Interviewer
Gladys Peterson
Files
Description
Eunice Brown discusses growing up in the Potomac Valley in Montana. She recalls her happy childhood and her early education, which was delayed by a two-year long case of rheumatic fever. She talks about going to Normal College in Dillon, Montana where she worked numerous jobs and studied to become a schoolteacher. Brown describes her time teaching in Bonner, Montana, and explains that she was the first teacher to own a car in Bonner. She talks about quitting teaching to care for her husband after he suffered a heart attack, and working odd jobs to make ends meet. Brown discusses opening her own gift shop next to the Wilma Theatre in downtown Missoula, which required her to go on various buying trips to Chicago, New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Missoula, Montana; Wilma Theatre; Great Depression, 1929-1939; Potomac, Montana; Dillon, Montana; Montana State Normal School; Western Montana College; Schoolteachers, Montana; Business owners, Montana
Original Date
9-28-1995
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Communities 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 364-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.): analog + 1 transcript (16 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:39:15 minutes
Local Filename
OH_364_001.mp3; OH_364_001.pdf
Citation
Brown, Eunice Morris, "Eunice Morris Brown Interview, September 28, 1995" (1995). Montana Communities Oral History Collection. 34.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtcommunities_oralhistory/34