Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Edna Johnson Thomas recounts her career as a school teacher in the Bitterroot Valley for 42 years during the early to mid-20th century. She describes the difficulties of being a 19-year-old woman teaching boys who were sometimes larger than she was. Thomas recounts a story about a student who was expelled after shooting the school windows.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Hamilton Heights School; Hamilton, Montana; Corvallis, Montana; Bitterroot Valley, Montana; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; Homesteading schools; Ravalli County, 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 120-004a
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.) analog + 1 transcript (1 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:02:03 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_004_a.mp3; OH_120_004_a.pdf
Citation
Thomas, Edna, "Edna Johnson Thomas Interview, circa 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 14.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/14