Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Fern Severns and Sadie Summers talk about attending the Como School in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana, during the early 1900s. They recall the classmates and teachers who were a part of the school as well as the families in the county who sent their children to the Como School. Both interviewees describe some disruptive moments during their school days, including a boy setting fire to a tree. They speak in turn about their family backgrounds and how their parents came to the valley. Summers recalls her mother dying in childbirth, leaving her father to raise six children alone. Severns recalls life without her father, who died in a lumber accident. Both interviewees describe the games they played at school and parties they attended. Severns notes that her mother often hosted parties for the children.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Bitterroot Valley, Montana; Ravalli County, Montana; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; Como School; Homesteading schools; Hamilton, Montana; Boulder, Montana; Dillon, Montana; Marcus Daly; Timber industry, Montana; Homesteaders, Montana; Children’s games; Early 20th century games
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 120-004c
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.) analog + 1 transcript (12 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:17:22 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_004_c.mp3; OH_120_004_c.pdf
Citation
Severns, Fern and Summers, Sadie, "Fern Severns and Sadie Summers Interview, circa 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 16.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/16