Boarding schools

Date: 1909

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins & Bacon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-08-076/101

Description: Includes site plans, floor plans and elevations of boarding houses. Quantity: 26 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings, sizes varying up to 500 x 600 mm.

Date: 1915 - 1919 - 1916

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-D-08-054/070

Description: Includes two site plans, north elevation, floor plans for four varying schemes for the building of the headroom over the stairway landing, and details of chimney pieces. The 1919 plans are by Atkins Bacon & Mitchell. Quantity: 19 plan(s) (2 extra plans inserted at 068 and 069).. Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings, sizes varying up to 570 x 670 mm.

Date: 1855-1950

By: Field family

Reference: MS-Group-0060

Description: Correspondence and papers of two prominent New Zealand families. The collection centres around W H Field, Waikanae landowner and MP for Otaki, and his wife Isabel Hodgkins, sister of artist, Frances Hodgkins. It amalgamates a number of separately catalogued ms collections of the same provenance, including MS-Papers-0113. * Diary for 1883 missing Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also W H Field papers, 73-128 Quantity: 244 folder(s). 92 volume(s). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile. Family trees for Field, Hodgkins and Parker families available in staff back file entitled Field Family listings.. Provenance: Collected by Field family members, 1855-1950 Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Accompanying art works - To Photographic Archive - Accompanying photographs. Processing information: Two further boxes still require adding to this group and are at the end of the sequence at MS-Papers-0113-31 and MS-Papers-0113-32; they are papers relating to W H Field and will be added to Series 1 and 16B

Date: 1 Jul 1997 - 01 Jul 1997

From: Hawkes Bay oral history project

By: Crocket, Alexander McIntyre, 1920-2014

Reference: OHInt-0438-03

Description: Alex Crocket was born in Mosgiel in 1920. Recalls his father was a minister in Paisley, Scotland who went to Canada as a missionary where he met his mother, Janet Wood, a deaconess. Notes his father had a parish in Mt Albert, Auckland but returned briefly to Canada before settling in Levin and then Seddon. Recalls school, the school sports, swimming, bicycling and garden parties. Recalls attending Marlborough College in Blenheim then boarding at Wellington College and missing home. Recalls the diagnosis of his brother James with tuberculosis, and moving to Bulls when his father became Minister there. Comments on the variety of people met through Scouts. Describes being called into the Territorials as a bren gunner, training at Rotorua, being sent to Wellington in the photographic section, transferring to Wigram, becoming unwell and being discharged from the Air Force as unfit. Recalls getting a job in the Library Service with Geoff Alley. Describes attending St Johns Church, Willis Street, Wellington, meeting Joyce and becoming engaged. Describes marriage, a transfer to Palmerston North School Library Serice, and starting work as a Field Officer in the Child Welfare Division. Discusses the child migration scheme whereby children from the ages of eight to sixteen were brought to NZ from Britain. Comments on this scheme. Recalls buying a house in Lower Hutt. Comments on the Mazengarb Report, Charlie Peat, Child Welfare Superintendent, and legislation about condoms. Discusses opening the Hastings office in 1960, expansion, amalgamation of the Social Security Department in 1972 and becoming director of the Social Welfare Department. Explains problems of the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB). Comments on conditions of work, staff meetings at Hastings to improve morale, retiring in 1982 and the holiday house in Taupo. Describes making wooden frames from home. Talks about his wife's illness and death, grieving and a holiday in Europe and England. Discusses changes in the Presbyterian Support Services. Talks about raising his children Janet, Ann and Alastair, their partners and careers. Interviewer(s) - Joyce Paton Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2134. Photograph of Alex Crocket in 1996 Search dates: 1920 - 1997

