Bob Brown oral history project 2005-2010

Montana Stockgrowers Association

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On April 3, 1885, in Miles City, Montana Territory, the Eastern Montana Livestock Association (founded in 1883) and the Montana Stockgrowers Association (founded in 1884) consolidated their operations under the name of the latter organization. This new Montana Stockgrowers Association was founded "to unite cattle and horse growers in Montana Territory; first, for the enforcement of livestock laws; second, for the protection against rustlers; third, to devise plans to protect the open range again...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Atlantic Richfield Co.

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Cobb, John, 1954-

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Hansen, Alec, 1941-

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Fjare, Orvin B. (Orvin Benonie), 1918-

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U.S. congressman from Montana from 1955-57. From the description of Orvin B. Fjare papers, 1955-1957. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 42928981 U.S. congressman from Montana. From the description of Orvin B. Fjare papers, 1955-1957. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 154692325 Orvin Benorie Fjare was born on a ranch in the Melville area near Big Timber, Sweet Grass County, Montana on April 16, 1...

Harper, Hal, 1948-

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Galt, Louise R., 1923-

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League of Women Voters of Montana

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Montana division of national political education organization. The League of Women Voters is a national organization to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in their government. The Montana League was established in 1921. The Montana League was a loosely structured organization in the state during the early 1920s and 1930s with the members meeting in Helena during the legislative sessions. In 1946 the League of Women Vote...

Lewis, David M., 1942-

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Smith, Edward, interviewee

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Van Valkenburg, Fred R.

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Gunderson, Jack, interviewee

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Marks, Robert L., 1932-

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Montana. Legislature. Senate

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Rankin, Wellington Duncan, 1884-1966

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Wellington D. Rankin was born in Missoula, Montana, on September 16, 1884, the son of pioneer Missoula businessman and rancher John Rankin and his wife Olive Pickering Rankin, an early Missoula County school teacher. His oldest sister Jeannette was the first woman elected to the United States Congress. He had four other sisters: Harriet, Mary, Edna, and Grace. After graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in science, Wellington attended Harvard University...

Ohs, Karl, 1946-

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Leuthold, John H., 1907-2005

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Murray, Marshall, interviewee

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Poore, Robert, interviewee

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Lockrem, Lloyd C., interviewee

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Schwinden, Ted, interviewee

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Lynch, Neil, interviewee

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Republican National Convention

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Fagg, Harrison, 1931-

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Vincent, John C., 1942-

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Jergeson, Greg, 1950-

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Paynter, Judy, 1949-

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Montana. Governor (1962-1969 : Babcock)

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Harrington, Dan W. (Dan William), 1938-

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Brown, R. Lewis, interviewee

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Hall, John, of Richmond

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Epithet: of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x00022a Epithet: schoolmaster, of Cambuslang British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000233 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 6171 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000225 The John Ha...

Montana Power Company

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The Montana Power Company was formed on December 12, 1912, in Butte through the merger of the Butte Electric and Power Company with three of its subsidiaries: the Madison River Power Company, the Billings and Eastern Montana Power Company, and the Missoula River Power Company. A few months later, the two remaining large power producers in Montana, the Great Falls Water Power and Townsite Company, and the Thompson Falls Power Company, were taken into the company by acquisition of sto...

Mercer, John A., 1957-

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Montana. Governor (1981-1989 : Schwinden)

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Nutter, Donald Grant, 1915-1962

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Crippen, Lloyd, interviewee

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Marks, Bob

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Nordtvedt, Ken, 1939-

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McOmber, W. Gordon

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Thoft, Bob, 1929-

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Montana. Constitutional Convention (1971-1972)

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Racicot, Mark

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Himsl, Matt, 1912-2006

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Anaconda Company

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Anaconda Mining Company incorporated 1892; in 1895 renamed Anaconda Copper Mining Company; in 1955 reorganized as Anaconda Company; sold to Atlantic Richfield Co., 1979, and operations shut down in 1983; engaged in mining, smelting, and refining of copper, lead, zinc, and other ores, with subsidiaries in mining, lumber, coal, foundry, and other industries; headquartered in Anaconda, Mont., with major mines in Butte, Mont., area. From the description of Records, 1876-1974. (Montana Hi...

