Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
Kate Erpelding describes growing up on a farm in Minnesota. She discusses her chores, growing up speaking Czechoslovakian, and learning to speak Polish and English. Erpelding recalls the disciplinary techniques her parents used and social events that her family participated in as she was growing up. She talks about meeting her husband and getting married as well as describing her marriage as an equal partnership. Erpelding concludes about talking about the importance of respect for both partners in a marriage.
When this interview was conducted, the interviewee requested to remain anonymous in the transcript and audio. Archives and Special Collections has chosen to lift this restriction now that the interviewee is deceased.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Farming, Minnesota; Women in Montana; Czech immigrants
Original Date
6-15-1977
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 049-011
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (18 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:00:45 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_011.mp3; OH_049_011.pdf
Citation
Erpelding, Kate, "Kate Erpelding Interview, June 15, 1977" (1977). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 27.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/27