Date: 14 Feb 1995 - 1 May 1995 - 4 Dec 1996 - 04 Dec 1996

From: Hawkes Bay oral history project

By: Lockhart, Pamela Mary, 1930-

Reference: OHInt-0438-09

Description: Pamela Lockhart was born in Auckland in 1930. Mentions her father was a surgeon and she attended Bayfield School and Woodford House. Recalls the Depression, World War II and life at boarding school. Describes her first job at a travel agency, travelling to England on a boat, her job in London and travel in Europe in 1951. Discusses being a New Zealand woman in London, being presented at Court and her return to NZ after three years. Describes working in Auckland before marriage in 1955 and being on a farm in Bombay (South Auckland) with husband John. Recalls helping on the farm, loneliness, a limited social life, having four children and being involved with the local school. Describes their move to a farm in Porangahau in 1979, her husband's illness after being there a year and the sale of the farm. Describes their move into Hastings. Talks about widowhood and her job with Red Cross for twelve years and association with Woodford House Old Girls. Comments on her preference for Single Tranferrable Vote (STV) over the MMP electoral system. Discusses the location of the Hawkes Bay Hospital and the local body elections. Talks about gardening, the local harvest, painting, a writing group and her role in Speaker Forum organising women speakers from around the country to come to speak in Hawkes Bay. Talks about her grandchildren. Discusses Jim Bolger going to the Asian Pacific Trade Organisation meeting, the health sytsem and the arrival of Canadian firm McCains in Hawkes Bay. Describes the purchase of a new car. Interviewer(s) - Robert Paton Interviewer(s) - Joyce Paton Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2140. Search dates: 1930 - 1996

Date: 26 Jun 2001

From: Ophthalmological Society of NZ Oral History Project.

By: Talbot, Arthur Newton (Dr), 1917-2008; Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. New Zealand Branch

Reference: OHInt-0161/6

Description: Arthur Talbot talks about his relations after whom he was named, his grandfather's large family and Talbot farm ownership in South Canterbury. Describes his mother's background and interests, his parents' overseas trips, the nanny and boarding school life, bursaries. Recalls the family home, their social life, the Depression and the swaggies. Describes his medical school experiences, the Jewish and female surgeons and the streets named after professors. Describes his conditions of employment in hospitals, surgical routines and eye conditions. Talks about his father and brother's medical qualifications, his own jobs and their army service in World War II in the Pacific, Middle East and Italy. Recalls health consequences of service in the wartime Pacific, Merle Farland, a missionary in the Solomon Islands, and getting married while on leave. Talks about treatment of injuries in Europe and transportation on troop ships. Recalls studying in Melbourne, working in New Zealand and London, names eye surgeons and pioneering eye surgery. Talks of setting up private hospitals and the Society of Ophthalmologists, the National Party policy towards hospitals. Mentions his family's achievements. Abstracted by - Ann Packer Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Accompanying material - 1 letter from D.E. Drake of the Timaru Herald to Dr. Alan C. Hayton of Taranaki Base Hospital. Obituaries of Dr. Leonard Smith Talbot, Dr. Kenneth James Talbot and Eustatius William Barton Griffiths, known as Peter. Biographical notes of Peter Griffiths. 3 pages of facts written by Dr. Hayton on the Great Trachoma Epidemic which affected soldiers based in Fiji. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009011 - 009013 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2796. 2 photographs of Arthur Talbot.

Date: 25 Apr 1998 - 28 May 1998

From: Gore District oral history project

By: Scott, Elaine, active 1998; Geddes, Catherine Anne, 1922-2008

Reference: OHInt-0428/09

Description: Catherine Geddes was born in Gore in 1922. Gives details of her parents and grandparents. Explains connection with Knapdale Station. Recalls growing up at Pyramid Siding, their food, games, clothing, celebrations and education at the local school. Recalls visiting sports teams, sports day at Riverton, getting to school, the difficulty of getting to the local high school and secondary education at Columba College. Describes studying music, being a boarder and leaving school at the time of the outbreak of the war. Recalls going to Clutha Valley School as music teacher then working for Raymond Lusk in Gore in the music trade. Describes playing at Celebration Balls, the clothing worn including white gloves and playing at the Grand Hotel in Invercargill. Mentions being in the Musicians Union. Talks about `making do' during the Depression years and patriotic fundraisers during the war years. Discusses church and visitors on Sundays. Mentions marriage to Gordon Geddes in 1957 and sharing jobs within their marriage. Interviewer(s) - Elaine Scott Accompanying material - Typescript of an article in the Mataura Ensign 4 and 5 Dec 1924 on the grandfather of Cath Geddes, David Stewart; 1994 Ensign article on Cath Geddes `Long-time musical entertainer looks back' Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2600.

