AUDIO
Interview with Dougal Soper
- Date
- 21 March 1994 - 21 Mar 1994
- By
- Soper, Dougal Earle Harris, 1933-
- Reference
- OHInt-0059/13
- Description
Dougal Earle Harris Soper born Winton, Southland. Recalls move to Invercargill as father worked for Southland Hospital Board. Outlines family background - Scottish and Welsh. Was apprenticed as plumber and gasfitter and joined Plumbers Union becoming New Zealand President and Assistant Award Advocate on Federation of Labour. Recalls social life and meeting wife Edna. Discusses: work at Alliance Freezing works as a plumber; Award; being Secretary of Southland Drivers Union and National President of Drivers Federation; Communist factor in union; political power with reference to Employment Contracts Act; demise of Union Movement; Elections (1987), standing against Norman Jones and against Bill English for Wallace (1990), 1984 Election strategy and Employment Committee. People mentioned include: Bill Anderson, Ken Douglas, Finton Patrick Walsh, Tom Skinner, Jim Knox, Tony Neary, Len Hedley, Ralph Hannan and Harry Sakkers. Remembers opposition to Springbok Tour and Vietnam War.
Venue - Invercargill
Interviewer(s) - Robert Paton
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006103-006104
Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1366.
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Alternative form available:
Listening copies are available at OHLCD-1195 and OHLCD-1196
- Use/Reproduction
- No public use without written permission of copyright holder Copyright: Copyright held by Joyce Paton
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Labour Movement Oral History Project - Part II
- Format
- 2 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 2 Hours Duration, Oral histories
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Interview with Dougal Soper, printed abstract
Date: 21 March 1994
From: Labour Movement Oral History Project - Part II
Reference: OHA-1366
Description: Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration.
Interview with Dougal Soper, tape two
Date: 21 March 1994
From: Labour Movement Oral History Project - Part II
Reference: OHC-006104
Description: Recorded by - Robert Paton Arrangement: Tape sequence - tape 2 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Dougal Soper, tape one
Date: 21 March 1994
From: Labour Movement Oral History Project - Part II
Reference: OHC-006103
Description: Arrangement: Tape sequence - tape 1 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration.