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Butte (Mont.) Tombstone Company Records, 1926-1966
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Butte (Mont.) Tombstone Company
- Title
- Butte (Mont.) Tombstone Company Records
- Dates
- 1926-1966 (inclusive)19261966
- Quantity
- 14.0 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Mss 164 (collection)
- Summary
- The collection contains financial records including volumes for price lists, engraver's records, outside and Butte shipping slips from 1926 to 1966.
- 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
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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 encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Albert Mooney founded the Butte Tombstone Company in 1902 under the parent company of Cory Operations. He operated the business until his death in 1965. During the early 1900s until after World War II, Cory Operations controlled all aspects of tombstone manufacturing, from extraction of the granite to sale of the finished product. After the war, it became more cost-effective to buy the granite from extraction companies. Since marble cracked in the wet and cold weather of Montana, he made tombstones out of more durable granite. After Mooney's death, the Choquette family bought the company and operated it until 1983, when they sold it to Glenn Johnson. Johnson bought the company in name only, operating it under his family's company, Trevillion Johnson Memorials, which was started by Johnson's great-grandfather, Edwin Walker, in 1889. The Butte Tombstone Company went out of business in 1990.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains financial records including volumes for price lists, engraver's records, outside and Butte shipping slips from 1926 to 1966.
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], Butte Tombstone Company Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series.
Custodial History
This collection was in the possession of Paul McLeod prior to donation to the K. Ross Toole Archives.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Glenn Johnson, 1990.
Processing Note
The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 1998, the collection was re-described.
Related Materials
The Montana Historical Society also holds 18 linear feet of Butte Tombstone Company records from 1903-1967.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Financial Records, 1926-1966Return to Top
The series contains volumes of price list records, engraver's records, outside shipping slips (for items shipped outside Butte), and Butte shipping slips (for items shipped within Butte). The price lists detail the description of the headstone, including the dimensions and the price that was charged to the buyer. The volumes also include the name of the purchaser, the date that the stone was processed and the time spent working on it. The volumes are arranged alphabetically by the company's sizing system. The series also contains the engraver's records which correspond to the records kept in the price list volumes.
The volumes are organized by the job number of the stone. Outside shipping slips are organized by the city in which the completed stone was sent, such as Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Dillon, Helena, Idaho, and other outside states. The records are organized by work number and include the name of the deceased with the birth and death dates, the purchaser of the stone, and the date when the order was paid in full. The shipper's name and address and shipment date, and a detailed description of the stone are also in the outside shipping slips. The Butte shipping slips contain the same information on them as in the outside shipping slips except the name of the cemetery is included. The volumes are arranged by name of cemetery, including Holy Cross, Mountain View, Mountain Moriah, St. Patrick, and UG Weeks.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
box-volume | ||
1/1 | Price Lists |
1926 |
1/2 | Engraver's Records |
1926 |
1/3 | Engraver's Records |
1926 |
1/4 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1926 |
1/5 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1926 |
1/6 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1926 |
2/7 | Price Lists |
1927 |
2/8 | Engraver's Records |
1927 |
2/9 | Engraver's Records |
1927 |
2/10 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1927 |
2/11 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1927 |
2/12 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1927 |
3/13 | Price Lists |
1928 |
3/14 | Engraver's Records |
1928 |
3/15 | Engraver's Records |
1928 |
3/16 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1928 |
3/17 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1928 |
3/18 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1928 |
4/19 | Price Lists |
1929 |
4/20 | Engraver's Records |
1929 |
4/21 | Engraver's Records |
1929 |
4/22 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1929 |
4/23 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1929 |
4/24 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1929 |
5/25 | Price Lists |
1930 |
5/26 | Engraver's Records |
1930 |
5/27 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1930 |
5/28 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1930 |
5/29 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1930 |
5/30 | Price Lists |
1931 |
6/31 | Engraver's Records |
1931 |
6/32 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1931 |
6/33 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1931 |
6/34 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1931 |
6/35 | Price Lists |
1932 |
6/36 | Engraver's Records |
1932 |
6/37 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1932 |
7/38 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1932 |
7/39 | Price Lists |
1933 |
7/40 | Engraver's Records |
1933 |
7/41 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1933 |
7/42 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1933 |
7/43 | Price Lists |
1934 |
7/44 | Engraver's Records |
1934 |
7/45 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1934 |
8/46 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1934 |
8/47 | Price Lists |
1935 |
8/48 | Engraver's Records |
1935 |
8/48 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1935 |
8/49 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1935 |
8/50 | Price Lists |
1936 |
9/51 | Engraver's Records |
1936 |
9/52 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1936 |
