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Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Montana Home Building and Loan Association
- Associated Charities
- Avon Timber Company
- Gilbert Benedict
- Helena Association of Credit Men
- Helena Bottling Company
- George B. Hopkins
- Kirkendall and Brown
- Lewis and Clark/Broadwater Bar Association
- Matheson and Steell
- Perry-Schroeder Mining Company
- Schroeder Brothers
- J. Miller Smith, Executor
- George Yergy Estate/Mary Yergy
- Unidentified Surveyor
- Photographs
Home Building and Loan Association records>, 1885-1975
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Home Building and Loan Association.
- Title
- Home Building and Loan Association records>
- Dates
- 1885-1975 (inclusive)18851975
- Quantity
- 9 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- A2:3-3
- Summary
- The Home Building and Loan Association was founded in Helena in 1885. In the 1970s it became Western Federal Savings and eventually Western Security Bank. Records consist of financial records (1888-1975); unsorted legal documents; organizational records (1885-1927) including articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, and stock records; printed material, miscellany, and clippings. There are subgroups for Schroeder Brothers, a closely allied insurance business; Associated Charities; Avon Timber Company; Helena Association of Credit Men; Helena Bottling Company; Matheson and Steell; and several smaller subgroups. There are also a large number of historic Helena photographs.
- 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 - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is 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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
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
Montana Home Building and Loan Association Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Volume | ||
| 1 | Assignments |
1932 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | Bank book with National Bank
of Montana |
1918-1922 |
| 1 / 2-4 | Cash books (also include trial
balance sheets) |
1888-1890 1896-1901 |
| 1 / 5 | Depreciable assets and
depreciation (re inventory) |
1975 |
| 1 / 6 | Disbursements |
1953-1956 |
| 1 / 7 | Fire insurance rate book
(national) |
1902 |
| 1 / 8-9 | Fire insurance rate book
(Helena: lists property by street address with insurance rate) |
1890,1899 1909 |
| 1 / 10 | Insurance ledger |
1887-1888 |
| 1 / 11 | Insurance register (by renewal
month) |
1888-1892 |
| Volume | ||
| 2-3 | Journals |
1934-1957 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 12-13 | Journals |
1938-1958 |
| Volume | ||
| 4 | Journal |
1950-1959 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2 / 1-2 | Journals (re rent receipts
etc.) |
1951-1961 |
| 2 / 3 | Journal (re mortgages: is
really more of a diary than a financial book) |
1890 |
| 2 / 4 | Ledger |
1888-1889 |
| Volume | ||
| 5 | Ledger |
1934-1940 |
| 6 | Loan approvals ledger
|
1891-1896 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2 / 5 | Loan register |
1885-1901 |
| 2 / 6 | Notebook re evaluation of
property |
1916-1917? |
| 2 / 7 | Property appraisal book?
|
1901-1946 |
| 2 / 8-9 | Statements of condition (loose
items and scrapbook) |
1889-1954 |
| Volume | ||
| 7 | Trial balances |
1957-1958 |
Legal Documents |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3 / | Deeds, abstracts of title,
etc. (in bundles, unsorted) |
dates vary |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 1 | Articles of incorporation;
bylaws (printed) |
1885,1927 |
| 4 / 2 | Bylaws and amendments
|
1895-1900 |
| Volume | ||
| 8 | Record book (includes articles
of incorporation, bylaws, minutes) |
1885-1895 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 3 | Record book (includes articles
of incorporation, bylaws, minutes) |
1895-1914 |
| 4 / 4 | Stock certificates
|
1894,1913 |
| 4 / 5-6 | Stockholder ledgers
|
1891-1915? |
Printed Material |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 7-8 | Misc. Helena historical
pamphlets, flyers etc. |
1890s- 1960s |
| 4 / 9 | Misc. |
|
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 10 | Advertising dry mats
|
|
| 4 / 11 | Coin collecting brochures,
etc. |
|
| 4 / 12 | C.M. Russell's "Waiting for a
Chinook" (2 reproductions w/ text) |
|
| 4 / 13 | Miscellaneous |
|
Clippings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 14 | Miscellaneous re Helena
history, world events etc. (Need to sort through the relevance) |
Associated Charities Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Volume | ||
| 9-10 | Journals |
1909-1917 |
Avon Timber Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 1 | Cash book |
1907-1931 |
| 5 / 2 | Journal |
1907-1937 |
| 5 / 3 | Ledger |
1907-1926? |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 4 | Record book (includes articles
of incorporation, bylaws, minutes) |
1907-1926 |
| 5 / 5 | Stockholder ledger
|
1907-1910 |
| 5 / 6 | Stock transfer journal
|
1907-1911 |
Gilbert Benedict Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Writings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 7 | Reminiscence (2 copies, one
handwritten [original??] one a transcript by someone hiking Mt. Helena)
|
1905,1914 |
Helena Association of Credit Men Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Volume | ||
| 11 | Claim register |
1913-1931 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 8 | Journal |
1913-1925 |
| 5 / 9-10 | Trustee accounts for various
Helena businesses |
1920-1935 |
Organization |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 11 | Bylaws |
1913 |
| Volume | ||
| 12 | Record book (includes articles
of incorporation, bylaws, minutes) |
1913-1944 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 12 | Stockholder ledger
|
1913-1924? |
Helena Bottling Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Organization |
||
| Volume | ||
| 13 | Record book (includes articles
of incorporation, bylaws, minutes) |
1946-1954 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 13 | Stock certificate book
|
1947 |
George B. Hopkins Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 14 | Scrapbook (includes clippings,
etc.;also typescript of Gilbert Benedict reminiscence) |
1890-... |
Kirkendall and Brown Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 15 | Miscellaneous |
1877-1887? |
Lewis and Clark/Broadwater Bar Association Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 16 | Journal |
1940-1944 |
Matheson and Steell Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Outgoing Correspondence
|
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 17 | Letterpress book |
1889-1891 |
Perry-Schroeder Mining Company Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Organization |
||
| Volume | ||
| 14 | Record book (includes articles
of incorporation, bylaws, minutes) |
1937-1938 |
Schroeder Brothers Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 1 | Cash book |
1951-1955 |
| 6 / 2-3 | Insurance journals
|
1951-1957 |
| 6 / 4 | Reconciliation of cash [?]
|
1952-1960 |
| 6 / 5-7 | Empson property journals
(include rent collections etc.) |
1938-1951 |
J. Miller Smith, Executor Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 8 | Ernest Jarvis Estate check
stubs |
1928-1932 |
George Yergy Estate/Mary Yergy Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 9 | Inventory |
1934-1937 |
| 6 / 10-12 | Journals (distribution of
receipts, expenditures, & investments) |
1922-1938 |
Unidentified Surveyor Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 13 | Survey books (appear to be of
World War I cemeteries in France) |
1919 |
Photographs Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7 / 1 | Beartooth Highway |
1930s? |
| 7 / 2 | Home Building and Loan
Association/Schroeder Brothers buildings) |
1930s?- 1950s |
| 7 / 3 | Miscellaneous historic Helena
photos (many unidentified, some quite unique and interesting) |
1860s- 1950s |
| 7 / 4 | Negatives (mostly of above
photos; negatives are in very poor condition: rolled, folded, etc. a few are
glass plate) |
1860s- 1950s |
Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
2006
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