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Willard Harris Oral History, 1962 July 29
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Harris, Willard
- Title
- Willard Harris Oral History
- Dates
- 1962 July 291962072919620729
- Quantity
- 1 reel audiotape and 1 typescript
- Collection Number
- Collection 651, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Willard Harris Oral History includes a reel of audio taped oral history and a typed copy of the transcription of the tape. Subjects: Manhattan, Logan, the Holland Settlement and other nearby communities; companies and industries including the Manhattan Malting Company and malt plant, the Montana Pulp and Paper Company and pulp mill, flour mills, cement plant and Ideal Cement; the earthquake of 1925; the Gallatin Female Seminary; the water supply; and prominent community leaders and businessmen.
- 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
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Willard Harris was an elderly resident of Manhattan, Montana who told his stories of Manhattan, its industries and assorted notable people (especially in the early 1900s) to Milo Grue on July 29, 1962. Mr. Harris does not mention his age except to say he came to Manhattan in 1895 and went to work at that time. Milo Grue was writing a history paper "The Manhattan Story" at Montana State University and recorded this question and answer session, although the location of Grue's resulting paper is unknown.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection includes a reel of audio taped oral history and a typed copy of the transcription of the tape. Subjects: Manhattan, Logan, the Holland Settlement and other nearby communities; companies and industries including the Manhattan Malting Company and malt plant, the Montana Pulp and Paper Company and pulp mill, flour mills, cement plant and Ideal Cement; the earthquake of 1925; the Gallatin Female Seminary; the water supply; and prominent community leaders and businessmen that include George Sinton, Walter Cooper, Henry Heeb, and E. W. King. Numerous anecdotes of the life and personalities in the early years around Manhattan are scattered throughout. Audio compact disc renderings of the audiotape are available for research use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Breweries-Montana-Gallatin County
- Paper mills-Montana-Gallatin County
- Water-supply-Montana-Manhattan
Geographical Names
- Manhattan (Mont.)-History-Interviews
Kim Allen Scott, 2009
April 4, 2016
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
