Interviewer
Monte Turner and Mary Staninger
Files
Description
H. Elmer Kirkemo, who came to Missoula in 1920 and got his architect license in 1924, recounts his work as a draftsman for A. J. Gibson on the Wilma building. Over his 40 years as an architect, he estimates that he built 294 buildings, including the Thornton Hospital, the Marcus Daly Hospital, the Liberal Arts and Forestry buildings on the University of Montana campus, the University Congregational Church and many others in western Montana and Idaho.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Daly family; Ole Bakke; Kirkemo, H. E. (Henry Elmer), 1894-1987 -- Interviews; Architects -- Montana -- Missoula -- Interviews.; Architecture -- Idaho -- History; Architecture -- Montana -- History; Missoula (Mont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History; Missoula (Mont.) -- History.; Hospital buildings -- Montana -- Missoula -- History -- 20th century; Gibson, A. J. (Albert John), 1862-1927; Wilma Theatre (Missoula, Mont.) -- History; Thornton Hospital (Missoula, Mont.) -- History; Marcus Daly Hospital (Hamilton, Mont.)
Original Date
9-23-1986
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Businesses 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 165-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (35 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:46:41 minutes
Local Filename
OH_165_001.mp3; OH_165_001.pdf
Citation
Kirkemo, H. Elmer, "H. Elmer Kirkemo Interview, September 23, 1986" (1986). Montana Businesses Oral History Collection. 6.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtbusinesses_oralhistory/6