A letter to the Chancellor of the University of Otago from Emily Siedeberg, dated March 10th 1891, York Place. 'To the Chancellor of the Otago University -- Sir -- Having passed the necessary preliminary examination, I desire to enter myself as a…
A montage of early capping parade photographs. The title on the photograph reads "A snap of the procession of students in varied costumes as it passed through the Octagon".
Eleven male students from Selwyn College holding signs saying "Closed on account of fire" and "No license - a bar to progress". One student has his head through a large sign that has the word "Booth".
An image glued into the Capping Carnival Magazine from July 1922, showing two Selwyn College students dressed in costume for the Selwyn Circus and capping celebrations of 1922.
Elevated south-west view of the first building that housed the University of Otago between 1871 and 1878. The building was designed by the architects Mason and Wales and was originally intended to be Dunedin’s post office. Dominating the stock…
A photograph of Medical School professors standing on the steps of the Otago Medical School Building - Sir Louis Barnett, Sir Lindo Ferguson, Dr Daniel Colquhoun (behind), Dr William John Mullin, Dr William Stewart Weeding Roberts (in front).
Medical school seniors of 1934, including who is thought to be Jione Antonia Rabici Doviverata [Dovi], possibly the first Pacific student to graduate from the Otago Medical School in 1935.
Designed in conjunction with the Home Science Department, the blueprint of a proposed structure for display at the South Seas Exhibition (1925-1926) includes floor-plans, various elevations and some details of furnishings. The plan shows the…
The Hocken Library (now known as Hocken Collections) was first housed in a wing of the Otago Museum. The text on the back of the photo states that it is a - 'View of the Hocken Library from Great King Street'.
An early advertisement for the Speight’s Brewery in Dunedin printed in the Capping Carnival Magazine from August 1919. The consumption of vast quantities of beer has always been an activity associated with student life.
Two students at work in the Law Library. Legal caricatures can be seen on the wall above. Before shifting to the Hocken Building (now known as the Richardson Building) in 1979, the first Law Library was housed in what is now known as the Staff Club.