Women scientists - New Zealand

Date: 12 Oct 2006

From: Recordings relating to National Library Gallery exhibitions, events and promotions

Reference: OHInt-0894-03

Description: Bright star - Beatrice Hill Tinsley, astronomer - an illustrated talk by Christine Cole Catley, writer, publisher and lecturer, about her search for New Zealand's pre-eminent scientist. Hypatia's heritage: has the women's movement changed science? - an illustrated talk by Lesley Hall about women scientists in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 21st century. Other Titles - Hypatia's heritage - has the women's movement changed science? Recorded by - Sound Conservation Venue - Recorded in the National Library Auditorium Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 event(s). 53 Minutes Duration. Search dates: 1941 - 2006

Date: [1941, 1944, ca.1953-1957], 1961-1999

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10275

Description: Contains photographs of the astronomer Beatrice Hill Tinsley, her family, colleagues and friends, and of related subjects. The images were taken by between 1941 and 1999 by unknown photographers, except for one image by the Star newspaper (Christchurch). Some images show Tinsley as a child in London and New Plymouth, including with her nanny Constance Gullidge and in family groups. Two images show the combined choirs and orchestras of New Plymouth Boys' and Girls' High School. Also images of Tinsley being capped in 1961 and with her husband, Brian Tinsley, and their two children One image shows Tinsley standing in front of a lecture room blackboard, probably when she was teaching at Yale University Other images date from after Tinsley's death in 1981, including of her sister Rowena Hill and father Edward Hill. One portrait of Edward Hill was taken by the Star newspaper. There are also photographs of social gatherings and family groups. Several images show Christine Cole Catley outside the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and with some of Tinsley's colleagues Some of the images were used in Catley's biography of Beatrice Tinsley `Bright star' (Whatamango Bay: Cape Catley, 2006) Arrangement: Photographs have been arranged as near as possible in chronological order Quantity: 16 colour original photographic print(s). 17 b&w original photographic print(s) and one b&w original proof sheet with 11 images. 8 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 colour copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and dye coupler prints

Date: 1954. 1984

From: Dawson, Elliot Watson, 1930- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9897-3

Description: Scientific expedition to the Chatham Islands in 1954. This includes - `Alert' aproaching unidentified islands (possibly The Sisters) with cliffs rising sheer from the sea. Detailed views of the rock structure of the cliffs. Thick fringes of kelp just above the sea line. Members of the team landing by boat to examine a colony of sea birds. Seal colony on ledges below the cliffs. Fields of kelp. Seabirds including Bullers Mollymawk identified as being on The Sisters. Shellfish on rocks. Seaweeds. Large daisy plant. Interior views of Macropiper scrub. Fossil bed at Titirangi on Chatham Island. Photocopy of the scientific team on the `Alert.' Colour print of a small eel-like fish. Colour prints of Marine animals for Murray Scholfield, 1984. This expedition to the Chatham Islands in 1954 included many notable New Zealand scientists. Members of the team were - John Yaldwyn (zoologist and later Director of the National Museum of New Zealand). Richard Kenneth Dell (marine biologist and later director of the Dominion Museum). George Alexander Knox (marine scientist and Professor of Zoology at Canterbury University). David McNiven Garner (who became a research physicist and physical oceanographer working in New Zealand and Canada). Raymond (Ray) Robert Forster (has been described as New Zealand's greatest ever arachnologist). Elizabeth Joan Batham (marine biologist). Daphne Marshall (speciality not known). John Mun Moreland (marine ichthyologist who worked at Whanganui Museum). R J (John) McIntyre (speciality not known). Elliot Watson Dawson (Oceanographer). A Black (specialty not known). Most of the photographs were taken by John Moreland, A Black, and Elizabeth Batham. A few photographs were taken by George Knox and Elliot Dawson. Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 colour original photographic print(s). 1 photocopy/ies.

