Stockton Centre oral history interviews, conducted by Sue Andersen and Laila Ellmoos, 25-28 March 2010

MLOH 877

fonds

25-28 March 2010

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

9621160

Sound Recording : Available online with associated transcript (applies to Items 3-5)

9 sound discs (8 hrs, 52 min.) - digital - + 5 printed transcripts

Sue Andersen is a public historian who was commissioned by Ageing, Disability and Home Care NSW to record oral histories as part of a project to commemorate the centenary of the Stockton Centre in 2010.

The Stockton Centre is located in suburban Newcastle, New South Wales. It was first established as a mental hospital in 1910 and was gazetted as Stockton Mental Hospital in 1923. It has functioned as an institution for a wide range of people including elderly women, 'refractory girls', women with a mental illness, and men, women and children with an intellectual disability. At its peak in 1961 there were 1240 patients, ranging in age from six to 96 years old, living at Stockton Hospital. By 2010, following the introduction of a policy of deinstitutionalisation of people with intellectual disabilities, the Stockton Centre (renamed in 1989) had 413 residents.

Reference:
Beneath the pines : a history of the Stockton Centre / Laila Ellmoos. Sydney : Ageing, Disability and Home Care, 2010

For preservation and access, the original oral history CD masters were converted to WAV files, and the hardcopy transcripts to PDF files, in 2019. Original material has been retained

This collection comprises five oral history interviews, with accompanying transcripts, which document the experiences of people who have been associated with the Stockton Centre, previously called Stockton Mental Hospital. Interviewees include current and former staff, former residents and their relatives.

ITEM 1
Dorothy Harrington interview by Sue Andersen, 25 March 2010

ITEM 2
Bessie Knox interview by Sue Andersen, 26 March 2010

ITEM 3
John Chipperfield and Bessie Knox interview by Sue Andersen, 27 March 2010

ITEM 4
Val Forbes, Denise Leask, Betty Miller, Lola O'Doherty and Beryl Frost interview by Sue Andersen and Laila Ellmoos, 27 March 2010

ITEM 5
Rosalie Bragg and Joy Lewis interview by Sue Andersen and Laila Ellmoos, 28 March 2010

Partly restricted: Applies to Items 1 and 2

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Excerpts from the interviews are quoted in Beneath the pines : a history of the Stockton Centre / Laila Ellmoos. Sydney : Ageing, Disability and Home Care, 2010