa, February 1935. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Shows Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester and a group of white uniformed military men and three European women photographed on the veranda of Vailima, Western Samoa. Group identified, seated from left to right; Helen McCarthy; Herbert Hart; Prince Henry; Minnie Hart; Major-General Richard Howard-Vyse. Standing: Captain Derek Schreiber; Captain A. Curtis; Bettina Hart; Captain Howard Kerr; Captain Monty Fairbrother. Source: Similar photograph - Hart, Minne Alma, Eleanor. "Official party, Duke of Gloucester at 'Vailima', Samoa : digital image". Wairarapa Archive, 14-183/10. Title supplied by Library. From 1931-1935 Hart was administrator of New Zealand government's League of Nations mandate in Western Samoa. (Information from the the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume 3 (1901-1920), 1996, H9) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.1 x 20.9 cm, mounted on to card Processing information: Description updated 28 June 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: 1924

From: Tate, Robert Ward, 1864-1933 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0085-017

Description: General George Spafford Richardson, New Zealand Resident Commissioner for Western Samoa and H J Moors standing on the steps of Vailima, the official government residence. Photographed on the 26th of September, 1924, by Alfred James Tattersall. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1900s

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

Reference: PAColl-3799-05

Description: Comprises an image of the Solfs on the verandah of a large wooden house, with four Samoan men in uniforms. Mrs Solf has a baby on her knee (probably their daughter Lagi). Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Samoa; Dr & Mrs Solf at Vailima Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19 x 24 cm

From: Lands and Survey Department: Photographs taken by Alfred James Tattersall relating to Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa

Reference: 1/2-002517-F

Description: People seated around a feast which is laid out on a verandah at Robert Louis Stevenson's House, Vailima, Samoa. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1951

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-824-02

Description: Villa Vailema and its grounds, residence of the New Zealand administrator, Vailema Village, Samoa. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1951. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 19.8 x 16.5 cm

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

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

Reference: PA1-o-445-027

Description: Basketball game at a garden party at the Governor's residence, Vailima, Western Samoa, taken in the 1920s by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Vailima, Governor's residence, garden party, basket ball Until ca 1970, the sport now known as netball was known in New Zealand and the Pacific as basketball, or women's basketball. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.2 x 15.2 cm, mounted on album page

Date: [between 1889 and 1894]

From: Lands and Survey Department: Photographs taken by Alfred James Tattersall relating to Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa

Reference: 1/2-002523-F

Description: Robert Louis Stevenson with Tuimalealufano at Vailima, Samoa. Photographed by Alfred John Tattersall between 1889 and 1894. Not on back of file print reads: R L Stevenson with Tuimalealufano, Samoa, at Vailima Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copied from original print). Physical Description: Film negative