Shackleton, Ernest Henry (Sir), 1874-1922

Date: 1917

By: Helmore, Heathcote George, 1894-1965

Reference: MSX-4222

Description: Helmore has recorded the duties and appointments kept by the Governor-General during 1917 with each entry giving the time and place, and a brief description of the occasion and the people involved. Guests staying at Government House are noted; some leisure activities are mentioned, eg tennis, riding or shooting and he lists the people involved, but there are no personal observations or comments by the diarist. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - A 1916 diary, attributed to Helmore, is at MS-0989 Accompanying material - Rough listing of people mentioned in the diary; Who's who entry for Liverpool; photocopied pages of NZ government officials Helmore is the attributed diarist; the Library has a similar diary for 1916 which is attributed to him. It is noted he was an aide-de-camp to Liverpool, the Governor-General. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (case folder) Provenance: Purchased from The Studio Press, Norfolk, May 1996

Date: 1977

By: Conly, Robert Maurice, 1920-1995

Reference: C-079-043-a

Description: Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies to commemorate the opening of the Hundredth Anniversary Wing and Antarctic Centre, Canterbury Museum. Same as C-079-043 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 319 x 417 mm on sheet 434 x 545 mm

Date: [ca 1908]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6408

Description: Postcards of St Mark's Church, Remuera; the Waikato River at Hamilton; HM fleet in Lyttelton harbour; two of the Pavilion baths and grounds in Rotorua; the view from the grounds from the tower of bath house, Rotorua; an evening view of the Marine Parade gardens, Napier; the anglican church at Onehunga; a commemorative postcard of the dash to the south pole by Shackleton in 1908; Ferry Bridge over the Waiau River at Hanmer taken by Muir & Moodie; three views of boating at Hamurana Springs; Lakelet in the park, Queenstown; main street in Cust; Auckland Exhibition Grounds; Somerville Memorial Church at Remuera; Myers Park and Kindergarten; St David's Presbyterian Church; beach at Sumner, Christchurch; sanatorium and band rotunda, Te Aroha. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also housed at PA5-0109 and PA5-0085. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 22 Dec 1901, 26 Feb 1903

By: Wild, John Robert Francis, 1873-1939

Reference: MS-Group-0720

Description: The 1901 letter thanks Miss Anderson for her letter received before departure and gives some account of preparations. The 1903 letter, from SS Discovery, Winter Harbour, McMurdo Straits, thanks her for cake sent from New Zealand, giving account of events since leaving Port Chalmers, 24 Dec 1901 including land surveys, Scott's overland expedition with Wilson and Shackleton, 2 Nov 1902 and the arrival of the relief ship `Morning' on 23 Jan 1903. Letterhead: Discovery Antarctic Expedition 1901 Quantity: 2 folder(s) (4 folded sheets [15] pages; 1 sheet [4 pages] + envelope). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1914-1916

By: Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958; Orde-Lees, Hisako Hoya, active 1932-1962

Reference: MS-Group-2416

Description: Journal gives full account of the voyage from England to South Georgia, the loss of the Endurance in the pack ice, and life on Elephant Island during the wait for rescue. Lacks entries for 25 Jun 1915-8 Jan 1916. Many photographs. Material also includes photographs and newsclippings concerned with the early development of parachutes. Publication - The Orde Lees diaries have now been published - John Thomson `Elephant Island and beyond. The Life and diaries of Thomas Orde Lees', 2003. Orde Lees was seconded by the Admiralty to Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917. He was the motor expert and later store-keeper. Quantity: 13 folder(s). 6 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs with annotations, photographs and printed matter Holograph and typescript (photocopy) (35cm; blue linen tie cases) Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Orde Lees, Wellington, 1962 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Orde-Lees, Thomas Hans, 1877-1958: Photographs (PA-Group-01014). Includes drawings, diagrams and photographs Processing information: Archivists notes - qMS-1149-1153 were photocopied from originals held by Mrs Orde-Lees, of Wellington in 1962

Date: 1921-1922, 1921-1944

By: Worsley, Frank Arthur, 1872-1943

Reference: Micro-MS-0634

Description: The Worsley material concerns mainly the Shackleton-Rowett expedition to Antartica, 1921-1922, log book entries of the `Quest' and miscellaneous items. The Papers also include those of J S Marr which include personal papers and newspapers clippings. The microfilm also contains a copy of an extract from the `Daily Mirror', 21 May 1913, concerning Captain Scott's last expedition in 1912. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) negative. Finding Aids: Inventory of contents at beginning of microfilm..

Date: 1914-1922, 1950s

From: Saunders family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11036-3

Description: Letters from Edward to his father, 1914; his obituaries and cuttings re his career and association with Sir Ernest Shackleton Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1902 - 1937

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-1/4/3-Acc.35998

Description: Identifies routes after 1900 of South Pole explorations: Wilkins flight, Byrd, Lincoln Ellsh [Ellsworth], Shackleton, Mawson, Scott, Fletcher, Amundsen, Charcot, Nordeniskjold, Drygalski, Bruce and Christensen. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on black paper. Scale indeterminable. 36.5 x 55 cm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1916 - 2000 - 2001

By: Piggott, Jan R (Dr), active 2001

Reference: Eph-D-ANTARCTICA-2000-01

Description: Front of shirt shows the title, and a picture of three men in a small boat. The back quotes an extract from the journal of Harry McNeish, 1916, from 25 April to 2 May, and is entitled "The voyage of the 'James Caird'". Quantity: 1 t-shirt. Physical Description: Screen print [?] on white cotton fabric, size junior XL, 610 x 300 mm approx (irreg) Provenance: Donated by Dr J Piggott in 2001.

