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Interview with Gladys White

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Date

11 Oct 1994

By

White, Gladys, 1907-

Reference

OHInt-0330-32

Description

Gladys White was born in Tasmania, in 1907. Talks about family, including younger brother Cyril White, and emigration to New Zealand in 1908. Discusses the Institute for the Blind in Auckland, schooling, learning Braille, the director Clutha Mackenzie and joining the library staff. Describes working and boarding at the Institute in Hutchinson House. Mentions working in the library for fifty years. Recalls fellow workers Polly Moss and Herbert Chennery.

Remembers Morton Aldis and discusses his article 'Betrayal of the Blind' published in 1932, and problems with the Institute, the Board of Trustees and the residents that led to the formation of the Dominion Association of the Blind in 1945. Discusses Wally Christiansen and Jim May.

Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009817

Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3289.

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Public use requires the written permission of the interviewee Copyright: Held by the New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind

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