Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Felsi Boldt describes her parents’ move from Germany to Hamilton in 1899 to homestead in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana. Boldt remembers the logging her father did on their homestead. She recalls attending the Sawtooth School and talks about some of her teachers. She describes how the school was designed with a well in the cloak room and stables added on to the end. She also mentions how one teacher encouraged the children to bring things they could cook for lunch, instead of cold lunches.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Sawtooth School; Hamilton, Montana; Ravalli County, Montana; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; Homesteading schools; Bitterroot Valley, Montana
Original Date
1978
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project, OH 120, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 120-002a
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.) analog + 1 transcript (3 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:08:53 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_002_a.mp3; OH_120_002a.pdf
Citation
Boldt, Felsi, "Felsi Boldt Interview, circa 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 10.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/10