Two black and white formal group photographs. The top photograph shows four rows of women outside Hope Hall. In the front row, a woman sitting in the centre is holding a tiny black and white kitten. The caption underneath reads: 'Photograph of residents of Hope Hall, 1935-1936, University Archive: EUL UA add. 17'. The bottom photograph shows four rows of men in the grounds of Reed Hall. At the centre of the front row, a spaniel looks towards the camera. The caption underneath reads: 'Photograph of the residents of Reed Hall, 1944-1945, University Archive: EUL UA/p/3/i'.

We love finding photographs of pets in archives! ❤️

Can you spot any pets in these Halls of Residence group photographs from our University Archive?

📷 EUL UA add. 17 & EUL UA P/3/i

#LoveYourPetDay #UniOfExeterArchive #ArchiveCats #ArchiveDogs #Archives

Black and white photograph of seven students in costumes posing with frying pans in front of the clock tower on Queen Street in Exeter.

Black and white photograph showing seven students wearing costumes and holding frying pans lined up along a street in Exeter. An Exeter bus and various buildings are in the background.

Black and white photograph showing a student wearing a stripy jumper and stripy socks running down the high street with a frying pan. They are running so fast, they're is slightly blurred!

Ready...steady....PANCAKES!

These fun photographs from our University Archive show students taking part in a pancake race through the streets of Exeter in the 1950s.

Do you recognise any of the locations?

📷 EUL UA/add. 17

#PancakeDay #ShroveTuesday #UniOfExeterArchive
#Exeter #Archives

Black and white photograph taken from high up, presumably from the Physics Building. It shows the Northcott Theatre under construction in the foreground, and other University buildings behind it. In the distance is the city of Exeter.

Our throwback from the University Archive this week is this incredible view from the Physics Building in c 1967!

The Northcott Theatre was still under construction. Which other landmarks can you spot?

📷 EUL UA/P/1b/5/vi

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Black and white photograph of students on stage in regency dress. Four pairs of men and women appear to be dancing in the foreground. Several women look on in the background.

This week's throwback from the University Archive is giving Bridgerton vibes!

This photo shows students performing in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Ruddigore' in c 1973/4.

📷 EUL UA/P/5iv

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Bridgerton #Archives

Black and white photograph of Ted Wragg standing in a classroom holding a handmade kite, with two primary school children seated on either side of him.

Today is International Kite Day! 🪁

This photograph from our University Archive shows Professor Ted Wragg (Professor of Education at St Luke's College / University of Exeter) in a classroom showing primary school children how to make a kite.

📷 EUL UA/P/3g

#InternationalKiteDay #UniOfExeterArchive

Green background with snowflakes. In the centre is a cropped image from a newspaper featuring a black and white photograph of the view towards the Washington Singer Building, with the grounds and trees covered in snow. The headline reads: 'Here Today - Gone Tomorrow' and the caption underneath the photograph reads 'South Western Winter'. White text under the newspaper image reads: 'Source: 'South Westerner' student newspaper, 29 January 1958'.

After a very wintry week in Exeter, here's a snowy throwback to Streatham Campus in January 1958! ❄️

This photograph was published in the student newspaper 'The South Westerner' on 29 January 1958.

📷 Exeter University/SOU

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Display case with four shelves, featuring a range of items, including a congratulatory address, photographs, a special issue newspaper, the Royal Charter of the University of Exeter, and a speech made by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.

The Royal Charter of the University of Exeter with a large red seal.

This December marks the 70th anniversary of the University of Exeter, having been awarded its Royal Charter in 1955. To celebrate, this autumn we put the charter on display in the Forum Library for students, staff & the public to visit and enjoy.

📷 EUL MS 294

#EYAAnniversaries #UniOfExeterArchive

reen background with white bold text at the top reading: 'It's World Television Day!', next to a colour graphic of a television. Underneath is an image of a newspaper article with the title 'Lights, Camera, Action! XTV On Air!'. Underneath is white text reading: Exepose, 20 January 1992, University Archive, University of Exeter LIbrary's Special Collections', next to a graphic of a clapperboard.

Did you know the University of Exeter has had its own student TV station since 1992?

This newspaper article appeared in the student newspaper 'Exeposé' on 20 January 1992 to announce the launch of XTV.

📷 Exeter University/Exeposé

#WorldTelevisionDay #TelevisionDay #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Black and white photograph of a person with long hair typing at a computer terminal in the Old Library.

On #WorldDigitalPreservationDay, this photo from our #UniOfExeterArchive is a reminder that technology is constantly evolving, & when it becomes obsolete, information may be lost. Digital preservation is vital to enable access to digital records, now & in the future.

#WDPD2025 #ThrowbackThursday

Black and white aerial view of Streatham Campus in the 1970s

Our throwback this week from our University Archive is this great aerial view of Streatham Campus in the 1970s!

The most noticeable absences are perhaps the Library (Rashid Building), opened in 1984, and the Forum, completed in 2012.

📷 EUL UA/P/1b/1

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Exeter

Pop up exhibition of boards on easels. Each easel has an information card and the boards feature archival photographs and newspaper clippings. Each board represents a different time period at the University, beginning with the 1940s. The easel at the front of the exhibition includes the text: 'Black History Month Uncovering Exeter's History of Black Empowerment and Allyship'.

