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Description
Charles Campbell gives a brief lecture on his childhood up in Bonner, Montana, during the 1920s and 1930s. He explains that Bonner was an Anaconda Copper Mining Company [ACM] town, with a company store, gardens, and housing. Campbell recalls the various businesses and services in the town, including an electric trolley car system that between Bonner and Missoula. He also talks about his experiences in the Boy Scouts, such as going on camping trips, participating in athletic and first aid competitions with other troops from the Missoula, Montana area. Campbell discusses attending school and the difficulty many Bonner children had interacting with Missoula children. He recalls working hard in school, working for the ACM, which helped pay for him to attend the School of Mines in Butte, Montana.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Bonner, Montana; Company towns; Anaconda Copper Mining Company [ACM]; Anaconda Company; Great Depression, 1929-1939; Corporal punishment; Education, Montana; Victory gardens; Blackfoot River; Logging, Montana; Railroads; William A. Clark; Clark Mill; Marcus Daly; Daly Mill
Original Date
4-2000
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 373-001, 002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (60 min.): analog + 1 transcript (17 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:12:37 minutes
Local Filename
OH_373_001_002.mp3; OH_373_001_002.pdf
Citation
Campbell, Charles, "Charles Campbell Lecture, April 2000" (2000). Montana Communities Oral History Collection. 35.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtcommunities_oralhistory/35