Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1021 Collections and/or Records:
JAQUIERY, Doris Mary interviewed by Janice Templeton and Warrick McCallum
Record Group
Identifier: H0312
Overview
In this interview, Doris begins with recollections of family, family farm at Heddon Bush, her education, and on leaving school going to work on a dairy farm at Rotorua for her brother. Doris describes working with the family bees. She went housekeeping at Mossburn and talks about the traction engine and her brothers’ catching rabbits. Doris recalls the arrival of electricity and the water supply used a windmill and bore. On returning from the North Island, she went to housekeep for Fred Hart at...
Dates:
2001
JEFCOATE, Pearl Margaret interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group
Identifier: H0379
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Gorge Road Project. In this interview Pearl describes growing up on the family farm at Mokotua. She details her mother’s chores which included washing using the copper, growing a vegetable garden, general cleaning and making butter. Pearl was educated at Oteramika School and Southland Technical College before becoming a housekeeper. She married Jim and they lived on the Jefcoate farm, which was dairy and sheep. Pearl describes how old phones worked and...
Dates:
2018
JENKINS, Elizabeth Maree interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group
Identifier: H0356
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Elizabeth details her training and work at Awarua Radio where she was the second female to work. Once she was trained, she was a Radio Technician. Her work took her to various places including: Dog Island, Centre Island and Puysegar Lighthouse. She talks about the lighthouse family on Puysegar i.e., how the children were educated and how the family got their weekly supplies. Elizabeth highlights...
Dates:
2018
JENKINS, William Ernest (Bill) and Maureen interviewed by Janice TEMPLETON
Record Group
Identifier: H0245
Overview
In this interview Bill describes his work in the Boiler House at Riverton Hospital e.g. powering the boiler, shifts and hours of work, and some of the people he worked with e.g. Don Wells, Ken Stevens and Brian Stewart. Maureen worked as a physiotherapist at the hospital.
Dates:
2016
Jim and May Bruce with Robina Bruce (Front) at Milking Time
Digital Image
Identifier: DH04540007
Dates:
c. 1940s
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Jim and May BRUCE with Robina BRUCE (Front) at Milking Time, c.1940s
Item
Identifier: H04540007
Dates:
c.1940s
John (Jock) and Elizabeth Tocher
Digital Image
Identifier: DH01800003
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
John (Jock) and Helen Elizabeth (Biff) Tocher, 2013
Item
Identifier: H01800003
Overview
Taken at the time of the interview (one of three).
Dates:
2013
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