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Interview with Gretchen Hunter
- Date
- 7 Nov 2009 - 07 Nov 2009
- By
- Hunter, Gretchen Mary de Visme, 1937-
- Reference
- OHInt-0984-07
- Description
Interview with Gretchen Hunter (nee Blathwayt), born in Gisborne in 1937. Interviewer's summary:
Born Gisborne 1937. Family moved to the Wairarapa late 1930s. Father a barrister & solicitor. Except for 5 years primary school educated single sex girls school (boarder at Woodford House). Completed nursing training at Christchurch and married soon after qualifying NZRN. Married John Hunter, farmer, Porongahau, Central Hawkes Bay, aged 22. Raised 4 children on the coastal farm Rangitoto (nearest town Waipukurau). Early years of married life and while raising her children she provided meals for all the farm requirements as well as the family. She was actively involved with all activities in the district and on occasion relied on by the community for her nursing skills.
Material recorded covers family background, domestic life in Martinborough and Masterton, nursing training in Christchurch, experiences as a Hawkes Bay farmer's wife, raising children in the country, and years of cooking for a wide range of employees, family and community. Personal recipe books were used as references during the interview.
Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001491
Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 printed abstract(s). 9 digital photograph(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 1 interview(s). 3.25 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001457, OHA-7387.
Colour photographs of: Gretchen Hunter in her kitchen (Nov 2009); colour portrait of Gretchen Hunter; page in a handwritten recipe book (2006); covers of three old recipe books. Photographs of B&W photographs of: Gretchen Hunter (1950s); Gretchen and John Hunter on their wedding day; Gretchen with three young children (1964); Rangitoto Station (1950s). Scanned colour photograph of Gretchen and John Hunter with their 4 young children. Scanned B&W photograph of Gretchen with two young children (OHDL-001458)
Search dates: 1937 - 2009
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
Alternative form available: Both printed and digital versions of the abstract are available
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires the permission of the copyright holder and of the interviewee Copyright: Copyright is held by Mrs Schmacher's Gems Project Collective
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
- Format
- 1 digital sound recording(s), 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract), 1 printed abstract(s), 9 digital photograph(s), 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s), 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s), 1 interview(s), 3.25 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Digital photographs, Digital images, Illustration: Colour photographs of: Gretchen Hunter in her kitchen (Nov 2009); colour portrait of Gretchen Hunter; page in a handwritten recipe book (2006); covers of three old recipe books. Photographs of B&W photographs of: Gretchen Hunter (1950s); Gretchen and John Hunter on their wedding day; Gretchen with three young children (1964); Rangitoto Station (1950s). Scanned colour photograph of Gretchen and John Hunter with their 4 young children. Scanned B&W photograph of Gretchen with two young children (OHDL-001458)
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Interview with Gretchen Hunter, printed abstract
Date: 7 Nov 2009
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHA-7387
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).
Photographs of Gretchen Hunter
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHDL-001458
Description: Colour photographs of: Gretchen Hunter in her kitchen (Nov 2009); colour portrait of Gretchen Hunter; page in a handwritten recipe book (2006); covers of three old recipe books. Photographs of B&W photographs of: Gretchen Hunter (1950s); Gretchen and John Hunter on their wedding day; Gretchen with three young children (1964); Rangitoto Station (1950s). Scanned colour photograph of Gretchen and John Hunter with their 4 young children. Scanned B&W photograph of: Gretchen with two young children Quantity: 9 digital photograph(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s).
Interview with Gretchen Hunter, digital abstract
Date: 7 Nov 2009
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHDL-001457
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Interview with Gretchen Hunter, digital sound recording
Date: 7 Nov 2009
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHDL-001491
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001457, OHA-7387.