Date: 1916

By: Worsley, Frank Arthur, 1872-1943

Reference: Micro-MS-0632

Description: Entries made while on Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917 under Sir Ernest Shackleton. Includes diary of voyage of the `James Caird' from Elephant Island to South Georgia, 24 Apr-20 May 1916; diary relating to rescue of Elephant Island party, 16 Jun-25 Dec 1916; manuscript entitled `Shackleton's great boat journey', 1916. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (ca 200 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (microfilm)

Date: 1907

By: British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)

Reference: MS-0261-0262

Description: Periodical compiled by crew of S.Y. Nimrod, while wintering under Mount Erebus, in the Ross Sea. Contains stories, songs, sketches and diary extracts relating to life at sea on the Nimrod. Also includes ornithological descriptions and sketches Also typescript account of the wreck of the Nimrod by James Combes Publication - Published in Sea breezes, Apr 1933 Other Titles - The Antarctic petrel Arrangement: MS-0261-0262 are boxed together. Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss & typescript (white boards, in grey phase box)) Ornithological sketches, maps, portraits

Date: 1821-1857, 1802-1918

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2324

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1916-1917

By: Weston, Shaler T, active 1916-1917

Reference: MS-Papers-5006

Description: Consists of three letters from Ernest Shackleton to Shaler Weston and a receipt for money lent by Weston. The letter dated 15 Dec 1916 accompanies the receipt also dated 15 Dec 1916 and acknowledges money lent by Weston, the receipt setting out the terms of repayment. The letter dated 22 Jan 1917 was written on board the `Aurora' in the Ross Sea and tells of the deaths of Mackintosh, Hayward and Smith. The third letter dated 5 March 1917 was written from Wellington, repays the loan, thanks Weston for his help and tells of the selling of Shackleton's ship. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr A S Helm, Wellington, 1994

Date: 1981

By: David Thomas' Bookshop (Auckland)

Reference: A-017-015

Description: A broadside view of the Nimrod in heavy seas Limited edition of 500 copies; library has no. 260 Reproduction of original drawn and engraved for book Aurora Australis, written and printed in Antarctic during Shackleton's expedition, 1908 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w, 220 x 290 mm on sheet 210 x 280 mm

Date: 1907 to 1909

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-217

Description: Photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909, by an unidentified photographer. Many of the photographs refer to pages in Shackleton's book "The heart of the Antarctic: the farthest south" published soon after he returned to England. This album consists mainly of landscapes, many showing various depots established by the men, and many with different types of ice encountered by the explorers, including pack ice, brash ice, pancake ice, floe ice, snow bergs, icebergs and pressure ice. One photograph shows a party of three men at the Magnetic Pole. Alistair Forbes Mackay, Douglas Mawson and Professor Tannatt William Edgeworth David are seen on 16th January 1909 (at 3.30 pm), with Professor David announcing "I hearby take possession of this area now containing the Magnetic Pole for the British Empire". Exhibited in 'Collect' exhibition on the role of collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, mounted in National Library Gallery, 15 December 2006. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Shackleton's Expedition 1907-09, Vol 2", lettered in gold on spine; 27.5 x 38.0 cm. Album inserted in outer case, black cloth, with same title lettered in gold on spine; 28.5 x 39.0 cm

Date: 1914-1919

By: Wheeler, C M (Mrs), active 1966

Reference: PAColl-0180

Description: Photographs taken during Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917. Collection also includes photographs of the Rhine and Cologne. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1767-1957

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3074

Description: Selected records from the Navigational Practice, Newspapers and Playbills, General records and Descriptions, Shipbuilding, Theses and Essays and Visitors' and Autograph Books records sections. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1981

By: David Thomas' Bookshop (Auckland); Marston, George Edward, 1882-1940

Reference: A-017-014

Description: A view of Mount Erebus in Antarctica Limited edition of 500 copies; library has no. 260 Reproduction of original drawn and engraved for book Aurora Australis, written and printed in Antarctic during Shackleton's expedition, 1908 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w, 120 x 280 mm on sheet 210 x 280, in folder 220 x 29 mm

Date: 16 Feb-28 Mar 2001

By: Hattersley-Smith, Geoffrey Francis, 1923-2012

Reference: MS-Papers-11928

Description: Comprises copy of a letter from Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith to Sir Gerald Elliot, Elliot's reply and a copy of a further letter from Hattersley-Smith. They discuss Sir Ernest Shackleton and his connections with the South Georgia whaling station at Grytviken, books on Shackleton and his expeditions, the attitude of the Grytviken whalers to Shackleton, the case of Frederik Hjalmar Johansen, the forgotten "Third Man" of Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole, and the proposal to restore South Georgia to a pre-contact state. Source of title - Supplied by Library Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith, a glaciologist and principal scientific officer for British Antarctic Survey, had a particular interest in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions, as did his friend Sir Gerald Elliot, who had family connections with the Christian Salvesen Company and had written on that firm's whaling operations in the Southern Ocean. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 pages. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 2014

By: Rennie, Malcolm, active 1989-2014

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-GB-2014

Description: Includes: Hampstead Theatre. "In the vale of health". [2014]. Programme (Matt McKenzie, sound) New Vic Productions "Shackleton's carpenter", a play by Gail Louw, directed by Tony Milner, starring Malcolm Rennie as carpenter Harry McNish who died in Wellington. [English tour 20 November 2014 - 7 February 2015]. Flyer (and 3 printouts of previews and reviews) Quantity: 1 folder(s) programmmes. Physical Description: Offset print on programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One item donated by Malcolm Rennie, Hove, England, in 2015; one purchased from Louise Grant, London, in 2017.