Interviewer
Gladys Peterson
Files
Description
Glenn and Aili Carmichael discuss the history of Butte, Montana. Glenn Carmichael describes how his family came to in Montana, when he met Senator William A. Clark as a child, and how he ended up working in medicine. The couple talk about the Prohibition and the Great Depression, recalling when President Franklin Roosevelt closed the banks. Glenn Carmichael reminisces about working as a doctor during the Depression, the birthrate in Butte, and becoming the head of the Maternal and Child Health Committee for Montana. He describes the lack of obstetrics standards, how women preferred to have babies at home, and the prevalence of impetigo in hospitals. Aili Carmichael discusses the nursing standards in the 1930s, and compares them to the nursing standards of the 1980s. Both recall changing medical standards during World War Two, and starting Red Cross nursing aide training program during the war.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Great Depression (1929-1939); Prohibition (1920-1933); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Butte, Montana; Medical practices, Montana; Nursing; Maternal Child Health Committee; Pregnancy complications; Medical standards; Red Cross; World War (1939-1945)
Original Date
4-28-1987
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 131-050, 051
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (24 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:20:37 minutes
Local Filename
OH_131_050_051.mp3; OH_131_050_051.pdf
Citation
Carmichael, Glenn and Carmichael, Aili, "Glenn Carmichael and Aili Carmichael Interview, April 28, 1987" (1987). Depression Years in Montana Oral History Project. 5.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/depressioninmissoula_oralhistory/5