Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Edna Giesy discusses how her family settled in Montana in the late 1800s and started ranching. She tells stories about about her uncles, aunts, and mother growing up and getting married. Giesy speaks about the Birch Creek School, which both she and her mother attended, and the social programs that were hosted there. She also discusses her family’s move to Corvallis in 1914 and how that move unintentionally launched them into the hotel business.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Bitterroot Valley, Montana; Birch Creek School; Ravalli County, Montana; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; Brooks Hotel; Corvallis, Montana
Original Date
2-17-1978
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project, OH 120, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 120-006b
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.) analog + 1 transcript (4 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:10:13 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_006_b.mp3; OH_120_006_b.pdf
Citation
Giesy, Edna, "Edna Brooks Giesy Interview, February 17, 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 21.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/21