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Interview with Myrtle Richards

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Date

9 Jan 1986-16 Jan 1987 - 09 Jan 1986 - 16 Jan 1987

By

Richards, Myrtle Eugenie, 1900-1995

Reference

OHInt-0053/25

Description

Myrtle Richards was born on 6 January 1900. Describes her family background and early life in Nelson and how her family coped after her father left. Talks about working in a surveyor's office, meeting and marrying Edwin Richards and settling in Paturau. Describes her trousseau, getting married, pregnancy, birth, Granny Wigzell's nursing home at Collingwood, contraception, child-rearing and domestic routines. Talks about the Paturau School, the Paturau hall and local identities. Describes running the Paturau Post Office and providing accommodation for visitors to the Taitapu estate. Recalls the difficulties of transport in Golden Bay before World War II and the impact of the car. Mentions the Home Guard based at Paturau Hall, farm accidents, earthquakes and floods.

Comments on the effects of isolation on women's health, lack of financial independence for women, work gender roles, social class, employment, domestic work, educational opportunites for women, family relationships and alcohol.

Venue - Collingwood : 1987

Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little

Venue - Mrs Richards' home at Paturau

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003065; OHC-003066; OHC-003067; OHC-003068; OHC-003069; OHC-003070

Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6 Hours Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 589.

Additional description

Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.

Alternative form available: Listening copies are available at OHLC-003032,003033, 002232, 002233, 002234, and OHLC-002235

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

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