AUDIO
Interview with Effie Iorns
- Date
- 14 Aug 1985
- By
- Iorns, Effie Elizabeth Britt, 1906-1997
- Reference
- OHInt-0053/08
- Description
Effie Iorns was born at Rockville on 20 January 1906. Gives details of her family history, childhood in Ferntown and Ferntown School. Describes the social life within the close Ferntown community including details of sports day (at school), the A and P show, baby shows, picnics and birthdays.
Recalls domestic detail including food preservation and bottling, childrens clothing and `boys' jobs' and `girls' jobs'. Talks about work on a dairy farm, Collingwood shops, dances, women's work and her marriage and honeymoon in 1922. Describes married life at Westhaven and the move to a farm (Nuiawa) at Collingwood.
Venue - Collingwood : 1985
Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little
Venue - Mrs Iorns' home at Collingwood
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002968; OHC-002969; OHC-002970
Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 574.
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
- Use/Reproduction
- Publication or broadcasting requires the written permission of the copyright holder, the interviewee and the interviewer. Copyright: held by the Nelson Provincial Museum
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
- Format
- 3 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Equipment used: Sony Walkman cassette recorder
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Interview with Effie Iorns, printed abstract
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHA-0574
Description: Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 574.
Interview with Effie Iorns, tape two
Date: 14-16 Aug 1985 - 14 Aug 1985 - 16 Aug 1985
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-002969
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 2 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Effie Iorns, tape three
Date: 14-16 Aug 1985 - 14 Aug 1985 - 16 Aug 1985
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-002970
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 3 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Effie Iorns, tape one
Date: 14-16 Aug 1985 - 14 Aug 1985 - 16 Aug 1985
From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-002968
Description: Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).