Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
Grace Hollaway summarizes her parents’ move from Michigan to Townsend, Montana, in 1883. She reminisces about her father’s purchase of the Townsend Star newspaper, and the chores she did as a child both at the newspaper office and at home. She describes helping her mother and sister run the newspaper after the death of her father, learning how to work as an associate editor, and the respect the community had for her mother. She recalls selling the Townsend Star in 1959, and writing and publishing a history of Broadwater County titled Broadwater Bygones. She details her trips for the newspaper, including seeing President Dwight Eisenhower speak in Washington, D. C. Hollaway also discusses her opinions about women in the workforce, her family’s relationship to the Methodist and Episcopalian churches, and her first time camping in the mountains. She describes how women’s lives have changed with the advancement of technology.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Broadwater County, Montana; Broadwater Bygones publication; Dwight Eisenhower, United States president; Hollaway, Grace – Interviews; Women -- Montana – Interviews; Women -- Montana -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women -- Employment -- Montana -- History -- 20th century; Women newspaper editors -- Montana -- Townsend – Interviews; Women publishers -- Montana -- Townsend – Biography; Women journalists -- Montana -- Townsend – Interviews; Technology and women – History; Townsend (Mont.) – History; Townsend (Mont.) – Newspapers; Townsend Star (Townsend, Mont.)
Original Date
7-22-1981
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 049-059
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:00:12 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_059.mp3; OH_049_059.pdf
Citation
Hollaway, Grace, "Grace Hollaway Interview, July 22, 1981" (1981). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 16.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/16