Morris State Bank (Pony, Montana) Records, 1899-1927

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Morris State Bank (Pony, Mont.)
Title
Morris State Bank (Pony, Montana) Records
Dates
1899-1927 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.5 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 175
Summary
The Morris State Bank was located in Pony, Montana. Records (1899-1927) include correspondence concerning the Pony Electric Light Company, Elling and Morris, Morris and Flint, Citizen's Telephone Company, Montana Tonopah Mining Company, Hennepin Ore Company, and others; court papers; financial records; legal documents; subject files concerning the Citizens' Telephone Company, Elling and Morris, and the Indian Gold Mining Company; and miscellany. There are subgroups for Morris and Flint and for Fred G. Smith.
Repository
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
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

The Morris State Bank was opened in Pony, Montana, in 1902, with a capital stock of $50,000. The bank moved into a newly constructed building in early 1903. William W. Morris was president of the Morris State Bank until his death in October 19O4. Thomas Duncan served initially as vice president and then succeeded to the presidency in 1905. Following his death that same year, Mary B. Elling became president. Charles E. Morris served as a director in 19O2 and became vice president in 1905. Cashiers for the bank included Philip H. (Harry) Gohn and Fred G. Smith. Other officers included M. M. Duncan, a Virginia City attorney, who served as a director, and Henry J. Schreiber who was a vice president beginning in 1904. By June 1906, the Morris State Bank had achieved deposits in the amount of $200,000 and was conducting business with banks in Montana and throughout the country. A close business relationship existed with the Elling State Bank of Virginia City and the Union Bank and Trust Company of Helena, whose president was George L. Ramsey. The Montana banks were members of the Montana Bankers Association which issued warnings about fraudulent customers in the state and informed banks of pending legislation effecting the banking industry in the state. The officers and directors of the Morris State Bank were businessmen and active members of the Pony community. Several businesses were connected to the bank through these people. Henry Elling and William Morris were partners in Elling and Morris, which had a quartz mill and an electric light plant. Charles E. Morris and James A. Flint, an attorney, were partners in Morris and Flint, a real estate and insurance business, with an office in the Morris State Bank building. Harry Gohn was president of Citizens Telephone Company. Fred Smith was a notary, trustee for the board of education, an insurance agent, and mayor of Pony in 1911. Henry Schreiber ran a mercantile company and served as treasurer for the city. The Morris State Bank closed and went into voluntary liquidation on February 1, 1926. At that time the board of directors borrowed $96,000 from the Elling Estates Company so that all depositors could be paid. The bank then came under the jurisdiction of a liquidating agent.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains primarily of incoming correspondence (1902-1909) and general correspondence (1910-1917) of P.H. "Harry" Gohn and Fred G. Smith, cashiers of the Morris State Bank. This correspondence includes routine bank business as well as correspondence relating to other businesses and investments in which the bank's officers and directors were involved (Pony Electric Light Company, Elling and Morris, Morris and Flint, Citizens Telephone Company, Montana-Tonopah Mining Company, Hennepin Ore Company, and others). Other materials in the collection include court papers (1907-1916); financial records (1902-1917) including