These collections include audio files and transcripts from a selection of oral history interviews held by the Mansfield Library’s Archives and Special Collections. Interview project topics include: women and feminists in Montana; forestry, land use and conservation, and the environment; Montana politics and politicians; smokejumping; homesteading and fur trapping in Montana; and University of Montana history. Some projects contain only the audio or the transcript. Physical copies of both the audio and transcripts for all interviews are available from Archives and Special Collections. For more information about oral histories held by Archives and Special Collections, view the Mansfield Library Oral History Collection Research Guide.
Browse the Oral History Collections:
1972 Montana Constitutional Convention Oral History Project
Arnold Bolle Interviews Oral History Project
Badger-Two Medicine Oral History Project
Bill LaCroix Interviews with Stewart Brandborg Oral History Project
Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project
Bob Brown Oral History Project
Boone and Crockett Club Oral History Project
Carling I. Malouf Oral History Project
Champion International Corporation Centennial Oral History Project
Charles S. Johnson Oral History Project
Civilian Public Service Smokejumpers Oral History Project
Covid-19 Oral History Collection
Daniel Hall Smokejumpers Oral History Project
Daniel Kemmis Interviews Oral History Project
David Brooks Milltown Interviews Oral History Project
Depression Years in Montana Oral History Project
Dixon-Worden Family Interviews Oral History Project
Don Oberdorfer Interviews about Mike Mansfield Oral History Project
Don Oberdorfer Interviews with Mike Mansfield Oral History Project
Educators in Montana Oral History Collection
Eva Cross Oral History Project
First Special Service Force Oral History Project
Forestry, Land Use, and Conservation Interviews Oral History Collection
Francis Bardanouve Oral History Project
Frenchtown Historical Society Oral History Project
Friends of the Mansfield Library Oral History Project
From Far East to Old West Oral History Project
Fur Trappers Oral History Project
Garnet Montana Oral History Project
Garnet Preservation Association Oral History Project
GASP and the History of Missoula’s Environmental Movement Oral History Project
George P. “Jiggs” Dahlberg Oral History Project
Gertrud Lackschewitz Oral History Project
Ghost Towns of Montana Audio Recordings Collection
Glen A. Smith Reminiscences Oral History Project
Gregory Olson Interviews about Mike Mansfield Oral History Collection
Harry Oscar “H.O.” Bell Interviews Oral History Project
Harry Thomas Gisborne Oral History Project
Hazel Marsh Interviews Oral History Project
Henry Bugbee Oral History Project
Henry James "Jim" Cusker Oral History Project
Illegal Abortion in Montana Oral History Project
In Other Words Oral History Project
International Topics Oral History Collection
Irene Evers Interviews Oral History Project
Irvin “Shorty” Shope Oral History Collection
James Bell “J. B.” Armstrong Oral History Project
James Murray Oral History Collection
Jeannette Rankin Oral History Project
John Melcher Interviews Oral History Project
Katherine "Tobie" Weist Oral History Project
Lee Newspapers in Montana Oral History Project
Lenora Koelbel Missoula History Oral History Project
Lewis and Clark National Forest Passport in Time Oral History Project
Life in the Rattlesnake Oral History Collection
Line Family Interviews Oral History Project
Lucile Speer Interviews Oral History Project
Mansfield’s America Oral History Project
Mavis McKelvey Oral History Project
Military History of Montana Oral History Project
Missoula Music History Oral History Project
Missoula Musicians Oral History Project
Missoula New Party Oral History Project
Missoula Women for Peace Oral History Project
Montana Artists, Authors, and Journalists Oral History Collection
Montana Businesses Oral History Collection
Montana Communities Oral History Collection
Montana Dude Ranches Oral History Collection
Montana Educators Oral History Project
Montana Feminist History Oral History Project
Montana Politics and Politicians Oral History Collection
Montana Settlers and Homesteaders Oral History Project
Montana Settlers, Homesteaders, Ranchers and Farmers Oral History Collection
Montana Women Pilots Oral History Project
Montana Women's Oral History Project
National Bison Range Oral History Project
Nelson Family Oral History Project
Nick Sundt Smokejumpers Oral History Project
Ninemile History Oral History Project
Ninemile Remount Depot Oral History Project
Northside Oral History Project
Northwest Montana Lookout Association Oral History Project
Nurses in Montana Oral History Project
Old North Trail Oral History Project
Ole Bodin Interviews Oral History Project
Orchard Homes and Country Life Club Oral History Project
Pat Williams Wilderness Interviews Oral History Project
Radio Interviews with Montana Writers Collection
Rasmussen Family Oral History Project
Religion in Montana Oral History Collection
Robert Wolf Interviews Oral History Project
Rural Electrification Oral History Project
Serbian Immigrants in Butte Oral History Project
Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project
Stan Healy Collection of Early Missoula History
Star Quilts Oral History Project
Stevensville Oral History Project
The Gathering: Collected Oral Histories of the Irish in Montana
Theta Rho Tri Delta Interviews Oral History Project
The Veteran’s Experience Oral History Project
Unions and Labor Oral History Collection
University of Montana Centennial Oral History Project
University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation Centennial Oral History Project
University of Montana COVID-19 Oral History Project
University of Montana Department of Mathematical Sciences Oral History Project
University of Montana History Oral History Collection
University of Montana Oral History Project
University of Montana Wildlife Biology Program Oral History Collection
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project
U.S. Forest Service Ecosystem Management Oral History Project
U.S. Military Veterans Oral History Collection
Veterans Remember "Tokyo Rose" Oral History Project
Voice of the Wilderness: Stewart Brandborg Oral History Project
Wet Missoula Oral History Project
William Kamhoot Oral History Project
Winnifred West Oral History Project
Women in Leadership at the University of Montana Oral History Project
Women in the Workplace Oral History Project
Women on Lookouts Oral History Project
World War II Detainees at Fort Missoula Oral History Collection