Gained MA in English (1st class Hons) from Canterbury and was awarded a scholarship to Cambridge to study biblical theology. Studied at Trinity Methodist Theological College, Auckland, and became the first woman in New Zealand to be ordained as Minister in one of the main churches. Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Waikato University, and a DBE. Daughter of Johann Guthardt (1886-1958) and Amelia (née Masters; 1890-1955)
Guthardt, Phyllis Myra (Rev Dame), 1929-
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Interview with Phyllis Guthardt
Date: 7 Oct 1993
From: The Dames Oral History Project
By: Guthardt, Phyllis Myra (Rev Dame), 1929-
Reference: OHInt-0046/03
Description: Dr Phyllis Guthardt was born in Nelson in 1929. Gives her family background, including the influence of her mother, and her father's belief in socialism and interest in world affairs. Describes her early love of reading and music. Talks about her schooling, five years spent doing secretarial work and training as a primary school teacher. Describes the difficulties involved in being accepted to train as a Methodist minister, her training at the Trinity Methodist Theological College in Auckland and period as probationary minister at Riccarton. Notes that she was the first woman in NZ to be ordained as a minister in one of the main churches. Describes her graduation from Canterbury with an MA in English (First class honours) and her scholarship to Cambridge where she did postgraduate study in biblical theology. Talks about her job as minister of the Melville Parish and Waikato Hospital Chaplain and her job as Ecumenical chaplain University of Waikato. Comments on some of the issues with students. Describes work as minister in Christchurch parishes, changes in the Methodist Church, working with Maori and attitudes to biculturalism and feminism. Talks about the numerous community and church bodies with which she has been associated, including Member of the Presidium of the World Methodist Council and Member of the University of Canterbury Council. Comments on her degree of Honorary Doctor of the University of Waikato and her DBE. Venue - Auckland : 1993 Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1131. Search dates: 1993
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Phyllis Guthardt and Dawn Lamb
Date: [ca May 1993 to July 1994]
From: The Dames Oral History Project
Reference: 35mm-12346
Description: Photographs taken by unidentified photographer(s) between circa May 1993 and July 1994 of original prints of Phyllis Guthardt and Dawn Lamb. Show Phyllis Guthardt circa 1993 and Dawn Lamb circa 1990. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in an envelope labelled "Negs and photos, J. Herbison x2, R. Lamb x 3, P. Guthardt x1". Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm strip containing two frames.. Transfers: Negative separated from prints at PAColl-10544 for preservation purposes. Corresponding prints are numbers 01 and 05.. Processing information: Negative removed from original plastic sleeve within envelope and housed in an archival enclosure. Plastic Sleeve and envelope not retained.
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Interview indexes
Date: 1986-1988
From: Simpson, Jane, 1958-: Collection
By: Anderson, Joan Marion, active 1947-1992; Brash, Alan Anderson (Rev), 1913-2002; Clements, Leslie Colin (Rev), 1914-1995; Fraser, Alexa Church, 1906-1991; Fraser, Ian Watson (Rev), 1907-1996; Fry, Ruth Diana, 1923-2006; Guthardt, Phyllis Myra (Rev Dame), 1929-; Wall, Lynne Jennifer (Rev), active 1951; Warren, Alwyn Keith, 1900-1988; Woods, Sybil Mary, 1914-2001
Reference: OHA-9333
Description: Handwritten abstracts with tape codes for interviews with Joan Anderson, Alan Brash, Leslie Clements, Ian and Alexa Fraser, Ruth Fry, L Farquhar Gunn, Phyllis Guthardt, Lynne Wall, Alwyn Warren, and Sybil Woods, Title taken from item. Arrangement: Originally donated in a folder labeled "Box 2 Folder 1. Simpson PhD Thesis. Interview Indexes". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Search dates: 1986 - 1988 Processing information: Original folder has not been retained.
