The Dunedin-born Yvette Williams (1929–2019) was the first woman from New Zealand to win an Olympic gold medal (Helsinki, 1952), and to hold the world record in the women’s long jump. When she retired in 1954, she was ranked number one in world track-and-field history in the long jump, fifth in the pentathlon, 12th in the discus throw, and 19th in the shot put. In 1953, she was awarded an MBE; in 2011, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit; and in 2019, she was posthumously awarded a Damehood. This iconic image depicts Williams training for the long jump at St Clair Beach, Dunedin.
In his psychological novels, Conrad’s narrators experience inner battles of good and evil. They struggle to grasp the significance of the events they relate and struggle to make themselves understood. In ‘Heart of Darkness,’ the narrator is fascinated with the mysterious and evil Kurtz and recalls the ‘supreme moment of complete knowledge’ Kurtz has before he dies, ‘The horror! The horror!’
On mount in ink: T.M. Hocken. John Robert Godley was born in 1814 at Killigar, Ireland. Educated at harrow & Christchurch, Oxford. He then travelled extensively & in 1844 published his Letters from America marked by great ability & thought. This work attracted the attention of E.G. Wakefield with whom he formed a strong friendship & with him engaged in the founding of the Canterbury Settlement in 1848. In 1849 he sailed for Port Lyttelton to guide the infant fortunes of that scheme which he did with zeal & skill. In its after struggles & misfortunes his advice was of great value. Returning to England after three years’ absence he was appointed by his friend & brother-in-law, Mr Gladstone to the post of Under-Secretary of War which he held until his death on Nov 6, 1861. T.M.H.; label: Na Te Hakena Tenei Tiki.
Sheet music of Paul A. Rubens' Your King and country want you: A woman's recruiting song. Front cover also reads: Entire profits of this song will be devoted to Queen Mary's "Work for Women" fund. Signed Paul A. Rubens, and seller's stamp reads 'Bristol Piano company, Ashburton.'
Contributor
Rubens, Paul A. (Paul Alfred) [music and lyrics]
Format
Sheet music: cover (illustration), and notated score
Since the acquisition of the Australian Pulp Fiction Collection in 2005, Special Collections has been steadily obtaining new pulp fiction titles and pertinent reference works. This is just one of a small number of titles garnered over the last four to five years.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: J. Brown; margin below in pencil: You cannot be admitted, you are only a retailer; through image in pencil: Öe AlbÖ, Pleasure trip for those who are A1 at Greers; u.c. in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Class distinctions prevailed in the early days. A selection was made of guests for a trip down the harbour. Mr Greer was manager of the new steam boat service to Port Chalmers. Circa 1861. T.M.H.; label in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Class distinctions prevailed in these early days. Mr Greer was afterwards manager of the steamboat service to Port Chalmers.
Extent
234 x 286 mm
Medium
pencil on paper
Provenance
Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Source
Found uncatalogued 1948. Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
This New Zealand handbook for secondary school students covers the work prescribed for the School Certificate Examination in Clothing. Chapters on the wider study of clothing touch on history, geography, aesthetics, psychology, and chemistry, to name a few. Using a question-based technique rather than laying down rules, the book asks questions such as how the student might manage a clothing budget within an allowance. The book builds a rational basis for clothing selection and wardrobe planning, including how to choose clothes and accessories appropriate to personality and age.
Yates' Garden Guide was a series produced by the Arthur Yates Company, founded in Auckland in 1883 and expanded to include a Sydney branch in 1887. The first edition appeared in 1895 as Yates' Garden Guide for Australia and New Zealand, but it was only nominally addressed to New Zealand gardeners. In the New Zealand-distributed editions from 1922-1934, revisions took greater account of New Zealand's cooler growing condition. Finally in 1934 a truly New Zealand edition (the 20th) appeared. By 1931 the guidebook was being used in schools as a text book so its influence must have been considerable. Most editions through to the 32nd (1946) saw small revisions. However the Guide was restructured for a ‘new look' edition in 1950 and briefly renumbered as the 1st of three new editions. By 1957 Yates' had reverted to the original sequence of numbers (39th edition 1957). Major rewriting was claimed for the 61st (1987) edition. This long-running series is an outstanding historical resource, encapsulating all significant trends in the history of gardening in New Zealand in the 20th century.
Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection, University of Otago Library Special Collections. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
Hartford City, Indiana: Robert (‘Buck’) and Juanita Coulson
Abstract
This line drawing cover with its rather bad joke fronts this issue of Yandro, an influential SF fan magazine that was published ‘more or less monthly’ by Robert (‘Buck’) and Juanita Coulson, from Hartford City, Indiana. Yandro ran from 1953 to 1986 and was renowned for letters of comment and its book reviews: ‘Maker/A for Anything is repulsive, while Hell’s Pavement is patchwork…’. Salive subscribed to it and this copy – No. 153, c.1964 – is the earliest magazine in his collection. The title of Yandro came from the works of Manly Wade Wellman, who took it from the traditional folk song, ‘He’s Gone Away’.
This lateral X-ray of a Dunedin patient shows the destructive effect of tuberculosis of part of the thoracic spine, known as ‘Pott’s Disease’. A hump back deformity is produced.
Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection, University of Otago Library Special Collections. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
An extension to Salive’s collecting was his foray into SF writing. While living in Auckland in 2002, he wrote nine short stories, all of which remain unpublished. There are numerous books in Salive’s collection that offer tips on how to write SF stories. One is Writing to the Point by Algis Budrys (1931-2008), himself a successful SF author and editor.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: JB; through image in pencil: The fate of ingratitude; margin below image in pencil: Wounds may be bound up, and words forgiven, but he who betrays his friends, loses all credit. Feb 23 1861; margin below image in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr Lambert, editor of the “Colonist”, was hanged in effigy February 1861 because of his opposition to Mr Macandrew who was a candidate in the Superintendency of the Province of Otago. Macandrew brought Lambert down from Auckland in 1856 to edit the “Colonist”, a paper started in opposition to the “Witness”. T.M.H.
Extent
156 x 322 mm
Medium
pencil on paper
Provenance
Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Source
Found uncatalogued 1948. Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection, University of Otago Library Special Collections. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection, University of Otago Library Special Collections. Every effort has been made to trace copyright ownership and to obtain permission for reproduction. If you believe you are the copyright owner of an item on this site, and we have not requested your permission, please contact us at special.collections@otago.ac.nz
One of Hal Salive's sources of inspiration was Stephen Gillett’s World-building (1995), with its subtitle: A Writer’s Guide to Constructing Star Systems and Life-supporting Planets.
Image S13-018b Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago
Publisher
Otago Witness
Abstract
This photograph depicts a returned serviceman from World War One receiving electrical stimulation of the thigh muscles with a Faradic battery and button electrode. Faradic stimulation of muscles was carried out to prevent wasting and disuse in the presence of nerve injuries and fractures.