Date: 30 Jul 2001

From: Otaki Citizens Advice Bureau oral history project

By: Lipscombe, Shirley Elizabeth, 1924-2014

Reference: OHInt-0579-08

Description: Shirley Elizabeth Lipscombe born Cromwell, Otago, 1924. Outlines family background. Recalls: family move to Wellington; attending Kilbirnie School; boarding at Nelson Girls College (1938-1941) and work for Wellington Public Library in 1942 before commencing training as a nurse at Wellington Hospital in 1943. Talks about marriage to Dean Perrett Lipscombe in 1947, move to Otaki, birth of children and becoming a full time housewife. Recalls return to the workforce in 1968 as District nurse. Explains difference between public health nurse and district nurse. Recalls TB (tuberculosis) being quite prevalent in Otaki and mentions TB clinics and Sanatorium which had beautiful gardens. After retirement recalls being manager of Kimberley Training School shop and was on-call Hospice nurse in 1987. Backgrounds the setting up of the Food Bank in Otaki and her involvement. Recalls joining CAB (Citizens Advice Bureau) early 1990s and mentions the various roles, including being roster secretary. Mentions Jean Chamberlain, Joan Black, May Mitchell and Velda Harrison. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Jill Abigail Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-08836-008837 ; OHLC-004479-004480 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2734, OHDL-000997.

Date: 12 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Morton, Alan, 1918-

Reference: OHInt-0330-21

Description: Alan Morton was born in Hull, England in 1918. Outlines family's emigration to New Zealand in 1925 due to father's ill health. Remembers early registration with the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind and Sir Clutha Mackenzie, the Foundation director. Describes the harsh treatment of the students. Outlines education to School Certificate level and status as an attending student at Seddon Memorial Technical College, renamed AUT. Mentions the Blind Band, George Cater and Captain George Bowes. States he won the New Zealand cornet championship in 1936, 1938 and 1940. Describes brief farming career before joining the Foundation workshops. Recalls replacement of Clutha Mackenzie and the new director Joe Broadfoot. Recalls his impressions of workshop conditions and the formation of the Dominion Association of the Blind in 1945. Talks about Wally Christiansen and the social division between the staff and residents. Recounts training as a physiotherapist in London 1949 to 1952, and Foundation assistance. Talks about the relationship between the Dominion Association of the Blind and the Foundation for the Blind. Discusses Cyril White, Bruce Kibblewhite, Jim May and Terry Small. Tells of accident that hindered Braille learning. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009803 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3278.

Date: 13 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Stratford, John, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0330-28

Description: John Stratford was born in 1938, in Whakatane. Outlines accident that took his sight aged four. Discusses schooling at the Institute for the Blind School and Auckland Grammar School. Talks about Institute school principal Charles Lascerin, learning Braille, severe disciplinary measures, fighting and bullying, incidents of homosexuality between staff and students, unfair expulsion and readmittance and boarding away from family. Mentions time at university, decision to pursue musical career and dropping physiotherapy studies in England. Mentions fellow student Don McKenzie. Talks about the Dominion Association of the Blind. Mentions employment in Foundation workshops and receiving an award from Sir Dove Myer Robinson for making the one millionth coat hanger. Tells of his opposition to guide dogs and trialling the Mowat sensor. Mentions sonic spectacles. Talks about working in the Foundation library 1961 to 1978 and Gladys White. Recounts streaking incident around 1973 over the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Names various library workers including Mary Schnackenberg, Terry Small, Lyall Laurent, Bob Wright, Bert Smith and Paul Brosnahan. Discusses Cyril White, the library manager and president of the Dominion Association of the Blind. Outlines problems with library management concerning Wally Christiansen, Julian Lee and David Sherry. Talks about the Queen Street march in 1978 and leaving both the Foundation and the Association. Outlines work as a social worker and PSA delegate. Discusses family prominence in New Zealand sport and involvement in long distance running. Outlines problems with the Athletic Association. Recalls first marathon in 1965 and status as first blind person to complete this feat. Talks about training and fellow runners Ray Pucket, Geoff Julian and Denis Stevenson. Mentions winning the Waiatarua road race. Touches upon marriage, family and life after running. Mentions book 'Running Blind' written by Ralph King about himself and fellow runner Bert Smith. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009812 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3285.

Date: 19 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Voice, Lionel James, 1911-1999

Reference: OHInt-0330-30

Description: Lionel Voice was born in Gore, in 1911. Recounts farm life in Niagra and Whiterigg and accident with caustic soda that left him blind. Recalls enrolment with Jubilee Institute for the Blind 1918. Talks about life at the Institute including school life, learning Braille, piano lessons and daily routines, Clutha Mackenzie and allegations brought against him in 1938, the building of Pearson House and new workshops, the Blind Band, dances in the old gymnasium and leaving the Institute in 1930. Mentions time during the Depression on family farm, packaging tea and return to the Institute workshops in 1935. Outlines the different industries available in the workshops. Discusses Joe Broadfoot and Wally Christiansen, book binding, anti-Foundation sentiment and the formation of the Auckland Provincial Association of the Blind in 1945, renamed the Dominion Association of the Blind with the amalgamation of the Wellington branch. Remembers appointment as the first Foundation placement officer by Jim May in 1954. Talks about Jim May in detail. Details work as placement officer until retirement in 1974. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009815, OHLC-004969 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3287. Processing information: Record updated 30 October 2023 when the requirement to obtain written permission of the interviewee before access was removed.

