Blog post researched and written by Kate Guthrie, Collections Assistant – Archives Remember autograph books? For those of us old enough to have had one back in the day, they were the Facebook of the pre-internet age; a little album to collect the thoughts and witticisms of your friends, family and occasionally even the famous. […]

Post cooked up by Katherine Milburn, Liaison Librarian and Curator of Ephemera For many people Christmas is a time of long-honoured traditions. At the Hocken this means the decorating of our Christmas tree in the foyer on the 1st of December. It seemed the perfect date to bring in the latest contribution to Stirring up […]

Post researched and written by David Murray, Archivist One of the cutest Christmas messages in the Hocken Collections is found on a postcard in the papers of Dunedin poet and editor Charles Brasch. The front of the postcard shows the picturesque St John’s Anglican Church, Waikouaiti. The message on the reverse reads: Mr Father Christmas […]

Post prepared by Amanda Mills, Liaison Librarian – AV and Music Have you ever heard of the New Zealand Christmas classic “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” by Pat McMinn and the Combie Murdoch Trio? No? How about Pixie Williams singing “Best Wishes”?  These are only two of the many New Zealand Christmas classic tracks […]