Mountaineers - New Zealand - West Coast region

Date: 17 Dec 1933

By: Irwin, Brian Tyrwhitt Wyn (Major), 1905-1942

Reference: MS-Papers-8203

Description: Letter from Robert Drummond to Irwin, written from Kanieri [sic], in which he discusses matters relating to `hillmen' including reminiscences, the Pascoe search for Collings, and the results of a discussion about setting up a distinctly Westland body, a West Coast branch of the Alpine Club or joining the Canterbury Mountaineering Club (the latter won) and various work to be carried out Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2203-F

Description: Panoramic view showing the Fox Glacier in the foreground. A man with an icepick is standing on a ledge on Chancellor Ridge, on the far left overlooking the glacier and towards Mount Tasman. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer Pan-2206 for a similar view from Chancellor Ridge Opaque painted skyline preparatory to adding clouds Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Mount Tasman and Fox Glacier from Chancellor Ridge, Westland, New Zealand. No. 901 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 103.4 cm

Date: [1970s-1980s]

From: Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005: Collection

By: Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005

Reference: PA12-5134

Description: Comprises six colour transparencies likely taken by Jim Henderson circa 1970s-1980s. Includes: - Aerial view of Lake Greaney, located on the West Coast, South Island. Includes annotations written on tape. Annotations on the slide frame recto read "Lake Greaney 1971 up the Arawata [Arawhata] River | 1 mile long 1/2 mile wide | fork falls"; annotations on the slide frame verso read "name after Dan Greaney which he found | unnamed | he lived 32 years 8 alone". - Portrait of a man, including mountains in the background. Includes annotations written on tape. Annotations on the slide frame recto read "Dan [possibly Dan Greaney] on the Milford Track | on the tops at 4. 60." - Image of a man walking barefoot in river with mountains in background. Includes annotations written on tape. Annotations on the slide frame recto read "Dan [possibly Dan Greaney] crossing Turnbull Riv[er] | July 24th 72 | Age 71 | 24". - Image of two photographs in a frame, nestled amongst pink flowers. The photographs in the frame show a man on a bicycle with a mountain and lake view in the brackground, and a man standing on a bridge. Includes annotations written on tape. Annotations on the slide frame recto read "Dan Greaney Jackson Bay | Died 5.9.72 | Buried 8.9.72". - Two close-up images of silvereye birds (also known as waxeye or tauhou) being hand-fed. These transparencies were likely taken by Jim Henderson for his publication 'Tales of the Coast' (1984) about the lives of West Coast residents. Title supplied by Library. Dan Greaney was a West Coast roadman and the last remaining permanent resident at Jackson Bay. Quantity: 6 colour original transparency/ies. Transfers: Photographs from which these transparencies were separated can be found at Library reference PAColl-1005. Related manuscript material can be found at Library reference MS-Papers-12808.. Processing information: Reference number changed in November 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly housed with PAColl-1005.

Date: 1931-1934

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PA1-o-1244

Description: A record of climbing expeditions in the Southern Alps made by Alister Duthie and other mountaineers from 1931 to 1934. The first is a single group photograph of a party of eight, one of whom was A P Harper, leaving 25 Mile Hut in the Rees Valley in 1931/1932. Another copy of this print is in the collection at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-5-63 and it carries a caption naming each person in the party. The print in this album is surrounded by their signatures. The caption on the copy print also states that this photograph was taken on the occasion of the first New Zealand climbing camp. The second expedition recorded took place from the 4th of January to the 10th of February 1934. Initially the party comprised Alister Duthie, Lella Davidson, and Greta Stevenson. It involved climbing mountains in the general vicinity of Mount Cook. They began by crossing the Copland Pass to Welcome Flat. At Waiho the party was joined by Kurt Suter who was working as a guide at Franz Josef Glacier. The party did much climbing which included Mount De la Beche, the Minerets of Mount Drummond, Mount Spencer, Glacier Peak, Mount Lendenfeldt, ending up at De la Beche Hut on January the 24th, at which point Lella Davidson left to return to Dunedin. The remaining three continued their climbing expedition during which they made the first crossing of the Southern Alps divide by way of Clarke Saddle, a high col at nearly 10,000 feet between Teichelmann Peak and Mount Bountier. The third expedition recorded took place earlier from the 25th of December 1933 to the 2nd of January 1934 when Alister Duthie and W H W Walker made an usuccessful attempt on Mount Aspiring. They were foiled by the weather and their tent was "blown to bits." However, from the 12th to the 19th of April 1934 a party consisting of Kurt Suter, R Pinney, and Alister Duthie climbed Mount Aspiring via the north-west ridge, and also climbed Plunket Dome and Cascade Saddle. As well as photographs relating to these expeditions, the album contains many other images of mountain peaks and river vallies in the Southern Alps. An article by Alister Duthie on the first crossing of the Southern Alps divide via Clarke Saddle is housed at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-7. It is from The New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol 5, June 1934. The crossing of the Southern Alps divide via Clarke Saddle was reported in the "Star." A photocopy of the report can be found in the collection at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-6-12. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: January 1965

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographs of family, holidays and tramping trips

Reference: PA1-o-1310

Description: Album recording a Pascoe Family Holiday to the Arthurs Pass area. It involved tramping and mountain climbing and followed the huts along the Waimakariri River to the Bealy River. Next they drove to Te Towaka via Blenheim where they were joined by Sara Pascoe and they camped, tramped, fished and climbed Mount Shewell. The final group of photographs in the album were taken during another unidentified mountain climbing expedition where John was accompanied by his daughter Anna and her husband Ian Gilmore. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: December 1940

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographs of family, holidays and tramping trips

Reference: PA1-o-1311

Description: John and Dorothy Pascoe's alpine honeymoon in the mountains at the head of the Waimakariri River. They climbed Mounts Isobel, Campbell, Murchison, Mottram, and Stewart, then followed the Taipo river to the West Coast. The last group of photographs in the album relate to the Dillon family who lived in the Taipo River valley. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [195-?]

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/4-018670-F

Description: Mountaineers on Albert Glacier, at the head of Fox Glacier, waving to an aeroplane flying over the Southern Alps. Photograph taken circa 1950s for the National Publicity Studios by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.