Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Margaret Woolaghan Nelson describes her childhood in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana, during the early 1900s. She recalls her family moving to the valley from Butte, Montana, due to her father’s poor health. She discusses significant events in her childhood like her father’s funeral and her mother giving birth to Nelson’s younger sister. Nelson talks about her elementary education at the Fairview School, before the family relocated to Hamilton, Montana, where she attended the old Washington School and her teacher recommended she move down a grade. She concludes the interview by reminiscing about the time before her father died when her family went to cut a Christmas tree.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Hamilton, Montana; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; Sawmills; Fairview School; Old Washington School; Butte, Montana; Silicosis; Black lung; Homesteading schools; Ravalli County, Montana; 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 120-002b
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
00:07:35 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_002_b.mp3; OH_120_002_b.pdf
Citation
Nelson, Margaret, "Margaret Woolaghan Nelson Interview, circa 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 12.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/12