Interviewer
Gladys Peterson
Files
Description
Tenina Pominville Little speaks on her life, recounting stories from her childhood in Eastern Montana on a homestead as well as her married life in Missoula and Frenchtown, Montana, ranching and supporting her husband Dighton. She remembers the early 1900s, attending a one room school, and exploring her parents’ homestead with her six siblings. Little recalls her days as a teacher as well as her unfulfilled desire to become a certified public accountant (CPA). She describes moving around with her husband during the early years of their marriage and settling in Missoula and Frenchtown. She discusses the difficulties of living during the Great Depression as well as the bridge tournaments she organized when times were easier.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Montana State Legislature; Bridge; Homesteading, Montana; Great Depression, 1929-1939; Mike Mansfield; Frenchtown, Montana; Eastern Montana; Missoula, Montana; Teachers, Montana; Education, Montana; One-room schoolhouses
Original Date
3-10-1988
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Communities Oral History Collection, 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 200-001, 002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.): analog + 1 transcript (37 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:41:13 minutes
Local Filename
OH_200_001_002.mp3; OH_200_001_002.pdf
Citation
Little, Tenina, "Tenina Pominville Little Interview, March 10, 1988" (1988). Montana Communities Oral History Collection. 12.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtcommunities_oralhistory/12