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Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Charles B. Power
- Charles B. Power Estate (co-administrators Blanche Mares and C.M. Wall)
- Mabel Larson Power (Mrs. C.B. Power)
- Benton Power (Charles Benton Power, Jr.)
- Jane Power Tobin
- Margaret Power Drum Carrick
- Flanagan Family
- T.C. Power and Brother
- T.C. Power and Brother [fictitious company for C.B. Power]
- T.C. Power Company
- Benton Group of Mines
- Benton Hardware Company
- Benton Transportation Company
- Big Sag Land and Livestock Company
- Faith Mining Company
- Helena Building and Realty Company / Power Block
- Phoenix Development Company
- Unit Petroleum Company [non-incorporated]
- Transfers to other programs
- Names and Subjects
Charles Benton Power papers, 1870-1971
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Power, Charles Benton, 1868-1953
- Title
- Charles Benton Power papers
- Dates
- 1870-1971 (inclusive)18701971
- Quantity
- 10 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 55a (collection)
- Summary
- Charles Power (1868-1953) was a Helena, Montana, attorney and businessman, and son of Thomas C. Power. Collection (bulk, 1870s-1950s) includes incoming correspondence (1881-1953), diaries (1929-1949), subject files, and miscellany. There are also subgroups for family members and for several businesses of Power's.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Charles Benton Power was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on November 9, 1868, the only child of Thomas C. Power and his wife Mary Flanagan Power. While Charles was still an infant, his father moved the family to Fort Benton, Montana, where he established a steamboat and mercantile empire. The family moved to Helena in 1878.
Charlie, as he was always known, graduated from Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., in 1888. He got a second bachelor's degree from Columbia College in New York in 1891 and a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1893. He practiced law in Helena for two years, before going to work in his father's enterprises, including T.C. Power and Brother, the American National Bank, and the various ranches. Eventually he took over management of these companies, and became president on his father's death in 1923.
In December 1902, Charles Power married Mabel Larson, niece and adopted daughter of Peter and Margaret Larson. The Powers had three children: Margaret Power Drum Carrick (b. 1904), Benton Power (b. 1907), and Jane Power Tobin (b. 1912). Mabel Power died July 4, 1918. In 1943 Charles Benton Power married Pauline McGuire Ely. He died November 15, 1953, six days after his 85th birthday.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Papers consist primarily of personal papers of Charles Benton Power, including incoming correspondence (1881-1953), diaries (1929-1949), minor financial records and legal documents, school notes and records (1880-1893), subject files, miscellany, and clippings.
The Charles Benton Power Estate Subgroup (1953-1960) includes general correspondence of co-administrators Blanche Mares and C.M. Wall, court papers; financial records, and subject files.
There are family subgroups for Power's wife Mabel Larson Power, his son Benton Power, his daughters Jane Power Tobin and Margaret Power Drum Carrick, and for the Flanagan Family.
There are also business subgroups for T.C. Power and Brother, T.C. Power Company, Benton Group of Mines, Benton Hardware Company, Benton Transportation Company, Big Sag Land and Livestock Company, Faith Mining Company, Helena Building and Realty Company, Phoenix Development Company, and Unit Petroleum Company.
This collection inter-mingles closely with the Thomas C. Power Papers (MC 55). The two collections should be used together, as many subgroups appear in both collections. See "Seperated Materials" under the Administrative Information below.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in oversize folder in archives map case. See inventory below for more information.
Location of Collection
2:6-3Acquisition Information
Acquisition information available upon request
Separated Materials
Artifacts transferred to Museum. See inventory below for more information
For other related material see the Guide to the Thomas Charles Power papersMC 55, and the Guide to the Thomas C. Power papersMC 55b, at the Montana Historical Society.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Charles B. Power Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | A (correspondents include Dan Allen, American
National Bank, Roy E. Ayers) |
1902-1946 |
| 1 / 2 | Benton Baker |
1938-1951 |
| 1 / 3 | Frayne Baker |
1944-1951 |
| 1 / 4 | I.P. Baker (re early Missouri River steamboats) |
1925 |
| 1 / 5 | Morris A. Bealle (re his book on Georgetown
University football) |
1947 |
| 1 / 6 | Blaine family (includes Major John, Ella, Louise) |
1888-1909 |
| 1 / 7 | Daniel Brereton (reminiscent letters and writings
re his experiences in Montana) |
1881-1945 |
| 1 / 8 | Joseph W. Brown (re Chief Many Tail Feathers) |
1926 |
| 1 / 9 | B (correspondents include A.L. Babcock, Margaret C.
