Balfour Glacier

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 - 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-057-016

Description: A glacier amidst mountains Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 95 x 203 mm

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955

Reference: PA1-q-113

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, probably taken by A P Harper Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - `To Alec and Flo' from Mother, Hokitika, 1st July, 1897'; Album page - `A.S. Malcolm, "Lossie", Balclutha' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cloth cover, red simulated leather spine and corners; 37 x 28 cm Provenance: No donor information available. Given to Alexander Scott Malcolm and his wife Flora in 1897.

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-057-018

Description: Looking down Balfour Glacier Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 100 mm

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Riddiford family: Harold Earle Riddiford papers relating to Garhwal Himalaya and Everest Reconnaissance

By: Whites Aviation Ltd

Reference: PAColl-10769-11

Description: Contains photographic prints taken by Harold Earle Riddiford and others including Whites Aviation, circa 1940s to 1950s. Mountaineering photographs show alpine landscapes in the Southern Alps and Himalaya Mountains. Some prints are aerial photographs. A number of photographs are panoramic, constructed from multiple prints adhered together. A photograph of Mount Everest is annotated in blue pen and pencil with the route for the ascent with camp sites marked as well as the altitude of nearby peaks. A second photograph shows Mountt Tasman, Balfour Glacier, and Aoraki Mount Cook with a route marked on Mount Tasman. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Photographic prints arrived at the Library loose in a file box holding other material relating to mountaineering. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic prints and cardboard box. Processing information: .

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130607-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. (a) South-west shoulder of Torres (b) L. Cleveland carrying ski negotiating a buttress on Torres. Tocks of Balfour range below (c) View of Balfour range (d) " " " " [View of Balfour range] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130606-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. (a) South-west shoulder of Torres (b) L. Cleveland carrying ski negotiating a buttress on Torres. Tocks of Balfour range below (c) View of Balfour range (d) " " " " [View of Balfour range] Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130608-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. (a) South-west shoulder of Torres (b) L. Cleveland carrying ski negotiating a buttress on Torres. Tocks of Balfour range below (c) View of Balfour range (d) " " " " [View of Balfour range] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130605-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. (a) South-west shoulder of Torres (b) L. Cleveland carrying ski negotiating a buttress on Torres. Tocks of Balfour range below (c) View of Balfour range (d) " " " " [View of Balfour range] Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130604-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. Neil Hamilton crossing a schrund Fingerprint on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130603-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. Neil Hamilton crossing a schrund Fingerprint on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130602-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. With ski on slopes of Torres! upper figure John Lange lower figure L. Cleveland Spots on negative. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: 1/4-130601-F

Description: Related index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. With ski on slopes of Torres! upper figure John Lange lower figure L. Cleveland Spots on negative. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: LCI-90-030

Description: Index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. (a) South-west shoulder of Torres (b) L. Cleveland carrying ski negotiating a buttress on Torres. Tocks of Balfour range below (c) View of Balfour range (d) ' ' ' ' [View of Balfour range] Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index card. Physical Description: Cardboard index card with attached proof print(s), 13 x 19cm

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: LCI-90-029

Description: Index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. Neil Hamilton crossing a schrund Quantity: 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index card. Physical Description: Cardboard index card with attached proof print(s), 13 x 19cm

Date: 1953

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: LCI-90-028

Description: Index card reads: Mountaineering. Balfour Glacier. 1953. With ski on slopes of Torres! upper figure John Lange lower figure L. Cleveland Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index card. Physical Description: Cardboard index card with attached proof print(s), 13 x 19cm

Date: [Circa 1890s]

By: Beattie, John Watt, 1859-1930; Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Roberts, Elizabeth, 1856-1918; Stoner, W

Reference: PA1-o-482

Description: Album of photographs relating to mountains and mountaineering in the Southern Alps. A photograph of George John Roberts, Charles Edward Douglas, and Leonard Cockayne (p 1), was probably taken by George Roberts' wife, who took one of the group at the same time but in different positions (See image at PAColl-5926-13) C H Stonor is seen with "Dr Teichmann" [i.e. Ebenezer Teichelmann] (p 40). Two photographs at the end of the album are of Tasmania, one showing a bush scene with a small waterfall; and one taken by John Watt Beattie of Hobart from the bay. All the inscriptions in the album are hand-written with decorative lettering and patterning. Inscriptions: Album page - W. Stoner, Llanvair, Coronation Rd, South Ascot. Rev. Celsus Kelly Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, black spine; 24.0 cm x 31.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1900s-1920s]

