Collection 1146 - Gallatin County Bicentennial Oral History Project Collection, 1974-1976
Creator: Gallatin County Bicentennial Oral History Project
Provenance Note: Original tape recorded interviews, interview summary sheets, and interview transcriptions gathered by the Gallatin County Bicentennial Oral History Project were donated to Montana State University on April 23, 1976 by Lee Ann Cooper, project director.
Historical Note: The Project on Oral history began in 1974 as an officially sanctioned activity of the Gallatin County Bicentennial Committee. Directed by Lee Ann Cooper, the project produced eighty-three tape recorded interviews with senior citizens of Bozeman and Gallatin County. At the end of the project the interview summaries were collated and indexed and a printed guide published giving subject access to the various interviews. The original summary sheets were photocopied on unstable liquid toner stock and were transcribed by the staff of Montana State University during the spring and summer of 1999. Most of the interviews were conducted by high school students in Gallatin County, and the few interview transcripts produced were composed by volunteers.
Content Description Note: The interviewees are: Don Anderson, Les Anderson, Frank Austin, Mabel Ballantyne, Clarence Bartlett, Eida Benson, Seth Bohart, Merrill Burlingame, Lawrence Christie, Berg Clark, Joseph Clawson, Mary Cloninger, Helen Creasy, Alfred K. Dahl, Paul Davidson, Wylie Davis, Elsie Dejong, Ina Denton, Della Doyle, Isabelle Durnam, Ray & Orrie Fields, Marie Flaherty, Jayne Forsythe, Mabel Fuller, Wanda Gau, Margaret Gee, Tony Grace, Alonzo B. Hadley, Aubrey Haines, Peter Hansen, Carl Haun, Dee Brenamen Hecht, Otis Hoekema, Ed Iverson, Ruth Jenkins, Bernidine Johnson, Sam Johnson, Roy Keister, Walt Kertzenmacher, Paul Kraai, Ora Michener Lemon, Stanley Lemon, Art Lenehan, Violet Lilly, Einar Lindvig, Regina Lindvig, Art Lockhart, Nellie Lutovsky, Jessie Marsh, Eleanor Mast, Jake Mast, Mrs. Thomas Morgan, Thelma Multz, Frank Murray, Betty Eagle Nelson, Ole Oma, Dorothy Paugh, John C. Paugh, Elizabeth Purdum, Herkles Rightenour, Vivian Rightenour, Sally Riley, Gerald Schapper, Bob Ross, Rudolph Schutter, George Sinton, Neil Staebler, Nora Stuart, Walt Stuart, George Stublar, Margaret Thorsen, Three Forks Library Gathering, Willabelle Tonn, Leeta Townsend, Dorothy Vick, Helen Walker, Alf Walton, Nora Weaver, Mabel Weinrich, Vera Wilcox, and Floyd Wilson. The topics cover a wide variety of historical subjects including: agriculture, amusements, business, industry, merchants, churches, communications, education, electrical power, ethnic groups, the Depression, homemaking, immigrants, Native Americans, medicine, Montana State College, organizations, frontier and pioneer life, politics and government, prominent families, religion, social life and customs, Spanish American War, transportation, weather and natural disasters, World War I, and World War II. Places mentioned Belgrade, Bozeman, Bridger Canyon, Chestnut, Churchill, Gallatin Canyon, Manhattan, Salesville, Springhill, Three Forks, and Yellowstone National Park. The interview summaries and transcriptions have been placed in alphabetical order in box one, with the tapes arranged the same way in boxes 2-5. Those interview summaries which have transcriptions have been placed together in their own folder and so indicated.