9/53 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1936 |
9/54 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1936 |
9/55 | Price Lists |
1937 |
9/56 | Engraver's Records |
1937 |
10/57 | Engraver's Records |
1937 |
10/58 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1937 |
10/59 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1937 |
10/60 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1937 |
10/61 | Price Lists |
1938 |
10/62 | Engraver's Records |
1938 |
11/63 | Engraver's Records |
1938 |
11/64 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1938 |
11/65 | Butte Shipping
Records |
1938 |
11/66 | Price Lists |
1939 |
11/67 | Engraver's Records |
1939 |
11/68 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1939 |
12/69 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1939 |
12/70 | Price Lists |
1940 |
12/71 | Engraver's Records |
1940 |
12/72 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1940 |
12/73 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1940 |
12/74a | Engraver's Records |
1941 |
12/74b | Price Lists |
1941 |
13/75 | Outside Shipping
Records |
1941 |
13/76 | Butte Shipping
Records |
1941 |
13/77 | Price Lists |
1942 |
13/78 | Engraver's Records |
1942 |
13/79 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1942 |
13/80 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1942 |
14/81 | Engraver's Records |
1943 |
14/82 | Price Lists |
1943 |
14/83 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1943 |
14/84 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1943 |
14/85 | Price Lists |
1944 |
14/86 | Price Lists |
1944 |
15/87 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1944 |
15/88 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1944 |
15/89 | Price Lists |
1945 |
15/90 | Price Lists |
1945 |
15/91 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1945 |
15/92 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1945 |
16/93 | Price Lists |
1946 |
16/94 | Price Lists |
1946 |
16/95 | Price Lists |
1946 |
16/96 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1946 |
16/97 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1946 |
16/98a | Price Lists |
1947 |
16/98b | Price Lists |
1947 |
17/99 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1947 |
17/100 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1947 |
17/101 | Price Lists |
1948 |
17/102 | Price Lists |
1948 |
17/103 | Price Lists |
1948 |
17/104 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1948 |
17/105 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1948 |
18/106 | Price Lists |
1949 |
18/107 | Price Lists |
1949 |
18/108 | Price Lists |
1949 |
18/109 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1949 |
18/110 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1949 |
18/111 | Price Lists |
1950 |
18/112 | Price Lists |
1950 |
19/113 | Price Lists |
1950 |
19/114 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1950 |
19/115 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1950 |
19/116 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1950 |
19/117 | Price Lists |
1951 |
19/118 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1951 |
19/119 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1951 |
19/120 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1951 |
20/121 | Price Lists |
1951 |
20/122 | Price Lists |
1952 |
20/123 | Price Lists |
1952 |
20/124a | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1952 |
20/124b | Butte Shipping Slips |
1952 |
20/125 | Price Lists |
1953 |
20/126 | Price Lists |
1953 |
20/127 | Price Lists |
1953 |
21/128 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1953 |
21/129 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1953 |
21/130 | Price Lists |
1954 |
21/131 | Price Lists |
1954 |
21/132 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1954 |
21/133 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1954 |
22/134 | Price Lists |
1954 |
22/135 | Price Lists |
1955 |
22/136 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1955 |
22/137 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1955 |
22/138 | Price Lists |
1955 |
22/139 | Price Lists |
1955 |
22/140 | Price Lists |
1956 |
22/141 | Price Lists |
1956 |
23/142 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1956 |
23/143 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1956 |
23/144a | Price Lists |
1957 |
23/144b | Price Lists |
1957 |
23/145 | Price Lists |
1957 |
23/146 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1957 |
23/147 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1957 |
24/148 | Price Lists |
1958 |
24/149 | Price Lists |
1958 |
24/150 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1958 |
24/151 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1958 |
24/152 | Price Lists |
1959 |
24/153 | Price Lists |
1959 |
24/154 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1959 |
25/155 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1959 |
25/156 | Price Lists |
1960 |
25/157 | Price Lists |
1960 |
25/158 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1960 |
25/159 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1960 |
25/160 | Price Lists |
1961 |
26/161 | Price Lists |
1961 |
26/162 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1961 |
26/163 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1961 |
26/164 | Price Lists |
1962 |
26/165 | Price Lists |
1962 |
26/166 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1962 |
26/167 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1962 |
27/168 | Price Lists |
1963 |
27/169 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1963 |
27/170 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1963 |
27/171 | Price Lists |
1964 |
27/172 | Price Lists |
1964 |
27/173 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1964 |
27/174 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1964 |
28/175 | Price Lists |
1965 |
28/176 | Price Lists |
1965 |
28/177 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1965 |
28/178 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1965 |
28/179 | Price Lists |
1966 |
28/180 | Price Lists |
1966 |
28/181 | Outside Shipping
Slips |
1966 |
28/182 | Butte Shipping Slips |
1966 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Burial--Montana
- Sepulchral monuments--Montana
Corporate Names
- Cory Operations
Geographical Names
- Butte (Mont.)--Commerce
- Montana--Commerce
Form or Genre Terms
- Business records--Montana
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Mooney, Albert S.