Paul Chrisler Phillips papers

Paul Chrisler Phillips papers, 1784-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Phillips, Paul Chrisler, 1883-1956
Title: Paul Chrisler Phillips papers
Dates: 1784-1982 (inclusive)
17841982
Quantity: 7.5 linear feet, 1 oversize container, and 1 oversize folder
Collection Number: Mss 375
Summary: Paul C. Phillips was a University of Montana history professor and historian of Northwest history in Missoula, Montana. This collection contains biographical information, correspondence, written work (published and unpublished), research files, legal documents, academic records, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to Phillips and his professional endeavors.
Repository: 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

Paul Chrisler Phillips was born in Bloomfield, Indiana, in 1883. He spent his youth in Nebraska, but returned to Indiana with his family in 1895. There he entered high school and experimented with sheep raising and wheat growing.

His interests changed from farming to history and in 1906 he graduated with a degree in history from Indana University. He went on for his master's degree there and then received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1911. His doctoral dissertation was titled The West in the Diplomacy of the American Revolution.

In 1911 Phillips married Alice Martin of New Harmony, Indiana.

That same year he accepted a position as instructor in history at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. Before 1936 he was chairman of the department of History and Political Science at the University. In 1936 and 1937 he served as Executive Vice-President. He resigned his position late in 1937 following a published accusation that he assaulted a female Works Progress Administration employee. Phillips filed a libel suit against the former student who made the accusation public. The case was decided through a second jury trial in 1938, the finding in Phillips' favor. He immediately filed for reinstatement to the University but the Montana State Board of Education denied his application. Phillips subsequently filed suit against the State of Montana seeking reinstatement. This case reached the Montana Supreme Court, who, in 1944, directed that Phillips be reinstated to the University. During his time away from the University (1938 to 1945) Phillips was employed by several federal agencies and wrote biographies of famous Montanans for the Dictionary of American Biography. He returned to teaching at the University of Montana in 1946.

Over the course of his career Paul Phillips edited numerous books regarding Montana history and republication of historical Montana documents. He retired from the University in 1954 and died two years later on December 23, 1956.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains biographical information, correspondence, written work (published and unpublished), research files, legal documents, academic records, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to Paul C. Phillips and his professional endeavors. Most of the collection was created or collected by Phillips; however, some materials post-dating his death are included. These materials document Paul Phillips' life and work as one of Montana's earliest and most prominent professional historians as well as an active instructor and administrator for the University of Montana. the collection includes extensive records of Phillips' work with the Missoula County Planning Board regarding historical preservation efforts and community planning. Additionally, this collection includes transcriptions of Montana Pioneer-era diaries, memoirs, and documents--often the originals for which are lost, deteriorated beyond repair, or held in private collections.

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 or photograph number], Paul Chrisler Phillips 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 ten series:

Series I: Biographical, 2 folders, 1925-1982

Series II: Correspondence, 0.5 linear feet, 1881-1963

Series III: Writings, 2.5 linear feet, 1926

Series IV: Subjects, 1.75 linear feet, 1808-1960

Series V: University of Montana, 0.75 linear feet, 1 oversize container, and 1 oversize folder, 1784-1962

Series VI: Clippings, 0.3 linear feet, 1905-1955

Series VII: Photographs and Postcards, 0.2 linear feet, 71 photographs, and 35 postcards, 1868-1954

Series VIII: Artifacts, 1.0 linear feet, 1905-1955

Series IX: Editing Correspondence and Writing from History Department Files, 0.2 linear feet, 1929-1956

Series X: Manuscript and Tabloid History of Montana, 0.3 linear feet, 1935-1936

Custodial History

The papers in Series I-VII except for some postcards remained in the custody of Phillips and his wife until their donation to the Archives. Some of the postcards in the collection were found in the Native American Studies Department, where they had evidently been maintained for some time. The papers in Series IX were separated from History Department records, held by the Archives, in 2005. Montana State University in Bozeman held the papers in Series X for some time prior to their transfer to the University of Montana in 2009.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Paul Phillips, 1967 and 1970. Most of the postcards were transferred from Native American Studies in 2000. Montana State University transfered papers in 2009.

