Folk dancing, Samoan

Date: [Circa 1880s, and 1920s]

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Summers, John Arthur Campbell, 1916-1993

Reference: PA1-o-484

Description: Album of photographs, postcards and newspaper cuttings relating to Samoa and Tonga, circa 1920s. Many of the photographs, and some of the newspaper cuttings have limited captions, or no identification at all. At the beginning of the album there is a signed Christmas card from George Spafford Richardson, with a photograph of him and another European standing in front of a fale with a large group of Samoan men. One image of Robert Louis Stevenson ([p 2]), is signed by him, and another one shows the tomb of Stevenson and his wife Frances Matilda (Aolele). There are a number of views of Vailima, Stevenson's home, one early view showing Stevenson on the verandah with a group of women and another man standing above looking over the balustrade. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album covered with tapa cloth, tan corners and spine; 23.5 x 33 .0 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Davis, John, -1893; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PA1-q-210

Description: Photographs of Hawai'i, Samoa and New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s and 1890s, including John Richard Morris, John Davis, F Finch and Josiah Martin. Inserted in an envelope is a hand-written list of photos, but these seem to bear no relationship to the album. The list includes places in New Zealand (none of which are in this album), Sydney, New South Wales, Brisbane, New Caledonia and Fiji (again none of which are shown in this album). The photographs of Hawai'i include Iolani Palace in Honolulu, and Queen Lili'uokalani; Samoan images show children, a waterfall at Falefa near Apia, and a group of dancers in traditional dress. Images of New Zealand include landscapes, Maori children, a hongi with two women, and a collage taken by Josiah Martin of images of Maori chiefs, waka and meeting houses at Parihaka and Ohinemutu. One photograph taken in the Bounty Islands shows mollymawk and crested penguins. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, title "New Zealand and Samoa" hand-printed in white ink; 30 x 23 cm

Date: [ca 1949-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9770

Description: Contains photographs relating to Guy Powles' time as High Commissioner to Western Samoa. Includes: photographs of Guy Powles at official occasions, in both formal and informal dress; photographs of working life of Samoans; photographs of a small hydroelectric project; photographs of the visit of an unidentified New Zealand Government minister; photographs of Samoans at ceremonies and in traditional dress; idealised photographs of Samoan women; photographs of traditional and modern buildings Quantity: 68 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 18 March 1981

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1981/1121-F

Description: Prime Minister Robert Muldoon dancing the siva after a formal ceremony in the Beehive during which he was invested with a Samoan matai title. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson 18 March 1981. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

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: 1942-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-111

Description: Photographs taken during the visit of the Governor General to Western Samoa (undated) but sometime during WWII. Includes those taken at Piula Methodist Mission; meeting Samoan chiefs; with Fono Faipule (meeting of representatives at Mulinu'u); school children dancing at Apia; during King's kava ceremony at Savaii; meeting NZ officers; group photo with members of Fono Faipule (Riput, Tamasese, and Malietoa, administrator); with Samoan nurses at Apia. Also photos of scrap metal collected on Rarotonga for National Patriotic Fund. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2011

By: Tiapapata Art Centre

Reference: Eph-D-SAMOA-2011-01/03

Description: Posters produced by Galumalemana Steven Percival, promoting documentary films about Samoa, its life and culture. Some films are produced by Fallen Lizard Films and by TAC films and digital images. Posters are titled: "Samoa's fragrance culture" Samoa Multimedia Productions (shows dancers from Asau, Savaii) Samoa. Tiapapata Art Centre, shaping creative excellence (Shows an array of DVDs produced 2005-2011) Quantity: 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital prints, each on two joined sheets, to make each poster 594 x 420 mm. Provenance: Acquired in May 2011. Transfers: Accompanied by a pamphlet listing all productions (housed at Eph-A-SAMOA-2011).

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985: Photographs

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0499

Description: Mounted and loose photographs of houses; traditional dance; ships anchored in a harbour; and two men, one holding a child, next to a lagoon. Photographer was A J Tattersall. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(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: Jun 1924 - Sep 1924

From: Williams, Eddy, b 1892: Photograph albums of American Samoa and (Western) Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-1910

