Interviewer
Brian Spellman and Dennis Kern
Files
Description
Mildred Walker reminisces about her friendship with Montana artist Fra Dana and how their relationship during Dana’s sickness in later years. Walker notes that Dana gave her a personal journal to use as inspiration for her novels. Walker also details Dana’s love-hate relationship with Montana—how she disliked the isolation from the world and artistic community yet was inspired by the beauty of it. She also mentions Dana’s bargain with her husband that she would only live on a Montana ranch if she was allowed to go to Paris once a year. Walker also tells how Dana acquired the first name “Fra”.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Dana, Fra; Ranching, Montana; Artists, Montana; Authors, Montana; Walker, Mildred
Original Date
9-11-1986
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Artists, Authors, and Journalists Oral History Collection, 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 266-001
Media Type
Moving Image; Sound; Text
Original Format
1 VHS cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (9 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
video/mp4; application/pdf
Run Time
00:30:00 minutes
Local Filename
OH_266_001.mp4; OH_266_001.pdf
Citation
Walker, Mildred, "Mildred Walker Interview, September 11, 1986" (1986). Montana Artists, Authors, and Journalists Oral History Collection. 4.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtartistsjournalistsauthors_oralhistory/4