Volcanoes -- New Zealand -- North Island -- History

Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs, mainly aerial, of volcanic features of the Auckland region. The photographs which date from the 1920s to the late 1950s have been used in a range of publications including, Auckland’s Volcanic Cones, 1957, by J.Golson, City of Volcanoes: a geology of Auckland, 1964, by E.J. Searle and most recently by Bruce Hayward, Graeme Murdoch and Gordon Maitland in ...

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...