Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

Date: 1906-1917, n d

From: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0047-04

Description: Much of the correspondence revolves around `Muruhiku', and McNab's proposal to visit various research institutions in the UK and US; includes account, `The last of the Ngai-tahus', the great Omihi massacre as related to the writer by one of the survivors, by Francis Auchinleck, and correspondence re the introduction of cattle to New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1954

From: [Ephemera relating to mountaineering and mountain climbing in New Zealand or by New Zealanders. 1900-1959]

By: Geographical Society of Philadelphia

Reference: Eph-A-MOUNTAINEERING-1954-01

Description: Programme for an event in Philadelphia, sponsored by the Joint Himalayan Committee of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club of Great Britain, lists the guests of honour (includes Hon L K Munro, NZ Ambassador to the United States) notes on Hillary, Lowe and Evans, and an illustration and notes about the Hillary Medal designed "to commemorate the greatest achievement of our time" by Edward Warwick, George Borst and Julius Windner, and executed by Helen Stevenson West. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 218 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased at New Zealand Book Auctions, in 2008.

Date: 1900 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Christie, Connie, active 1940s-1950s; Cobb, Victor Ernest, 1876-1945; Davies, Lewis Roy, 1897-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Godson, John Barclay, 1882-1957; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; Mahony, Francis William, 1905-1989; Mailey, Arthur Alfred, 1890-; Minns, Benjamin Edwin, 1864-1937; Ogilvie, Helen, active 1930s; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Palmer, Ethleen Mary, 1906-1958; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor, 1904-1982; Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus, 1881-1929; Walker, Francis Sidney, 1888-1972; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-O/S