Bach, Maggie C. Beattie, Ned Beebe, Belder-Evans Company, Effie Bennett,
Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, Mother Bonaventura, Cora Brant, W.J. Butler, Butte
Mines Band) |
1885-1941 |
| 1 / 10 | Steve Carpenter |
1888-1935 |
| 1 / 11 | Margaret and Ike, Earl of Carrick (Margaret Power's
second husband; includes first Trans-Atlantic air mail service from Ireland; see
also Margaret Power, Margaret Drum) |
1939, 1947 |
| 1 / 12 | Columbia University, Class of 1891 alumni (includes
two circular letters from Dwight David Eisenhower) |
1922-1931 |
| 1 / 13 | A.B. Cook (re Wellington Rankin's race for
governor) |
1928 |
| 1 / 14 | Isabella "Belle" Cory |
1891-1893 |
| 1 / 15 | C (correspondents include John H. Charles, J. Burke
Clements, J. A. Collette, Fritz Collins, Congressional Country Club, Joe Conway,
Lydia Corwin, W.E. Cullen) |
1886-1950 |
| 1 / 16 | Margaret Power Drum (letters from London; see also
Margaret Power, Margaret Carrick) |
1936 |
| 1 / 17 | William D. Dwyer |
1949-1951 |
| 1 / 18 | D-E (correspondents include Victor Day, Wesley A.
D'Ewart, I.W. Dixon, Mary L. Doane, Dong Goo Fun, Carl E. Dudley, Lulu Ellis, Lara
P. Ellis, Cecelia D. Everett) |
1890-1949 |
| 1 / 19 | Bishop George J. Finnegan |
1929-1931 |
| 1 / 20 | First National Bank and Trust Company |
1936-1937 |
| 1 / 21 | May Flanagan |
1928-1946 |
| 1 / 22 | May Franklin |
1892-1898 |
| 1 / 23 | James H. Fullwood (London, England, re his early
years at Fort McLeod and Fort Walsh) |
1935-1940 |
| 1 / 24 | F (correspondents include Catherine Fischer, Thomas
C. Fitzpatrick, Mina [?] Thibault Flanagan, Geraldine Forbis, Arthur Ford, Lee M.
Ford, Nathaniel Ford, Florence Fortune, Nannie Fortune) |
1901-1949 |
| 1 / 25 | Georgetown College classmates |
1888-1889, 1938 |
| 1 / 26 | Robert Golden (in prison for theft from Rock Creek
Ranch) |
1944 |
| 1 / 27 | G (correspondents include Bishop J.M. Gilmore,
Gilpatrick Cabin Fund [Pioneer Cabin, Helena], Great Northern Railway Company) |
1926-1950 |
| 1 / 28 | John D. Holliday |
1900 |
| 1 / 29 | Right Reverend Dr. Norbert C. Hoff |
1932-1934, 1940 |
| 1 / 30-33 | Maud Van Buren Holme ("Old Squire") |
1891-1895, 1902 |
| 1 / 34 | Norman B. Holter |
1888-1889, 1932 |
| 2 / 1 | H-J (correspondents include [---] Hancock, Maud B.
Harlow, Florence C. Hill, Clara H. Holter, Florence J. Holter, William H. Hunt,
Ernest Immel, Ira Ingraham, C.J. Jones) |
1885-1950 |
| 2 / 2 | John Walter Kearny, Jr.; Lucy Kearny (a few
addressed to "Jane") |
1888-1897 |
| 2 / 3 | Helen Keller (circular letters for American
Foundation for the Blind) |
1946-1950 |
| 2 / 4 | J.A. Kelton (proposing marriage) |
1934 |
| 2 / 5 | Mathilde Kessler |
1900-1902 |
| 2 / 6 | Kinna family (includes C.J., Norma, P.) |
1883-1889 |
| 2 / 7 | Bror Kronstrand (Stockholm, Sweden) |
1910, 1949-1950 |
| 2 / 8-9 | Mabel Larson [see also Mabel Larson Power] |
1901-1902 |
| 2 / 10 | Rae Lewis |
1894-1899 |
| 2 / 11-13 | Amelia Bauces Lieber |
1900-1901 |
| 2 / 14 | L (correspondents include Ulric LaChapelle, Thomas
B. Lantry, Bessie O'Brien Lantry, Margaret Larson, Harry Lehr, Lewis and Clark
County Clerk and Recorder, Louise Lieber, Joseph P. Lyman) |
1893-1944 |
| 2 / 15 | Gus MacDonell |
1891-1892, 1926 |
| 2 / 16 | Leo Martin (Society of Jesus, includes information
on Power house in Dubuque, Iowa) |
1943, 1949 |
| 2 / 17 | T.L. Martin |
1916, 1919 |
| 2 / 18 | Clifford and Agnes McNamara |
1943-1944 |
| 3 / 1 | Lurene Miller Meehan (re history of PN Ranch) |
1934-1935 |
| 3 / 2 | James Milford |
1894 |
| 3 / 3 | Addie and Frances Murphy (daughters of John T.
Murphy) |
1894-1901 |
| 3 / 4 | M (correspondents include L.E. Maguire, John W.
Mahan, Harry Martin, Effie Bennett Martin, George N. McCabe, R. McCormick,
Washington J. McCormick, Mary Livingston McDonald, F. McKinney, William L.