Date: 18 Jan 1995

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Lansink, Clive, 1956-

Reference: OHInt-0330-12

Description: Clive Lansink was born in New Plymouth in 1956. Backgrounds family's settlement in Auckland due to blindness of his sister and himself, and first experience with the Foundation for the Blind attending Sunrise Home, a preschool facility. Outlines status as a weekender boarding at Sunrise, the Foundation School and later Homai College. Names Nathan House in Parnell and recollects boarding there. Discusses Homai College, its affiliation and mainstreaming with Manurewa High School and principals Theo Thomas and Tom Rogerson. Remembers passing bursary examinations 1973 and studying electrical engineering at Auckland University. Outlines problems faced studying at university, and graduation 1976. Recalls first job at Auckland Industrial Development Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). Mentions Alf Melville. Outlines further study through a Rotary Scholarship in United States 1978. Discusses work in nightclubs as a musician. Recounts computerisation of the Foundation of the Blind 1984 and becoming their computer manager the following year. Details development of programmes and equipment for blind people. Mentions Pulsedata and Keynote technologies. Discusses advances in available technology and changes in access to information. Depicts problems with graphical user interfaces such as Windows. Backgrounds involvement with the New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind from 1977. Discusses the Royal Commission on Social Policy, the Foundation's Jaffe report and changes in policy and direction, and the Pearson Fund. Details role as New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind President 1987-1991. Talks about Doug Johnston and Don McKenzie. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3268. Search dates: 1995

Date: 10 Jul 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Liddington, Laurel Dorothy, 1927-2002

Reference: OHInt-0330-15

Description: Laurel Mutimer was born in Wanganui in 1927. Talks about her family, and enrolment in Institute for the Blind school in Auckland aged five. Recalls impressions of the school, the routines, students including her sister, teachers, food, exercise programmes, brownie and girl guide groups, disciplinary measures, segregation of the sexes, dances and various lessons. Mentions brief time in workshops and the products made. Outlines wage scale and pensions. Talks in detail about the Foundation library collections and the workings of the telephone exchange. Mentions Braille catalogue system. Shares memories of Clutha Mackenzie and Joe Broadfoot. Mentions marriage to Terry Small in 1949. Tells of the workshop committee and welfare committee, predecessors of the Dominion Association of the Blind. Depicts the restrictions on a boarder with the Foundation. Outlines marriage, time spent in Wellington, contact with the Association and return to Auckland. Talks about relationship and attitude between the Foundation and Association. Mentions Terry Small's Association presidency 1963 to 1967 and 1976 to 1983. Recounts opening of Association Branch at Wanganui and later the Centre for the Blind. Details involvement with Auckland 1YA Radio and Focus magazine. Gives impressions of Wally Christiansen and Jim May. Talks in detail about money management and the Blind Invalid's Benefit 1958. Mentions Bruce Kibblewhite. Tells of marriage to Les Liddington 1976. Discusses issues faced raising sighted and non-sighted children. Talks about house fire due to Guy Fawkes sky rocket. Illustrates social scene in Wanganui. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009795, OHLC-004960 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3272.

Date: 20 Oct 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Morris, Thomas, 1912-

