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Gallatin County Bicentennial oral histories, 1974-1976
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gallatin County Bicentennial Oral History Project
- Title
- Gallatin County Bicentennial oral histories
- Dates
- 1974-1976 (inclusive)19741976
- Quantity
- 2 linear feet
- Collection Number
- 1146, Collection 1146 (collection)
- Summary
- The Gallatin County Bicentennial Oral History Project Collection consists of eighty-three tape recorded interviews with senior citizens of Bozeman and Gallatin County. 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.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
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 DescriptionReturn to Top
The interviews 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.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
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.
Acquisition Information
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.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2009 March 6
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Subject index |
| 1 | 2 | Don Anderson, Les Anderson, Frank Austin, Mabel Ballantyne, Clarence Bartlett, Eida Benson, Seth Bohart, Merrill Burlingame, Lawrence Christie |
| 1 | 3 | Berg Clark, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 4 | Joseph Clawson, Mary Cloninger, Helen Creasy, Alfred K. Dahl, Paul Davidson, Wylie Davis, Elsie DeJong, Ina Denton |
| 1 | 5 | Della Doyle, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 6 | Isabelle Durnam, Ray and Orrie Fields, Marie Flaherty, Jayne Forsythe, Mabel Fuller |
| 1 | 7 | Wanda Gau, Margaret Gee, Tony Grace, Alonzo B. Hadley, Aubrey Haines, Peter Hansen, Carl Haun, Dee Brenamen Hecht, Otis Hoekema |
| 1 | 8 | Ed Iverson, Ruth Jenkins, Bernidine Johnson, Sam Johnson, Roy Keister, Walt Kertzenmacher, Paul Kraai, Ora Michener Lemon, Stanley Lemon, Art Lenehan, Violet Lilly |
| 1 | 9 | Einar Lindvig, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 10 | Regina Lindvig, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 11 | Art Lockhart, Nellie Lutovsky, Jessie Marsh, Eleanor Mast #1, Eleanor Mast #2, Jake Mast |
| 1 | 12 | Mrs. Thomas Morgan, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 13 | Thelma Multz, Frank Murray, Betty Eagle Nelson, Ole Oma, Dorothy Paugh |
| 1 | 14 | John C. Paugh, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 15 | Elizabeth Purdum, Herkles Rightenour, Vivian Rightenour, Sally Riley, Gerald Schapper |
| 1 | 16 | Bob Ross, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 17 | Rudolph Schutter, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 18 | George Sinton, Neil Staebler, Nora Stuart, Walt Stuart, George Stublar, Margaret Thorsen, Three Forks Library Gathering, Willabelle Tonn, Leeta Townsend, Dorothy Vick |
| 1 | 19 | Helen Walker, interview summary and transcript |
| 1 | 20 | Alf Walton, Nora Weaver, Mabel Weinrich, Vera Wilcox, Floyd Wilson |
| Cassette | ||
| 2 | 1 | Anderson, Don |
| 2 | 2 | Anderson, Les |
| 2 | 3 | Austin, Frank |
| 2 | 4 | Ballantyne, Mabel |
| 2 | 5 | Bartlett, Clarence |
| 2 | 6 | Benson, Eida |
| 2 | 7 | Bohart, Seth |
| 2 | 8 | Boylan, Margaret |
| 2 | 9 | Burlingame, Merrill |
| 2 | 10 | Christie, Lawrence |
| 2 | 10 | Clark, Berg |
| 2 | 11 | Clawson, Joseph W. |
| 2 | 12 | Cloninger, Mary |
| 2 | 13 | Creasy, Helen |
