Wellington D. Rankin papers

Wellington D. Rankin papers, 1904-2008

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Rankin, Wellington Duncan, 1884-1966
Title: Wellington D. Rankin papers
Dates: 1904-2008 (inclusive)
19042008

1909-1969 (bulk)
19091969
Quantity: 16 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number: MC 288 (collection)
Summary: Wellington Rankin was a Helena, Montana, attorney, rancher, state attorney general, associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court, U.S. district attorney, and Republican National Committeeman. He also ran unsuccessfully for Governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. This collection includes personal papers of Wellington Rankin and of several family members including Jeannette Rankin, political files, records of several businesses he owned, records of his ranch operations, and case files and other materials of his law practice. Some law office materials are RESTRICTED due to attorney-client privilege.
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. Some law office materials are RESTRICTED due to attorney-client privilege. A few personal and employee records are RESTRICTED due to personally identifiable information.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Wellington D. Rankin was born in Missoula, Montana, on September 16, 1884, the son of pioneer Missoula businessman and rancher John Rankin and his wife Olive Pickering Rankin, an early Missoula County school teacher. His oldest sister Jeannette became the first woman elected to the United States Congress in 1916. He had four other sisters: Harriet, Mary, Edna, and Grace. Wellington remained a source of financial security for his sisters throughout his life.

After graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in science in 1903, Wellington attended Harvard University, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1905 and a law degree in 1909. He also studied at Oxford University from 1905 to 1906. John Rankin's death in 1904 left the young Wellington in charge of his father's multiple businesses and properties even as he continued his education.

Rankin began his law practice in Helena in 1909, in the offices of Thomas J. Walsh and Cornelius B. Nolan. He opened his own office in 1911. He specialized primarily in industrial accident cases, representing many workers injured in mines and on the railroads. He thus took on as opponents many of the largest corporations in the state. Other cases included contested inheritances, land disputes, and divorces.

Rankin first became involved in politics in 1914 when he ran unsuccessfully for the legislature on the Progressive Party ticket. Two years later he was financier and campaign manager for his sister Jeannette in her successful bid for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican. Wellington's wealth and political connections were instrumental to Jeannette's victory in 1916 and again in 1940. In 1920 Wellington Rankin was elected Montana Attorney General and served in that post until 1924 when he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Montana Supreme Court. After an unsuccessful run for governor in 1928, Rankin was appointed U.S. district attorney by President Calvin Coolidge, and was reappointed by Herbert Hoover in 1930. Rankin ran unsuccessfully for public office several more times, including U.S. Senate in 1942 and 1948, and U.S. House of Representatives in 1952. Following these defeats Rankin became involved in non-electoral political leadership, serving on state, regional, and national committees of the Republican Party through the 1950s and 60s.

In addition to his law practice and his political campaigns, Rankin was also involved in numerous business ventures. Most important were his ranching businesses. In the 1930s he began acquiring large ranches, including the Avalanche Ranch, the Birch Creek Ranch, the Stafford-Floweree Ranch, the Miller Brothers Ranch, and the 71 Ranch. At the height of his ranching success in the early 1960s, he owned about a million acres. He sold the Miller Brothers property to a Blaine County grazing association in 1964. At the time of his death he still owned about 600,000 acres.

Rankin was also a partner in the Placer Hotel and the Weiss Café/Mint Bar in Helena, the Montana Ready-Mix Company in Missoula, and numerous oil and mining properties.

Rankin married Helena socialite Elizabeth Wallace in 1910, although the couple separated less than a year later. In 1956, Wellington married Louise Replogle, a member of his law firm. Neither marriage produced children. Rankin died June 4, 1966, at the age of 81.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Personal and professional papers. 1909-1969 (bulk). This collection is organized into six subgroups relating to different aspects of Rankin's life: personal (1912-1966), family (1937-1969), politics (1914-1962), ranches (1925-1967), businesses (1911-1968), and law practice (1909-1966). These are further subdivided into secondary subgroups and series, as appropriate. See the arrangement note, below, as not all boxes containing materials from the same subgroup are physically grouped together.

Wellington D. Rankin's personal subgroup includes correspondence (1912-1966) with a wide range of family, friends, romantic partners, business colleagues, political associates and Christian Science practitioners; minor financial records (1911-1965); minor legal documents (1930-1957); subject files concerning his Missoula properties, a Butte electric franchise, and other topics; miscellany, including greeting cards; and clippings concerning Christian Science and other topics of interest to Rankin.

The Rankin family subgroup consist primarily of letters among family members Mary Rankin Bragg, Louise Replogle Rankin Galt, Grace Rankin Kinney, Edna Rankin McKinnon, and Jeannette Rankin. See note on separated materials, below, regarding Jeannette Rankin materials.

Wellington D. Rankin's political subgroup include records from his compaigns for various offices and service on the Republican National Committee. There is also a large body of more miscellaneous correspondence and subject files relating to various aspects of local and national politics, 1914-1962.

Rankin's ranches included the Avalanche, Birch Creek, A.B. Cook, Moss Agate, Stafford-Floweree, Miller Brothers, and "71" ranches. Records include correspondence (1925-1945, 1958-1965) with and about employees and about the purchase of various ranch properties; employment records including payrolls (1938-1959) and employment contracts (1937-1967); financial records; legal documents (1921-1969) consisting primarily of bills of sale and receipts for livestock, land, and equipment; subject files on timber harvesting, grazing, and various properties; and miscellany.

There are relatively minor subgroups for some of Rankin's various business ventures, including ABC News, the Brazier Brothers Company candy business, the Grand Hotel Company in Billings, the Helena Hotel Company, the Montana Ready-Mix Company cement plant in Missoula, the Pittsburgh Block Company, the Red Rock Producing Company, the Sherman Music Company, the Weiss Café/Mint Bar, and files concerning many of Rankin's mining investments including correspondence and assay reports, and annual reports on several mines.

In terms of quantity, the largest subgroup is Rankin's law practice records. Some of this material is restricted due to attorney-client privilege, including client correspondence, and portions of some case files; however, much is open to research. Open correspondence is mainly with other attorneys and public officials and mainly concerns routine legal matters such as the scheduling of cases for trial. Other topics include the building of Rankin's law library and equipping of his office. Case files (predominantly 1911-1925, but also some from the 1940s-1960s) cover the diversity of Rankin's practice and give a picture of his effectiveness as an attorney. In addition to the case files, the law office subgroup includes financial records of the law practice; legal documents, including Rankin's contracts with his clients; a subject file on the Montana Trial Lawyer's Association; and miscellany including jury lists (1926-1933) for Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Havre, and Missoula.

There are two very small subgroups for personal papers of Rankin's law partners Charles L. Zimmerman and Arthur P. Acher.

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

Arrangement

This collection was acquired and processed in two phases, the first prior to 1999 and the second in 2020. The 2020 additions were organized to match the intellectual arrangement of the preexisting collection, but it was impractical to physically interfile the new and original materials. Materials from the 2020 addition are therefore grouped at the end of the collection (boxes 24-40), arranged in subgroups that parallel the original material.

Within each series, correspondence has generally been arranged by last name of the correspondent and other materials have been arranged chronologically. Notes on the arrangement of individual folders are added in brackets when appropriate.

Materials in this collection were received in a disorganized state and significant custodial intervention was required to render the collection accessible to researchers. Original order is noted when possible by quotation marks on folder titles. Note also that much of Rankin's correspondence prior to the 1940s bear evidence of a filing plan which assigned a numerical system to law office correspondents and broad subject categories to other correspondence, namely "Political," "Ranch," and "Misc." Since this filing system appears to have been applied inconsistently and no index has survived, it was not practical to reconstruct the original file plan. Surviving file numbers are, however, noted in brackets on folder titles.

Location of Collection

14:7-6, 60:4-6

Location of Collection

149:4-6 (Volumes)

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Processing Note

Some previous restrictions were revaluated and removed in 2020.

Separated Materials

This collection originally held more material from Jeannette Rankin that were removed in 2020 to the expanded Jeannette Rankin collection (MC 147). This collection still contains correspondence between Jeannette and her siblings, but not records documenting her separate activities.