assessments, registers of daily statements and drafts, journals, daily balances, reports of condition, and tax statements; legal documents (1902-1913) including agreements, deeds, licenses, and notices of protest; subject files (1908-1917) for other businesses (including the Citizens Telephone Company, Elling and Morris, and the Indian Gold Mining Company); and miscellany (advertisements, insurance policies, sample forms, letterhead, etc.). There is a subgroup for Morris and Flint (1887-1927) which includes information on the insurance business, descriptions of local buildings being insured, and prospecti for several mining companies including Black Pine Mining Company (Butte), Dailey Group of claims (Jefferson County), Leviathan Gold Mining Company (Madison County), Rocky Mountain Exploration Company, and Stockton Copper Mining Company (Broadwater County). A subgroup for Fred G. Smith (1906-1916) concerns his insurance business.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

by subgroup and series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

Morris State Bank Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder
1 / 1
W. Henry Adkins and E.S. Adkins
1903-1906, 1908
1 / 2
American Bankers Association
1902-1908
1 / 3
American Smelting and Refining Company
1904-1909
1 / 4
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
1907-1909
1 / 5
A (correspondents include Abbott Alkaloidal Company, Anna Adams Estate, W.H. Adams, J. Albright, W.J. Albro, Walter Alderson, Allen and Gilbert-Ramaker Company, Thomas Allen, Allis-Chalmers Company, American Harrow Company, American National Bank of Helena, American National Bank of San Francisco, American Surety Company, Charlie Armstrong, E.R. Avery, Dudley F. Ayres)
1903-1909
1 / 6
Clara E. Barclay and J.R. Barclay
1905-1908
1 / 7
Brown, Treacy and Sperry Company
1905-1909
1 / 8
Butte Adjustment Company; Butte and Willow Creek Mining Company; Butte Commercial Bank; Butte Electric Supply Company; Butte Potato and Produce Company; Butte-Potosi Mining Company
1906-1909
1 / 9
B (correspondents include M.I. Baker, E.L. Ballou, Bankers Life Association, Barker and Wilson, Albert Barter, George Bauerman, Edwin S. Beall, W.H. Beall, John Berkin, Blackhawk Mining Company, Mrs. Henry N. Blake, Judah Boas Company, W.N. Bowman, Box family, Charlie Boyd, Bradstreet Company, E.M. Brooke, Bryant Supply Company, S.R. Buford and Company, Robert E. Burns, Burroughs Adding Machine Company, E.C. Bush)
1902-1909
1 / 10
Carbon County Bank
1902-1909
1 / 11
Clark and Duncan (W.A. Clark and M.M. Duncan)
1906-1909
1 / 12
W.A. Clark [William Alexander Clark] (includes Clark and Duncan law firm, Elling State Bank)
1902-1909
1 / 13
W.A. Clark and Brother bank [William Andrews Clark]
1904-1908
1 / 14
Commercial National Bank (Bozeman; Chicago)
1902-1909
1 / 15
C (correspondents include Edmund J. Callaway, Lew L. Callaway, M. Canby, Alice Carruthers, J.E. Chambers, O.P. Chisholm, Citizens' Telephone Company, Bert Clark, C.L. Clark, Philo M. Clark, J.Z. Clem, J.M. Cline, Colliers National Weekly, Columbus Mercantile Company, Raymond Conard, John S. Cook and Company, Cootey-Blodgett Company, R.T. Courtney, S.U. Cox, W.P. Curteman)
1902-1909
1 / 16
Daly Bank and Trust Company
1902-1909
1 / 17
M.M. Duncan (see also: Clark and Duncan)
1902-1909
1 / 18
D (correspondents include E.C. Davis, H.E. Day, F.B. Dickerson, C.A. Dillet, Charles O. Dorr, John N. Dryer, Paul S. Duncan)
1902-1909
1 / 19
Elling State Bank (includes Thomas Duncan, W.A. Clark, Clyde Morris)
1902-1909
1 / 20
E (correspondents include Economy Ink Company, Louisa Eldredge, Mary B. Elling, Elizabeth H. Ellis, James Ellison, Ely Salyards and Company, W.J. Ennis, Eschle Plumbing and Heating Company, Everybody's Meat Company)
1903-1909
1 / 21
First National Bank (Butte; Freeland PA; Kalispell; Lanark IL; Staples MN; Meteetsee WY; Youngstown OH)
