Description: Barbara Venton Gilbreath Montgomery (1925-2017) attended the University of Illinois in the later portion of World War II, starting in 1943. In this interview she describes her experience dating an army serviceman who was training in the Armory and her experience serving as a junior editor of the Daily Illini within her first few weeks as a Freshman, due to staffing shortages from the war.
Date of Interview: 11/11/2008
Interviewer: Chris D’Arpa
Transcript: Barbara Montgomery Oral History Transcript
Related Resources: Archives Alumni Oral History Project Files