Interviewer
Rebecca Schaffer
Files
Download Audio Interview (53.9 MB)
Description
Valerie Smith of Bozeman, Montana, recalls growing up in Dublin with an Irish Catholic mother and an Anglo-Irish Protestant father, her experiences with boarding school, and being separated from her family. She talks about how she came to be in the United states and why she stayed.
The interviewee's full birth date has been restricted in this interview.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
10-31-2011
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana; Ireland
Language
eng
Original Collection
The Gathering: Collected Oral Histories of the Irish in Montana, OH 435, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this publication is held by the University of Montana—Missoula. For more information, please contact Archives and Special Collections at the University of Montana, Mansfield Library.
Oral History Number
OH 435-102
Media Type
Sound
Original Format
1 sound file (00:57:50): digital
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Run Time
00:57:50 minutes
Local Filename
OH_435_102.mp3
Citation
Smith, Valerie Danby, "Valerie Danby Smith Interview, October 31, 2011" (2011). The Gathering: Collected Oral Histories of the Irish in Montana. OH 435-102.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/gathering/86