| 2 | 14 | Dahl, Alfred K. |
| 2 | 15 | Davidson, Paul |
| 2 | 16 | Davis, Wylie |
| 2 | 17 | Dejong, Elsie |
| 3 | 1 | Denton, Ina |
| 3 | 2 | Doyle, Della |
| 3 | 3 | Durnam, Isabelle |
| 3 | 4 | Fields, Ray and Orrie |
| 3 | 5 | Flaherty, Marie |
| 3 | 6 | Forsythe, Jane |
| 3 | 7 | Fuller, Mabel |
| 3 | 8 | Gau, Wanda |
| 3 | 9 | Gee, Margaret |
| 3 | 10 | Grace, Tony |
| 3 | 11 | Hadley, Alonzo |
| 3 | 12 | Haines, Aubrey |
| 3 | 13 | Hansen, Peter |
| 3 | 14 | Haun, Carl |
| 3 | 15 | Hecht, Dee Brenamen |
| 3 | 16 | Hoekema, Otis |
| 3 | 17 | Iverson, Ed |
| 3 | 18 | Jenkins, Ruth |
| 3 | 19 | Johnson, Bernidine |
| 4 | 1 | Johnson, Sam |
| 4 | 2 | Keister, Roy |
| 4 | 3 | Kerzenmacher, Walt |
| 4 | 4 | Kraai, Pearl |
| 4 | 5 | Lemon, Ora/Thornsen Margaret (on same cassette) |
| 4 | 6 | Lemon, Stanley |
| 4 | 7 | Lenehan, Art |
| 4 | 8 | Lilly, Violet |
| 4 | 9 | Lindvig, Einar |
| 4 | 10 | Lindvig, Regina |
| 4 | 11 | Lockhart, Art |
| 4 | 12 | Lutovsky, Nellie |
| 4 | 13 | Marsh, Jessie |
| 4 | 14 | Mast, Eleanor #1 |
| 4 | 15 | Mast, Eleanor #2 |
| 4 | 16 | Mast, Jake |
| 4 | 17 | Morgan, Mrs. Thomas |
| 4 | 18 | Multz, Thelma |
| 4 | 19 | Murray, Frank |
| 4 | 20 | Nelson, Betty Eagle |
| 4 | 21 | Oma, Ole |
| 4 | 22 | Paugh, Dorothy |
| 4 | 23 | Paugh, John C. |
| 4 | 24 | Purdum, Elizabeth |
| 5 | 1 | Rightenour, Herkles |
| 5 | 2 | Rightenour, Vivian |
| 5 | 3 | Riley, Sally |
| 5 | 4 | Ross, Bob |
| 5 | 5 | Schapper, Gerald |
| 5 | 6 | Schutter, Rudolph |
| 5 | 7 | Sinton, George |
| 5 | 8 | Staebler, Neil |
| 5 | 9 | Stuart, Nora |
| 5 | 10 | Stuart, Walt |
| 5 | 11 | Stublar, George |
| 5 | 12 | Thorsen, Margaret |
| 5 | 13 | Three Forks Library Gathering |
| 5 | 14 | Tonn, Willabelle |
| 5 | 15 | Townsend, Leeta |
| 5 | 16 | Vick, Dorothy |
| 5 | 17 | Walker, Helen |
| 5 | 18 | Walton, Alf |
| 5 | 19 | Weaver, Nora |
| 5 | 20 | Weinrich, Mabel |
| 5 | 21 | Wilcox, Vera |
| 5 | 22 | Wilson, Floyd |
| compact-disc | ||
| 5 | 1 | Digitized audiotapes |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976-Montana-Gallatin County
- Amusements-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Associations, institutions, etc. -Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Business enterprises-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Communication-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Depressions-1929-Montana-Gallatin County-Personal narratives
- Education-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Electric power-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Ethnic groups-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Gallatin County
- Homemakers-Montana-Gallatin County-Interviews
- Immigrants-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Indians of North America-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Medicine-Practice of-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Merchants-Montana-Gallatin County
- Natural disasters-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- Older people-Montana-Gallatin County-Interviews
- Spanish American War, 1898-Personal narratives, American
- Transportation-Montana-Gallatin County-History
- World War, 1914-1918-Personal narratives, American
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Personal Names
- Anderson, Don, interviewee
- Anderson, Lee, interviewee
- Austin, Frank, interviewee
- Ballantyne, Mabel, interviewee
- Bartlett, Clarence, interviewee
