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  Adelaine Midgett Interview, February 27, 1986

  Adelaine Midgett

  Adelaine Stillings Midgett discusses her education in library science (then called library economy) at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana in the 1930s, and the Great Depression’s effects on her family and schooling. She describes her first library job, while still a student, at ... Read More

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  Albert E. J. Engel Interview, February 28, 1989

  Albert E. J. Engel

  Albert E. J. Engel recalls his childhood adventures in the Missouri Ozarks, which led to his interest in geology. He acknowledges Arthur Buddington as his greatest influence in the field and describes working with Buddington at Princeton University. Engel discusses working with his geochemist wife, ... Read More

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  Alexander Michael Stepanzoff Interview, January 26, 1989

  Alexander Michael Stepanzoff

  Alexander Stepanzoff recalls his childhood in Harbin, Manchuria, China, where he learned to play the French horn and wrestled competitively, winning the gold medal in the 1921 Asian Olympics. He talks about being recruited by several U.S. universities and his decision to attend University of ... Read More

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  Arnold Bolle Interview, November 29, 1990

  Arnold Bolle

  Arnold Bolle describes attending the University of Montana (UM) as a student and his early career as a professor in the School of Forestry. He also shares opinions on education. Bolle describes the requirements for students at UM’s School of Forestry and the role he ... Read More

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  Bernadine Gantert Interview, February 12, 2015

  Bernadine Gantert

  Bernadine Gantert describes how a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in the 1970s changed her life and led to her involvement in Alliance for Disability and Students at the University of Montana [ADSUM] and Disability Student Services [DSS] at the University. She talks about the challenges ... Read More

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  Carling I. Malouf and Alice Arline Malouf Interview, July 27, 1988

  Carling I. Malouf and Alice Arline Malouf

  Carling Malouf reflects on his career as an anthropologist and a professor at the University of Montana. Arline Malouf reflects briefly on her family’s history in Salt Lake City before she married Carling Malouf and moved to Montana. Carling recalls his family’s history in Ogden, ... Read More

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  Charline G. "Sandy" Smith Interview, May 18, 1984

  Charline G. Smith

  Charline “Sandy” Smith discusses her career at the University of Montana [UM] as a professor of anthropology, genetics, forensics, osteology, and paleopathology. She describes her forensics consulting with law enforcement, working as a nurse for 20 years before returning to school to receive her Ph. ... Read More

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  Claire Rhein and Dale Johnson Interview, October 11, 1991

  Claire Rhein and Dale Johnson

  Claire Rhein discusses volunteering at the University of Montana's Archives and Special Collections in the Mansfield Library and how she created the oral history program in 1978. Rhein and Dale Johnson describe how Archives and Special Collections increased access to its oral history interviews by ... Read More

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  Coburn "Coby" Johnson Interview, circa 1997

  Coburn Johnson

  Coburn Johnson recalls pursuing a master’s in library science at the University of Denver, where she discovered her affinity for cataloging. Johnson describes her work as a catalog librarian at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana. She points out that ... Read More

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  Dale Johnson Interview, August 19, 2015

  Dale Johnson

  Dale Johnson, the first archivist of the Mansfield Library's Archives and Special Collections, discusses the history of the Archives, how it was founded, and how it grew over the years. He talks about the various collections he acquired during his tenure and the library deans ... Read More

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  Edward B. Dugan Interview, February 21, 1991

  Edward B. Dugan

  Edward Dugan discusses the history of the journalism building and department at the University of Montana, Missoula. He describes the importance of advertising in newspapers, the source and process of change within news media, and notable students and colleagues that have graduated from the journalism ... Read More

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  Elizabeth “Betty” Doss (Oleson) Interview, December 20, 1976

  Elizabeth Doss (Oleson)

  Elizabeth “Betty” Doss (Oleson) discusses her work as a program manager working with health education programs. She describes what the Western Montana Health Education Council is, including the health care-related facilities involved. Doss talks about grant writing, working with the University of Montana, Missoula, and ... Read More

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  Emma Lommasson Interview, August 18, 2014

