The University Archive represents the academic life of students from the 1880s to the present day in a variety of material, including student notebooks, journals, diaries, lecture notes and research material, examination papers, and printed and audio visual material.
The Student diaries of Edgar Proctor (BA Classics 1924, Dip.Ed 1926, MA Classics 1927) comprise 15 volumes and give a full account of academic and social life on campus during the 1920s and 1930s. He states:
“Mon Oct 12th [1925] First day of Academic term for me: two lectures in the morning and a talk on Voice Production and reading aloud by ‘Camp’ [Campagnac, Professor of Education 1908-38] in the afternoon: he is a most delightful person to listen to: he seems to get there every time ……. Every time I go into the Education Library I wonder how I am to find time to read all the books I want to, not to mention those I ought and will probably have to! I’m quite sure it’s going to be the most interesting year I’ve ever spent as well as the busiest.”