1903-1908
1 / 22
First National Bank of San Francisco
1903-1909
1 / 23
James A. Flint
1903-1908
1 / 24
French and Powell (Virginia City Post Office)
1902-1903
1 / 25
F (correspondents include Farmers State Bank, Thomas A. Ferguson, F.M. Field, J.J. Finch, Mae Finch, First State Bank Livingston, Forbis and Mattison, E.C. Frisbee, C.L. Friedericks, Fruitland Farms Company)
1902-1909
1 / 26
P.H. "Harry" Gohn and Virginia Gohn
1906-1909
2 / 1
G (correspondents include Galen and Mettler, Gallatin Valley Milling Company, Garnet Gold Mining Company, E.H. Gay and Company, W.H. Geer, Sol Genzberger, Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company, Goldfield Investment Company, Goodyear Rubber Company, Gurney Gordon, A.C. Gormley, C.H. Green, C.F. Gregory)
1903-1909
2 / 2
C.H. Hand
1907-1909
2 / 3
L.F. Hare
1906-1909
2 / 4
Hennepin Ore Company
1902-1903
2 / 5
L.O. Hickok and Son
1908-1909
2 / 6
H (correspondents include E.C. Hackley, George B. Hadzor, J.E. Hale, K.W. Hale, Hancock Brothers, E.M. Hanzlik, Charles D. Harper, Harper and MacDonald, Fayette Harrington, Harrison Ranch, Mrs. H.C. Harrison, Hartman and Hartman, Hawkeye Elevator Company, R.N. Hawkins, P.N. Haycraft, H.S. Hepner, E.A. Higinbotham, Samuel Holman, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, W.R. Hubbard and Company, Clifton W. Hudson, T.B. Hunt, S.E. Hunter, Thomas G. Hutt)
1902-1909
2 / 7
Indian Gold Mining Company
1904-1909
2 / 8
I (correspondents include Idaho Smelting and Refining Company, J.E. Irvine, E.W. Jack, C.S. Jackman Company, Gus Janney, Fred S. Johnson, John Johnson, Albert Jones, James E. Jones, Jones Fruit Company)
1903-1909
2 / 9
Roger C. Knox (includes Montana Revenue Gold Mining Company)
1902-1909
2 / 10
K (correspondents include Kenkel-Todd Company, John N. Kirk, Joseph Kirschwing, Bessie A. Kneedler, C.G. Kohl, Kountze Brothers, Alfred S. Kyle)
1902-1909
2 / 11
Levey Brothers and Company
1903-1908
2 / 12
A.W. Lignell (German and Lignell, Architects)
1903
2 / 13
Walter F. Lord
1904-1908
2 / 14
L (correspondents include Lafayette Bank, Larson and Greenough, James Leffell, George and Emma Leunstrend, J.H. Levy, George L. Lewis, John P. Lewis, Charles Leyendecker, W.W. Livingston, R.A. Luke and Company)
1902-1909
2 / 15
Madison County government (includes W.A. Stevenson, C.E. Reese, J.Z. Clem, C.H. Buford, George E. Gohn, R.N. Hawkins)
1902-1909
2 / 16
John C. Mahoney (includes P.J. Leonard Estate)
1906-1909
2 / 17-18
Ma-Mc (correspondents include Alexander Mackel; Joe Mackel; W.D. Manley; Sam Marshall; Lee Martin; Fred Maryott; Marysville [Wash.] State Bank; Seward Mason; Charles Mattison; Mabel Alkine May; Mayo Feed Company; Mayo, Sachs and Company; James A. McAllister; McCabe Brothers; Mrs. D.O. McClanahan; McCormick and Company, Bankers; McCurdy and Haycroft; Jessie McDonald; W.C. McKaskle; Mrs. C.V. McVey)
1903-1909
2 / 19
Me-Mi (correspondents include George Meldrum and Company, Samuel A. Mendenhall, F.R. Merk, Frank W. Mettler, C.L. Meyer, Michigan Buggy Company, Michigan Leather Company, John Mikesell, Mary L. Miller, Frank D. Miracle, Mississippi Valley Trust Company)
1903-1909
2 / 20
Montana Bankers Association
1905-1909
2 / 21
Montana State Examiner
1905-1909
2 / 22
Montana Tonopah Mining Company
1902-1907
2 / 23
Montana Treasurer's Office
1905-1909
2 / 24
Montana state government (includes Montana Agricultural Experiment Station; Montana Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry; Montana Auditor's Office; Montana Secretary of State; Montana State Land Department)
1903-1909
2 / 25
Montana companies and organizations (includes Montana Record Publishing Company; Montana Development League; Montana Electric Company; Montana Farmers' Institutes; Montana Hardware Company; Montana-Hecla Mining Company; Montana Nevada Mining Company; Montana Wool Growers Commission Company)