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Margaret O'Grady Pat O'Harris (by Pixie O'Harris, 1928) Lyster Ormsby (3 bookplates, 1 by A B, 2 by artist unknown, 1 of which reads "Lyster Omsby, Antiquary, 26 Hunter Street") Basil R Orr (by Percy Neville Barnett, 1930) John Oxley W Stewart Page (by Will M, possibly Will Mahony, picturing 2 men on horses and a dog rounding up sheep) B H Palmer (possibly by Ethleen Palmer) R Parkinson (possibly by Norman Lindsay) Pauline (possibly by Ernest Warner or Edward Warner, 1931) N Pearson Noel Pearson (2 bookplates, 1 with name of the artist illegible, possibly Vic Cm Aron, 1927, 1 by A M, possibly Arthur Mailey, featuring a cricketing cartoon) Max Pemberton (possibly by Connie Christie) Ruth Penfold (2 bookplates, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1 by F Sidney Walker, 1933) A M Perrottet George Perrottet (1 by Hilda Wiseman, 2 by artists unknown, 1 featuring a caricature, possibly of the owner) Muriel Perrottet (by "H", possibly Helen Ogilvie, featuring a flower, possibly a hibiscus) E E Pescott (writing below image reads "Type design by S R Simmons") Philip (featuring the words "Philip's book" and the initials P O H or F O H, though it is not clear whether these are the initials of the artist or the owner) H E Phillipson (by W R J, possibly Robert Johnson) Eden Philpotts (by "B", possibly Frank Brangwyn) Stanley Raymond Phippard (possibly by Nan Davies, 1922) Phyllis (2 identical bookplates, by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Ralph R Pilkington (by artist unknown. R Pilkington's name is handwritten on the bookplate in pen) L L Politzer (possibly by Victor Cobb) Louis Politzer (note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", but it is not clear whether this indicates he is the artist or the donor of the bookplate in addition to being the subject) Mabel Dickinson Pond (by W F H, 1915) Dorothy Porter (by Pixie O'Harris, featuring an ornately dressed lady and a man, possibly a servant, bearing a book upon a cushion) Edith Potter (name of the artist illegible, possibly Moppen, 1934. Includes the words "Ich liebe die fleinen Bewohner dec Luft") John Preece (by L L, possibly Lionel Lindsay, 1928, picturing archers shooting at flying books) John L Preece (by Henri Benedictus Van Raalte) Winward Prescott (including the words "Short Story Collection", and picturing 2 nudes under a microscope) Thea Proctor (owner is also possibly the artist) Alan Queale (by N S, possibly N Suhr or N Suhn. Picturing a pirate or similar figure reading a book, having presumably taken the book from a chest full of them at his feet) B R R (2 bookplates, both possibly by Eric Thake) Jeanie Ranken (by A F. Wording of the bookplate reads "Jeanie Ranken; In Her Memory", and pictured is a hand holding a book entitled "Drama". Note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley" or "Hagly") C L Regan (by J G, possibly John Barclay Godson. Includes a heraldic emblem with the word "Riverview") Geoffrey R Rex (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1926) Alan P Rigby (by Will Mahony. Features caricature of a man, possibly Alan P Rigby) Vere Ritchie (by L Roy Davies) Christine Rivett (by Phillip M Litchfield) Ewing Rixson (by Adrian Feint. Including maps of Australia, United States, Scandinavia, France and New Zealand, and emblems reading "Northwestern University, 1851" and "Royal Geographical Society, 1830) Arthur Robinson (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Royal Colonial Institute (including the words "British Isles" and "United Empire" and a map highlighting Canada, India, Africa and Australia Lucy McCowan Russell (possibly by Eric Thake, picturing a crowd before a closed theatre curtain, upon which are spotlighted the initials "T T") W L Russell (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", though it is not made clear whether this is the artist or donor. Pictured is a mother Kangaroo reading a book to a joey in her pouch) A S (2 bookplates, possibly made for Sir Alfred Stephen) Y N Y S (by Roy Davies) Sacre Coeur + Burke Road (by Adrian Feint. The bookplate reads "Sacre Coeur + Burke Road; Malvern" and pictured is a driveway leading to a stately 3 storey building. Possibly refers to Sacre Coeur, Catholic Girl's School in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia) St Sophia's Library (note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley") Sally (possibly by George D Perrottet. Pictured is a man with spears and a shield in an outdoor setting at night, possibly representing an aboriginal hunter conducting a form of ceremony) H H Schlink (by R D, possibly Roy Davies, featuring an airborn downhill skier) Aimee Selby (by G D Perrottet, possibly George D Perrottet) E York Seymour (by Adrian Feint) Grace B Sibley The Ski Club of Australia (by L Roy Davies, picturing a downhill skier) Bruce Smith (by Philip M Litchfield, featuring a man fishing with a rod and a net) C Nigel Smith (by A F) Charles Kingsford Smith (by George Hartley Brown, 1932, picturing an aeroplane and a giant eagle flying over Australia, with the words "Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, M C, A F C; King of the Air") S A Smith (by B E Minns. Pictured is 3 Australian Aboriginals, a woman crouching holding a child and a man with a spear and shield defending them, framed by trees, 2 possibly eucalypts and 2 a variety of Xanthorrhoea or "Grasstree") R M F Smyth (by Geo. Hartley Brown, possibly George Hartley Brown, 1931. Pictured are 2 Australian Aboriginals with a boomerang standing on a book, with the words "Return to...R M F Smyth") Alexis Grant Souter (by D H S, possibly D H Souter) Brenda Maisie Souter (by D H Souter) D H Souter (owner is also possibly the artist) Jo Sprokkereef (name of the artist illegible, possibly Esmond. Pictured are Snow White and the 7 dwarfs) L Stenhouse-Huntley (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) Paul Stratmann (2 bookplates, both by artist unknown) George Sutton (by P M L) Vincenc Svoboda (name of the owner is illegible, also possibly Iincenc Svoboda) R A Swan (by "W") Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Also including the name "I Black" and the date "31 January 1898". Written at the bottom of the bookplate is the instruction that "This label is to be pasted in the book, kept in good order, and not written or scribbled upon in any way") Quantity: 78 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1954

By: London Films (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-MOUNTAINEERING-1954-01

Description: Flier or small poster shows a photograph of a masked mountaineer (Tensing Norgay) holding a flag on the top of Mount Everest, with an inset photograph of Sir Edmund Hillary at lower right. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 217 x 271 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Christchurch Book Auction, 29 August 2009, lot 125.

