The College Life Collection (St John’s College) at the Kinder Library
Over the years 2014 and 2015, St John’s Theological College held several reunions for students who attended the college between the years of 1983 and 1985. To celebrate the occasions, a display was put up to showcase some of the college photographs from those years, as well as some of the college handbooks and related ephemera from the time.
These items were selected from the College Life Collection in the St. John’s College Archives held here at the John Kinder Theological Library.
The College Life Collection has been collected over the years to reflect the social side (as opposed to the studious academic side) of theological study at the college. It is an eclectic collection that includes ephemera, circulars, students’ handbooks, personal reminiscences and illicit handmade publications from students. These are mostly tongue-in-cheek and serve to weave an irreverent tapestry of College life.
Here are some examples from this collection, and you can find more on Pūmotomoto.
