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Herbert M. Peet Research Collection, 1833-1958
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Peet, Herbert M. (Herbert Marlin), 1892-1959
- Title
- Herbert M. Peet Research Collection
- Dates
- 1833-1958 (inclusive)18331958
- Quantity
- 8 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 89 (collection)
- Summary
- Herbert Peet (1892-1959) was a Great Falls, Montana, newspaperman and amateur historian. Collection consists of research notes on Montana history copied from various sources; clippings; history articles; and Peet's writings, including a manuscript on Governor Samuel T. Hauser and a day-to-day chronicle of Hauser's career.
- 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
Herbert M. Peet was born April 22, 1892, in Wellsville, New York. He came to Montana in 1916, as editor of the Equity News in Great Falls. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army, and upon his discharge purchased the Harlowton Press , which he published for several years before returning to Great Falls to join the editorial staff of the Great Falls Tribune . In March 1931, Peet resigned at the Tribune to become co-publisher of the Everett Morning News in Everett, Washington. While he lived in Washington, Herbert Peet served as the state's rural relief director and assistant regional director for the Farm Security Administration headquartered in Portland, Oregon. During World War II he again returned to the Great Falls Tribune to supervise the state news and special features. Leaving the Tribune a few years later, he worked for the federal government, and finally completed his newspaper career in Seattle, retiring in 1953. Peet died in Vancouver, British Columbia, on December 15, 1959. As an amateur historian Peet had intended to publish a book on Montana's territorial period and spent many years researching his subject. However, business conflicts and the lack of publishing house encouragement prevented the book's completion. The most thorough research was the work Peet did on the life of Helena banker and governor, Samuel T. Hauser. Herbert Peet published some of his work in historical quarterlies, as well as in the Tribune's Sunday tabloid section.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists primarily of research notes on Montana history copied from a wide variety of published materials. The majority of these notes are contained in looseleaf notebooks #1-35. Also included in collection are newspaper clippings, history articles, and research data and writings. In addition to the numbered notebooks, Peet also maintained other notebooks containing biographies, chronologies of events, and miscellaneous topics. The best organized material is the Samuel T. Hauser research subgroup, which includes Peet's unpublished manuscript and meticulous notes on every facet of Hauser's life.
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
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Research Files Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | Philip R. Barbour |
1940-1941 |
1 / 2 | Llewellan L. Callaway |
1937-1939 |
1 / 3 | Ann McDonnell, Montana Historical Society Library |
1936-1948, 1955-1956 |
1 / 4 | K. Ross Toole (re William A. Clark / Marcus Daly
feud) |
1948-1949 |
1 / 5 | Miscellaneous (re Samuel T. Hauser genealogy) |
1952, 1955-1957 |
1 / 6 | Miscellaneous |
1937-1956 |
Research Notes |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 7 | Notebook 1: Charles A. Broadwater |
undated |
2 / 1 | Notebook 2: Charles A. Broadwater |
undated |
2 / 2-3 | Notebook 3-4: William Andrews Clark |
undated |
2 / 4-5 | Notebook 5-6: Marcus Daly |
