Title
Helmi Hannuksela Jackson Interview, March 27, 1980
Interviewer
Mary Murphy
Files
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Description
Helmi Jackson describes her childhood in Finland and how her mother died when Helmi was only three. Jackson talks about visiting her sister in 1923 in Butte, Montana, and deciding to stay. She recalls working as a waitress in a boarding house in Butte and meeting her first husband there. She talks about taking extra work as a housemaid during the Great Depression when her husband couldn’t get a job. Jackson describes becoming a boarding house proprietor after her husband died and later remarrying.
No audio of this interview exists. The interviewer took notes and produced summary of the interview.
Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Butte, Montana; Immigration, Montana; Finnish immigrants; Boarding houses; Great Depression
Original Date
3-27-1980
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Butte Oral History Project, OH 098, 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 098-026
Media Type
Text
Original Format
1 transcript (2 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
application/pdf
Local Filename
OH_098_026.pdf
Citation
Jackson, Helmi Hannuksela, "Helmi Hannuksela Jackson Interview, March 27, 1980" (1980). Butte Oral History Project. 13.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/butte_oralhistory/13