Episode 4 Life in the Typing Pool Part 2

In this episode we hear stories about the day-to-day operations of the typing pool, the physical layout, how the work was submitted, normally via a supervisor or head typist; how it was then distributed to the typists, whose job it was to ensure quality, and how documents were returned to the initiator.  We will also learn some of the ingenious ‘tricks of the trades’ that typists used to cover up any mistakes.

We end this episode with something different, an in-studio interview with NZ writer & poet, Maggie Rainey-Smith.

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This podcast is only made possible thanks to the work of the Keystrokes Oral History Project, find out more at www.storycollective.nz/background

Funding support from the Public Services Commission (NZ) and the Ministry of Culture and Heritage (NZ). 

Soundtrack with permission and thanks from The Boston Typewriter Orchestra, find their music on bandcamp.com

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