Interviewer
Winnifred West
Files
Description
Dorothy Helen Dammrose Lander Hubber details her childhood in Montana in the early 1900s. She speaks about her family homesteading near Great Falls and farming the land. She recalls attending school near her house and in Dillon. Hubber describes her parents’ struggle to build their house and provide their children with clothes. She recalls new inventions of that time period including the car and radio. Hubber discusses her summers, her favorite forms of entertainment as a child, and the parties that people in her town would throw. She concludes that even though Montana homesteaders during the early 20th century were generally poor, they still managed to have fun.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Great Falls, Montana; Women pioneers, Montana; Homesteaders, Montana; Farmers, Montana; Teachers, Montana
Original Date
3-10-1991
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Winnifred West Interviews Oral History Project, OH 260, 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 260-004
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.): analog + 1 transcript (27 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:31:37 minutes
Local Filename
OH_260_004.mp3; OH_260_004.pdf
Citation
Hubber, Dorothy Helen, "Dorothy Helen Dammrose Lander Hubber, March 10, 1991" (1991). Winnifred West Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/winnifredwest_interviews/1