Skip to main content

South Island (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Beer, Books and Coal Dust

 Item
Identifier: clels4
Scope and Contents

A collection of handwritten notes, newspaper clippings and typed script. The documents are primarily to do with research into the history of Burnett’s Face, with the newspaper clipping discussing the mining potential of the Denniston Plateau that it sits on. The only indicated publication date is that of the newspaper clipping, 2011. The subject matter date range is 1880-2011.

Dates: Collection covers ca 1960-2010

Erewho [sic] - Samuel Butler

 Item
Identifier: clels4
Scope and Contents

Contains photos of Samuel Butler, his hut at Mesopotamia in the Rangitata and a view of Butlers saddle from the Rakaia river. Publication dates are unknown.

Dates: Collection covers ca 1960-2010

Guide to the Three Passes

 Item
Identifier: clels4
Scope and Contents

Contains a booklet that is bound together by metal wire. It is titled ‘Guide to the Three Passes (abt 1953), (written for a university friend)’. Provides step by step detail of the track, including hazards, accommodation and general recommendations.

Dates: Collection covers ca 1960-2010

Loose Papers

 Item
Identifier: clels6
Scope and Contents A collection of maps, correspondence and a printed article on linen flax. The maps include a Caltex motorway map of the North island [date unknown], a map of the central South island from 1943, a topographical map of the Buller region from 1970 and a National Geographic map of the Asia-Pacific region from 1989. Also included is some correspondence with Harold Langley of Arlington, VA, U.S.A., and a 2012 Christmas message from LC and Mary Cleveland. Publication date range is c. 1943-2012. The...
Dates: Collection covers ca 1960-2010

Westport

 Item
Identifier: clels4
Scope and Contents

A collection of handwritten notes, a photocopy of the Westport Coal minute book, correspondence, an Archives New Zealand copying order form and a table of Westport Coal Company’s account records. The correspondence is between LC and Nicola Frean of Victoria University in which they discuss Denniston and Burnett’s Face. The publication date range is c. 1942-2009. The subject matter includes dates from 1902 onwards.

Dates: Collection covers ca 1960-2010