New Zealand Oral History Archive

Date: Apr - May 1984

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive; New Zealand. Customs Department; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-

Reference: OHColl-0101

Description: Quantity: 74 C60 cassette(s). 22 printed abstract(s). 22 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: April 1988

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0236

Description: Interviews a member from each of four generations of two families from the Wanganui region - the Stoneman family and the Mete Kingi family. Focuses on parent-child relationships, marriages, attitudes to alcohol and drugs and other social behaviour in the Stoneman family. Members of the Stoneman family interviewed are Cristal Stoneman, Sharon Stoneman, Ian Stoneman and Olive Olsen. Members of the Mete Kingi family talk about Maori culture, traditional life, loss of language and the relearning of it in the current generation, land disputes, attitudes to sex and Maori-Pakeha relations. Those interviewed are Aneka Erueti, Karen Erueti, Rangipo Mete Kingi and Wikitoria Mete Kingi. Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 8 printed abstract(s). 8 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: Nov 1981 - Feb 1982

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHColl-0005

Description: Structured life history interviews with longterm residents of the Wairarapa town of Martinborough. The object of the project was to gather first hand accounts of living in a small rural town in NZ in the first part of the twentieth century. Awards/funding - Funded by a grant from the Department of Internal Affairs Abstracted by - Judith Fyfe, Hugo Manson and Jean Harton Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson and Judith Fyfe Accompanying material - Notes to accompany the project, an index to the contents of the interviews (49 pages), a report on the pilot project, the interview guide and a catalogue of interviewee names and NZOHA tape numbers. This was a pilot project as research and preparation for establishing a national oral history archive. Martinborough was selected for a number of reasons including the interviewers' personal association with the town, its size - population 1357, and the celebration of its centenary in 1982. Quantity: 181 5" reel(s). 97 C60 cassette(s) working copies. 36 printed abstract(s). 36 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: The collection was initially held by the Department of Internal Affairs Search dates: 1981 - 1982

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0003

Description: Interviews with 6 former employees of the Electricity Department, 2 former employees of Ministry of Works, 1 former employee of the Local Electrical Supply Authority, 1 former Ministry of Works Camp Resident. Quantity: 103 C60 cassette(s). 31 printed abstract(s). 31 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete Includes photographs. Provenance: Project originated with the Power Directorate of the Ministry of Works and Development which is now part of Opus International Consultants Limited.

Date: Oct-Nov 1986 - 01 Oct 1986 - 23 Nov 1986

By: L D Nathan & Company Ltd; New Zealand Oral History Archive; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-

Reference: OHColl-0083

Description: Collection consists of 20 interviews and a recording of the McKenzies Anniversary (1960). The interviews are the personal views and memories of people associated with L D Nathan and Co Ltd, including long-service employees, senior executives and descendants of the company founders. Included are discussions of the companies that contributed to L D Nathan and Co Ltd, eg. Bond and Bond Ltd, J R McKenzies Ltd, Woolworths (NZ) Ltd. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson and Judith Fyfe Quantity: 62 C60 cassette(s). 20 printed abstract(s). 20 interview(s). 1 event(s) Recording of J R McKenzie Anniversary, Skyline Cabaret, 1960. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1988

By: New Zealand. Customs Department; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0102

Description: Interviews with K J Campbell, C M Coutts, J D J Fitzgerald, M G Howley, P J McKone and W Wood. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 19 C60 cassette(s). 6 printed abstract(s). 19 listening copies donated also, together with accompanying photos. 6 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

By: New Zealand. Customs Department; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0096

Description: Quantity: 102 C60 cassette(s). 28 printed abstract(s). 28 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1993-1994

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive; Priestley, Dinah, 1938-

Reference: OHColl-0281

Description: Interviews with people who ran, worked or sang in coffee bars during the 1950s and 1960s. Examines what caused the sudden upsurge of interest in these European style coffee houses. Considers the influence of European immigrants, the platform coffee bars offered to poets, writers and songmakers such as James K. Baxter, Barry Crump and Peter Cape and the gradual erosion of their popularity. Quantity: 15 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 9 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1993 - 1994

By: Kingston, Peter, active 1992; New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0211

Description: Quantity: 2.

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive; New Zealand Labour Party

Reference: OHColl-0018

Description: Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s).

By: Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; New Zealand Oral History Archive; New Zealand. Government Printing Office

Reference: OHColl-0010

Description: Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 2 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 event(s). 4 Hours Duration.

