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This collection (1938-1939) consists of four letters written by Frank C. Mischel, while he lived in Butte, Montana, to Erna Anderson of Dickinson, North Dakota. The letters discuss the living and working conditions in Butte during the Great Depression era, and include descriptions of boarding house costs, meal costs, jobs available, local entertainment, as well as Mischel’s opinions towards his fellow workers and women in Butte.

Content Description Tobacco Valley Oral History Project (2006-2010) consists of 69 transcripts of interviews with residents of the Tobacco Valley detailing their lives growing up in the region as part of the Lincoln County High School American History Class under instructor David James. (OH 2285)Some of the topics covered in the interviews include what their residence were like growing up, any chores they were expected to do as children, what activities they were involved in at school, any military...