McLaughlin, C.H. McLeod, Montana Children's Home and Hospital, Montana Newspaper
Association, Montana Power Company, Mount St. Charles College, Mae Mount) |
1883-1951 |
| 3 / 5 | New York World's Fair, Inc. |
1938-1939 |
| 3 / 6 | Grace Nutting [?] |
1884-1885, 1950 |
| 3 / 7 | N (correspondents include Estelle Walsh Nagle, Ray
Nagle, Notre Dame University) |
1930-1950 |
| 3 / 8 | Leo Orschel (re P.S. Donovan and Walter Lindsay) |
1941-1942 |
| 3 / 9 | O (correspondents include O'Connor for Senator,
M.G. O'Malley) |
1932, 1947 |
| 3 / 10 | Hattie S. Pashley (re architectural work done on
T.C. Power residence by Willet and Pashley) |
1903, 1935-1936 |
| 3 / 11-16 | Benton Power (re work at Hughesville mine,
Georgetown College, visit to London, travel around the world) |
1925-1931 |
| 3 / 17-20 | Jane Power (re College of Sacred Heart, Dominican
College, visit with Margaret in London; see also Jane Power Tobin) |
1921-1939 |
| 3 / 21 | John W. "Jack" Power (re army life) |
1942-1944 |
| 3 / 22-23 | Mabel Larson Power [see also Mabel Larson] |
1903-1904 |
| 4 / 1-10 | Mabel Larson Power |
1905-1914 |
| 5 / 1-4 | Mabel Larson Power |
1915-1918 |
| 5 / 5 | Margaret Power [see also Margaret Power Drum;
Margaret Carrick] |
1908, 1926, 1930 |
| 5 / 6 | Mary G. Power (mother) |
1907-1918 |
| 5 / 7 | P-R (correspondents include Harry H. Parsons,
Walter T. Parsons, May Bell Patenaude, Lucia Peary, Annie Howard Pendleton, William
Power and Company, Wellington D. Rankin, Republican Party, J.G. Rex, J. Ritter,
Sallie Roberts, Anita D. Rosencrans, Estelle Royce) |
1888-1952 |
| 5 / 8 | Society of Montana Pioneers, Sons and Daughters of
Montana Pioneers (includes memorial on death of T.C. Power) |
1923-1950 |
| 5 / 9 | Elizabeth (Mrs. J.W.) Stewart (aunt), Margaret
Stewart |
1926, 1935 |
| 5 / 10 | S (correspondents include Saint Vincent Academy,
James U. Sanders, James Willard Schultz, Hugh L. Scott, Christine Shannon, Lydia
Corwin Sharpe, Celia Simmons) |
1890-1943 |
| 5 / 11 | Eleanor Blaine Thompson |
1895-1902 |
| 5 / 12 | Tom Tobin, Jane Power Tobin (see also Jane Power) |
1943-1948 |
| 5 / 13 | Father J.G. Tougas |
1924-1939 |
| 5 / 14 | E.B. Trail (re Missouri River steamboat history,
includes typed copy of Benton log, 1881) |
1940 |
| 5 / 15 | T (correspondents include Frederic Taylor, Ella H.
Thatcher, Caroline Thornton, Butte H. Tipton) |
1892-1947 |
| 5 / 16 | Vaughan-Rhys family (includes Gwen, T.J., Hilma) |
1939-1945 |
| 5 / 17 | E.E. Wenner |
1928 |
| 5 / 18-21 | Winifred Wyard |
1890-1892, 1900 |
| 5 / 22 | W (correspondents include Elizabeth Duer Walker,
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wallace, Robert Bruce Wallace, Walsh for Senator Club, Father
Weber, Nellie Darling Webster, Mamie C. Wheeler, Wong Ling) |
1889-1950 |
| 5 / 23 | Samuel B.M. Young (includes obituary) |
1924, undated |
| 5 / 24 | Unidentified |
1890-1951 |
Outgoing Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 1 | Miscellaneous (includes several long reminiscent
letters) |
1875, 1932-1951 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 2 | Daniel Brereton to Agnes McNamara |
1941 |
| 6 / 3 | Open letters from Frank J. Edwards to O.M. Lanstrum
re Helena politics |
undated |
| 6 / 4 | Arthur Ford to Nathaniel Ford (re death of T.C.
Power) |
1923 |
| 6 / 5 | Fritz Haynes |
1949 |
Court Papers |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 6 | Elizabeth Tuttle vs. [heirs of Peter McLear
including Charles B. Power] |
1933 |
Diaries |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 7-9 | Diaries (many include weather clippings) |
1929-1930, 1933-1938 |
| 6 / 10 | Diaries [typed excerpts] |
1939-1949 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 11 | Banks: American National Bank |
1900-1914, undated |
| 6 / 12 | Banks: statements of condition, B-S [scattered] |
1883-1889 |
| 6 / 13 | Bills: Montana Club |
1903 |
| 6 / 14 | Bills: miscellaneous |
1913-1918 |
| 6 / 15 | Household and personal expenses |
1949-1950 |
| 6 / 16 | Ledger (personal) |
1936-1952 |
| 6 / 17 | Life insurance annuity |
1935 |
| 6 / 18 | Taxes RESTRICTED
|
1944-1950 |
School Notes and Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7 / 1 | Helena Public Schools report cards |
1880-1883 |
| 7 / 2-4 | Georgetown College class notes and exams |
1883-1889 |
| 7 / 5 | Georgetown College expenses |
1884-1888 |
| 7 / 6 | Georgetown College report cards, miscellany |
1883-1888 |
| 7 / 7 | Columbia College report cards, miscellany |
1890-1891 |
| 7 / 8-11 | Columbia Law School class notes |
1892-1893 |
| 7 / 12 | Columbia Law School moot court cases |
1890-1891 |
| 7 / 13 | Columbia Law School miscellany |
1892-1893 |
Subject File |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 1 | Julian Anderson reception at Montana Club |
1938 |
| 8 / 2 | Arcade Building |
1937 |
| 8 / 3 | Spruille Braden |
1947 |
| 8 / 4 | Broadwater Hotel |
1931, undated |
| 8 / 5 | Chicago Motor Car Company (re Packard automobiles) |
1907-1914 |
| 8 / 6 | Dog pedigrees |
1912-1913 |
| 8 / 7 | Frank J. Edwards (includes letter to Franklin D.