1906-1908
2 / 26-27
Morris family (includes Charles E. Morris, C.R. Morris, Fred Morris, Leah Morris, W.C. Morris, W.W. Morris)
1903-1909
2 / 28
Mo-My (correspondents include Fred Moore, Mrs. Price Moorhead, J.R. Morrisey, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Frank C. Myers)
1903-1909
2 / 29
National Bank of Commerce in New York
1902-1909
2 / 30
C.E. Noble
1904-1906
2 / 31
Norris Mercantile Company (includes J.R. Whitmore)
1903-1909
3 / 1
Northern Pacific Railway Company; Northern Pacific Express Company
1903-1909
3 / 2
John Northey
1905-1909
3 / 3
N-O (correspondents include National Bank of California, National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis, National Bank of Gallatin Valley, National Bank of the Republic, National Mining and Investment Company, National Shoe and Leather Bank, National Surety Company, James Naughton, Nevada Smelting and Mines Company, New York National Exchange Bank, Samuel Newhouse, Lillian Nord, Northern Hotel Register Company, Northwestern National Bank, Northwestern Improvement Company, Chong On, Orton Bothers, J.H. Owen)
1902-1909
3 / 4
J.M. Pile
1904-1908
3 / 5
P (correspondents include Ike Pace, H. Pagnuelo, J.H. Pankey, Webb Parkison Estate, Charles C. Parsons, J.H. Patrick, W.O. Peck, Gust A. Petrick, W.G. Pfouts, Rhoda Pierce, C.D. Pinckney, Harry T. Poindexter, H.F. Poland, R.L. Polk and Company, James A. Pollock and Company, Goerge H. Potter, A.S. Pratt and Sons, Proctor Knott Gold Mining Company, Publishers Clearing House, C.A. Purdom)
1902-1909
3 / 6
Anna Richter
1907-1909
3 / 7
R (correspondents include John C. Ramsey, The Rand Company, Raven Mining Company, Raymond Commercial Club, Winthrop Raymond, James W. Rea and Company, T.B. Reagan, D.N. Reber, Red Bluff Gold Mining Company, Red Top Mining Company of Goldfield, J.W. Reed, W.A. Reel, A. Ira Renick, Republican National Committee, Joseph E. Richards, W. Richtmyer, Nick Rider, J.A. Rightenour, James G. Roberts, Thomas S. Robinson and Company, Rocky Fork Coal Company, Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company, H.E. Rooks, Paul R. Rosin, Fred Rowlands, E.L. Ruegamer)
1902-1909
3 / 8
W.H. Schamp
1906-1909
3 / 9
O.Y. Schulenburg
1903-1906
3 / 10
C. Al Shay (re several mining companies)
1904-1907
3 / 11
William Simpson
1903-1905
3 / 12
Smith (includes Charles M. Smith, Mrs. E.L. Smith, E.M. Smith, Frank Smith, H.F. Smith, Joseph Smith, R.T. Smith)
1902-1909
3 / 13
S.V. Stewart
1905-1908
3 / 14
Joseph M. Stoker; John H. Stoker
1903-1908
3 / 15
S (correspondents include Allen C. Sanders, Lester Sanford, H.H. Sappington, Albert Saylor, J.M. Scanland, Lewis F. Scheytt, Helen Schmuck, H.J. Schreiner, Seattle Clearing House Association, Seattle National Bank, W.A. Shea, Daniel S. Shenk, W. Shields, Walter Shobe, C.S. Shoemaker, Z.A. Short, Joe Sicard, Silver Bow National Bank, Charles A. Spirk, H.J. Springer, John Standake, Standard Publishing Company, George H. Stanton, State Bank and Trust Company [Tonopah, Nev.], State Bank of Dillon, H.E. Steffins, Steurer Publishing Company, Andrew Stewart, William Stinson, Fred H. Stock, Stoller Live Stock Commission Company, M.W. Stout, J.H. Stovel, C.R. Stranahan, H.T. Strollwood, Silas Stuart, Stumpf and Hay)
1903-1909
3 / 16
A.W. and C.E. Tanner
1904-1909
3 / 17
Tinsley family (includes Bazel Tinsley, F.H. Tinsley, W.E. Tinsley)
1906-1909
3 / 18
T (correspondents include H. Tait, Walter S. Tallant, Taylor and Brunton Ore Company, Fred J. Thomas, J.F. Thompson, Fred Thurston, William H. Tibbals, Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, Joseph B. Toplitz, C.B. Towers, George W. Tucker)
1902-1909
3 / 19-20
Union Bank and Trust Company (includes George L. Ramsey, Frank Bogart)
1902-1909
3 / 21
United States government (includes Assay Office, Bureau of the Census, Forest Service, General Land Office, Geological Survey, Treasury Dept.)