Date: 1952, 1958

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

Reference: fMS-Papers-12631-3

Description: Contains material relating to the British Himalayan Expedition of 1952. This includes correspondence, a newspaper clipping, shipping information, invoices, and lists of equipment and suppliers. Inward correspondence includes letters from L P Kirwan at the Royal Geographical Society and Bank of New Zealand. There is a list of equipment suppliers as well as a separate list of photographic materials being supplied to the expedition by Ilford and Kodak. There is an invoice from Benjamin Edgington (Silver and Edgington Limited) and a list of equipment and supplies from Andrew Lusk & Co Ltd. There are notes on letterhead from the Swiss Mount Everest Expedition of 1952. Also contains material relating to the Indian Cho Oyu Expedition of 1958, including a letter from Keki Bunshah and a letter from the mother of Keki Bunshah to Miss Lowe (George Lowe's sister). Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "2" in a plastic sleeve with note in pencil describing the contents as "Cho Oyu - Weekly Overseas Mail" and in blue ink "Keki Bunshah" and "8". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Newspaper clippings, mss, typescript Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1953

By: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

Reference: Eph-B-MOUNTAINEERING-1953-01/02

Description: Flier advertising the lecture, and a booklet with an introduction by Sir Edwin Herbert and Mr J Wordie. The booklet contains a list of members of the expedition, and a group photograph, as well as more individual photographs of Hillary and Tensing, Colonel John Hunt, Evans, Thyangboche Monastery. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on flier and booklet, sizes varying up to 280 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gwenyth Margaret Hughes, Kaiapoi, in 2010.

Date: 1922-1925

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1272

Description: Expedition reports submitted by Leo Austen to the Royal Geographical Society. Includes sketch maps, notes on languages, reports on geological specimens and on the peoples living along the Tedi River. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2006

Date: [ca 1888-1898]

By: Woodford, Charles Morris, 1852-1927

Reference: ATL-Group-00813

Description: Drafts, notes, and letters relating to Amherst's translation of the narrative of Gomez Catoira, purser and supercargo of the first expedition led by Alvaro de Mendana from Peru to the Solomon Islands in 1567. Includes holograph notes, draft translations and correspondence, as well as two photographs. Also includes issue of the `Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society' for June 1888, which includes an article by Woodford on his own exploration of the Solomon Islands. Title supplied by Library. Lord Amherst of Hackney translated the narrative of Gomez Catairo, who served on the 1567-1569 voyage of Alvaro de Mendana from Peru to the Solomon Islands as the supercargo. Between 1888 and 1898, Charles Woodford, the first Resident Commissioner of the Solomons and an authority on the Solomon Islands, commented, annotated and identified places in the translation. The account was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1901. Quantity: 16 folder(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s) Includes a panorama.. 1 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter, photographs. Provenance: Put up for auction by Dominic Winter Auction, Lot 320, 20 June 2001. Processing information: Changed to an ATL-Group when photographs were reintegrated to this collection in January 2023. Original Unit ID and Title was "MS-Group-1030. Woodford, Charles Morris, 1852-1927 : Papers on the discovery of the Solomon Islands."

Date: 1925

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-168

Description: Inward letters from a number of sources and outward letters (to Clara Eichelbaum). Includes pass to attend funeral of Queen Alexandra. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 26 May 1884

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MSO-Papers-0171-33

Description: Certificate of honorary membership issued to Julius von Haast by the Royal Geographical Society of London. Dated 26 May 1884, signed by Henry Bruce Aberdare, president; Clements Robert Markham and Douglas William Freshfield, secretaries. Title transcribed from item. Physical Description: Printed certificate with manuscript additions and signatures in black ink, 59.5 x 43.1 cm.

Date: 1952-1953

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

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-20

Description: Contains inward correspondence to Harold Earle Riddiford, 1952 to 1953. Correspondents include Noel Ewart Odell, Harry J Stevenson, Ronald Macmillan Algie, Harry Ayres, Keki Bunshah, and Cecil Hugh Tyndall-Biscoe. Includes inward and outward correspondence with New Zealand Customs and Rolex regarding a Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch worn on the1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. Also correspondence with representatives of the Royal Geographical Society (E E T Day, Mumford) and The Himalayan Club (J Henderson, A R Leyden). There is also a memorandum from the Wellington Section of the New Zealand Alpine Club regarding a lecture by Edmund Percival Hillary. Photography is the subject of a number of letters. One letter from The Himalayan Club relates to the payment of Pasang Dawa Lama. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "2" in a clear plastic sleeve with a note in pencil reading "1952 Letters ([54] Pasang " and "Done". A further note in blue ink describes the letters as "Correspondence to Earle Riddiford| H.J. Stevenson, Harry Ayres, Hugh T.B. Algie etc." A second peice of coloured note paper, with a printed illustration of three women and the text "Ladies wot Lunch" has "Pasang| Odell| Letters" written in black ink. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 1951-1953