Roosevelt, article on Clark-Daly feud) |
1941-1942 |
| 8 / 8 | Elks Club (includes membership list, dues receipts,
memorial service program, newsletter, clippings) |
1898-1941 |
| 8 / 9 | Arthur Ford (New York City civil engineer, son of
Nathaniel Ford, T.C. Power's coachman) |
1950 |
| 8 / 10 | Fort Benton Centennial celebration |
1946 |
| 8 / 11 | Grand juries in Helena, 1887-1888 (re identities of
people in old photographs in newspaper) |
1941 |
| 8 / 12 | Founders Club Headwaters of the Missouri State
Monument |
1950 |
| 8 / 13 | Helena water bond election |
1929-1930 |
| 8 / 14 | Henry and Larson Lumber Company |
1934 |
| 8 / 15 | John D. Holliday death (partner in Escallier Sheep
Company) |
1939 |
| 8 / 16 | Holter family (includes Norman B. Holter talk at
Montana Children's Home and Hospital banquet) |
1947 |
| 8 / 17 | Margaret Larson's death (includes obituaries,
sympathy letters, etc.) |
August 1924 |
| 8 / 18 | Missouri River navigability hearing |
1946 |
| 8 / 19 | Montana Historical Society |
1928-1929, 1952 |
| 8 / 20 | Overland telegraph line history by William Simpson
(includes early telegram) |
undated |
| 8 / 21-24 | Benton Power's death (includes clippings, sympathy
letters, lists of cards, etc.) |
March 1932 |
| 8 / 25-26 | Charles B. Power residence: 309 North Ewing
(includes construction bills for Howard Pew, William A. French and Company bills for
furnishings) |
1907-1908 |
| Oversize Folder | ||
| 1 | Charles B. Power residence: 642 Dearborn
(renovation and grounds blueprints) [Map Case] |
1913 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 27-29 | Charles B. Power residence: 642 Dearborn
(renovation estimates and bills: George H. Carsley, architect, miscellaneous, A-W) |
1913 |
| 8 / 30-31 | Charles B. Power residence: 642 Dearborn
(furnishing bills: Marshall Field and Company; Blair Kinkaid, etc.) |
1913-1914 |
| 8 / 32 | Charles B. Power residence: 642 Dearborn
(inventory) |
1928 |
| 9 / 1-2 | Charles B. Power residence: Rock Creek Lodge north
of Wolf Creek (correspondence with architects R.C. Reamer; Donovan and Rhoads) |
1910-1913 |
| 9 / 3-4 | Charles B. Power residence: Rock Creek Lodge north
of Wolf Creek (construction notes and specifications) |
1910-1912 |
| Oversize Folder | ||
| 2 | Charles B. Power residence: Rock Creek Lodge north
of Wolf Creek (blueprints by R.C. Reamer and by Donovan and Rhoads) [Map Case] |
1911 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9 / 5-9 | Charles B. Power residence: Rock Creek Lodge north
of Wolf Creek (construction and furnishing bills, B-W) |
1912-1913 |
| 9 / 10 | Charles B. Power residence: Rock Creek Lodge north
of Wolf Creek (construction payrolls and board bills) |
1912 |
| 9 / 11 | Charles B. Power residence: Rock Creek Lodge north
of Wolf Creek (construction checkstubs) |
1911-1913 |
| 9 / 12 | Charles B. Power residence: Rock Creek Lodge north
of Wolf Creek (Indian pictographs on ranch) |
1926-1927 |
| 9 / 13-15 | Mabel L. Power's death (sympathy letters, cards,
etc.) |
July 1918 |
| 9 / 16 | Margaret Power's marriage to Frank Goss Drum |
1928 |
| 9 / 17 | Red Tomahawk |
1928, undated |
| 9 / 18 | Rogers Pass controversy (re routing of Great
Falls-Missoula highway) |
1936-1938 |
| 9 / 19 | Sesqui-Centennial exhibition (American
independence) |
1926 |
| 9 / 20 | Travel: California |
1912 |
| 9 / 21 | Travel: England and France (expenses) |
1913 |
| 9 / 22-23 | Travel: Jamaica |
1916, 1920 |
| 9 / 24 | Vigilante Parade (includes lists of floats,
clippings) |
1939 |
| 9 / 25-26 | Wedding to Mabel Larson (includes acceptances of
invitations, trip expenses, lists of gifts, etc.) |
December 1902 |
Writings |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 9 / 27 | "The First Aberdeen-Angus in Montana" |
1949 |
| 9 / 28 | "PN Ranch: historical data in connection therewith" |
circa 1950 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 10 / 1 | Almost-engagement to daughter of Marcus Daly
(unidentified note of congratulations) |
undated |
| 10 / 2 | Birthday greetings |
1929-1940, undated |
| Oversize Folder | ||
| 3 | Certificates (includes Columbia Law School degree,
admission to Montana Bar, appointment as honorary colonel in Montana National Guard) [Map Case] |
