MOTAT oral history interview with Don Kingston

Object detail

Accession number

10-0255

Maker

Don Kingston
Megan Hutching

Description

Oral history interview with Don Kingston about his work as an operator in manual telephone exchanges in Matakana, Paparoa and Kerikeri. Covers training, routine of connecting telephone calls, toll calls, sending and receiving telegrams, difference between party and private telephone lines.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic
Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Physical description

1 sound disc (ca. 68 minutes) : digital

Credit line

Don Kingston et al. 12 Mar 2010. MOTAT oral history interview with Don Kingston, 10-0255. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

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Classification

Disk, Optical Videodisc, Digital Tools & Equipment for Communication Data Processing T&E Data Processing Media

Production place

Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Interviews Kingston, Don Anecdotes New Zealand Telephone stations Anecdotes Social life and customs New Zealand Anecdotes Telephone switchboards Anecdotes Telephone answering and recording apparatus Anecdotes Morse code Anecdotes Employees New Zealand Post Office Anecdotes Telephone operators Sound recording and reproducing

Collection type

Audio Visual Walsh Memorial Library

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