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Interview with Bill Smith

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Date

21 Mar 1995

By

Smith, William Raymond, active 1950s-1995

Reference

OHInt-0415-02

Description

William Raymond Smith, known as Bill, talks about his career as a Government Valuer through the 1950s to the 1970s. Talks about Valuer-General Beattie and improvements to the department. Discusses the five year revision cycle after the Land Sales era. Talks about the Auckland office: size, coverage, and tensions between divisions. Talks about his division and the work of clerical staff, recording and preservation of data and the introduction and use of the Bradma system. Talks about his move to Dunedin and compares the office to that in Auckland. Talks about value increases in Otago and Southland. Discusses the career prospects for clerical staff and detrimental effects for them of the 1970s restructuring. Discusses his move to Head Office as an administration Officer, then subsequently to Hamilton. Talks about the use of departmental maps.

Access Contact - Oral History Curator

Interviewer(s) - Bryan Gilling

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

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3957.

Search dates: 1950 - 1995

Additional description

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

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Public use may require the written permission of the copyright holder Copyright: Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs (now Ministry for Culture and Heritage)

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