Interviewer
Suzanne M. Vernon
Files
Description
Gyda Newman recounts her time growing up near the Lindberg Lake, Elbow Lake, and Elk Creek, Montana areas as a child with her brother and father. Bob Newman discusses the logging and maintenance of the cabin that Gyda grew up in on Elk Creek as well as a cabin the two of them bought when they started a family. Gyda recalls her childhood in the Swan Valley and describes the different jobs she and her brother had to help their family survive. The Newmans recall when they first met and when they married. They also reflect on their 60-year marriage.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Logging, Montana; Homesteading, Montana; Sawmills, Montana; Lindberg Lake; Elbow Lake; Elk Creek, Montana; Swan Valley, Montana
Original Date
1-29-1999
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 422-009, 010
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (25 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:17:23 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_009_010.mp3; OH_422_009_010.pdf
Citation
Newman, Gyda and Newman, Bob, "Gyda Newman and Bob Newman Interview, January 29, 1999" (1999). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 49.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/49