Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
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 after the death of her father. Ferretti talks about her marriage, the birth of her children, and the use of midwives. She also recalls her experiences in Anaconda during the Great Depression and the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. Ferretti describes her marriage as falling within the societal norms of the time, and she concludes the interview by describing the jobs she held after the death of her husband.
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
Anaconda, Montana; Women in Montana; Ethnic groups, Anaconda, Montana; Croatian immigrants; Midwifery; Great Depression, 1929-1939; Spanish influenza epidemic, 1918-1919
Original Date
8-10-1981
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 049-061
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (29 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:46:30 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_061.mp3; OH_049_061.pdf
Citation
Ferretti, Barbara, "Barbara Ferretti Interview, August 10, 1981" (1981). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 57.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/57