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  Adelaide Douglas Interview, August 4, 1977

  Adelaide Douglas

  Adelaide Douglas gives a biographical sketch of her life, beginning by describing her family dynamics and experiences she had living two blocks from the Mississippi River, such as watching the boats and buying treats from a peanut and popcorn wagon. She discusses the musical talents ... Read More

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  Anna T. Beckwith Interview, April 8, 1977

  Anna T. Beckwith

  Anna Beckwith recounts the history of how her family migrated to Montana in 1886 and her family’s involvement with the Missoula Mercantile. She reminisces about her father managing a general store in St. Ignatius, on the Flathead Indian Reservation, which at the time was not ... Read More

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  Anne Needham Interview, circa August 1981

  Anne Needham

  Anne Needham discusses moving to Great Falls, Montana, with her husband for his job with the Anaconda Company. She talks about raising a family in Great Falls during the mid-20th century, her career as a school teacher when schools were just beginning to allow married ... Read More

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  Anne Needham Interview, July 9, 1981

  Anne Needham

  Anne Needham describes moving with her family from Iowa to Missoula, Montana, when she was six years old. She recalls the train ride to Montana with her mother and siblings on what was considered an “immigrant train.” She details how her mother managed a large ... Read More

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  Annie Knipfer Interview, August 25, 1976

  Annie Knipfer

  Annie Moore Knipfer describes her childhood growing up in Massachusetts before moving to Montana with her husband. She talks about her duties on their homestead, including herding sheep, raising chickens, tending a garden, and raising three children. Knipfer reminisces about her time spent working as ... Read More

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  Augusta Falstrom Interview, August 8, 1977

  Augusta Falstrom

  Augusta Falstrom recalls growing up in Sweden and immigrating to America when she was 18. She talks about moving to Missoula, Montana, and working for the University of Montana as a cook and baker. Falstrom discusses her first husband’s death and her decision to move ... Read More

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  Barbara Ferretti Interview, August 10, 1981

  Barbara Ferretti

  Barbara Ferretti discusses growing up in Anaconda, Montana, and the relationship between different nationalities in Anaconda as well as her memories of speaking Croatian in the home and the effect it had on her education. She describes how her mother supported herself and her children ... Read More

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  Belle Fligelman Winestine Interview, August 10, 1977

  Belle Fligelman Winestine

  Belle Fligelman Winestine describes growing up in Helena, Montana, the death of her mother and being raised by her aunt until her father remarried. She discusses the New York Dry Goods Company, a large department store her father owned, and the Jewish community in Helena. ... Read More

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  Bernice Batey Interview, June 19, 1977

  Bernice Batey

  Bernice Batey talks about her early childhood in Minnesota and her family’s move to Montana by train when she was eight years old. She briefly discusses moving back to Minnesota to complete high school and taking teacher’s examinations before starting her career as a school ... Read More

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  Bessie K. Monroe Interview, July 29, 1977

  Bessie K. Monroe

  Bessie Monroe discusses her career as a journalist, working as a reporter at various Montana papers including the Missoulian and the Ravalli Republican [later the Ravalli Republic]. She talks about working for the Ravalli Republican from the 1920s to the time of the interview. Monroe ... Read More

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  Catherine Mulcahy Interview, August 10, 1981

  Catherine Mulcahy

  Catherine Mulcahy discusses her childhood experiences with illness, including the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 and smallpox, as well as the death of her parents, which resulted in her living at St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Helena, Montana. She describes life in the orphanage, her high ... Read More

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  Dona Corr Interview, December 19, 1980

  Dona Corr

  Dona Corr briefly discusses her childhood chores and doing more of the outside work than her two younger sisters. She explains how she got her teaching certificate from Western Montana College in Dillion, Montana, and her work as a school teacher in Frenchtown, Montana. She ... Read More

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  Dona Corr Interview, May 2, 1977