  Emma Lommasson

  Emma Lommasson recalls growing up in Sand Coulee, Montana, in the 1920s and ‘30s, and coming to the University of Montana [UM] in Missoula, Montana to study mathematics. She discusses finishing her undergraduate degree and working as a secretary for Professor Nels J. Lennes while ... Read More

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  George M. Dennison Interview, April 29, 2016

  George M. Dennison

  George Dennison discusses his tenure as president of the University of Montana-Missoula from 1990-2010, analyzing how higher education has changed in Montana during his time. Dennison questions increasing administrative consolidation in the Montana University System, and compares it to his time spent working in the ... Read More

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  H.G. Merriam Interview, August 14, 1963

  Harold Guy Merriam

  H.G. Merriam, Professor of English at the University of Montana, discusses the history and development of the literary journal, Frontier and Midland, which was originally titled the Montanan and was published by UM students and edited by Merriam and other literary figures from 1920 until ... Read More

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  James G. "Jim" Todd, Jr. Interview, December 1, 1994

  James G. Todd

  James “Jim” Todd discusses his career as a professor of art at the University of Montana, Missoula. He describes his personal philosophy when it comes to art and talks about what he believes is the best environment for artists within a university system.

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  Jean Dickson Jonkel Reminiscence, circa 2000

  Jean Jonkel

  In this self-recorded reminiscence, Jean Jonkel, who graduated from the University of Montana [UM] in 1940, recounts her experiences at the University and the professors she enjoyed such as J.P. Rowe, “Psych” Smith, and J. Earl “Burly” Miller. She recalls funny stories about dogs sleeping ... Read More

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  John G. "Jack" Watkins Interview, September 20, 2004

  John G. Watkins

  John “Jack” Watkins discusses his childhood interest in music and astronomy. He describes his educational background, including his experiences in high school, at the University of Idaho and College of Idaho, and his graduate work at Columbia University. Watkins discusses treating World War Two veterans ... Read More

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  John J. Craighead Interview, October 5, 1975

  John J. Craighead

  In this radio interview, Dr. John J. Craighead discusses his work with grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park. Craighead talks about a research grant he and his team received that would allow them to publish the results of over a decade of field work on ... Read More

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  John Lester Interview, November 2, 1993

  John Lester

  John Lester recalls traveling between Texarcana, Texas, and Tucumcari, New Mexico, with his family in a covered wagon when he was six years old. Lester briefly describes going to Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas, in 1918, majoring in English and music and minoring in French. ... Read More

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  Joseph Epes Brown Interview, February 28, 1986

  Joseph Epes Brown

  Dr. Joseph Epes Brown describes how he came to the University of Montana in the fall of 1970 after having taught at Indiana University in Bloomington. He discusses his early education and career. Brown recalls the meaningful relationships that he had with the Abenaki elders ... Read More

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  Kaʻaumoana Ahina, Jr. and Isaac Laʻa, Jr. Interview, April 26, 2022

  Kaʻaumoana Ahina, Jr. and ʻAukai Laʻamaikahiki, Jr.

  In this interview, Kaʻau Ahina and Isaac Laʻa discuss creating the Pacific Islanders Club, established in 2017 at the University of Montana. Isaac talks about serving in the military reserves and later moving to Montana, where he had previously visited. He was able to use ... Read More

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  Lillian McCammon Interview, January 27, 2016

  Lillian McCammon

  Lillian McCammon describes growing up in New York state, her father’s general merchandise store, attending school in a rural New York community, and teaching herself to swim when she was very young. She discusses her decision to attend the University of Montana after falling in ... Read More

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  Marty Knowlton and Tim Welsh Interview, May 24, 1977

  Marty Knowlton and Tim Welsh

  Marty Knowlton recalls the creation and development of the Elder Hostel program, an educational program for senior citizens that allows them attend short courses on college campuses, live in the dorms, and interact with younger college students. He describes the growing interest in the program, ... Read More

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  Neil Bucklew Interview, February 28, 1986

  Neil Bucklew

  Neil Bucklew discusses his educational background and career trajectory from working in the personnel field at several different universities to becoming President of the University of Montana from 1981 to 1986. He describes his greatest accomplishments as president, his hopes and visions of the future ... Read More