Photographs, printed material, and artifacts were transferred to Photo Archives, Library, and Museum respectively

Related Materials

Jeannette Rankin papers, 1912-1971 MC 147. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

Montana Attorney General's Office Records, 1893-1969 RS 76. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

Rankin Family Papers, 1888-1946 Mss 280. University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections, Missoula, Montana.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Wellington D. Rankin personal and estate subgroups Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Wellington D. Rankin personal
	Biographical Material
Box/Folder
1 / 1	Obituaries and other biographical material on John Rankin, Olive Pickering Rankin, and Wellington D. Rankin	1904, 1947, 1966
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
1 / 2	A (correspondents include Arthur P. Acher, Bill and Flossie Akins, Harold L. Allen, American Civil Liberties Union, Cedor B. Aronow, J. Hugo Aronson, S. Austin)	1928-1965
1 / 3	Philip R. Barbour	1946, undated
1 / 4	Belden-Evans Company (re dress shirts)	1942-1964
1 / 5	Jane E. Beyerlin	1927
1 / 6	Mary Rankin Bragg [sister] and daughter Mary Jane Bragg and son Kenneth Bragg	1928-1961
1 / 7	W.R. Britt (re oil leases)	1962
1 / 8	B (correspondents include David A. Baker, Charles S. and Mildred Baldwin, Willis T. Batcheller, D.A. Batchoff, O.A. Bergeson, Herman J. Bitto, John W. Black, Henry Bowersmith, Herbert A.B. Brady, Dorothy Brown, Howard D. Brown, Lewis Brown, Brown's Ranch Supply, Duncan Burnet, Harry L. Burns)	1923-1965
1 / 9	A.B. Cook, Hervey Cook, Gloria Cook	1928, 1942, 1950
1 / 10	Coes and Young (re custom made shoes)	1924-1964
1 / 11	H.M. Cordua	1922-1944
1 / 12	C (correspondents include Lew L. Callaway, Citizens Medical Reference Bureau against compulsory medicine, Edith G. Clinch, Ada S. Coffman, Columbia University, C.H. Cooper, Gary Cooper, sympathy telegram to Alice Cooper re death of Gary Cooper, Artlie Cullen)	1920-1966
1 / 13	F.L. Dunne Company (re custom made suits)	1934-1955
1 / 14	D-F (correspondents include Harry Darby, Robert C. Dempsey, Dude Ranchers Association, John V. Dwyer mayor of Mike Horse, Hugh M. Egan, Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugural invitation, Farmers Union Central Exchange)	1940-1965
1 / 15	James D. Graham (re Yellowstone Cooperative Association; Laundry Workers International Union, Livingston)	1920, 1925-1927
1 / 16	Marjorie Graves	1931-1954
1 / 17	G (correspondents include Vaughn Gardner, Howard C. Gee, Fred L. Gibson enclosing poem on Truman administration by Morrie Ryskind, R.H. Glover, Bonnie Greer, Mrs. Eriel Gustafson)	1922-1965
1 / 18	Fritz F. Haynes	1949-1966
1 / 19	H-J (correspondents include Tom Haines, Lucille Haneline, Hazel L.M. Hanson, Oscar C. Hauge, Fred Heinecke, Helena Federal Business Association, Peggy Henrick, Gilbert J. Heyfron, Ronald Higgins, Ethel Hitchcock, Nora Hokenlobe(?), J. Edgar Hoover, James G. House, Mary Elizabeth Huber, Ingersoll Watch Company, Amelia Jones, Rosalie Jones)	1915-1965
1 / 20	Grace Rankin Kinney [sister] and sons John Kinney and Tom Kinney, Jr.	1933-1954
1 / 21	Tom Kinney; Findell and Kinney Lumber Manufacturers	1920-1924
1 / 22	H.G. Kleinschmidt	1922, 1925
1 / 23	K (correspondents include Jule Harrington Kane, Robert L. Karr, Bill Keeley, Claire Kellogg, Sophia Kutschied)	1945-1965
1 / 24	Letters of recommendation: A-W	1942-1953
1 / 25	Lester H. Loble (re Fraternal Order of Eagles)	1943
1 / 26	L (correspondents include Bob Larson, Thomas J. Leonard, conscientious objector; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, re biographical sketch; Line family; Loyal Order of Moose; R.O. Lunke)	1932-1963
2 / 1	Edna Rankin McKinnon [sister] and daughter Janet McKinnon	1929-1966
2 / 2	Montana State University, Missoula / University of Montana (includes carillon bell donation in honor of Olive Pickering Rankin)	1953-1966
2 / 3	Montana (correspondents include Montana Cattlemen's Association, Montana Children's Home and Hospital, Montana Federation of Labor, Montana Governor, Montana Supreme Court)	1944-1964
2 / 4	M (correspondents include Elsie MacDonald, Louise MacDonald, Rabbi Moshe M. Maggal, C.O. Marcyes, J. Norman Matthews, Arthur Mattson, Rose Mayes, Carl McFarland, Hattie McGregor, Henry Meloy, Metaphysical Science Association, Lee Metcalf re biographical data on Jeannette Rankin, Daniel N. Miles, City of Missoula, William P. Mufich, Charles A. Murray, W.D. Murray)	1927-1965
2 / 5	N (correspondents include National Academy of Law Enforcement, National Economic League, Helen Nelson, C.W. Noyes)	1932-1965
2 / 6	Jerome Paulson	1937-1945
2 / 7	re George P. Porter, State Auditor	circa 1920-1929
2 / 8	P-Q (correspondents include E.J. Pauly, A.A. Pelletier, Lewis Penwell, Mrs. Ray Pesante, Mrs. Edna Peterson re Jeannette Rankin's pacifism, William Pippy, James A. Poore Jr., Ida Scott Powell, Quaker Oats Company)	1933-1965
2 / 9-10	Jeannette Rankin (re family matters, politics, war in Europe, peace work in India, life in Georgia, trips to Latin America)	1932-1964, undated
2 / 11	R (correspondents include Ann Reid, Edgar P. Reid, Bernard J. Reilly, Bert K. Replogle, Edith Replogle, Louise Replogle, Mrs. Locke F. Richardson, Loretto Roberts, W.B. Rogers, Rose Rossbach)	1927-1966
2 / 12	Harriet Rankin Sedman [sister] (includes birth certificate for her husband John Ellis Sedman, 1880)	1927-1965
2 / 13	Paul Stark Seeley (re Christian Science)	1957-1964
2 / 14	Maria Soubier (re Christian Science)	1955-1964
2 / 15	Claude and Wilma Stieb	1963
2 / 16	Sure Shot Oil and Gas Company	1921
2 / 17	S (correspondents include Mrs. Fred Schneider, Ward A. Shanahan, O.H.P. Shelley, Mrs. W.A. Sherlock re Jeannette Rankin, Cameron Sherwood, Arthur Solberg, Ralph L. Starr, Helena Stellway, Charles L. Stevens, Tom Stout, Pat C. Sullivan, George Surber, Abbie Swift)	1923-1966
2 / 18	K. Ross Toole and M.C. Wren (re proposed oral history interview)	1965-1966
2 / 19	F.R. Tripler and Company (re hats)	1953-1964
2 / 20	T-V (correspondents include R.C. Tarrant, Paul Temple, Transwestern Life Insurance Company, Charles L. Tyman, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Cora E. Van Deusen, Lydia Vessey)	1927-1965
2 / 21	Elizabeth Wallace (re Germany and German character)	circa 1913
2 / 22	Luella A. Watson (re petition for White Pass road)	1927
2 / 23	W-Z (correspondents include Guy S. Wade, P.J. Wallace, Thomas J. Walsh, Western Montana Marble and Granite Company, O.B. Wiren, A. Wirin, Clarence Wohl, S.L. Young)	1916, 1925-1963
2 / 24	Unidentified: Ellis [Sedman] (re Christian Science)	1940, undated
2 / 25	Unidentified: miscellaneous	1935-1958
	Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box/Folder
2 / 26	Correspondence neither from nor to Wellington D. Rankin	1938-1963
	Court Papers
Box/Folder
3 / 1	Memorial for Charles N. Pray by U.S. District Court, Great Falls	1963
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
3 / 2	Applications to reduce taxes on National Bank of Montana building [it burned January 9, 1944]	1933, 1937, 1944
3 / 3-4	Bills and receipts [scattered]	1932-1965
3 / 5	Helena apartment rentals	1942
3 / 6	Income taxes [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1942
3 / 7	Insurance	1931-1934
3 / 8-9	List of checks paid	1941, 1955, 1960-1965
3 / 10	Personal property sold by George Ramsey to Wellington Rankin	1918-1919
3 / 11	Tax recapitulation: vehicles	1952-1957
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
3 / 12	Miscellaneous (includes bills of sale, deeds, leases, agreements, etc.)	1930-1957
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
3 / 13	Butte electric franchise	1930
3 / 14	Carbon monoxide in homes	1930-1939
3 / 15	Hupmobile purchase and service	1932-1934
3 / 16	Missoula real estate (A.B. Cook Estate holdings acquired from F. Hervey Cook in March 1936)	1930-1947
3 / 17	Missoula real estate (Olive Pickering Rankin holdings, including family home)	1932-1946
3 / 18	Property owned by Rankin (includes descriptions of urban, ranch and mining properties)	circa 1940
3 / 19	Rudy Furnace contract (re delinquent payments)	1932-1935
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
3 / 20	Greeting cards	1940-1965, undated
3 / 21	Miscellaneous (includes radio talk by unidentified person re Warm Springs Hospital; memorial on death of Burke Clements; last statements of miners killed in mine accident)	undated
	Clippings
Box/Folder
3 / 22	Christian Science editorials	circa 1932
3 / 23	Miscellaneous (includes Rankin promotion to corporal, obituary for Jim Taylor, "A Tribute to Montana," Joseph Ford reminiscence, Gene Tunney heavyweight champion, Gary Cooper)	1918-1954
	Wellington D. Rankin estate
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
3 / 24	Miscellaneous (re claims on estate, etc.)	1966, 1969
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
3 / 25	List of checks	1966-1967
3 / 26	Miscellaneous (includes list of stocks owned by Rankin, claims, receipts, etc.)	1966-1969

