Interviewer
Helen Bresler
Files
Description
Elizabeth Christy discusses growing up in Butte, Montana, during the Great Depression. She describes the mining culture, Butte nightlife, the Columbia Gardens, and the Ringling Brothers Circus. She also reminisces about running a grocery store with her husband, Matt Christy, on the corner of Granite Street and Crystal Street. Elizabeth Christy describes her adult social life, changing fashions, her grandfather’s role in building the Greenough House in Missoula, Montana, and her grandmother.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Butte, Montana; Mining town; Great Depression; Columbia Gardens, Ringling Brothers Circus; Greenough Hose; Missoula, Montana
Original Date
5-13-1980
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 098-007, OH 098-008
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (26 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:35:18 minutes
Local Filename
OH_098_007_008.mp3; OH_098_007_008.pdf
Citation
Christy, Elizabeth, "Elizabeth Christy Interview, May 13, 1980" (1980). Butte Oral History Project. 3.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/butte_oralhistory/3