Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Authors

Greg Beam

Document Type

Oral History

Publication Date

8-17-2000

Interview Number

MOH 228

Abstract

Caroline (Duby) Glassman was born on September 13, 1922 in Baker, Oregon, and grew up on a cattle ranch outside of Baker. Her father, Charles, was a Democrat, and her mother, Caroline, was a Republican. After graduating from a one room school house, she went to Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. At the age of 18 she began law school at a university in Salem, Oregon. After graduating, she worked as a title insurance attorney for about a year and then traveled around the country taking positions such as legal secretary, medical secretary, and magistrate for the court. She took the bar exam in San Francisco and practiced law there for a while. In 1962, she moved with her husband, Harry, and their son, Max, to Portland, Maine and she continued to practice law there. In 1967, she got involved in the Model Cities Program, beginning with writing the application. Her husband received a grant to teach in Yugoslavia for year, which caused her to step down from the program, but health concerns prevailed and instead, she started her own practice. At the time of this interview she was an active member of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Scope and Content Note

Interview includes discussions of: Archangel, Russia (sister city to Portland, Maine); family background; law school in the 1940s for a woman; Model Cities, Portland; Barney Shur’s letter; Muskie’s involvement with Model Cities; and Pine Tree Legal Services.

Use Restrictions

Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.

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