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Fra Broadwell Dana Papers, 1819-1947
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Dana, Fra Broadwell, 1874-1948
- Title
- Fra Broadwell Dana Papers
- Dates
- 1819-1947 (inclusive)18191947
- Quantity
- 1.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Mss 096 (collection)
- Summary
- The Broadwell and Dana families included an important Montana artist, Fra Dana, and a significant ranching business. This collection contains genealogical information on many branches from Fra Broadwell's family and Edwin Dana's family.
- 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
-
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.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for creating this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Fra Marie Broadwell was born Nov. 26, 1874, in Terra Haute, Indiana. Soon afeeter this she moved with her family to Rockville, Indiana, where she lived until she was 16 years old. She was then sent to Cincinnati to study painting; from there she went to New York where she attended the American Art School as a pupil of William M. Chase. She later continued her art studies in Paris, where she was a pupil of Alfred Maurer. In 1891 she first went to Wyoming where her mother, who had remarried, lived. Her second trip to Wyoming was in 1893, where she met her future husband, Edwin Lester Dana. They married July 1, 1896. She was a collector of art and several pieces of the collection were willed to the University of Montana. Mrs. Dana died Dec. 1, 1948, in Great Falls, Montana, where she is buried.
Edwin Lester Dana was born October 15, 1864, and his family moved to Montana in 1866. They lived first in Philipsburg, then Missoula, then Helena. In 1878 the family moved to a cattle ranch on the Little Big Horn River in southeastern Montana, where Edwin began his cattle business. He bought his first small herd in 1887. By 1918 he owned one of the largest pure bred Hereford cattle herds in America. Mr. Dana owned a ranch in Parkman, Wyoming, and later, a second one in Cascade County, Montana. Mrs. Dana was his secretary and keen business partner in spite of her frail health. E.L. Dana died in 1946.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains genealogical information on many branches from Fra Broadwell's family and Edwin Dana's family. There is correspondence from family members to Fra and Edwin about their families histories. Some of the families that have excellent research included are lines from the Anderson, Brewster, Broadwell, Dana, Forester, Maxwell, Page, Paine, Putnam, and Sunderland families, although this does not include all of the lines researched in this collection. There are copied accounts from family members early history, and publications on the Paine and Dana family.
Fra Dana also had publications on Astrology and scientific papers. There are also notes on the Crow language from Father Prando and Fra's own notes. Included also is a brand book of the cattle herd of the Blackfoot, which was purchased by E.L. Dana.
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. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document], Fra Broadwell Dana Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three series:
Series I: Genealogical, 0.7 linear feet, 1819-1938
Series II: Research Material, 0.7 linear feet, 1850-1947
Series III: Photographs, 0.1 linear feet, undated
Acquisition Information
Gift of Fra Broadwell Dana, date unknown.
Processing Note
The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 1999, the collection was re-described and separated into two series. This collection included photos of unidentified family members, which have been removed and added to the K. Ross Toole Archives photo collection. This collection was originally two separate collections, LC 17 and LC 96. The two collections were combined into one collection, Mss 96, and re-described.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Genealogical , 1819-1938 Return to Top
This series includes all of the genealogical information Fra Dana was able to gather on family descent. There are twenty-six families researched in this collection. Included is a direct line decent of Fra Broadwell Dana. There are several marriage certificates. These include the certificate for the marriage of John Sunderland to Elizabeth Page on February 14, 1819, a certificate for Samuel F. Maxwell and Eliza Ann Sunderland on November 8, 1848, a certificate for John W. Broadwell and Jewel H. Maxwell's marriage on May 12, 1873, and the marriage of E.L. Dana to Fra Broadwell on July 1, 1896. Parts of a will for E.L. Dana dated to 1916 are included and a copy of the will for Ann E. Broadwell dated to May 14, 1889, copied November 18, 1912 are included. There are also applications to the Daughters of the American Revolution for Jessie A. Sunderland (1899) and Emma R. Griffin (1909). The Paine and Dana lines also have published material on their families.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Genealogical letters |
1899-1933 |
| 1/2 | Anderson line |
undated, 1912, 1914, 1933 |
| 1/3 | Andrew line |
