Interviewer
Whitney Gaskill
Files
Description
Janet Sproull recalls her family moving to Missoula in the 1910s after her father couldn’t fine work in the Butte mines of the Anaconda smelting plants. She describes how her grandfather would donate food to the needy during the Great Depression and World War Two. She discusses growing up in the Rattlesnake area, attending St. Francis Xavier School and Sacred Heart Academy, and celebrating Easter and Christmas with her large religious family. Sproull reminisces about exploring the Rattlesnake area and renting horses from the Papoose Pony Ranch. She mentions her father’s career as an optometrist and owner of Missoula Eyewear Center, and her mother’s career as a U.S. Forest Service secretary. Sproull describes how living in the Rattlesnake area surrounded by nature influenced her decision to obtain a degree in recreation resource management.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Papoose Pony Ranch, Montana; Missoula Eyewear Center; Grace Tubbs; World War Two (1939-1945); Great Depression; St. Francis Xavier School, Missoula, Montana; Sacred Heart Academy, Missoula, Montana; Montana Power Company
Original Date
3-19-2007
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 414-003
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound disc (51:40 min.) : digital, + 1 transcript (17 p. : 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
51:40 minutes
Local Filename
OH_414_003.mp3; OH_414_003.pdf
Citation
OH 414-003Sproull, Janet, "Janet Sproull Interview, March 19, 2007" (2007). Northside Oral History Project. OH 414-003.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/northside/3