Adler SMS (Ship)

Date: April-June 1903

By: Read, G A, active 1903; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PA1-o-468

Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Other Titles - Visit of members of New Zealand legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Inscriptions: Album page - The voyage, of which the accompanying photographs form a partial record, was undertaken in April-June, 1903, for the purpose of giving Members of the New Zealand Legislature an opportunity of seeing the Cook and other Islands, which were annexed to the colony in June, 1901. In all fifteen islands were visited, eight of them being within the extended boundaries of New Zealand, and the remaining seven belonging to one or other of the adjacent groups - viz., Samoa, Tonga or Friendly Islands, and Fiji. The total distance travelled was 8,015 miles and th time occupied,, seven weeks. A detailed report on the visit will be found in parliamentary Paper, 1903, A.-3B. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Visit of members of New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other islands, 1903", lettered in gold; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: Early 1900s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

Reference: PA1-f-126

Description: Album of newspaper & magazine cuttings, maps, and black & white photographs, with the title "Outer New Zealand". Includes information on various islands, including Auckland Islands, Kermadecs, Cook Islands, Niue, Rarotonga, Western Samoa, Makogai Island Leper Station, and areas of the Antarctic. On page 6, there are 2 photographs of Cook Islanders wearing traditional clothing, one group from Mangaia, and one group from Aitutaki. There are sections giving detailed information and illustrations showing various agricultural activities, including the growing of bananas, copra, breadfruit, rubber, taro, kava plants, cacao, coffee and cotton; and on page 21 are 3 images showing the construction of a fale (Samoan dwelling). One section (pages 24-25) has information and images of Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife, his house "Vailima" and his tomb. There are several pages of coloured illustrations of different breeds of Samoan fish (p 46-50). Page 27 shows a group of Faipule (members of the Samoan Native Council) who visited Wellington in May 1925.

Date: 1903

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-933

Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Belonged to William Henry Triggs (1855-1934)

Date: 1903

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-819

Description: Record of tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature in 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Provenance unknown. Previously housed in NZ & Pacific collection

Date: 1903

From: Hall-Jones, William (Sir) 1851-1936 :Photographs

By: Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Read, G A, active 1903

Reference: PA1-o-818

Description: Record of the tour of the Pacific Islands by members of the New Zealand Legislature to the Cook and other Islands, 1903 Photographs taken by Henry Winkelmann of Auckland (numbers 1, 38, 50-51, and 79) and G A Read of the NZ Government Printing and Stationery Department Very few of the people shown are identified Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: Between 1923 and 1930

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

Reference: Pan-2077-F

Description: View of Apia Harbour and waterfront. Two steamships at the harbour entrance on the left, smaller boats out in the bay a several moored near the shore in the right foreground. A few houses are visible among a long line of trees on the far side of the bay and there are several two-storeyed buildings on the far right. Hills in the background far right. Wreck of the German ship Adler visible in the harbour centre right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 15.2 x 73.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1930

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

Reference: Pan-2080-F

Description: View across Apia Harbour. Small boats in the harbour on the right; wreck of the German ship Adler visible in the middle distance on the right. Square-towered church building across the harbour centre left, other buildings visible further left. Broken railing centre foreground. Long line of palm trees across the bay. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 22.8 x 58.6 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1930

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

Reference: Pan-2082-F

Description: Two small panoramic negatives. Taken by Robert Percy Moore in Samoa (A) A large number of girls and yound women are seated in groups on the ground in front of a large two-storeyed building with verandahs on both floors. Several other buildings with rolled-up blinds are on the right. Two cars are parked near the house and a group of about eight men and women are looking on. (B) View of the waterfront at Apia with a road along the waterfront on the right and the wreck of the German ship Adler on the far left. Looking through a row of trees to several buildings in front of a long line of palms on the far side of the harbour. One of a set originally labelled P76 to P82. This one P82. They all appeared to be part of a sequence of R P Moore panoramic negatives which fit between Pan-2075 and Pan-2083. Identified as Moore's from others taken in in similar locations or with marginal notes in his script. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negatives 23.6 x 48.1 cm (A); 18.2 x 55.2 cm (B)

Date: 1889-1918

From: Hunt, Alice Suisana, 1925- : Papers relating to Arthur Aris King and James Baxter Fleck

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: MS-Papers-12198-1

Description: Folder of 48 postcards from Samoa with images photographed by Alfred Tattersall and Thomas Andrew. The postcards were all reproduced in the publication compiled by Alice Hunt 'Greetings from Samoa: Early Twentieth Century Postcards and a tribute to Alfred Tattersall' (Palmerston North: Manuia Books, 2016). The photographic postcards document Samoa, including historic events such as the cyclone of 1889, the volcanic eruption of 1905, and some are dated 1910. During this period Samoa was under German administration and consequently many of the postcards feature captions in the German language. Other subject matter depicted includes: - Volcanic activity, including lava running into the sea - Shipping, including naval vessels and fishing canoes - Shipwrecks of American and German naval vessels following cyclone of 1889 - Landscapes and scenery, including waterfalls - The build environment, including traditional and colonial buildings - Individual and group portraits of people, ranging from copra workers and to the king of Samoa, Malietoa Laupepa. - Natural history and indigenous costumes and adornments Some of the postcards bear the imprint of the "Deutsche Samoa-Gesellschaft, Berlin-Apia" Also two postcards not directly related to Samoa, one portraying two female subjects related to Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, and one depicting "The Mosque of Omar, at Jerusalem". These two postcards with inscribed messages from circa 1918, at the time of the Influenza Epidemic, by Olive Blanche King to her sisters Florence King and Amelia Cora King, describing the experience of severe illness suffered by the writer and her family, including mother Susana Key and brothers Edward and George. The postcards are mostly blank and not postally used, while some have messages and postal markings. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 48 postcards. Physical Description: Postcards.

