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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Hazel Estelle de Berg was born on 21 March 1913 in [[Deniliquin]], New South Wales to George Robert Holland and Ann Holland (née McIntosh).<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Powell|first=Graeme|title=De Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913–1984)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/de-berg-hazel-estelle-12410|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|place=Canberra|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref> Her father was a [[Methodist minister]], whose pastoral work led to the family moving around country New South Wales during de Berg's childhood, living in [[Cessnock, New South Wales|Cessnock]]<ref name=":1">{{cite news|date=17 March 1917|title="Far West" Circuit.|page=4|newspaper=[[The Northern Times (Newcastle)|Northern Times]]|issue=135|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122208817|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Cobar, New South Wales|Cobar]]<ref name=":1" /> [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]]<ref>{{cite news|date=22 March 1923|title=METHODIST ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.|page=12|newspaper=[[Western Champion]]|issue=1,542|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113490572|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and [[Kempsey, New South Wales|Kempsey]]<ref>{{cite news|date=24 February 1926|title=TELEGRAMS.|page=4|newspaper=[[The Macleay Chronicle]]|issue=2462|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174433077|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1928 the family moved to Sydney, where de Berg enrolled at Methodist Ladies’ College, Burwood and completed her Leaving certificate in 1932.<ref name=":0" /> She then trained as a photographer and worked in a professional studio, while continuing to live at home with her parents.<ref name=":0" />
Hazel Estelle de Berg was born on 21 March 1913 in [[Deniliquin]], New South Wales to George Robert Holland and Ann Holland (née McIntosh).<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Powell|first=Graeme|title=De Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913–1984)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/de-berg-hazel-estelle-12410|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|place=Canberra|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref> Her father was a [[Methodist minister]], whose pastoral work led to the family moving around country New South Wales during de Berg's childhood, living in [[Cessnock, New South Wales|Cessnock]]<ref name=":1">{{cite news|date=17 March 1917|title="Far West" Circuit.|page=4|newspaper=[[The Northern Times (Newcastle)|Northern Times]]|issue=135|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122208817|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Cobar, New South Wales|Cobar]]<ref name=":1" /> [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]]<ref>{{cite news|date=22 March 1923|title=METHODIST ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.|page=12|newspaper=[[Western Champion]]|issue=1,542|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113490572|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and [[Kempsey, New South Wales|Kempsey]]<ref>{{cite news|date=24 February 1926|title=TELEGRAMS.|page=4|newspaper=[[The Macleay Chronicle]]|issue=2462|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174433077|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1928 the family moved to Sydney, where de Berg enrolled at [[MLC School|Methodist Ladies’ College]], Burwood and completed her [[Leaving Certificate|Leaving certificate]] in 1932.<ref name=":0" /> She then trained as a photographer and worked in a professional studio, while continuing to live at home with her parents.<ref name=":0" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
In 1957 de Berg was asked by historian [[Frank Clune]] to record a book for a blind friend.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|date=11 February 1984|title=Oral historian dies suddenly|volume=58|page=12|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|issue=17,667|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116389519|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Using a reel-to-reel tape machine she recorded [[Mary Gilmore|Dame Mary Gilmour's]] ''Old Day, Old Ways''. She subsequently recorded an interview with Dame Mary for background information.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=de Berg, Hazel Estelle|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0185b.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-28|website=The Australian Women's Register|language=en-gb}}</ref>
In 1957 de Berg was asked by historian [[Frank Clune]] to record a book for a blind friend.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|date=11 February 1984|title=Oral historian dies suddenly|volume=58|page=12|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|issue=17,667|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116389519|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Using a reel-to-reel tape machine she recorded [[Mary Gilmore|Dame Mary Gilmour's]] ''Old Day, Old Ways''. She subsequently recorded an interview with Dame Mary for background information and the recording became the first of the de Berg oral history collection, held at the [[National Library of Australia]] in Canberra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=de Berg, Hazel Estelle|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0185b.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-28|website=The Australian Women's Register|language=en-gb}}</ref>


De Berg also photographed each of her interviewees, funding her project out of her own pocket, but in 1960 was provided a Commonwealth Grant by Sir [[Harold Leslie White|Harold White]], the Federal Parliamentary Librarian and National Librarian.
At the outset de Berg worked as a volunteer. In 1960 she was offered a Commonwealth Grant.


