Audra Arnold Browman Papers, 1908-1999

This series contains research notes and articles on people, buildings, places, and institutions primarily in the city and county of Missoula, Montana. The research is drawn from many sources including published histories, city and county records, manuscript collections, and newspapers.

This series contains research notes and articles on people, buildings, places, and institutions primarily in the city and county of Missoula, Montana. The research is drawn from many sources including published histories, city and county records, manuscript collections, and newspapers.

This series contains news clippings about people, buildings, places, and institutions primarily in and around the city and county of Missoula, Montana. The research is drawn from a variety of newspapers in Missoula and the surrounding area.

This series contains research notes categorized by source. Browman took notes from each of the listed sources and generally kept a chronological organization within the category. The notes were probably copied to other research categories and especially to the card files.

This series contains published historical resources retained by Browman. Research notes and research directions in other series originated with some of these materials.

This series represents the distilled results of a substantial amount of research on people, buildings, places, and institutions in counties in northwestern Montana. Each card has notes about a subject and usually refers to the source of the information. Browman created this comprehensive resource and made it available to researchers in her home. Browman included a guide to the abbreviations and sources and the guide is kept with the card file. The cards are held in an eight drawer card file cabinet.

This series contains a limited quantity of photographs and postcards that depict subjects researched in greater depth. The photos are not originals.

This series contains materials gathered and retained by Browman for her work with the League of Women Voters. The materials include newspaper clippings, position papers, reports, brochures, pamphlets, and newsletters. The contents were intended to educate Browman and other voters on the background, the choices, and possible results of community, city, and state political issues. The series demonstrates over thirty-five years of an active interest in Missoula and Montana issues.

This series contains papers that did not fit into apparent existing categories but generally relate to Browman’s research and her use of that research.