Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Date: 1917-1927

From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Reference: PA1-o-1590

Description: Throughout the album are many photographs of family, friends, children babies and weddings, some of which are identified by name. The two main places depicted are Christchurch and New Plymouth. Groups on Mount Taranaki/Egmont and views on and arround the mountain also crop up throughout the album. Young women at Canterbury University College, particularly groups associated with Helen Connon Hall. A group of women in the Canterbury Teachers' Training College basketball team. Some photographs of people playing tennis. Touring and camping trips to places like Stoney Creek (near Balclutha?) and the Awakino Valley. Other places represented are Rotorua where a holiday was taken in 1924. Tauranga, its waterfront, and yachting in the harbour. Some views of Wellington. At one point in the album groups of photographs appear that indicate a trip overseas taken in 1926. These include - Elephant and keepers, probably Sri Lanka. Landscape views, India. The Taj Mahal. England which includes photographs of the historian Angus John Harrop and his sister among the colleges of Cambridge University. Group visiting the Malvern Hills. Passengers and officers on the ship `Beltana'. A children's party on the ship. South Africa, Durban and Cape Town. Australia 1926 - Adelaid Sydney and Melbourne. War memorial to New Zealand troops at Le Quesnoy, France. A note inside the front cover of the album states that photographs of England were sent by Angus John Harrop. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, May 2011

Date: 2004

From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Reference: PAColl-9921-3

Description: Includes - View of Mana Island from a rocky foreshore. Photographs taken during aSouth Island trip. Those that can be identified include - Bronze statue of runner, Jack Lovelock, Timaru Bays' High School (unveiled 13 November 2002). Kea on a roadway. Anglican Church, Reefton. Old Court House, Reefton. Old shop front and white car, Reefton. Derelict wharf, Greymouth. Group at Arthur's Pass. Fitzherbert Street, Hokitika. Man and woman at Timaru. Views of Wellington Harbour. The rest are scenic views of unidentified mountains, beaches, and sea views. A note inside the front cover of the album states that photographs of England were sent by Angus John Harrop. Quantity: 21 colour copy photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchase, May 2011

Date: 1932

From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Reference: PAColl-9921-2

Description: Portrait of Angus John Harrop, ca 1930. Group gathered at the Restaurant Frascati, London, at the New Zealand University inaugural dinner, 19 November 1932, with Lord Rutherford of Nelson in the chair. A note inside the front cover of the album states that photographs of England were sent by Angus John Harrop. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890]-2004

From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families

Reference: PAColl-9921-1

Description: Album relating to the Valentine and Harrop families. This includes - Steam bores, Wairakei,ca 1950. Unidentified naval event on board a ship, England, 1956. James Archibald Valentine and wife Nellie, Rarotonga, 1926. Group of school girls at Wilton's Bush, Wellington, including Ann Barbara Harrop, 1945. Historian Angus John Harrop in Milford Sound, ca 1945. House in Te Anau Road, Hataitai, Wellington. Portrait of Mary Freeman, great niece of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Total eclipse of the sun photographed at Giggleswick, Yorkshire, 29 June 1929. Christchurch University College buildings (now Arts Centre) and the Press Buildings, Christchurch, 2004. Portrait of Mary Maxwell Valentine (1843-1916). Group portrait of James Archibald Valentine, wife Helen Valentine, and children James and Archibald, ca 1896. Valentine grave, Waikouaiaiti Cemetery, photographed ca 2004. People and places in and probably near Timaru. Views of Hokitika. Carnegie Library building, Hokitika. Arthur Neville Harrop, ca 1907. Survey party on West Coast in ca 1908 which includes A N Harrop. Harrop grave in Hokitika Cemetery photographed 2006. Group photographs of cousins, Winnie Bardsley, Hilda Valentine, and Ivy Clay, ca 1914. The Dorrington family, Thames, 1946. House at Craighead Street, Highfield, Timaru. Valentine sisters as small children, 1900s. College House rugby team, Canterbury University College, ca 1920. Angus John Harrop as a baby, ca 1900. Large picnic group, ca 1910. Isobel Aitken and Hilda Valentine, Timaru Girls' High school, 1917. Historian Angus John Harrop and historian, economist, and educationalist, James Hight, Canterbury University College, 1934. Four snaps of Harrop and Valentine family members and horses in tussock grassland. Group of women at Canterbury University College or Training College, ca 1920. Portraits of Angus John Harrop. Portrait of Hilda Harrop, ca 1938. Formal portrait of the men of College House, Canterbury University College, ca 1923. Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w copy photographic print(s). 26 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchase, May 2011