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Samantha Callaghan, NZ Electronic Text Centre Whãnaungatanga & Digitisation Moko; or, Maori tattooing / by H.G. Robley (London [England] : Chapman and Hall, 1896). Description: xxi, 216 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ‘Authorities consulted’ p. [209].  Callmark: Fildes 510 … Continue reading →

Oliver Tiai, Postgraduate student Funding practices in the CCCS A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea islands : with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants / by John … Continue reading →

Brett Mason, Director, Museums Wellington From ‘Camera in the Coral Islands’ to ‘Innocents Abroad’ Author: Burton Brothers (Firm) Title: The camera in the Coral Islands : a series of photographs illustrating the scenery and the mode of life in the … Continue reading →

Matt Cunningham, Postgraduate student, History “Familiarising the Foreign”: NZ soldierly narratives on landscape during the Great War Matt Cunningham Moore-Jones, Horace. Sketches made at Anzac during the occupation of that portion of the Gallipoli peninsula by the Imperial Forces …1915. … Continue reading →

Rosemary Collier, Archivist Hunter Papers found at NZCER Five pages of signatures excerpted from University Reform Association survey responses, 1910. http://library.vuw.ac.nz/jcbr/findingaids/component.php?p=hunt&r=ref14 “…why the paper of signatures is interesting? Firstly, it was a curiosity as to why anyone would go to … Continue reading →

An interdisciplinary seminar on items from the Library’s Special Collections, and their use by students in TXTT 401/MDIA 411 ‘ Print Culture Aotearoa / New Zealand’. Meghan Hughes Vogel, Sir Julius, 1835-899. Correspondence between the Hon. The Premier of New … Continue reading →

Lisa Sacksen, PhD researcher, History Wellington Trades Council archives A forum for the consultation and combined action of unions in the Wellington district was established in the 1890s. The 4.5 linear metres of records held here are predominantly minutes and … Continue reading →

Emeritus Professor Brian Halton, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Portraits of Assoc. Prof. W.E. (Ted) Harvey University archives: VUCP00014 (photographic prints collection, ref. VUW 2/164) and VUWI00135 (photographic proofs collection, no. 785) “Ted Harvey was the ‘tough-talking’ Associate Professor … Continue reading →

Les Cleveland, Collector ‘Wonderful Examples of the Propagandists’ Art’ e.g. (loan item visible in image):  ‘Join the swing to National’, 1960, photolithograph print on poster, 382 x 252 mm An exhibition of election pamphlets from 1943 to 1993 is on … Continue reading →

This seminar will focus on the recently-established ‘Print Cultures Collection’, which aims to make available exemplars of different book cultures from around the world and through history, within the limits set by our budget and what is ethical. The primary … Continue reading →