Browse Collections (62 total)

The classicist Richard Hingley wrote ‘the Classical past retains a highly significant relationship to the present’. It is true that no cultural…

This is a sample of ephemera from the Hocken Collections.

The School of Physiotherapy is immensely proud of the contribution its graduates have made to health in the wider community over the 100 years since…

Images from the Scientific Expedition Reports held in Special Collections at the University of Otago.

The rare book collection in Special Collections at the University of Otago grows - slowly and surely - by purchase and donation. With these new…

The phrase 'Make it New' is frequently used in defining a key feature of modernism – its novelty – and is often regarded as influential and…

‘A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.’ - Dr…

Botany is a 21st century subject built on a rich heritage contributed to and developed by many. Although botany was taught at the University of Otago…

Sheet music relating to WWI (1914-1918)

Hocken Collections' sheet music relating to The Great War of 1914-1918 (WWI) is a select group of (mostly)…

Joseph William Mellor (1869-1938) was an Otago graduate who became a ceramicist, a cartoonist, and, more importantly, a famous chemist. Indeed, his…

Examples of twentieth century food packaging from the Hocken Collections.

Examples of architectural drawings from the Hocken Collections.

Examples of posters from the Hocken Collections.

Posters from exhibitions in the gallery of the Hocken Collections.

Examples of the songsters by colonial-era lyricist and satirical wit Charles R. Thatcher held at Hocken Collections.