Contents
- Box 1
- 1. Subject index
- 2. Don Anderson, Les Anderson, Frank Austin, Mabel Ballantyne, Clarence Bartlett, Eida Benson, Seth Bohart, Merrill Burlingame, Lawrence Christie
- 3. Berg Clark, interview summary and transcript
- 4. Joseph Clawson, Mary Cloninger, Helen Creasy, Alfred K. Dahl, Paul Davidson, Wylie Davis, Elsie DeJong, Ina Denton
- 5. Della Doyle, interview summary and transcript
- 6. Isabelle Durnam, Ray & Orrie Fields, Marie Flaherty, Jayne Forsythe, Mabel Fuller
- 7. Wanda Gau, Margaret Gee, Tony Grace, Alonzo B. Hadley, Aubrey Haines, Peter Hansen, Carl Haun, Dee Brenamen Hecht, Otis Hoekema
- 8. Ed Iverson, Ruth Jenkins, Bernidine Johnson, Sam Johnson, Roy Keister, Walt Kertzenmacher, Paul Kraai, Ora Michener Lemon, Stanley Lemon, Art Lenehan, Violet Lilly
- 9. Einar Lindvig, interview summary and transcript
- 10. Regina Lindvig, interview summary and transcript
- 11. Art Lockhart, Nellie Lutovsky, Jessie Marsh, Eleanor Mast #1, Eleanor Mast #2, Jake Mast
- 12. Mrs. Thomas Morgan, interview summary and transcript
- 13. Thelma Multz, Frank Murray, Betty Eagle Nelson, Ole Oma, Dorothy Paugh
- 14. John C. Paugh, interview summary and transcript
- 15. Elizabeth Purdum, Herkles Rightenour, Vivian Rightenour, Sally Riley, Gerald Schapper
- 16. Bob Ross, interview summary and transcript
- 17. Rudolph Schutter, interview summary and transcript
- 18. George Sinton, Neil Staebler, Nora Stuart, Walt Stuart, George Stublar, Margaret Thorsen, Three Forks Library Gathering, Willabelle Tonn, Leeta Townsend, Dorothy Vick
- 19. Helen Walker, interview summary and transcript
- 20. Alf Walton, Nora Weaver, Mabel Weinrich, Vera Wilcox, Floyd Wilson
- Box 2 Cassette tapes
- Anderson, Don
- Anderson, Les
- Austin, Frank
- Ballantyne, Mabel
- Bartlett, Clarence
- Benson, Eida
- Bohart, Seth
- Boylan, Margaret
- Burlingame, Merrill
- Christie, Lawrence
- Clark, Berg
- Clawson, Joseph W.
- Cloninger, Mary
- Creasy, Helen
- Dahl, Alfred K.
- Davidson, Paul
- Davis, Wylie
- Dejong, Elsie
- Box 3 Cassette tapes
- Denton, Ina
- Doyle, Della
- Durnam, Isabelle
- Fields, Ray and Orrie
- Flaherty, Marie
- Forsythe, Jane
- Fuller, Mabel
- Gau, Wanda
- Gee, Margaret
- Grace, Tony
- Hadley, Alonzo
- Haines, Aubrey
- Hansen, Peter
- Haun, Carl
- Hecht, Dee Brenamen
- Hoekema, Otis
- Iverson, Ed
- Jenkins, Ruth
- Johnson, Bernidine
- Box 4 Cassette tapes
- Johnson, Sam
- Keister, Roy
- Kerzenmacher, Walt
- Kraai, Pearl
- Lemon, Ora/Thornsen Margaret (on same cassette)
- Lemon, Stanley
- Lenehan, Art
- Lilly, Violet
- Lindvig, Einar
- Lindvig, Regina
- Lockhart, Art
- Lutovsky, Nellie
- Marsh, Jessie
- Mast, Eleanor #1
- Mast, Eleanor #2
- Mast, Jake
- Morgan, Mrs. Thomas
- Multz, Thelma
- Murray, Frank
- Nelson, Betty Eagle
- Oma, Ole
- Paugh, Dorothy
- Paugh, John C.
- Purdum, Elizabeth
- Box 5 Cassette tapes
- Rightenour, Herkles
- Rightenour, Vivian
- Riley, Sally
- Ross, Bob
- Schapper, Gerald
- Schutter, Rudolph
- Sinton, George
- Staebler, Neil
- Stuart, Nora
- Stuart, Walt
- Stublar, George
- Thorsen, Margaret
- Three Forks Library Gathering
- Tonn, Willabelle
- Townsend, Leeta
- Vick, Dorothy
- Walker, Helen
- Walton, Alf
- Weaver, Nora
- Weinrich, Mabel
- Wilcox, Vera
- Wilson, Floyd
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