Interviewer
Claire Rhein
Files
Description
Montana state legislator Daniel Kemmis reflects on the 1979 Montana legislative session. He discusses what committees he sat on—Judiciary, Water, Local Government, and Education—as well as the legislation that was passed in those fields including a bill to expand the size of the Montana Supreme Court and a bill to set up a state-wide system of water adjudication. He also mentions the legislature’s focus on funding for the University of Montana and its eradication of the requirement that local school teachers have some training in Indian studies. Kemmis reflects on the struggle to pass bills in a Republican-controlled Senate and how the legislators dealt with more than 1,400 bills during the 90-day session. He briefly discusses interim committees, and his efforts to stay as involved as he can in the Missoula community in order to remain an effective legislator.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Montana State Legislature; Montana state legislators; Montana politicians; Montana University System funding; Indian Studies Program, Montana; Montana special education; Interim committees
Original Date
5-2-1979
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Daniel Kemmis Interviews Oral History Project, OH 036, 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 036-004, 005
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:41:39 minutes
Local Filename
OH_036_004_005.mp3; OH_036_004_005.pdf
Citation
Kemmis, Daniel, "Daniel Kemmis Interview, May 2, 1979" (1979). Daniel Kemmis Interviews Oral History Project. 4.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/danielkemmis_oralhistory/4