Caroline Patterson and Laura Patterson

00:00 Introduction bear

00:05 My name is Caroline Patterson. I am 63 years old Thursday, June 18th, 2020. I live in Missoula Montana and I'm here with my mother Laura Patterson.

00:23 I love Patterson ages 92.

00:28 The date is Thursday, June 18th.

00:33 Missoula Montana

00:44 So have you tell me a little bit about?

00:52 You had was born in Long Island, and I wondered if you could just stay tell me a little bit about what your parents you're doing in Long Island.

01:04 On my dad's birthday, New York City

01:14 South 59th and State

01:18 Oman weekend. What did he do in the city?

01:28 What kind of bird is this?

01:36 Could you tell me what to bake commercial are so right about your mother?

01:57 You made a move at that point and five or six?

02:15 Opportunities to

02:20 Make a job out of the scientific artist for the public health.

02:27 Hamilton, Montana

02:30 So, how did you get an emissions? What do you know? What year? This is 1944. So at that point, how did you get from Lake Ronkonkoma?

03:04 Stop casting Chicago Healthcare on Airway.

03:12 An emergency stay on your way. That's a lot.

03:29 Then we came to Helena Montana and your dad started to work and what what would be the scientific artist? Can you tell us more?

04:06 Drawing of the day

04:12 What time is it?

04:19 What's the exact point doing a lot of research on Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

04:46 Recently recently visited the laugh and they still had a lot of your father's painting text and also a composer safety safety posters about different. Text. Can you describe? What is it when you got to Hamilton? Where did you live?

05:10 First we rented a house.

05:17 My folks are very impressed because the neighbors have texted Apple.

05:38 And that list that was close to the laboratory.

05:44 So your father worked and we also did some painting in that area if I understand.

05:56 He was very interested in Indian.

06:01 In the summer

06:11 . All right then.

06:16 Recorded

06:20 Making another about that.

06:33 White noise

06:43 Do you remember some of the things he painted?

06:49 Waukegan

07:03 Do you know what what happened with some of these painted? Can you describe some of that? You have some of the same thing and whatever happened to some of the other thinking.

07:27 No.

07:31 Don't breathe.

07:35 Indian writing

07:53 I think you told me at some point that some of them ended up not right.

08:04 1948

08:13 Your favorite to artist the mixtape.

08:17 Saturday night

08:30 And then I think you also told me that song was came and ended up at the Smithsonian. Is that right? If you do not get details about that, but don't

08:53 How do you think this is a fact that you remember about, you know moving that much. That was such a drastic change. How old are you?

09:07 I wish that.

09:21 Friends

09:31 Is there a shock to kind of come West and with all that open space after being in New York?

09:54 Can you talk a little bit about your mother? What is your mother?

10:06 Which David phone?

10:32 So we met at the Art Academy where they what it what was her meet again. What did she do in as an artist?

10:49 So she wasn't Hamilton. There were three girls in the Cape Cod house. Do you remember what kind of things do you do at dinnertime? What did you eat that we're family but with your family meals like

11:10 Did you have a garden?

11:16 Go home.

11:21 Important

11:44 Did you tell me a fun place nearby?

12:06 States

12:09 Went to talk about when was Taylor Swift on to step two step for your father, you know, they would park and maybe you can describe your it you had long braids.

12:44 Attracted to my own by Bread

13:03 I think there's something

13:05 So you would like to say about this time. So there's this is it cultural change and he was young and adaptable but you can see the potential. Is there something you would want to say to either our family or future Generations about what you've learned from what all that changed the info for that chain.

13:37 I think

13:56 What would you like to tell your grandkids about that time?

14:25 They would help.

14:33 What does the cup?

14:39 A. Of time

14:47 And I loved your father that you Washington DC and your mother went back to work.

15:12 So, what did you go back to work to do that's ever been hard, but no. No, I don't work then.

15:23 Heart specialist

15:28 What is it? What is it?

15:41 First Energy

16:00 And then she moved it to San Francisco. And what were you doing at that point?

16:31 So what what what is that involve?

16:38 What do you remember about teaching school in Victor?

16:41 The Victor is a very small town communities.

16:54 16

17:05 That wasn't there something about the tennis team.

17:29 Buttercrunch lettuce

17:55 Married at that point and who did you marry?

18:19 How to get back and forth

18:25 Why did you do that?

18:32 What happened after you got out of work? I mean when you got out of there?