1901-1909
3 / 22
U-V (correspondents include United States Mining and Power Company, United States Pure Food Company, George Unverzagt, Ellis B. Usher, Valley Forge Mining Company, L.W. VanAkin, P.H. Vanderlick, William Volker and Company)
1902-1909
3 / 23
Washoe Copper Company; Washoe Sampler
1904-1909
3 / 24
Tom Watson; Tom Watson Estate
1907-1909
3 / 25
William K. Weaver
1902-1909
3 / 26
H.F. West, Undertaker
1903-1905
3 / 27
Western National Bank of the City of New York
1902-1903
3 / 28
Ed E. Williams (includes Revenue Mine, Madisonian Mine, Montana Revenue Gold Mining Company)
1904-1909
3 / 29
W (correspondents include O.F. Wadsworth, Mrs. E.J. Wallace, Andrew J. Walrath, R.B. Wampler, A.J. Warren, David F. Watson, Robert R. Wedekind, Welch and Harrington, J.H. Westerhouse, Western Union Telegraph Company, Henry Wetmore, M.A. White, White Sewing Machine Company, Whitehall State Bank , Mr. & Mrs. Wicks, James Wilkie, John Williams, Lottie Williams, Lewis Wilson, Alvin Womack, Mark W. Woods, Charles F. Word, R. Lee Word)
1902-1909
3 / 30
Y (correspondents include Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company, Yegen Brothers Savings Bank, W.I Young, unidentified)
1904-1909
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
4 / 1
Allen family (includes Charlie E. Allen, Elbert F. Allen, George R. Allen)
1912-1916
4 / 2
A (correspondents include Louis Abels, Abercrombie and Johnson, Acme Harvesting Machine Company, Army Adams, Julie Albro, Walter Alderson, Almanac Advertising Agency, May Alward, American Bankers Association, American National Bank, American Smelting and Refining Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Charles T. Armstrong, E.F. Armstrong, Mary Glenn Austin, A.H. Averill Machinery Company)
1910-1916
4 / 3
Bankers... (includes Bankers Insurance Company, Bankers Life Company, Bankers Trust Company)
1910-1916
4 / 4
B (correspondents include Peter Bacca; Banking Corporation of Montana; Clara E. Barclay; William Barclay; W.S. Bardwell; George A. Beaman; S.L. Bean; Elmer G. Bell; Kate Bell; George Bennett; John G. Bins; Charles E. Black; Jesse S. Bosworth; Eva Bower; I.L. Bower; W.N. Bowman; J.A. Brake; W.H. Brennan; E.M. Brooke; Lisbeth Bromback; Crossland Brooks; Brown, Treacy and Sperry Company; Bryant Supply Company; Robert E. Burns; William J. Burns National Detective Agency; Burroughs Adding Machine Company; William Burtch, Butte Adjustment Company)
1910-1917
4 / 5
W.A. Clark and Brother
1910-1913
4 / 6
C (correspondents include William B. Calhoun, Edmund J. Callaway; May H. Carmin, B.J. Carney and Company, E.T. Chapin Company, M.I. Chappell, C.W. Chowning, Mae Church, Citizens' Telephone Company, Clark and Duncan, J.Z. Clem, Conrad Trust and Savings Bank, John S. Cook and Company, Cootey-Blodgett Company, J.A. Copeland, W.H. Copeland)
1910-1916
4 / 7
Dart Hardware and Implement Company
1911
4 / 8-9
M.M. Duncan (see also Clark and Duncan)
1910-1917
4 / 10
D (correspondents include Daly Bank and Trust Company of Butte, W.L. Davis, James S. Dawes, Dayton [Ohio] Chamber of Commerce, A.W. DeGroot, Democratic National Committee, Joseph B. Derbes, W.P. Devereux Company, Nels Distard, E.L. Dodson, Drovers National Bank, V.F. Dusenberry)
1910-1917
4 / 11
Elling family (includes Harrison Elling, Horace B. Elling, Karl Elling, Elling Estate Company, Elling State Bank)
1910-1917
4 / 12
E (correspondents include Economy Power Company; Ely, Salyards and Company; John M. Evans)
1911-1914
4 / 13
First National Bank of ... (includes Butte, Chicago, Kansas City, Nortonville [Kas], St. Paul, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Three Forks, White Sulphur Springs)
1910-1916
4 / 14
W.B. Fisher
1915-1916
4 / 15
F (correspondents include Benjamin H. Fairbrother, T.J. Farrell Jr., Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Emil Felenzer, Louis W. Fenske, F.M. Field, Firemen's Insurance Company, A.S. Fleimer, Mrs. John T. Fletcher, James A. Flint, J.A. Fowler, H.L. Francis, J.S. Freeman)
1910-1916
4 / 16
R.A. Gillespie
1914-1915
4 / 17
P.H. "Harry" Gohn; Virginia Gohn, Henrietta Gohn
1910-1914
4 / 18
William Grettum and Company