Processing Note

The bulk of the collection was originally processed as two separate collections, UM 1 and UM 21. UM 1 was processed by Delores Morrow in approximately 1972. Some additional materials (all related to the Phillips legal case at the University of Montana) were found in Special Collections at The University of Montana, and one book of postcards was found in UMs Native American Studies department. In 2004, the collections were merged and re-described. In 2008, artifacts belonging to Phillips which had been on display at the Mansfield Library were incorporated into the collection. In 2009 folders separated from the History Department files and papers transferred from Montana State University were each added as separate series.

Separated Materials

Two original historical documents -- an undated petition from Deer Lodge County to the Montana Territorial Legislature and a piece from the Will Cave collection -- were removed from the Phillips papers and described as separated collections in 2003.

Related Materials

The Special Collections unit at the Mansfield Library holds a collection of Phillips’ books and artifacts.

The Montana Historical Society holds a small collection of Phillips’ papers.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Biographical, 1925-1982 Return to Top

2 folders

This series contains two folders. The first folder holds biographical information about Phillips including a hand-sketched family tree, a 16-page biographical narrative, a copy of his staff record following the 1952-1953 academic year, and a tribute written by Merrill G. Burlingame, published by Arizona and the West in 1982. The second folder contains an obituary clipping and funeral card fro Alice Phillips from 1976.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1		1925-1982 and undated
1/2		1976

Series II: Correspondence, 1881-1963Return to Top

0.5 linear feet

This series contains correspondence files relating to Paul Phillips' professioal endeavors and a few holiday greetings. Series materials are organized according to subject (rather than respondent) and document Phillips' general historical research, efforts to gather information on the biographical profiles he authored, and consultation with the Missoula County Planning Board regarding historical preservation efforts and community planning. Correspondents include publication editors, relatives of Phillips' biographical subjects, and fellow historians.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/3	Artists, Montana	1944-1955
1/4	Chaffin Family	1950
1/5	Diaries	1928-1932
1/6	Dictionary of American Biography: Carter, Thomas Henry	1927
1/7	Dictionary of American Biography: Clark, William A.	1927
1/8	Dictionary of American Biography: Craighead, Edwin B.	1927
1/9	Dictionary of American Biography: Daly, Marcus	1927
1/10	Dictionary of American Biography: DeLacy, W.W.	1928
1/11	Dictionary of American Biography: Edgerton, Sidney	1927-1930
1/12	Dictionary of American Biography: Gibson, Paris	1927-1952
1/13	Dictionary of American Biography: Hauser, Samuel T.	1930-1931
1/14	Dictionary of American Biography: Mullen, John	1933-1946
1/15	Dictionary of American Biography: Potts, Benjamin F.	1890-1947
1/16	Dictionary of American Biography: Sanders, Wilbur F.	1934-1935
1/17	Dictionary of American Biography: Toole, Edwin W.	1932-1933
1/18	Dictionary of American Biography: Toole, Joseph K.	1933-1936
1/19	Dictionary of American Biography: Wade, Decius S.	1933
1/20	Dictionary of American Biography, General	1925-1934
1/21	Doctors in Montana	1960-1962
1/22	Flathead Litigation, No. 61	1951-1956
1/23	MacDonald, Duncan	1915-1926
1/24	Marias Pass	1930-1933
1/25	Missoula County Planning Board, Federal Power Commission	1946
1/26	Missoula County Planning Board, Incinerator Project	1934-1936
1/27	Missoula County Planning Board, Island Project	1934-1936
1/28	Missoula County Planning Board, Montana State Planning Board	1935-1936
1/29	Missoula County Planning Board, Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission	1936
1/30	Missoula County Planning Board, Works Progress Administration	1936
1/31	Missoula County Planning Board, General	1934-1936
1/32	Northwest History Museum	1944-1950
1/33	Stuart, Granville	1881-1918
1/34	Vanderburgh, William Henry	1942-1943
1/35	General	1918-1963
11/20	Christmas cards	undated

