Oral history recordings and transcripts - Sir Zelman Cowen in conversation with Don Markwell

This series consists of a number of conversations and interviews held between Sir Zelman Cowen and Professor Don Markwell (and occasionally others) in 1996. Topics covered include Cowen’s childhood and upbringing, experiences during World War II, his family and relationships, experiences at Oxford and the teaching of Law generally, Jewish identity and experiences as the Governor-General.

Other participants in some conversations include Dr Robin Sharwood, Geoffrey Browne, David Butler, Professor John McLaren and Dr Dennis Glover.

Transcripts were also created soon after the recordings were made, and edited transcripts exist for all interviews. Not all recordings of the interviews are extant and it seems that some were sent out for review in 1996 and were never returned. A digitisation project in March 2012 created digital copies, in .mp3 and .aur formats, of those tapes present.
Project Organization Unit: Victoria University Archives, Victoria University

本系列收录了泽尔曼·科恩爵士与唐·马克韦尔教授（及偶尔受邀的其他嘉宾）于1996年开展的多场对话与访谈。访谈主题涵盖科恩的童年成长经历、第二次世界大战时期的个人经历、家庭与人际关系、牛津大学求学经历与普通法学教学、犹太身份认同，以及其担任总督（Governor-General）的履职经历。

部分对话的其他参与嘉宾包括罗宾·沙伍德博士、杰弗里·布朗、戴维·巴特勒、约翰·麦克拉伦教授以及丹尼斯·格洛弗博士。

访谈录音完成后随即制作了转录文本，所有访谈均留存有编辑完成的正式转录稿。并非所有访谈录音均得以保存，部分录音似乎在1996年送交审阅后便未被取回。2012年3月开展的数字化项目为现存的访谈磁带制作了.mp3与.aur格式的数字副本。

项目负责机构：维多利亚大学档案馆（Victoria University Archives），维多利亚大学（Victoria University）