Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:
TEMPLETON, Desmond Walter (Des) interviewed by Marianne Widmer
Record Group — Box 18
Identifier: H0166
Overview
In this interview Des explains the history of and family connection to flax milling in Southland; and the various places they have milled. Des tells of his siblings' careers and his choice to work in the flax mill industry. He discusses the outside pressures on running a mill successfully and what lead to the demise of this industry e.g., competition, economic and political factors. He goes on to talk about their mill being reopened as a working museum and it’s place in local tourism.
Dates:
2006
TEMPLETON, Marjorie Frances interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 25
Identifier: H0390
Dates:
2019
TEMPLETON, Peter John interviewed by Paula McKenzie
Record Group — Box 56
Identifier: H0602
Dates:
2022
TEMPLETON, William Stewart Reid (Bill) interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box 37
Identifier: H0354
Overview
In this interview Bill covers family history, education, family’s work in the Flax Milling Industry and his desire to farm. He farmed in various areas around southland/Fiordland. He highlights his ability to work with sheep dogs and his work as a back country fencer prior to farming in Te Anau.
Dates:
2018
The Probus Club of Invercargill Central, Visit to the Holms Property at Waimahaka on 11th April 1988 [names included on photograph], 1988
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H00280003
Dates:
1988
Thelma Eaton (nee Small) 5 years (?) with little sister Nola
Digital Image
Identifier: DH00330003
Dates:
1929
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Thelma Eaton (nee Small) 5 years (?) with little sister Nola, 1929
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H00330003
Dates:
1929
THOMAS, Edwin George and Elizabeth Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group
Identifier: H0658
Dates:
1997
THOMAS, Edwin James (Ted) Interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 50
Identifier: H0542
Overview
Ted Thomas is a prolific artist of Fiordland landscapes. Before taking up the easel and brush, he was involved in a variety of different enterprises from building commercial properties to running a milk bar. This interview concentrates on his involvement in the Fiordland Venison Industry as a meat processing and packaging factory owner and operator. Starting in Mossbum and moving to Te Anau in the early 1960s, Ted provides some details about how he got into the business and who he worked with....
Dates:
2005
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