Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1013 Collections and/or Records:
Jack's prizewining Fresian cow. Wyndham Show
Digital Image
Identifier: DH00440005
Dates:
1976
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Jack's prizewining Fresian cow. Wyndham Show, 1976
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H00440005
Dates:
1976
James Duncan (Jimmy, Jag)
Digital Image
Identifier: DH02790005
Dates:
2016
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
James Duncan (Jimmy, Jag), 2016
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H02790005
Jane Arnett at the Time of Her Interview
Digital Image
Identifier: DH03700003
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
JAQUIERY, Doris Mary interviewed by Janice Templeton and Warrick McCallum
Record Group
Identifier: H0312
Overview
In this interview, Doris begins with recollections of family, family farm at Heddon Bush, her education, and on leaving school going to work on a dairy farm at Rotorua for her brother. Doris describes working with the family bees. She went housekeeping at Mossburn and talks about the traction engine and her brothers’ catching rabbits. Doris recalls the arrival of electricity and the water supply used a windmill and bore. On returning from the North Island, she went to housekeep for Fred Hart at...
Dates:
2001
JEFCOATE, Pearl Margaret interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group
Identifier: H0379
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Gorge Road Project. In this interview Pearl describes growing up on the family farm at Mokotua. She details her mother’s chores which included washing using the copper, growing a vegetable garden, general cleaning and making butter. Pearl was educated at Oteramika School and Southland Technical College before becoming a housekeeper. She married Jim and they lived on the Jefcoate farm, which was dairy and sheep. Pearl describes how old phones worked and...
Dates:
2018
JENKINS, Elizabeth Maree interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group
Identifier: H0356
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Elizabeth details her training and work at Awarua Radio where she was the second female to work. Once she was trained, she was a Radio Technician. Her work took her to various places including: Dog Island, Centre Island and Puysegar Lighthouse. She talks about the lighthouse family on Puysegar i.e., how the children were educated and how the family got their weekly supplies. Elizabeth highlights...
Dates:
2018
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