Interviewer
Suzanne M. Vernon
Files
Description
Joe Waldbillig talks about his German ancestry and how that affected his experiences during World War Two. Waldbillig tells stories while looking at old pictures of life in the Swan Valley of Montana. He describes the various Native American tribes, who lived in the Swan Valley during the early 20th century. Waldbillig recalls stories of his mother being the only white woman in the Swan Valley when his family homesteaded, her Airedale dogs, the trappers on the Gordon Ranch, and his parent’s life in the valley.
Many of Waldbillig’s stories were published in Cabin Fever: A Centennial Collection of Stories about the Seeley Lake Area (1989).
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Swan Valley, Montana; Waldbillig family, Montana; World War, 1939-1945; Native American tribes, Swan Valley, Montana; Airedale dogs; Gordon Ranch, Montana
Original Date
11-5-1999
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project, OH 422, 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 422-048, 049
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (23 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:25:02 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_048_049.mp3; OH_422_048_049.pdf
Citation
Waldbillig, Joe, "Joe Waldbillig Interview, November 5, 1999" (1999). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 18.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/18