Pop up exhibition of boards on easels. Each easel has an information card and the boards feature archival photographs and newspaper clippings. Each board represents a different time period at the University, beginning with the 1940s. In the middle of the exhibition is a big banner for Black History Month.

Check out the Exeter Students' Guild's new exhibition for Black History Month on Level 1 of Devonshire House!

We were delighted to assist the Guild with this exhibition by researching biographical details and sourcing images from the University Archive.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #UniOfExeterArchive

Illustration showing a view of the North front of St Luke's as seen from Heavitree Road. The towers of the Cathedral can be seen in the distance. In front of St Luke's a person rides by on a horse, and two women stroll with parasols.

Yesterday marked 47 years since St Luke's (teacher training) College merged with the University of Exeter.

This University Archive throwback shows St Luke's (then the Diocesan Training School) in 1855.

📷 EUL UA/add.29; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Black and white photograph showing a small room created through partition walls and a curtain at the front. A single bed is situated against the partition wall on the left side of the room, with two pieces of wooden furniture against the partition wall on the right side of the room, leaving a narrow space in between. A table has a water jug and bowl on it. Several framed pictures hang on the wall. A window lets in light.

As many University of Exeter students move into their accommodation this week, let's go back in time to student accommodation over 100 years ago!

This photo from our University Archive shows accommodation in the College Hostel on Castle Street.

📷 EUL UA/P/1a

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Wow - Look at this beautiful photo of Double Locks from 114 years ago! 🤩🚣‍♂️

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Sepia-toned photograph of a long row of students standing outside the Double Locks pub. Several rowing boats are moored in front of them, and some students are sitting in the boats. Two young children are also visible on the left hand side. The caption underneath reads '"The Rowing Club" 1911.'. A rusty paperclip has left a mark at the top of the photograph.

Many people who have lived in or visited Exeter will be familiar with the Double Locks!

This photo from our University Archive shows the St Luke's College rowing club outside the pub in 1911.

📷 EUL UA/add.15 Box 1:19; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Formal black and white photograph mounted on card and entitled 'Reed Hall. 1938-39.' Pictured are approximately 70 male students who lived in the hall of residence at Reed Hall. The front row is seated on the floor, the second row is seated on chairs, and the rows behind are standing. Also pictured are the matron, warden and president. The matron and the warden are each holding a small black dog (probably spaniels) on their laps.

Close up image of the first photograph, zoomed in on the matron and the warden, who are each holding a small black dog (probably spaniels) on their laps.

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the dogs, for today is their special day!

This photograph shows university students and staff who lived at Reed Hall 1938-1939. Can you spot two paw-some residents among them?

📷 EUL UA/P/3/i

#InternationalDogDay #DogDay #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Formal black and white photograph mounted on card and entitled 'University College of the South West of England. Reed Hall. 1937.' Pictured are approximately eighty male students who lived in the hall of residence at Reed Hall. The front row is seated on the floor, the second row is seated on chairs, and the rows behind are standing. Also pictured are the matron, warden and president. The matron is holding a light-coloured adult cat on her lap and the president is holding a small black kitten with white socks.

Cropped version of the first photograph, focusing on the matron, warden and president in the centre of the group. The matron is holding a light-coloured adult cat on her lap and the president is holding a small black kitten with white socks.

You've got to be kitten me! 🐈

This photograph shows students and staff who lived at Reed Hall in 1937.

We had to double take when we spotted two paw-some residents among them!

📷 EUL UA/P/3/i

#InternationalCatDay #CatDay #Cats #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives #FlashbackFriday

Black and white photograph of three men in a field cultivating crops.

Black and white photograph of goats in a field.

Black and white photograph of goats and geese in a field.

Black and white photograph of a young woman tending to goats in a barn.

Did you know Streatham Campus grew its own food during the Second World War?

By 1942, 21 acres were cultivated to supply the halls of residence & to be sold at market in vacation time. As well as crops, there were rabbits, goats & poultry!

📷 EUL UA/add.31

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Black and white photo shows a student receiving their Economics degree.

Congratulations to all the students graduating from the University of Exeter graduating this week!

This throwback from the University Archive shows a student in 1922 receiving their Economics degree.

📷 EUL UA/P/3c

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOFExeterArchive #Graduation

Black and white photograph postcard showing a full view of the outdoor pool and students using it. It is captioned 'Saint Luke's College, Exeter The Swimming Bath and Solarium'. There is no date for this photograph, but it was likely taken c 1934-1940s.

What better way to end a hot working week than by cooling off with #NationalSwimmingPoolDay! 🌊

Our Streatham Campus has a great outdoor pool, but did you know there was an outdoor pool on St Luke's Campus from 1934-1968? Today it's our lovely indoor pool!

📷 EUL UA/add.29 2/28 #UniOfExeterArchive

A black and white group photograph of students with Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire seated in the centre, flanked by two others seated on each side of her. Various students can be seen standing on the steps behind her, the men all wearing suits and the women wearing dresses of various styles. Most appear to be smiling.

