Interviewer
May Vallance
Files
Description
Golda Langley discusses her career as a school teacher in rural Montana during the early to mid-20th century. She recalls her students for each year that she taught at different schools throughout Montana. She talks about the “school bus” that a community member built—a little building on sleigh runners with a stove in it—to convey the children to school. Langley talks about the hot lunch program that she and the parents set up as well as the school programs for different events such as Christmas. She remembers an earthquake that shook the Beavertail School. She also talks about her husband’s childhood, attending schools around Montana, often the same ones where she later taught.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Hamilton, Montana; Bitterroot Valley, Montana; Victor, Montana; Beavertail School; Grantsdale School; Education, Montana; Schoolhouses, rural; Overwich School; Ravalli County; One-room schoolhouses; School teachers
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 120-011f
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (60 min.) analog + 1 transcript (4 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:15:18 minutes
Local Filename
OH_120_011_f.mp3; OH_120_011_f.pdf
Citation
Langley, Golda, "Golda Lewis Penner Langley Interview, circa 1978" (1978). Bitterroot Historical Society Oral History Project. 33.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bitterrootvalley_oralhistory/33