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

By: Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Gardiner, Kate, 1885-1974; Joachim, Mary Eleanor, 1874-1957; Kurz, Marcel, 1887-1967; Mannering, George Edward, 1862-1947; Theomin, Dorothy Michaelis, 1888-1966

Reference: PAColl-0959-32

Description: Photographs of various mountains and valleys, birds and plants in New Zealand taken by identified and unidentified photographers. A large proportion were taken by Kate Gardiner (nos. 1-10, 13-30, 33, 54, 66-94). Other identified photographers are G E Mannering (nos 136-141, 143, 146-149); Miss Joachim (nos 37, 48-50, 56-57, 63-65, 148, 15-153); Miss Theomin (nos 31, 35-36, 38-43, 53, 55, 144, 145); Tudor Collins (nos 45-47, 52); and Marcel Kurz (nos 95-135, 142). Note on the back of image no. 1 reads "1928 ascent of Malte Brun with Frank Alack and Peter Graham. Picture shows Frank Alack and Mrs Ivan Wilson (Mrs Mona Wilson). Info from Mrs Wilson's daughter, 1990." Additional note reads "one opinion. However in Frank Alack's book 'Share my joys' a similar photo of the same woman is identified as Katie Gardiner" [writer not identified]. Photographs numbered 34 and 35 are probably of the helichrysum species. Image no. 11 shows mountain guides Jack Lippe, Frank Milne, J Clarke (John Michael Clarke) and Jock Richmond (back row), and Alec Graham and Peter Graham (front row). Image no. 12 shows Guy (George Edward) Mannering with three undentified mountaineers. A number of images, chiefly taken by Miss Joachim, show various New Zealand birds and plants, including pied and spotted shags on Little Barrier Island (nos 45-47), gannets at Cape Kidnappers (nos 48-51, 56-57), kea and pukeko; and Prince of Wales feathers fern, a cabbage tree, two varieties of helichrysum and staghorn ferns. Many of the images by Marcel Kurz show mountaineers, bivouacs and camping sites in the mountains, including the Pioneer Ridge Bivvy. Image no. 133, taken by Marcel Kurz shows Ned Porter, Clive Barker and Doris Barker (later Mrs Porter), on the second ascent of Mount Haidinger in 1927. Most identified places are listed above. Other Titles - Miss K. Gardiner (with additional note which reads "includes photos by Mannering, Kurz, Gardiner, Joachim, Theomin".) Quantity: 153 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." Some photographs have no information or identification of places, times or names of people..

Date: [Circa 1908-1930s]

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

By: Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938; Kurz, Marcel, 1887-1967

Reference: PAColl-0959-22

Description: Photographs of mountains and valleys in the Southern Alps towards the West Coast, chiefly taken by Dr Ebenezer Teichelmann, with the last two images probably taken by Marcel Kurz. The box is entitled "W.A. Kennedy. Dr. T. 4 (Box 22). The images are separated into nine sequences filed in paper folders, with two loose images at the end. The folders are as follows: 1: Complete pan (panorama) of 8 from Pioneer Ridge (nos. 1-22). 2: Callery (nos. 23-30). 3: Pan of 8 of the Lambert Group (from near the head of Lambert Glacier) (nos. 31-38). 4: Pan of 11 from Chancellor Ridge (nos. 39-46). 5: Lower Waiototo (i.e. Waiatoto) Valley (nos. 47-61a). 6: From Craig's Peak (no. 62). 7: odd Pioneer Ridge (nos. 63-70, and 80 (lacking nos. 71-79). 8: Head of Victoria Glacier (nos. 81-83). 9: Upper Waiototo (i.e. Waiatoto) Valley (nos. 84-109). 10: two loose images, now numbered 110 and 111 (originally numbered 103 (Haast from the H.-L col, K. Gardiner), and 127 (High peak of Cook from north beyond 2nd peak). Neither of these are listed in the inventory. Most of the places shown are listed above. Quantity: 104 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." Inventory lists 109 images, however the sequence lacks numbers 71-79, and there are four images not listed in the inventory (nos 61A, 94A, and two loose images originally numbered 103 (now numbered 110), and 127 (now numbered 111); this makes 104 images in total..