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

Reference: MS-Papers-12631-14

Description: Contains papers relating to the accounts of the New Zealand Himalayan Expedition of 1951 and the personal finances and accounts of Harold Earle Riddiford, 1951 to 1953. Also some material relating to the 1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. There is some correspondence. Includes New Zealand Himalayan Expedition ledger with receipts, invoices, and correspondence tipped in. Loose papers include Bank fo New Zealand statement of accounts, invoices, audit vouchers receipts, international reply coupon, and a cheque book stub. Examples of receipts include from the Badrinath Dispensary, Scott, Aitken & Cox account, receipt of payment for photographs of Mount Everest Reconnaissance from the Royal Geographical Society, an Alpine Sports Depot account, and a receipt from Michel Ober Skiwerkstätte, Sportgeschäft. There are a number of accounts relating to travel expenses. The expenses largely relate to expedition costs but there are some personal receipts, including for Ansell, Fowke Limited Motor Engineers in Wellington from December 1952. Inward correspondence includes letters and telegrams. One telegram is from Stevenson regarding the offer from Shipton for members of the party to join the British Everest expedition. There is also is a letter from Ilford regarding the printing and mounting of photographic prints taken by Riddiford. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Material arrived at the Library in box "1" in a clear plastic file with note in pencil describing the contents as "Inventory #9". Loose invoices were folded in a brown paper envelope. Inventory item number nine is described as "Ledger 1951 expenses etc and brown envelope of invoices". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter Processing information: Not all names associated with this item are indexed.

Date: 2003-2004

From: Barton, Phillip Lionel, 1925-2010: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8067-1

Description: Correspondence with other map archivists, including G Malcolm Lewis and David Woodward. Includes copies of the `History of Cartography' newsletter. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947-1958

From: Dollimore, Edward Stewart, 1904-1973 : Papers

Reference: 83-145-063

Description: Correspondence, reports and published material Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1896-1902

From: United Kingdom. Admiralty : Records relating to the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-05-3427

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1925-1937

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8630-05

Description: Testimonials, certificates of membership of the Royal Geographic Society, examination results from Christ's College and Canterbury University College, and references. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1954, [1976-1977]

From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host

Reference: 2003-325-18

Description: Inward and outward correspondence; includes letter to Eileen and Jock; and letter from the Secretariat, Zanzibar, to Ben Host (1954) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1859 - 1865

From: [The George Henry Wood collection of prints]

By: Bennett, Charles Henry, 1828-1867

Reference: A-418-033/040

Description: Images featuring comical and whimsical scenes, and portraits of learned and artistic types of gentlemen, such as F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society), F.G.S. (Fellow of the Geological Society), R.A. (Royal Academy), F.R.A.S. (Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society), F.R.G.S. (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society) One engraving is by the Dalziel Brothers. Quantity: 8 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Black and white prints mounted on sheets, sizes approximately 335 x 223 mm

Date: 15 Jan 1884

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2308

Description: Gives news of von Lendenfeld's explorations in the Mount Cook area, with von Haast's claims to priority of exploration, and details of his attempts to have this recognized by the Royal Geographic Society Quantity: 1 folder(s) (6 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1857 - 1858

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

By: New Zealand Geographic Board; Murray, John, 1778-1843; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain); Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873; Thomson, John Turnbull, 1821-1884

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-4/23/310/Acc.54996

Description: Original map lithographed by John Arrowsmith. Published by John Murray, Albermarle Street, London, 1858, for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map (photostat negative facsimile copy) on paper, scale circa 12 English miles to 1 inch, 29 x 26.5 cm