Montana War Brides Oral History Project, 2001-2003

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Montana War Brides Oral History Project, 2001-2003

2001-2003

https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv60889

This oral history project focused on the experiences of women who came to Montana as the result of marriage to a U.S. soldier during World War II or the Korean War. Interviewees recall life in their home countries, including Australia, England, France, Germany, Korea, Poland, and Wales, as well as the adjustments they made to become Montanans.

20 interviews

eng, Latn

Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 11674327

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Montana War Brides Oral History Project

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In the summer of 2001 the Montana Historical Society Archives began work on the Montana War Brides Oral History Project. The project focused on the experiences of women who came to Montana as the result of marriage to a U.S. soldier. War Brides form a unique immigrant group within Montana’s population. Unlike many immigrant groups war brides traveled to Montana alone, came to live with people they had never met, and entered new lives without the comfort of an existing support system to ease the ...