1913-1917
4 / 19
G (correspondents include R.K. Gardner, Garrett and Company, Walter Gatford [?], Sol Genzberger, Grace Virginia Gillham, Elise Girard, Mary Gleim Estate, Goldfield Kewanas Mining Company, Marian E. Goodwin, Gould Grain Company, John Grant, Mrs. R.H. Grey, Gunn-Thompson Company)
1910-1916
4 / 20
Fayette Harrington
1912
4 / 21
E.A. and Samuel Higinbotham
1912-1917
4 / 22
J.L. Humphrey (Capital Trust and Savings Bank, Great Falls office)
1916
4 / 23
H (correspondents include Hadzor Brothers, G.C. Hag, J.E. Hale, George S. Hanson, P.G. Harrington, M.A. Harris, Mrs. H.C. Harrison, Carrie Sleight Hatch, Hawkeye Elevator Company, Mrs. R.N. Hawkins, P.N. Haycraft, Heilbronner Company, Hennepin Mortgage Loan Company, Hilger Loan and Realty Company, Ellen Hiscock, M.J. Hogan, James Hooper, H.L. Hopka, J.E. Howorth, C.W. Hudson, George E. Humiston, Roy L. Hungerford, Hutt and Chesney Mortgage Loan Company)
1910-1917
4 / 24
F.F. and M.M. Irvine
1910-1915
4 / 25
I (correspondents include Imperial Hay Company, Cephas Inabnit, Inter-Mountain Brokerage Company, Iron County Bank)
1911-1916
4 / 26
Jackson (includes E.W. Jackson, John T. Jackson, P.V. Jackson)
1915-1916
4 / 27
J-K (correspondents include Orson A. Jay, George L. Johns, C.L. Johnson, Arthur D. Jones and Company, Kelly and Kelly, Dema Kennedy, H. Gysbert Klenze, Knapp Company, Roger C. Knox, Berry Knutson, Katie Knutson, Mary Knutson, Alfred S. Kyle, Charles Kyle, Mantie Kyle)
1910-1917
4 / 28
Annie T. Leavitt
1912-1913
4 / 29
L (correspondents include A.C. LaRose, Will Lawrence, Levey Brothers and Company, Lewis and Walker, Lydia A. Leyendecker, P.A. Lillis, Lindsay and Company, W.A. Lisheny [?], London Commercial Banking Company, Florence E. Long, Walter A. Lord, Eric Lyngaas)
1910-1917
4 / 30
Madison County government (includes R.N. Hawkins, E.M. Smith, H.C. Vinson, Phebe Comfort-Williams)
1910-1916
4 / 31
McCaull-Dinsmore Company
1912-1917
4 / 32
Samuel A. Mendenhall; Leah Morris Mendenhall
1910-1917
5 / 1
Montana Bankers Association
1910-1917
5 / 2
Montana State Examiner
1910-1912
5 / 3
Montana Treasurer's Office
1910-1912
5 / 4
Montana state government (includes Agricultural Experiment Station, Attorney General, Dept. of Banking, Dept. of Public Instruction, Governor, Secretary of State, State Dairy Commission, State Grain Inspection Dept., State Mine Inspector's Office)
1910-1916
5 / 5
Montana companies and organizations (includes Montana Central Elevator Company, Montana Electric Company, Montana Exposition Commission, Montana Farmers' Institutes, Montana Life Insurance Company, Montana Power Company, Montana-Tonopah Mining Company)
1910-1916
5 / 6
Charles E. Morris
1910-1913
5 / 7
M (correspondents include W.A. Mack, Madison County Publicity Club, Madison State Bank, J.C. Mahony [re P.J. Leonard Estate], W.D. Manley, Mammoth Mining and Power Company, Charles A. Marriner, L.E. Marshall, Frank E. Martin, Seward Mason, Charles Mattison, Julian May, F.E. McCann, A.J. McCormick, H.W. McDaniel, J.F. McDonnell, McLeod Lumber Company, Mrs. C.V. McVey, William Melzer, Mary L. Miller, William M. Moon, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York)
1910-1917
5 / 8
National Bank of Commerce in New York
1910-1912
5 / 9
National Life Insurance Company of Montana
1910-1914
5 / 10
Norris Mercantile Company
1910-1914
5 / 11
Northern Pacific Railway Company
1912-1916
5 / 12
N-O (correspondents include National Bank of Montana, National Surety Company, Franz Nollaeger, Alex Norris, John Northey, Northwestern Electric Lamp Company, Northwestern National Bank, Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, L.B. Olds, John Osterman)
1910-1916
5 / 13
Ole Peterson
1914-1916
5 / 14
P (correspondents include Pacific Tank and Pipe Company, L.R. Packard, H.A. Paddock, N.D. Parks, Passmore and Company, J.H. Patrick, William Pearce, Mrs. B.M. Phillips, H.S. Phillips, J.M. Pile, Town of Pony, George Powell, Jonathan W. Powell, G.R. Powers, John E. Price)
1910-1917
5 / 15
T.E. Richardson
1914-1916
5 / 16
