Oral history
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 986 Collections and/or Records:
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
WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Maree Wilkes
Record Group — Box 27
Identifier: H0400
Dates:
2019
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
WARREN, Dorothy May interviewed by Gill Poplur
Record Group — Box 14
Identifier: H0280
Overview
In this interview Dorothy covers many and varied topics including: historical buildings around Invercargill, the Gap Road Flax Mill, her education and the school frame work of the time, the Depression, preparations for war and hearing news of the war via the radio and cinema. As well as her social interests, marriage, life in the Winton Community and hobbies, which include antiques and genealogy. Dorothy established and managed the school Canteen at Central Southland College.
Dates:
2017
WATSON, Joan Louisa interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box 16
Identifier: H0171
Overview
In this interview Joan explains how she and her husband Rex knew Dr. Geoffrey Orbell and their discovery of Takahē in Fiordland. She also talks of their subsequent expeditions’ with Dr. Fowler and Jack Sorenson to study the birds; And the publishing of articles about the discovery in papers and magazines throughout the world e.g. National Geographic and Time Magazine.
Dates:
2007
WATT, William Patrick (Bill) and Francis Hope Glenaray interviewed by Cathy Macfie
Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0043
Overview
This interview is divided into three parts. The first is a joint one in which Bill and Francis Watt tell of their first meeting, social life of the time, marriage and honeymoon. This followed by employment history through to becoming manager of Mount Hamilton and later a field officer based in Invercargill. In Bill’s interview he tells of his family history, early life and memories in Timaru and the shift to Matarua after the death of both his parents. He looks at his life here e.g. education,...
Dates:
2007
WEAVERS, Henrietta Irene (Ettie) interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box 63
Identifier: H0639
Dates:
1999
WELLS-ALLISON, Violet Frances interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0021
Overview
This interview covers Violet's early life at Otaitai Bush. She and her siblings were taught music and singing although Violet preferred and enjoyed singing. Violet tells of meeting her husband, marriage, living at Pourakino Valley and later shifting to town. She describes her ‘Step into the Past’ collection and sourcing the items within this.
Dates:
2008
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