The Past and the Curious

DateBeginning 2020Reference NumberAV 21-003Collection SummaryThe Past and the Curious are a collection of talks, show and tell sessions, and online videos by the Library's Heritage and Research TeamDescription"A regular chance to get a close look at items that are normally locked away and to hear entertaining and informative stories."

Prior to The Past and the Curious, Tauranga Library ran sessions open to the public that provided opportunity to see and learn about items within the archives. These were variously named The Friday Fossick, Monday Musings and no doubt other names lost to our collective memory. In 2020 the team decided to change the name to The Past and the Curious.

CreatorTauranga City LibrariesLevelCollectionSourcesPae Korokī: Audio Visual Collections

Audio Visuals

Radio interview with a library archivist

The Past and the Curious: Tauranga in 16 mm

Scribbles and scratchings (Horatio Robley in Ams 261): The Past and the Curious

Items recently digitised (March 2022): The Past and the Curious

History of the Goddards Centre: The Past and the Curious

Guinness Brothers and the Tauranga Bond Store: The Past and the Curious

Dating The Strand: The Past and the Curious

Seeds of the Library: 150 years of libraries in Tauranga: The Past and the Curious

Women’s Organisations in Tauranga: The Past and the Curious

Deciphering Love: Gellibrand and Crapp Letters: The Past and the Curious

He Pātaka Kōrero - the surveyor letters of 1866 to 1868

The Past and the Curious, May 2022 promotional poster

Usage

Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.

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