IMAGE
Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
- Date
- [ca 1860-1880], [ca 1900]-2014
- By
- Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014; Cleveland, Mary, 1943-
- Reference
- PA-Group-00609
- Description
Photographic archive of Les Cleveland comprising photographic prints, negatives, albums, transparency slides, index cards, photographic ephemera, and digital photographs, circa 1860s to 2014. Most photographs in the collection are taken by Cleveland with a few exceptions including photographs taken by other Cleveland family members or where images were collected, but not taken, by Cleveland.
Photographs are taken predominantly in New Zealand, but also in the United States of America, Australia, Portugal, Spain, and Gibraltar. They include photographs relating to Cleveland’s family life and personal interests as well as his work as a professional photographer. Key locations and topics covered are the West Coast Region, Wellington Region, mountaineering and skiing, industry, and buildings. Includes a card index created by Cleveland for his own negatives.
The majority of the collection was deposited at the Library in 2016. Earlier materials donated by Les Cleveland include:
-Panoramic print of Lord Baden-Powell at the Basin Reserve, Wellington
-Photographs of Charleston, West Coast Region
-Photographs taken by Algernon Charles Gifford
-Scenic photographs of the North Island
-Album of postcards, and views of Wellington and the West Coast
-Photograph of death masks at Nelson Museum
-Album of photographs of Charleston, West Coast Region
-Photographic prints taken in New Zealand between 1954 and 2007 by Cleveland. The majority of images are from the South Island, with a focus on social customs, working men, buildings, and scenery in the West Coast Region. Also contains 56 images taken in the lower North Island and photographs of Canterbury, Otago, and Nelson regions featuring similar subject matter. North Island prints also include photographs of Māori art as well as of the protest movement against the Wellington inner city bypass. Cleveland has identified and dated most prints.
Title supplied by Library.
Quantity: 3288 b&w original negative(s). 2450 b&w original photographic print(s) including 213 vintage prints, 156 of which are signed. 1363 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index cards. 915 colour original photographic print(s). 501 colour original transparency/ies. 281 colour original negative(s). 213 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 152 b&w copy transparency/ies. 126 b&w copy negative(s). 37 colour copy transparency/ies. 17 photocopy/ies. 11 album(s). 6 b&w copy photographic print(s). 5 electronic scan(s) of original photographs. 3 colour copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w original transparency/ies.
Physical Description: Photographic prints, photograph albums, glass negatives, film negatives (including strips), transparency slides, index cards, and electronic scans
Provenance: Mary Cleveland is the widow of Les Cleveland.
Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive and transfers made from here. - To Ephemera Collection - Eph-B-BOOK-2007-01: A promotional flyer for the book 'The Seuffert legacy; New Zealand colonial master craftsmen' - To Book Collections - auction catalogues, an exhibition catalogue, and four issues of 'Momento' by Photoforum. A set of books, serials and exhibition catalogues..
Processing information: In 2017 the Library decided to keep materials of the same provenance, which had previously been transferred to other curatorial areas based on format, separated. Material of the same provenance may be described in one integrated finding aid in the future.
- Additional description
Curator is required for access to some collection items.
- Use/Reproduction
- The Library will administer its standard use/reproduction rules for non-commercial use. Permission must be obtained from the donor for commercial use. Les Cleveland must be acknowledged as photographer where that is the case. Please ask the Library for permission to use any items in this collection. Copyright: Mary Cleveland holds copyright to all works created by Les Cleveland. Copyright must be checked for works by others.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Format
- 3288 b&w original negative(s), 2450 b&w original photographic print(s) including 213 vintage prints, 156 of which are signed, 1363 item(s) of photographic ephemera handmade index cards, 915 colour original photographic print(s), 501 colour original transparency/ies, 281 colour original negative(s), 213 item(s) of photographic ephemera, 152 b&w copy transparency/ies, 126 b&w copy negative(s), 37 colour copy transparency/ies, 17 photocopy/ies, 11 album(s), 6 b&w copy photographic print(s), 5 electronic scan(s) of original photographs, 3 colour copy photographic print(s), 1 b&w original transparency/ies, Photographs, Photographic prints, photograph albums, glass negatives, film negatives (including strips), transparency slides, index cards, and electronic scans
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Copyright
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Scenic snapshot photographs of the North Island
Date: 1930s
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
By: Tanner Couch Ltd
Reference: PAColl-5655
Description: Tourist Department photographs of the North Island, published by Tanner Couch Ltd. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints
North Island prints
Date: 1957-2006
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-1
