Clyde Valley

Date: 1961

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

Reference: 1/4-044616-F

Description: McRae's Hut, Clyde Valley, Canterbury, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in 1961. Shows a derelit wooden building, with a corrugated iron roof, underneath beech trees. Man to left of hut, unidentified. McRae's Hut was located in Clyde Valley, Canterbury. Abandoned in 1890. Photographed by J D Pascoe in 1930s, and again in 1961. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [Between 1926? and 1937]

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

By: Ambras, Walter Frederick, 1888?-1970; Clark, Richard E, active 1931-1961; Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950; Speight, Robert, 1867-1949

Reference: PA1-o-409

Description: Photographs taken by John Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury and Westland regions. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges, glaciers and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Many images show climbers exploring new routes in the Southern Alps, and first ascents of various mountains, including Mount Farrer (by N. Barker & G.D.T Hall, 27.12.1935); exploration of the "Adams ice-world" (from 27th-30th December 1935); Mount Kensington (28.12.1935); Mount Hulka (28.12.1935); Guardian Peak (30.12.1935); Speculation Hill (1.1.1936); exploration of Hot Spring Creek headwaters (2.1.1936); Tent Peak, Arrowsmith Range (Jan. 1931); Cloudy Peak (by B.A. Barrer & F.R. Askin, 28.12.1931); The Marquee (Easter 1932); the first crossing of the Lyall-Lawrence watershed (solo trip by F. Ambrose, 1926?); and the second ascent of Mount Arrowsmith (by Evan Wilson, J. Wilson, & A. Anderson, Jan. 1931). Several photographs show methods of crossing rivers, particularly in gorges, and in flood situations; and several show the suspension bridge in the Wataroa (Whataroa) Gorge, built by miners in 1906). McRae's Hut was located in Clyde Valley, Canterbury. Abandoned in 1890. Photographed by J D Pascoe in 1930s, and again in 1961. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [236 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Between 1914 and 1937]

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

Reference: PA1-o-406

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, in the Southern Alps, particularly Canterbury region. They include groups of mountaineers; views of mountain ranges and valleys; mountain huts and life enjoyed by the mountaineers; and several scenes showing Canterbury Mountaineering Club annual sports days over a number of years. Most of the photographs are fully described, with names usually given with initials and surnames, or nicknames. Many of the people and places photographed are listed above. Most of the landscape photographs are again fully described, with peaks and routes traversed marked on the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in bottom right-hand corner; [240 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm