Invercargill (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1073 Collections and/or Records:
Whitford Southland Photograph and Postcard Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0492
Dates:
1890 - 1991
WILDERMOTH, Violet May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box 45
Identifier: H0474
Overview
In this interview Violet recalls family history, education, her apprenticeship as a Tailoress and Invercargill history e.g., the building of the Stead Street Bridge in 1922, steam boats on the Estuary, her father becoming Mayor of South Invercargill Borough and her marriage.
Dates:
1991
WILKES, June Alice and Ronald Stormont interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 30
Identifier: H0216
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Discovering Glengarry's Community Spirit Oral History Project. In this interview Ron talks about his memories of school where he was a first day pupil at Surrey Park School. Then he and June recall building their home in Glengarry, their neighbours and the community, which was made up mostly of young families. They recall their memories of the Glengarry Shopping Centre and a shop Ron opened there selling fruit, vegetables, milk shakes etc.
Dates:
2014
William Preston's, Dyer, North Road
Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_088
Dates:
c.1880
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
WILLIAMSON, Margery interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 1
Identifier: H0130
Overview
In this interview Margery covers family history from her Grandparents forward. She tells of her childhood, siblings, growing up, friends and education. She shares memories of school days, teachers, favourite subjects, friends and attending Salvation Army Church. Margery left school at 13 and a half and gained employment at Strang’s first making jelly then making tins and gives some detail of this. She also talks of ration books and how they worked during the war. She left Strang’s after working...
Dates:
2012
Wilson House, 104 Grey Street [2 b/w photos], c.1984
Item — Box 13: Series S2726
Identifier: S27260009
Scope and Contents
Edmund Wilson's House
Dates:
c.1984
WILSON, James Gordon Ivon interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 34
Identifier: H0272
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview James recalls going to the Grand for meals as a boy through to drinking there as an adult. He recalls the various bars, the change in closing times and recounts events that happened at the hotal, including the protests for the Springbok tour of 1981.
Dates:
2016
WILSON, Winifred May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box 45
Identifier: H0500
Overview
In this interview, May talks about how she first got involved with Highland Dancing at the age of 10 through dancing with the Mataura Kilties Pipe Band. She was taught by Stella Glennie. May moved to Dunedin to be taught by William Kilgour. She took part in a dance tour of Central Otago. In the early 1920s, when men dominated the Highland dancing world, May won the first combined men’s and women’s over-18 championship. In 1924 she travelled to Scotland where she won both the Highland fling and...
Dates:
1994
Working charts of New River Harbour, 1856 [copy]
Digital Image
Identifier: D00100002_aq
Dates:
No Date
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
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