Author Archives: Sue Hirst

Papers of Professor Peter Munz

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Sue Hirst

I’m very pleased to announce that the papers of the late Professor Peter Munz have now been processed and are available for consultation.  Professor Munz taught at here at Victoria for forty years from the mid 1940s, and continued his … Continue reading →

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Dan Long Union Library disposals

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Sue Hirst

Kia ora koutou As well as digitising the poster collection from the Dan Long Union Library this year, we have also now completed cataloguing the publications from that collection.  As per our agreement with the Dan Long Trust, duplicate items … Continue reading →

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2 books, 2 scholars – Tuesday 5 November, 2013, 12:30-1:30 – Associate Professor Jeff Sissons, Laura Atiga

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Sue Hirst

 An interdisciplinary seminar on items from the Library’s Special Collections, and their use.  All welcome.  J.C. Beaglehole Room – RB404. We have a Pacific illustrations themed seminar for you this time.  Select bibliography of Pacific illustrations and maps Laura Atiga, … Continue reading →

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You can now request published items via the catalogue

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Sue Hirst

Kia ora Recently we implemented a new way of requesting material from the published collections in the J.C.Beaglehole Room which we hope will make things easier for those of you on the Victoria University network.  It works like this: Having searched … Continue reading →

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Dan Long Union Library and Therese O’Connell poster collections digitised

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Sue Hirst

Kia ora koutou We’re very pleased to announce the completion of a project to make digital images available as part of our finding aids to the Dan Long Union Library poster collection and the Therese O’Connell poster collection.  Since May … Continue reading →

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2 books, 2 scholars – Wednesday 21 August, 2013, 12:30-1:30

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Sue Hirst

An interdisciplinary seminar on items from the Library’s Special Collections, and their use.  All welcome.  J.C. Beaglehole Room – RB404. Harry Holland’s “Samoan Complex” Speaker:  Nicholas Hoare, Masters Student, History Resources:  Harry Holland pamphlets Reference:  DU415 P186 Box 1, 6 & … Continue reading →

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History of science

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Sue Hirst

Kia ora koutou Recently someone came to me with an 18th century science book she was keen to keep in the very good condition it is currently in.  As we got to talking about our collections here, it occurred to … Continue reading →

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Three books, three scholars – Wednesday 5th June 2013, 12-1pm

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Sue Hirst

An interdisciplinary seminar on items from the Library’s Special Collections, and their use.  All welcome.  J.C. Beaglehole Room – RB404. The Language of Lace Speaker: Cathrine Lloyd, Honours Student, French, VUW Book:  Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, avec … Continue reading →

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The Voyages of Giacomo Cook – a wonderful gift

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Sue Hirst

At an afternoon tea event on Tuesday, we were delighted to acknowledge the donation of an almost complete set of Raccolta de’ viaggi intorno al globo del Capitano Giacomo Cook…, published in 1787 by Tommaso Masi. With our Beaglehole links … Continue reading →

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Some new examples of fine printing

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sue Hirst

And so another 3 weeks have gone by… During this time we have acquired another lovely set of new works by Tara McLeod to add to our collection of fine New Zealand printing.  Aside from being the main designer and printer for … Continue reading →

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