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Oral history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 971 Collections and/or Records:

Vincent Paul Booth

 Digital Image
Identifier: DH01840004
Dates: c.2013

Vincent Paul Booth, 2013

 Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H01840004
Overview Photograph of Vincent Booth.
Dates: 2013

VON TUNZELMAN, John Russell Francis interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 48
Identifier: H0532
Overview In this interview John talks at length about his family origins in Estonia and the lives of his forebears who came to New Zealand in the 1850s. John was born in Otautau and moved to Dunedin after he started primary school. John’s family later moved to Waitati and it was here that John’s involvement with deer hunting started. John started with the Forest service in 1959 and in the early 1960s John and his wife Aloma moved to Te Anau. As well as hunting, John describes his role in search and...
Dates: 2004

WACHNER, Mabel Christina interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 24
Identifier: H0082
Overview This interview looks at family history, siblings, education, employment and marriage. It also covers social issues/happenings of the time and the building up of a footwear business which became the largest footwear retailer in NZ, and husband became Mayor of Invercargill and Mabel was involved in many organisations and was awarded an MBE.
Dates: 1990

WALKER, Ronald Lancelot interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box 23
Identifier: H0012
Overview This interview cover’s Ronald’s early life in Riverton and account of parents and siblings interests and achievements. Ronald talks of training to be a school teacher, and his contribution to education in Southland i.e. teacher, University Extension, WEA and Enrich Centre. He also talks of his own strengths, interests and philosophy in relation to education delivery; as well as his Imperial Relations Bursary.
Dates: 2010

WALLACE, Marion Frances interviewed by Lynne Grove

 Record Group — Box 46
Identifier: H0491
Overview In this interview Marion describes her early life on the Isle of Wight, then her travels to Australia during the Melbourne Olympic Games of 1954. She talks about her various jobs: secretarial work at Somerset House in London, teaching English in Morocco, then working and travelling in the US. She worked for UNESCO in Paris during the late 1950s and then travelled overland from Paris to Singapore. She lived in Darwin, married and then moved to Dunedin, settling near Riverton to raise a family....
Dates: 2021

WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Beth Cairns

 Record Group — Box 62
Identifier: H0470
Overview In this interview, Warren, who was born in Invercargill in 1921, recalls his childhood in the suburb of Heidelberg and his schooling. He mentions local small farms, Chinese gardeners, rabbiting and ferrets. Warren discusses home deliveries of bread, fish and milk. He talks about playing cricket and being a junior representative. He describes going to the Dunedin Exhibition in 1926. Warren talks about the drowning of his brother Len in 1925 while rowing on the estuary. He also mentions that his...
Dates: 1998

WARDEN, Gregory Francis interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box 22
Identifier: H0195
Overview This interview covers Gregory's early life in London and his time working and travelling in Europe and his move to New Zealand and then discusses living in Glengarry from the 1980s.
Dates: 2014