Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 986 Collections and/or Records:
THOMAS, Edwin George and Elizabeth Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group
Identifier: H0658
Dates:
1997
THOMAS, Edwin James (Ted) Interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 50
Identifier: H0542
Overview
Ted Thomas is a prolific artist of Fiordland landscapes. Before taking up the easel and brush, he was involved in a variety of different enterprises from building commercial properties to running a milk bar. This interview concentrates on his involvement in the Fiordland Venison Industry as a meat processing and packaging factory owner and operator. Starting in Mossbum and moving to Te Anau in the early 1960s, Ted provides some details about how he got into the business and who he worked with....
Dates:
2005
Thomas Johnstone
Digital Image
Identifier: DH02950004
Dates:
c.1944
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
THOMAS, Margaret Frances interviewed by Pamela Smith
Record Group — Box 59
Identifier: H0494
Overview
This interview is one of eight undertaken by Pamela Smith and Tuatapere residents conducted as part of a thesis on social change in a rural community. The completed thesis is titled "Whatever happened to Tuatapere. Are we doing very nicely thank you?". In the interviews the participants discuss their early life, aspects of life in Tuatapere and their thoughts on the community at the time of the interview and into the future.
Dates:
2008
THOMAS, Peter Charles interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box 23
Identifier: H0389
Dates:
2019
THOMAS Raymond George (Ray) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 54
Identifier: H0580
Overview
From a young age, Ray knew that he wanted to become a sheep farmer. After leaving school he completed tertiary studies in commerce and agriculture at Lincoln College. Having also got married to the daughter of a farmer, he went on to work at her family's farm near Riversdale before securing a position as shepherd in the Moa Flat area. It was there that Ray and Ruth decided to apply for a balloted farm under the government's citizen settlement scheme which ran for almost thirty years until the...
Dates:
2008
Thomas William Edward Johnstone
Digital Image
Identifier: DH02950005
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Thomas William Edward Johnstone, 2017
Item
Identifier: H02950005
THOMPSON, Alister McAteer interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group — Box 7
Identifier: H0167
Overview
In this interview Alister describes, and explains various aspects and events in his life. He starts by looking at his father’s employment history whilst living in Wyndham which included farming, operating a lignite pit and working for the Town Board. Alister then moves on to his teenage years and involvement with the Methodist Church before covering his war years with first the 24th Battalion before transferring to the 23rd Battalion. In 1980 Alister returned to Crete with his wife Betty and...
Dates:
2009
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