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Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections. Online exhibition
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18th May 2016
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Who uses Special Collections? And why? And what research results emanate from physically examining books and manuscripts? It was these questions that prompted the development of this ‘engagement’ exhibition, now called <em>Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections</em>. We certainly have a wide variety of readers. After filling out the appropriate registration forms, they settle into our Reading Room. A brief wait and they get the requested item. The type of materials used is equally varied, ranging from a single sheet Medieval manuscript and a 17th century herbal, to an issue of the Gentleman’s Magazine or a Pulp Fiction book. The actual research and the publication of the end-result can often take a long time; indeed sometimes years. It can be circuitous. The time spent poring over the books also varies: three hours to three weeks, and sometimes more. And importantly, it is just not about research. Many readers use a particular book or manuscript because it is a favourite; a work that resonates with their sense of being. It has become important to them. Readers from inside and outside the University of Otago were contacted to choose a Special Collections item. They were each asked to write 150 words on ‘their’ chosen book; their favourite, or that one item that assisted their research. <em>Scholarly Favourites. Researching in Special Collections</em> is the result. In most cases, it meant a re-engagement with the item. A new handling of an old friend. The exhibition offers true variety, with items selected from the diverse collections within Special Collections: Brasch, de Beer, Shoults, Truby King, Pulp & Science Fiction, Monro, Stack. Items on display range from Albinus’s spectacular <em>Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani</em> (1747); Augustus Hamilton’s <em>The Art Workmanship of the Maori Race in New Zealand</em> (1901); and Johannes Wolleb’s <em>Compendium Theologiae Christianae</em> (1642); to Gregory M. Mathews’s <em>Supplement to The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant</em> (1928); the scurrilous <em>Alvin Purple</em> (1974); and <em>Egypt and the Sudan: Handbook for Travellers</em> (1929). Please enjoy what others have researched and enjoyed.
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The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
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1844
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Special Collections QK47 HS37
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Books
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London: Reeve Brothers
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Joseph Hooker was 22 years old when he joined Captain James Clark Ross on HMS <em>Erebus</em>, for what was the last ever sail-only voyage of discovery. Hooker’s role was to collect and describe the plant and algae species encountered as they sailed south through the Atlantic to the Southern Ocean to confirm the existence of Antarctica. Today, a botanist taking this journey would arrive home with memory cards full of digital images of plants with scientific names. Back then, Hooker was faced with largely undescribed and unfamiliar plants. The<em> Flora of Antarctica</em> is a monumental achievement. It still underpins the scientific names in use today, and for me its most impressive feature is the manner in which Hooker’s detailed observations capture the biology of the plants he discovered. His illustrations are exquisitely beautiful, and they are also botanically accurate to the tiniest detail. Importantly, Hooker’s <em>Flora of Antarctica</em> is a reminder that the discipline of accurate objective observation is a requirement of scientific understanding.<br /><strong>(Chosen by Dr Janice Lord, Department of Botany, Otago)</strong>
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Botany: Our Heritage, Our Future. A Celebration of Teaching and Research at the University of Otago. Online Exhibition
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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 from the outset, it was in 1924 that the Botany Department was established, with the appointment of Dr J. E. Holloway. From his one ‘all-purpose’ room Holloway instructed others in the subject that involves the scientific study of plant life. After Holloway’s retirement in 1944, a number of dedicated staff kept the department functioning until 1946 when Geoff Baylis arrived as Head of the Department (HoD). He became the first Professor of Botany in 1952. Baylis was replaced by Professor Peter Bannister in 1979, who was HoD until 2003, when Associate Professor Paul Guy took over. Professor Bastow Wilson replaced Guy as HoD in 2008. Professor Jim Simpson became HoD in 2010, and Professor Katharine Dickinson in 2011.
