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1869: The Year that Was
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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September 2019
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Dr Donald Kerr, University of Otago Special Collections, Hocken Library
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On 3 June <strong>1869</strong>, the University of Otago Ordinance <strong>1869</strong> became law. This meant that the newly established University became a corporate body with power to grant degrees. This was a significant first for New Zealand. Two years later, with a building secured, and three professors appointed, classes began. The first class was on 10 July 1871, with 81 students enrolled. The University of Otago’s rich history continues today. Its establishment and legacy form part of this exhibition <em><strong>1869</strong>: The Year That Was</em>.<br /><br />Of course, other events occurred in<strong> 1869</strong>, forming a then unwritten but much wider history. While the University Council were debating the administrational matters necessary to make the newly formed educational institution work, events were occurring on a local and international level. Each had their own particular impact. Some of the events of <strong>1869</strong> that feature in the exhibition include the formation of the Otago Institute; the first Fine Arts Exhibition in New Zealand; the first ‘Royal’ visit to New Zealand; the introduction of the New Zealand Cross; the births of Rasputin, Emma Goldman, and Gandhi; the opening of the Suez Canal; and the formation of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev’s periodic table. Tolstoy’s <em>War and Peace</em> was published in 1869, as was Louisa May Alcott’s <em>Little Women</em>.<br /> Please enjoy <em><strong>1869</strong>, The Year That Was.</em>
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Catalogue of the Otago Fine Arts Exhibition held at Dunedin, N.Z., 1869
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1869
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Hocken Library Bliss V5 Cat.
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Catalogs
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Dunedin: Henry Wise
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The first Fine Arts exhibition in New Zealand was opened in February <strong>1869</strong>. Instrumental in bringing a number of New Zealand and overseas art works together was William Hodgkins. It was open from 11 o’clock till dusk each day. It ran for 50 days, closing in April <strong>1869</strong>. There was 5000 people, paying either 1 shilling, or on ‘Special Days’, 2s 6d admission. This last caused concern. One fellow was grieved to find that Saturday, the only day he could visit, was ‘Special’ thus costing 2s 6d. And when he got in, the place was ‘crowded with snobocracy’ (ODT, 25 Feb <strong>1869</strong>, p.3). <br />This is a photocopy of the original which is rare and held at the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.<br /><br />
University of Otago
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1869: The Year that Was
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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September 2019
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Dr Donald Kerr, University of Otago Special Collections, Hocken Library
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On 3 June <strong>1869</strong>, the University of Otago Ordinance <strong>1869</strong> became law. This meant that the newly established University became a corporate body with power to grant degrees. This was a significant first for New Zealand. Two years later, with a building secured, and three professors appointed, classes began. The first class was on 10 July 1871, with 81 students enrolled. The University of Otago’s rich history continues today. Its establishment and legacy form part of this exhibition <em><strong>1869</strong>: The Year That Was</em>.<br /><br />Of course, other events occurred in<strong> 1869</strong>, forming a then unwritten but much wider history. While the University Council were debating the administrational matters necessary to make the newly formed educational institution work, events were occurring on a local and international level. Each had their own particular impact. Some of the events of <strong>1869</strong> that feature in the exhibition include the formation of the Otago Institute; the first Fine Arts Exhibition in New Zealand; the first ‘Royal’ visit to New Zealand; the introduction of the New Zealand Cross; the births of Rasputin, Emma Goldman, and Gandhi; the opening of the Suez Canal; and the formation of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev’s periodic table. Tolstoy’s <em>War and Peace</em> was published in 1869, as was Louisa May Alcott’s <em>Little Women</em>.<br /> Please enjoy <em><strong>1869</strong>, The Year That Was.</em>
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Catalogue of the Library of the Otago Institute & Museum
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Otago Institute and Museum
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1879
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Special Collections Z976 D9 1879
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Catalogs
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Dunedin. [Dunedin]: Printed at the ‘Daily Times’, Office, Dowling Street
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After the very successful New Zealand Exhibition, held in Dunedin in 1863, a move was made to establish a local society that promoted Art, Science, Literature, and Philosophy. There was pressure to join the Wellington-based Institute. But after fierce debate, the Otago Institute was formed on 19 October <strong>1869</strong>. There were 79 original members, and it was affiliated to the New Zealand Institute. In late June 1877, with Captain Frederick W. Hutton as secretary-in-charge, the Institute moved its headquarters to the Otago Museum buildings. A library was vital for research. Hutton was the prime mover in ordering books and he was instrumental in producing this 26-page catalogue.
