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Tarawera, Mount (N.Z.) -- Eruption, 1886

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Payton photographs, etchings and sketchbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-FA 2013/02
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection consists of photographic prints taken in the early 1900s by Edward Payton. The photographs are mainly of landscapes taken by Payton during his travels around Aotearoa New Zealand, but there are also photographs of Māori, Pākehā settlers, pā sites and settlements. The collection also contains etchings by Payton and photocopies from his sketchbooks.

The collection includes sepia-toned and black and white images in a variety of print sizes.

Dates: 1880 - 1915

Sir Algernon Thomas further papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-89/15
Scope and Contents Newspaper extracts: (1) from New Zealand Family Friend, 4 Aug 1888; (2) from Auckland Star, 22 Jan 1938 (typescript). The seven volumes comprise: (i) Notebook listing geological specimens: (ii)-(vii) Field notebooks, i.e. (ii) 1886, July 2-, beginning "First journey to Tarawera"; (iii) 1887, Jan 8-, beginning "2nd journey to Tarawera" [on spine: A.1887]; (iv) 1887 [March?], beginning "South Crater and Echo Crater..." [on spine: B.1887]; (v) 1887, Dec 1-1888, beginning "Journey to...
Dates: ca.1886-1938