Since 1924, students have been exposed to all aspects of the life of plants, algae, fungi, and other closely related organisms. Today’s student engages in a subject that is now multidisciplinary, covering the gene to the ecosystem, and from the mountains to the sea. Of course the Department’s achievements are due to all staff: the technicians, the administrators, and the academics, and each have contributed greatly to the excellence in teaching and research that has been afforded to students, and more broadly to the general public, over many years. The Department is also very appreciative of the significant contributions made by its Emeritus and Honorary Professors, and other research associates.
This exhibition celebrates the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Botany Department at the University of Otago, which remains the only university Department of Botany in New Zealand. The Department is very proud of its heritage, and in looking ahead, considers Botany to be essential to society’s needs more than ever. Indeed, knowledge about plants is fundamental to our survival.
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Various Collectors
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Hooker relied on his own plant collection and the efforts of other collectors in the field to produce his later <em>Handbook of the New Zealand Flora </em>(1864), a ‘compendious’ and more compact account of the plants of New Zealand. This publication, however, was imperfect, with descriptions lacking to some flowering plants, and meagre sketches of fungi and crustaceous lichens. This copy is particularly significant as it once belonged to Sir James Hector (1834-1907), geologist, surgeon, and one of Hooker’s correspondents. The annotations – some extensive on the interleaved blue paper – are by John Buchanan – and are excellent examples of ‘Buchanan on Hooker’.
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
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London: Lovell Reeve
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1864
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Rare Book Collection, Landcare Research New Zealand, Lincoln
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Handbook of the New Zealand Flora
Botany
Botany online exhibition
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir James Hector
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Botany: Our Heritage, Our Future. A Celebration of Teaching and Research at the University of Otago. Online Exhibition
Description
An account of the resource
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 from the outset, it was in 1924 that the Botany Department was established, with the appointment of Dr J. E. Holloway. From his one ‘all-purpose’ room Holloway instructed others in the subject that involves the scientific study of plant life. After Holloway’s retirement in 1944, a number of dedicated staff kept the department functioning until 1946 when Geoff Baylis arrived as Head of the Department (HoD). He became the first Professor of Botany in 1952. Baylis was replaced by Professor Peter Bannister in 1979, who was HoD until 2003, when Associate Professor Paul Guy took over. Professor Bastow Wilson replaced Guy as HoD in 2008. Professor Jim Simpson became HoD in 2010, and Professor Katharine Dickinson in 2011.
Since 1924, students have been exposed to all aspects of the life of plants, algae, fungi, and other closely related organisms. Today’s student engages in a subject that is now multidisciplinary, covering the gene to the ecosystem, and from the mountains to the sea. Of course the Department’s achievements are due to all staff: the technicians, the administrators, and the academics, and each have contributed greatly to the excellence in teaching and research that has been afforded to students, and more broadly to the general public, over many years. The Department is also very appreciative of the significant contributions made by its Emeritus and Honorary Professors, and other research associates.
This exhibition celebrates the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Botany Department at the University of Otago, which remains the only university Department of Botany in New Zealand. The Department is very proud of its heritage, and in looking ahead, considers Botany to be essential to society’s needs more than ever. Indeed, knowledge about plants is fundamental to our survival.
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‘I have long felt earnestly desirous of promoting a love and knowledge of the Science of Botany in those English Colonies which it has been my good fortune to visit…’. So wrote Joseph Dalton Hooker in his <em>Flora Novae-Zelandiae</em> (1852-1855), which, along with <em>Flora Antarctica</em> (1844-47) and <em>Flora Tasmaniae</em> (1853–59), formed the ‘Antarctic’ publications, the culmination of his botanical work during the years of the expedition, 1839-1843. The New Zealand volumes – a milestone publication of modern systematic botany – described and illustrated some 1,767 species of plants. The illustration of <em>Clematis colensoi</em> (now <em>C. forsteri</em>) was by the botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch.
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
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London: Lovell Reeve
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1853
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Special Collections QK47 HS37
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The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843. II: Flora Novae-Zelandiae
Botany
Botany online exhibition
Joseph Dalton Hooker