Date: 1888-1889

From: Klein, John C, active 1870-1890: Papers relating to Samoa

Reference: fMS-Papers-12538

Description: Proclamations, notices, and newspaper articles relating to Samoan Civil War. Includes: - Proclamation, dated Mulinuu, 25 Feburary 1888, Tuiaana Tuiatua Tamasese. Written in Samoan. - Poster, Tivoli Hotel, 24 December 1888, Nipsic Minstrel and Variety Troupe. Printed in English by Samoa Times Print. - Proclamation, dated Magiagi, 11 January 1889, Magiagi, Mataafa Malietoa, Le Tupu o Samoa. Printed in Samoan by Samoa Times Print. - Proclamation, dated Apia, 19 January 1889, Dr. Knappe, Imperial German Consul. Printed in German and English by John T Jones, Government Printer, Apia, Samoa. - Notice, dated Apia, 23 January 1889, Fritze, Commander, Commanding H.I.G.M.S. Adler. Printed in German and English by John T Jones, Government Printer, Apia, Samoa. - Proclamation, dated Magiagi 3 April 1889, Mataafa Malietoa, Le Tupu o Samoa. Printed in Samoan by Samoa Times Print. - Newspaper front page, dated Apia 15 September 1888. 'Extraordinary' issue, printed by Samoa Times on soft paper. Title supplied by library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter on paper and tapa.

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Hannam, John (Sir), active 1936; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-111

Description: Photograph album of views of New Zealand and Australia, taken by various photographers. Three photographs taken by the Burton Brothers show the sunken pa at Ohinemutu (Burton Bros. 3880); two Maori rangatira, image entitled `Were Were & Kiriwere, Waipahihi, Lake Taupo' (Burton Bros. 3747); and Maori meeting at Whare-Komiti-Haerehuka, King Country (Burton Bros. 3624). Other - Photograph `Maori meeting at Whare-Komiti-Haerehuka, King Country' (Burton Bros. 3624) appears to have been taken at the same time as image at PA7-36-30 `Great chiefs at Whare-Komiti-Haerehuka, King Country (Burton Bros. 3622). Several of the chiefs who were named in the Great Chiefs image can be identified in the view in this album. Other - Photograph `Were Were & Kiriwere, Waipahihi, Lake Taupo' (Burton Bros. 3747) appears to have been taken at the same time as the image at PA1-o-088-13. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram covers; 28 x 38 cm Provenance: Donated by Sir John Hannam, London, 1936

Date: 1831-1914, 1957

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2325

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: ca1880s-1890s

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Davis, John, -1893; Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914; A & W (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-223

Description: Compiled by S Percy Smith. Album includes 42 pages of photographs of Samoan scenery, towns, buildings, and portraits. Photographers represented include Burton Brothers, Thomas Andrew, J Davis, and A & W. As well as Samoa, this album includes photographs of men and one woman in the Solomon Islands; their ceremonial dress, weapons, and a house with an ornately woven patterned wall, and thatched roof. The last two photographs show men with weapons, wearing masks. Several photographs show images relating to Robert Louis Stevenson. One (on page 32) shows "R L Stevenson & party". Stevenson and his wife with European and Samoan men and women are seen standing at the back of a large group on the steps of the verandah at Vailima. The verandah is draped with fern leaves. The group seated in front on the stairs includes Samoan men, mostly holding axes, and a group of sailors holding musical instruments. Other scenes relating to Stevenson show his house (Vailima), and his tomb on Mount Vaea. Inscriptions: Album page - "From Mr S. Percy Smith" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, leather corners and spine; 37 x 28 cm

Date: 23 January 1889

From: Klein, John C, active 1870-1890: Papers relating to Samoa

Reference: fMS-Papers-12538-5

Description: Public notice, dated Apia, 23 January 1889, from Fritze, Commander, Commanding H.I.G.M.S. Adler. Relates to civilian ownership of firearms and ammunition. Printed in German and English by John T Jones, Government Printer, Apia, Samoa. Title supplied by library Quantity: 1. Physical Description: Printed matter on paper, 25.2 x 31.3 cm.

Date: 30 March 1889

From: Klein, John C, active 1870-1890: Papers relating to Samoa

Reference: MS-Papers-12538-1-2

Description: Typescript copy of a cable sent from Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberley to the Secretary of the United States Navy. Gives an account of the 15 March 1889 Apia cyclone. Includes names of United States' Navy casualties and a brief report regarding the condition of the German fleet. Title supplied by library. Physical Description: Typescript on paper, 33.7 x 20.1 cm.

Date: [1889]

From: Hackworth, Philip Vernon, d 1960 :Photograph album

Reference: PA1-q-107-43-1

Description: View of the wrecked warship HIMS Adler lying on her side in Apia Harbour. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1889. American and German warships in Apia Harbour in 1889, were wrecked when a hurricane struck on the 15th of March. This photograph was taken soon after the storm. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 21.3 x 16.3 cm, on album page