Interviewer
Suzanne M. Vernon
Files
Description
Henry Meyer and Joan Meyer describe meeting while they were both in high school in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. They tell how they married soon after in 1951, and headed west, where they settled in Swan Valley, Montana. They discuss their life in the area, specifically recent developments in the area, such as the highway and Plum Creek Corporation, that they feel threaten the Swan Valley lifestyle. Henry details his work as a logger for Uno Strom and then his apprenticeship with local woodworker John Stark. Henry tells how he built log cabins in the area until his retirement. He discusses building techniques and shares his thoughts on how log cabins embody the virtues of life in the Swan Valley with an emphasis on the proximity to nature and sustainable living.
The few minutes of this interview contain personal identification information. This portion of the interview has been restricted from the audio and the transcript.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Swan Valley, Montana; Plum Creek Timber Company; Uno Strom; John Stark; Logging, Montana; Woodworkers; Log cabins, Montana
Original Date
6-18-2003
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 422-107, 108
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (32 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:44:57 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_107_108.mp3; OH_422_107_108.pdf
Citation
Meyer, Henry and Meyer, Joan, "Henry Meyer and Joan Meyer Interview, June 18, 2003" (2003). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 34.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/34