Daughter of Sir Joseph Kinsey of Christchurch. Born in England, arrived New Zealand about 1880. Ca 1895 she mountaineered with her father in the Southern Alps. She married William Alexander Moore in 1900, at the age of 26 and moved to Dunedin. See `Lady travellers : the tourists of early New Zealand' by Bee Dawson (Auckland; Penguin; 2001). Died in 1954 aged 80 years.
Moore, May Gertrude, 1874-1954
Kinsey, May Gertrude, 1874-1954, Moore, W A (Mrs), 1874-1954
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Bust of an unknown man
Date: [ca 1700-1900]
By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936; Moore, May Gertrude, 1874-1954
Reference: Objects-0549
Description: Artist(s) not identified. The bust on a plinth of a man wearing seventeenth or eighteenth century clothes and a large curled wig. Possibly an English monarch or member of the aristocracy. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Brass plated bust 153 x 90 x 60 mm Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 2024. Previous reference: Curios-028-026. Previous title: Artist unknown :[Bust of an English personality of the Georgian period, brass-plated. Late seventeenth or early century].
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McArthur & Co album 4
Date: [Circa 1907 to 1915]
By: Muir & Moodie (Firm); Moore, May Gertrude, 1874-1954
Reference: PA1-o-284
Description: The signature `May Moore' inside front cover, is possibly that of Mrs May Moore (daughter of Sir Joseph Kinsey), who travelled and mountaineered in the areas covered by the album. Album containing 21 scenes of the South Island. Of these, 12 were taken by photographers Muir and Moodie, between 1907 and 1913. The Muir and Moodie numbers for these views are 1810, 6743, 6752, 6780, and 6782 to 6789. The photographer for the other nine images is not identified. 24 leaves are blank. Several of the Muir and Moodie views were taken on 1st January 1913, a number of which show various stages of a group crossing the Haast Pass on horseback. Places noted include Cameron's Flat, Will's Bridge, the Burke Huts, and Mule Flat. Inscriptions: Album page - May Moore Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with loose green cloth cover, entitled `Photographs'; 24 x 30 cm
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Allen, Charles Richards (Rev), 1886-1962 : Letters
Date: 1936
By: Allen, Charles Richards (Rev), 1886-1962
Reference: MS-Papers-3161
Description: Letters to Mrs W A Moore of Timaru, daughter of Sir Joseph Kinsey, re his own and other New Zealand literature; letter to Mrs Moore from Lavinia Kelsey of Dunedin, 1936. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript
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Kinsey album
Date: [1890s]
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Inglis, Charles, active 1894
Reference: PA1-q-137
Description: Album includes scenic photographs of areas in the region of the Southern Alps, including panoramas and closer views of mountains, valleys, rivers and glaciers. Many photographs show groups of men and women, many of whom are identified, camping and climbing in the Southern Alps area. Also shown are scenes of The Hermitage at Mount Cook (one of which shows a bullock team for transporting stores, and another which shows Frayne's coach leaving Mount Cook); views of the Birch Hill Station; and Ball Hut (with a curtained-off area as a "ladies' compartment"). Many of the photographs were taken by Joseph James Kinsey, some also by Arthur Paul Harper, Charles Inglis, and Kinsey's daughter May. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; 37.5 x 29.5 cm
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"Old May" in her den
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-25-3
Description: May Kinsey in climbing dress standing outside her tent. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
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Mountaineering group
Date: 1896
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-66-1
Description: Mountaineering group, Kea Point, 20 February 1896, photographed by Joseph James Kinsey. Back, from left: Mattias Zurbriggen, Isabel Baker, Jack Clarke. Front, from left: Signor Borsalino, John Holland Baker, May Kinsey, Noeline Baker. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.2 x 20.3 cm, on album page
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May Kinsey outside her tent near The Hermitage, Mount Cook
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-30-2
Description: May Kinsey, dressed for climbing, seated at the entrance of a tent near The Hermitage, Mount Cook. An ice pick and coil of rope lean on the other side of the tent. Photographed by Joseph James Kinsey in 1895. Another version of this photograph is at PA1-q-137-22-2. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - J J Kinsey 1895; Album page - beneath image - May at her "Alpine Home" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 205 x 146 mm
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Group, including mountaineer Jack Clarke
Date: [Circa 1895]
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-64-1
Description: Group photographed by Joseph James Kinsey circa 1895, probably in Christchurch. From left to right, unidentified, unidentified, Signor Borsolino, May Kinsey (with a cat in her lap), unidentified, mountaineer Jack Clarke, unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.3 x 20.6 cm
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May Kinsey and an unidentified man climbing an ice face
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936
Reference: PA1-q-137-24-2
Description: May Kinsey and an unidentified man climbing an ice face somewhere in the Southern Alps. Photographed by Joseph Kinsey in 1895. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
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May Kinsey and an unidentified man at the edge of a mountain river
Date: ca 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-70-1
Description: May Kinsey and an unidentifies man at the edge of the Hooker River. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
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"Our Camp"; Joseph Kinsey and party in the Southern Alps
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-10-3
Description: Joseph Kinsey and his party encamped somewhere in the Southern Alps. As well as Kinsey there is his daughter May, the Swiss Climber Zurbriggen, and two unidentified men. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
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May Kinsey climbing an ice face
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936
Reference: PA1-q-137-20-2
Description: May Kinsey climbing an ice face on the Tasman Glacier. Photographed in 1895 by Joseph James Kinsey Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - J J Kinsey; Mount recto - bottom right - May Kinsey; Mount recto - bottom centre - Climbing an ice face on the Tasman Glacier Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 10.5 cm
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Mountaineers Mattias Zurbriggen and May Kinsey
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-05-3
Description: Mattias Zurbriggen and May Kinsey at camp, prior to a climb up Mount Sefton. in 1895. Photograph taken by Joseph James Kinsey. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - J.J. Kinsey 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 114 x 160 mm
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May Kinsey outside her tent near The Hermitage, Mount Cook
Date: 1895
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-22-2
Description: May Kinsey, dressed for climbing, seated at the entrance of a tent near The Hermitage, Mount Cook. An ice pick and coil of rope lean on the other side of the tent. Photographed by Joseph James Kinsey in 1895. A cropped version of this photograph is at PA1-q-137-30-2. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - J J Kinsey 1895; Album page - beneath image - May `at home'; Album page - beneath image - Camp near `The Hermitage' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print