Description: Album of Samoan photographs taken mainly at Tutuila Island and Ta'u, American Samoa, but also includes images from Upolo, Samoa, taken and compiled by Eddy Williams, a pharmacist who served with the US Navy 1914-1935. Williams was stationed at the American naval station in Pago Pago Harbour on Tutuila from June to September 1924. Images show Tutuila and Ta'u island and its people, including landscapes, landmarks, coastal views and buildings. Images of Samoan people wearing traditional garments and adornments, and United States Navy personnel in uniform. Portraiture ranges from formal group portraits to social snapshots, with others showing activities such as the manual processing of coconuts. Images of children and young adults posing for the camera. Also includes images of tatooing and the tools used. Other images show ships and canoes. Many of the photographs include no caption information. The following is a selection of captions from the album: - 'Flower Pot, Tutuila, Samoa' - known locally as Fatu ma Futi - a rock at the entrance to Pago Pago Harbour in American Samoa. - 'Windblown coconut trees on Pago Pago Bay showing Rainmaker in the distance' - the Rainmaker Mountain, also known as North Pioa Mountain. - 'Entrance to Pago Pago' - 'A Fale or native house in the village of Pango Pango [Pago Pago] on Tutuila' - 'An extra large breadfruit tree' - 'A native house on the beach at Tau' - 'A cluster of papaias [papayas] which grows in Siufaga' - 'Vaitupu, the last queen of Manua. The king died in 1908. She is now the wife of our village pastor' - This is in reference to Tui Manu'a Elisala, who died in 1909. - 'Bandmaster Indenor with the native Fida band' - in reference to the Fita Fita military band - 'A wedding feast with guests all seated' - 'Son of Tufele and bride Matiutuse a girl of Fagalogo' - 'Tulifua an old tooloo or talking chief of the village of Luma on Tau' Other caption information is fragmentary and in many instances obscured by photographic prints mounted over caption labels. Originally housed in custom-made clamshell box now at PA1-o-1921. Arrangement: Single loose photographic print removed from album - now at PAColl-10382 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album containing 91 silver gelatin photographic prints (89 mounted, 2 loose), on 50 loose album leaves.

Date: Jun 1924 - Sep 1924

From: Williams, Eddy, b 1892: Photograph albums of American Samoa and (Western) Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-1909

Description: Album of photographs of American Samoa and Samoa, taken and compiled by Eddy Williams, a pharmacist who served with the United States Navy 1914-1935. Williams was stationed at the American naval station in Pago Pago Harbour on Tutuila from June to September 1924. The broad range of images in this collection provide a detailed documentation of Tutuila Island and other Samoan islands in the early 1920s, however the complete lack of captions in this album has resulted in some of the subject matter remaining unidentified. Images show Tutuila naval station, the islands, European and indigenous people. The collection includes photographic documentation of the following: - The built environment - Fale, government administrative buildings, military barracks, school buildings, and dwellings. - Landscapes - including coastal views, mountains, seascapes and natural features, such as the Alofaaga Blowhole. - Ships and canoes - including the United States naval cargo and passenger vessel USAT 'Buford', which visited the South Seas in 1924. Also traditional Samoan canoes used for fishing and racing (Fautasi racing). - Samoan people - both in traditional dress, wearing customary adornments and ceremonial attire, and in uniform for military drill and parades. - European civilians and naval personnel in both formal and informal settings, including images of visiting officials. - Samoan children - both individuals and groups, including large group of pupils of The Public School Manu'a. - Medical and pharmacy - including interior views of naval pharmacy and medical facilities, including medical and nursing staff in uniform. - From Samoa are images of the tomb of Robert Louis Stevenson. - United States naval personnel include members of the crew of the USS 'Ontario'. - Newsclipping from an illustrated journal shows a photographic portrait of a young Samoan female subject with the caption 'Underneath the South Sea moon, famed by song writers, reign beaded beauties like this. She'd win any beauty contest among the 8,000 citizens of American Samoa'. Originally housed in custom-made clamshell box now at PA1-o-1921. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album (labelled: 'Badger Albums - The Heinn Company - The Badger Line - Loose leaf devices'), with silver gelatin photoprints mounted on 48 loose album leaves; illustrated newspaper clipping.

Date: 1950 - 1960

From: Tasman Empire Airways Limited: [Ephemera, pamphlets, menus, advertising, published in the 1950s]

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Haythornthwaite, William, 1913-2009

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-06

Description: Pamphlet shows on its front panel a carved Samoan figure in the immediate foreground, with a row of five figures in grass skirts dancing in an arc behind it. In the background are three thatched huts. There is a Solent flying boat at lower right. The back panel shows a map of the Pacific with the air routes marked. The inside spread shows illustrations of a carved stick, a bullock wagon, a kava bowl and an outrigger hull; and photographs of a Solent landing on water, palm trees, and costumed dancers. Dated in the 1950s because the Solent flying boat service ended in 1960. One side displayed in "Island style: Dancing the Pacific". Turnbull Gallery,18 March - 11 May 2013 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 225 x 210 mm, (folded to 225 x 105 mm.)

