Cassettes containing oral histories, predominantly of women connected to Canterbury University. The initial project was set up by the Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Federation of University Women in 1989. Most interviews are conducted by Stancey Yeabsley and were recorded between 1989 - 2009.

The collection includes photographs, 1877-1903, of Sydenham collated by the Local History Group of the Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Federation of University Women as part of their research on the history of Sydenham. The collection includes two original pen and ink sketches, 1976, by Colleen O'Connor, of Sydenham houses and of some headstones in Addington Cemetery.