Description: Photographs of the North Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1957 to 2006. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Includes photographs of buildings, mainly commercial premises, in Wellington and Wanganui, 1957-1959. Also contains images of two old farm cottages in the Wairarapa, a tree house in Paihiatua, a car yard in Petone, and a shop reusing ammunition boxes from World War II as a flowerbed in Palmerston North. A number of photographs from 2002 document the protest around the building of the inner city bypass in Wellington. These images feature Tonks Avenue, protestors, affected buildings, an individual who was to be being evicted, and protest art. Two 2006 mages show demolition on Kensington Lane. Images of people include two women drinking beer in Ohingaiti, a motorcycle family in Turangi, and young children climing on a wooden sculpture in Porirua. A series of Maori carvings in public spaces includes sculptures on the Petone Foreshore, in Te Rauparaha Park, Porirua, and Tokaanu. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints
South Island prints two
Date: 1956-1958
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-3
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints
South Island prints three
Date: 1959-2007
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-4
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1959 to 2007. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are: Senior Sergeant George Christopher Donnelly of Hokitika police; Ivy Harper and Bert Birchfield; Mike Armstrong and Jim Daken; Mary and Heather Cornwell; Charleston coal mine operator Neil Mouat; Mack Heinz; Tex Smith; Mike Armstrong; Henry Heveldt and M Bennett of Nolan's Mill; Garth Graham; meat shooters Mike Bennett and Kevin Blythell; John 'Opo' Angus, the Eggling brothers; helicopter pilot Ben Morris and Les's wife Mary Cleveland; and Johnny Hewer, Claire Easterbrook and Liam Easterbrook in front of the Neils Beach school house. Featured natural environments include the hot springs at Welcome Flat and the Karangarua Valley, River, Ranges, and the view from the Sefton bivouac, Ocean Beach, and Neils Beach, including car wrecks at the rubbish dump. Other images (and series of images) of note include scenes from the Kumara races; environmental damage (slips and road works at Milford Tunnel, Inangahua River road, and Haast and Jackson's Bay area; open face coal mining at Charleston; deer hunting, largely based in Mussel Point; Central Otago Hotels (Cardrona, White Horse, and Vulcan); Post Offices and boxes (St Bathan's, Outram, Ophir, and Dunedin) and a Pacific Films crew on Fox Glacier. Also includes images of James Heveldt's grave (Jackson's Bay), Peregrine Vinyard, a new house in Bannockburn, a girl in a Westport ice cream parlour, women in a Carter's Sawmill shop, a Hokitika cake stall, and various shop fronts and signage in Dunedin, Gore, and on the West Coast. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints
Stone wall, Hyde Park Barracks Sydney
Date: 2007-2008
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 35mm-107504
Description: Negative film strip contains two frames numbered 0 to 1. Shows a stone wall at the Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, Australia. Taken by Les Cleveland in 2007 or 2008. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: 35mm negative film strip Transfers: Prints have been separated from negatives to facilitate appropriate storage. See PAColl-10645-04-049 to 068 for corresponding prints..
Port Chalmers
Date: [ca 2007]
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 35mm-107645
Description: Negative film strip contains two frames numbered 0 to 1. Shows Iona Church, Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Taken by Les Cleveland, circa 2007. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: 35mm negative film strip Transfers: Prints have been separated from negatives to facilitate appropriate storage. See PAColl-10645-07-080 to 102 for corresponding prints..
Portraits of Prue Evans and Les Cleveland
Date: 1972
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 35mm-103679
Description: Negative film strip contains three frames numbered 13 to 15. Related index card reads: Personalities. (13) + (16) Prue Evans (14) + (15) Les Cleveland at Lake Tennyson, Easter 1972. (17) + (19) + (20) Mary Cleveland at Goose Bay. 18, 21, 22, 23: Mary Cleveland and Prue Evans at Goose Bay. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103679 to 35mm-103681 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 16-002x..
Views of Lake Tennyson and surrounding landscape
Date: 1972
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 35mm-103678
Description: Negative film strip contains four frames numbered 9 to 12. Frame 10 is blank. Related index card reads: Landscapes. Lake Tennyson. Easter 1972. Frames 1 - 12. (4) and (5) Prue Evans looking over Maling Pass into Wairau Valley and Spenser Range. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103676 to 35mm-103678 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 16-001x..
Views of Lake Tennyson and Prue Evans looking over Maling Pass
Date: 1972
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 35mm-103677
Description: Negative film strip contains five frames numbered 4 to 8. Related index card reads: Landscapes. Lake Tennyson. Easter 1972. Frames 1 - 12. (4) and (5) Prue Evans looking over Maling Pass into Wairau Valley and Spenser Range. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103676 to 35mm-103678 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 16-001x..
Views of Lake Tennyson and surrounding landscape
Date: 1972
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 35mm-103676
Description: Negative film strip contains three frames numbered 1 to 3. Related index card reads: Landscapes. Lake Tennyson. Easter 1972. Frames 1 - 12. (4) and (5) Prue Evans looking over Maling Pass into Wairau Valley and Spenser Range. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103676 to 35mm-103678 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 16-001x..