Rankin family subgroups Return to Top

Rankin family patriarch John Rankin moved to Missoula, Montana from London, Ontario, in 1869 and established himself as a carpenter, contractor, and entrepeneur. He married local school teacher Olive Pickering in August of 1879. Six of John and Olive's children survived to adulthood: Jeannette (born June 11, 1880), Harriet (born February 21, 1883), Wellington (born September 16, 1884), Mary (born August 30, 1888), Grace (born November 25, 1891), and Edna (born October 21, 1893).

Materials in this subgroup originate with Rankin family members other than Wellington. Correspondence between these individuals and Wellington are included in the previous subgroup.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Mary Rankin Bragg
	Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder
4 / 1	Jeannette Rankin; Edna Rankin McKinnon	1958
	Louise Replogle Rankin Galt
	Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder
4 / 2	B-W (correspondents include Mary Rankin Bragg, Clifton Coleman, Errol F. Galt, Helena Fire Department, Helena First Inc., Patrick F. Hooks, Jeannette Rankin, Edith Replogle, Burton K. Wheeler, unidentified)	1955, 1966-1969
	Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder
4 / 3	Letter to Dr. Joanne Bodner	2008
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
4 / 4	Attorney's appointment book	1967
4 / 5	Miscellaneous (includes bill of sale, attorney license, invitation of inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower)	1953, 1966, 1968
	Grace Rankin Kinney
	Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder
4 / 6	Jeannette Rankin	undated
	Edna Rankin McKinnon
	Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder
4 / 7	Jeannette Rankin (re South America); unidentified	1955-1956, 1961
	Olive Pickering Rankin
	Incoming Correspondence
Box/Folder
4 / 8	Mrs. Ed O. Priddy; Elizabeth Eastman	1937, 1939
4 / 9	Miscellaneous	1939

Political subgroups Return to Top

Wellington Rankin had a life-long fascination with politics and would ultimately run for higher office a total of nine times, once successfully:

1914: House of Representatives (at-large). Ran as Progressive (Bull Moose Party). Lost general election to incumbent Democrats Thomas Stout and John M. Evans.
1920: Montana Attorney General. Won.
1922: US Senate. Lost Republican primary to Carl W. Riddick.
1924: US Senate. Lost Republican primary to Frank B. Linderman.
1928: Montana Governor. Won Republican primary. Lost general election to John E. Erickson (D).
1934: US Senate (special election following death of Thomas J. Walsh). Lost Republican primary to Scott Leavitt.
1942: US Senate. Won Republican primary. Lost general election to James E. Murray (D).
1948: US Senate. Lost Republican primary to Tom J. Davis.
1952: House of Representatives (1st District). Won Republican primary. Lost general election to Lee W. Metcalf (D).

Records of Rankin’s 1928 campaign for governor mostly consist of records of the Montana Weekly Republican Press Club run by Thomas F. Rucker. This organization worked with editors of Republican-aligned newspapers to run advertising, coordinate messaging, and gather information about local political sentiment. This subgroup contains information on Joseph M. Dixon’s (unsuccessful) Senate campaign as well as Rankin’s gubernatorial campaign. Other campaign subgroups contain only the records of Rankin’s campaign organizations (e.g. the “Rankin for Senator Club” in 1942). However, correspondence files include communications with and about other important political figures including Burton K. Wheeler, George M. Bourquin, James E. Murray, Sam C. Ford, Jeannette Rankin, Gladys Knowles, and Robert A. Taft.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Miscellaneous political
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
5 / 1	Francis Flinn (enclosing letters to Harry L. Burns re B.K. Wheeler)	1946
5 / 2	Frank F. Hayes	1932, undated
5 / 3	Gladys Knowles (Republican National Committeewoman)	1941, 1952-1956
5 / 4	A.J. Lowary to John Oliver (re Tower-Lyle Senate race)	1925
5 / 5	Mary O'Neill	1917-1921
5 / 6	Rita Shields	1941-1963
5 / 7	Burton K. Wheeler	1958-1964
5 / 8-9	Chronological	1922-1962
5 / 10	Letters requesting recommendations for federal jobs, including military: B-W	1941-1944
5 / 11-12	Letters requesting recommendations for state jobs in Sam Ford administration: A-Y	1940-1941
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
5 / 13	Receipts for Governor's reception	1947 January
	Printed Material
Box/Folder
5 / 14	"Progressive Manifesto," by H.L. Maury; "How to achieve higher price levels and prosperity," by A.G. McGregor; "The Changing party pattern," by Paul T. David	1932-1933, 1956
	Speeches
Box/Folder
5 / 15	Campaign speeches by Wellington D. Rankin	1928-1932, 1952
5 / 16	Speeches (fragments and drafts, most probably by Rankin, some may be by other people)	undated
5 / 17	Campaign speeches for and against Wellington D. Rankin	circa 1934-1948
5 / 18	Speeches by others (includes "The 1930 tariff and the farmer," by William Williamson; "Hobson's choice between government ownership and bankruptcy of the railroads," by Samuel Untermyer; three untitled speeches by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay; "A report on the Bureau of Land Management's mining activities," by W.G. Guernsey; untitled speech by Under Secretary of the Interior Clarence A. Davis; Lincoln Day dinner speech by Ted James)	1930-1966
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
5 / 19	Campaign for Governor (includes correspondence, flyers, clippings, etc.)	1928
5 / 20	Campaign for U.S. Senate (includes petition for nomination, reports by Edna Rankin McKinnon)	1934
5 / 21	Campaign for U.S. Senate (includes petition for nomination, correspondence, flyers)	1942
Oversize Folder
1	Campaign for U.S. Congress campaign poster (Oversize: see Archives map case)	1942
Box/Folder
5 / 22	Campaign for U.S. Senate (includes correspondence, flyers, etc.)	1948
5 / 23	Campaign for U.S. Congress (includes correspondence, flyers, etc.)	1952
Oversize Folder
1	Campaign for U.S. Congress campaign poster (Oversize: see Archives map case)	1952
Box/Folder
5 / 24	Sam Ford campaign (includes correspondence, flyers, etc.)	1944
5 / 25	Garrison post office appointment	1955-1958
5 / 26	Labor (includes correspondence with labor unions, speeches in support of labor, etc.)	1946-1952, undated
6 / 1	Legislation (includes proposed bills on a variety of topics)	1919, 1932-1949, undated
6 / 2	Reappointment as U.S. district attorney	1929-1930
6 / 3	Republican Party (includes circulars, position statements, etc.)	1926-1965, undated
6 / 4	Republican National Committee (includes correspondence, brochures, etc.)	1952-1959
6 / 5	Republican State Central Committee (includes correspondence, brochures, etc.)	1932, 1946-1963
6 / 6	Republican Western Conference (includes resolutions, drafts, etc.)	1946-1959
6 / 7	Silver policy (includes "Monetary history of the United States"; "The silver question," by Burton K. Wheeler; statistics; legislation; etc.)	1933, undated
6 / 8	Workmen's Compensation acts	undated
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
6 / 9	Appointment of Ernest C. Steel to Public Service Commission by Lieutenant Governor Ted James	circa 1965
6 / 10	Governor Roy E. Ayers press release re presidential reception	1934
6 / 11	"Brief on [Burton K.] Wheeler and [Thomas J.] Walsh, document 1, Letter from a Western liberal to an Eastern friend" [possibly written by Harlow Pease]	circa 1926
6 / 12	"Information for drys" (records of candidates on prohibition issue)	1932
6 / 13	Lists of Republican Party workers, county committeemen, etc.)	1932-1938, undated
6 / 14	Political wagers	1952, undated
6 / 15	Poll list: Kalispell	1952
6 / 16	"Present method of taxing mines"	undated
6 / 17	Sen. Thomas J. Walsh plaque dedication by Charles E. Pew	circa 1944
6 / 18	Miscellaneous (includes memorabilia, satirical writing, etc.)	undated
	Clippings
Box/Folder
6 / 19	Congressional pension bill	1942
6 / 20	Miscellaneous	1928-1966, undated

Ranch subgroups Return to Top

Rankin’s ranching enterprise began in 1927 with the purchase of the Avalanche Ranch near Helena. In 1935 he began expanding, starting with the Cook Ranch in Broadwater County. 1944 brought additional purchases in Meagher County, including the Birch Creek, Moss Agate, and Catlin properties. After stepping back from electoral politics in the 1950s Rankin focused more attention on land acquisition, adding the 71, Lingshire, and Wieglow Ranches in 1954, and the massive Miller Ranch in 1958. For a brief period in the 1960s Rankin owned or leased well over one million acres, making him the largest private landowner in the state and one of the largest in the country. Rankin sold the Miller Ranch in 1964, significantly reducing the size of his land empire.

