Ruddenklau, Edith
Person
Interviewer with the Southland Oral History Project
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
ARNETT, Jane Mere interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 38
Identifier: H0370
Dates:
1993
ASPINALL, Phyllis May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0467
Dates:
1997
BECK, James Harry (Jim) Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 59
Identifier: H0512
Dates:
1995
BROWN, James Alexander Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 60
Identifier: H0520
Overview
This interview focuses on James' recollections of John George Ruddenklau.
Dates:
1999
BURGESS, Katherine Randall (Kitty) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0501
Overview
In this interview Kitty recalls family history, her education which included being one of the first pupils at Owaka District High School, a school that her father and the local Doctor fought to get started. On leaving school Kitty trained to be a teacher. She also details memories of marriage and children and the new home they built after her mother-in-law’s house burnt down. It cost £750.00 to build. Kitty reflects on services, communication and leisure activities of the time in the 1930s e.g....
Dates:
1994
COLLINSON, Mary Ellen Wenham (Nellie) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 24
Identifier: H0377
Overview
Nellie was 95 at the time of this interview. She talks about her parents coming to New Zealand from the UK and arriving in Bluff. Her father was involved in the building part of the hospital in Invercargill when it was sited in Dee Street, the Mataura freezing works and the Royal Mail Hotel in Lumsden. Her mother, Grace Wilson, was very good at needlework. Nellie talks about her school days and games played as a child. On leaving school, Nellie went to work for H&J Smiths. She then nursed...
Dates:
1993
DARLING, Ida Margery Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 60
Identifier: H0510
Dates:
1997
DAVIDSON, Victor James (Vic) and Elsie Constance (Bird) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 63
Identifier: H0508
DICKSON, Ivy May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 38
Identifier: H0376
Overview
Ivy talks about her family and childhood. She recalls looking after the family cows as a child. She worked at the Underwood Sugar of Milk factory after leaving school. After a housefire at their property in Makarewa, Ivy and her husband William John and their four children moved to Edendale. She recalls the biggest change in her life was the instillation of electricity.
Dates:
1991
FRASER, Margaret Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0452
Dates:
1993
Request an Item | 
|