Congratulations to the students at the University of Exeter who will be graduating next week!

This is a graduation photo of Exeter students in 1957, showing Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, who was the Chancellor from 1955 to 1972.

📷 EUL UA/P/3i

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Sepia-toned photograph postcard of the gymnasium at the Exeter Diocesan Training College

Who would have thought that our lovely St Luke's Library was once a gym!

This University Archive throwback shows the Gymnasium at the Exeter Diocesan Training College (now St Luke's Campus) c 1910s-20s. It was converted into a Library in 1961.

📷 EUL UA add.6

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Black and white photograph showing twelve students - six women and six men - on and around stone steps within the grounds of Reed Hall. Five students are wearing white blazers; two are wearing dark blazers, and five are wearing striped blazers. All are holding tennis rackets.

Today is International Tennis Day! 🎾

This photograph from our University Archive shows students ready for a tennis match! It was taken in the grounds of Reed Hall in 1929.

📷 EUL UA/P/3i

#InternationalTennisDay #TennisDay #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Cropped image of an article in the student newspaper 'The South Westerner' entitled 'What a bleating nuisance!' 'Sheep Disturb Exam Work'. A black and white photograph shows a view of the Old Library, the Roborough (former library) and Chapel, taken from the Hoopern Valley, and featuring a lamp in the foreground. The text underneath reads: 'Larry the Lamb is Exeter students' latest revision aid. He, the other ninety ewes and thirty-four lambs are disturbing the peace of many students still working for exams in the University and Roborough Library. Many students have complained of the noise from the flock of sheep now grazing in the Hoopern Valley, opposite the libraries. The land is rented by the University to a tenant farmer, Mr. Alan King of Matford Park Farm, Exminster. Previously there were kept at the County Showfield at Whipton, but while the show was on and the grass used for stands grows again the flock have been moved to the valley. A second year Theology student, Peter Clark, said: "It's much worse in the Roborough. I spend much of the day there and there is noise from the sheep almost non-stop. I don't mind a bit of mutton on Sundays, but lamb all the week is monotonous." Unfortunately, Prince of Wales Road alongside the valley is also signposted as an "HR" - holiday route - for tourists to miss the worst traffic. Some students have reported narrowly missing sheep which have wandered on to the road. The flock of Border Leicesters crossed with Suffolks may be moved before the heaviest traffic builds up. Yet the traffic itself is also becoming a noisy nuisance for students revising for exams.'

With exams underway at Exeter, this week we're enjoying this exam season throwback from our student newspapers! 🐑

Good luck to everyone taking exams - we hope no sheep disturb your revision in the library!

📷 University/SOU: 'The South Westerner' 12 June 1969

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Black and white photograph of six men, seconds after beginning a race, caught mid-run and leaning forward.

On your marks, get set, GO!

On World Athletics Day, here's a great action shot of a race that took place during the Inter-Hall Athletics competition in June 1955!

📷 EUL UA add. 17, University Archive

#WorldAthleticsDay #UniOfExeterArchive #WayBackWednesday

Black and white photograph of the Registry of the University College of the South West after the Exeter Blitz. The building has suffered signifcant bomb damage, with large sections of the walls and roof destroyed.

Last weekend marked 83 years since the air raids on Exeter in May 1942, in which hundreds of lives and thousands of buildings were lost.

Included in the devastation was the Registry of the University College, which a gap in our archive reminds us of.

📷 EUL UA/P/1a

#UniOfExeterArchive #ExeterBlitz

Black and white photograph of a woman with long hair using a Hazeltine 2000 terminal.

Today is International Girls in ICT Day!

This throwback from our University Archive shows a Hazeltine 1200 terminal being used in our Old Library back in the 1970s!

📷 EUL UA/P/3g

#ThrowbackThursday #InternationalGirlsinICTDay #Computers #ICT #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Black and white photograph showing students dancing in pairs in a room. Most appear to be dancing in a ballroom style pose. The students are wearing pyjamas and nightdresses.

Our throwback from the University Archive this week celebrates World Party Day! It shows students dancing at a Valentine's pyjama hop in February 1959.

📷 EUL UA/P/3h

#WorldPartyDay #ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Archives

Sepia toned outdoor group photograph of staff and female students at the Royal Albert Memorial College. Most of the women are wearing white blouses, some with ties, and long dark skirts. All are wearing their hair in a Pompadour or top bun style. Members of staff, including both men and women, are seated and standing in the centre of the group.

In the early 1900s, women and men were taught separately at the Royal Albert Memorial College (predecessor of @exeter.ac.uk).

This throwback from our University Archive shows staff with the women who studied at the College in 1906.

📷 EUL UA/P/1a

#ThrowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive #Exeter #WHM

Black and white formal group photograph, taken in a garden. Two women are seated on chairs, with three women standing behind them, and two women seated on the ground. A dog sits at the front in the centre of the group. Ruth King is seated second from the right, wearing a floral dress.

Do any University of Exeter alumni have memories of Ruth King? We would love to know more about her!

📷 Hope Hall residents 1930/1 (King: third from right), EUL UA/add.17

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