Clark, Lourdes

Production date
20 Feb 1995
Description
Oral history recording. Lourdes (Lulu) Clark was born in the Philippines in 1945 and completed her schooling and university there. She and her husband Stanley left the country in 1979 during the rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. Lulu was secretary of the Taranaki Filipino Society and did voluntary work for the Salvation Army. She describes the differences in language, food, customs and weather between the Philippines and New Zealand. Recorded as part of the Taranaki Museum's immigration project.

Recorded: 20 February 1995
Interviewer: Joy Peckham
Abstraction: Jan Wilks
Restrictions: None.
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Object detail

Production date

20 Feb 1995

Production period

20th Century

Subject person

Lourdes Clark

Classification

oral history/(for Archives)

Collection

Oral histories-Emigration

Item list

Part 1

Research tape

Part 2

Abstract

Part 3

Master tape

Digital file

WAV format

Accession number

ARC2007-247

Collection type

My shortlist

Subject place

Phillipines Asia New Plymouth Taranaki New Zealand Polynesia Oceania North Island

Subject

Immigration

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