Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:
BOYLE, Norma Ruth interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box 4
Identifier: H0034
Overview
Norma describes her personal education history at Tuatapere School, Dux of Nightcaps District School, attendances at Southland Girls High and later to training College. She talks of teaching techniques and outlines her teaching career as well as comparing the current education system with past.
Dates:
2007
BRADLEY, Norah Kathleen Interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving
Record Group — Box 43
Identifier: H0464
Dates:
2005 - 2006
BRADSHAW, Rex Lindsay John interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 51
Identifier: H0551
Overview
Rex grew up in the 1930s on Stewart Island surrounded by the sea and people whose lives were ruled by the tides and the weather. Despite his mothers’ efforts to prevent him going into an industry that had taken the lives of some of her immediate family, Rex spent nearly 50 years making a living from the seas around his childhood home and along the Fiordland Coast. He remembers a time when crayfish were considered not worth catching. In this profile he gives an account of those early days and...
Dates:
2004
BRAND, Esther Mary interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving
Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0236
Overview
In this interview Esther recalls family history, life and work on the family farm where her father initially milked 30 cows by hand before the purchase of the milking machine in 1927. She goes onto recall her education, games played and family entertainment which included picnics to Waituna Lagoon and Oreti beach being taken on the back of a truck her father had purchased. Esther goes onto to talk of her marriage to Ben, their family life and life on their 210 acre farm. Ben went to war and...
Dates:
2004
BRAVEN, Wiliam Edward (Ted) interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 19
Identifier: H0095
Overview
Ted grew up at Forest Hill. In this interview he looks at his family history, describes rabbiting, trapping and the processing of the rabbits. He goes onto describe his farming life after taking over the farm after his father’s death in 1942. He was good with machinery which lead him to repairing his neighbours machinery and inventing the Suction Dredge for Gold mining when he became involved in gold mining. He tells of going hunting, tramping and climbing; of his involvement with rifle...
Dates:
2011 - 2012
BREAYLEY, Jeanette Marjorie interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box 33
Identifier: H0261
Overview
In this interview Jeanette tells of her nurses training and career. She became the Principal Nurse at Riverton Hospital in 1977 and remained in this position until 1997. She explains some of the initiatives she introduced which included: patients dressing during the day, visits from the local Playcentre, a cat and dog, making better use of staff resources through changes to shifts. She goes on to tell of efforts to stop the closing at various times. Jeanette had a 39 year career in nursing.
Dates:
2016
Bridge and Quad Bike
Digital Image
Identifier: DH02800003
Dates:
No Date
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BROAD, Charles John interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 40
Identifier: H0384
Dates:
2018
BROTHERSTON, Peter Alexander interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 50
Identifier: H0544
Overview
Peter's immediate environment, as a young child, was the granite, tree-covered mountains and clear waters of the Hollyford Valley. As a youth and into early adulthood it was the tussock country of the Te Anau Basin that he frequented. He was also among the early contract staff to carry out the initial task of levelling swathes of shrub and bush so that it could become productive agricultural soil. Leaving for a few years to live further south, Peter returned and worked for the Fiordland...
Dates:
2005
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