Year: 2026
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Call for Submissions: Turnbull Library Record 2027
We are now inviting contributions for the 2027 issue of the Turnbull Library Record. The theme for this issue is ‘home’ and ‘away’. We particularly invite submissions engaging with distance, correspondence, identity, travel, whenua, and belonging. But all submissions will be considered. The Turnbull Library Record is a journal in the humanities, published yearly by…
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A man of many parts: Isaac ‘Petatone’ Featherston
It was fascinating to hear John E. Martin discuss the career of Isaac ‘Petatone’ Featherston on March 10th. A doctor, newspaper editor, Provincial Representative and a man central to land purchasing in the 1860s. We learned how a ship’s surgeon, as Featherston became in 1841, was not only responsible for the health of the passengers…
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The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris
A very enthusiastic crowd assembled in person and on-line to hear Michele Leggott and Catherine Field-Dodgson discuss their detective work in piecing together the work of botanical artist, Emily Cumming Harris and her work held at the Turnbull Library. People present were invited to view some of the botanical drawings in the presenters’ collection. After…