Date: 1954-1965

From: Dawson, Elliot Watson, 1930- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9897-7

Description: Photographs relating to Marine biologist, Dr Elizabeth (Betty) Joan Batham. These include - At Bodega Bay, Calefornia, with Dr Cadet Hand, 1965. Among fellow scientists on the `Alert,' Chatham Islands Expedition, 1954. The launch of the research vessel `Mundia' at the marine biological research station, Portobello, Dunedin. Lazer print portrait of Dr Batham working on the Chatham Islands Expedition 1954, taken by fellow scientist, John Moreland. When Otago University took over the Marine research station at Portobello in 1950, Dr Batham was the person who developed it as a faciity for marine biological research. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1954

From: Dawson, Elliot Watson, 1930- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9897-2

Description: Scientific expedition to the Chatham Islands in 1954. This includes - Photographs of the fishing vessel, `Alert,' used by the Expedition. Views of the Chatham Islands. These include - Waitangi from across the bay. Waitangi wharves. Hotel at Waitangi. Coastal views of Chatham Islands showing daisy forest. Land forms. coastal vegitation. Beaches. Horses hauling the expedition's boat. Members of the expedition at South East Island. Large group of prints showing members of the expedition on the `Alert' trawling for specimens in the ocean. Scientists examining specimens. Photographs of individual members of the expedition This expedition to the Chatham Islands in 1954 included many notable New Zealand scientists. Members of the team were - John Yaldwyn (zoologist and later Director of the National Museum of New Zealand). Richard Kenneth Dell (marine biologist and later director of the Dominion Museum). George Alexander Knox (marine scientist and Professor of Zoology at Canterbury University). David McNiven Garner (who became a research physicist and physical oceanographer working in New Zealand and Canada). Raymond (Ray) Robert Forster (has been described as New Zealand's greatest ever arachnologist). Elizabeth Joan Batham (marine biologist). Daphne Marshall (speciality not known). John Mun Moreland (marine ichthyologist who worked at Whanganui Museum). R J (John) McIntyre (speciality not known). Elliot Watson Dawson (Oceanographer). A Black (specialty not known). Most of the photographs were taken by John Moreland, A Black, and Elizabeth Batham. A few photographs were taken by George Knox and Elliot Dawson. Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1956-1986

By: Heine, Janice Callum, 1940-2021

Reference: ATL-Group-00687

Description: Collection relating to the lives and scientific careers of Arnold John Heine and Janice (Jan) Heine. Contains material relating to their participation in scientific expeditions to Antarctica between 1956 and 1986, and to their interests and efforts in conservation. Materials relating to Antarctica comprise: their hand written diaries (two by Janice Heine and fifteen by Arnold Heine), digital files containing typed transcriptions of some of the diaries and supporting information; and print-outs of the digital files and related digital documents. Materials relating to their environmental concerns and work comprise: digital photographs, documents, and video of native planting and wetland projects, and digital documents relating to soil science research. Title supplied by Library. Glaciologist Arnold Heine and soil scientist Janice Heine were husband and wife. Both spent several seasons in Antarctica on research trips. Arthur Heine took his first trip to the Antarctic in 1956, and was a member of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition 1957/58, 1958/59 and 1962-1963. Janice Heine went to Antarctica in the early 1980s and in 2008 to research penguin guano. Both Arnold and Janice were well known in New Zealand tramping, mountaineering, and conservation groups. Quantity: 173 digital photograph(s). 17 volume(s). 16 Electronic document(s). 2 digital video file(s). 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Hard cover office diaries and notebooks Provenance: The diaries and associated materials were in the possession of Arnold and Janice Heine until the death of Arnold in 2019, whereupon they passed to the possession of Janice.

Date: 31 Jan 2007

By: Lee-Smith, Theodora Jean, 1943-

Reference: MS-Papers-8725

Description: Memoir of her mother Jean O`Hagen Hill, with factual corrections to Christine Cole Catley's depiction of her in Catley's biography `Bright star: Beatrice Hill Tinsley, astronomer' (Auckland, N.Z. : Cape Catley, c2006). Also comments and factual corrections to the biography. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript