Anne Needham Interview, July 9, 1981

Anne Needham describes moving with her family from Iowa to Missoula, Montana, when she was six years old. She recalls the train ride to Montana with her mother and siblings on what was considered an “immigrant train.” She details how her mother managed a large family and the household all while encouraging Needham’s father to obtain a college education. Needham reminisces about her first grade year in Missoula, as well as the chores she did as a child and her relationship with both parents. Needham talks about attending the University of Montana’s School of Journalism, including descriptions of her classes and reporting on a boxing match for the Missoulian newspaper. Needham concludes by describing her school teaching career,which ended when she married, and her husband’s career working for the Anaconda Company. For more information on Anne Needham, see oral history interview OH 049-058c,d.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/1013/thumbnail.jp