A view of the initiation showing Jack Spratt, a Methodist theologian from the Peace River district in full uniform. Note the bee'd nest attached to his back.
University of Alberta Archives UAA-1969-019-1538
Copyrights belong to University of Alberta Students' Union. Permission given for use in this exhibit.
An image of Ten Thousand Chinese Things. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, Now Exhibiting at St. George’s Place, Hyde Park Corner, London, with Condensed Accounts of the Genius, Government, History, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trade, Manners, Customs and Social Life of the People of the Celestial Empire by William B. Langdon
Acquired in recognition of Professor Xian-En Zhang in 2015
Gross Britannien und Irland Travel Brochure
This is one of the earliest publications by zoologist and explorer, Sir John Richardson. His Notice of the Fishes was included as an appendix in Sir John Franklin’s Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 (1823). This is the scarce separate printing of Richardson’s report on the fish of this important Arctic expedition and includes his inscription to “Dr. Greville.”
An image of Astronomical DIalogues Between a Gentleman and a Lady by John Harris
Acquired in recognition of Julie Payette in 2006
An image of They Still Draw Pictures! With 60 Illustrations of Drawings Made by Spanish Children During the War, with an introduction by Aldous Huxley
Acquired in recognition of Dr Samantha Nutt in 2015
An image of Juvenile Pastimes; or, Girls’ and Boys’ Book of Sports
An image of The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants by Samuel Wells Williams
Acquired in recognition of Hugh Bolton in 2015
An image of Business Ethics by Frank Chapman Sharp