Interviewer
Robert Philip?
Files
Description
Sam Maclay describes his family’s history, starting with when his ancestors emigrated from Scotland to the United States, and how they came to the Bitterroot Valley in the early 1900s to homestead. He talks about the many aspects of homesteading in the Bitterroot Valley, which required ditch digging, fence building, land clearing, and bridge building. He discusses the layout of the homestead and the surrounding areas in detail. Maclay recalls the experiences of shepherding the sheep his family owned and the various places they would go to pasture, when, and why. Maclay gives a detailed description of the creation of Rocky Mountain Laboratories and his time as an employee there, where studied ticks and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Maclay talks about his colleagues and the development of the laboratory during his time as an employee.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Rocky Mountain Laboratories [RML]; Bitterroot Valley, Montana; Mining, Montana; Homesteading, Montana; Mormon Creek ditch, Montana; Sheep herding; Vaccination development; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Tick-borne diseases; Immigration, Montana; Scottish immigrants, Montana
Original Date
9-1983
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 120-015
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (15 p.: 28 cm.)]
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:59:07 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_015.mp3; OH_120_015.pdf
Citation
Maclay, Sam, "Sam Maclay Interview, September 1983" (1983). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 41.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/41