1893, 1940 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 10 / 3 | Christmas gift lists |
1909-1920 |
| 10 / 4 | Coat of arms, etc. |
1923, 1931 |
| 10 / 5 | Consecration of Cathedral of St. Helena |
1924 |
| 10 / 6-7 | Deaths of friends (cards, etc.) |
1924-1951 |
| 10 / 8 | Dinner and dance programs |
1880s- 1890s |
| 10 / 9 | Eulogies by Rev. D.B. Price |
1931-1932 |
| 10 / 10 | Robert H. Fletcher outfitting brochures |
undated |
| 10 / 11 | Installations of Leo T. Martin, George J. Finnigan,
Most Reverend Ralph Leo Hayes, Emmett J. Riley |
1921-1945 |
| 10 / 12-16 | Invitations to weddings, dances, at-homes, etc. |
1880s- 1940s |
| 10 / 17 | Liquor price survey |
1936 |
| 10 / 18 | Lists of capitalists |
undated |
| 10 / 19 | Montana Club membership list |
1919 |
| 10 / 20 | Montana Liquor Control Board ration cards and
residential permits |
1944-1945 |
| 11 / 1 | Dan P. Mumbrue writings (includes "Carlsbad
Caverns: A Description," "An Easter Thought," "Friends," "The Old Home Town," "Our
Road," "Should I Be Afraid?") |
1941-1943 |
| 11 / 2 | Poems (includes anonymous poem on Jeannette
Rankin's vote against World War I, two poems by Scotty Sheriff on strike of sheep
shearers, "In Montana: a Land of Contrasts," etc.) |
1919-1946, undated |
| 11 / 3 | Poems (political, mostly re Franklin D. Roosevelt) |
undated |
| 11 / 4 | Poems (by Martin Maginnis re Japan, Ireland,
missionaries) |
1901, undated |
| 11 / 5 | "A Railroad Real Estate Deal of Conscience: A Story
of Sinister Financial Jobbery an Excellent Field for Investigations," by Secretary
of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield |
circa 1908 |
| 11 / 6 | Recipes |
undated |
| 11 / 7 | St. Helena Cathedral musical programs |
1937-1938 |
| 11 / 8 | General Terry's order to George Armstrong Custer
[typescript copy] |
1876 |
| 11 / 9-10 | Wedding announcements from friends and relatives |
1884-1949 |
| 11 / 11 | "Westward Ho to Fort Walsh in 1879" by George
Shepherd |
undated |
| 11 / 12 | Miscellaneous (includes membership cards, tickets,
programs, jury summons, etc.) |
1889-1950, undated |
Clippings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11 / 13 | Banks |
1926-1941 |
| 11 / 14 | "Echoes from the distant past," by M.G. O'Malley
[series of historical articles] |
1941, 1947 |
| 11 / 15 | Fort Benton buildings and history |
1929-1950 |
| 11 / 16 | Helena buildings and history |
1920s- 1950s |
| 11 / 17-18 | History (wide range of topics) |
1920s- 1950s |
| 11 / 19 | Mining |
1920s- 1950s |
| 11 / 20 | Missouri River steamboats |
1909, 1924 |
| 11 / 21 | Obituaries: A-Z |
1930s- 1950s |
| 11 / 22 | People |
1930s- 1940s |
| 11 / 23 | Politics |
1930s- 1940s |
| 11 / 24 | Benton Power's auto accident which killed Thomas
Nangle |
December 1931 |
| 11 / 25 | Thomas C. Power and T.C. Power and Brother |
1918-1927 |
| 11 / 26 | Scenic, travel etc. |
1926-1949 |
| 11 / 27 | Weather |
1920s- 1950s |
Charles B. Power Estate (co-administrators Blanche Mares and C.M. Wall) Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12 / 1 | A-G (correspondents include Nancy Allinson, Bogy
Mercantile Company, Columbia University Alumni Federation, First National Bank and
Trust Company, May G. Flanagan, Joseph B. Gary, Guardian Life Insurance Company) |
1953-1958 |
| 12 / 2 | Paul Hollenstein |
1955 |
| 12 / 3 | H-S (correspondents include Home Life Insurance
Company, Mining Association of Montana, Walter Oehncke, Mrs. William Schimpf) |
1953-1968 |
| 12 / 4 | E.G. Toomey |
1953-1959 |
| 12 / 5 | T-U (correspondents include Thomas D. Tobin,
Tri-City Oil Company, U.S. Internal Revenue Service) |
1953-1967 |
| 12 / 6 | C. Howard Walden |
1953-1958 |
| 12 / 7 | C.M. Wall |
1958 |
Court Papers |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12 / 8 | Appointment of Thomas D. Tobin as guardian for
Judith, Jane Lynn, and Thomas B. Tobin |
1950, 1958-1959 |
| 12 / 9 | Bequest receipts |
1955-1959 |
| 12 / 10 | Claims filed against Estate |
1954 |
| 12 / 11 | Pauline Ely Power vs Estate (and related cases) |
1954-1959 |
| 12 / 12-13 | Quiet title cases |
1953-1960 |
| 12 / 14 | Petitions for probate of will (includes copy of
will) |
November 1953 |
| 12 / 15 | First accounting |
1959 |
