Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:
STODDART, Edith Anne interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box 42
Identifier: H0437
Dates:
2021
STODDART, Edith Anne: Checking of houses for re-habitation (audio clip)
Digital Record
Identifier: DH00300001_ex3
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
STODDART, Edith Anne: Help with Clothing and Accommodation during 1984 Flood (audio clip)
Digital Record
Identifier: DH00300001_ex2
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
STODDART, Edith Anne: Little boys teddy bear in 1984 Flood (audio clip)
Digital Record
Identifier: DH00300001_ex4
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
STODDART, Edith Anne: Preparing for 1984 Flood (audio clip)
Digital Record
Identifier: DH00300001_ex1
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
STRACHAN, June Marie Elizabeth interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0042
Overview
June talks of her education in Dunedin; training and employment as a Dental Nurse; her first clinic in Orepuki and the surrounding areas; there is a description of the dental equipment and her uniform. During the war June drove transporters for soldiers and was seconded to work in the hospital. After marriage June and her family lived in many areas around NZ in relation to her husband’s occupation; June gives an account of each of these areas and life in them. She shares her use of IT to keep...
Dates:
2007
STRINGER, Isobel Mary interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box 11
Identifier: H0163
Overview
In this interview Isobel tells of her life growing up and living in the Mossburn area on a farm. She recalls getting electricity, the coal range and oil lamps. She learnt to play the piano and played the organ every second Sunday at Church. Isobel talks of meeting and marrying her husband and their 6 children and her interest in gardening and family recreational times. She recalls the community fundraising activities for the new Community Centre. In 1980 they moved to Queenstown.
Dates:
2007
STRONG, June Marie Elizabeth interviewed by Seona Craig
Record Group — Box 32
Identifier: H0254
Overview
This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview June recalls her time in a live in position at the hostel at Awarua Radio in the late 1950s. She discusses in detail her duties which included catering for the men’s breakfasts and dinners as well as organising the laundry to go off site to be processed. She describes the cottages that were built by German Prisoners of War.
Dates:
2016
STROUD, Winifred Elsie (Win) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 50
Identifier: H0546
Overview
Win is among the few remaining people who grew up in the Te Anau Basin when it was still considered remote and inaccessible with land covered in tussock and scrub that was only useful for grazing stock. As the youngest child of Henry F. Blatch, runholder of Lynwood Station (originally gazetted as the Te Anau Lake Run 301B) between 1906 and 1951, Win recalls a childhood of walks and picnics in the Basin as well as some of the events that dramatically changed the lives of her immediate family and...
Dates:
2005
STUART, Alice May interviewed by Valerie Miller
Record Group — Box 13
Identifier: H0285
Overview
In this interview Alice covers subjects such as her family arriving from the UK in 1864 and how they established their lives in Southland. She describes life on the farm in the early part of the 20th century. She goes on to recall her memories of attending Gummies Bush School and special activities she attended in holiday time e.g., 1924 Exhibition in Dunedin, Riverton Regatta each year and the Riverton Carnival. She discusses activities in her teenage years which included: sports, debating,...
Dates:
1999
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