Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
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 family and the household all while encouraging Needham’s father to obtain a college education. Needham reminisces about her first grade year in Missoula, as well as the chores she did as a child and her relationship with both parents. Needham talks about attending the University of Montana’s School of Journalism, including descriptions of her classes and reporting on a boxing match for the Missoulian newspaper. Needham concludes by describing her school teaching career,which ended when she married, and her husband’s career working for the Anaconda Company.
For more information on Anne Needham, see oral history interview OH 049-058c,d.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Missoula, Montana; Immigration, Montana; Women’s education, Montana; Women’s suffrage, Montana; University of Montana School of Journalism; Mining, Montana; Anaconda Company, Montana; Women teachers, Montana
Original Date
7-9-1981
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Women's Oral History Project, OH 049, 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 049-058a,b
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (37 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:57:47 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_058_a_b.mp3; OH_049_058_a_b.pdf
Citation
Needham, Anne, "Anne Needham Interview, July 9, 1981" (1981). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 14.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/14