Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Anne Keeling Woodruff discusses attending the Fairplay School in the early 1900s in the Bitterroot Valley. She describes box socials and the how young men jockeyed to buy the teacher’s box. She talks about the programs her school put on for different events like Easter, the end of school, and the coming of spring. Woodruff speaks about the cold winters that she and her mother had to endure, as well going to school when she was three years old because her mother was the teacher. She recalls specific people who attended the Fairplay School as well as her interactions with the older children.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Fairplay School; Fairview School; Bitterroot Valley, Montana; Ravalli County, Montana; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; One-room schoolhouses
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 120-011a
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
00:10:30 minuntes
Local Filename
OH_120_011_a.mp3; OH_120_011_a.pdf
Citation
Woodruff, Anne, "Anne Keeling Woodruff Interview, circa 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 28.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/28