Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
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 in with her brother. She describes being diagnosed with heart disease, which ended her career with the university after ten years and forced her to enter a rest home. She mentions going to the polls and voting with her husband any time there was an election. Falstrom also reminisces about the Swedish community in Missoula and being a member in Rebekah’s Lodge, which she headed in 1926.
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
Swedish immigrants, Montana; Missoula, Montana; University of Montana, Missoula; Rebekah’s Lodge, Montana; Women’s employment, Montana
Original Date
8-8-1977
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 049-013
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (13 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:38:20 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_013.mp3; OH_049_013.pdf
Citation
Falstrom, Augusta, "Augusta Falstrom Interview, August 8, 1977" (1977). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 29.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/29