- Benson, Eida, interviewee
- Bohart, Seth, interviewee
- Burlingame, Merrill G. (Merrill Gildea), 1901-1994, interviewee
- Christie, Lawrence, interviewee
- Clark, Berg, interviewee
- Clawson, Joseph, interviewee
- Cloninger, Mary, interviewee
- Creasy, Helen, interviewee
- Dahl, Alfred K., interviewee
- Davidson, Paul, interviewee
- Davis, Wylie, interviewee
- Dejong, Elsie, interviewee
- Denton, Ina, interviewee
- Doyle, Della, interviewee
- Durnam, Isabelle, interviewee
- Fields, Orrie, interviewee
- Fields, Ray, interviewee
- Flaherty, Marie, interviewee
- Forsythe, Jayne, interviewee
- Fuller, Mabel, interviewee
- Gau, Wanda, interviewee
- Gee, Margaret, interviewee
- Grace, Tony, interviewee
- Hadley, Alonzo B., interviewee
- Haines, Aubrey L., interviewee
- Hansen, Peter, interviewee
- Haun, Carl, interviewee
- Hecht, Dee Breneman, interviewee
- Hoekema, Otis, interviewee
- Iverson, Ed, interviewee
- Jenkins, Ruth, interviewee
- Johnson, Bernidine, interviewee
- Johnson, Sam, interviewee
- Keister, Roy, interviewee
- Kertzenmacher, Walt, interviewee
- Lemon, Ora Michener, interviewee
- Lemon, Stanley, interviewee
- Lenehan, Art, interviewee
- Lilly, Violet, interviewee
- Lindvig, Einar, interviewee
- Lindvig, Regina, interviewee
- Lockhart, Art, interviewee
- Lutovsky, Nellie, interviewee
- Marsh, Jessie, interviewee
- Mast, Eleanor, interviewee
- Mast, Jake, interviewee
- Morgan, Thomas, Mrs., interviewee
- Multz, Thelma, interviewee
- Murray, Frank, interviewee
- Nelson, Betty Eagle, interviewee
- Oma, Ole, interviewee
- Paugh, Dorothy, interviewee
- Paugh, John C., interviewee
- Purdum, Elizabeth, interviewee
- Rightenour, Eleanor, interviewee
- Rightenour, Herkles, interviewee
- Riley, Sally, interviewee
- Ross, Bob, interviewee
- Schapper, Gerald, interviewee
- Schutter, Rudolph, interviewee
- Sinton, George, interviewee
- Staebler, Neil, interviewee
- Stuart, Nora, interviewee
- Stuart, Walt, interviewee
- Stublar, George, interviewee
- Thorsen, Margaret, interviewee
- Tonn, Willabelle, interviewee
- Townsend, Leeta, interviewee
- Vick, Dorothy, 1914--interviewee
- Walker, Helen, interviewee
- Walton, Alf, interviewee
- Weaver, Nora, interviewee
- Weinrich, Mabel, interviewee
- Wilcox, Vera, interviewee
- Wilson, Floyd, interviewee
Corporate Names
- Montana State College-History
Geographical Names
- Belgrade (Mont.)
- Bozeman (Mont.)
- Bridger Canyon (Mont.)
- Chestnut (Mont.)
- Churchill (Mont.)
- Gallatin Canyon (Mont.)
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-Church history
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-Climate
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-Commerce-History
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-Economic conditions-20th century
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-History
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-Politics and government
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-Religious life and customs
- Gallatin County (Mont.)-Social life and customs
- Gallatin Gateway (Mont.)
- Manhattan (Mont.)
- Salesville (Mont.)
- Springhill (Mont.)
- Three Forks (Mont.)
- Yellowstone National Park
Form or Genre Terms
- Oral histories-Montana-Bozeman
- Oral histories-Montana-Gallatin County
Kim Allen Scott, 2009; Jodi Allison-Bunnell
2022
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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