Posts tagged with collecting

A typed manuscript on a table surrounded by copies of books all titled ‘the bone people’.

Off the record | A welcome home

By Paul Diamond and Seán McMahon
11 August 2023
About the typed manuscript of ‘the bone people’.
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Detail of a black shawl showing beautiful colourful embroidery of flowers, a bird and butterflies.

Off the record | A child of the sun: Katherine Mansfield’s last year

By Fiona Oliver
5 July 2023
Celebrating Katherine Mansfield’s life.
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Dried plants on a piece of paper with copperplate writing underneath.

Off the record | Rehousing Colenso’s plants

By Laura Van Echten
30 June 2023
Caring for dried botanical specimens.
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Title page from a book with author's signature in blue ink.

Literary papers | Witi Ihimaera’s ‘The Whale Rider’

By Lindsay Bilodeau
27 June 2023
An annotated copy of the award-winning novel reveals the author's personal connections to the story.
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Excerpt from a gig poster showing two venues and dates plus info on where to buy tickets and logos from sponsors in the bottom right corner.

The mayfly | Takes me back — Ephemera from New Zealand’s closed music venues

By Rata Holtslag
26 May 2023
Remembering the bars and clubs that are gone but not forgotten.
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Wordcloud that includes the words New Zealalnd #WebArchiveWednesday, tweet, archive and websites.

#WebArchiveWednesday — byte-sized tweets

By Susanna Joe
10 May 2023
What do NZ Dr Who fan club, a sheep shearing competition and a Taiki Waititi fansite have in common?
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An author's signature is seen in black ink on the title page of their novel along with notes written in pencil in the margin.

Literary papers | Notes in the margin

By Lindsay Bilodeau
28 April 2023
Eleanor Catton's annotated edition of her award-winning novel 'The Luminaries'.
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A woman standing behind a table on which sit an array of ephemera items.

Surveying the Ephemera F sequence

By Bekah Jackson
20 April 2023
Working with a collection that has unique physical qualities.
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A woman stands simling behind a table on which sit a number of archival documents, folders and boxes.

The Associated Theatre Services collection

By Olive Russell
18 April 2023
Ray Channon's influence on Aotearoa’s live music industry ca. 1970 to 2000.
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A man standing behind a white table on which sit a variety of collection items including books, open reel tapes and a laptop.

Highlights of 2022 from the Turnbull Library’s Arrangement & Description team

By Nicola Frean
16 February 2023
A review of 2022 from the Turnbull Library team who make our collections easier to find and use.
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Detail from a book cover featuring a colourful tiki.

Ngā pukapuka hou – What’s new in the Māori Reference Collection?

By Trish Beamsley
7 February 2023
New books in the Māori Reference Collection
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Cartoon of a man sitting in an armchair holding a feather pen. His had is on a pile of books being used as a desk, there is a bookcase in the background and cobwebs draping over the chair and bookcase.

Reflecting on 30 years of the Cartoon Archive

By Ian F. Grant
22 September 2022
Cartoon Archive founder, Ian F. Grant, reflects on the Archive’s evolution.
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A logo showing a microscope and the words SCI in red and BLOGS in blue lettering.

Sciblogs — the end of an era

By Gillian Lee
9 August 2022
Explore the archived copy of New Zealand's science blogging platform which has been decommissioned.
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Link to blog post The mayfly Protest ephemera.

The mayfly | Protest ephemera

By Audrey Stratford
16 June 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand's protest history documented in the Ephemera Collection.
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Portrait of a man wearing glasses and with white hair, smiling.

Peter Downes: A tribute

By Roger Flury
7 April 2022
Celebrating the life and legacy of broadcaster and historian Peter Downes.
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Green monthly tram card with days of the month punched out.

The mayfly | Here today gone tomorrow

By Audrey Stratford
18 March 2022
The first in a series of upcoming blogs about archiving ephemera at the Alexander Turnbull Library
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Illustration showing a woman in white lab coat with pink hair and a man in black t-shirt and beard.

Cartoons call the shots: An interview with Toby Morris

By Abi Beatson
27 January 2022
We talk to cartoonist Toby Morris about the COVID-19 cartoons created with Siouxsie Wiles.
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Road sign ‘Prepare to stop’ which has been changed to read: 'Prepare to be kind'.

Documenting COVID-19: One year on

By Abi Beatson
25 March 2021
A sample of the documentary mahi that has been happening across Aotearoa to collect and preserve the ways that New Zealanders have experienced the global pandemic.
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A gnome wearing a red hat and holding a surfboard has been painted on a concrete wall.

Collecting COVID-19: your history, your voices

By John Sullivan
2 July 2020
Help us build the Library’s COVID-19 collection.
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Flying Nun Records album covers.

Vinyl survival: A collector’s legacy

By Michael Brown
21 May 2020
Introducing the Anthony Norton Collection of recorded music and memorabilia.
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