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Depicting a day in life of the University Library in 1933 using historic sources.
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Dating from the early 15th century, view fragments from a choir book, psalters and missals, and Books of Hours.
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A poet, novelist, journalist and biographer, Hyde is considered one of New Zealand's great writers.
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The digitised Auckland University College Roll of Honour forms the centrepiece of the First World War centenary website.
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Highlights from English Professor Sydney Musgrove’s involvement in Auckland’s amateur theatre and wider arts and literary scene 1947-1979.
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Get a glimpse into the former lives of some of the Library’s rare books and their owners in our bookplates exhibition.
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