Date: 1968

From: [Ephemera of quarto size, relating to Polynesian peoples and culture in New Zealand and the Pacific. 1960-1969]

Reference: Eph-B-POLYNESIAN-1968-02

Description: Programme cover shows a Polynesian pattern, a photographs of airline passengers, and a map of the Pacific routes flown by Air New Zealand. The inside spread gives a programme of the performances and performers, from Samoa (Pouesi Fitisemani, Taimi Tuioti), Rarotonga (including Dora Evans), Tonga (Lose, Louna, Betty; and Ana Hansen), ansd Aotearoa (Matiu Kauri Maori Group, Betty Thompson, Ted Bennett). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 270 x 200 mm. Provenance: Donated anonymously in 2015.

Date: 1934

From: Thevenet, Jean Gaston Antoine, b 1897? : Photographs taken in Rarotonga, Samoa and the Marquesas Islands

Reference: PA1-o-1876

Description: Album containing photographs and other items, compiled by Jean Thevenet, documenting his trip to Pago Pago, on the island of Tutuila, in American Samoa during his Pacific voyage on board the yacht 'Stella Polaris' in 1934. Photographs possibly taken by Thevenet. Includes captions. The album is numbered, but damage makes it difficult to know what the number is, probably "19". The pages are numbered 725 to 760. It forms part of a set, others of which are held at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa - Hamilton Library. The album is mainly comprised of scenes in Pago Pago, and images of local dancers, taken on 19 February 1934. Also contains two photographs of a building labelled 'Saddie Thomson Inn'. Album captions for these images read: "La Maison de 'Rain' (Somerset Maugham)". Also clippings of film productions of 'Rain' including pictures of Gloria Swanson. Also contains maps, and a newspaper cutting of an article written by Thevenet about Pago Pago. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with soft card covers with front cover title "Archipel des Samoa. Samoa: Pago-Pago"

Date: ca 1920s-1930s

By: Kennedy, Wilfred Robert, 1896-1951

Reference: PAColl-4441

Description: Group of Samoan men performing a dance in front of a row of tall palm trees with the back of a sailor in the foreground. On the reverse it says E. Side Apia. A two-part panorama of a coastal scene with houses near the beach and a railway, possibly Australia. A previous cataloguer has written Wilfred Robert Kennedy's name on the envelope and as he worked for the United Steam Ship Co he may have taken the photographs himself. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) as a two-part panorama.

Date: Between 1889 and 1894

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929; Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-q-274

Description: Images of life and events in colonial Samoa during the time Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith was British Consul, between 1889 and 1898. Several images show the interior of a church, in which Cusack Smith carved several panels. Some of the photographs were taken by Cusack Smith, others by Thomas Andrew (including one of Cusack Smith (British consul), William Blacklock (US consul), and Herr Biermann (German consul), all on horseback), some by unidentified photographers. Included are portraits of his wife Winifred Cusack Smith, and daughter Maia; a series showing various performers in a play "Uncle" written by Henry James Byron; several of a hunting trip taken by Cusack Smith and his family; a scene of lawn tennis; followed by various newspaper cuttings talking about the political scene in Samoa in 1894. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown covered album, 38 x 28 cm

Date: [ca 1949-1960]

From: Powles family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9771

Description: Contains photographs relating to Guy Powles' time as Governor of Samoa. Includes: photographs of working life of Samoans; photographs of New Zealand officials at ceremonies and in casual or social situations; photographs of Samoans at ceremonies and in traditional dress; photographs of traditional Samoan buildings; photographs of Samoan children Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: Between 1893 and 1914

From: Ward, Charles Kay :Album of views of Samoa

Reference: PA1-q-736-067

Description: Samoan dance group, with spectators, photographed in the 1900s, probably by Arthur John Tattersall (1865-1951). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.4 x 21.4 cm

Date: 1952 - 1959

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-15

Description: Poster promoting TEAL flights to Samoa by Solent flying boat shows a foreshortened view, from a high angle, of a carved pole figure. A wagon drawn by a water buffalo passes in front of the pole, and a line of male figures in grass skirts moves in unison beyond. In the background is a group of three circular thatched huts. The TEAL logo appears at lower right. The Solent flying boat service began in 1951, and extended to Samoa in 1952. The poster was probably produced by W Haythorn-Thwaite Advertising Ltd. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 975 x 635 mm.