Go, sit upon the lofty hill,
And turn your eyes around,
Where waving woods and waters wild
Do hymn an autumn sound.
The summer sun is faint on them —
The summer flowers depart —
Sit still — as all transform’d to stone,
Except your musing heart.

How there you sat in summer-time,
May yet be in your mind;
And how you heard the green woods sing
Beneath the freshening wind.
Though the same wind now blows around,
You would its blast recall;
For every breath that stirs the trees,
Doth cause a leaf to fall.

Excerpt from “The Autumn” (1833) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

There is an unmistakable feeling of fall in the air around UBC campus – the leaves are changing colour, the days are slowly becoming shorter and cooler, and talk about Hallowe’en costumes and parties is in full swing! To mark the season, enjoy the fall-themed images below selected from across Open Collections’ holdings – and be sure to click on any of the pictures for more information.

Harvesting Victory oats, 1929

Harvested wheat field with horse-drawn harvester in distance, between 1924-1935

Man using horse-drawn harvester, between 1924-1935

Service of thanksgiving in Lille Cathedral for relief of Lille by British troops, between 1914-1918

Harvest time in France, between 1914-1918

Autumn leaves on campus, 1981

Students enjoying the fall weather, 1981

Colleen Brady and Marguerite Yee show off some entries in annual Pharmacy pumpkin carving contest, 1997

Lica Chui, Charles Slonecker and Carole Forsythe with food collected by U.B.C. students during the Trick or Treat for the Food Bank on Halloween, 1995

Judy Newton in pumpkin patch in Botanical Garden, 1991