Irwin, Sheila, active 2002

Date: March 1993 - Nov 2002

By: Association of Presbyterian Women (N.Z.); Irwin, Sheila, active 2002; Laxon, Lorna, active 2002; Ensor, Sharon, active 2002; Scarlet, Betty, active 2002

Reference: OHColl-0668

Description: The Association of Presbyterian Women (APW) of Aotearoa New Zealand set up project known as the Women's Stories to collect written and oral material recording the contribution of Presbyterian women in their churches and communities. The women come from a wide range of ethnic, geographic and social backgrounds. Many of these high profile Presbyterian women were deaconesses, teachers, school principals, nurses, ministers, ministers' wives, missionaries, first women moderators, first Maori deaconess, PCANZ elders or office bearers. Several were missionaries and in the medical profession in India, Hong Kong and China. Those interviewed are Lorna Aberley, Joan Anderson, Nan Baxter, Nancy Burgess, Meri Caton, Beryl Howie, Grace Ironside, Helen Jackman, Nancy Jansen, Beth Johnson, Mavis Kaarup, Kathleen Keene, Ethel Kinross, Daphne McRae, Shona MacTavish, Carolena Mitchell, Joyce Murray, Grace Patterson, Margaret Reid-Martin, Doreen Riddell, Margaret Royds, Lorraine Saunders, Margaret Schrader, Vivienne Sinclair, Pamela Ball, Judy Breward, Erice Carley, Mia Denee-Sieger, Margery Dwerryhouse, Dorothy Harvey, Joyce Lake, Lorna Laxon, Barbara McKenzie, Anne Massey, Rouie Mercer, Gwen Neave, Mary Prier, Jane Prichard, Lorraine Sealy and Heather Webster. The project also included an interview with Shirley Murray but this was not deposited. Access Contact - To request access to items in this collection please contact Library staff Interviewer(s) - Shirley Irwin Interviewer(s) - Lorna Laxon Interviewer(s) - Sharon Ensor Interviewer(s) - Betty Scarlet Accompanying material - Photographs accompany interviews Arrangement: Abstracts: OHA-6089 - OHA-6112, OHA-8277 - OHA-8292 Original recordings: OHC-016969 to OHC-017037 (no OHC-017024), OHC-025020 - OHC-025055 Quantity: 104 C60 cassette(s). 40 printed abstract(s). 41 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1993 - 2002 Processing information: Interviews not yet described