Whitcombe River

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. named]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-056-033

Description: View of a mountain saddle above the Whitcombe River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 158 mm

Date: 1984 - 1995

From: Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :[Red beech writing. Illustrations. 1970-1984].

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-014

Description: Illustration to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Shows one tramper in the river, and one standing on a boulder. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Greg Ross Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 230 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

Date: 1896-1897

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910; Cundy, Horace Gordon, 1907-1983

Reference: PA1-o-124

Description: Photograph album of West Coast scenes, compiled, and in part photographed by surveyor George John Roberts. Several images show Roberts, including one image of him with L Cockayne and C E Douglas standing on ice at the Bealey in April 1897. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black bound album with cream cotton spine, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32 cm Provenance: Donated by Mr H G Cundy, Palmerston North, 1977. The album was compiled by surveyor George Roberts, uncle of Mr Cundy.

Date: 17 Dec 1933

By: Irwin, Brian Tyrwhitt Wyn (Major), 1905-1942

Reference: MS-Papers-8203

Description: Letter from Robert Drummond to Irwin, written from Kanieri [sic], in which he discusses matters relating to `hillmen' including reminiscences, the Pascoe search for Collings, and the results of a discussion about setting up a distinctly Westland body, a West Coast branch of the Alpine Club or joining the Canterbury Mountaineering Club (the latter won) and various work to be carried out Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [Between 1903 and 1935]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Westland, Charles J, active 1900s; Kitchingham, Frederick Arthur, 1885-1964; Mercer, James Cuthbert, 1886-1944; Atkinson, George Gordon, 1905-1982

Reference: PA1-o-411

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others in the Southern Alps, particularly the Westland Region. They include groups of mountaineers; routes traversing difficult terrain; views of mountains, mountain ranges and glaciers; deer stalkers and their catch; campsites, both in tents, and in caves (including Wilkinson Cave, in which prospectors, trampers and mountaineers have sheltered); fording swollen rivers; and mountain huts and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Album includes early photographs taken by C J Westland (1903), and a number of photographs taken by F A Kitchingham (1914). Particular trips taken include a new route from the Evans region to the Rakaia, discovered by J D Pascoe, Wyn Barnett and A P Thomson on 4th January 1933; the first traverse of the McKenzie Glacier, in rain (31st December 1932); and the first ascent of the McKenzie Col (31st December 1932). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe lettered in gold in lower right-hand corner; [185 p]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: ca 1890

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910; Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Cundy, Horace Gordon, 1907-1983

Reference: PAColl-3412

Description: Mostly photographs of scenic West Coast Region. Note that under Places only a handfull of the 108 photoprints have been indexed Inscriptions: All the photographs are identified on the back in pencil written in most cases in the same hand. Some of the negatives have reference numbers on the back in pencil. These may indicate that several sets of prints were made Quantity: 108 b&w original photographic print(s) in two boxes. Physical Description: Majority of photoprints approx 110 x 150mm (the few that are not are smaller)

Date: 1983 - 1995

From: Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :[Red beech writing. Illustrations. 1970-1984].

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-017

Description: Illustration to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Top image shows three figures working on the bridge. Bottom image shows design for parka made out of garbage bag for the prevention of hypothermia. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Greg Ross Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 230 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

Date: 1984 - 1995

From: Ross, Gregory F A 1951- :[Red beech writing. Illustrations. 1970-1984].

By: Ross, Gregory F A, 1951-

Reference: A-285-014-a

Description: Illustration to his publication "Red beech writing". Toronto: GFA Ross, 1995. 90p. Shows one tramper in the river, and one standing on a boulder. Illustrations for Greg Ross's "Red beech writing". Toronto, The Author, 1995. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Greg Ross Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy, 280 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Greg Ross, residing in Canada, in 1995.

Date: 1908

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand Geological Survey; Mackay, John, 1851-1937

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/17/230/Acc.54916

Description: Topographical map of Murray Survey District and Topographical Map of Waitaha Survey District on one sheet with inset map of Clifton and Wanganui River. Published by New Zealand Geological Survey, under James Mackintosh Bell, Director. Compiled and drawn by R J Crawford, May 1908. Compiled from data obtained from the Lands and Survey Department, with additions by P G Mrgan, of the Geological Survey Department. Printed by John Mackay, Government Printer. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper, mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, scale 80 chains to 1 inch, 46 x 50 cm

Date: [1866]

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887

Reference: A-149-013

Description: Two men in the left foreground on the banks of a rocky stream, with Mount Whitcombe on the upper left, Whitcombe Pass in the centre and Mount Martius on the upper left. Low scrub and possibly tussock on the mountains. Original for a lithograph by Ward & Reeves, published as plate No. 14 in: Haast, Julius. 'Report on the headwaters of the River Rakaia, with twenty illustrations, a map, and three appendixes. Christchurch, 1867. See also NON-ATL-0188 Title transcribed from item. Other Titles - Whitcombe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mt Whitcombe; Whitcombe's Pass; Mt Martius; View of Whitcombe's Pass from the banks of the Pass Stream [ink]; Backing board recto - bottom right - Dr J. Haast del [pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 143 x 248 mm, on mount with caption, 277 x 380 mm.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Roberts, George J :One hundred and eight photographs of the West Coast Region by photographers George J Roberts and A P Harper

Reference: PAColl-3412-2-02

Description: Barron's Canyon on the Whitcombe River, West Coast, New Zealand, photographed by either George Roberts or Arthur Paul Harper in about 1890. Inscriptions: Verso - Whitcombe River, Barron's Canyon Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 11.2 x 9 cm

Date: 1932

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-411-053

Description: View of the Whitcombe valley showing Jourdain Cone and Mount Evans in the background. Photographed by an unknown photographer Top photograph (PA1-o-411-053-1) taken on the 20th of April 1932 shows the Whitcombe River on a sunny day with low water levels Bottom photograph (PA1-o-411-053-2) taken on the 28th of December 1932 shows the Whitcombe River in flood Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two silver gelatin prints mounted on album page 305 x 250 mm (page size)

Date: 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-042

Description: Shows panoramic view, with Ramsay Glacier from Mein's Knob. Reproduced in: Burrows, Colin James. 'Julius Haast in the Southern Alps'. Canterbury University Press, 2005, plate 33. Other Titles - Mount Ramsay, Erewhon Peak Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, on sheet 180 x 520 mm.