Roger Dunsmore Interview, June 9, 2021

Interviewee

Roger Dunsmore

Interviewer

Sean Cleary

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Description

In this interview, Roger Dunsmore reflects on his relationship with Henry Bugbee. He discusses first meeting Bugbee at Penn State University as a graduate student taking Bugbee’s philosophy courses. Although Dunsmore talks about being turned off by religion, he was intrigued by Bugbee’s courses in religious philosophy, oriental thought, and modern religious thought. After earning his master’s, Dunsmore came to the University of Montana to teach in the Philosophy Department alongside Bugbee. Dunsmore discusses becoming intrigued with American Indians and later teaching American Indian literature. Bugbee’s book titled, The Inward Morning, is a major theme in the interview, and Dunsmore talks about how his own interests in writing poetry and writing about the wilderness did not happen until after he met Bugbee. Dunsmore says, however, that he never shared Bugbee’s love of fly-fishing. And finally, Dunsmore reads a poem, “Mountain Ash,” he wrote about Bugbee after he died.

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Document Type

Oral History

Original Date

6-9-2021

Time Period

Twentieth century; Twenty-first century

Geographic Coverage

Montana

Language

eng

Original Collection

Henry Bugbee Oral History Project OH-480, 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 480-003

Media Type

Sound; Text

Original Format

audio/mp3; application/pdf

Digital Format

audio/mp3; application/pdf

Run Time

01:08:28 minutes

Local Filename

OH_480_003_audio_use.mp3; OH_480_003_transcript.pdf

Roger Dunsmore Interview, June 9, 2021

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