Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 999 Collections and/or Records:
KENNEDY Roland Thomas interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group
Identifier: H0040
Overview
Roland talks of his family history and settlement at Bayswater on their 1000 acre farm called Studleigh. He looks at the use of draft horses on the farm, the depression years, the growing and processing of linen flax for the war effort. After the war the crops changed to wheat, barley, and oats. He describes the care and contribution of sheep, horses and dogs. Roland mentions bus services and the Thornbury Vintage Museum; and reflects on his life.
Dates:
2007
KENNEDY, William Gibbon (Bill) and Marie Carson interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box 59
Identifier: H0514
KILKELLY, Noleen Valda interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box 46
Identifier: H0492
Overview
In this interview, valda talks about her early life in the Nightcaps area and moving from there to Winton during her school years and then Invercargill. She describes her career starting working in nurseries and going on to manage the rose gardens in Invercargill's Queen's Park. She talks about her love of roses and her favourite varieties and also of the apprentices who came to work with her.
Dates:
2022
KILLEEN, James Columbian interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group — Box 62
Identifier: H0446
Overview
In this interview James gives details of his parents' backgrounds, the village in Galway, Ireland where he was born in 1906 and why he came to New Zealand. James describes leaving Galway in 1929 and his impressions of Invercargill on arriving in 1930. He describes working at the Fortification sawmill before labouring on buildings in Invercargill. He describes working on the Te Anau to Milford highway in very difficult working and living conditions. He notes that three hundred men worked on the...
Dates:
1999
KING, Colin Maxwell interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0558
Overview
As a young teenager, Colin left school to pursue his ambition to become a farmer. Starting out at Lynwood Station as a farmhand, he eventually worked on various large properties throughout the southern South Island; mustering, shearing, ploughing and learning first hand what farm work involved. By his mid-twenties, he was married with a young family and on his own small farm back home in Greenhills. The family moved to Castlerock and eventually to the Lillbum Valley where for more than...
Dates:
2005 - 2006
KING, Edith Maud interviewed by Russell King
Record Group
Identifier: H0047
Overview
In this interview Edith talks of her early life and family in Otautau and their move to West Plains where she attended school and later Tech. The topics covered included: employment, marriage children and various family members.
Dates:
1980
KIRBY, Lillian Jean (Lilla) interviewed by Paulette McFarland
Record Group — Box 55
Identifier: H0622
Overview
Lillian Kirby was born in Gore in 1906. Describes her home, schooling, leaving school and being employed at H and J Smith's department store. Describes hours, wages, the various departments in the shop, staff social events, balls in Gore, her ball dress, and reasons for leaving the shop. Gives reasons for stopping work when she married. Talks about the main street in Gore and the shops. Recalls her wedding including the service, clothes and attitudes to engagements. Describes changes brought...
Dates:
1998
KIRKWOOD, Thomas Steadman (Tom) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0561
Overview
Forty years ago the Te Anau Basin underwent dramatic change as a result of some large government projects. The country's biggest farm development scheme had begun in the Te Anau Basin the previous decade, but its real effects on the landscape and community was not apparent until the 1960s and 1970s. As a farm manager and field officer for the Department of Lands & Survey during that time, Tom recalls what was involved in the development of the area he was appointed to oversee - the...
Dates:
2006
KLEMICK, Margaret Rose interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group
Identifier: H0091
Overview
In this interview Mrs Klemick discusses her involvement and subsequence work with Schizophrenia Fellowship which was formed on 8 July 1988. This group was later re-named Supporting Families For Mental Wellness. She describes the conditions and care of patients before de-intitutionalisation; work done by the group e.g. sourcing accommodation, fundraising etc. She discusses hospital facilities, support and staff involved.
Dates:
2012
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