This subgroup includes correspondence, employee-related records, financial documents, and various subject files. Rankin closely tracked all ranch expenses, evidenced by detailed weekly purchase records from the early 1960s. Unfortunately, few ledgers showing monthly and yearly finances have survived. Subject files cover a variety of topics including ranch purchases, cattle sales, wartime rationing, and the importation of Mexican laborers through the Bracero program.

Container(s)	Description	Dates

	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
7 / 1	Jim Coffee	1959
7 / 2	Jim Daniels	1958
7 / 3	Farmers Union Oil Company	1960
7 / 4	Larry Fleming	1959
7 / 5	Jack E. Galt	1958
7 / 6	Hall and Hall Inc. (mortgage company)	1963-1965
7 / 7	Harvey L. Hardin	1958-1960
7 / 8	Delbert Herron	1959-1960
7 / 9-10	Calvin E. McDonald	1951, 1958-1961
7 / 11	Miller Brothers (includes Chris Miller, Lloyd B. Shelhamer, Ted Westin; re purchase of Miller Brothers' ranch)	1960, 1962
7 / 12	Harvey O'Connor	1958-1961
7 / 13	John Rothfus	1931-1933
7 / 14	Dominick Rush (?)	1958, undated
7 / 15	Don Woods	1958
7 / 16-17	A-Y	1958
	Employment Records
Box/Folder
7 / 18	Contracts to break horses, A-W	1947-1965
7 / 19-21	Employee contracts, A-Y	1950, 1962-1967
8 / 1-2	Employee purchases	1956, 1959-1965
8 / 3	Employee wage receipts, A-Y	1948-1951
8 / 4-6	Payrolls and timebooks (includes Avalanche, Birch Creek, Cook, and Moss Agate ranches)	1938-1941, 1944-1945, 1954-1956, 1959
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
8 / 7	Account book	1965-1966
8 / 8	Applications for reduction of taxes on ranch land	1941-1944
8 / 9	Appraisal report: Francis V. Pauly Ranch, Harlem	1964
8 / 10	Bills and invoices (scattered)	1951-1966
8 / 11	County taxes	1960-1967
8 / 12	Miscellaneous (includes hay purchases, inventory of cattle, farm expenses)	1965-1966
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
8 / 13	Affidavits re operation of Rankin ranches	1958, 1969
8 / 14	Bills of sale: F. Hervey Cook and Lena Cook	1933-1937
8 / 15	Bills of sale: horses, cattle and sheep	1927-1964
8 / 16	Bills of sale: real estate and equipment	1926-1964
8 / 17	Hay contracts	1926-1966
8 / 18	Miscellaneous	1921-1969
	Maps
Box/Folder
8 / 19	Map to Avalanche Ranch	undated
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
8 / 20	Downer Lumber Company timber harvesting and stumpage sale	1954-1960
9 / 1	"A.A. Knowles land matter" (re Canyon Ferry homesite)	1945-1946
9 / 2	"Kesselheim" (re Jap Stewart Ranch)	1948-1949
9 / 3	M.L. Lane Sheep Company (re contract made with Wellington D. Rankin and F. Hervey Cook)	1930-1933
9 / 4	Miller Brothers property	1960-1964
9 / 5	George Sinton livestock exchange	1953
9 / 6-8	Stafford-Floweree Ranch mortgage (correspondence with Albert I. Loeb and Loeb Estate; statements of account)	1926-1944
9 / 9	Taylor Grazing Act	1934
9 / 10	"U.S. Forest Service grazing permit matters, etc."	1939-1966
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
9 / 11	Notebooks	1958, undated
9 / 12	U.S. Weather Bureau climatological data for Montana	1942-1943
9 / 13	Miscellaneous (includes lists of land and leases; inventories of cattle; resolution re livestock parity prices; real estate advertisement for Climbing Arrow Ranch, Three Forks)	1917-1964, undated

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Container(s)	Description	Dates
	ABC News
	Employment Records
Box/Folder
9 / 14	Payroll	1947
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
9 / 15	Invoices	1950-1951
	Brazier Brothers Company
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
9 / 16	Chronological (correspondents include A.R. Brazier, Oliver M. Holmes, Great Falls Commercial Club; re removal of candy factory from Helena to Great Falls)	1913-1914
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
9 / 17	Agreements (re building of factory at Great Falls, and enforcement of contract)	1914
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
9 / 18	Miscellaneous (includes subscription of Great Falls businessmen to support move of plant to Great Falls; clippings; list of Great Falls Commercial Club members)	1914, undated
	Grand Hotel Company, Billings
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
9 / 19	Audit reports	1963-1964
	Helena Hotel Company [Placer Hotel]
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
10 / 1	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Hugh Egan and Company, International Hotels, Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission, Lewis and Clark County Treasurer)	1959-1968
	Employment Records
Box/Folder
10 / 2	Payroll	1954, 1959, undated
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
10 / 3	Daily revenue and statistical reports [scattered]	1954-1959
10 / 4-6	Financial and operating statements	1947-1948, 1953-1960
10 / 7	Tower Motel summary of operations, etc.	1956-1965
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
10 / 8	Miscellaneous (includes deeds; lease, including architectural drawings)	1939, 1959, 1963
	Organization
Box/Folder
10 / 9	Outstanding stock	1956
	Clippings
Box/Folder
10 / 10	Re ____ Krause acquisition of Placer Hotel [incomplete]	undated
	Montana Ready-Mix Company
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
10 / 11-12	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Basil Hunt, Fred Heinecke, Noble Company, C.I.T. Corporation, George Jessen, W.E. Burton)	1955-1958
	Employment Records
Box/Folder
10 / 13	Payroll	1957
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
10 / 14	Bills, invoices, etc.	1955-1958
10 / 15-16	Financial statements	1957
10 / 17	Miscellaneous (includes balance sheets, taxes, etc.)	1954-1965
	Pittsburgh Block Company
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
10 / 18	Applications to reduce taxes on Pittsburgh Block	1937-1943
10 / 19	Balance sheets	1936, 1941
	Rim Rock Producing Company
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
10 / 20	Ledger	1950-1954
	Sherman Music Company
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
10 / 21	Musical instrument suppliers: A-W	1955-1956
10 / 22	Radio stations (re advertisements)	1954-1956
10 / 23	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Ray Briggs, Cascade Public Schools, Father Conran, Orvin B. Fjare, State Board of Equalization, Montana Music Educators Association, Montana Record Publishing Company)	1955-1956
	Financial Records
Volume
1-5	Journals	1946-1954
	Weiss Café / Mint Bar
	Employment Records
Box/Folder
11 / 1-4	Payrolls	1947-1952
	Financial Records
Oversize Folder
1	Analysis of income and expense (Oversize: see Archives map case)	1950-1952
Box/Folder
11 / 5	Insurance, banking records [scattered]	1949-1952
11 / 6	Inventory: fixtures	undated
11 / 7-8	Inventory: food	1948
11 / 9	Journal: gambling	1947-1949
11 / 10	Unemployment compensation returns; U.S. tax returns [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1955-1956
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
11 / 11	Agreements: Gene Robertson, Buford Miles, and Fred Fox	1949
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
11 / 12	Last Chance Turf Club minutes	1947
11 / 13	Plans and specifications	1947-1948
Oversize Folder
1	Plans and specifications (Oversize: see Archives map case)	1947-1948
	Mines
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
11 / 14	Chronological (correspondents include Arthur L. Sheppard, L.O. Goodman, Elmer W. Watson, George E. Hurd, H.C. Packer, J.H. Shober, J.A. Nelson, Mines Financing Syndicate, Clark Canyon Gold Mining Company, O.T. Wedemeyer, B.B. Bales, Paul S. Seeley, Thomas Westgard, Willis T. Batcheller, L.E. Griffith, Hub Mining Company, Marysville Gold Mining Company; topics include Sourdough Mine, Golden Curry Consolidated Mining Company, Doggett Claim, Last Chance Dredging Project, Virginia Consolidated Mining Company, Vosberg Mining Company, Ontario Placer, Avalanche Gulch placers, Bald Butte mine)	1926-1951
	Assay Reports
Box/Folder
11 / 15	Assay reports (includes Crystal Mine, Lone Tree Mine, Lexington Dump, East Helena tailings, Gould Mine, Peck Mill, Mitchell Gulch, Bachelor Mine, Sourdough, and unidentified mines)	1933-1941
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
11 / 16	Mining claims, annual representation work, etc. (includes Snow Shoe, Nugget, and Alma claims)	1933-1950
	Reports
Box/Folder
11 / 17	"Conditions at the time pumps were pulled at Gold Finch Mine"; Park Utah Consolidated Mines Company statement; Sunshine Mining Company annual report	1938. 1951, 1961
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
11 / 18	Red Eagle Gold Mining Company (includes lease agreement; drillers field logs, Avalanche Gulch)	1936, undated
11 / 19	Ruby Gulch Mining Company (includes correspondence, annual reports)	1938-1942

