Interviewer
Steve Waldron
Files
Description
Elizabeth "Libby" Kuntz discusses her stepfather, Francis Bardanouve’s marriage to her mother, Venus, in 1967. She recalls moving from Helena, Montana, to Harlem, Montana, at the age of 16 to live on the Bardanouve ranch, and discusses Bardanouve’s personality and her relationship with him. She describes his image in Harlem, and his interactions with her son and other children. She recounts Bardanouve’s close relationship with his mother, Alice Bardanouve, and mentions her own relationship with Alice Bardanouve. Interviewer Steve Waldron recounts a conversation he had with Venus Bardanouve about Francis Bardanouve’s views on church and religion, his personality at home and in the legislature, his generosity, the effect of his cleft palate on his life, and his friendship with Clayton Zander and the Zander family. Waldron discusses his own perceptions of Francis Bardanouve’s generosity, kindness, and intentionality as well as Bardanouve’s feelings for his wife, Venus, and his interactions with children.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Harlem, Montana; Cleft palate; Clayton Zander; Zander family; Alice Bardanouve; Francis Bardanouve
Original Date
4-30-1983
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Francis Bardanouve Oral History Project, OH 113, 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 113-005
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (14 p.: 28 cm.)]
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:43:41 minutes
Local Filename
OH_113_005.mp3; OH_113_005.pdf
Citation
Kuntz, Elizabeth, "Elizabeth "Libby" Kuntz Interview, April 30, 1983" (1983). Francis Bardanouve Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/francisbardanouve_interviews/1