Founded in 1961 by Miss Helen Moran, a teacher who in 1928 was appointed to the King Edward Technical College in Dunedin, New Zealand as the first full time tutor in embroidery.
Southland and Otago Embroiderers' Guild
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The stitch of history oral history project
Date: 5 Aug 2001-23 Mar 2002 - 05 Aug 2001 - 23 Mar 2002
By: Wilson, Janice C, active 2001-2002
Reference: OHColl-0727
Description: This was a pilot project recorded to uncover the place that needlework took in the lives of the founding members of the Southland and Otago Embroiderers' Guilds. Those interviewed include: Stella M Fitchett, Orma Fairweather, Edna Hoskins, Phyllis May Aspinall, Lila Coker, Jean Young, Nancy Strang, Laura Shaw, Charlotte Annie (Nan) Smith and Betty McCammon. Quantity: 12 C60 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 1 booklet - 'A stitch in time'. 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.