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Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Jeannette Summers Johnson discusses her experiences as a schoolgirl in the late 1800s in the Bitterroot Valley as well as her family’s history. She recalls attending the one-room Skalkaho School and reminisces about fellow classmates, teachers, and the schoolhouse itself. Johnson also talks about her mother and father’s respective histories and how they came to live in the Bitterroot Valley and marry each other. She remembers moving around Montana from a ranch with 1,000 acres to a house in Hamilton owned by Marcus Daly.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Ravalli County, Montana; Skalkaho School; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; Hamilton, Montana; Corvallis, Montana; Bitterroot Valley, Montana; One-room schoolhouses; Marcus Daly
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 120-011b
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.) analog + 1 transcript (6 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:11:36 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_011_b.mp3; OH_120_011_b.pdf
Citation
Johnson, Jeannette, "Jeannette Summers Johnson Interview, circa 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 29.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/29
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