undated |
2 / 6 | Notebook 7: Samuel T. Hauser |
undated |
2 / 7 | Notebook 8: Martin Maginnis |
undated |
3 / 1 | Notebook 9: Joseph K. Toole |
undated |
3 / 2 | Notebook 10: Paris Gibson; James J. Hill |
undated |
3 / 3 | Notebook 11: E.L. Bonner; A.B. Hammond; Montana
Improvement Company; timber cutting |
undated |
3 / 4 | Notebook 12: B.P. Carpenter; John S. Crosby; Lee
Mantle; Granville Stuart |
undated |
3 / 5 | Notebook 13: Thomas H. Carter; Thomas C. Power |
undated |
3 / 6 | Notebook 14: James B. Haggin; George B. Hearst;
French copper |
undated |
3 / 7 | Notebook 15: Benjamin Harrison; Russell B. Harrison |
undated |
3 / 8 | Notebook 16: John X. Beidler; Indian problems;
Indian reservations |
undated |
4 / 1 | Notebook 17: irrigation; ballot reform |
undated |
4 / 2 | Notebook 18: mineral lands; public lands |
undated |
4 / 3-4 | Notebook 19-20: railroads |
undated |
4 / 5 | Notebook 21: cattle |
undated |
4 / 6 | Notebook 22: Anaconda; Butte; Fort Benton; Great
Falls; Helena; Neihart |
undated |
5 / 1 | Notebook 23: frontier; Montana early history;
pioneers |
undated |
5 / 2 | Notebook 24: Missouri; Harkness diary; Yellowstone
Expedition |
undated |
5 / 3 | Notebook 25: constitutions; organized government |
undated |
5 / 4-5 | Notebook 26-27: Montana's fight for statehood;
constitutional conventions |
undated |
5 / 6 | Notebook 28: politics; campaign of 1888 |
undated |
5 / 7 | Notebook 29: campaign of 1889; precinct 34;
senatorial fight; first State Legislature |
undated |
5 / 8 | Notebook 30: mining |
undated |
6 / 1 | Notebook 31: mining (governmental and private
reports) |
1865-1870 |
6 / 2 | Notebook 32: mining (Engineering and Mining
Journal) |
undated |
6 / 3 | Notebook 33: miscellaneous (includes Carrie Adell
Strahorn; bison; labor; Salvation Army; weather; Deer Lodge; Virginia City;
Yellowstone Park) |
undated |
6 / 4 | Notebook 34: biography, A-N (primarily national
figures, but includes Henry N. Blake, Bishop John B. Brondel, H.W. Child, Walter B.
Dance, Walter W. De Lacy, Sidney Edgerton, Robert Fisher, Fisk Brothers, P.H. Kelly,
Conrad Kohrs, Edgar G. Maclay, Robert L. McCulloh, Isaac D. McCutcheon, Samuel
McLean, Thomas Francis Meagher) |
undated |
6 / 5 | Notebook 35: biography, O-Z (primarily national
figures, but includes William Y. Pemberton, George M. Pinney, Benjamin F. Potts,
John H. Rogers, Charles M. Russell, Albert J. Seligman, W.A.J. Sparks, Charles S.
Warren, B.F. White, A.H. Wilder, Samuel Word) |
undated |
6 / 6 | Notebooks 1-35 index |
undated |
6 / 7 | Unnumbered notebook: development of Montana copper
industry |
undated |
7 / 1 | Unnumbered notebook: hurdy gurdy houses; President
Chester Allen Arthur in Yellowstone Park, 1883; quorum issue; Will Kennedy |
undated |
7 / 2 | Unnumbered notebook: A.K. McClure; Edward B.
Nealley; James M. Cavanaugh; John Schuyler Crosby libel suie |
undated |
7 / 3-5 | Unnumbered notebooks: chronology ("general") |
1860-1890 |
7 / 6 | Unnumbered notebook: chronology (some entries
duplicate other three books) |
1861-1889 |
7 / 7 | Notebook A: (includes Anaconda; Great Falls;
Glasgow; mining) [indexed] |
undated |
7 / 8 | Notebook B: (includes Great Falls; Missoula;
William A. Clark; Marcus Daly) [indexed] |
undated |
8 / 1 | Notebook D: (includes [indexed] |
undated |
8 / 2 | Notebook F: (includes [indexed] |
undated |
8 / 3 | Notebook H: (includes [indexed] |
undated |
8 / 4 | Notebook I: (includes [indexed] |
undated |
8 / 5-7 | Envelopes 1-3: "Montana Miscellany" (clippings) |
1936-1951 |
8 / 8 | Envelope 4: "Central Montana" |
1936-1937 |
8 / 9 | Envelope 5: "Western Montana" |
1936-1951 |