  Dona Corr

  Dona Corr gives a biographical sketch of her life, beginning with her parents’ move from Quebec, Canada, to Montana at the end of the 19th century. She describes being the oldest of three girls, speaking French before learning English in school, and the lack of ... Read More

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  Dovie Zehnter Interview, October 21, 1976

  Dovie Zehnter

  Dovie Zehntner recalls her family moving to Montana in 1887 and homesteading outside of Helena, Montana, where her father worked in a mine. She discusses going to school in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, and educating her younger brothers and sister. She talks about attending town ... Read More

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  Elizabeth Bertha Weldon Interview, August 26, 1976

  Elizabeth Bertha Weldon

  Elizabeth Bertha Weldon describes her mother’s early childhood in Minnesota during the mid-19th century. She then moves on to discuss her own childhood and reminisces about the chores she did and the dances and other community events she attended. She talks about going through puberty ... Read More

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  Emma Allen Interview, May 26, 1980

  Emma Allen

  Emma Allen gives an autobiographical sketch of her life, beginning with her family’s move to Oregon from West Virginia in 1905. She discusses her early life in Estacada, Oregon, including starting school at eight years old and being given a teaching position in Springwater immediately ... Read More

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  Emma Campbell Interview, November 14, 1978

  Emma Campbell

  Emma Campbell gives a biographical sketch of her life, beginning with her family’s move to Malta, Montana, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1892 and her father’s occupational background. She discusses attending boarding school for a year, disliking it, running away in 1908 to get married, and ... Read More

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  Emma Evers Interview, August 1976

  Emma Evers

  Emma Evers describes growing up on her family’s farm in Iowa with 13 brothers and sisters. She recalls the chores they did and the games they played as well as dropping out of school at age 16 to help her father farm. She discusses visiting ... Read More

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  Etta M. Logan Interview, August 1976

  Etta M. Logan

  Etta Logan describes growing up in Illinois before moving to Montana with her family in 1911, when she was 22 years old, to homestead. She discusses social activities that were available at that time through the local church, working as a nanny, and marrying a ... Read More

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  Fannie Sperry Steele Interview, October 22, 1976

  Fannie Sperry Steele

  Fannie Steele describes growing up in Mitchell, Montana, on her family’s ranch and her early introduction to horses and riding untrained horses. She discusses her career riding in many rodeos in Montana and other locations before 1920. Steele recalls various rodeos she attended and how ... Read More

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  Florence Cowan Interview, April 1977

  Florence Cowan

  Florence Cowan discusses the various homesteads, desert claims, and tree claims that her parents took out in Montana, the births of her nine siblings, and her parents’ separation. She describes how her mother ran the ranch and desert claim with help from Cowan’s older brothers ... Read More

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  Florence Stafferson Interview, August 1, 1977

  Florence Stafferson

  Florence Stafferson describes her parents’ emigration from Sweden to Montana where her father opened a general store in Anaconda. She discusses her childhood growing up around the smokestack and smelters and recalls her chores, education, and entertainment options. Stafferson reminisces about her young adult life ... Read More

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  Frieda Fligelman Interview, November 11, 1976

  Frieda Fligelman

  Frieda Fligelman discusses her decision to attend college and the college prep classes she took in high school. She talks about doing her undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fligelman describes the formation of the Consumers League in Wisconsin ... Read More

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  Frieda Fligelman Interview, October 22, 1976

  Frieda Fligelman

  Frieda Fligelman describes her father’s life in Romania and coming to the United States in 1878, due to oppressive political and economic conditions. Fliegelman talks about her father’s decision to settle in Helena, Montana, due to its large Jewish community. She recalls that her mother ... Read More

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  Frieda Geary Interview, June 2, 1977

  Frieda Geary

  Frieda Geary reminisces about her parents emigrating from Germany to the United States in 1889. She details her childhood chores, life on her parents’ farm and growing up in a German community in Nevada. She discusses her limited schooling and her struggle to learn in ... Read More