Siobhan McHugh oral history interviews and papers relating to her book Cottoning On, Stories of Australian Cotton-growing

MLOH 461
MLMSS 8533

fonds

1990-1996

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records

420843

Digitised

5 audiocassettes (5 hr., 47 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape
2 audiotape reels (54 min.) - 18 cm, 6 mm tape
0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes)

Siobhan McHugh conducted these interviews while researching the book 'Cottoning On'. The book is about the development of the cotton industry in New South Wales and the changes it has brought to the community and the landscape. It investigates, in particular, the effects of pesticides and cotton growing on the environment.

MLOH 461
Item 1: Harvey Baker oral history interview by Siobhan McHugh
Item 2: Pearl Davern oral history interview by Siobhan McHugh
Item 3: Kate Short oral history interview by Siobhan McHugh
Item 4: Marg Mercer and Jan Douglas oral history interview by Siobhan McHugh
Item 5: Roger Toffolon oral history interview by Siobhan McHugh
Item 6: Paul Kahl oral history interview by Siobhan McHugh

MLMSS 8533
Manuscript drafts of selected chapters, with annotations; letters from Gunnedah residents relating to the effect of spray drift on health; notes, newsclippings and ephemera relating to the book 'Cottoning On: Stories of Australian Cotton-growing'; and slides produced by the Australian Cotton Foundation, entitled 'Natural Threads'.

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

These interviews were collected while researching for the book 'Cottoning On: Stories of Australian Cotton-growing' by Siobhan McHugh (Hale & Iremonger, 1996).

The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017 of the Library's oral history collections.