Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:
MATTHEWS, Judith Dorothy (Judy) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 55
Identifier: H0583
Overview
Brought up on a farm in Canterbury in the 1950s and 60s, Judy was well-versed in the changing seasons of a rural lifestyle. So it was with some equanimity that not long after she married her farmer husband she was ready to leave the rolling midCanterbury plains for the more rigorous climate and terrain of Northern Southland followed by the remote, uncultivated soils of the Te Anau Basin. As new settlers of the Long Valley Block — part of the government's farm settlement scheme in the Basin — in...
Dates:
2008
MATTHEWS, Mary Lilian interviewed by Gill Poplur
Record Group — Box 14
Identifier: H0241
Overview
In this interview Mary recalls memories of growing up including: home, toys, her father’s radio. She talks about school, farming chores, and holidays. Mary has travelled both throughout NZ and the Far East.
Dates:
2015 - 2016
MATTHEWS, Russell John interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 15
Identifier: H0294
Overview
This interview is part of the Gorge Road Collection. In this interview Russell describes the huge changes in the landscape in the Waituna area. From the 1950s land around the Waituna Lagoon was drained and cleared of moss, manuka, flax and scrub and converted into farmland. Russell describes the machinary used and the processes involved in the conversion process and the support provided by central government.
Dates:
2016
Maurice SOLOMON, aged 13, at the Invercargill Racecourse, 1952
Item
Identifier: H01570003
Dates:
1952
Maurice SOLOMON Driving the "Kaydee" on Charters From Doubtful Sound
Item
Identifier: H01570010
Dates:
2009
Maurice SOLOMON on Return to NZ After 18 Months at Sea on the HMNZS Pukaki, 1956
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Identifier: H01570007
Dates:
1956
Maurice SOLOMON Operating the Barge, Deepening the Clutha River, 1992
Item
Identifier: H01570009
Dates:
1992
May Elizabeth Rabbidge (later Bruce) as a Child
Digital Image
Identifier: DH04540012
Dates:
c.1905
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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