Copland Range

Date: 1850-1890

By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Moberly, Patricia, active 1990s

Reference: PA1-f-207

Description: Album probably compiled by the mountaineer and explorer, A P Harper. Harper was also probably the photographer for many of the prints, especially those of mountains and mountaineering. There are Harper and Ackland family photographs which include interior and exterior views and views of the garden, of Ilam, the family mansion in Christchurch. The other main group of photographs relate to A P Harper's activities as a mountaineer and explorer in the Fox and Franz Joseph glacier regions. Some of the climbers active in the Southern Alps during the 1880s and 1890s are depicted. W S Green and his two Swiss guides, and at least one photograph taken by Green during his unsuccessful attempt to reach the summit of Mount Cook in 1882. Fitgerald, Zurbriggen, Mannering, and Dixon were all men that Harper was associated with as a mountaineer. As an explorer he was associated with Charles Douglas, and there are photographs of Douglas, Leonard Cockayne the botanist, and John Roberts of the Westland district survey. There are also many photographs of the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and gorges of the Southern Alps. Some of the English photographs at the beginning of the album may be associated with A P Harper's brother Charles who became an Anglican priest. He may have been the C C Harper who was at Keble College and Cuddesdon theological college, Oxford. There are two interiors of "C C Harper's room at Keble College", and a number of photographs of family groups taken in the grounds of the vicarage at Patea where Charles Harper was vicar from 1894 to 1900. The album ends with A P Harper and his house at Thames, and more British photographs, in particular several pages of Jersey taken about 1897 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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: 1870 - 1880

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1875, 1880]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-015-011

Description: A track through tall trees, with a snow-clad range visible on the left. A distant figure is walking the track The artist has accidentally written the name Copland as Boupland Other Titles - Copland Range; Coupland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 105 x 110 mm

Date: 1899

From: Mueller, Mildred Violet, d 1969 :Albums

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910

Reference: PA1-o-355

Description: Scenes in Westland, the Southern Alps and Canterbury, taken in the 1890s by George John Roberts (1848-1910), Chief Surveyor in Westland. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - To Isabel from old "Yellow Tickets", Christmas 1899 Provenance: Album from the collection of Gerhard Mueller (1835?-1918), Chief Surveyor for Westland Province 1868-1892. Donated by his daughter, Mildred Violet Mueller, Auckland, April 1967.

Date: 1892 - 1893

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: A-048-019

Description: Looking onto plains Previously thought to have been drawn ca 1870. See New Zealand surveyor, CIV: 6, June 1930. (This gives information about John Strauchon's official positions, but does not give dates of Douglas' drawings). For dating and other details, see letter AT 13/14/1, 7 February 1995. Dated with reference to John Pascoe's "Mr Explorer Douglas", page 49, and others. Other Titles - Copland Inscriptions: Verso - title and other pencilled notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on paper 190 x 150 mm Provenance: John Strauchon, a previous owner, was Chief Surveyor of Westland at the time Douglas made the 1892 drawings. In May 1893, he became Chief surveyor for Taranaki. Transfers: Transferred from Strauchon, John (1848-1934) MS collection..

Date: 1899 - 1900

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910; Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: C-012-006

Description: A panoramic view of the Southern Alps and the bush of south Westland, from the Kaiser Fritz Range to the Navigator Range, with the Fox Glacier close to the centre of the view, with Mounts Tasman and Cook showing as the highest peaks above it. The Franz Josef Glacier is to the left and is here identified as the Fritz Glacier. The peaks and their heights are identified and the view is taken from trig station H. U. near Gillespies Beach Drawn by W. Deverell from an original drawing by George Roberts Published as a supplement to the Department of Lands and Survey. Annual report, 1899-1900 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 280 x 690 mm

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1900s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938

Reference: PAColl-0959-16

Description: Alpine views, probably taken by Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann, circa 1890s to 1900s. Many of the places shown are listed above. The photographs are separated into 10 sequences: 1: From Bismarck Peak (nos. 1-6). 2: From Spenser [i.e. Mount Spencer] (nos. 7-13). 3: Odd [i.e. From] Chancellor Ridge (nos. 14-27). 4: La Perouse Icefall from lower glacier (nos. 28-33). 5: Victoria Falls (nos. 34-36). 6: From Victoria Range (nos. 37-44). 7: Copland Pass & Valley (nos. 45-53). 8: Tasman Glacier floor (nos. 54-60). 9: From Malcolm Peak (nos. 61-72). 10: Pan[orama] of 3 from Chancellor Ridge (nos. 73-75). Many of the scenes show different angles of the main divide between Canterbury and Westland, including views of from Bismarck Peak (Glacier Peak to Pioneer Pass) looking along the Fritz Range; the divide from the Minarets to Conway; Pioneer Pass to Tasman; head of Franz Josef Glacier; Spenser [i.e. Mount Spencer], Conway and Malte Brun. Views from Mount Spencer include Mounts Tasman and Torres; Mounts Hackel, Hamilton, Malte Brun and De La Beche spur; Elie de Beaumont and Minarets; Triad Peaks; part of the Fritz Range. Views from the Chancellor Ridge include an overflow tent and camp on the ridge (500 feet above the Fox Glacier); down on the Fox Glacier from near the first campsite, and another from just below the Chancellor Ridge hut present hut site; Hardinger to Pioneer Pass; Mounts Lendenfeld, Tasman, Torres and Cook; Hardinger and Haast. Views of the La Perouse Icefall include head of the La Perouse Valley and Mount Tasman; the Tasman group; head of the Cook River Glacier Valley with Mt Tasman, Teichelmann Peak; Mounts Torres, Tasman and Teichelmann; Balfour Range. Views of the Victoria Falls (900 feet from the Fox Glacier). Views from the Victoria Range including the divide from Conway to Lendenfeld; upper Fritz Range; Mount Sefton; Lendenfeld to Davids Dome; Douglas to Tasman. Views from the Copland Pass include Mt Sefton and Footstool; up the Copland Valley from Welcome Flats; Mount Copland; hot springs at Welcome Flats; La Perouse. Views from the Tasman Glacier floor include Mounts Lendenfeld, Haast and Hardinger; Mount Cook; Ball Glacier. Views from Malcolm Peak include southwards along the divide, and southerly views of the Rakaia, Rangitata, Lambert and Lord Rivers; northerly, north easterly, southerly and south westerly views; the Lyell Glacier and Mt Arrowsmith; Mount Cook; Mount Tyndall. The final three images are a three part panorama taken from Chancellor Ridge of the divide (Conway to Haast), Tasman etc. and part of Fox Range across Fox Icefall, and part of the Fox Range as seen across the Fox Icefall. Source of descriptive information - Photographer's name "Dr. T, 2" [i.e. Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann] taken from information on original box. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1892 - 1893

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916; Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: A-048-018

Description: Looking down onto plains Previously thought to have been drawn ca 1870. See New Zealand surveyor, CIV: 6, June 1930. (This gives information about John Strauchon's official positions, but does not give dates of Douglas' drawings). For dating and other details, see letter AT 13/14/1, 7 February 1995. Dated with reference to John Pascoe's "Mr Explorer Douglas", page 49, and others. Other Titles - Copland Inscriptions: Verso - title and other pencilled notes Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on paper 190 x 150 mm Provenance: John Strauchon, a previous owner, was Chief Surveyor of Westland at the time Douglas made the 1892 drawings. In May 1893, he became Chief surveyor for Taranaki. Transfers: Transferred from Strauchon, John (1848-1934) MS collection..