Gertrude (Jean) Williams interviewed by Jennifer Gall [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 349772
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Williams, Jean (Gertrude Jean), 1909-1999, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1989
- 9 tape reels (ca. 302 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono ; 7 in.
- Summary:
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Jean Williams describes her experiences as a foreigner living in Japan over a 50 year period, prior to and following World War II. She speaks of life in Kobe; western influences on Japanese society; class distinctions; attitudes to historic preservation; Kobe Women's Club; the Kobe Club; pattern of life; moss gardens; hiking; Japanese countryside; charcoal burners; godowns; geisha; Mr Griffiths, a family friend; Christianity; persecutions; disease; hospital conditions; Harold S. Williams; his student days; entering insurance business; marriage; travel to Japan as a couple; getting used to Japanese culture; Japanese cleaning days; evacuation in 1940; Cowra breakout; 1923 Yokohama earthquake; years in Melbourne 1940-49; Australia's threat of invasion by Japanese; rebuilding book collection after war; visits to Japanese libraries; husband's research projects and writing; her interest in netsuki; husband's work for the War Crimes Tribunal.
- Notes:
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- Gertrude (Jean) Williams, foreign resident in Japan, prior to and following World War II.
- Recorded in Bendigo, Victoria on 25-26 May 1989.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-200321935
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 129 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gall, Jennifer, 1959-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2059 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1989
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