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Oral history

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

ARNETT, Jane Mere interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 38
Identifier: H0370
Dates: 1993
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / ARNETT, Jane Mere interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

BECK, James Harry (Jim) Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 59
Identifier: H0512
Dates: 1995
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / BECK, James Harry (Jim) Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

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
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / BROWN, James Alexander Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

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 / BURGESS, Katherine Randall (Kitty) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

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
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / COLLINSON, Mary Ellen Wenham (Nellie) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

DARLING, Ida Margery Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 60
Identifier: H0510
Dates: 1997
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / DARLING, Ida Margery Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

DAVIDSON, Victor James (Vic) and Elsie Constance (Bird) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 63
Identifier: H0508
Dates: 2001
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / DAVIDSON, Victor James (Vic) and Elsie Constance (Bird) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

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
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / DICKSON, Ivy May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

FITZHARRIS, Annie Teresa (Trissie) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group
Identifier: H0668
Dates: [unknown]
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / FITZHARRIS, Annie Teresa (Trissie) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

FRASER, Margaret Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 44
Identifier: H0452
Dates: 1993
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / FRASER, Margaret Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

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