Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:
Lietze family
Digital Image
Identifier: DH00580011
Dates:
1962
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Lietze family , 1962
Item — Box 19
Identifier: H00580011
Overview
The Lietze Family - Gordon, Sadie, Stuart, Clive, Bruce, Bill, Juliette.
Dates:
1962
LIETZE, Sadie May interviewed by Joy Lietze
Record Group — Box 19
Identifier: H0058
Overview
In the first interview Sadie talks of her early life, education, health and family on a dairy farm on the Otago Peninsula. After leaving school Sadie attended Dunedin Tech and studied art, English, and maths for 2 years. Her family moved to Burke where Sadie found employment. During the war years Sadie joined the NZ Women’s Land Service where she worked in Omarama and Kelso. When in Kelso she met her husband. She goes onto to talk about her family and involvement in the women’s section of...
Dates:
2011
LINDSAY, Beryl Eileen Madge interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0132
Overview
In this interview Beryl shares her family history and stories from her life. These start with her early life in Roxburgh and Lumsden. Beryl discusses her family's purchase of their farm at Gropher’s Bush, her education, childhood games, employment and marriage to Graham. When they married, they had hens and a cow and Beryl made her own butter. During WW2 Graham was in the Home Guard and Beryl was involved with the local Patriotic Society and knitted for the soldiers, sent food parcels overseas...
Dates:
2007
Lindsay Dickson, 2010
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H04070003
Overview
Taken 18 July, 2010.
Dates:
2010
Lindsay Dickson
Digital Image
Identifier: DH04070003
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Lindsay Dickson, 7 months
Digital Image
Identifier: DH04070004
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Lindsay Dickson, 7 months, 1940
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H04070004
Overview
Taken Spetember, 1940.
Dates:
1940
LINDSAY, Edna Jane Smith interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group — Box 62
Identifier: H0448
Overview
In this interview, Edna, who was born in Myross Bush in 1923, gives details about her parents and their occupations. She discusses school, punishment, going to town (Invercargill), first Pakeha settlers, the Fergusons, Reverend Bethune, sports days at John Kerr's, the Post Office at Mrs Baird's, church and Sunday School, the bus service and food supplies. She talks about draft horses, ploughing matches, harvesting, rabbits, card evenings, the community ball, building the Memorial Hall, the...
Dates:
1998
LINDSAY, Frank Ritchie interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group — Box 18
Identifier: H0343
Overview
Ritchie looks at the history of the family farm in Drummond i.e. the various owners and at his extended family. He describes crops and farming practices and he was educated at Isla bank School and Southland Technical College leaving school at 14 to work on the farm. He remembers Invercargill Show Days, Stock sales at Winton and his war years’ service. He purchased his farm with the support of father’s friend. He discusses the rabbit problem and control of this and general life e.g. kerosene...
Dates:
2009
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