R (correspondents include George L. Ramsey, J.C. Ramsey, Ranchers Hail and Fire Insurance Company, T.D. Randall and Company, H.H. Randolph and Company, John Rasmussen, W.A. Reel, Leonardo Remington, F.C. Richtmyer, J.G. Roberts, L.W. Roper, William Routzahn, George A. Rundell, Glenn M. Rundell)
1910-1917
5 / 17
Sears and Dawes
1916
5 / 18
C.S. Shoemaker
1910-1912
5 / 19
Z.A. Short
1910-1914
5 / 20
S (correspondents include George W. Sanford, Lester Sanford, H.H. Sappington, Edward Scharnikow, J.P. Schlichtig [?], John Schuten, Security State Bank of Havre, Robert A. Semple, Shaw and Borden Company, Arthur Shaw, Loren Shaw, Harriet Shenk, Frank T. Sheppard, Sheridan State Bank, Kate Shields, J.C. Shirley, George L. Shuman and Company, Silver Bow National Bank, E.M. Smith, Harry Smith, Isaac Snodderly, Fred Snowball, E.H. Sparrell, Spaulding Manufacturing Company, State Bank of Somers, Anna W. Stewart, John W. Stiver, Fred H. Stock, A.H. Stoddard, John H. Stoker)
1910-1917
5 / 21
Tinsley family (includes Bazel Tinsley, Enoch W. Tinsley, W.E. Tinsley)
1910-1914
5 / 22
T (correspondents include Walter Talland; J.L. Templeman; H.R. Thixton; A.P. Thomas; Thompson, Towle and Company; Thompson Falls Power Company; Toberman, Mackey and Company; Tootle-Campbell Dry Goods Company; F.N. Truesdale; C.E. Tuke)
1910-1917
5 / 23
Union Bank and Trust Company (includes George L. Ramsey, Frank Bogart, S. McKennan)
1910-1916
5 / 24
United States government (includes Assay Office, Bureau of the Census, Food Administration, Geological Survey, Interstate Commerce Commission, Postal Savings System, Treasury Dept.)
1912-1917
5 / 25
U-V (correspondents include Union Investment Company, United Drug Company, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, United States Smelting Company, L.W. VanAkin, Van Dusen Harrington Company)
1910-1916
5 / 26
William K. Weaver
1910-1911
5 / 27
Wells and Dickey Company
1910-1913
5 / 28
H.F. West, Undertaker (includes Davis and West)
1913-1916
5 / 29
Ed E. Williams
1910-1914
5 / 30
W-Z (correspondents include Franz Wallaeger, Thomas J. Walsh, I.S. Ware, Washoe Sampler, David Watson, W.F. Watt, Fritz Wehrbein, I.A. Westmoreland, Henry Wetmore, George W. White, White and Son, Whitehall State Bank, Lamie Wickham, J. Wicklund, W.F. Widner, R.H. Wiedman, James Wilkie, O.W. Wilkins, Willow Creek State Bank, R.G. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, J.W. Winning, Francis C. Wood, W.A. Wood, R. Lee Word, E.W. Wullenwaber, Valentino Zanella, unidentified)
1910-1917
Court Papers
Box/Folder
5 / 31
Miscellaneous (includes garnishments, subpoenas, etc.)
1907-1916
Financial Records
Box/Folder
5 / 32
Assessments for state examiner's fund, state depository interest fund, and state banking fund
1903-1916
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Bills, receipts, etc. [sampled]
1902-1916
Volume
Vol. 1-2
Daily statement registers
Apr.1902- Jan.1912
Vol. 3
Draft register
Apr.1902- Jan.1907
Box/Folder
5 / 34
Individual bank accounts [scattered]
1904-1916
Volume
Vol. 4-5
Journals
Apr.1902- Jan.1908
Box/Folder
5 / 35
"Paper held by Morris State Bank, Pony, Montana" (re loans); description of legal documents etc. deposited as collateral for loans
1903-1913
5 / 36
Promissory notes
1903-1911
6 / 1
Reports of condition sent to Office of State Examiner, State Bank Examiner, and Public Service Commission
1903-1914, n.d.
6 / 2
Taxes [scattered]
1902-1914
Volume
Vol. 6
Teller's daily balance
June 1907- May 1908
Box/Folder
6 / 3
Transactions with Montana banks: A-W [sampled]
1902-1917
6 / 4
Transactions with out-of-state banks: B-W [sampled]
1902-1911
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
6 / 5
Agreements, deeds, mortgages, etc. [mostly 3rd parties]
1903-1917
6 / 6
Business licenses
1906-1918
6 / 7
Notices of protest of checks (insufficient funds)
1902-1910
Subject Files
Box/Folder
6 / 8
Citizens' Telephone Company
1908-1912
6 / 9
Elling and Morris, Proprietors of the Pony Electric Light Plant
1908-1915
6 / 10
Indian Gold Mining Company
1908, 1917
Miscellany
Box/Folder
6 / 11
Advertisements [sampled]
n.d.
6 / 12
Assay reports
1903-1909
6 / 13
Grain shipment receipts
1908, 1912
6 / 14
Insurance policies on Morris State Bank and on Charles E. Morris
n.d.
