Interviewer
P. J. Breidenbach
Files
Description
Opal Brown speaks on her time in Eastern Montana during the Great Depression. She remembers the difficulties of not being able to afford any luxuries, and just barely scraping by on her family’s small income. She recalls her pet sheep, Bootsy, which she had to get rid of not long after taking him in. Brown speaks about President Franklin Roosevelt and the relative prosperity he brought to Montana during the Depression, supplying jobs for people who had been out of work for years.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Great Depression, 1929-1939; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Eastern Montana
Original Date
4-27-1985
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 135-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.): analog + 1 transcript (12 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:45:14 minutes
Local Filename
OH_135_001.mp3; OH_135_001.pdf
Citation
Brown, Opal, "Opal Brown Interview, April 27, 1985" (1985). Montana Communities Oral History Collection. 7.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtcommunities_oralhistory/7