In the 1968 New Year's Honours de Berg was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "service to the collection of archival material".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hazel Estelle de Berg|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1085328|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref>
In the 1968 New Year's Honours de Berg was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "service to the collection of archival material".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hazel Estelle de Berg|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1085328|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref>


== Personal ==
== Personal ==
De Berg converted to Judaism and in 1941 married Woolf de Berg, a [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]]-born businessman. For more than ten years she dedicated herself to raising their children.<ref name=":0" /> De Berg died at home in Sydney on 3 February 1984.<ref name=":2" /> She was survived by her two daughters and son. Her husband predeceased her in 1981.<ref name=":0" />
De Berg converted to Judaism and in 1941 married Woolf de Berg, a [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]]-born businessman. For more than ten years she dedicated herself to raising their children.<ref name=":0" /> De Berg died at home in Sydney on 3 February 1984.<ref name=":2" /> She was survived by her twin daughters and son. Her husband William predeceased her in 1981.<ref name=":0" />


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
De Berg's collection of sound tape reels of interviews with writers, historians, artists, musicians and scientists is held by the [[National Library of Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=De Berg Collection {{!}} National Library of Australia|url=https://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/de-berg-collection|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.nla.gov.au}}</ref>
De Berg's collection of sound tape reels of interviews with writers, historians, artists, musicians and scientists is held by the [[National Library of Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=De Berg Collection {{!}} National Library of Australia|url=https://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/de-berg-collection|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.nla.gov.au}}</ref> Subjects include numbers of Australian women, among them being [[Anne Summers]], [[Barbara Blackman]] who also recorded interviews, with artists in her case, [[Bronwyn Yeates]], [[Cheryl Adamson]], [[Clair Isbister]], [[Dulcie Deamer]], [[Dulcie Holland]], [[Elizabeth Durack]], [[Elizabeth Guy]], [[Elizabeth Harrower (writer)|Elizabeth Harrower]], [[Elizabeth Riddell]], [[Enid Conley]], [[Essie Coffey]], [[Esther Paterson]], [[Gwen Harwood]], [[Hesba Fay Brinsmead|H. F. Brinsmead]], [[Heather George]], [[Helen Garner]], [[Hilda Abbott]], [[Irene Greenwood]], [[Jean Skuse]], [[Jessie Scotford]], [[Jessie Street]], [[Jill Hellyer]], [[Dorothea Mackellar]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazel de Berg on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online |url=https://aso.gov.au/people/Hazel_de+Berg/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=aso.gov.au}}</ref> [[Joan Phipson]], [[Judy Cassab]], [[Oodgeroo Noonuccal|Kath Walker]], [[Kathleen O'Connor (painter)|Kathleen O'Connor]], [[Kylie Tennant]], [[Lorna Hayter]], [[Maie Casey, Baroness Casey|Maie Casey]], [[Margaret Curtis-Otter]], [[Marjorie Pizer]], [[Miriam Hyde]], [[Nancy Cato]], [[Nancy Keesing]], [[Nancy Robinson]], [[Nerida Goodman]], [[Ninette Dutton]], [[Patsy Adam-Smith]], Ruby Rich, [[Stroma Buttrose]], [[Thelma Bate]], [[Thelma Clune]], [[Vicki Viidikas]], and [[Vida Lahey]].


In 1989 a directory of her work, ''The Hazel de Berg Recordings: From the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia'', was published.<ref>{{Citation|author1=National Library of Australia|title=The Hazel de Berg recordings from the oral history collection of the National Library of Australia|publication-date=1989|publisher=National Library of Australia|isbn=978-0-642-10485-4|author2=Bowden, Tim, 1937-, (writer of introduction.)|author3=Horton, Warren, 1938-2003, (writer of foreword.)|author4=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In reviewing it, Barry York called it a "unique and invaluable oral history source" for "Australian researchers, librarians, broadcasters, teachers, students and writers."<ref>{{cite news|date=24 May 1990|title=An ear to history|volume=64|page=12 (GOOD TIMES)|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|issue=20,130|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122249086|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In 1989 a directory of her work, ''The Hazel de Berg Recordings: From the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia'', was published.<ref>{{Citation|author1=National Library of Australia|title=The Hazel de Berg recordings from the oral history collection of the National Library of Australia|publication-date=1989|publisher=National Library of Australia|isbn=978-0-642-10485-4|author2=Bowden, Tim, 1937-, (writer of introduction.)|author3=Horton, Warren, 1938-2003, (writer of foreword.)|author4=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In reviewing it, Barry York called it a "unique and invaluable oral history source" for "Australian researchers, librarians, broadcasters, teachers, students and writers."<ref>{{cite news|date=24 May 1990|title=An ear to history|volume=64|page=12 (GOOD TIMES)|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|issue=20,130|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122249086|accessdate=28 August 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The biannual Hazel de Berg Award for oral history was established in her memory by the De Berg family for Oral History Australia and was first presented in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazel de Berg Award |url=https://oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/awards-hazel-de-berg/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Oral History Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 10:18, 6 January 2023

Hazel de Berg
MBE
Born
Hazel Estelle de Berg

21 March 1913
Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
Died3 February 1984 (aged 70)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
EducationMethodist Ladies College
OccupationOral Historian
Known forInterviews with writers, historians, artist, musicians and scientists.