University of Otago
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Oxford University Press General Catalogue, 1926
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Oxford University Press
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1926
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Special Collections Z1036 OZ5 1926
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Catalogs
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Oxford: Issued by Humphrey Milford, Publisher to the University of Oxford
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Donated by Special Collections’ prime benefactor, Esmond de Beer, this volume, <em>Oxford University Press General Catalogue</em>, is part of de Beer’s Locke Collection, a collection within the<strong> Stack</strong>. Esmond and his sisters, Dora and Mary, established a fund to provide ongoing support to Special Collections, and many books have been donated by, or once owned by, Esmond or members of his extended family.
Collectors and collecting
Special Collections
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The World of Joseph W. Mellor (1869-1938): Chemist, Ceramicist & Cartoonist. Online exhibition.
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9th January 2015
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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 single-handed effort to complete his 16 volume definitive work <em>A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry</em> (1922-1937), which amounted to over 15,000 pages and 16 million words, has never been equalled. From very humble beginnings and self-initiated study, Mellor obtained a place at the University of Otago, and then won a scholarship to study for a research degree at Owens College, Manchester. He then moved to Stoke-on-Trent, where he became principal of the Technical College (now part of Staffordshire University). During the First World War, Mellor's research was directed towards refractories, high-temperature ceramics relevant to the steel industry and thus the war effort. It was for this work that he was offered a peerage, which he turned down. In 1927 he was elected to the Royal Society for work related to ceramics, the only other being Josiah Wedgwood in the eighteenth century. Mellor retained a boyish sense of humour all his life, and he was dubbed by colleagues the 'Peter Pan of Ceramics'. He was also a skilled cartoonist and his <em>Uncle Joe’s Nonsense</em> (1934) contains a collection of humorous stories illustrated with clever pen sketches. Just before Mellor died in May 1938, he received a C.B.E. <br /><br /><em>The World of Joseph W. Mellor (1869-1938) Chemist, Ceramicist & Cartoonist</em> is an exhibition that highlights Mellor’s life, work and legacy. It begins with his early years in Kaikorai Valley and first work at Sargood's Boot Factory, and his study at the University of Otago. It then deals with his marriage to Emma Cranwell Bakes, his many publications and relationships with his publishers, his contemporaries and friends such as Bernard Moore, Frank Wedgwood, and Louis Solon, and his involvement in various ceramic societies world-wide. And then there is his legacy, which constitutes today annual memorial lectures associated with the Ceramic Society in England and the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, a Mellor Professorship at the University of Otago, and a Mellor street and park in the suburb of Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin. His personal archives, ceramics and books are found at Special Collections, University of Otago, the Otago Museum, and the Heritage Collection, Dunedin Public Library.
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Various collectors
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Harrods (London)
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August, 1937-1938
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Mellor Papers
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Catalogs
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Unpublished
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Mellor must have had an inkling that he wasn’t long for this world when in 1937 he began to sell off his enormous collection of books. The first sale of ‘Mellor’s Library’, facilitated by Harrods Ltd of Knightsbridge, was in August 1937. The second sale, with items for sale printed in this catalogue, was in November 1937. There were 867 items, which consisted mainly of chemistry books, and only included ‘Authors whose names commence with the letters A-K.’ The second half of the alphabet was to follow. Another sale in 1938 (month unspecified) included over 2000 titles from Mellor’s library. In 1960, Mellor’s wife Emma quantified his library at about 15,000 books.
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Mellor Library, List 42-44
cartoons
ceramics
Harrods
inorganic chemistry
Joseph Mellor