Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:
Middle School Class Photograph , 1945
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H02800009
Overview
Form 1 - Teacher - Mr Woodfield
Dates:
1945
MILLAR, William Glover interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 26
Identifier: H0144
Overview
In this interview William recounts his family history, his education and love of sports. He played in the 1st 15 at Southland Boys High school and Western District later going on to become a referee of senior rugby. He mostly discusses his employment where he worked a season at the Linen Factory before becoming a stock agent. He describes the processing of the linen flax and gives a detailed account of his responsibilities as a stock agent. He was based in Otautau and worked around Southland....
Dates:
2007
MILLER, Elizabeth Carolyn (Liz) interviewed by Gill Poplur
Record Group — Box 31
Identifier: H0231
Overview
In this interview Liz discusses and tells the story of her family covering topics such as: family interest in reading, recreational activities, wartime restrictions and memories, her education kindergarten through to Dunedin Teachers College and a Chinese built cave her parents lived in during the depression.
Dates:
2015
MILLER, Elizabeth Carolyn (Liz) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 33
Identifier: H0271
Overview
This interview is part of the Grand Hotel Project. In it Liz recalls her time working as a waitress at the Grand Hotel and the visit there by the Queen in 1954. She worked here for five years after school and in holidays prior to attending Training College and a spending a year learning speech therapy in Christchurch. She worked as a speech therapist before teaching. Liz also give an insight into her family life during this time.
Dates:
2016
MILLER, Elizabeth Carolyn (Liz) interviewed by Seona Craig
Record Group — Box 29
Identifier: H0192
Overview
In this interview Elizabeth (Liz) recalls, describes and details her professional journey from teacher and speech language therapist, to children's librarian and story teller. She tells of extensive travelling around the world visiting different libraries and cultures, how she incorporated the knowledge she gained into the library system here and the resources she created to bring stories alive.
Dates:
2014
MILLER, Peter Albert interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box 37
Identifier: H0352
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Peter recalls his work at Awarua Radio Station as a technician before moving to Wellington to work in a radio lab. He then joined the broadcasting service and this interest combined with sound engineering eventually led to working in television at Avalon Studios. He describes getting around Wellington on a Vespa Scooter as well as the various shifts he worked. While working for Awarua Radio he...
Dates:
2018
MILLER, Ralph David interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box 17
Identifier: H0085
Overview
In this interview Ralph talks of his family history, education, employment, sporting interests, marriage and children. But predominantly this interview is about his keen interest in mountain climbing of which he gives a detailed description discussing planning, equipment, safety gear, climbing companions, avalanches and mountains climbed.
Dates:
2011
MITCHELL, Alan Leslie interviewed by Anne McCraken
Record Group — Box 63
Identifier: H0598
Dates:
2023
MITCHELL, Jan Merle interviewed by Anne McCraken
Record Group — Box 63
Identifier: H0597
Dates:
2023
MITCHELL, Samantha Adrian interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 30
Identifier: H0213
Overview
Samantha recalls family history and their immigration to New Zealand from America in 1974, becoming an artist, awards won and art shows participated in. She details residencies she has done in Invercargill, Newcastle/Sydney and Brooklyn. She shares her impressions of Invercargill, local stories used in her work and some local history.
Dates:
2014
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