Interviewer
Barbara Thorson
Files
Description
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 uploading catalog records of the interviews into a national database. The two also discuss the origins of particular oral history collections: Mike Mansfield Political Speeches and Interviews (OH 022), Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion (OH 133), Twentieth Century Montana Fur Trappers (OH 099), and Depression Years in Montana (OH 131). Rhein and Dale discuss transcription equipment, the importance of transcription, and their thoughts on the expansion oral history collection.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
University of Montana Archives and Special Collections; Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library; Oral history program; Oral history collection; Transcription equipment; Oral history transcription; Oral history interviews; Primary sources
Original Date
10-11-1991
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
University of Montana History Oral History Collection, 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 275-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (18 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:10:54 minutes
Local Filename
OH_275_001.mp3; OH_275_001.pdf
Citation
Rhein, Claire and Johnson, Dale, "Claire Rhein and Dale Johnson Interview, October 11, 1991" (1991). University of Montana History Oral History Collection. 10.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umhistory_interviews/10