Ruddenklau, Edith
Person
Interviewer with the Southland Oral History Project
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
ASPINALL, Phyllis May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0467
Dates:
1997
COLLINSON, Mary Ellen (Nellie) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 24
Identifier: H0377
Overview
Nellie was 95 at the time of this interview. She talks about her parents coming to New Zealand from the UK and arriving in Bluff. Her father was involved in the building part of the hospital in Invercargill when it was sited in Dee Street, the Mataura freezing works and the Royal Mail Hotel in Lumsden. Her mother, Grace Wilson, was very good at needlework. Nellie talks about her school days and games played as a child. On leaving school, Nellie went to work for H&J Smiths. She then nursed...
Dates:
1993
DICKSON, Ivy May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 38
Identifier: H0376
Overview
Ivy talks about her family and childhood. She recalls looking after the family cows as a child. She worked at the Underwood Sugar of Milk factory after leaving school. After a housefire at their property in Makarewa, Ivy and her husband William John and their four children moved to Edendale. She recalls the biggest change in her life was the instillation of electricity.
Dates:
1991
FRASER, Margaret Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0452
Dates:
1993
FREW, Dorothy Catherine (Dolly) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0445
Dates:
1990
Mabel Christina Wachner at the Time of Her Interview
Digital Image
Identifier: DH00820003
Dates:
1990
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
PETRIE, Charlotte Anne interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 45
Identifier: H0476
Overview
Charlotte begins by recalling her mother’s 100th birthday and her sister Gladys’s singing achievements and work in Australia. She goes onto share stories of her father, Isaac, career as a sea captain which took him around the South Pole in sailing and steam ship; and sailing a clipper between England and China at the turn of the 20th century. After which she shares her own achievements as an artist and attending the Slade School of Art in London and exhibitions she had. This is a story of a...
Dates:
1993
RIDDELL, Florence May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0471
Overview
In this interview Florence talks about her family history and her education. She recalls farming life when she was growing up and how produce from the farm was sold from her father’s milk cart. She recalls memories of the flu (“black plague”), childhood activities and the Jersey Stud she and her husband started: her stud was the Fairfax Royal Stud and her husbands’ was the Oreti Park Stud. Florence became a judge for A&P shows.
Dates:
1993
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