IMAGE
Interview with Ken Gunson
- Date
- 29 Apr, 6 May 2009 - 29 Apr 2009 - 06 May 2009
- By
- Gunson, Kenneth Desmond, 1926-
- Reference
- OHInt-0979-04
- Description
Interview with Kenneth (Ken) Desmond Gunson, born in Purewa, Northland in 1926. Describes his early childhood, as the youngest of five children raised on a small farm adjacent to gumfields, by a father who was a grader driver for Whangarei County Council, and a mother who kept large gardens and maintained the family's self-sufficiency. Talks about his dislike of school, which he left at 14, and the variety of work he did from childhood, including cutting firewood, working as a farrier, blacksmith, grader driver, and sawmill worker. Talks about hunting for birds, pigs, rabbits and hares. Tells of meeting his wife at a dance in Frankton. Descibes his main job, working on county roads as a grader driver which included roadmaking and making airstrips in isolated back country of the district. Talks about his workmates, and their recreations: dancing, going to the pictures, and various sports. Discusses the family backgrounds of both parents, and their life stories. Talks about Maori history of the district, and lists names of pakeha families who settled there.
Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001253
Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 1 digital photograph(s). 7 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 2 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 1 interview(s) over 2 days. 1.43 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001262, OHA-7482.
Digital photograph of Ken Gunson and family (2009). Scanned B&W or sepia photographs of: Lizzie cars gone to the beach; Ken and older brother ploughing for potatoes (1930); Gunson kids off to school on horseback (1934); Grace and Ken Gunson (1941); Ken Gunson (1949); Ken Gunson and new Whangarei District Council Cat grader (2 photos, 1965). Scanned colour photographs of: Ken Gunson - farrier demonstration (1974); Ken Gunson (2004)
Search dates: 1926 - 2009
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Alternative form available: Both printed and digital versions of the abstract are available
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use may require the permission of the copyright holder Copyright: Copyright is held by the Whangarei Libraries Foundation
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Honouring seniors oral history project
- Format
- 1 digital sound recording(s), 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract, 1 printed abstract(s), 1 digital photograph(s), 7 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s), 2 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s), 1 interview(s) over 2 days, 1.43 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Digital photographs, Digital images, Illustration: Digital photograph of Ken Gunson and family (2009), Illustration: Scanned B&W or sepia photographs of: Lizzie cars gone to the beach; Ken and older brother ploughing for potatoes (1930); Gunson kids off to school on horseback (1934); Grace and Ken Gunson (1941); Ken Gunson (1949); Ken Gunson and new Whangarei District Council Cat grader (2 photos, 1965), Illustration: Scanned colour photographs of: Ken Gunson - farrier demonstration (1974); Ken Gunson (2004), Sound quality: Frequent breaks due to age of interviewee
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Interview with Ken Gunson, printed abstract
Date: 29 Apr, 6 May 2009
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHA-7482
Description: Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).
Interview with Ken Gunson, digital sound recording
Date: 29 Apr, 6 May 2009
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHDL-001253
Description: Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s).
Photographs of Ken Gunson
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHDL-001263
Description: Digital photograph of Ken Gunson and family (2009) Scanned B&W or sepia photographs of: Lizzie cars gone to the beach; Ken and older brother ploughing for potatoes (1930); Gunson kids off to school on horseback (1934); Grace and Ken Gunson (1941); Ken Gunson (1949); Ken Gunson and new Whangarei District Council Cat grader (2 photos, 1965) Scanned colour photographs of: Ken Gunson - farrier demonstration (1974); Ken Gunson (2004) Quantity: 1 digital photograph(s). 7 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 2 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s).
Interview with Ken Gunson, digital abstract
Date: 29 Apr, 6 May 2009
From: Honouring seniors oral history project
Reference: OHDL-001262
Description: Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s).