Hazel Estelle de Berg MBE (21 March 1913 – 3 February 1984) was a pioneer of oral history in Australia. Between 1957 and 1983 she produced 1291 hour-long sound tape reels of interviews with writers, historians, artists, musicians and scientists.

Biography

Hazel Estelle de Berg was born on 21 March 1913 in Deniliquin, New South Wales to George Robert Holland and Ann Holland (née McIntosh).[1] Her father was a Methodist minister, whose pastoral work led to the family moving around country New South Wales during de Berg's childhood, living in Cessnock[2] Cobar[2] Orange[3] and Kempsey[4] In 1928 the family moved to Sydney, where de Berg enrolled at Methodist Ladies’ College, Burwood and completed her Leaving certificate in 1932.[1] She then trained as a photographer and worked in a professional studio, while continuing to live at home with her parents.[1]

Career

In 1957 de Berg was asked by historian Frank Clune to record a book for a blind friend.[5] Using a reel-to-reel tape machine she recorded Dame Mary Gilmour's Old Day, Old Ways. She subsequently recorded an interview with Dame Mary for background information and the recording became the first of the de Berg oral history collection, held at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.[6]

De Berg also photographed each of her interviewees, funding her project out of her own pocket, but in 1960 was provided a Commonwealth Grant by Sir Harold White, the Federal Parliamentary Librarian and National Librarian.

In the 1968 New Year's Honours de Berg was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "service to the collection of archival material".[7]

Personal

De Berg converted to Judaism and in 1941 married Woolf de Berg, a Lithuanian-born businessman. For more than ten years she dedicated herself to raising their children.[1] De Berg died at home in Sydney on 3 February 1984.[5] She was survived by her twin daughters and son. Her husband William predeceased her in 1981.[1]

Legacy

De Berg's collection of sound tape reels of interviews with writers, historians, artists, musicians and scientists is held by the National Library of Australia.[8] Subjects include numbers of Australian women, among them being Anne Summers, Barbara Blackman who also recorded interviews, with artists in her case, Bronwyn Yeates, Cheryl Adamson, Clair Isbister, Dulcie Deamer, Dulcie Holland, Elizabeth Durack, Elizabeth Guy, Elizabeth Harrower, Elizabeth Riddell, Enid Conley, Essie Coffey, Esther Paterson, Gwen Harwood, H. F. Brinsmead, Heather George, Helen Garner, Hilda Abbott, Irene Greenwood, Jean Skuse, Jessie Scotford, Jessie Street, Jill Hellyer, Dorothea Mackellar,[9] Joan Phipson, Judy Cassab, Kath Walker, Kathleen O'Connor, Kylie Tennant, Lorna Hayter, Maie Casey, Margaret Curtis-Otter, Marjorie Pizer, Miriam Hyde, Nancy Cato, Nancy Keesing, Nancy Robinson, Nerida Goodman, Ninette Dutton, Patsy Adam-Smith, Ruby Rich, Stroma Buttrose, Thelma Bate, Thelma Clune, Vicki Viidikas, and Vida Lahey.

In 1989 a directory of her work, The Hazel de Berg Recordings: From the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia, was published.[10] In reviewing it, Barry York called it a "unique and invaluable oral history source" for "Australian researchers, librarians, broadcasters, teachers, students and writers."[11]

The biannual Hazel de Berg Award for oral history was established in her memory by the De Berg family for Oral History Australia and was first presented in 2006.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Powell, Graeme, "De Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913–1984)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 28 August 2020
  2. ^ a b ""Far West" Circuit". Northern Times. No. 135. New South Wales, Australia. 17 March 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 28 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "METHODIST ANNIVERSARY SERVICES". Western Champion. No. 1, 542. New South Wales, Australia. 22 March 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 28 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "TELEGRAMS". The Macleay Chronicle. No. 2462. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 28 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b "Oral historian dies suddenly". The Canberra Times. Vol. 58, no. 17, 667. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 February 1984. p. 12. Retrieved 28 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "de Berg, Hazel Estelle". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 28 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Hazel Estelle de Berg". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 28 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "De Berg Collection | National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Hazel de Berg on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". aso.gov.au. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  10. ^ National Library of Australia; Bowden, Tim, 1937-, (writer of introduction.); Horton, Warren, 1938-2003, (writer of foreword.); National Library of Australia (1989), The Hazel de Berg recordings from the oral history collection of the National Library of Australia, National Library of Australia, ISBN 978-0-642-10485-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "An ear to history". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 20, 130. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 May 1990. p. 12 (GOOD TIMES). Retrieved 28 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Hazel de Berg Award". Oral History Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

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