Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:
STANTON, Jane Louise interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box 21
Identifier: H0065
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. In this interview Jane talks of her early life, family, her sporting interests, employment and personal relationships. She goes on to talk about her company the Seriously Good Chocolate Company its beginnings, evolution to the business it is today and her aspirations for it in the future.
Dates:
2011
STEARNE, Patricia Ann (Pat) interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 11
Identifier: H0161
Overview
This interview is a topic based interview about the 1984 flood and was recorded following the 25th anniversary of the flood. In this interview Pat gives a background to her involvement as a volunteer as a St John Ambulance Officer in Otautau. She goes onto describe the 1984 flood in Otautau, the preparation for evacuation, watching the water break through, no telephone communication, the taking of a patient to Kew Hospital and the flood condition observed on the way. Pat also tells of the after...
Dates:
2009
STEPHENS, Annie and Kenneth Earle interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box 16
Identifier: H0305
Dates:
1999
Stevens Family at "Westwood"
Digital Image
Identifier: DH03040004
Dates:
1911
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
STEVENS, Geoffrey Charles interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box 39
Identifier: H0387
Dates:
2019
STEWART, Jacqueline Rae interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 36
Identifier: H0341
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand.
Dates:
2018
STILES, Raewyn Dorothy interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 34
Identifier: H0273
Overview
This interview is part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview Raewyn talks in detail about her Grandfather, Willaim Holding, who came to New Zealand from England in 1923. William was a joiner and a sign writer as well as a talented painter and amateur photographer. He served in WWI and WW2. He did strongman acts and was a wrester. In 1954 he did a painting for the Queen's visit to Invercargill and Raewyn recounts the story of how he held up the painting from the veranda of a shop across...
Dates:
2016
STIRLING, John Alexander (Jack) interviewed by Jane Craske
Record Group — Box 31
Identifier: H0229
Overview
This interview looks at Jack’s family history around Wyndham-Waimahaka-Fortrose. The family farm was called ‘Alameda’. Jack details and describes his early memories of his education, the polio epidemic and its affects, jobs he did on the farm and farming types and practices e.g. sheep sharing, transporting of stock. He looks at the changes to farming and the district after WW2 and social life of the time e.g. football, dances, floundering, whitebaiting, eeling and car types.
Dates:
2015
STODDART, Edith Anne interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 9
Identifier: H0030
Overview
Mrs Stoddart recalls in-depth her involvement in Civil Defence through training as a qualified instructor and the various situations she was involved with including the 1978 Mataura Floods, Mt Erebus disaster and the 1984 floods. She discusses the aftermath of the flooding practically as in the cleanup process, finding accommodation/clothing etc. and the importance of psychological help after such disasters.
Dates:
2010
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