| 12 / 16 | Final accounting and decree closing Estate |
1960 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12 / 17 | Receipts and disbursements |
1953-1960 |
| 12 / 18 | Sums advanced to Pauline Eby Power |
1946-1954 |
| 13 / 1-2 | Tax returns and working papers RESTRICTED
|
1953-1960 |
| 13 / 3 | Trial balances |
1953-1960 |
| 13 / 4 | U.S. Treasury bills |
1957-1958 |
| 13 / 5 | C.M. Wall fees |
1957-1960 |
Legal Documents |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 13 / 6 | Quit claim deed, mortgage |
1956, 1957 |
Subject Files |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 13 / 7 | Bismarck, N.D., real estate (includes some C.B.
Power letters, 1944-1947) |
1944-1959 |
| 13 / 8 | Cascade Milling and Elevator Company |
1943-1954 |
| 13 / 9 | Insurance |
1952-1962 |
| 13 / 10 | Inventories |
1953-1959 |
| 13 / 11 | Rev. Leo T. Martin claim |
1953-1958 |
| 13 / 12 | Mining: Brownstone Quarry |
1957-1958 |
| 13 / 13 | Mining: Bullion and Pine Tree lodes |
1940-1969 |
| 13 / 14-15 | Mining: Ming's Bar |
1889-1971 |
| 13 / 16 | Mining: O'Connor, Sadie, and Susie lodes |
1907-1963 |
| 13 / 17-18 | Mining: Surprise Mining Claim (includes
correspondence, history by Carl J. Trauerman) |
1901-1967 |
| 14 / 1 | Mining: Surprise Mining Claim (includes legal
documents; maps in OVERSIZE FOLDER 3) |
1901-1931 |
| 14 / 2 | Mining: Yellowstone Mining Company (Castle Mining
District) |
1893, 1939-1959 |
| 14 / 3 | Montana Opera House |
1955 |
| 14 / 4 | Powhold Company |
1953-1958 |
| 14 / 5 | Real estate: Helena (re Getchell and Childs placer
claim, lot E) |
1916-1957 |
| 14 / 6 | Real estate: Helena (re Gold Block, Power Block,
Diamond Block; includes prospective buyers) |
1954-1957 |
| 14 / 7 | Real estate: Manhattan, Mont. |
1954-1972 |
| 14 / 8 | Rock Creek Ranch Company |
1947-1958 |
| 14 / 9 | Safety deposit box |
1954, 1959 |
| 14 / 10-16 | Toole County land (includes correspondence, escrow
agreement, oil and minerals, abstracts of title, taxes, legal documents) RESTRICTED
|
1926-1962 |
| 14 / 17 | T.C. Power Company |
1954 |
| 14 / 18 | T.C. Power and Brother |
1956-1959 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14 / 19 | Lists of corporate reports filed and expiration of
corporate charters (lists all C.B. Power companies) |
1927, 1943 |
| 14 / 20 | Notes by Blanche Mares re management of C.B.
Power's affairs |
1951-1953 |
Clippings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14 / 21 | Re death of C.B. Power, Estate, friends, etc. |
1953-1958 |
Mabel Larson Power (Mrs. C.B. Power) Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 1 | American Poets' Ambulances in Italy (re memorial
for poet Alan Seeger) |
1917 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 2 | Bank statements |
1914-1915 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 3 | Address book |
undated |
Benton Power (Charles Benton Power, Jr.) Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
School Notes and Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 4 | Hawthorne School, Mount St. Charles College high
school dept. report cards, etc. |
1917-1925 |
| 15 / 5 | Georgetown University report cards, graduation |
1925-1929 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 6 | S.S. Belgenland world cruise photograph list |
1931 |
| 15 / 7 | Miscellaneous (includes speech on World War I,
Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers membership) |
1917, 1926 |
Jane Power Tobin Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 8 | Branson G. Stevenson (re etching entitled
"Springhill, Helena") |
undated |
School Notes and Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 9 | St. Helena Parochial School, St. Vincent's Academy,
H.H. Hirschfeld piano lessons |
1919-1929 |
| 15 / 10 | Dominican College |
1930-1931 |
| 15 / 11 | College Montmorency, France |
1931-1932 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 12 | Miscellaneous (includes letter of introduction from
her pet dog, Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers membership, Thomas
Tobin certificate) |
1925, 1926, 1952 |
Margaret Power Drum Carrick Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 13 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Mary G.