6 / 15
Letterheads; blank forms; etc.
n.d.
6 / 16
Pledge lists for YMCA drive for "our boys in France"; and for advertising for Madison County
1917, n.d.
6 / 17
Storage account for bank records; office machine guarantees; commercial report for Town of Pony
1908, n.d.

Morris and Flint, Insurance Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
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A-D (correspondents include Aetna Insurance Company, James Althouse, American Central Insurance Company, Frank Armstrong, Associated Underwriters, [unidentified barber shop], Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, Butte Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents, Cardwell School District #16, Ethel Carlson, James S. Dawes, Drake-Ballard Company)
1907-1922
6 / 19
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
1904-1918
6 / 20
F-G (correspondents include J.H. Featherston, R.R. Finlay, Flint-Lynn Lumber Company)
1907-1919
6 / 21
Home Insurance Company
1909-1927
6 / 22
H-J (correspondents include M.C. Hayden, James T. Jelks)
1909, n.d.
6 / 23
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company
1906-1918
6 / 24
M-O (correspondents include J.A. McAllister, D.R. McLeod, Samuel A. Mendenhall, Montana Auto and Garage Company, Montana-Revenue Gold Mining Company, Norris Mercantile Company, Oregon Mortgage Company)
1906-1916
6 / 25
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (includes Christensen and Goodwin, agents; also includes letter to earlier Pony insurance agent)
1899-1908
6 / 26
S-W (correspondents include Benn A. Scott, United Insurance Company, Hugh C. Wakefield, Nelson J. White, Homer Wilson, World's Largest Insurance Company, S.B. Wright)
1908-1926
Reports
Box/Folder
6 / 27
Reports and prospecti on mining properties (includes Black Pine Mining Company, Dailey Group of Mining Claims, Leviathan Gold Mining Company, Rocky Mountain Exploration Company, Stockton Copper Mining Company [includes drawings])
1887-1907, n.d.
Miscellany
Box/Folder
6 / 28
Insurance policies and applications: A-Y, unidentified
1908-1918
6 / 29
Miscellaneous (includes brochures, Montana hail insurance rates)
1912-1927, n.d.

Fred G. Smith Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
6 / 30
A-E (correspondents include Charlie E. Allen, J.D. Allen, C.F. Cameron, Crandall Publishing Company, Walter S. Dodge, Educational Supply Company, Elling Estates Company, Equitable Life Assurance Society)
1906-1912
6 / 31
J.T. Farrell
1906-1907
6 / 32
F-H (correspondents include Fairview Oro Plata Mining Company, First National Bank of Miles City, James A. Flint, Foster's School of Healing, George W. Gideon, E.S. Gilliam, Gimbel Brothers, L.C. Gooch, Frank W. Haskins, J.K. Heslet, M.P. Hobart, H.H. Holloway, James B. How)
1907-1912
6 / 33
Inter-Mountain Mutual Life Insurance Company
1906-1908
6 / 34
I-L (correspondents include International Correspondence Schools; Jones and Yergey; Keeler Brothers; Lincoln County National Bank, Shoshone, Idaho; Walter A. Lord)
1906-1911
6 / 35
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (Henry S. Waldron, Eugene C. Winburn)
1906-1912
6 / 36
M-N (correspondents include Madison State Bank, Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, A.J. McCormick, Montana-Nevada Mining Company, Abigail Morris, Fred F. Morris, W.C. Morris, Mystic Toilers, New York School of Automobile Engineers)
1907-1913
6 / 37
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation (Hood and Penney, agents)
1907-1912
6 / 38
O-W (correspondents include Owenhouse Hardware Company, Parisian Dye House, N.D. Parker, J.H. Powell, J.C. Ramsay, A. Ira Renick, O.Y. Schulenburg, Schuneman and Evans, A.J. Smith, Art Smith, Hugh Smith, Leroy W. Smith, Lewis A. Smith, J.S. Staats, Trade Periodical Company, Washington Mail Order Company, Frank W. Wodrich)
1907-1916
Financial Records
Box/Folder
6 / 39
Bank statements, bills, receipts, etc.
1906-1916
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
6 / 40
Contract for sale of property, description of farm property for sale
1909-1910

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Banks and banking--Montana--Pony
  • Gold mines and mining--Montana--Pony
  • Insurance companies--Montana--Pony
  • Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Madison County
  • Telephone companies-- Montana--Pony

Geographical Names

  • Helena (Mont.)--Commerce
  • Pony (Mont.)--Commerce
  • Virginia City (Mont.)--Commerce