Interview with Jim Robinson

Date
14 September 2011 - 14 Sep 2011
By
La Roche, John Charles, 1937-; La Roche, Sue, active 1940s-2011; Robinson, Winsbury James, 1921-
Reference
OHInt-0965-09
Description

Interview with Jim Robinson, conducted 14 September 2011. Interviewee discusses his childhood, education, and his service in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the second world war and training as a pilot. The interview also discusses university study, working on a transmission line from Bunnythorpe to Haywards, and working at the Auckland Electric Power Board (AEPB), and various projects, such as the reticulation of Waiheke Island. Also discusses his work for the Fiji Electrical Authority in the early 1970s.

Abstracted by - John La Roche

Interviewer(s) - John La Roche

Interviewer(s) - Sue La Roche

Quantity: 1 interview(s). 1 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word files. 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 digital photograph(s) Jpeg file. 1 printed abstract(s). 1.59 Hours and minutes Duration.

Physical Description: Sound files - Wave files; textual files - Microsoft Word

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Search dates: 1900 - 2011

Number of interviews/events: 1

Additional description

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

Use/Reproduction
Public use requires written permission of the copyright holder Copyright: Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand
Access restrictions
Partly restricted material
Part of
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project / Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) oral history project
Format
1 interview(s), 1 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word files, 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s), 1 digital photograph(s) Jpeg file, 1 printed abstract(s), 1.59 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents, Digital photographs, Sound files - Wave files; textual files - Microsoft Word
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Other

Interview with Jim Robinson, printed abstract

Date: 2012

From: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project

Reference: OHA-9002

Description: Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 2012

Other

Interview with Jim Robinson, digital abstract

Date: 14 Sep 2011

From: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project

Reference: OHDL-002018

Description: Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word file.

Audio

Interview with Jim Robinson, digital sound recording

Date: 14 Sep 2011

From: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project

Reference: OHDL-002017

Description: Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1.59 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Image

Interview with Jim Robinson, digital photograph

From: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project

Reference: OHDL-002019

Description: Quantity: 1 digital photograph(s) Jpeg file.