Browse Collections (62 total)

Maths, Politics & Concrete: The Legacy of the Classical World. Online exhibition

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The classicist Richard Hingley wrote ‘the Classical past retains a highly significant relationship to the present’. It is true that no cultural…

Contributors: Various collectors

Ephemera from the Hocken Collections

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This is a sample of ephemera from the Hocken Collections.

Reaching Out: Celebrating 100 years of Otago Physiotherapy Graduates, 1913-2013. Online exhibition

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The School of Physiotherapy is immensely proud of the contribution its graduates have made to health in the wider community over the 100 years since…

Contributors: Various collectors

Scientific Expedition Reports - Special Collections

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Images from the Scientific Expedition Reports held in Special Collections at the University of Otago.

Contributors: Special Collections - University of Otago

Rare Delights III: Recent Additions to Special Collections. Online Exhibition

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The rare book collection in Special Collections at the University of Otago grows - slowly and surely - by purchase and donation. With these new…

Contributors: Special Collections - University of Otago

Make It New! Modernism & the Medieval Presence. Online exhibition

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The phrase 'Make it New' is frequently used in defining a key feature of modernism – its novelty – and is often regarded as influential and…

Contributors: Various collectors

Viva l'Italia: A Regional Romp through Italy. Online exhibition

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‘A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.’ - Dr…

Contributors: Various collectors

Botany: Our Heritage, Our Future. A Celebration of Teaching and Research at the University of Otago. Online Exhibition

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Botany is a 21st century subject built on a rich heritage contributed to and developed by many. Although botany was taught at the University of Otago…

Contributors: Various Collectors

Sheet music of World War I

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Sheet music relating to WWI (1914-1918)

Hocken Collections' sheet music relating to The Great War of 1914-1918 (WWI) is a select group of (mostly)…

Contributors: Various collectors

The World of Joseph W. Mellor (1869-1938): Chemist, Ceramicist & Cartoonist. Online exhibition.

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Joseph William Mellor (1869-1938) was an Otago graduate who became a ceramicist, a cartoonist, and, more importantly, a famous chemist. Indeed, his…

Contributors: Various collectors

Aliens, Androids, & Unicorns: The Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection. Online exhibition

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Manuscripts held in Special Collections

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Contributors: Special Collections, University of Otago

Black + White + Grey. The Lives + Works of Eric Gill + Robert Gibbings. Online exhibition

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Food, drink, and other products packaging

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Examples of twentieth century food packaging from the Hocken Collections.

The Melrose Library: Reflecting the Life and Works of Sir F. Truby King

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Architectural drawings

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Examples of architectural drawings from the Hocken Collections.

Posters from the Hocken Collections

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Examples of posters from the Hocken Collections.

By Land & By Sea: Scientific Expedition Reports in Special Collections from 1826 to the 1960s. Online exhibition

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Fashion Rules OK. Online exhibition

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Exhibition posters from the Hocken Collections

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Posters from exhibitions in the gallery of the Hocken Collections.

Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections. Online exhibition

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Charles R. Thatcher songsters

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Examples of the songsters by colonial-era lyricist and satirical wit Charles R. Thatcher held at Hocken Collections.

Plates of Birds Collected during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger, 1873-1876

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A Letterpress Legacy: The Dartmouth College Book Arts Workshop. Online exhibition

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Contributors: Dartmouth Book Arts Workshop; Special Collections, University of Otago

Keeping it in the Family: British and Irish Literary Generations, 1770-1930. Online exhibition

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