MOTAT oral history interview with Jan Cartmell

Object detail

Accession number

10-0420

Maker

Jan Cartmell
Megan Hutching

Description

Oral history interview with Jan Cartmell about her work as a manual telephone exchange operator working at the Silverdale, Warkworth and Masterton telephone exchanges. Interview covers training, shifts, use of the switchboard by operators, calculation of the cost of toll calls and work for international directory service.

Media/Materials

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

Physical description

1 sound disc (ca. 59 minutes) : digital

Credit line

Jan Cartmell et al. 27 Apr 2010. MOTAT oral history interview with Jan Cartmell, 10-0420. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

My shortlist

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 Cartmell, Jan Anecdotes Employees New Zealand Post Office Anecdotes Employees New Zealand Telephone companies Anecdotes Telephone answering and recording apparatus Anecdotes Telephone switchboards Anecdotes Employees, Training of Anecdotes Clothing and dress Anecdotes New Zealand Telephone stations Anecdotes Telephone operators Sound recording and reproducing

Collection type

Audio Visual Walsh Memorial Library

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