Series III: Writings, 1926 Return to Top

2.5 linear feet

This series contains Paul Phillips' writings, both published and unpublished. Most of the series consists of edited typescripts for a two-volume manuscript analyzing the history and cultural impacts of the North American fur trade. These typescripts exhibit notes from Phillips and his editor. Also included are both draft and final typescripts for articles on Montana Indian tribes, a manuscript regarding the history of allopathic medicine in Montana, and an article on William Henry Vanderburgh.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/36	Fur Trade in the Maumee-Wabash Country	1926
1/37	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Preface	undated
1/38	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
2/1	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
2/2	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
2/3	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
2/4	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
2/5	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
2/6	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
3/1	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
3/2	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript	undated
3/3	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Index	undated
3/4	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Footnotes	undated
3/5	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Footnotes	undated
3/6	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript	undated
3/7	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript	undated
4/1	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript	undated
4/2	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript	undated
4/3	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript	undated
4/4	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript	undated
4/5	Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Footnotes	undated
4/6	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript, Index	undated
5/1	Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript, Bibliography	undated
5/2	Indian Tribes: History of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai	undated
5/3	Indian Tribes of Montana	undated
5/4	Indian Tribes of Montana	undated
5/5	Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript	undated
5/6	Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript	undated
5/7	Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript	undated
6/1	Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript	undated
6/2	Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript	undated
6/3	Vanderburgh, William Henry, Notes	undated
6/4	Vanderburgh, William Henry, Typescript	undated

Series IV: Subjects, 1808-1960 Return to Top

1.75 linear feet

This series contains subject files documenting Paul Phillips' methods and findings as a historical researcher. Most series materials are focused upon Montana history. Materials include extensive sequences regarding Montana's early twentieth century consumer cooperative movement, Montana pioneer diary collections, Dictionary of American Biography subjects, land claim litigation brought by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and Missoula County Planning Board projects. The materials in this series document Phillips' historical research methodologies as one of Montana's earliest and most prominent professional historians. Additionally, these materials include transcriptions of Montana Pioneer-era diaries, memoirs, and documents--often the originals for which are lost, deteriorated beyond repair, or held in private collections. An original poll book records the voters and results of an election held in Hellgate (Montana Territory) Precinct on July 14, 1862; there is also the original petition to the territorial legislature that is signed by many prominent Montana citizens.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6/5	Artists of Montana	undated
6/6	Camp Cooke	undated
6/7	Canyon Ferry Reservoir	1948
6/8	Chaffin Family	undated
6/9	Collins, Mrs. Nat	undated
6/10	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Bennett, F.A.	undated
6/11	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Benchland Famers Elevator Company	1913
6/12	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Farmers Grain Company	1913
6/13	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Great Western Mercantile Company	1914
6/14	Cooperative Movement in Montana, First Cooperative Congress	1916
6/15	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Second Cooperative Congress	1917
6/16	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Third Cooperative Congress	1918
6/17	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Third Cooperative Congress	1918
6/18	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Equity Cooperative	1915-1916
7/1	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Flathead County	1915
7/2	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Richland County	1915
7/3	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Farmers Protective Association, Inc.	1907
7/4	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Famers Society of Equity	undated
7/5	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Farm Loan Bill	1915
7/6	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Montana Grain Growers	1917-1919
7/7	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Montana Trade Journal	1915
7/8	Cooperative Movement in Montana, National Cooperative Society	undated
7/9	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Clippings	1915-1917
7/10	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Clippings	1913
7/11	Cooperative Movement in Montana, Organizational Papers	1917-1924
7/12	Diaries, Ainsworth, Mrs. F.L.	1849-1854 and undated
7/13	Diaries, Dinwiddie, David or John	1853
7/14	Diaries, Hickman, Richard	1852-1866
7/15	Diaries, Hodge, George	1851-1853
7/16	Dictionary of American Biography: Brantley, Theodore	undated
7/17	Dictionary of American Biography: DeLacy, Walter W.	undated
7/18	Dictionary of American Biography: Edgerton, Sydney	undated
7/19	Dictionary of American Biography: Gibson, Paris	undated
7/20	Dictionary of American Biography: Nelson, John	undated
7/21	Dictionary of American Biography: Potts, Benjamin	undated
7/22	Dictionary of American Biography: Sanders, Wilbur F.	undated
7/23	Dictionary of American Biography: Toole, Edwin W. and Joseph K.	undated
7/24	Dictionary of American Biography: Wade, Decius S.	undated
7/25	Doctors in Montana	1872-1958
7/26	Ferris, Warren	1836
7/27	Flathead Litigation, No. 61, Government Documents	1953-1959
7/28	Flathead Litigation, No. 61, Notes	undated
8/1	Military Forts	1877-1917
8/2	Frotier Magazine	1946
8/3	Fur Trade	undated
8/4	Healy, John	undated
8/5	Indians, Geneaology	undated
8/6	Indians, Literature	undated
8/7	Indians, General	1887-1952
8/8	Life in the Rocky Mountains	undated
8/9	Lo Lo (Lou Lou)	1888 and undated
8/10	MacDonald Family	1904-1922 and undated
8/11	MacKenzie, Alex, Earl of Selkirk	1808-1812
8/12	McCormick Family	1951
8/13	Meagher, Thomas	1864
8/14	Mining	undated
8/15	Missoula County Planning Board, Application for Public Works	1935
8/16	Missoula County Planning Board, Columbia Basin Project	1933-1936
8/17	Missoula County Planning Board, Federal Power Commission	1946-1950
8/18	Missoula County Planning Board, Island Project	undated
8/19	Missoula County Planning Board, National Resources Committee	1937
8/20	Missoula County Planning Board, Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission	1936
8/21	Missoula County Planning Board, Planning News	1936-1937
9/1	Missoula County Planning Board, Public Works	1934-1935
9/2	Missoula County Planning Board, Questionnaires	1936
9/3	Missoula County Planning Board, Works Progress Administration	1936
9/4	Missoula County Planning Board, General	1929-1936 and undated
9/5	Missouri Basin	1870-1916
9/6	Montana	undated
9/7	Montana Geographic Society	undated
9/8	Morley, Julius	1904
9/9	Museum of Northwest History	1950 and undated
9/10	Plummer, Henry	1950
9/11	Riel, Luis	1948
9/12	Sisters of Charity of Providence	1949
9/13	Steamboat History	1886 and 1960
9/14	Stuart, Granville	1857-1872
9/15	Thompson, David	1923-1925 and undated
9/16	Work, John	1887-1897 and undated
9/17	Petition to the Montana Territorial Legislature	[pre-1889]
9/18	Hellgate Precinct Poll Book Record of voters and results of an election held in Hellgate Precinct, Missoula County, Washington Territory, on July 14, 1862 at the P. J. Botte home. Eighteen voters are listed, including F. S. Worden, F. L. Woody, Angus McLeod, Baptiste Avery, and M. W. Tipton. Election clerks were F. L. Woody and G. P. White. Election judges were Henry Bradley, Angus McLeod, and Robert A. Pelkey. Those elected were C. P. Higgins, representative; Granville Stuart, county commissioner; Robert A. Pelkey, probate judge; James Stuart, sheriff; G. P. White, trustee of care; F. L. Worden, county treasurer; L. W. Powell, coroner; and James M. Minesinger, assessor.	1862

