AUDIO
Interview with Douglas Taverner
- Date
- 8 Dec 1987 - 08 Dec 1987
- By
- Taverner, Douglas Lacy, 1899-1992
- Reference
- OHInt-0082/06
- Description
Douglas Taverner describes his 60 year involvement in the legal profession and his time as councillor and Mayor of Carterton, 1936-1947. Recalls in detail his school days, family and childhood, legal training and experience as a lawyer both in Wellington and in the Wairarapa. Describes legal practice in a country area over the years, with particular reference to Carterton. Details the 1930s Depression, recalls seeing Haley's Comet in 1910 out of the dormitory window, mentions the flu epidemic of 1918 and the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake. Compares being a boarder at Huntly school with his time at Wanganui Collegiate with mention of Charles Mather the headmaster at Huntly. Describes Carterton branch of Gawith & Logan in Masterton.
Venue - Carterton
Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe
Venue - 53 Park Road, Carterton
Accompanying material - Printed abstract contains copy of article from an unsourced publication which describes the legal profession in the Wairarapa and includes mention of the Taverner law firm.
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001721, OHC-001722, OHC-001723
Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0274.
Search dates: 1899 - 1987
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Listening copies available OHLC-002004 - OHLC-002006
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires the consent of the interviewee and the Wellington District Law Society Copyright: Copyright held by Wellington District Law Society
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Access requires the written permission of the Curator, Oral History & Sound and the donor.
- Part of
- NZOHA Wellington District Law Society Oral History Project
- Format
- 3 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 3 Hours Duration, Oral histories, Equipment used: Marantz CP230 cassette recorder; Sony ECM150T neck microphones
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Interview with Douglas Taverner, printed abstract
Date: 8 Dec 1987
From: NZOHA Wellington District Law Society Oral History Project
Reference: OHA-0274
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).
Interview with Douglas Taverner, tape two
Date: 8 Dec 1987
From: NZOHA Wellington District Law Society Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-001722
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Arrangement: Tape sequence - 2 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Douglas Taverner, tape one
Date: 8 Dec 1987
From: NZOHA Wellington District Law Society Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-001721
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Douglas Taverner, tape three
Date: 8 Dec 1987
From: NZOHA Wellington District Law Society Oral History Project
Reference: OHC-001723
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Arrangement: Tape sequence - 3 of 3 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).