Hilma Hanson Kimball manuscript

Hilma Hanson Kimball manuscript, 1879-1933

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Kimball, Hilma Hanson, 1877-1942
Title: Hilma Hanson Kimball manuscript
Dates: 1879-1933 (inclusive)
18791933
Quantity: 0.1 linear ft.
Collection Number: Mss 384
Summary: This collection is a single copy of a manuscript that the author, Hilma Hanson Kimball, describes as a "journal of remembrances." She describes her Butte, Montana, childhood; her education and teaching career; and life in Coloma, Montana.
Repository: 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: 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: Finding aid in the repository.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Hilma Hanson Kimball was born on November 2, 1877 to Peter Hanson and Anna Gustafson of Butte, Montana. She grew up in Butte, graduated from Butte High School in 1896, and received her certificate for teaching the same year. From 1897 to 1898, she lived in Coloma, Montana, where she taught children in a small schoolhouse. By 1902 she was a teacher at the Butte Business College. Hilma married Albert Bates Kimball. They had three daughters. She died on December 1, 1942 in Missoula, Montana, at the age of sixty-five.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

In this manuscript, dated November 4, 1933, Hilma Hanson Kimball explains the ancestry of her mother's and father's families, and describes growing up in Butte, Montana, including graduating from high school, getting her teaching certificate, living and teaching in Coloma, Montana, plays and actors she saw as a child, and how she and her husband, Albert, met at a party. She also writes about the town of Coloma, Mammoth Mine, and people who lived around it. She includes a trip thirty-five years after the mine had closed down.

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], Hilma Hanson Kimball Manuscript, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Western Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society, 1976.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Girls--Education--Montana--Butte
High schools--Montana--Butte
Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Missoula County
Schools--Montana--Coloma
Theater--Montana--Butte
Women teachers--Montana--Coloma

Family Names

Kimball, Albert B. (Albert Bates), b. 1868
Kimball, Hilma Hanson, 1877-1942--Family

Geographical Names

Coloma (Mont.)
Mammoth Mine (Missoula County, Mont.)

Form or Genre Terms

Reminiscences--Montana

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