Series V: University of Montana, 1784-1962Return to Top

0.75 linear feet

This series contains records regarding Paul Phillips' suit against the State of Montana (seeking reinstatement to the University of Montana after being discharged), his teaching materials, and gifts from former students. Included are extensive legal documents, typed lecture scripts, handwritten research notes, Montana history files directly related to his teaching, and two gifts--a collection of "Montana Indian inspired" fashion silks created by a former student and a large leather banner signed by the students in Phillips' final graduate seminar before retirement.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
9/19	Correspondence, Phillips vs. State of Montana	1937-1941
9/20	Research Files, Phillips vs. State of Montana	1937-1939
9/21	Montana Supreme Court, Respondent's Brief, Phillips vs. State of Montana	1943
10/1	Montana Supreme Court, Appellants' Brief, Phillips vs. State of Montana	1943
10/2	Montana Supreme Court, Appellants' Reply Brief, Phillips vs. State of Montana	1944
10/3	Montana Supreme Court, Transcript on Appeal (Volume I), Phillips vs. State of Montana	1943
10/4	Montana Supreme Court, Transcript on Appeal (Volume II), Phillips vs. State of Montana	1943
10/5	Montana Supreme Court, Respondent's Petition for Rehearing, Phillips vs. State of Montana	1944
10/6	Montana Supreme Court, Denial of Rehearing, Phillips vs. State of Montana	1944
10/7	Montana History, Assignments	undated
10/8	Montana History, Lectures	undated
10/9	Montana History, Lectures	undated
10/10	Montana History, Outlines	undated
10/11	Montana History, Research Files	1800-1881
10/12	Montana History, Research Files	1784-1951
11/1	Montana History, Research Files	undated
11/2	Montana History, Research Files	undated
11/3	Montana History, Research Files, Maps	undated
Folder
OS Folder 14	Montana History, Research Files, Maps	1865
Box/Folder
11/4	Gift, Montana Indian Designs on Silk (Especially of Flathead Indians), by Evan Reynolds of Weston, Connecticut Correspondence, photographs and original silk designs by UM alum whose artwork was inspired by attending the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.	1960-1962
Box
OS13	Leather Banner Signed by Graduate Seminar Students	May 1954

