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Selwyn Circus 'Animals', 1922.
Images glued into the Capping Carnival Magazine from July 1922, show members of the Selwyn Circus "Animals". The animal costumes created by the students included a giraffe, rhinoceros, elephant, camel, and an ostrich.
Otago University Students' Capping Carnival.
A photograph of the crowd in the Octagon watching a capping parade. Male students dressed in women’s clothing can be seen at the bottom of the photo.
Photograph published in the Otago Witness, date currently unknown.
Photograph published in the Otago Witness, date currently unknown.
Capping band.
A photograph of the 1910 capping band members. Several of the male students are dressed in women’s clothing while another is dressed as a clown. It was not until 1947 that female students appeared in the capping show.
First Dental School.
A view of the first Dental School building that would later house the Law Library and then the University Staff Club. The photograph shows the position of the building in relation to the Clocktower and Registry buildings.
Main Reading Room, Clocktower Building.
A view of students working under the high gothic ceiling in the reading room when the first library facilities were housed in the Clocktower Building.
Stairwell in the Central Library.
Students and staff on the stairwell in the University of Otago Central Library.
Queen Elizabeth II in the Central Library, royal visit, March 1970.
On 16 March 1970, Queen Elizabeth II visited the University of Otago campus with Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Queen Elizabeth toured the Central Library and was photographed meeting Mrs McEldowney, the wife of the Head Librarian, Jock…
Prince Charles in the University Library, royal visit, March 1970.
On 16 March 1970, Prince Charles visited the University of Otago campus with Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne. Prince Charles toured the Central Library and was photographed talking to students seated in the library study spaces.
Issue Desk, Circulation Department.
A Circulation Department staff member stamps the date slip in the back of a book. An electronic management system was introduced to the library in 1989 and prior to this, patron details were entered onto cards that were alphabetically filed at the…
Exterior view of the second university library.
An exterior view of the University Library with two students talking outside. Sited on the corner of Cumberland and Albany, this library was officially opened on the 7 April 1965. This building served as the University Library for the Arts and…
Cataloguing Department, University of Otago Central Library.
Cataloguing staff in the Central Library using typewriters to create labels and entries for the card catalogue. Newly purchased books are stacked on the shelves waiting to be processed.
Medical ball.
A photograph of a group of students taken during the Medical School ball in 1937.
Staff from the Arts Faculty, 1922-23.
A photograph of the seven Arts Faculty staff of 1922-23 standing outside the Clocktower Building. Left to Right: Isobel Sutherland, person unknown, Joyce Moody, J. Hall, K.C. Robertson, Madge Turnbull.
Otago University drawing no. 8 [opened 1879].
An architectural cross-section of the exterior of the Clocktower Building, depicting in detail the "Elevation of the North Side of the Tower".
Otago University drawing no. 7 [opened 1879].
An architectural cross-section of the staircase housed within the Clocktower Building. Depicting in detail the "Section Thro Hall".
Otago University [opened 1879].
We can assume that this work, by being one of two elevations of the west wall of the clocktower building, was effectively commissioned by the University in 1877 when they asked Bury, the winner of the competition for a new university building, to…
Montage of Medical School staff and Students, 1940.
A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, surgery scenes, and students listening to lectures.
A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, laboratory and surgery scenes, and students studying.
A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, laboratory and surgery scenes, and students studying.
Queen Mary Maternity Hospital, medical school students.
Two photographs from a photo series on the Queen Mary Maternity Hospital. Upper: Two students in their accommodation playing a board game. Lower: A male student removing the nappy of a newborn baby. The captions read: "The students’ living room,…
The Gold fields of Otago, A.H.'s Jottings 1865 with Lithographic Illustrations.
Houston describes himself as 'an intelligent member of the Otago Provincial Council viz A miners representative & practical digger & storekeeper at Gabriel's Gully'
Dunedin from the Portobello Road.
Attributed to Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet, 1799-1878
View of part of Dunedin from Stafford St with the upper harbour. November 1851.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: After G.B. Shaw 1851; on original mount in ink (in Dr Hocken’ hand: View of part of Dunedin from Stafford St with the upper harbour November 1851 by Geo B. Shaw copied from the original in the possession of Gilbert…
Key plan to G.B. Shaw’s View of part of Dunedin &c from Stafford St. Nov. 1851.
Margin above image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Key plan to Mr G.B. Shaw’s View of part of Dunedin &c from Stafford St. Nov 1851; through image in ink: [numerals] 1. Rev. T. Burns’ farm, Grant Braes (now Waverley.) 2. Anderson’s Bay, figure…