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Interviews with Ann Ballin, Jean Herbison and Phyllis Guthardt
Date: 1992-1993
By: New Zealand Federation of University Women; Ballin, Reubina Ann, 1932-2003; Guthardt, Phyllis Myra (Rev Dame), 1929-; Herbison, Jean Marjory (Dame), 1923-2007; Yeabsley, Stancey, active 1990-1991
Reference: OHColl-1598
Description: Interviews conducted by Stancey Yeabsley with three women - Ann Ballin, Jean Herbison and Phyllis Guthardt. Interviews are part of a project commissioned by Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Federation of University Women. Title supplied by Library. Location - Christchurch. For additional interviews with Ann Ballin, Jean Herbison and Phyllis Guthardt see the Dames oral history project - OHColl-0046. Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 3 Interview(s). Search dates: 1992 - 1993
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Methodist minister Reverend Phyllis Guthardt - Photograph taken by Photo News Ltd
Date: [1959?]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Photo News Ltd
Reference: PAColl-8602-08
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of New Zealand's first Methodist women minister, Reverend Phyllis Guthardt. Photograph taken circa 1959 by Photo News Ltd. Other - Published in the New Zealand Free Lance 6 November 1959, page 6 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.1 x 11.1 cm
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The Dames oral history project, photographs of interviewees
Date: [ca May 1993 to July 1994]
From: The Dames Oral History Project
By: Freeman, Fred, active 1978; Woolf, Simon John, 1960-
Reference: PAColl-10544
Description: Photographs taken by unidentifed photographer(s) between circa May 1993 and July 1994 of original prints of interviewees from The Dames oral history project as supplementary material for the interviews. Show the interviewees at various times in their lives. Some photographs are annotated on the reverse or have an accompanying label. - PAColl-10544-01 shows Phyllis Guthardt circa 1993. - PAColl-10544-02 shows Jean Herbison in 1992. - PAColl-10544-03 shows Jean Herbison in 1938. - PAColl-10544-04 shows Dawn Lamb in 1993 (mislabelled as Rae Lamb). - PAColl-10544-05 shows Dawn Lamb circa 1990 (mislabelled as Rae Lamb). - PAColl-10544-06 shows Dawn Lamb circa 1993 (mislabelled as Rae Lamb). - PAColl-10544-07 shows Catherine Tizard in her wedding dress. - PAColl-10544-08 shows CatherineTizard. - PAColl-10544-09 shows Patricia Evison photographed by Simon Woolf. The print is mounted on backing card and captioned "Pat Evison, O.B.E.". - PAColl-10544-10 shows Patricia Evison. - PAColl-10544-11 shows Daphne Purves circa 1920. - PAColl-10544-12 shows Daphne Purves circa 1980. - PAColl-10544-13 shows Daphne, Elizabeth and Hilary Purves in 1941. - PAColl-10544-14 shows Norma Restieaux in 1960. - PAColl-10544-15 shows Norma Restieaux circa 1990. - PAColl-10544-16 shows Dorothy Fraser circa 1990. - PAColl-10544-17 shows Dorothy Fraser circa 1944. - PAColl-10544-18 shows Dorothea Horsman in 1940. - PAColl-10544-19 shows Dorothea Horsman, Miriam Dell, and Vivienne Boyd in 1986. - PAColl-10544-20 shows Patricia Bergquist in 1994. - PAColl-10544-21 shows Patricia Bergquist aged about 20. - PAColl-10544-22 shows Malvina Major aged 13 in 1956. - PAColl-10544-23 shows Malvina Major in 1994 photographed by Fred Freeman. - PAColl-10544-24 shows Kathleen Kennedy and Stella Wright (Casey) circa 1994. - PAColl-10544-25 shows Stella and Maurice Casey and their grandson Alec Dawson in 1993. - PAColl-10544-26 shows Miriam Dell. - PAColl-10544-27 shows Miriam Dell in a graduation cap and gown. - PAColl-10544-28 shows Joan Metge. - PAColl-10544-29 shows Joan Metge. - PAColl-10544-30 shows Dorothy Winstone. - PAColl-10544-31 shows Dorothy Winstone in her wedding dress. - PAColl-10544-32 shows Barbara and Harold Goodman. - PAColl-10544-33 shows Barbara Goodman, Kingi Ihaka and Sir Paul Reeves. - PAColl-10544-34 shows Thea Muldoon and family. - PAColl-10544-35 shows Thea Muldoon. - PAColl-10544-36 shows Augusta Wallace. - PAColl-10544-37 shows Augusta Wallace. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: PAColl-10544-01 to 06 were received in an envelope labelled "Negs and photos, J. Herbison x2, R. Lamb x 3, P. Guthardt x1". PAColl-10544-07 to 10 were received in an envelope labelled "Pat Evison x2, Catherine Tizard x2 + negatives". PAColl-10544-11 to 19 were received in an envelope labelled "Dunedin Dames, Purves, Horsman, Fraser, Restieaux". PAColl-10544-20 to 21 were received in an envelope labelled "Patricia Bergquist, 2 photos", dated 12 July 1994. PAColl-10544-22 to 23 were received in an envelope labelled "Malvina Major photos/negs". PAColl-10544-24 to 25 were received in an envelope labelled "Photographs and negatives Dame Stella Casey". PAColl-10544-26 to 27 were received in an envelope labelled "Dame Miriam Dell", dated 16 February 1994. PAColl-10544-28 to 37 were received in an envelope labelled "Dames Photos, Barbara Goodman, Dorothy Winstone, Augusta Wallace, Thea Muldoon, Joan Metge". Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 12 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-12345 to 12363 separated from prints for preservation purposes. Corresponding negatives can be found for prints: 02, 03, 04, and 06 (35mm-12345); 01 and 05 (35mm-12346); 08 (35mm-12347); 07 (35mm-12348); 12, 14, 15, and 17 (35mm-12349); 13, 15, 16, and 19 (35mm-12350); 18 (35mm-12351); 11 (35mm-12352); 20 and 21 (35mm-12353); 22 (35mm-12354); 23 (35mm-12355); 32 (35mm-12356); 29 and 33 (35mm-12357); 31 and 36 (35mm-12358); 28, 30, and 35 (35mm-12359); 34 and 37 (35mm-12360); 25 (35mm-12361); 26 (35mm-12362); and 27 (35mm-12363).. Processing information: Prints removed from envelopes and housed in archival enclosures. Envelopes not retained.
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Interview with Rev Dr Phyllis Guthardt, tape two
Date: 10 July 1987
From: Simpson, Jane, 1958-: Collection
By: Guthardt, Phyllis Myra (Rev Dame), 1929-
Reference: OHC-030301
Description: Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s) 60+6. Search dates: 1987-07-10 Processing information: Description created from item label/housing. Item has not been previewed as part of processing. Write-protection tab removed by Library.