Interviewer
Bob Brown
Files
Description
Mae Nan Ellingson discusses her early life and work at her family’s drive-in restaurant in Texas. Mae Nan talks about her interest in history and political science that began in high school in Texas. While attending junior college she met her future husband. In 1967 she transferred to the University of Montana. In 1968 she and her husband moved to Alaska for his job as a helicopter pilot until he died in an accident. Afterwards Mae Nan went back to Montana and finished her degree in history and then continued on to earn her master’s degree. She became interested in Montana government and wrote her master’s thesis on the 1971 legislative session. This interest in state government continued through her election and work as a Republican delegate to the Montana Constitutional Convention in 1972, and she recalls the convention and her thoughts on the other delegates who served with her.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
7-25-2022
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 396-087
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:39:32 minutes
Local Filename
OH_396_087.mp3; OH_396_087.pdf
Citation
Ellingson, Mae Nan, "Mae Nan Ellingson Interview, July 25, 2022" (2022). Bob Brown Oral History Project. OH 396-087.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/brown/85