This collection contains interviews detailing transition from Anaconda Company-held Montana newspapers to their sale to Lee Newspapers [currently Lee Enterprises] in 1959. The interviews were conducted in 1975 by John Newhouse, a longtime reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal. The interviewees discuss working for the newspaper during the Anaconda Company’s ownership as well as Lee Newspapers’ ownership and compare the two company’s management styles. They also talk about the difference in reporting on politics and economic issues under Lee Newspapers. The original interviews are held as Oral History collection OH 465 at Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula.
This collection includes 35 interviews.
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Albert Gaskill and Duncan "Scotty" Campbell Interview, 1975
Albert Gaskill and Duncan Campbell
Albert Gaskill and Duncan “Scotty” Campbell describe working as editor and publisher respectively for the Montana Standard.
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Bernard "Bud" Longo Interview, 1975
Bernard Longo
Bud Longo describes serving as counsel for the Billings Gazette under Lee Newspapers’ ownership.
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Bill Christiansen Interview, 1975
Bill Christiansen
Bill Christiansen discusses the history of the Anaconda Company’s ownership of newspapers in Montana, and the sale of those newspapers to Lee Newspapers.
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Dick Morrison Interview, 1975
Dick Morrison
Dick Morrison discusses the history of the Anaconda Company’s ownership of newspapers in Montana, and the sale of those newspapers to Lee Newspapers.
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Duane "Doc" Bowler Interview, 1975
Duane Bowler
Doc Bowler describes the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold the Billings Gazette newspaper to Lee Newspapers.
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Duncan "Scotty" Campbell Interview, 1975
Duncan Campbell
Sam Reynolds describes the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold the Montana Standard newspaper to Lee Newspapers.
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Ed Erlandson Interview, 1975
Ed Erlandson
Ed Erlandson discusses the history of the Anaconda Company’s ownership of newspapers in Montana, and the sale of those newspapers to Lee Newspapers.
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Edward Coyle, Interview, 1975
Edward Coyle
Ed Coyle discusses the history of the Anaconda Company’s ownership of newspapers in Montana, and the sale of those newspapers to Lee Newspapers.
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Fred DeMoney and Walter Nelson Interview, 1975
Fred DeMoney and Walter Nelson
Fred DeMoney and Walter Nelson discuss the news coverage of Montana Tech in the Butte newspaper the Montana Standard.
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Gary Langley and Mike Voeller Interview, 1975
Gary Langley and Mike Voeller
Gary Langley and Mike Voeller talk about news coverage of Montana state politics when Langley worked for the Lee State Bureau and Voeller worked for the Helena Independent Record.
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George David Remington Interview, 1975
George David Remington
George Remington discusses his career as a newspaper editor and the technological and personnel changes at the Independent Record. Remington explains how in 1959 the Anaconda Mining Company sold the Independent Record to Lee Newspapers, which allowed for more credible news coverage. He talks about ... Read More
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George O'Connor Interview, 1975
George O'Connor
George O’Connor talks about the news coverage of the Montana Power Company following the sale of Montana newspapers by the Anaconda Company to Lee Newspapers.
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Harold "Hal" Seipp Interview, 1975
Harold Seipp
Hal Seipp talks about working as a newspaper reporter in Montana.
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Henry Pennypacker Interview, 1975
Henry Pennypacker
Henry Pennypacker discusses the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold the Missoulian newspaper to Lee Newspapers.
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James "Jim" Burgess Interview, 1975
James E. Burgess
Jim Burgess describes the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold its newspaper holdings to Lee Newspapers. He talks about working as the production manager for the Missoulian, then later the publisher of the Helena Independent Record.
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Jeff Gibson Interview, 1975
Jeff Gibson
Jeff Gibson describes working as the editorial page editor for the Montana Standard.
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J. (John) Strand Hilleboe Interview, 1975
John Strand Hilleboe
J. Hilleboe describes the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold the Billings Gazette newspaper to Lee Newspapers.
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John C. Harrison Interview, 1975
John C. Harrison
John Harrison discusses the history of the Anaconda Company’s ownership of newspapers in Montana, and the sale of those newspapers to Lee Newspapers.
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John Talbot Interview, 1975
John Talbot
John Talbot recalls working for Lee Newspapers in Montana as publisher of the Billings Gazette, then later for the Missoulian. He describes the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold the Missoulian newspaper to Lee Newspapers.
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John Toole Interview, 1975
John Toole
John Toole describes the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold the Missoulian newspaper to Lee Newspapers.
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K. Ross Toole Interview, 1975
K. Ross Toole
K. Ross Toole discusses the history of the Anaconda Company’s ownership of newspapers in Montana, and the sale of those newspapers to Lee Newspapers.
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Lloyd Schermer Interview 1, 1975
Lloyd Schermer
Lloyd Schermer discusses the ownership of Montana newspapers by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company [ACM] before they sold to Lee Newspapers, located in Davenport, Iowa. Schermer describes the different political editorials the Missoulian and other Lee papers in Montana wrote, and how they worked to ... Read More
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Lloyd Schermer Interview 2, 1975
Lloyd Schermer
Lloyd Schermer tells a story about how shortly after Lee Newspapers bought the Missoulian and he moved to Missoula, an earthquake occurred in Yellowstone National Park. He recalls having to prod the Missoulian reporters to make the earthquake story a top priority, which resulted in ... Read More
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Mike Voeller and Sam Gilluly Interview, 1975
Sam Gilluly and Mike Voeller
Sam Reynolds describes the transition in ownership when the Anaconda Company sold the Missoulian newspaper to Lee Newspapers. Gilluly talks about his background in newspapers, working for the Great Falls Tribune, Glasgow Courier, and Missoulian. Voeller discusses working for the Helena Independent Record. They also ... Read More
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Mike Voeller Interview, 1975
Mike Voeller
Mike Voeller talks about the battle over sales tax in Montana during the 1970s and the newspaper coverage of it.