Series VI: Clippings, 1905-1955 Return to Top

0.3 linear feet

This series contains newspaper clippings regarding Paul Phillips personal and professional interests.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
11/5	Artists of Montana	1934 and 1955
11/6	Fur Trade	1918-1925 and undated
11/7	Life in the Rocky Mountains	1939-1941
11/8	Owen, Major John	undated
11/9	Phillips vs. State of Montana	1937-1944
11/10	Verendrye	1938-1948
11/11	General	1949 and undated
11/12	General	1905-1937
11/13	Clipping scrapbook	1928-1930

Series VII: Photographs and Postcards, 1868-1954Return to Top

0.2 linear feet, 68 photographs and 35 postcards

This series contains 105 photographs and postcards, the majority of which capture historical images of Montana. Phillips collected most of these materials for the museum at the University of Montana. Many of the photographs exhibit descriptive and interpretive notes, some from the photographer, some from a donor, and some from Phillips. This series also contains a few separated sheets of descriptive notes by Phillips and a letter providing extensive context for the image of an Indian medicine man tending a patient. All of the postcards are historical photographs preserved on card stock. Descriptions provided in this finding aid are quotations from the photographs (and/or notes) and edited only for brevity. Descriptions in brackets are insertions provided for clarity and consistency. The materials in this series preserve significant early images of Montana citizens, communities, and landscapes as well as documenting architectural features that have subsequently disappeared.