Reference: OHInt-0330-20

Description: Thomas Morris was born in Rangitaiki in 1912. Details limited education in a sighted school and registering with the Jubilee Institute in 1924. Talks about new director, Clutha Mackenzie, a former Minister of Parliament who succeeded Charles Frayling. Discusses Eric Frayling. Names Institute Board of Trustees chairman H.E. Vale, replaced by A.J. Hutchinson in 1928. Discusses the Jubilee School, learning Braille, boarding at the Foundation, school routines, staff, meals and outings. Mentions school bell that came from Governor General John Jellicoe's warship the Iron Duke. Recounts different housemasters including Bob Byres, Mr Watford, George Pilgrim and Harry Wayne. Recalls beginning work in the Foundation workshops around 1932. Lists different products manufactured and other Foundation industries for blind workers. States he worked there for forty five years. Talks about Wally Christiansen. Discusses the procession of matrons including Mrs Whellan, ex matron of Mt. Eden prison. Outlines the division between staff and residents. Mentions permissions process to get married. Details the arrest of Clutha MacKenzie in 1938 on indecent assault charges, the Supreme Court trial and his leaving the Institute. Mentions Tom Sneddon, the arresting detective. Discusses other directors Joe Broadfoot and Wally Christiansen in detail. Talks about Jim May. Talks about Morton Aldis and his article 'Betrayal of the Blind', 1932. Discusses the formation of the Dominion Association of the Blind in 1945. Outlines decision not to join the Association and the gradual improvements in working conditions in the workshops under Wally Christiansen. Details the 1931 strike by basket workers. Talks about involvement in the Blind Band and fellow musicians Alan Morton, Julian Lee, Bob Martin, Stewart Gordon and Joe Papish. Talks about his wife Blanch McKenzie who worked in the library with Gladys White. Outlines life after retirement in 1975. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009802 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3277.

Date: 04 Jul 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: McKenzie, Donald Mitchell, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0330-17

Description: Don McKenzie was born in Hastings in 1940. Recalls registration with the New Zealand Institute for the Blind in 1945 and family's relocation to Auckland. Talks about school experience at Institute School, including pupils, routines, staff, food, recreation time and restricted movement outside school grounds. Outlines expectations to learn to read and write Braille, arithmetic, handcraft skills and touch-typing. Recalls lack of emphasis on social skills or development. Discusses authoritarianism of Institute life. Details mainstream education at Auckland Grammar School and mentions teachers Bruce Kibblewhite and Ruth Harris. Tells of lack of Braille resources for university curriculum, lack of academic guidance, vocational training or Foundation support. Outlines training as physiotherapist in London at the Royal National Institute for the Blind School of Physiotherapy. Mentions international pool of students from Commonwealth countries. Recounts working career at Auckland hospital, Middlemore hospital and private practice in Papakura. Recalls first impressions of the Dominion Association of the Blind and joining on his sixteenth birthday. Remembers Cyril White advocating participation. Mentions 'them and us' mentality of the Foundation. Outlines areas of concern of the Association including pension issues, workshop conditions and an unbalanced Foundation Board of Trustees. Talks about Wally Christiansen. Recounts Cyril White's involvement with the World Blind Charter of 1969 from the International Federation of the Blind. Mentions position as chairman of the Foundation Board of Trustees 1980 to 1992. Discusses Geoff Gibbs replacing Wally Christiansen in 1977, Jim May, the Queen Street march the following year, staffing problems in the Foundation library, funding issues and changes within the Foundation towards a rehabilitation focus. Talks about relationship between the two organisations in the present day. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009797, OHC-009798, OHLC-004962, OHLC-004963 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3274.

Date: 09 Jul 1994

From: New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind 50th Anniversary Oral History Project

By: Shortt, John Hamilton, 1916-2014

Reference: OHInt-0330-26

Description: John Shortt was born in Palmerston North, in 1916. Describes accident with stray Territorial Army shell in 1927 that left him blind. Talks about enrolment in the Jubilee School for the Blind in 1928. Discusses the school, boarding facilities, daily routines, school work, his teacher Mary Law, Braille learning, after school activities, discipline and holiday excursions. Talks about Clutha Mackenzie and the housemaster Mr Byers. Outlines life in Pearson House, the male boarding house and employment in the Foundation workshops until his marriage in 1940. Discusses living conditions, workshop conditions, gender segregation, restrictions on socialisation between staff and residents and food complaints. Talks about the allegations brought against Clutha Mackenzie and his replacement Joe Broadfoot. Mentions time spent in the copying division writing Braille books. Talks about Jim McGuire, the Blind Welfare Committee and the Dominion Association of the Blind formed in 1945. Mentions Bill Findlay, Albert Williams and Lionel Voice. Outlines problems finding work outside the Foundation workshops and the abolition of means testing in 1958. Discusses Wally Christiansen, Foundation advisory committees, Jim May, Association conferences and regional branches, social groups, position as welfare officer, Cyril White, the Board of Trustees, Don McKenzie, the Talking Book Service and membership numbers. Mentions transfer to Palmerston North in 1947 as an annual collector for the Foundation. Interviewer(s) - Greg Newbold Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009809, OHC-009810, OHLC-004967, OHLC-004968 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3283.

