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Edendale (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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

Edendale School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0195
School status Open school [1875 - present]
Dates: Majority of material found within 1877 - 2019

FAVEL, Annie Keturah interviewed by Avis McDonald

 Record Group — Box 24
Identifier: H0351
Overview In this interview Annie talks about her grandfather John Gordon, who came to New Zealand, via Australia and married Ann Munro. They settled in Edendale where Annie grew up. She talks of her early relatives and makes some comments on home life, including chores and church.
Dates: 1999

George Dempster House Plans, Edendale

 Record Group
Identifier: A0631
Overview Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.

Contains information pertaining to the construction of a residence for George Dempster, Lot 68, 42 Block (I), Edendale.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1929 - 1932

John Hall Collection (Edendale)

 Record Group
Identifier: A0076
Overview Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives Staff for collection details.
Dates: 1882 - 2005

McLEOD, Andrew Bain interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving

 Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0141
Overview In this interview Andrew describes and details his education, joining the Woodlands Rabbit Board, and later working at the Fortification saw mill; describing the workings of the mill and the living conditions. After the war he became a contractor which led him and Jack Scarlet to design an elevator to load fertilizer as well as a winch and crane to shift gear on the back of the truck. In 1952 he brought the family farm, farming dairy and sheep until 1977, when he sold up and went to work at the...
Dates: 2007