Irene Owen Interview, 2002.

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Irene Owen Interview, 2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/764449422

In this interview Irene Owen discusses her childhood in Manchester, England; her training in dance; experiences during World War II including bombings, air raids, rationing, military service of family members; meeting and courting an American soldier named Dick Owen; immigration to the United States to live in Harlowton; shipboard experiences on the Queen Mary; moving to Geraldine; and adjusting to life in a small Montana town. (OH 2041)

1 Cassette tape(s)(45) Analog Transcript 23 p

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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 ...

Owen, Irene, 1926-2010.

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