Law practice subgroups Return to Top

Rankin’s law practice remained a stable source of income from 1909 until his death, financing much of his political and business ventures. Already accomplished as a sole practitioner, in 1927 he partnered with Arthur P. Acher. Soon after the partners opened an office in Helena’s Pittsburgh Block. Charles L. Zimmerman served as a limited partner from a branch office in Butte, handling cases that originated in Silver Bow County from 1937 to at least 1945. Louise Replogle became the firm’s third permanent partner in 1951, several years before she and Rankin were romantically involved.

Records in this subgroup are primarily correspondence and case files, mostly from the early period of Rankin’s law practice (1910s-1920s). All direct correspondence between Rankin and his clients that relate to legal matters is restricted. Rankin’s filing system, however, did not differentiate between clients and non-clients. During processing, some third-party correspondence relating to legal cases but not protected by attorney-client privilege have been removed to nonrestricted subject files.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Rankin's law practice
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
12 / 1	Capt. J.M. Adamson, collection agent	1911-1925
12 / 2-3	Client correspondence: A-Z [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915-1966
12 / 4	Law book publishers: American Law Book Company	1915-1922, 1944
12 / 5	Law book publishers: Bancroft-Whitney Company	1935-1953
12 / 6	Law book publishers: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company	1913-1952
12 / 7	Law book publishers: West Publishing Company	1935-1963
12 / 8	Law book publishers: miscellaneous	1915-1951
12 / 9	Law books: second-hand	1915-1935
12 / 10	Legal correspondence: Great Northern Railway attorneys (re cases against railroad)	1913-1926
12 / 11	Legal correspondence: William Waugh	1933-1936
12 / 12-13	Legal correspondence: miscellaneous attorneys	1915-1965, undated
12 / 14	Legal correspondence: re scheduling of cases, status, filings, etc.	1913-1918
12 / 15	Office equipment vendors	1935-1940
12 / 16	Prisoner letters [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1926, 1959, 1965
	Case Files [correspondence in files is restricted]
Box/Folder
13 / 1-1a	Tony Abel case [1a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1911
13 / 2	Agnes Ashton vs. Maurice Howe Ashton	1920
13 / 3	Mrs. E. Barton vs John Brodus	1914
13 / 4	John Beck application for writ of habeas corpus (re Danish citizen claiming exemption from draft)	1917
13 / 5	Frank Benchina vs. American Smelting and Refining Company and Industrial Accident Board	1917
13 / 6	Castie Betor vs. John A.B. Carbis (re slander)	1920
13 / 7	W.S. Bliss vs Solomon L. Bright [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1921
13 / 8-8a	August Blomer vs. Bankers Insurance Company [8a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1918
13 / 9	Isack Boman vs. Anaconda Copper Mining Company	circa 1911-1912
13 / 10	Paul Bowers vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1919
13 / 11	Arthur L.B. Brooke vs. American Smelting and Refining Company	1912
13 / 12	Robert Brown vs. American Smelting and Refining Company	1913
13 / 13	Henry Bruckert case [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915-1921
13 / 14-14a	Charles H. Buck vs. Merchants Life and Casualty Company [14a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917-1918
13 / 15	Rose A. Cameron vs. Angus W. Cameron	1920
13 / 16-16a	Catherine Cannon vs. Henry Cannon [16a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1914
13 / 17-17a	Capital Commission Company vs. Paul Whitelaw [17a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917-1920
13 / 18	John A.B. Carbis vs. Blibal Betor and Cassidy Betor	1918-1922
13 / 19-19a	E.A. Carleton vs. Charles Peterson, Mitchell Peterson, and Walter Peterson [19a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1910-1914
13 / 20	Carstens and Earles, Inc. vs. Anna E. Nett and Edward S. Anderson	1916
13 / 21-21a	Bridget Cavanaugh Estate [21a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915
13 / 22-22a	Catherine Christensen vs. Walter Garrison [22a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1913-1914
13 / 23-23a	A.W. Church vs. Anna E. Nett [23a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1918
13 / 24	Robert H. Claflin vs. Schurmeier Wagon Company	1910-1911
13 / 25-25a	A.J. Clark vs. John V. Karns [25a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1914-1915
13 / 26-26a	Frank Conley vs. Arthur Higgins and Gerald Higgins [26a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915-1923
13 / 27	Bridget Conroy vs. Patrick J. Conroy	1920-1921
13 / 28	Charles H. Cooper and Alice L. Cooper vs. Peter H. Romer and Mary Romer	1918-1920
13 / 29-29a	Oliver Courville vs. Ollie Spurgeon [29a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1914
13 / 30-30a	H.L. Curn vs. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (re Red Tunnel) [30a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917
13 / 31	Johannah Eslick Curtis vs. Mathe Curtis et al.	circa 1920
13 / 32	Bert Cushing vs. American Smelting and Refining Company	1914-1915
14 / 1-1a	G.W. Densley vs. T.B. Story and L.P. Work [1a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917-1918
14 / 2	Nina Detrick vs. Homer Detrick	1912
14 / 3	J.N. Dier vs. F.M. Smith and Aldridge Smith	1918
14 / 4	Isabel Dolenty vs. Jesse D. Ballard	1913
14 / 5	Edward E. Dresser vs. Leonora Dresser [RESTRICTED]	1914
14 / 6	M.L. Duckett vs. Moses Biggs (includes testimony of Dr. Pearl Hubert Brown in State vs. Biggs)	1915
14 / 7-7a	Stuart Eaton vs. A.W. Miles [7a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1920-1921
14 / 8	George Edden vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1914-1917
14 / 9	Gus Elstrom vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1909-1912
14 / 10-10a	Annie Erb vs. Thomas H. Harris and M.V. Conroy [10a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915-1917
14 / 11-11a	Otto Erickson vs. Three Forks, Helena, and Madison Valley Railroad Company and D.F. Shull and A.B. Bennett [11a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1913-1919
14 / 12	Pearl M. Estep vs. Merlin Estep	1918
14 / 13	C.H. Fagan and Joseph A. Lemkie vs. J.W. Hardgrove	1913
14 / 14-14a	Anna F. Fellers vs. Rebecca DuRand (re Harlowton-DeRand Irrigation Project) [14a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1920-1921
14 / 15	Albert Fieler vs. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company	1913
14 / 16	Harry Fitzpatrick vs. C.E. Fryberger and Monarch Mining and Power Company	1920
14 / 17	Edith Flavell vs. F.L. Cole, G.L. Cole, et al. (also includes G.L. Cole vs. Cyril Cross, administrator of Estate of Adelea Merry)	1919-1920
14 / 18-18a	John W. Flynn vs. Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company [18a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917-1918
14 / 19	Rose Ford by her guardian ad litem Joseph Ford vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1917
15 / 1-2	Forestvale Cemetery Association vs. Helena Cemetery Association, et al.	1919-1922, undated
Oversize Folder
1	Forestvale Cemetery Association vs. Helena Cemetery Association, et al. maps (Oversize: see Archives map case)	1919-1922, undated
Box/Folder
15 / 3	Carl E. Foss petition for clemency	circa 1920
15 / 4	E.B. Fugier and W.L. Eckley vs. Bankers Insurance Company	1917-1921
15 / 5	Joe Gabel vs. L.B. DePratu	1918-1921
15 / 6	Helen O. Garrett vs. Harry J. Garrett	1920
15 / 7-7a	Henry Gebhardt vs. Charles J. Humphrey (re Princess Theater, Helena) [7a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915
15 / 8-8a	Nellie Gordon and J.A. Gordon vs. Great Northern Railway Company [8a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1922-1926
15 / 9-9a	L.E. Goughnour and O.R. Taylor vs. Lawrence Bearland [9a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1927
15 / 10	H.M. Grey and Winnifred Moon vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917-1918
15 / 11	John Haas case [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1916
15 / 12-12a	James Hamilton vs. Helena Light and Railway Company [12a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1913-1914
15 / 13	John Hansen vs. Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad	1912-1913
15 / 14	Minnie Hansen, executrix of Estate of Rasmus Hansen vs. Huie Pock	circa 1917
15 / 15	Samuel T. Hauser Estate vs. R.H. Kleinschmidt, et al.	1915-1920
15 / 16-16a	Nels Hegg vs. Carl Harris and Joseph Harris [16a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915
15 / 17	Helena Bottling Works vs. Basile Brothers	1917
15 / 18	City of Helena vs. Pat P. Smith	1916-1917
15 / 19	Helena Retail Merchants Exchange cases	1916-1917
15 / 20	Charles Henry vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1912-1913
15 / 21	Christie Herron vs. Milford Herrin	1920-1926
16 / 1	Ronald Higgins (re Estate of Gerald Higgins) [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915-1921
16 / 2	George Hill vs. Anaconda Copper Mining Company	1912
16 / 3-3a	James Hiscox vs. P. Baxter [3a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1919-1920
16 / 4-4a	Andy Hober vs. Keating Gold Mining Company [4a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1913-1914
16 / 5	Herbert Hoogfleet petition (for discharge from liability for military service)	1917
16 / 6	W.R. Hopkins vs. State of Montana (re speedy trial)	undated
16 / 7-7a	John Hossfeld vs. Toston Percheron Horse Association [7a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1908, 1913-1914
16 / 8	John E. Howard Estate	1914
16 / 9	Walter Howard habeas corpus	1910
16 / 10	A.J. Hulse vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1911-1913
16 / 11	Ada Louise Hurd homestead application	1916
16 / 12	George J. Hyatt vs. William S. Burton and Peter J. McHugh	1916
16 / 13	In the matter of the perpetuation of testimony of M.M. Fowler et al. (re Northern Pacific Railway Company boycott of Dr. W.A. Peek)	1911
16 / 14	Art E. Jeffers vs. Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company	1920-1921
16 / 15-17a	Genevieve Jeffers vs. Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company [17a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1918-1921
16 / 18	Andy Johnson vs. Three Forks, Helena, and Madison Valley Railway Company and D.F. Schull and ___ Bennett	1918-1921
16 / 19	Chris Johnson vs. Great Northern Railway Company [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1927
16 / 20	Gjertine Pauline Torgerson Johnson vs. United States Gypsum Company	1912-1913
16 / 21	Louis O. Johnson habeas corpus	1925
16 / 22	S.B. and Lilly Kahnweiler vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1914
16 / 23	Tom Kari vs. Anaconda Copper Mining Company	1912
