MS 2010/1 Hillary, Sir Edmund, 1919-2008. Personal papers A description of the Sir Edmund's personal papers, including levels of access. Compiled by Mary Donald, Jan/Feb 2011 Access: Restrictions set in 2010 will be reassessed in 2028 Applications to view restricted papers should be made in writing to the Auckland Museum Library Manager Note: Two transit boxes containing exploration papers are still in isolation due to mould contamination (Feb 2011) Final Interim Box folder box & file Description Mss No Texts Photo Slides Sundry No No Artefact Financial Ephemera note above note Records ex Certificates Scrapbooks Recordsorg Access - see Access Maps plans & Lecture notes Publications 1 Publications 3 Publications Pubsclips & 2 1 B6 F2 Newspaper clippings about EPH's arrival at South Pole 1958. Includes overseas newspapers (American, French, German, Canadian etc) 2 B6 F3b Inserts from Green album, 1954 letters re invitation to rough Open x Antipodeans farewell; seating arrangements; loose photographs. [Associated album transferred to Pictorial. See Box P20 O/S Folder 1] 3 B6 F4 Sunday Star Times: April 27 2003; Salute to Legend, City thanks Open x Favourite Son. 4 B7 F1 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61: Open x x Nepal and associated subjects (Yeti Expedition); Banquet in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, Kathmandu 1961. Menu, Kings speech and seating plan 5 B7 F2 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960- Open x x 61:Nepal and associated subjects (Yeti Expedition); Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, 6 B7 F3 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61: Open x x x Nepal and associated subjects (Yeti Expedition); newspaper articles 7 B7 F4 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61: Open x x x Nepal and associated subjects (Yeti Expedition); sundry papers 8 B7 F5 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955/6:newspaper Open x x clippings 1955 9 B7 F6 Louise Hillary: Keep calm if you can. Review, correspondence, Restricted x x etc (all * in same box) 10 B7 F7 Louise Hillary: Keep calm if you can. Newspaper clippings and Restricted x x sundry others 11 B7 F9 Ed Hillary - newspaper clippings C1964 Open x 12 B7 F11 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61: Open x x Yeti Expedition. clippings 13 B7 F12 Louise Hillary - diary: 1949 - 1950 Christmas Trip. (2 vols) Restricted x 14 B7 F13 Louise Hillary - Diary: Tramping Southern Alps - Godley Glacier Restricted x Christmas/New year n.d.(1950-51?) 15 B7 F14 Rosalie [Goodyear ?]: 1950 - 1951 Climbing trip diary. Open x 16 B7 F15 Plan: Mountains of North-West Otago. Compiled from sketch Open x maps in the NZ Alpine Journal No 22 - 29 (1935-1942) 17 B7 F16 Louise Hillary - reminiscences: August vacation 1951. Skiing and Restricted x tramping Ruapehu; The Dinner A.C. 1951; Easter 1952; May Camp Weekend 1952; 18 B7 F17 America Tour?: Photos. Annette Plateau Nov 1961; sundry family Open x photos (America?) 19 B7 F18 American Tour: Newspaper clippings Open x 20 B7 F21 Royal Invitation to Luncheon on board the HMY Britannia, also Open x programme and menu Feb 1963; Menu for British Sportsman's Club Luncheon to the New Zealand Rugby Football Team, Savoy Hotel 1953; 21 B7 F23 Letters from Peter and Sarah Hillary 1962 Open x 22 B7 F24 Newspaper clippings Open x 23 B7 F25 Telegram - Mayor of Oregon 1963; Christmas card from F M and Open x Rani Kaisu(?) 24 B7 F31 American Tour? : Ephemera in envelope - Canadian/American Open x includes Smokey Bear. Envelope addressed to Mrs J H Rose 1962 25 B7 F32 America tour: Newspaper clippings - Open x 26 B7 F33 America tour: Extracts from magazines and newspapers Open x including This week, Los Angeles Times and New York Herald Tribune June 1963 27 B8 F4 America Tour : Memorabilia - map and guide to Echo Valley Open x California; Francis Drake's Visit to California; Plan McLean Trans- Canada Camp and Picnic Ground Saskatchewan; 10th annual Valdez Silver Salmon Derby; 45th Anniversary luncheon honouring Mr and Mrs John H Glenn, Chicago; invitation to graduation ceremony Himalayan Mountaineering Institute 1962; Invitation to cocktail party Mr and Mrs Bailey Howard; Notice re address In Search of the Abominable Snowman 1962; menu dinner British Columbia Coast Steamship Service; The Milepost - Alaska & Yukon Travel Guide; Canadian Pacific passenger list 28 B8 F5 American Tour: Letters - sundry 1962. Includes letters to Louise Restricted x while in Park Ridge Illinois; Information for pupils and parents Franklyn School and a letter from Peter to Phyl and Jim. Letters re Field Enterprises Educational Corporation and the American Lecture Tour 1962. Includes itinerary, greeting card and letter from Helen Miller, programme and menu - Westward Ho Country Club (signed by Ed Hillary), sundry letters 29 B11 F4 Menu for Ed Hillary's 50th birthday dinner Open x 30 B11 F6 Folder - clippings 1957 Garden with Mathews contains clippings Open x x re gardens and gardening also preparations for Antarctica 31 B11 F8 Death Valley; Ansel Adams (photos), Nany Newhall (story), Ruth Open x Kirk (guide); 5 Associates, San Francisco, 1954 32 B12 F2 Sears Parent News May 1973 Sir Edmund Hillary, twenty years Open x later 33 B13 F2 Letter - re warrant of appointment KBE Open x 34 B13 F7 Cardboard folder - South Pole cuttings 1957-58, The Return Open x Home March 1958 35 B13 F10 Magazine - Sukhia Pokhri High School (Nepal) with students note Open x x book loose inside containing and letter and a translation of an article; The Geographical Magazine Oct 1953 (Everest). 