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Con Price manuscript, Circa 1943
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Price, Con, b. 1869
- Title
- Con Price manuscript
- Dates
- Circa
1943 (inclusive)19431943
- Quantity
- 0.1 linear ft.
- Collection Number
- Mss 484
- Summary
- Con Price's partially handwritten original manuscript published as Memories of Old Montana , a memoir of his life in Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
- Repository
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University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
- Additional Reference Guides
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Finding aid in the repository.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Con Price was born in 1869 in Manchester, Iowa. His father, a Civil War veteran, died before he was ten years old. His mother remarried and the family moved west to the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1878. Price got his first job as a cowboy in 1885 near Belle Fouche, South Dakota. He moved west to Montana in 1887 and continued to work on various ranches as a cowboy. Price and Claudia Toole eloped and were married in Shelby, Montana, in late 1899. Toole's uncle, Joseph K. Toole, was the governor of Montana at the time. Price published two memoirs entitled Memories of Old Montana in 1945 and Trails I Rode in 1947. Trails I Rode contains art work by Charles Russell, a personal friend of Con Price.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Con Price's partially handwritten original manuscript published as Memories of Old Montana , a memoir of his life in Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], Con Price Manuscript, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Memoirs--Montana
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Finding aid prepared by
MarcEdit
2009
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