Subject matters in this series include American Indian leaders, family scenes, and communal gatherings; significant memorial markers; ghost towns, military fort ruins, and abandoned trading posts; early cattle and precious metal extraction operations; Montana communities and prominent landscapes.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
11/14	375(VII)1: [Worden and Company store, Missoula, Montana]	circa 1880-1890
11/14	375(VII)2: Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)3: Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)4: Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)5: Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)6: Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)7: Sam Resurrection, Flathead Indian Sub-Chief	undated
11/14	375(VII)8: John Chisholm and Duncan MacDonald at the site of "Kullyspell House" (Kalispell, Montana) and Lake Pend O'Reille	October 1926
11/14	375(VII)9: Duncan MacDonald [and unidentified man] at the site of "Kullyspell House" (Kalispell, Montana) and Lake Pend O'Reille	October 1926
11/14	375(VII)10: Abandoned Fort Simcoe blockhouse [near White Swan, Washington] William Wallace Photographer	May 1951
11/14	375(VII)11: Abandoned Fur trading post at Past Creek [Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)12: Fireplace in last building of [abandoned] fur trading post at Past Creek [Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)13: Fireplace at [abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)14: [Abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)15: [Abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)16: [Abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)17: The break in the Swan River Range through which the Flathead River flows, looking eastward from near Kallispell [Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)18: Looking eastward toward mouth of Nyack Creek [near West Glacier, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)19: Toward Nyack Creek and Mount St. Nicholas [near West Glacier, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)20: Nyack Creek toward Red Eagle Pass [near West Glacier, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)21: Mount Nicholas, Marias Pass [near Summit, Montana] Mrs. Genevieve Murray Photographer	undated
11/14	375(VII)22: John Stevens Statue, Marias Pass [near Summit, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)23: Marias Pass from upper Two Medicine branch called Summit Creek, looking westward [near Summit, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)24: Medicine Tree not far from [Two] Medicine Ranger Station, [near East Glacier, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)25: Boiler at site of Lake City, ghost town [location unknown]	September 1954
11/14	375(VII)26: Ruins of Lake City, ghost town [location unknown]	September 1954
11/14	375(VII)27: Statue of Pierre Wibaux, 1/2 mile west of Wibaux, Mont.	undated
11/14	375(VII)28: Statue of Pierre Wibaux, taken from another side [Wibaux, Montana]	undated
11/14	375(VII)29: Black Butte, Near Fort Maginnis, Fergus County [Montana]	undated
11/15	375(VII)30: Part of [grass] range near Gilt Edge, selected by Granville Stuart in 1880s for the DHS (brand) cattle outfit	Septemeber 1951
11/15	375(VII)31: Charlie Stuart, son of Granville Stuart	July 1951
11/15	375(VII)32: Abandoned Burlington Railroad through the Pryor Gap [near Pryor, Montana]	November 1951
11/15	375(VII)33: Pryor Gap [near Pryor, Montana]	November 1951
11/15	375(VII)34: Road east of Columbus [Montana] near a doz[en] or more graves and several teepee circle boulder signs	November 1951
11/15	375(VII)35: Indian grave on bluff overlooking Yellowstone River, east of Columbus [Montana]	November 1951
11/15	375(VII)36: W.T. Hamilton grave marker, Columbus, Montana	December 1949
11/15	375(VII)37: Site of McCarthysville [location unknown]	undated
11/15	375(VII)38: Horace Countrymen Cabin, west of Columbus, Montana	1949
11/15	375(VII)39: Rock marker of R.R. Chen, one of the oldest in Montana [near Columbus, Montana]	April 1952
11/15	375(VII)40: Close to timberline, 15 miles from Park (Yellowstone), possibly Mr. Dudley White	September 1954
11/15	375(VII)41: Plenty Coups ranch home near Pryor, Montana	November 1951
11/15	375(VII)42: Plenty Coups Museum at Pryor, [Montana]	November 1951
11/15	375(VII)43: Plenty Coups Monument [near Pryor, Montana]	November 1951
11/15	375(VII)44: Story pictures of Wickes [pictographs], Boulder, Montana	September 1950
11/15	375(VII)45: Chief Wade-in-the-Water, Blackfeet Indian	undated
11/15	375(VII)46: At the Diamond Jubilee [Group photograph of American Indian leaders in ceremonial dress] R.H. McKay	undated
11/15	375(VII)47: [Display of projectile points]	undated
11/15	375(VII)48: [American Indian man and young girl standing before a lodge]	undated
11/15	375(VII)49: [American Indian encampment, perhaps near Arlee, Montana]	undated
11/15	375(VII)50: [American Indian man on horseback, appears to be a parade]	undated
11/15	375(VII)51: [Men on horseback, appears to be a parade]	undated
11/15	375(VII)52: [Men on horseback, appears to be a parade]	undated
11/15	375(VII)53: Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area - Place of dance, canvas top [outdoor gathering]	undated
11/15	375(VII)54: Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area - Place of dance, Top evergreen boughs	undated
11/15	375(VII)55: Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area [American Indian woman and children standing in a field]	undated
11/15	375(VII)56: Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area [cluster of lodges]	undated
11/15	375(VII)57: Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area [American Indian woman and child]	undated
11/16	375(VII)58: [Cattle] roundup on the Kohrs-Bielenberg land near Miles City [Montana]	undated
11/16	375(VII)59: Old Scott House, early Deer Lodge [Montana] hotel	July 4, 1868
11/16	375(VII)60: Indian skinning buffalo, near the site of Circle, Montana	1878
11/16	375(VII)61: First school house in Powell County [Montana]	undated
11/16	375(VII)62: 12 head oxen team and wagon, Helena [Montana]	undated
11/16	375(VII)63: The last stand of a victim [deer] of Brush wolves - photo by a trapper; likely a retouched (purposely altered) image	undated
11/16	375(VII)64: [American Indian medicine man tending a patient]	undated
11/16	77-106: Coleman-Lansing building on Main Street, Deer Lodge [Montana]	circa 1890
11/16	77-210: Kohrs-Bielenberg hydralic works above Pioneer [Montana]	circa 1880
11/16	77-211: Pioneer, Montana, Saloon district	circa 1880
11/16	77-212: Pioneer, Montana	circa 1880
Box
11/19	375(VII)65: Paul C. Phillips, portrait	1944
11/19	375(VII)66: Two Elk (Lakota) posed by tree, photographer Herman Heyn, Omaha	Circa 1900
11/19	375(VII)67: Tatanka Tamaheca (Poor Bull) posed by tree, photographer Herman Heyn, Omaha	circa 1900
Box/Folder
11/17	Postcards, Montana	undated
11/18	375(VII): Postcards, U.S. and International	undated