Giacometto, Leo A., 1962-

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Kemmis, Daniel, 1945-

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Lynch, John D., 1947-

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Kolstad, Allen, interviewee

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Swysgood, Charles, 1939-

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McGarvey, Dale, interviewee

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Bardanouve, Francis, 1917-2002

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Francis Bardanouve was born in Harlem, Montana, on December 10, 1917. He attended the Harlem public schools and graduated from Harlem High School. He was a stockman-farmer from the Harlem, Montana, area. He was first elected to the Montana House of Representatives in 1958 for the 36th Legislatvie Assembly. Bardanouve represented District #6, Blaine County, in the House since that time. He was appointed to the Appropriations Committee in 1959 and served as chairman for that committee during sever...

Mansfield, Michael Joseph "Mike", 1903-2001

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Mike Mansfield Quiet Leadership in Troubled Times On March 24, 1998, Mike Mansfield returned to the Senate to deliver the first Leader's Lecture in the Old Senate Chamber, which had been restored during his long tenure as Senate majority leader. Many of the senators who attended had not served with Mansfield. He was 95 years old, but stood straight and spoke forthrightly. In reflecting on Senate leadership, he chose to deliver a speech that he had planned to give on November 22, 1963, but ...

O'Neil, Carle, interviewee

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Bishop, Alfred Lewis

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Tea Party Patriots

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Montana Farmers Union

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The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union, later to become the National Farmers Union, was founded in 1902, in Rains County, Texas, by Isaac Newton ("Newt") Gresham. It spread rapidly around the South during the next few years, but then started to decline. As it declined in the South, however, membership in the Upper Midwest and especially North Dakota began to increase. The first Montana local was formed at Ronan in 1912, with a Polson local established shortly ther...

Patten, James, interviewee

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Towe, Thomas, 1937-

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Shanahan, Ward, interviewee

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Montana. Governor (1961-1962 : Nutter)

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Blaylock, Chet, 1924-

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Montana. Legislature. House of Representatives

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Crippen, Bruce D., 1932-

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Tidball, Eugene C., 1930-

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Eugene C. Tidball graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1948. He attended the University of Montana, Missoula receiving his B.S., B.A., and J.D. by 1955. He worked briefly for the Tirgood Oil Company of Casper, Wyoming before becoming executive director of the Montana Legislative Council in 1957, a position he held until 1965. He served as a legal counsel for the Anaconda Company 1965-1975 when he became Vice President, Legal, Environmental and Public Affairs Montana Mining Division, the...

Babcock, Tim, 1919-

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Tim M. Babcock was born October 27, 1919, in Little Fork, Minnesota to Erwin H. and Olive Babcock, and he came to Montana with his parents when he was a few months old. They settled on a homestead in Dawson County west of Glendive. Tim Babcock attended grade school in Glendive and graduated from Dawson County High School in 1939. After graduating from high school, Babcock moved to California where he was employed by Douglas Aircraft Company for two years. While there he married Betty Lee on Sept...

Brown, Bob, 1947 Dec. 11-, interviewer

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Bob Brown was born in Missoula, Montana, on December 11, 1947, but grew up on his family's grain and cattle ranch near Whitefish, Montana. He obtained a bachelor's degree in history from Montana State University-Bozeman in 1970 and a master's degree in education from the University of Montana-Missoula in 1988. He spent two years in the Navy, from 1971 to 1972, and married Susan Stoeckig in 1975. They have two daughters. Over 27 years, he taught government, history, and economics at ...

Brown, Dave, 1948-

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Renders, Joe A., interviewee

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Martz, Judy, 1943-2017

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Judith Helen Martz (née Morstein; July 28, 1943 – October 30, 2017) was an American politician, businesswoman, and Olympian speed skater who served as the 22nd Governor of Montana, the first and to date only woman to have held the office. She served from January 1, 2001 to January 3, 2005. She previously served as the 31st Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1997 to 2001 under the governorship of Marc Racicot. She was the last Republican to serve as Governor of Montana until Greg Gianforte was e...

Nichols, Norris, interviewee

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Stephens, Stan, interviewee

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Hawks, Clyde, 1918-

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Eck, Dorothy, 1924-

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Dorothy Eck was born in Washington State in 1924. She and her husband moved to Bozeman, Montana, in 1946. In the 1950s she began to be involved in the League of Women Voters, and other lobbying groups. In 1971 she was elected as a delegate to the Montana Constitutional convention (Con Con). After the Convention was over she lobbied actively for the ratification of the new constitution, and then worked as a liaison between Governor Tom Judge and local governments. She was elected to ...