Power, Charles B. Power) |
1916-1925 |
School Notes and Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 14 | Notebook, report cards |
1915, 1921 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 15 | Cruise |
1924 |
| 15 / 16 | Wedding to Frank Goss Drum |
1924 |
Clippings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 17 | Society items |
1922-1923 |
Flanagan Family Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 18 | Taxes: Dubuque, Iowa RESTRICTED
|
1842-1872 |
Legal Documents |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 19 | Miscellaneous (includes marriage certificate of
Mathew Flanagan and Mariam McNamara, Margaret Carmady vs. Mathew Flanagan, estate
papers of Mathew Flanagan, agreements) |
1836-1866 |
T.C. Power and Brother Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16 / 1 | Ledger (includes many of the Power companies) |
1921-1935 |
| 16 / 2-3 | Memo books (include many of the Power companies) |
1902-1915 |
| 16 / 4 | Sale of cattle |
1919 |
| 16 / 5 | Miscellaneous (re sale of furs, robes, general
merchandise, etc.) |
1870s |
| 16 / 6 | Miscellaneous (removed from minute book) |
1942-1943 |
Legal Documents |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16 / 7 | Contract with Parlin and Orendorff Plow Company |
1914 |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16 / 8 | Bylaws |
1917 |
| 16 / 9 | Minute book |
1917-1940 |
| 17 / 1 | Minute book |
1941-1943 |
| 17 / 2 | Minutes (draft, different from final) |
1942-1943 |
| 17 / 3 | Stock certificates |
1928-1929 |
T.C. Power and Brother [fictitious company for C.B. Power] Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 17 / 4 | Journal |
1944-1953 |
| 17 / 5 | Ledger |
1944-1953 |
| 17 / 6 | Trial balances |
1949, 1951 |
T.C. Power Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18 / 1 | Ledger |
1914-1931 |
| 18 / 2 | Montana Oil Company price quotes |
1915-1916 |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18 / 3 | Minute book |
1896-1931 |
| 18 / 4 | Miscellaneous (removed from minute book) |
1896-1931 |
Subject Files |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18 / 5 | Contract with Peter Schuttler Company (to sell
their wagons; includes contract, correspondence, financial records) |
1916-1917 |
| 18 / 6 | Contract with U.S. Army Quartermaster's Office (to
supply oats for the army in the Philippines; includes contract, correspondence,
financial records) |
1912-1913 |
| 18 / 7 | Hay contracts (includes contract, correspondence,
financial records) |
1916 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18 / 8 | Radio spot advertisements re history of Fort Benton |
1931 |
Benton Group of Mines Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 1 | Miscellaneous (includes Walter M. Leuthold, Gwen
Vaughan-Rhys, American Metal Climax, Inc.) |
1959, undated |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 2 | Trial balances |
1949-1950 |
Benton Hardware Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Interoffice Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 3 | T.C. Power and Brother to J.B. Rauch (re affairs of
Benton Hardware Company) |
1924 |
Legal Documents |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 4 | Deed and bill of sale |
1917 |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 5 | Articles of incorporation, bylaws, etc. (some
removed from minute book) |
1899-1928 |
| 19 / 6-7 | Minute books |
1899-1936 |
| 19 / 8 | Stock certificates |
1899-1927 |
Benton Transportation Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 9 | List of steamboats compiled by I.P. Baker |
1923 |
| 19 / 10 | Steamboat logs: Benton, 1881; Mandan, 1905 |
1881, 1905 |
Big Sag Land and Livestock Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Interoffice Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 11 | Wallace Kingsbury and James Butler to J.W. Chivers |
1918-1925 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 12 | Journal |
1917-1925 |
| 19 / 13 | Ledger |
1917-1925 |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 20 / 1 | Stockholder journal |
1893-1925 |
| 20 / 2 | Stockholder ledger |
1896-1919 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 20 / 3 | Lists of land, etc. |
1912-1932 |
Faith Mining Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 21 / 1-2 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Montana
School of Mines, Thomas D. Tobin, Blanche Mares, T.J. Vaughan-Rhys, Gwen
Vaughan-Rhys McBride, Elon Davis, Montana State Forester, John H. Risken, Montana
State Board of Health re pollution of Belt Creek, Montana Bureau of Mines and
Geology, H.J. Anderson, |
1946-1970 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 21 / 3 | Assay certificates and ore settlements |
1900-1964 |
| 21 / 4 | Insurance policies on compressor |
1962-1966 |
| 21 / 5-6 | Journals |
1930-1953, 1967-1974 |
| 21 / 7-8 | Ledgers |
1930-1953, 1967-1974 |
| 21 / 9 | Montana Industrial Accident Board/Workmen's
Compensation Division insurance |
1951-1974 |
| 21 / 10 | Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission
payroll reports |
1950-1953 |
| 21 / 11 | Taxes RESTRICTED