36 B14 F2 newspaper clippings 1961 - 1964 Open x 37 B14 F3 Magazines: Redbook How we discovered America ; Nepal in Open x x Pictures ; 66 Sharland and Co Ltd Annual Report; Management for business and Industry; Ford Times (2 copies); UNESCO Courier October 1964 (1 in Russian. 1 copy in English); To be a princess (American Hope Cooke marries Crown Prince of Sikkim in Himalayas) 38 B14 F4 Letters; telegrams; invitations etc 1962 - 1964 including Lee Restricted x x Kinard reviews Hillary's High in the thin cold air for The Good Morning Show, WFMY, Greensboro, N.C. also Review for radio Station of Saskatchewan; programme for The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute , Darjeeling graduation 1962; letter from Louise to her father 1937; Peter Hillary's certificate for the order of Equatorial Air Voyagers 1961. 39 B14 F5 Manuscript - Louise Hillary Keep calm if you can annotated by Restricted x editor. 40 B15 F2 The New Zealand Alpine Journal June 1948. (with South Ridge of Open x Mt Cook by E P Hillary) 41 B15 F3 Marley News - Highest Building in the World (Himalayan Hut) Oct Open x 1960 42 B15 F4 Sundry - Certificate of Appreciation Lions Club Northcott 1980; Open photo of Mt Hoyle (made first ascent in '41 Barbara's first big climb) and one other photo; clipping 'Our radiant Queen' 43 B15 F5 Mt Everest. The Times Supplement July 1953 Open x 44 B15 F6 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Maps Open x Antarctica 45 B15 F9 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition 1956/8 Two sets Open x Shadow Pointer Setting cards 46 B15 F10 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Compass, Open x Sun, Universal modifications to Abrams model SC-1 for use in Latitudes 75°s - 90°s with instructions for its use in these latitudes 47 B16 F1 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition 1956/8 - Red Open x x Notebook (Ed’s), Antarctica, Oct; Red Notebook (Ed’s), Antarctica, Dec 48 B16 F2 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 - note pad - Open x x kerosene. Diary entries n.d. 49 B16 F3 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 - Green folder Open x with “Shadow Pointer Settings” 50 B16 F4 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Telegrams Open x x 51 B16 F7 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition 1956/8 Press Open x x releases 52 B16 F8 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Supplies Open x x including grog 53 B16 F5 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Letters Open x x 54 B16 F9 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 notes, letters, Open x x supplies etc 55 B16 F10 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 notes, letters Open x x and telegrams re supplies etc 56 B16 F6 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1957/8 Letters Open x x 57 B16 F11 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Despatch and Open x x broadcast notes 58 B17 F1 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Red plastic Open x x pouch New Zealand Party Trans Antarctic Expedition 1956-58 59 B17 F2 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition 1956/8 Report, from Open x HMNZS Endeavour to NZNB 60 B17 F3 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956/8 Folder Open x “McMurdo Plans” lists, shipping priorities, 61 B17 F4 The Rotarian April 1970 Open x 62 B17 F5 Clippings - Daily Mail June 2 1953 Coronation / Everest Open x conquered 63 B17 F7 Life magazine (?) - Himalayan Exploits by New Zealander. n.d. Open x 64 B17 F8 First Ascents throughout the World 1901 - 1950; Summit; Open x Presenting the 1972 World book Encyclopaedia; Janet Clarke Hall; 65 B17 F9 Newspaper clippings - Nepal. Mentions Tenzing Norgay c1954; Open x Hillary hospital, Nepal 1969; etc 66 B17 F10 Hillary of Everest; The years after by Terry Bell. Wilson and Open x Horton 1973 67 B18 F1 Scrapbook - presented to Sir Ed and Lady Hillary by the Royal Open x Geographical Society of Australasia as a memento of their visit to Adelaide June 1959 68 B18 F3 Parchment certificate issued to Sir Edmund Hillary - Honorary Open x membership of the Explorers Club, Oct 1953 69 B18 F7 Magazines and newspaper clippings 50’s 60’s and 70’s Open x 70 B19 F3 Letters from Louise to her parents and in-laws 1953 - 1954.