Interviewer
Suzanne M. Vernon
Files
Description
Leita Anderson talks about learning to cook from her mother and grandmother, and how she later became a U.S. Forest Service cook, where she was still employed at the time of the interview. She describes starting as an assistant in 1959 until 1975 when she became head cook. Anderson recalls some of her challenging work experiences, such as serving food for upwards of 500 men during the fires of 1988. She talks about daily responsibilities, difficulties of the job like ordering the right amount of food and providing for different tastes and diets, and the joys of the job including working with a strong team of friends and family.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Cooking, Montana; Cooks, Montana; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Forest Service cooks; Works Progress Administration [WPA]; Condon, Montana; U.S. Forest Service
Original Date
5-2-2003
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 422-105, 106
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (24 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:31:53 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_105_106.mp3; OH_422_105_106.pdf
Citation
Anderson, Leita, "Leita Anderson Interview, May 2, 2003" (2003). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 33.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/33