|
1953-1977 |
| 21 / 12 | Trial balances |
1934-1974 |
| 21 / 13 | Miscellaneous (includes financial statements,
invoices, etc.) |
1930-1974 |
Legal Documents |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 21 / 14 | Miscellaneous (includes leases, management
contracts, quit claim deeds, etc.) |
1967-1977 |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 21 / 15 | Annual reports of corporation |
1965-1974 |
| 21 / 16 | Liquidation of company |
1974 |
| 22 / 1 | Minute book (includes bylaws) |
1925-1958 |
| 22 / 2 | Minutes [loose, incomplete] |
1963-1968 |
| 22 / 3 | Stockholder lists |
1927-1958 |
Reports |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 22 / 4 | Report on Faith Mining Company, by Mason W. Rankin
(includes related correspondence, and map of workings; claim maps in OVERSIZE FOLDER
3] |
1954 |
Subject Files |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 22 / 5 | Amex Exploration, Inc. |
1973-1980 |
| 22 / 6-7 | Annual assessment work (includes interoffice
correspondence about operation of mine, etc.) |
1950-1978 |
| 22 / 8 | Lease operation by Harry J. Anderson and Peter
Antonioli |
1967-1973 |
| 22 / 9 | Lease operation by Gwen Vaughan-Rhys McBride |
1963-1968 |
| 22 / 10 | Lease operation by Roy and Alfred R. Thorson |
1963-1964 |
| 22 / 11 | Pollution of Belt Creek by Block P Mine |
1925, undated |
| 22 / 12 | Prospective buyers: American Smelting and Refining
Company |
1958-1960 |
| 22 / 13 | Prospective buyers: miscellaneous |
1958-1961 |
| 22 / 14 | Unpatented claims: reports to U.S. Forest Service |
1959-1961 |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 22 / 15 | List of mining claims |
1967 |
Clippings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 22 / 16 | Great Falls Tribune article re Monarch |
1960 |
Helena Building and Realty Company / Power Block Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Court Papers |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 23 / 1 | Alice E. Feldman vs. Helena Building and Realty
Company (injury suit) |
1951-1953 |
| 23 / 2 | Minnie Tannant vs. Helena Building and Realty
Company (re death of her daughter Helen June Tannant, 13-year-old elevator operator) |
1943-1952 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 23 / 3 | Audit reports |
1954-1961 |
| 23 / 4-7 | Cash books |
1920-1931 |
| 23 / 8 | Gold block and V Building bonds |
1900 |
| 23 / 9 | Insurance policies |
1953-1954 |
| 24 / 1 | Journal |
1927-1928 |
| 24 / 2-3 | Miscellaneous (includes tax receipts, bond coupons,
rent lists, trial balance sheet) RESTRICTED
|
1916-1971 |
Legal Documents |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 24 / 4 | Mortgage papers |
1938, 1955 |
| 24 / 5 | Sale of properties to Thomas D. Tobin [he operated
them as Power Block] |
1955-1958 |
| 24 / 6 | Title examination |
1938 |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 24 / 7 | Dissolution of company |
1957 |
| 24 / 8 | Minutes |
1942, 1951-1957 |
Subject Files |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 24 / 9-10 | Diamond Block |
1923-1966 |
| 24 / 11 | Insurance (includes fires) |
1938-1956 |
| 24 / 12 | Tenants: Army-Navy Stores |
1967-1971 |
| 24 / 13 | Tenants: Hugo Dobler Adjusters |
1933-1972 |
| 24 / 14 | Tenants: Helena Office Supply |
1933-1969 |
| 24 / 15 | Tenants: Dorothy Osborne |
1958-1961 |
| 24 / 16 | Tenants: John Risken |
1956-1970 |
Phoenix Development Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 25 / 1 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Blanche
Mares, Union Bank and Trust Company, Holter Realty Company, Lester H. Loble, Thomas
Topping, Lucile Topping, Polar Refrigeration) |
1952-1956 |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 25 / 2-3 | Insurance (re buildings at Main and Lawrence
Streets, includes fire of 1950) |
1927-1957 |
| 25 / 4 | Trial balances and audits |
1949-1956 |
Legal Documents |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 25 / 5 | Miscellaneous (includes mortgage, options,
etc.) |
1951-1955 |
Unit Petroleum Company [non-incorporated] Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 25 / 6-7 | Stock certificate books |
1920 |
Transfers to other programs Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Transfers |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 25 / 8 | List of artifacts transferred to Museum |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Aberdeen-Angus cattle--Montana
- Quarries and quarrying--Montana
- Steamboats--Missouri River
Personal Names
- Power, Charles Benton, 1868-1953 (creator)
- Power, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1839-1923
Geographical Names
- Brownstone Quarry (Mont.)
- Fort Benton (Mont.)--Commerce
- Fort Walsh (N.W.T.)
- Helena (Mont.)--Commerce
- Missouri Headwaters State Park (Mont.)
- Neihart (Mont.)--Industries
- PN Ranch (Mont.)
- Rock Creek Ranch (Wolf Creek, Mont.)
- Rogers Pass (Mont.)
- Surprise Mining Claim (Mont.)
Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau, 2005
2006
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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