Box 46
Container
Contains 23 Results:
Oral History Interview of Isobel Helen BATES by Vanya BAILEY [6 December 2021], 2021
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H04900001
Dates:
2021
TRESSLER, Mervyn William interviewed by Patricia Kay Ward
Record Group — Box: 46
Identifier: H0485
Overview
Mervyn Tressler was born in Invercargill in 1926. In this interview, Mervyn gives details of his family background, education, occupations and hobbies. The interview focuses on movie making and the Southern Cine Club. Mervyn describes making a local version of the Charlie Chaplin movie `City lights' with Warren Sparks in the 1950s. He mentions local people involved with the film and the locations used.
Dates:
1998
Abstract of Mervyn William TRESSLER, 1998
Item — Box: 46
Identifier: H04850002
Abstract
MERVYN WILLIAM TRESSLERRecorded: 27 March 1998Interviewer: Kay WardAbstracter: Kay Ward (Retyped by Jean Hawkes) PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIMINGS RELATE TO THE ORIGINAL TAPE COUNTER000 MERVYN WILLIAM TRESSLER – Born in 1926 at INVERCARGILL [FATHER]: JOHN WILLIAM FAULKNER or FALCONER SMITH (TRESSLER): Grocer and Railwayman – Born in 1894 – Died in 1971
[MOTHER]: SARAH MARY ELLEN O'BRIEN – Shop assistant – Born in 1897 –...
Dates:
1998
CALVERT, John Jabez (Jack) interviewed by Alisa Dawson
Record Group — Box: 46
Identifier: H0484
Overview
In this interview, Jack gives details of his family background and schooling. He talks about Invercargill and the Jabez Hay and Company foundry of which his father was a part owner. He describes the family farm at Kennington which had hens and dairy cows. He mentions rabbiting. Jack married Thelma Ayers in 1935 and they had six children. Jack goes on to discuss his love of breeding and showing birds and his long association with the Invercargill Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Club. He was a member...
Dates:
1998
Oral History Interview of Mervyn William TRESSLER interviewed by Patricia Kay WARD [27 March 1998], 1998
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H04850001
Dates:
1998
Oral History Interview of Robert David WOOD interviewed by Shirley WOOD [12 July 2010], 2010
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H04860001
Dates:
2010
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
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