17 / 1-2a	J. Kaufman vs. Mutual Oil Company and Frantz Corp. [2a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1923-1924
17 / 3	William Keating, State Auditor vs. Allen D. Tuffold et al.	1916
17 / 4	Jesse R. Keene vs. Basil B. Miller	1916
17 / 5	Ada H. Kelley case (re smallpox) [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915
17 / 6	Gladys Kelly vs. James H. Kelly	1919
17 / 7-7a	Percy W. Kelly vs. Emil C. Flenzer [7a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1918-1921
17 / 8	Milton Kibler vs. Great Northern Railway Company	1916-1921
17 / 9	Barbara King vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1913-1914
17 / 10	Klein and Bourne Company vs. Jake Tyanich and Simo Radmilovich	1918-1919
17 / 11	Albert Kleinschmidt vs. E.D. Vosburgh (includes Vosburgh vs. American Smelting and Refining Company, Kleinschmidt et al.)	1913
17 / 12-14	Ellen Kleinschmidt, Albert Kleinschmidt, and R.A. Kleinschmidt vs. American Mining Company and R.H. Kleinschmidt and Amelia Kleinschmidt [14 is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1916-1919
17 / 15	Rudolph Kufeld vs. American Smelting and Refining Company	1914
17 / 16-16a	Louise Kusek vs. American Brewing Company [16a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1914-1915
17 / 17-17a	James J. Langan vs. M.J. Sullivan, C.E. Alsop, Butte Association of Credit Men [17a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1913-1914
17 / 18	Peter Larkin vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1911-1913
18 / 1	Erick Holner Larson petition	1915
18 / 2	Ray Larson habeas corpus	1918
18 / 3	Walter Larson vs. Josephine Schauby	1912
18 / 4	Jerry Lawler vs. Bald Butte Mining Company (includes agreements and assay reports)	1907-1909
18 / 5	Andy Lebon vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1912
18 / 6	Felix M. Lee vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1921-1926
18 / 7	Otto Lehman property	1916
18 / 8-8a	Tony Lerotich vs. American Smelting and Refining Company [8a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1914
18 / 9	R.E. Leslie vs. Joe Miehle	1916
18 / 10	Herman Lindstrom vs. Penobscot Mining Company	1914
18 / 11	Genevieve Lippert vs. Peter Peterson	1919
18 / 12	Edward W. Little vs. Katherine Churchill	1915-1916
18 / 13	Dennis Lorden vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1917-1918
18 / 14	Joe Lowe and Louis Price [Joe Lowe Company] vs. Brazier Brothers Company	1915
18 / 15-15a	R.O. Lunke disbarment [15a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1919
18 / 16-16a	Leonard Lynn vs. Mrs. Gregory [16a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915
18 / 17-17a	N.A. Mattice vs. Antony Munding, Charles B. Power, and Sidney Miller, Register of State Lands [17a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1918-1922
18 / 18-18a	Mary Ann McMillan vs. Montana Coal and Iron Company [18a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1916
18 / 19	Melzner vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	undated
18 / 20	Elizabeth Meyer vs. Jessie Patchell	1916
18 / 21-21a	Herman Mikkila Estate vs. East Butte Copper Mining Company [21a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1914-1916
18 / 22	Montana Industrial Accident Board claims	1916-1917
18 / 23	Frances Neal vs. William R. Neal	1914
18 / 24	Minnie Otten vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1914-1917
18 / 25	Ethel Marie Peel vs. Hennessey Company	1920
18 / 26	Simon Pepin Estate	1918
18 / 27	Elsa A. Perry vs. Sarah Jeffries et al.	1917-1922
19 / 1	Peter Peterson, Administrator of Estate of Jack Peterson vs. Genevieve Lippert Jacobson	1917-1921
19 / 2-2a	Samuel Philbrick Estate [2a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1920, 1931
19 / 3	Philippi vs. Gagnon Company [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1920-1923
19 / 4	Wellington D. Rankin vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1914
19 / 5-5a	Hanna Rautinainen vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company [Walter D. Hines, U.S. Director of Railroads] [5a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1919-1920
19 / 6	John E. Remitz vs Yellowstone Park Hotel Company, Yellowstone Park Company, Yellowstone National Park Transportation Company	1923-1925
19 / 7-7a	Leslie Robertson vs. M.A. Piper [7a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917-1919
19 / 8	Sam Robinson vs. Evaristo LeMire	1920-1921
19 / 9	W.R. Rogers vs. New Hub Store [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1913-1918
19 / 10	John Rothfus vs. Crow Creek Irrigation District	1923
19 / 11	John Rothfus vs. Hartford Fire Insurance Company	1920-1921
19 / 12	John Rothfus vs. Joe Stockburger	1923-1924
19 / 13	Minnie Rothfus vs. Albert Mandoli	1919-1923
19 / 14	Tony St. Peter vs. Anaconda Copper Mining Company [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1927
19 / 15	Olive Sanders vs. Gus Rivers	1914-1915
19 / 16	H.B. Schock vs. Thomas J. Dolan	1918-1920
19 / 17	Johana Serich vs. Roy Hitchcock et al.	1916
19 / 18	Myrtle Seth vs. Robert Johnson	1925
19 / 19	O.H.P. Shelley vs. Mergenthaler Linotype Company [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1924-1925
19 / 20	Sheridan County matter	undated
19 / 21	Joseph E. Smith Estate	1920-1923
19 / 22	Matt Smith vs. American Smelting and Refining Company	1920-1921
19 / 23	State vs. Hattie Bulen (re Christian Science)	undated
19 / 24	State vs. D.E. Rainville (jury instructions only)	1920-1921?
19 / 25	State vs. Mrs. A.L. Scott (re Christian Science)	1914
19 / 26-27	State vs. Charles Stevens	1919-1921
20 / 1	State ex rel. E.N. Brandegee as guardian of the person and estate of Mary Murphy vs. J.M. Clements as judge of ...District Court...Lewis and Clark County	1916
20 / 2	State ex rel. Charles Evert Evans vs. [State Board of Land Commissioners]	1916
20 / 3	Frank Storer vs. Butte Lumber Company	circa 1910
20 / 4-5	Celia Tapio vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1914-1916
20 / 6	Thiel Detective Service Company vs. Park County and Frank Arnold [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1916-1919
20 / 7	William Turnbull vs. Charles Kessler [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1920-1923
20 / 8	Alva J. Vinton vs. [Meagher County School District 6] [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1915-1916
20 / 9	J.G.G. Wilmont and Robert R. Sidebothem cases [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1917-1921
20 / 10-10a	James W. Wing vs. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company [10a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1921
20 / 11	O. Winterton vs. John McGinnis[?] [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1916
20 / 12	Miscellaneous cases (mostly fragments and unidentified)	1913-1925
20 / 13	Cases against A.G. Barnes Amusement Company, Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows Inc. et al. (re violation of union contract)	1939
20 / 14	A.W. Bartley vs. Great Northern Railway Company [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1933
20 / 15	A.B Cook Estate: reports, final account, petition for distribution	1929-1932
20 / 16-17	John Crowley et al. vs. Montana Power Company et al. testimony (re Crowley Ditch and Madison River Dam)	1939
20 / 18	William Grills will	1935
20 / 19	Suits re Helena typhoid epidemic	1929
20 / 20	Walter C. Lehman vs. A.M. Stendal, d/b/a Stendal Transportation Company	1951
20 / 21	Katie McConnell Estate [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1941
20 / 22	Ed Miller vs. Wilfred Murphy	1949
20 / 23	L.F. Morgan Estate	1933
21 / 1	In the matter of declaring ... and ... neglected children [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1962-1963
21 / 2	Margaret G. Reid will	1941
21 / 3	Ringling Isles Inc. vs. Meagher County et al (re Totterdale Estate)	1945
21 / 4	W.B. Rogers vs. H.R. Spooner et al. (includes City of Havre)	1933
21 / 5-5a	Andrew Jackson Splawn Estate [5a is RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1957-1962
21 / 6	State vs. Albert V. Searle	1955
21 / 7	State vs. Calvin Simon, et al.	circa 1952
21 / 8	State vs. Allen Woosley	1945
21 / 9	Tax appeal cases	1939
21 / 10	Veterans Welfare Commission of the State of Montana vs. Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans	1963
21 / 11	Miscellaneous cases (mostly fragments and unidentified)	1931-1963
21 / 12	Case citations, etc. (mostly fragments and unidentified)	undated
21 / 13	Notes re cases	undated
21 / 14	U.S. Attorney appeal briefs (appellants include Mike Chetkovich, George Doran, Paul Fall, Thomas A. Grigg, May Hosiery Mills, Charles E. Meagher, Dan T. Murphy, Murray Hospital, George Robson, Edward Ryan)	1929-1933
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
21 / 15	Financial statements: Rankin and Zimmerman	1947
21 / 16	Industrial Accident Board claims unpaid	1937-1938
21 / 17	Partnership income taxes: Rankin and Zimmerman	1937-1945
21 / 18-19	Partnership receipts and expenditures: Rankin and Zimmerman	1937-1944
21 / 20	Receipt book: Wellington D. Rankin	1937-1940
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
22 / 1-15	Appointment of Wellington D. Rankin as attorney: A-R	1933-1962
23 / 1-5	Appointment of Wellington D. Rankin as attorney: S-Z	1919? 1934-1965
23 / 6	Partnership agreement: Rankin and Zimmerman	1937
23 / 7	Miscellaneous (primarily belonging to clients)	1901-1955
	Speeches
Box/Folder
23 / 8	Portion of closing argument in unidentified case	undated
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
23 / 9	Montana Trial Lawyers Association (includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, correspondence, legislative files)	1965
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
23 / 10	Application for admission to practice before Interstate Commerce Commission	1944
23 / 11	Client list	1937-1940
23 / 12	Comparative negligence (House bill)	undated
23 / 13	Court lists [?] (Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula)	1927-1930
23 / 14	Jury lists (grand juries: Butte, Great Falls, Helena)	1926-1933
23 / 15	Jury lists (trial juries: Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Missoula)	1926-1933
23 / 16	Jury lists	1948, 1950
23 / 17	List of law books submitted to Helena Bar Association for purchase by county library	1915
23 / 18	Rules of practice (15th and 18th Judicial Districts)	1917, undated
	Law partner Arthur P. Acher
	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
23 / 19	W.E. Kohl (re re-appointment as liquor dealer)	1940-1941
23 / 20	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Capitol City Rescue Mission, Bill Dolena, Jeannette Rankin)	1968, undated
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
23 / 21	Notary record book	1959-1960
	Law partner Charles L. Zimmerman
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
23 / 22	Naval commission application	1944
23 / 23	Separation sheets for photographs, maps, and published materials transferred to other programs.

