Archives West Finding Aid

Papers. 1910-1924. .5 linear foot. The collection consists of five series: Outgoing Correspondence, Incoming Correspondence, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Reports, and Miscellany. The Outgoing Correspondence (1910-1918; most of 1912 is missing) for the most part are letters Scott wrote to his parents in Brattleboro, Vermont, describing the Glacier National Park area--including Saint Mary, Babb, Fletcher, Browning, and Family, Montana--weather conditions, hunting trips, holiday and social activities, travel through Glacier Park, the early automobiles and how they fared on Montana's roads, daily meals, living conditions, and personal concerns. Although employed by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Reclamation Service, Scott rarely made mention of it in his letters. The remaining outgoing correspondence is composed of letters (1912-1915) from Scott to his sister, Minnie Ann Scott, a resident of Brattleboro, Vermont, and a single letter (1918) from Scott to a Captain Heath in Bozeman regarding Scott's applications for admission to an artillery training camp. The Incoming Correspondence (1918-1924) includes letters from the United States Indian Service, Blackfeet Agency supervisor regarding Scott's successful bid on the allotment of Steals-in-the-Daytime Stabs-by-Mistake; the chief engineer of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company answering Scott's inquiry about a job; a friend with the First Army, American Expeditionary Force during World War I; and letters of reference for Scott. The Miscellaneous Correspondence (1913) consists of a form letter from the general agent of the Great Northern Railway Company to Minnie Scott regarding publications about Glacier National Park, round trip rates, accommodations, touring the park, and many of the interesting points in the park. The collection also contains Reports (ca. 1919, 1924, n.d.) prepared by Scott in his capacity as an engineer for the U.S. Reclamation Service, on the Blackfeet Project, Fisher Canal, the Four Horns Supply Canal, the Milk River Project, and the Two Medicine Canal. The Miscellany series contains employment applications (1910-1920) and a notebook (n.d.) with notes regarding parcels of land in or near the irrigation projects. Photographs were transferred to the Photograph Archives.