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BUCKINGHAM, Greta Margaret interviewed by Tessa Smith
Record Group — Box: 43
Identifier: H0457
Dates:
2021
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
HAYES, Beverley Margaret interviewed by Tessa Smith
Record Group — Box: 43
Identifier: H0458
Dates:
2021
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
PATTERSON, Edna Dorothy interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box: 35
Identifier: H0322
Overview
Edna talks about family history and life when growing up. She talks about the vegetable garden, helping her father in the dairy factory where he was manager, games played and chores as a child. She describes her father’s work and the operation of the factory and cheese making. She details her mother’s role in the home and goes onto talk about her education until leaving school at 15. Her out of school activities included going to Balclutha to learn music and going to Dunedin to learn...
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
SODERSTROM, Violet Elizabeth (Peggy) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 59
Identifier: H0475
Overview
This interview was commissioned by Women's Division of Federated Farmers for a project entitled Pioneer Women. Violet Elizabeth Peggy Soderstrom was born Torquay, England. In this interview Peggy gives her family background - father a teacher at Torquay School of Art. She describes her education at a Convent School run by French Nuns, her first employment and her enlistment as a WREN in 1916 at Torquay. She gives her reasons for coming to New Zealand and mentions the Victorious Scheme for the...
Dates:
1990
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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