Wellington D. Rankin personal subgroup [60:4-6] Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates

	Correspondence
Box/Folder
24 / 1	Mary Rankin Bragg [sister] and Mary Jane Bragg [niece]	1939, 1947-1948
24 / 2	Walter Caverly [cousin]	1912-1913
24 / 3	"Charlotte"	1930-1936
24 / 4	Gloria Cook	1929-1931
24 / 5	Gael Garfield	1920
24 / 6	"Georgia"	1939
24 / 7	Ruth Greenough	1916-1942
24 / 8	Ann Harrington	1937
24 / 9	"Helena"	1919, 1931-1938
24 / 10	Grace Rankin Kinney [sister]	undated
24 / 11	"Marian"	1944-1947
24 / 12	Hattie McGregor	1935-1936
24 / 13	Dorothy McKinnon [niece]	undated
24 / 14	Edna Rankin McKinnon [sister]	1919-1953
24 / 15	Marjorie McLeod	1933
24 / 16	Miriam McLeod	1934-1948
24 / 17	Olive Pickering Rankin [mother]	1935, 1946
24 / 18	Emma Ruhl	1933
24 / 19	"Sally"	1930
24 / 20	Ellis Sedman	1913-1941
24 / 21	Carolyn Stetson	1927
24 / 22	Job seekers	1912-1913
24 / 23-24	Miscellaneous (1-2) (correspondents include: A.G. McGregor, U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, E.D. Chester, John B. Murphy, M.E. Lutey, Mike Mansfield) [alphabetical]	1910s-1950s
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
24 / 25	Financial records	1911, 1933