8 / 10 | Envelope 6: "Railroads; Trails and Mountain Passes;
Montana Scenes" |
1937-1948 |
8 / 11 | Envelope 7: "Montana Miscellany" |
1936-1940 |
8 / 12 | Envelope 8: "Fort Benton; Navigation on Missouri;
Old Benton Trail to Canada; Northern Montana Towns" |
1936-1942 |
8 / 13 | Envelope 9: "Indians; Sitting Bull" |
1936-1950 |
8 / 14 | Envelope 10: "Indians; J. Willard Schultz'
Articles" |
1936-1937 |
8 / 15 | Envelope 12: "John X. Beidler" |
undated |
8 / 16 | Envelope 13: "Isaac D. McCutcheon" |
undated |
8 / 17 | Envelope 15: "Robert N. Sutherlin" |
1957 |
9 / 1 | Agriculture |
undated |
9 / 2 | Alder Gulch |
undated |
9 / 3 | Bannack |
undated |
9 / 4 | William A. Bole (interviews) |
undated |
9 / 5 | Charles A. Broadwater |
undated |
9 / 6 | Butte |
undated |
9 / 7 | Capital question |
undated |
9 / 8 | Chinese |
undated |
9 / 9 | William A. Clark |
undated |
9 / 10 | Constitutional Convention of 1884 |
undated |
9 / 11 | Constitutional Convention of 1889 |
undated |
9 / 12-14 | Constitutional Convention of 1889: delegate
biographies |
undated |
9 / 15 | Copper mining in Butte |
undated |
9 / 16 | Counties: Beaverhead - Custer |
undated |
10 / 1 | Counties: Dawson - Yellowstone |
undated |
10 / 2 | Deer Lodge Valley |
undated |
10 / 3 | Helena: Last Chance Gulch |
undated |
10 / 4 | Allen Hosmer |
undated |
10 / 5 | Thomas Francis Meagher |
undated |
10 / 6 | Mines and mining camps |
undated |
10 / 7 | Missourians |
undated |
10 / 8 | Other arrivals to Montana |
undated |
10 / 9 | Pioneers |
undated |
10 / 10 | Political campaigns |
undated |
10 / 11 | Thomas C. Power |
undated |
10 / 12 | Railroads |
undated |
10 / 13 | Mary C. Ronan |
undated |
10 / 14 | Wilbur Fisk Sanders |
undated |
10 / 15 | Territorial data |
undated |
10 / 16 | "Highlights of Montana's Territorial Period,
1862-1889" |
undated |
10 / 17 | Territorial political unity |
undated |
10 / 18 | Woman suffrage debate |
undated |
10 / 19 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
11 / | Note cards: A-D |
undated |
12 / | Note cards: D-H |
undated |
13 / | Note cards: H-I |
undated |
14 / | Note cards: M |
undated |
15 / | Note cards: P-W; biographies: B-T |
undated |
16 / | Note cards: A-Y |
undated |
17 / 1 | Index to notebooks A-I, envelopes 1-10, and card
boxes A-W |
undated |
Writings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 2 | Articles published in the Great Falls Tribune |
1955-1958 |
Samuel T. Hauser Research Files Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Research Notes |
||
Box/Folder | ||
17 / 3 | Biography outline |
undated |
17 / 4-5 | Biography drafts |
undated |
17 / 6 | Kentucky years |
undated |
17 / 7 | Missouri years |
undated |
17 / 8 | Missouri River steamboat trip |
undated |
17 / 9 | Journey to the Bitterroots and return |
undated |
17 / 10 | Gold Creek and Bannack |
undated |
17 / 11 | Yellowstone Expedition of 1863 |
undated |
18 / 1 | In Alder and Bivin's Gulches |
undated |
18 / 2 | Creating Montana Territory |
undated |
18 / 3-4 | Promotion in the East |
undated |
18 / 5 | Bank and mine development |
undated |
18 / 6 | Yellowstone Expedition of 1870 |
undated |
18 / 7 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
18 / 8 | Railroads |
undated |
18 / 9 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
18 / 10-11 | Chronology: 1864-1872 |
undated |
19 / 1-8 | Chronology: 1873-1885 |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cattle raising--Montana [Central]
- Constitutional conventions--Montana
- Copper mines and mining--Montana
- Elections--Corrupt practices--Montana
- History--Research
- Railroads--Montana
Geographical Names
- Butte (Mont.)
- Helena (Mont.)--Biography
- Montana-- History