Interviewer
unknown
Files
Description
Fred Cormier identifies people, buildings, and locations in old photographs from Frenchtown, Montana, where he grew up in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He discusses the lumber, farming, and milling industries—specifically history of the Cormier and Glaude sawmill—as well as the changing environment of the Frenchtown and his family life growing up. Cormier talks about the death of his sister Sabrina in 1918, inheriting the Cormier family farm, and losing the farm in 1927. He also discusses moving around looking for work during the Great Depression.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Frenchtown, Montana; Sawmills, Frenchtown, Montana; Cormier and Glaude sawmill; Bourchard family; Cormier family; Lebert family; Ross and Donlan sawmill; Six Mile Canyon; Milling; Great Depression, 1929-1939
Original Date
1976
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Frenchtown Historical Society Oral History Project, OH 047, 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 047-023b
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (11 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:20:38 minutes
Local Filename
OH_047_023b.mp3; OH_047_023b.pdf
Citation
Cormier, Fred, "Fred Cormier Interview, circa 1975-1976" (1976). Frenchtown Historical Society Oral History Project. 20.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/frenchtown_oralhistory/20