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Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
- Date
- 12 Nov 1997 - 10 Oct 2002 - 12 Nov 1997 - 10 Oct 2002
- By
- McConnochie, Helen, 1925-; Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum
- Reference
- OHColl-0487
- Description
Interviewees recall their experiences of the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake. Many remember being at school (primary and secondary) or in technical training when the earthquake struck. Others describe the sensation of being inside at work (including factory, hospital, office) or at home. Those outside describe movement in the urban and rural landscapes and subsequent damage, particularly to buildings. A number mention injuries to people. The interviewees are: May Atkinson (nee Reid), Harold Beer, Mary Bennett (nee Ellingham), Monnie (Mons Mary) Devine, Lancelot Wellington Dobbinson, Tui Dunningham (nee Forsythe), Rev Thomas C. Fuohy, Alberta Lilian Gill, Edward James Greaney, Ellen Catherine (Nell) Hay, Margaret (Peggy) Higgins (nee Mayo), Elizabeth Beatrice (Harvey) Hill, Ivan Stanley Hodgkinson, Robert James Hunter Holms, Peter Digby Jeffreys, Percival James Jessep, Joseph (Joe) John King, John Robert Lister, Robert Neil Lister, Ethel Mansfield (nee Pidd), Doreen May McConaghty (nee Tyne), Dorothy Bernice McKay, Leo Noel McLaughlin, William Fred Nightingale, Teresa (Tessie Walsh) Antonia Oliver, Janet Grieg Pearse (nee West), Gwendolyn (Gwen) M. Rouse, Agnes Cara Saxby, Ronald Shakespeare, Owen Somerset Smith, Evelyn Smyth, Lawrence (Lawry) Spackman, Eugenie Frances (Melhuish) Stark, Ronald Archer Steel, Keith Swailes, Tamangaro (Tama) Te Marnumairangi Tomoana, Gordon Ernest Vogther, Frank Desmond Gordon Walker, Percy Watson.
Awards/funding - The first group of interviews were funded by an Award in Oral History
Interviewer(s) - Helen McConnochie
Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-019024 - OHC-019052
Summaries of abstracts: OHA-6564 - OHA-6581, OHA-6582 - OHA-6602
Quantity: 29 C60 cassette(s). 39 printed abstract(s). 39 interview(s).
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other summaries rather than abstracts.
Transfers: See backfile for three agreement forms..
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Listening copies: LC-10111 - LC-10113, John Lister; LC-10114, Teresa Antonia Oliver; LC-10115, Edward James Greaney
- Use/Reproduction
- Requires the written permission of the interviewee
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material - Access to the collection is unrestricted but individual interviews may be restricted
- Format
- 29 C60 cassette(s), 39 printed abstract(s), 39 interview(s), Oral histories
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Interview with Ivan Hodgkinson, printed summary
Date: 14 April 1999
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Hodgkinson, Ivan Stanley, 1914-2008
Reference: OHA-6602
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 1991 - 1999
Interview with Robert Holms, printed summary
Date: 10 March 1999
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Holms, Robert James Hunter, -2004
Reference: OHA-6601
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 1999
Interview with Fred Nightingale, printed summary
Date: 5 October 2000
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Nightingale, William Frederick, active 2000
Reference: OHA-6600
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2000
Interview with Ron Shakespeare, printed summary
Date: 4 May 1999
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Shakespeare, Ronald, 1916-
Reference: OHA-6599
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 1999
Interview with Cara Saxby, printed summary
Date: 12 October 2000
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Saxby, Agnes Cara, 1913-2007
Reference: OHA-6598
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2000
Interview with Owen Somerset Smith, printed summary
Date: 25 January 2001
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Smith, Owen Somerset, active 2001
Reference: OHA-6597
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2001
Interview with Janet Pearse, printed summary
Date: 17 March 2001
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Pease, Janet Grieg, active 2001
Reference: OHA-6596
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2001
Interview with Frank Walker, printed summary
Date: 25 March 1999
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Walker, Frank Desmond Gordon, 1917-2005
Reference: OHA-6595
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 1999
Interview with Neil Lister, printed summary
Date: 2 May 2002
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: Lister, Robert Neil, active 2002
Reference: OHA-6594
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2002
Interview with Doreen McConaghty (nee Tyne), printed summary
Date: 13 May 2002
From: Hawkes Bay earthquake survivors 1931 oral history project
By: McConaghty, Doreen May, 1920-2004
Reference: OHA-6593
Description: Comprises oral history summary and interviewee form. Interviewed by Helen McConnochie. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2002