Elsie Moss interviewed by Kay Lawrence in the Parliament House embroiderers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4833880
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Moss, Elsie, 1923-2018, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2010
- 2 sound files (ca. 114 min.)
- Series:
- Parliament House embroiderers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Elsie Moss speaks about her place and date of birth; her parents; her siblings; her childhood and schooling; leaving school at fourteen to start work despite winning a scholarship to attend college; her father's work; their house in Leeds; her interest in history at primary school; her aspirations and success at school; her father's education; her first job as a junior cashier; limited job opportunities for women despite the war; her employment during the war; how she met her future husband and his war service; educating herself through reading; her winter wedding; leaving for Ghana in April (1969); her life in Ghana; working part-time; living conditions and the availability of water; learning embroidery at primary school; sewing clothes as a necessity; teaching herself embroidery when she was working; teaching embroidery to juniors at work; embroidering in Ghana and local textile traditions; her arrival in Adelaide; her husband's work in Ghana; the trip to Australia by cargo boat; settling in Blackwood; her husband’s qualities; managing the church accounts until age 80; joining the South Australian Embroiderers Guild, her activities in the Guild; the Embroiderers Guild four year certificate course.
Moss talks about her involvement in the Law Courts Coat of Arms Embroidery commission; working on the Migration Museum Banner project; sewing for St Vincent de Paul in her parish; the influence of her parents; her relationship with her brother; moving into retirement accommodation in the early (1980s); learning woodcarving after her husband's death; her involvement with the Parliament House Embroidery; developing the interpretation for the image 'summer' for the South Australian section; Jo Fuller; embroidering the panel; collaborative embroidery; the process of interpreting the design and embroidering the panels; tracing the design onto the linen; Meg Douglas; Peg Saddler; Jean Lange; her feelings on seeing the completed embroidery in May (1988); adapting designs for her own use; her interest in hand embroidery; embroidering Christmas decorations for the Guild; her reasons for volunteering; maintaining contact with her family; tracing her parents family histories; living in Australia and the future; her personal qualities.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 20 and 25 April 2010 at Blackwood, S. Aust.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lawrence, Kay, 1947-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Parliament House embroiderers oral history project.
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- 2010
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