Pearl Smith Interview 22 April 2007.

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Pearl Smith Interview 22 April 2007.

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Pearl Smith Interview conducted in Roy, MT by Jim Greene April 22, 2007. In this interview Mrs. Smith discusses growing up in the Roy area on the family homestead, attending local schools, and operating a patent medicine store in Roy 1946-1969. (OH 2223).

2 tapes (70 min.) 22 page transcript.

Montana Historical Society Library

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Montana Historical Society Library

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