Interviewer
Bob Brown
Files
Description
Marion Wheeler Scott, daughter of former U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, discusses her father’s career, reputation, and her family’s views of and relationships with various politicians during the time. Scott describes what it was like to grow up as the daughter of a prominent Montana politician. She talks about some of her personal experiences attending Bryn Mawr College, visiting Gary Cooper in Hollywood, working for Senator Keating of New York, meeting Senator Mike Mansfield. She also tells various stories about her father. Scott discusses Burton K. Wheeler’s pacifism and his support for peace protesters during his political career his years of service. Scott also shares some of her father’s stories he used to tell, and some notable quotes from his interactions with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Lake McDonald; Glacier National Park; Washington, D.C.; Butte, Montana; Means, Gaston; Dixon, Joseph M.; Cooper, Gary; Yankee from the West; Clark, Bennett; Pepper, Claude; Long, Huey; Erickson, John; Ayers, Roy; Roosevelt, Franklin D.; Sen. Murray, James; Roosevelt, Eleanor; Longworth, Alice Roosevelt; Hughes, Charles; Truman, Harry; Truman, Bess; Corcoran, Thomas; Robinson, Joseph; Smoot, Reed; Wallace, Henry; Lindbergh, Charles; Hauptmann, Bruno; Rankin, Wellington; Rankin, Jeannette; Mansfield, Mike; Keating, Kenneth; Vietnam War; Erickson, Leif; Ecton, Zales; Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, Robert; Johnson, Lyndon B.; Nye, Gerald p.: Borah, William; La Follette, Robert; Kennedy, Joseph
Original Date
8-8-2013
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Bob Brown Oral History Project OH-396, Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
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 396-072
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound disk (80 min.): analog + 1 transcript (27 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:53:55 minutes
Local Filename
OH_396_072.mp3; OH_396_072.pdf
Citation
Scott, Marion Wheeler, "Marion Wheeler Scott Interview, August 8, 2013" (2013). Bob Brown Oral History Project. OH 396-072.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/brown/71