Interviewer
Hannah Soukup
Files
Description
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 love with the west and discovering that UM had a synchronized swimming team, the Aquamaids. McCammon talks about joining the Aquamaids in 1951, her coaches and the team’s performances. She also describes the classes in Spanish, history, and accounting that she enjoyed, and living off-campus in the Synadelphic cooperative. McCammon reminisces about the friendships she made while living in Synadelphic and attending UM. She concludes by describing meeting her husband, working as a teacher in Choteau, Montana, and raising her family in Montana.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
University of Montana; Education, Montana; Synchronized swimming; Aquamaids, University of Montana; Cooperative student housing; Synadelphic, University of Montana
Original Date
1-27-2016
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 446-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound file (01:24:13 min.) digital + 1 transcript (28 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:24:13 minutes
Local Filename
OH_446_001.mp3; OH_446_001.pdf
Citation
McCammon, Lillian, "Lillian McCammon Interview, January 27, 2016" (2016). University of Montana History Oral History Collection. 9.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umhistory_interviews/9