Date: 1985

By: Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0004

Description: Interviews with twelve female and ten male centenarians with the eldest interviewee aged 106. Focuses on their recollections of the nineteenth centry and early twentieth century. Sixteen of the interviewees were born in New Zealand and the rest were born in Scotland, England and Russia. Interviewees had been involved in a wide range of occupations including domestic work, nursing, teaching, factory work, business, engineering, clothing industry, logging and farming. Other - Interview with Mark Hardie is the same as the Mark Hardie interview which is part of the NZOHA Martinborough Project (OHInt-0005/12) Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 51 C60 cassette(s). 22 printed abstract(s). 22 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Most interviews include a photograph of the interviewee by Louise Guerin

Date: 20 October 1982 - 20 Oct 1982

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive

Reference: OHColl-0245/1

Description: Address by Professor Sandra Myres, visiting Fulbright Fellow, on 'Pioneer Women' in North America and New Zealand to the Friends of the Turnbull Library Venue - Wellington Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 28 May 1992

From: Media Women Oral History Project

By: Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-

Reference: OHInt-0052/5

Description: Discusses early life and family background; education at St Matthews Collegiate and Woodford House; life at Woodford House; first job in brother's law firm and then working as a receptionist for a local radio station. Details early work in radio as a shopping reporter, compiling music programmes. Discusses difference between women who worked on Women's Hour and female announcers; mentions Marina Schofield, Angela D'Audney and Elsie Lloyd. Discusses work on talkback radio and broadcasting in Wellington; 1970 moved to television in Auckland; difference between radio and television, especially having to be `made up'; culture shock of move to Avalon studio in Lower Hutt; involvement with Fair Go from 1975 and encouragement from Brian Edwards; script writing for Close to Home; involvement with the Women's Electoral Lobby. Details the establishment of the Oral History Archive with Hugo Manson; Fulbright Scholarship; explains how the archive was set up and some of the problems it has faced. Discusses oral history as a discipline. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Venue - Wellington Accompanying material - Photographs of Judith Fyfe Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1107.

Date: 1986-1990

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12057-082

Description: Printed newsletters, financial statements and reports of the trust. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and photocopies

Date: 1985

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12057-083

Description: Reports, and correspondence, mainly letters from Penny Griffith, National Library of New Zealand, to Binney, from 1985. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts and photocopies

Date: 15 March 1989 - 3 May 1989

By: Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; New Zealand Oral History Archive; National Library of New Zealand

Reference: OHColl-0058

Description: The National Library of New Zealand commissioned the NZOHA in 1988 to record life history interviews with 12 former staff members or users of the Country Library Service. The interviews are with Field Librarians who drove book vans, with librarians who ran the `A' and `B' libraries which were supplied by the Country Library Service and with librarians who worked at the Country Library Service. The interviews describe the setting up, development and running of the Country Library Service and the `A' and `B' libraries. Some of the interviews also discuss library training, the development of the National Library of New Zealand and other libraries and library associations. The work of the Field Librarians is described in detail. The impact of Country Library Service on smaller and rural communities is discussed. Reference is made to many people involved in the library profession during the period 1930-1970. Accompanying material - Backfile contains research material collected for the project including articles, notes and chronologies. This includes articles written by Alan Mercer and Helen Sullivan who are interviewed for the research interview. Sponsored by - National Library of New Zealand Abstracted by - Hugo Manson and Judith Fyfe Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson and Judith Fyfe Quantity: 30 tape(s). 12 printed abstract(s). 13. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. The printed abstracts contain photographs of the interviewees, various library buildings and country library book vans Search dates: 1930 - 1970 Processing information: Note that the research interview has not yet been abstracted

Date: 1977-2010

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11456-11

Description: Contains folders titled: "Elsdon Best, Maori notes 1 and 2" "Best Tuhoe Mss. Whakapapa notes Tama Nikora" 1993-2008 "Best 1898 Tuhoe genealogies" [ca 1990's] "Best Maori notebooks 9 and 10" "Correspondence with M and P Archive" (Archive of Maori and Pacific Music) 1983-1990 "Tai Black Phd 2000 (portions) waiata and context" "Tapes inventory" 1982-2009 "Tapes updated inventory" 2006-2010 "Xeroxes/documents. Rua, pre 1916" 1977-2002

Date: 26 September 1990

From: National Library of New Zealand: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5801-4-070

Description: Staff of the Oral History Unit at the National Library of New Zealand, photographed outside the National Library, 26 September 1990, by Sarah Hunter. From left: Judith Fyfe, Jean Harton, Hugo Manson Exhibited in 'Collect' exhibition on the role of collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, mounted in National Library Gallery, 15 December 2006. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 17 x 22 cm

Date: 1986-1989

From: National Dance Archive of New Zealand : Records

Reference: 2003-169-04/06

Description: Relationship complexity - See also National Dance Archive of New Zealand oral history project (OHColl-0208) Quantity: 1 folder(s).