Date: 15 Feb 2001

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Rickard, Lisa Hazel, 1912-2014

Reference: OHInt-0593/41

Description: Lisa Rickard was born in India in 1912 to missionary parents. Relates that she and her family arrived in New Zealand in 1947 from England, and describes the NZ Army huts at Mangaroa in which they lived. Relates that her father joined them from Sweden and gives advice for living with elderly parents. Talks of their pet magpie and possum. Recalls Mr Benton, a teacher at Mangaroa School, travelling by railcar. Describes taking her class to swim in the Hutt River, pets' day, being threatened by a mother of one of her pupils, understanding accents. Talks of children of various backgrounds whom she taught at Woodstock School, India. Recalls work for the local people organised by her father at the Mission, especially gardening and explains the watering system, mentions the quality of the drinking water and the wells. Talks of the orphanage run by her mother, clothing the children, Christmas presents, bracelets, cleaning floors, slates and pencils, food. Mentions weddings. Describes travelling in a bullock cart. Recalls beginning her boarding school life. Relates the value of prayer in her life. Discusses various denominations, types of communion services, Catholic marriages. Mentions the Rev. Robert Te Whare. Talks of walking to church, mentions the makes of their cars. Recalls settling in England, her husband's work and her attitude to war. Mentions relatives in Sweden and England, speaking Indian and Swedish languages. Interviewer(s) - Elaine Bolitho Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009295, OHC-009296 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1.25 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3004, OHDL-000959. Portrait photograph taken at time of interview Search dates: 1947 - 2001

Date: 20 Oct 1998

From: Relative childhoods oral history project

By: Walton, Helen Mary, 1915-2011

Reference: OHInt-0433-03

Description: Recalls growing up in Waimate and gives details of family and social life. Describes boarding school life at Craighead. Talks about being more interested in sport and socialising than academic achievement. Describes going to secretarial college in Christchurch, meeting Ken Walton and becoming part of their family. Recalls working at Canterbury Frozen Meat Company and going flatting. Mentions marriage in 1942. Interviewer(s) - Hilary Stace Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006958 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1738.

Date: 9-10 May 1997

By: O'Regan, Catherine Lily, 1914-2002

Reference: OHColl-0465/1

Description: Catherine O'Regan was born in Wellington on 6 Apr 1914. Gives details of her family background including Irish ancestry on her mother's side. Recalls visiting her grandmother on the West Coast. Describes growing up in Island Bay with her mother, father and stepbrothers and stepsister. Describes her father's work building bridges. Recalls attending primary school at St Madeleine Sophie. Describes in detail attending Sacre Coeur (later Erskine College) where she was a boarder. Discusses attitudes towards Catholicism. Talks about working at Land and Income Tax and doing most of a Bachelor of Commerce at Victoria University before training to become a teacher. Discusses social life and entertainment including going to the pictures and balls. Describes meeting Barry O'Regan, their courtship and wedding. Recalls the Depression and World War II. Describes the birth of her children, their childhood and education. Discusses Barry O'Regan's partnership in the law firm Bell O'Regan and Dunphy and his becoming a High Court judge. Talks about her daughter Mary O'Regan and sister in law Pauline O'Regan, who is a nun. Comments on becoming Lady O'Regan. Describes nursing her husband. Interviewer(s) - Mary Varnham Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007166 - OHC-007170 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1766. Photograph of Cassie O'Regan on front of abstract

Date: 22 Jun 1999

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Dyson, Marjorie Addems, 1912-2010

Reference: OHInt-0427-20

Description: Marjorie Dyson (nee Addems) born Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Recalls childhood and schooling at Ackworth boarding school, near Pontefract, Yorkshire from the age of 8 years. Discusses career in massage and physiotherapy; marriage in 1933 to school teacher, Howard Dyson and time in Ramallah in a school run by Arab, Kahl Totah, describing discipline and punishment. Recalls visit to Hiafa, commune of Jewish people. Mentions rheumatic fever and three months in hospital in Jerusalem. Returned to work at Ackworth and discusses impact of World War II on school, with reference to ration books. Recalls journey to New Zealand in 1947 and impressions of Friend's School, Wanganui. Mentions headmaster, Arthur Douglas who retired and husband, Howard, becoming headmaster. Discusses Quakerism. Gives number of Friends in New Zealand in 1947 as 200. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Penelope Dunkley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007442-007443 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1879, OHDL-000808. Photocopies of four photographs: (i) Howard and Marjorie Dyson; (ii) Friends' School Wanganui; (iii) Flounders Institute, Ackworth and (iv) West Wing - Ackworth School