AUDIO
Interview with Catherine O'Regan
- Date
- 9-10 May 1997
- By
- O'Regan, Catherine Lily, 1914-2002
- Reference
- OHColl-0465/1
- Description
Catherine O'Regan was born in Wellington on 6 Apr 1914. Gives details of her family background including Irish ancestry on her mother's side. Recalls visiting her grandmother on the West Coast. Describes growing up in Island Bay with her mother, father and stepbrothers and stepsister. Describes her father's work building bridges. Recalls attending primary school at St Madeleine Sophie. Describes in detail attending Sacre Coeur (later Erskine College) where she was a boarder. Discusses attitudes towards Catholicism. Talks about working at Land and Income Tax and doing most of a Bachelor of Commerce at Victoria University before training to become a teacher.
Discusses social life and entertainment including going to the pictures and balls. Describes meeting Barry O'Regan, their courtship and wedding. Recalls the Depression and World War II. Describes the birth of her children, their childhood and education. Discusses Barry O'Regan's partnership in the law firm Bell O'Regan and Dunphy and his becoming a High Court judge. Talks about her daughter Mary O'Regan and sister in law Pauline O'Regan, who is a nun. Comments on becoming Lady O'Regan. Describes nursing her husband.
Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007166 - OHC-007170
Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s).
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1766.
Photograph of Cassie O'Regan on front of abstract
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Alternative form available: Listening copies OHLC-004333 - OHCL-003337
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use may require the written permission of the copyright holder Copyright: Catherine O'Regan
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Format
- 5 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 1 interview(s), Oral histories, Illustration: Photograph of Cassie O'Regan on front of abstract
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Interview with Catherine O'Regan, printed abstract
Date: 9-10 May 1997
From: Interview with Catherine O'Regan
Reference: OHA-1766
Description: Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
Interview with Catherine O'Regan, tape four
Date: 9-10 May 1997
From: Interview with Catherine O'Regan
Reference: OHC-007169
Description: Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
Interview with Catherine O'Regan, tape two
Date: 9-10 May 1997
From: Interview with Catherine O'Regan
Reference: OHC-007167
Description: Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
Catherine O'Regan oral history project, tape five
Date: 9-10 May 1997
From: Interview with Catherine O'Regan
Reference: OHC-007170
Description: Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
Interview with Catherine O'Regan, tape three
Date: 9-10 May 1997
From: Interview with Catherine O'Regan
Reference: OHC-007168
Description: Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
Interview with Catherine O'Regan, tape one
Date: 9-10 May 1997
From: Interview with Catherine O'Regan
Reference: OHC-007166
Description: Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.