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Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
- Date
- 1927-1929, 1930-1940, 1967, 1988, 2012
- By
- Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013Rosser, Allan, active 2012
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00144
- Description
Collection created by Mabel Rosser, and contributed to by Allan Rosser. Comprises:
- Photographs of White Island taken by her father, Gatland Gilberd, between 1927 and 1929.
- Photograph album (heavily annotated) of Gilberd family on White Island, compiled by Mabel.
- Typescript reminiscences of her childhood spent at White Island and also Hokianga while her father was working at the Motukaraka Dairy Company.
- Electronic publication created by Allan Rosser which contains digitised copies of photographic and text materials made or owned by Gatland Gilberd and Mabel Rosser, and Allans' writing on the Gilberd family time on White Island and his photographs documenting his trip there in 2010.
- Manuscript map of White Island - Whakaari crater, dated 4 October 1967, created by Gatland Gilberd.
Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059925 to 1/4-059955 and 1/2-160180 to 160197, and 1/2-164160 to 1/2-164161.
Mabel Rosser (née Gilberd) spent time during her childhood on White Island and at Motukaraka, Hokianga. Her father, Gatland Gilberd, was an engineer at White Island Products and Motukaraka Dairy Company. Over at least one of the summer holidays the Gilberd family stayed on White Island.
Allan Rosser of Glenvale, Queensland, Australia is the son of Mabel Rosser (nee Gilberd) and the grandson of Gatland Gilberd, who was an engineer working on White Island, 1927-1929.
Quantity: 62 b&w original photographic print(s). 51 b&w copy photographic print(s). 5 Electronic document(s). 1 folder(s). 1 album(s). 1 manuscript map(s).
Processing information: Previously described as four separate collections, prior to latest accrual in 2012. All collections merged together to form one collection in 2017.
- Additional description
Staff assistance required to view film negatives.
- Use/Reproduction
- No public use of the digital publication 'White Island Treasury' by Allan Rosser without the donor's permission.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 62 b&w original photographic print(s), 51 b&w copy photographic print(s), 5 Electronic document(s), 1 folder(s), 1 album(s), 1 manuscript map(s), Negatives, Photograph albums, Photographs, Typescripts, Files (Digital files)
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Material relating to White Island
Date: n d
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
Reference: MS-Papers-10277
Description: Includes reminiscences entitled Christmas on a desert island, together with correspondence, maps and newspaper clippings concerning the island Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)
[Steam bore on White Island]
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: 1/4-059937-F
Description: A steam bore on White Island, when White Island Products was in operation. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative Transfers: File prints on shelf at PAColl-2668.
[White Island Products factory, White Island]
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: 1/4-059945-F
Description: The factory built by the White Island Products sulphur extraction enterprise on White Island. A Ford Model T truck may be seen at the right. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative Transfers: File prints on shelf at PAColl-2668.
[Volcanic activity on White Island]
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: 1/4-059936-F
Description: Volcanic activity on White Island. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative Transfers: File prints on shelf at PAColl-2668.
[Scene on White Island]
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: 1/2-164161-F
Description: View through trees, showing sulphur miners' quarters. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
[Volcanic activity on White Island]
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: 1/4-059950-F
Description: Volcanic activity on White Island. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative Transfers: File prints on shelf at PAColl-2668.
[The landing area at Crater Bay, White Island]
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: 1/4-059927-F
Description: The landing area at Crater Bay, White Island. The vessel at left, in the background, is the auxiliary schooner Paroto, of the Northern Steam Ship Company. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative Transfers: File prints on shelf at PAColl-2668.
Photographs of White Island
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: PAColl-2668
Description: Photographs of White Island Quantity: 49 b&w copy photographic print(s). Transfers: Negatives housed at 1/4-059925 to 1/4-059955 and 1/2-160180.
[Scene on White Island]
Date: 1927-1929
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
By: Gilberd, Gatland, 1886-1970
Reference: 1/4-059932-F
Description: Scene on White Island. Photograph taken between 1927-1929 by Gatland Gilberd. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative Transfers: File prints on shelf at PAColl-2668.
White Island crater
Date: 1967
From: Rosser, Mabel, 1918-2013: Collection relating to childhood at White Island and Hokianga
Reference: MapColl-832.16cbh/1967/Acc.57100
Description: A manuscript map of White Island - Whakaari crater, dated 4 October 1967, created by Gilbert Gatland who was an engineer on the island. The map shows various volcanic features, including craters, hot springs and fumaroles, and topography by contours, ridges and spot heights. Precise leveling pegs are marked and labelled. The map imprint states "WHITE IS. CRATER 4 Oct. 1967. Scale 5 ch = 1 in; Fumeroles X PRECISE LEVEL PEGS". The map is both geological and topographical, showing contours, elevations and geological details. Labelled features include - Track to old Camp, Cairn, Crater rim, Hot Springs, Old Factory. Notes of historical geological events and activity, include: "Edge of old lake", "1933 Crater", "Sandy flat encrusted with sublimates", "Area covered with conical mounds of 1914 mud flow", and "Rock Slide". The map is supplemented with names of geological features, including Gulliver Crater, Noisy Nellie, Schubert's Fairy, and Donald Fumeroles. Also includes tracing paper annotated by Allan Rosser. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 map(s) Single-sided map, also annotated tracing paper. Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper; 28.5 x 54 cm. Processing information: Loose page of annotated tracing paper that was originally deposited with map has been placed in a transparent enclosure, and kept with the map for preservation reasons.