Interviewer
Annie Pontrelli
Files
Description
Grace Streit talks about attending the University of Montana (UM) in 1912 when she was 16 and graduating in 1916. She tells how President Edwin Craighead was fired for trying to consolidate all of Montana’s colleges in Missoula. Streit recalls living in Craig Hall, joining the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and majoring in English. She discusses campus traditions such as staying off of the grass on the Oval and participating in Singing on the Steps during homecoming. Streit mentions some of the professors she liked including Frances Corbin and Dr. Reynolds. She reminisces about meeting her husband at a dance and being a member of the Penetralia honor society.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
University of Montana alumni; Edwin Craighead; Kappa Kappa Gamma; Singing on the Steps; University of Montana-Missoula
Original Date
11-6-1991
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
University of Montana Centennial Oral History Project, OH 270, 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 270-061, 062
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (2:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (12 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:10:23 minutes
Local Filename
OH_270_061_062.mp3; OH_270_061_062.pdf
Citation
Streit, Grace, "Grace Streit Interview, November 6, 1991" (1991). University of Montana Centennial Oral History Project. 25.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umcentennial_interviews/25