Ramirez, Jack, 1939-

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Halligan, Mike, 1949-

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Groff, William, 1920-

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Walsh, Thomas James, 1859-1933

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After a long career with the San Francisco Police Dept., Thomas P. Walsh was named Chief of Police, but only served "a day or so" before his death on May 1, 1933. Walsh was assigned to Mayor James Rolph's office in City Hall, and later served under Rolph at the Governor's Office in the State Building in San Francisco. From the description of Thomas P. Walsh diaries, 1892-1933 (bulk 1923-1933). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48928816 U.S. senators f...

Montana League of Cities and Towns

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Schweitzer, Brian, 1955-

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Aasheim, Magnus, interviewee

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Mazurek, Joe, interviewee

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Lucas, James P., interviewee

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Schiltz, Jack M.

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Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...

Turnage, Jean A., 1926-

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Mobil Oil Company

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Anderson, Jerome, interviewee

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Galt, Jack E., 1923-2007

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Mathers, William, interviewee

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Bradley, Dorothy M., 1947-

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Great Falls Tribune

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Frank, Jake, 1915-

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Anderson, Forrest Howard, 1913-1989

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Parks, Elin G., 1920-

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Harp, John G., 1952-

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Robinson, Ty, interviewee

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Montana. Supreme Court

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Montana high court of appeal. The Montana Supreme Court was established as territorial high court in 1864. The first term of court began 17 May 1865. Over the years the size of the court has increased from a chief justice and two associate justice to the present chief justice, six associate justices, and staff. From the description of Dockets, 1966-1982. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70925663 ...

Rosell, Antoinette Fraser, 1926-

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Severson, Elmer D., 1922-

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Yardley, Dan, 1928-

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Olsen, Arnold, 1916-1990

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The son of Anna and Albert Olsen, Arnold Olsen was born December 17, 1916 in Butte, Montana. After attending Butte public schools and the Montana School of Mines, he received a law degree from Montana State University (now the University of Montana) Law School and began his Butte law practice in 1940. Following four years of overseas duty in the Navy during the Second World War, Olsen married Margaret Williams, also of Butte, and together they had three children - Margaret Rae, Anna...

Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...

Eskildsen, Leslie, interviewee

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Haughey, James, interviewee

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Metcalf, Lee, 1911-1978

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Lee Metcalf was born in 1911 in Stevensville, Montana. He attended Montana State University for one year and transferred to Stanford University where he majored in history and economics. He graduated from Montana State University law school in 1936 and entered private practice. He was elected representative to the 25th Montana Legislative Assembly from Ravalli County in the same year. In 1937 Metcalf resigned from the legislature to accept appointment as a Montana assistant attorney...

University of Montana--Missoula

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The University of Montana-Missoula's Faculty Senate serves to promote faculty involvement in the governance of the University. The Senate reviews, debates, and votes on issues pertaining to the academic and faculty welfare of The University of Montana (UM) in consultation and cooperation with the President and University administration. Faculty members contribute to UM governance by participating in the Senate and specific committees. The first faculty meeting of the Uni...

Thomas, Fred, 1958-

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Hoag, John T., 1914-

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Murray, James W.

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Mockler, James, interviewee

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Sheehy, John C., interviewee

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

Republican Party (Mont.)

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Pichette, J. Michael, intervieweee

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Gilluly, Robert S.

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Lahr, John, interviewee

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Judge, Thomas L.

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Bennett, Gordon, interviewee

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Montana. Dept. of Fish and Game.

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Aronson, J. Hugo (John Hugo), 1891-1978

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J. Hugo Aronson was born in Gallstad, Sweden on September 1, 1891, a son of Aron Johanson (1856-1927), a tenant farmer, and Rika Ryding Johannsen (1857-1940). The Johannsens had five children: Anna, Karl, Julia, John Hugo, and Erik Johannsen Aronson. Anna Aronson married Karl Skold and the couple had three children: Gunnar, Karin, and Allan. Julia Aronson Joseffson had two sons. Sven Johanson was also a nephew of J. Hugo Aronson. J. Hugo Aronson was educated in the public schools of...

Delano, John, interviewee

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Rolfe, Tom, interviewee

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Norman, William J. (William James) 1922-

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