Interviewer
Whitney Gaskill
Files
Description
Betty Kramen Miller reminisces about her father who was the son of Norwegian immigrants. Miller describes how her father returned to Norway after he was born and later purchased a ranch in Montana in the 1940s. She describes the gardening her family did as well as raising cattle for beef. Miller discusses growing up in the Northside and attending Lowell Elementary and Missoula High School as well as her childhood activities which included visiting the Missoula Mercantile, writing poetry, and horseback riding. She describes family traditions for Christmas, Halloween, and Independence Day, as well as and the fair and circuses that visited Missoula. She concludes by comparing Missoula during her childhood to Missoula during the early 2000s, specifically mentioning the traffic.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Missoula Mercantile; Lowell Elementary, Missoula, Montana; Missoula High School; Holidays; Ranchers, Montana; Norwegian immigrants, Montana
Original Date
4-11-2007
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Northside Oral History Project, OH 414, 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 414-004
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound disc (41:56 min.) : digital, + 1 transcript (16 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
41:56 minutes
Local Filename
OH_414_004.mp3; OH_414_004.pdf
Citation
OH 414-004Miller, Betty Kramen, "Betty Kramen Miller Interview, April 11, 2007" (2007). Northside Oral History Project. OH 414-004.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/northside/2