title:
David Strohmaier
creator:
David Strohmaier; Leif Fredrickson
description:
David Strohmaier discusses his role as a Missoula County commissioner during the COVID pandemic. He discusses his experience as a wildland firefighter, professional historian and his path to working in local government, first as a city council member and then as a county commissioner. He outlines the way Missoula’s county government works, and the main issues the county faced prior to the pandemic. He discusses how local governments adapted to the pandemic, and the major pandemic-related policies and programs that he was involved with, including the development of programs to address people experiencing homelessness and those needing to quarantine in non-congregate residences. Strohmaier also discusses the importance of history to addressing the pandemic, and his role in advocating for funding to document the experience of, and response to, the pandemic in Missoula. The interview concludes with Strohmaier’s reflections on how the pandemic interacted with other aspects of county politics, and the broader meaning, lessons and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
publisher:
Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
contributor:
Leif Fredrickson
created:
2022-03-28
date Submitted:
2022-03-28
type:
Sound; Text
identifier:
2022_130
language:
English
rights:
3/28/2022We grant and assign to Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana (Archives) as Project repository, non-exclusive rights of every kind pertaining to this interview, including, but not limited to, reproduction, distribution, preparation of derivative works, public performance, and display, whether or not such rights are now known, recognized or contemplated. This gift does not preclude any use that we ourselves may wish to make of the information in the recording and/or subsequent transcripts of such. Future uses may include, but are not limited to, the following: printed memoirs, written publications, radio and film and podcast productions, educational tools, and public performances. Many of these futures uses may be accessible through print, visual, electronic, or other available media, and the Internet, including Project and Archives online platforms.