undated |
| 1/4 | Andrews line |
undated |
| 1/5 | Brewster line |
undated |
| 1/6 | Broadwell line |
undated, 1873, 1941 |
| 1/7 | Fra Broadwell Dana's direct line
|
undated |
| 1/8 | Chappel line |
1935 |
| 1/9 | Dana family history (reprint)
|
undated |
| 1/10 | Dana line |
1911-1914, 1927, 1933-1934, 1938 |
| 1/11 | Legal Documents |
1896, 1916 |
| 1/12 | Deacon line |
undated |
| 1/13 | Dinwiddie line |
undated |
| 1/14 | Dunn line |
undated |
| 1/15 | Dunster line |
undated |
| 1/16 | Forester line |
undated |
| 1/17 | Foster line |
undated |
| 1/18 | Hathorne line |
undated |
| 1/19 | Jackson line |
undated, 1912 |
| 1/20 | Lawrence line |
undated |
| 1/21 | Maxwell line, 1848, from document
dated 1886, 1899, 1909, 1911-1914, 1916, 1938 |
1911 |
| 1/22 | Morse line |
undated |
| 1/23 | Page line |
undated, 1916 |
| 1/24 | Paine family publications, volume
1, numbers 1-8 dating 1879-1881, volume 2, numbers 1-12 dating 1882-1883
|
|
| 1/25 | Paine line |
undated |
| 1/26 | Peabody (Paybody) line
|
undated |
| 1/27 | Porter line |
undated |
| 1/28 | Putnam line |
undated |
| 2/1 | Sunderland line |
undated, 1819, 1898, 1900, 1912-1916 |
| 2/2 | Ver Planck line |
undated |
| 2/3 | Miscellaneous Genealogical
researched material |
undated |
Series II: Research Material , 1850-1947 Return to Top
This series includes copies of accounts from early family history from various family members, such as H.W. Baldwin (1895-1897), M.A. Whipple (undated, 1935), Abraham Given (1850) and Theophilus and Debora Dana (1862). Poems written by E.L. Dana (published 1947) and Edna Dinwiddie (copy undated) are also included. There are copies of letters (undated, 1914, 1917-1918) from World War I and papers (1915, 1917, 1926) from World War I--correspondents are not identified by last name. There is a certificate from the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) and Colonial Dames of America (undated, 1911-1912). Jewel Dinwiddie's Daughters of the American Revolution pin and tartan are in this collection as well. Family newspaper clippings are also included. This series also includes notes on the Crow language from Father Prando and Fra Dana and the brand book for the Blackfoot herd of cattle (undated).
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/4 | Miscellaneous Astrology papers
and scientific papers |
1887, 1888, 1890, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1907, 1925 |
| 2/5 | Baldwin, H.W., Early Day Camping
Trips (copy, remembered to 1895-1897) |
undated |
| 2/6 | D.A.R certificates and Colonial
Dames of America |
undated, 1911-1912 |
| 2/7 | D.A.R pin and tartan |
undated |
| 2/8 | Diary entry copied from Aunt Lou
(entry dated 1862) |
undated |
| 2/9 | Dinwiddie, Edna- Poems
|
undated |
| 2/10 | Account of 1871 Christmas Ball in
Rockville, Indiana (copy) |
undated |
| 2/11 | Whipple, M.A.- Twenty-five Years
In Persia (copy) |
undated, 1931 |
| 2/12 | World War I letters (copy)
|
undated, 1914-1918 |
| 2/13 | World War I papers |
1915-1926 |
| 3/1 | Publications |
1882-1903 |
| 3/2 | Family newspaper clippings
|
undated |
| 3/3 | Newspaper clippings from
Rockville, Indiana |
undated |
| 3/4 | Mrs. Dana's list of collection
contents |
undated |
| 3/5 | Poems of E.L. Dana |
1947 |
| 3/6 | Bound but unpublished books of
poems by E.L. Dana which also contains 4 letters by Fra Dana to Dean Crowder
and an autobiography written by E.L. Dana |
1945-1947 |
| 3/7 | Reminiscence titled "An Overland
Trip to California in 1850" by Abraham Given (copy) |
undated |
| 3/8 | Reminiscences of an overland trip
to California in 1862, by Theophilus and Debora Dana (copy) |
undated |
| 3/9 | Grammar and notes on the Crow
Language, by Father Prando |
undated |
| 3/10 | Grammar and notes on the Crow
Language, by Fra Dana |
undated |
| 3/11 | Brand book of the cattle from the
Blackfoot |
undated |
Series III: Photographs, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/12 | 96(III)1: Two women by tombstone of John Broadwell |
undated |
| 3/13 | 96(III)2: Two Sunderland tombstones |
undated |
| 3/14 | 96(III)3: Three tombstones |
undated |
| 3/15 | 96(III)4: John Sunderland's tombstone |
undated |
| 3/16 | 96(III)5: Nancy and Elizabeth Sunderland's tombstones |
undated |
| 3/17 | 96(III)6: Woman in bonnet and man in suitcoat |
undated |
| 3/18 | 96(III)7: Man with beard |
undated |
| 3/19 | 96(III)8: Woman seated in chair |
undated |
| 3/20 | Woman and child: 96(III)9 |
undated |
| 3/21 | 96(III)10: Man with mustache |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Astrology
- Blackfoot Indians
- Cattle brands--Montana
- Crow Indians
- Sihasapa Indians--Domestic animals--Montana
Family Names
- Anderson family
- Brewster family
- Broadwell family
- Dana family
- Forester family
- Foster family
- Maxwell family
- Page family
- Paine family
- Payne family
- Putnam family
- Sunderland family
Form or Genre Terms
- Family papers--Montana
- Genealogies--Montana
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Dana, E. L. (Edwin Lester), 1864-1946
Finding aid prepared by Brooke Simpson
(1999) and Teresa Hamann (2001)
2001
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
