Interviewer
Gladys Peterson
Files
Description
Cynthia Bouchard recalls how she and her husband moved to Bonner, Montana in 1924 after they were married, and how her husband got a job as a truck driver for the Anaconda Company [ACM] mill where he worked the entire time the Bouchard family resided in Bonner. Bouchard talks about her four kids who were all raised in Bonner and attended school. She mentions that none of her kids worked for the mill because they all joined the U.S. military after high school. Bouchard describes being very fortunate at the time of the Great Depression. She explains how the Anaconda Company, particularly the mill manager Mr. Lubrecht helped their employees and their families, by extending credit for groceries and rent and plowing up a community garden plot behind the mill.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Bonner, Montana; Milltown, Montana; Anaconda Copper Mining Company [ACM]; Anaconda sawmill, Montana; Lumber mills, Montana; Great Depression, 1929-1939; U.S. military; World War, 1939-1945; Vietnam War, 1955-1975; Margaret Hotel, Bonner, Montana
Original Date
10-10-1984
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Depression Years in Montana Oral History Project, OH 131, 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 131-001a
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (9 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:25:52 minutes
Local Filename
OH_131_011_a.mp3; OH_131_011_a.pdf
Citation
Bouchard, Cynthia, "Cynthia Bouchard Interview, October 10, 1984" (1984). Depression Years in Montana Oral History Project. 10.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/depressioninmissoula_oralhistory/10