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GLENDINNING, Russell MacLennan interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box: 9
Identifier: H0124
Overview
In this interview Russell talks of family history, his life and education around the Catlins. He has had a passion for railway since childhood. Russell describes local history around Taukuku e.g. whaling, Maori settlement and ship wrecks. He also describes farming on Peninsula, saw milling, and medical treatments and diseases. At the age of 15 Russell joined the railways as a labourer where he studied and gained qualifications. He found his niche with the Kingston Flyer in 1971 and describes...
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Glennie Research Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0107
Overview
Processing Note: This collection has been partially arranged and described. Unprocessed material relating to Invercargill - Bluff Railway and Awarua Radio Station remains in Accessions ICE51 and ICF10, as well as Glennie Family material in ICD13. Contact Archives staff for details.
Dates:
c.1880, 1940; 1940
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
J.O.P Watt Research Papers and Photographic Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0603
Overview
PROCESSING NOTE: This collection has partially been arranged and described. Please contact Archives Staff for additional details of collection content.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1860s - 1960s
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
McBURNEY, Alexander interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box: 41
Identifier: H0418
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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