Interviewer
Diann Wiesner
Files
Description
Lucille Speer describes serving as a delegate during the 1971-1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. She explains the non-partisan aspect of being a delegate and how delegates were seated alphabetically rather than by political party. Speer notes that the Constitutional Convention delegation had the same number of delegates as the House of Representatives had members and that the election process was the same. She mentions a number of different delegates by name and her interactions with them, including Torey Johnson of Busby, Montana, who held large barbecues for all the delegates at his ranch in Eastern Montana. Speer also explains the process by which a delegate could comment on proposed changes. She recalls the most contentious debate of the convention was about the Environmental and Natural Resources Bill.
Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Montana Constitutional Convention (1971-1972); Montana Constitution; Constitutional history; Statehood; Non-partisan constitution; Torey Johnson; Environmental and Natural Resources Bill; Louise Cross; Eastern Montana; Cattle ranches, Montana; Busby, Montana
Original Date
3-17-1981
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Lucile Speer Interviews Oral History Project, OH 046, 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 046-009
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (13 p.: 28 cm.)]
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:01:02 minutes
Local Filename
OH_046_009.mp3; OH_046_009.pdf
Citation
Speer, Lucile, "Lucile Speer Interview, March 17, 1981" (1981). Lucile Speer Interviews Oral History Project. 7.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/lucilespeer_interviews/7