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Interview with Irihapeti (Betty) Prangnell
- Date
- 3 Aug 2010 - 03 Aug 2010
- By
- Prangnell, Irihapeti, 1932-
- Reference
- OHInt-0984-14
- Description
Interview with Irihapeti (Betty) Prangnell (nee Te Moana), born in Waihau Bay in 1932. Talks about her family background, being raised initially by her grandparents and then by her aunt Hariata Turei in a predominanly Maori community at Cape Runaway. Describes food and meals, daily life, and social activities. Refers to her schooling, and to the impact of the young men leaving in World War II. Talks about her aunt's decision that she become a nurse and training in Hamilton. Refers to meeting and marrying her pakeha husband Alfred Prangnell, a mechanic, and continuing working. Discusses her first recipe book (Aunt Daisy Cookbook), shopping and food preparation with her husband. Refers to adopting a daughter, having a son, and the family returning to Cape Runaway for a year. Mentions moving to Christchurch, returning to nursing, and her husband dying suddenly in 1965. Comments on food preparation and meals for the children. Refers to meeting her biological parents and sisters. Talks about leaving nursing, training as a teacher, and teaching Maori in Christchurch schools. Mentions being matron at Hukarere Maori Girls College in Hawkes Bay for several years. Discusses living with her son, caring for grandchildren, doing home care nursing, and activities at the Waikanae Senior Citizens' Centre. Reflects on the different stages of her life.
Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001498
Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 printed abstract(s). 9 digital photograph(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 4 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 interview(s). 2.52 Hours and minutes Duration.
Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Textual file - Microsoft word; Image files - Jpeg
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001471, OHA-7394.
Colour photographs of: Betty Pragnell; recipe book and recipes; B&W photograph of two young children with Maori man. Scanned colour photograph of Betty and a class at Hukarere (1992). Scanned B&W photographs of: Betty after qualifying as a nurse; a Maori couple; Betty and husband Alfred on their wedding day (OHDL-001472)
Search dates: 1932 - 2010
- 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: Listening copies are available at OHLCD-2231 to OHLCD-2237
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires the permission of the copyright holder 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) digital sound recording(s), 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract), 1 printed abstract(s), 9 digital photograph(s), 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s), 4 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s), 1 interview(s), 2.52 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Digital photographs, Digital images, Sound files - wave files; Textual file - Microsoft word; Image files - Jpeg, Illustration: Colour photographs of: Betty Pragnell; recipe book and recipes; B&W photograph of two young children with Maori man. Scanned colour photograph of Betty and a class at Hukarere (1992). Scanned B&W photographs of: Betty after qualifying as a nurse; a Maori couple; Betty and husband Alfred on their wedding day (OHDL-001472)
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Interview with Irihapeti (Betty) Prangnell, printed abstract
Date: 3 August 2010
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHA-7394
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).
Interview with Irihapeti (Betty) Prangnell, digital sound recording
Date: 3 Aug 2010
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHDL-001498
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001471, OHA-7394.
Photographs of Irihapeti (Betty) Prangnell
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHDL-001472
Description: Colour photographs of: Betty Pragnell; recipe book and recipes; B&W photograph of two young children with Maori man. Scanned colour photograph of Betty and a class at Hukarere (1992). Scanned B&W photographs of: Betty after qualifying as a nurse; a Maori couple; Betty and husband Alfred on their wedding day. Quantity: 9 digital photograph(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 4 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s).
Interview with Irihapeti (Betty) Prangnell, digital abstract
Date: 3 Aug 2010
From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s
Reference: OHDL-001471
Description: Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).