Linda Glacier

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: [Between 1910s and 1930s]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Adamson, Jack, 1866-1951; Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Cain, Conrad, active 1910s; Kent, T R, active 1930s; Lysons, Markham Carthew, 1907-1944; Mitchell, John Wesley, 1884-1954; Nanson, Gerald Leighton, 1907?-; Odell, Robert Sidney, 1908-1992; Pascoe, Arnold Paul, 1908-1976; Porter, Harold Edward Lionel, 1886-1973; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Snowden, Andrew Craig, 1897-1981; Syme, Roderick, 1900-1994; Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938; Thompson, A F, active 1939

Reference: PA1-o-410

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; routes traversing difficult slopes; views of mountains, mountain ranges and glaciers; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. A number of images in this album have no captions, but some have been identified as having been taken by, or of, Jack Adamson in the late 1890s and possibly up to the early 1910s. A number of postcard images by F G Radcliffe are included. Other photographers and subjects include early mountaineers Kate Gardiner, Mrs Thompson, and there is one image of mountain guide Darby Thomson (who died in an avalanche on the Linda Glacier in 1914). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [197 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 2 January 1937

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-410-065-2

Description: View looking from the divide between Mounts Silberhorn and Teichelmann across the Linda Glacier, showing Mt Cook (background) and Mount Dampier (right). Photograph taken 2 January 1937 by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 228 x 134 mm mounted on album page

Date: 2 January 1937

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-058862-F

Description: View looking from the divide between Mounts Silberhorn and Teichelmann across the Linda Glacier, showing Mt Cook (background) and Mount Dampier (right). Photograph taken 2 January 1937 by John Dobree Pascoe. An original print from this negative is at PA1-o-410-065-2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 113 x 70 mm

Date: 1883

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Lendenfeld, Robert Ignaz Lendlmayer von, 1858-1913

Reference: PA1-f-081

Description: Inscription inside front cover reads "Seiner Wolgeboren Dr. Julius von Haast, F.R.S., C.M.G. etc. dem Enforscher der Neuseelandischen Alpen und Entdecker ihrer Gletscher widmet diese alpinen Bilder ergebenst der Autor", signed Dr R V Lendenfeld Album showing the first ascent of the Hochstetter Domes in March 1883, including a hand-drawn map, ink drawings, photographs and a water colour painting, all created by Robert J von Lendenfeld, presented to Julius von Haast, with captions and inscription in German. The first page shows 9 ink drawings showing the ascent of the Hochstetter Dome in March 1883, surrounding a photograph of Anna and Robert von Lendenfeld. The ascent was made by Robert Lendenfeld, his wife Anna, and New Zealander Harry Dew. Page 15 is a water colour painting entitled "Die Haast-Spitze 3017 m. vom Theodolithenstandpunkte am Lindagrat", signed R v L. Other views show the Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook (Aoraki), the Hochstetter Glacier, Mount Jervois, the Haast Peak and the Linda Glacier. Other Titles - Tasmangletscher und seine Umrandung Other Titles - Tasman Glacier and its surroundings Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue leather cover, border pattern in gold, entitled "Der Tasmangletscher und seine Umrandung"; 31.5 x 50.5 cm

Date: 1882

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-017

Description: Green and his companions crossing a crevasse in the Linda Glacier, Mount Cook. The three men are roped together and have ice-axes. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 177 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: A-329-012

Description: The central peak is Mount Cook, with Mount Dampier to the right (across the Green Saddle), and the Linda Glacier (named by Green after his wife) descending from the centre of Mount Cook. The view is probably taken from Mount Dixon. In the foreground is an ice plateau with a crevasse. Framer's label (now discarded): 'Framed by Combridge & Co., printsellers, picture framers &c., 19 & 20 Grafton Street, Dublin'. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 325 x 252 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: A-263-008

Description: Shows 3 tiny climbers, Green, Kaufmann and Boss, and a view of the Linda Glacier, named after Green's wife. The three climbers are well up the glacier Green, with E Boss and U. Kaufmann, made first attempted ascent of Mt Cook in 1882 (see typed label on verso; Te Marae v. 3, no. 10. p. 2-3; and Green, W.S . The high alps of New Zealand. London 1883 (held at 796.52) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on board 160 x 183 mm

Date: 1884 - 1894

By: Ross, Kenneth Alexander, 1864-1959

Reference: A-329-022

Description: Shows the upper part of Mount Cook or Aoraki, with the head of the Linda Glacier labelled in the foreground. In the lower centre foreground a small figure of a climber can be seen, about the follow a dotted line up the mountain towards "Green's ledge". Also labelled are (at right) the saddle between the Hooker and Linda, the ridge named the Tasman arete by Green, and (at left) the north east arete and the top and bottom couloirs. Also marked are the seracs just below the peak, and the "bergschrund [crevasse] all round" at lower right. Artist may possibly be Kenneth Ross who was one of several climbers who made early attempts of Mt Cook, following an earlier attempt in 1882 by the Rev W S Green. These climbers included Ross and his brother Malcolm Ross, and A. P. Harper, who returned to New Zealand in 1889 after two seasons of climbing in the European Alps. Three young men who worked at the Hermitage, Tom Fyfe, George Graham and Jack Clarke, also began climbing on their days off. From 1884 to 1894, this small group of men brought New Zealand climbing into existence. Eventually Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe and George Graham succeeded on Christmas Day 1894, in making the first complete ascent of the highest peak of Mount Cook (Some content taken from Te Ara website http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/BushandMountain... on 29 June 2009). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 130 x 180 mm. Provenance: Probably from the papers of the family of Malcolm Ross.

Date: 1882

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-018

Description: Green and his two companions crossing a crevasse in the Linda Glacier, Mount Cook. The three men are roped together and have ice-axes. They are viewed from a distance and the central figure is crawling across the crevasse. Green named the Linda Glacier after his wife. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 177 x 125 mm

Date: [1970s]

From: Stephenson, Dennis, 1926-1979: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10888-02

Description: Monochrome photographic prints mounted on board, taken by Dennis Stephenson. Most prints have been annotated on the reverse with the photographer's stamp, which reads: "Dennis Stephenson, 27 Aonini Road, Turangi". Some also include stamps relating to the Photographic Society of New Zealand and the New Zealand International Exhibition of Photography, 1978. Shows a variety of views including of mountains and people. People are not named, however some locations are identified. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Monochrome art prints and handwritten label.