Series VIII: Artifacts, undatedReturn to Top

1 linear foot

This series contains two souvenir plates, two small statues, two letter openers, two framed photos, and a notepad holder.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
14	Souvenier plate from Lewis and Clark Centennial, Portland, Oregon	1905
14	Souvenier plate of "Sir Walter Raleigh's Expedition - 1584", inscription on bottom indicates that place was made for the Hotel Raleigh, Washington, D.C.	undated
15	Small statue of elephant	undated
15	Small statue entitled "The Trojan"	undated
15	Metal sword letter opener with leather sheath	undated
15	Bone letter opener with Phillips name gilt-stamped in leather on one side	undated
15	Collage style framed photograph of a buffalo statue trophy, a photograph of Phillips, and one of his books	undated
15	Framed photograph of George Washington with accompanying note glued to back indicating that photo was signed by a Washington descendant.	undated

Series IX: Editing Correspondence and Writing from History Department Records, 1876/1956Return to Top

0.2 linear feet

This series contains correspondence, typed manuscripts, clippings, and other material relevant to submissions to Sources of Northwest History and Frontier and Midland. It also contains a folder of correspondence and maps about the "Battle of Lame Deer" that occurred in 1877.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
12/1	Sources of Northwest History, No. 12, "Marias Pass" by Genevieve Murray	1929
12/2	Sources of Northwest History, No. 15, "Diary of Mary Walker"	1930-1931
12/3	Sources of Northwest History, No. 19, "Upham Letters"	1932-1934
12/4	Sources of Northwest History, No. 21, "Garfield's Diary"	1932-1936
12/5	"Battle of Lame Deer," correspondence and maps	1876-1932
12/6	Correspondence regarding contributions to Frontier and Midland	1931-1956

Series X: Manuscript and Tabloid History of Montana , 1935-1936Return to Top

0.3 linear feet

This series contains drafts of a manuscript titled "Early Rocky Mountain Explorations" that may have been written by Phillips although authorship is not clear. It also includes correspondence and short manuscript submissions for a tabloid history of Montana that Phillips edited at the request of Judge L.L. Callaway, the chairman of the Historical Committee of Montanans, Inc., the State Chamber of Commerce, 1935-1936.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
12/7	"Early Rocky Mountain Explorations," Draft 1	undated
12/8	"Early Rocky Mountain Explorations," Draft 2	undated
12/9	"Early Rocky Mountain Explorations," Draft 3	undated
12/10	"Early Rocky Mountain Explorations" miscellaneous pages	undated
12/11	Tabloid history of Montana, correspondence	1935-1936
12/12	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Discovery of Gold"	undated
12/13	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Lewis and Clark in Montana" by Elers Koch	1935
12/14	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Montana Indians"	undated
12/15	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Fur Trading Days in Montana"	undated
12/16	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "The Mullan Road"	undated
12/17	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript,"Explorations for a Northern Pacific Railroad Route"	undated
12/18	"Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Montana Homesteading	undated
12/19	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, outline and bibliography	undated
12/20	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, untitled	undated
12/21	Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, draft	undated
12/22	Reference letter	1935

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Subject Terms

Frontier and pioneer life--Montana
Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Sources
Historic preservation--Montana--Missoula County
History--Study and teaching--Montana--Missoula
Pioneers--Montana--Diaries
Planning--Montana--Missoula County

Corporate Names

Missoula County (Mont.). Planning Board
University of Montana--Missoula
University of Montana--Missoula--Administration
University of Montana--Missoula--Faculty

Geographical Names

Missoula County (Mont.)--History
Missoula County (Mont.)--Politics and government
Montana--History
Montana--History--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

Diaries--Montana
Faculty papers--Montana--Missoula
Memoirs--Montana
Photographs--Montana
Postcards--Montana

Occupations

College administrators--Montana--Missoula
College teachers--Montana--Missoula
Historians--Montana--Missoula

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