St Hugh's College Library

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter break!

Our last stop exploring the library’s archival exhibition takes us somewhere a bit kooky. Here are some highlights from the first issue of the JCR Newsletter ‘Hugh’s News’ from Michaelmas 2002. The tone and content of the various incarnations of the JCR publications have shifted over time in response to levels of student engagement and concern, ranging from the jocular to the serious.

Vacation loans are now active — borrow now and return the first week of Trinity Term. 📚

Happy Women’s History Month!

And the winners are 🥁…
“The Eyes of Gaza”
“Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead”
“Wilting: a poetry memoir on love, loss, and grief“

We will add these and a few of the top performing books to our Pop Lit section. Keep an eye out for their arrival and display in the upcoming weeks. ✨📚✨

Our archival tour continues! Today we are looking at the evolution of sports and fashion. These two photographs of the St Hugh’s hockey team, taken in the 1900s and the 1920s, demonstrate the changing attitudes to women’s dress, sport and physical movement in the early twentieth century. Notice the differences in the length of the students' dresses and the style in which they did their hair.

How it feels to be in the 5th week slumps…

Printed image of a lion from the “Historie of Foure Footed Beasts”.

Get your voting fingers ready, the PopLit Poll is now live!

Click here to access the poll:
https://vote.easypolls.net/698c912afaa53e0060cadc9c

Happy Galentine’s or Palentine’s Day to all who celebrate! 🫂💕

Don’t have any plans? No problem! We currently have a “Blind Date with a Book” display located in the Library Lobby. Spend the rainy or snowy weekend curled up with a mystery read. 📖❓

Can you guess what book this is?

Today we continue on the tour of our exhibition to give you a peek at what the college looked like in the '20s. These photographs come from an album created in 1928, showing all the main parts of the College. The album was displayed in the JCR and students could purchase copies of the photographs to support the Scholarship and Fellowship Fund.