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Home > Mansfield Library > Archives and Special Collections > Oral Histories > Nurses in Montana Oral History Project

Nurses in Montana Oral History Project

 

This collection includes interviews detailing the activities, training, and work of active and retired nurses in Montana. The interviews were conducted between 1991 and 1993 by Gladys Peterson. The interviewees discuss their nurses training, working in hospitals throughout Montana, their general view of nursing, and the changes that occurred in the profession from the 1920s to the 1980s. The original interviews are held as Oral History collection OH 259 at Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula.

This collection includes 16 interviews.

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  • Billie Bernice King Ridell Interview, June 21, 1991 by Billie Bernice King Ridell

    Billie Bernice King Ridell Interview, June 21, 1991

    Billie Bernice King Ridell

    Interview with Billie Bernice King Ridell.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

    When this interview was conducted, the interviewee requested to remain anonymous in the transcript and audio. Archives and Special Collections has chosen to lift this restriction now that the interviewee is deceased.

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  • Dawn Thatcher Interview, July 9, 1991 by Dawn Thatcher

    Dawn Thatcher Interview, July 9, 1991

    Dawn Thatcher

    Dawn Thatcher reminisces about her family’s history and growing up during the Great Depression. She describes her nurse training during World War Two including the graduation requirements. Thatcher discusses her experiences with patients. She talks about the discovery of penicillin and its use by nurses ... Read More

  • Della Johnson Swartz Interview, February 3, 1992 by Della Johnson Swartz

    Della Johnson Swartz Interview, February 3, 1992

    Della Johnson Swartz

    Interview with Della Johnson Swartz.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • E. Doris Tayer Interview, June 27, 1991 by E. Doris Tayer

    E. Doris Tayer Interview, June 27, 1991

    E. Doris Tayer

    Interview with E. Doris Tayer.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Elaine B. Williams Interview, July 25, 1991 by Elaine B. Williams

    Elaine B. Williams Interview, July 25, 1991

    Elaine B. Williams

    Interview with Elaine B. Williams.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Ethel M. Reed and Deanna Noonan Interview, July 16, 1991 by Ethel M. Reed and Deanna Noonan

    Ethel M. Reed and Deanna Noonan Interview, July 16, 1991

    Ethel M. Reed and Deanna Noonan

    Ethel Reed recalls growing up while moving throughout western Montana in the 1920s and 30s. She discusses her decision to become a nurse and her training at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington. She talks about her nursing work in Kalispell, Montana before she served as ... Read More

  • Lillian LaCroix Interview, June 2, 1993 by Lillian LaCroix

    Lillian LaCroix Interview, June 2, 1993

    Lillian LaCroix

    Lillian LaCroix describes her family history and childhood. She talks about nursing practices and common medicines used during the Great Depression. LaCroix discusses the expenses associated with her nursing training in Havre, Montana. She recalls her service as an Army nurse during World War Two. ... Read More

  • Lora Jean Simmons Interview, April 11, 1990; April 18, 1990 by Lora Jean Simmons

    Lora Jean Simmons Interview, April 11, 1990; April 18, 1990

    Lora Jean Simmons

    Interview with Lora Jean Simmons.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Lora Jean Simmons Interview, April 18, 1990 by Lora Jean Simmons

    Lora Jean Simmons Interview, April 18, 1990

    Lora Jean Simmons

    Interview with Lora Jean Simmons.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Lora Jean Simmons Interview, April 4, 1990 by Lora Jean Simmons

    Lora Jean Simmons Interview, April 4, 1990

    Lora Jean Simmons

    Interview with Lora Jean Simmons.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Lora Jean Simmons Interview, March 21, 1990; April 4, 1990 by Lora Jean Simmons

    Lora Jean Simmons Interview, March 21, 1990; April 4, 1990

    Lora Jean Simmons

    Interview with Lora Jean Simmons.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Loretta Cyr Smith Interview, April 25, 1991 by Loretta Cyr Smith

    Loretta Cyr Smith Interview, April 25, 1991

    Loretta Cyr Smith

    Interview with Loretta Cyr Smith.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Patsy Genger Barrett Interview, May 3, 1991 by Patsy Genger Barrett

    Patsy Genger Barrett Interview, May 3, 1991

    Patsy Genger Barrett

    Interview with Patsy Genger Barrett.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Pearl E. Robbins Interview, January 23, 1992 by Pearl E. Robbins

    Pearl E. Robbins Interview, January 23, 1992

    Pearl E. Robbins

    Interview with Pearl E. Robbins.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Ruth A. Halland Interview, February 11, 1992 by Ruth A. Halland

    Ruth A. Halland Interview, February 11, 1992

    Ruth A. Halland

    Interview with Ruth A. Halland.

    This interview hasn't been transcribed yet.

  • Ruth Halland Interview, February 20, 1992 by Ruth Halland

    Ruth Halland Interview, February 20, 1992

    Ruth Halland

    Ruth Halland recalls her experiences as a nurse during the 1930s-1960s. She describes getting her certification as a nurse during the late 1920s, then going back to school in the 1960s at Montana State University Billings, and later Bozeman, in an effort to obtain her ... Read More

 
 
 

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