- Bib ID:
- 4329191
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Williams, Kevin, 1925-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 3 sound files (ca. 175 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Kevin Williams is a maker of violins and other musical instruments. He talks about his early life in Broken Hill; the Depression in the 1930's; unionism; his apprenticeship and its associated traditions; his instrument making; his use of Australian timbers; handmaking tools and other aspects of the craft.
- Notes:
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- Summary accompanied by photographs.
- Recorded with John Harpley.
- Recorded on February 13, 2008 at Wooragee, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Related Material:
- Related video recording with Kevin Williams: located at; National Library of Australia Oral History & Indigenous Programs collection at ORAL TRC 6936/95.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.)
- Subject:
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- Occupation:
- Musical instrument makers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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