18:43 Partnership

18:50 Where were you living at that point?

18:59 Lost extensions Festival

19:09 How is that moving into a family house after you have your own house?

19:33 Can you talk a little bit about the 50 Cent?

19:47 Give us a young attorney.

20:10 So, what did you what kind of Life did you have that if you have friends to do what kind of things could you do with them?

20:24 A ball that bounced

20:27 Methodist Church

20:29 Facebook

20:49 Can you describe Pierce Lake?

20:53 Very small legs

21:00 There's a lot of blood.

21:10 All sports

21:59 How long did it take you to go?

22:15 That start of a fireplace.

22:25 Electric fireplace

22:29 Look at it SpongeBob.

22:39 Remember what you thought when what does it look like when you first saw it? You never called Dad. The land. Can you talk about that?

22:56 Walkability available from

23:12 What was the arrangement lots available from that? Is that right? So when you stop

23:22 He thought with them to pick them up, no teaching.

23:30 So, what did you think when you first saw it? So what was the first thing you did?

23:39 What did it look like when you first start?

24:04 Did you ever see any Wildlife like?

24:10 Author

24:18 Up there

24:24 What kind of bear?

24:35 Southdale Hospital

24:40 So over the years what what have you done for finished with that one?

24:55 Also

25:02 And what do you think the importance of having a cabin was?

25:09 Really enjoyed being up there.

25:22 Different world

25:28 What what what about it was so enjoyable. What why was it important to step into a different world?

25:49 Separation

25:57 What was what was the point when we were going up there? What was your family like like here?

26:10 Now it's really going up that is working as an attorney who thoughts on the city council cancer busy.

26:19 Can you describe a little bit of thought?

26:28 I think I know what it is what it is.

26:58 And I think you know, I think new things you remember about Dad working, but you know that he would you describe what it was. He was very busy and he would get a lot of calls and people come over a lot. So

27:26 Yeah, kind of a complete lawyer.

27:32 But it's nice to have a place to go.

27:43 Put on that didn't you put on the list of instructions for the cabinet something like the nearest phone with 10 miles away. And that was just about closing up. Can you just play some women's groups that you were involved with?

28:23 Did you do more with art at that point is that was such a bathroom with you?

28:34 I think the only thing that's interesting about being in this house was maybe you can describe the Summers and Summers were very busy and Princess companies if we have lots of company.

28:58 Escape

29:02 How long is a state ID number?

29:09 Whatever is convenient for you today.

29:13 And who else will come?

29:31 The other app

29:46 What about your mother and my mother?

29:54 At the cabin

30:19 People really didn't I mean a lot of people

30:41 Remember

30:47 Caroline you all have 10 minutes left, okay.

30:53 Patterson

31:03 Don't look back.

31:10 What what what do you think are some of your happiest time?

31:21 What made those so happy?

31:30 Who is this?

31:34 Rites place today

31:39 The telephone

31:49 If you were going to recommend what you have done to someone else, what about that would you recommend?

32:09 What else did you do?

32:29 We outside. What do you think about playing outside?

32:36 Enjoyable

33:07 Well, I think that's something you kept on you and Dad how to spend a lot of time outside hiking walking rafting.

33:24 House of Fun

33:34 What do you think? I mean, I think it doesn't I think also it helps you through hard time.

33:46 Is there any other memory that sticks out from the phone?

34:15 What about you would all get a nut. We also had a Volkswagen van. Take that fan and go camping. And so when you think about a family of five and it was a little crowded.

34:39 No worries in that van.

34:44 My mother

34:50 In my system

35:10 The number to Easter trip

35:30 Can you describe that it was going from Laramie to Casper to never doubt if it finish on that story?

35:53 Is it good to have a white out and we were driving from blank to the blank to take over the world?

36:08 We literally were in are you stupid?

36:35 Volkswagen bus as I Remember by Fred. My husband says it's like having a mouth breathing on your foot.

36:56 A really long trip

37:18 Traveling in Montana inevitably involve Grocers

37:25 Well

37:35 Google the lot of a lot of traveling.

37:39 Story

37:48 Medical doctor for four-wheel drive.

38:11 Professional stereo, I know what it was one last question and healthy is that is you're known for your signature red lipstick and we wanted to know why you were when you started wearing at a wedding.

38:39 Attractive

38:54 The almost

39:06 You are feeling like you're done now or a rapper.