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A 1920s operating theatre in the second Dental School. For its time, the equipment displayed was state of the art.

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The first air drill purchased by the Dental School.

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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.

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Students and staff on the stairwell in the University of Otago Central Library.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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A photograph of a group of students taken during the Medical School ball in 1937.

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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.

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A caricature depicting a Medical Professor, William Percy Gowland with a Science professor, J. K. H. Inglis, playing golf with two Humanities Professors, Thomas Dagger Adams and H. Ramsay. The caricature is entitled "Keep Your Eye On The Ball". The…

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An architectural cross-section of the exterior of the Clocktower Building, depicting in detail the "Elevation of the North Side of the Tower".

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An architectural cross-section of the staircase housed within the Clocktower Building. Depicting in detail the "Section Thro Hall".

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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…

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Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Brain Stem (Ventral Surface)

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A caricature of Professor William Percy Gowland with a skeleton behind him in an identical pose, illustrated by Russell Clark.

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A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, surgery scenes, and students listening to lectures.

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A montage of various photographs relating to the Medical School, including images of professors, laboratory and surgery scenes, and students studying.

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A colour caricature by P. W. Eisdell Moore, depicting Professors from the School of Medicine. Left to right: Joseph Bernard Dawson, Eric F. D’Ath, Francis Gordon Bell, Charles Ernest Hercus, John Malcolm, William Percy Gowland, and Frederick Horace…

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A caricature of seven members of the Medical School staff, including one woman, illustrated by Russell Clark and dated October 1934.

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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,…

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William Percy Gowland (1879-1965) was the Professor of Anatomy at the Otago Medical School between 1914 and 1943. He went on to become the Director of Medical Services at Wellington Hospital from 1944 to 1949.

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A caricature showing the various obstacles that face medical students during their metaphorical climb up the 'mountain of life'. After encountering exams, financial difficulties and illness, they reach their ultimate goal - a degree as depicted by a…

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The cover of the 1945 edition of the Medical School magazine, Digest. The image juxtaposes a soldier with a gun and a surgeon with a scalpel, both held at the same angle. Medical students were exempt from conscription during World War II. Due to a…
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