This collection of interviews details the life and career of anthropologist and University of Montana Professor Emeritus Katherine “Tobie” Weist. The interviews were conducted in 2020 by Hannah Soukup. Weist discusses her upbringing and what led her to become an anthropologist, her research work on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in eastern Montana, and her tenure as a professor at the University of Montana. She also talks at length about her various overseas research projects and teaching engagements in South Korea and parts of Africa. The original interviews are held as Oral History project OH 471 at Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula.
This collection includes 3 interviews.
-
Katherine "Tobie Weist Interview, February 25, 2020
Katherine "Tobie" Weist
Tobie Weist describes growing up on a farm in Ohio during the Second World War and what it was like to be surrounded mostly by women. She recalls her schooling at the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, D.C. and Springfield High School in ... Read More
-
Katherine "Tobie Weist Interview, October 5, 2020
Katherine "Tobie" Weist
Tobie Weist discusses how her work on the Northern Cheyenne reservation influenced her anthropology career. She describes the poverty on the reservation and how she and her husband struggled to become accepted within the community. She talks about her research on suicide rates and causes ... Read More
-
Katherine "Tobie Weist Interview, September 18, 2020
Katherine "Tobie" Weist
Tobie Weist describes how she was hired as an anthropology professor at the University of Montana before she finished her dissertation. She recalls that the makeup of the anthropology department in the 1970s and ‘80s was mostly men. She discusses her interactions with some her ... Read More