Political subgroups [60:4-6] Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	1928 campaign
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
25 / 1	Non-Montana Weekly Republican Press Club (correspondents include Harriet Sedman, William Ruffcorn, Warren E. Hall)	1928
25 / 2-3	MWRPC: general, filed by newspaper (1-2) [alphabetical]	1928
25 / 4	MWRPC: "Frank Hazelbacker"	1928
25 / 5	MWRPC: "Scott Leavitt"	1928
25 / 6	MWRPC: incoming (correspondents include the Montana State Press Association, Joseph M. Dixon, the Montana Republican State Committee, the Western Newspaper Union, the Hammond Printing Company, W.E. Harmon, Frank A. Hazelbaker) [alphabetical]	1928
25 / 7	MWRPC: outgoing [chronological]	1928
25 / 8	MWRPC: survey letters, filed by county or community [alphabetical]	1928
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
25 / 9	Montana Weekly Republican Press Club	1928
	Printed Material
Box/Folder
25 / 10	Montana Weekly Republican Press Club	1928
	Clippings
Box/Folder
25 / 11	Montana Weekly Republican Press Club	1928
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
25 / 12	Montana Weekly Republican Press Club	1928
	1934 campaign
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
26 / 1-2	General (1-2) (correspondents include Henry J. Angermeier, Jean Kabrich, John E. Kennedy, Charles E. Avery, H.O. Vralsted, Walter F. George, Charles E. Mahoney, J.W. Speer, David N. Nyquist, L.A. Foot, Howard C. Gee, Daniel J. Burke) [alphabetical]	1934
26 / 3	Form letters	1934
26 / 4	Jeannette Rankin (outgoing)	1934
26 / 5	Hattie Sedman	1934
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
26 / 6	Miscellaneous financial	1934
	1942 campaign
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
26 / 7	General A-D (correspondents include: R.A. Armour, F.R. Alexander, F.B. Alexander, Russell White Bear, O.P. Balgord, Charles S. Baldwin, Rose C. Bresnahaw, Byron DeForest)	1942
26 / 8	General E-K (correspondents include: Marie Erdahl, Louis C. Flaherty, Glen W. Faulkner, Sam C. Ford, Howard C. Gee, Henry R. Green, Mrs. A.C. Herbst, John E. Kennedy, Gladys Knowles)	1942
26 / 9	General L-T (correspondents include: Charlie McCarthy, Earl F. McGinnis, Earnest W. McFarland, Edward Mason, Joe Montgomery, Joseph W. Martin, James E. Murray, Gerald P. Nye, Fred Padbury, Robert A. Taft)	1942
26 / 10	General U-Z (correspondents include: V.F.W. Post 1634, Mrs. D.S. Wilker, Kenneth S. Wherry, Fred J. Ward)	1942
26 / 11	Miscellaneous	1942
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
27 / 1	Official statement of campaign expenses (Federal Corrupt Practices Act)	1942
27 / 2	Account statements	1942
27 / 3	Receipts, miscellaneous	1942
	Press Releases
Box/Folder
27 / 4	Newspaper	1942
27 / 5	Radio	1942
	Printed Material
Box/Folder
27 / 6	Miscellaneous	1942
	Speeches
Box/Folder
27 / 7	Speeches	1942
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
27 / 8	Newspapers: correspondence (sampled)	1942
27 / 9	"Newspapers: solicitations, etc."	1942
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
27 / 10-11	Miscellany (1-2)	1942
	Clippings
Box/Folder
27 / 12	Clippings	1942
	Republican National Committee
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
27 / 13	General (correspondents include: David S. Ingalls, Robert A. Taft, Arthur E. Summerfield, Laughlin E. Waters, Douglas Whitlock, Montana State Republican Club, Jim Annin, Thad Hutcheson) [chronological]	1951-1958
	Printed Material
Box/Folder
27 / 14	"The Montana Republican." Republican State Central Committee	1956
27 / 15	"Washington Newsletter." National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs	1951-1958
27 / 16	Pamphlets: USGPO	1951-1957
28 / 1	Pamphlets: U.S. Steel Corporation	1950s
28 / 2	Pamphlets: miscellaneous	1951-1962
28 / 3	Miscellaneous printed material	1948-1957
28 / 4	List of printed materials weeded
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
28 / 5	Eisenhower administration public relations talking points	1953-1955
28 / 6	RNC Research Division: reports, miscellaneous	1948-1952
28 / 7	RNC Research Division: election reports	1952, 1953
28 / 8	"Republican aims and purposes"	1952-1958
29 / 1	"Republican items (for national convention)"	1952 (bulk)
29 / 2	"Statements by Republicans et al"	1951-1954
29 / 3	"Senator William F. Knowland"	1955-1957
29 / 4	Republican Western Conference	1955, 1957
29 / 5	Young Republicans National Convention	1963
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
29 / 6	Committee member lists	undated
29 / 7	Miscellany	undated
	Miscellaneous political
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
29 / 8	Miscellaneous correspondence (correspondents include B.K. Wheeler, George M. Bourquin, Melvin Hoiness) [chronological]	1914-1941
	Speeches
Box/Folder
29 / 9	Miscellaneous speeches	undated
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
29 / 10	Appointment federal attorney [alphabetical]	1925-1926
29 / 11	Nonpartisan League (D.C. Dorman)	1918-1922
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
29 / 12	Political miscellany	undated
30 / 1	Political miscellany	undated
	Clippings
Box/Folder
30 / 2	Miscellaneous political
30 / 3	List of newspapers and periodicals weeded	1924-1952

Ranch subgroups [60:4-6] Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates

	Correspondence
Box/Folder
30 / 4	General (correspondents include: Jefferson County Board of Commissioners, John A. Fallman, Montana Stockgrowers Association, James T. Harrison) [alphabetical]	1925-1945
30 / 5	Billings Live Stock Commission	1936-1937
30 / 6	Newspaper advertisements for employees	1943
	Employment Records
Box/Folder
30 / 7	Employee contracts	1937-1942
30 / 8	Employee wage receipts [alphabetical]	1943-1944
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
30 / 9	Ranch purchase records (sampled)	1943-1944
30 / 10	Purchase forms: Ballard Ranch	1961-1965
30 / 11	Purchase forms: Birch Creek Ranch	1961-1967
30 / 12	Purchase forms: Camp 18, Catlin Ranch, Cazier Ranch	1961-1967
30 / 13	Purchase forms: Hand Ranch, Hinsdale Ranch	1961
30 / 14	Purchase forms: Kolstad Ranch, K.R.M. Ranch, Lingshire Ranch	1961-1966
30 / 15	Purchase forms: Miller Ranch	1961
30 / 16	Purchase forms: Moss Agate Ranch, Noble Ranch, O'Conner Ranch	1961-1966
31 / 1	Purchase forms: Savage Ranch, Seventy One Ranch	1961, 1964
31 / 2	Purchase forms: Seventy One Ranch, Steven's Camp, Sumatra Ranch, Weingart Ranch	1961, 1965-1966
31 / 3	Ranch receipt forms (sampled)	1961
31 / 4	Miscellaneous administrative	1940s-1960s
31 / 5	Cattle purchase, sale, and transport	1936-1946
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
31 / 6	Miscellany	1930s-1940s?
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
31 / 7	Purchase of Border Collie	1935
31 / 8	Brown Brothers Lumber account (sampled)	1935-1939
31 / 9	Carl Sherrer bad check	1937
31 / 10	Jack Main liability claim	1938
31 / 11	USDA Agricultural Conservation Program	1939-1943
31 / 12	Purchase of cattle tags	1939
31 / 13	Census forms	1940
31 / 14	Cal Dixon bad check	1942
31 / 15	Truck purchase: correspondence	1942-1945
31 / 16	Truck purchase: forms	1943-1945
31 / 17	Mexican ranch labor	1944-1945
31 / 18	War rationing: gas, rubber, etc. (sampled)	1944-1945
31 / 19	Sam Stoyanoff grass exchange	1950-1951
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
31 / 20	Ranch miscellany	1938-1943

Business subgroups [60:4-6] Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	The Havre Daily Promoter
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
32 / 1	General (correspondents include: F.F. Brown, O.H.P. Shelley, J. Burke Clements) [chronological]	1917-1918
32 / 2	R.G. Linebacher	1916-1926
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
32 / 3	Contract	undated
	Helena Hotel Company
	Financial Documents
Box/Folder
32 / 4	Insurance policy	1961
	National Bank Building
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
32 / 4	Insurance policy	1961
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
32 / 6	Rent payment and receipts	1937-1943
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
32 / 7	Miscellaneous	undated
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
32 / 8	T.B. Miller Insurance account	1939-1941
32 / 9	Unemployment Compensation Commission	1939-1943
32 / 10	Conversion to apartments	undated
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
32 / 11	Miscellany	1940s
	Real Estate
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
32 / 12	General	1911-1913
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
32 / 13	Miscellany	undated
	Weiss Café / Mint Bar
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
32 / 14	General (Gene Robertson. Correspondents include Mike Mansfield) [alphabetical]	1945-1947
	Employment Records
Box/Folder
32 / 15	Employee pay receipts [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1948
32 / 16	Insurance application Marian Gene Robertson [RESTRICTED: contact archivist]	1945
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
32 / 17	Financial statements	1944-1947
32 / 18	Insurance policies	1946-1955
32 / 19	Inventories	1946-1949
32 / 20	Ledgers	1949-1951, undated
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
32 / 21	Miscellaneous legal	undated
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
32 / 22	"Application for the Adjustment of Ceiling Prices O.P.A."	1946
32 / 23	"First National Bank and Trust Co. Liquor in Storage"	1945
32 / 24	"Lease: Mint Great Falls"	1945
32 / 25	"The Mint Great Falls O.P.A. Price Adjustment"	1946
32 / 26	"Treasure State Associates: liquor purchases and sales"	1947
32 / 27	"Treasure State Associates: Montana Liquor Control Board invoices and correspondence"	1947
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
32 / 28	Miscellany	undated
	Mines
	Correspondence
Box/Folder
33 / 1	General	1911-1913
33 / 2	Stanley R. Foot and Arthur G. Prichard	1938-1941
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
33 / 3	Assays	1942
	Legal Documents
Box/Folder
33 / 4	Agreements	1939-1940
	Reports
Box/Folder
33 / 5	Reports	undated

Law practice subgroups [60:4-6] Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates

	General Correspondence
Box/Folder
33 / 6	American Educational Alliance [#179]	1916
33 / 7	American Surety Company	1916
33 / 8	Frank R. Arnold [#178]	1915-1925
33 / 9	A. Sulka and Company [#173]	1916-1917
33 / 10	Edith Bagan	1915-1916
33 / 11	Belden and DeKalb [#174]	1916-1917
33 / 12	Anson H. Bigelow	1915-1916
33 / 13	G.B. Christian	1913
33 / 14	Clerk of District Court, Deer Lodge	1912
33 / 15	Clerk of District Court, Missoula	1916, 1923-1925
33 / 16	Clerk of District Court, Butte	1912-1917
33 / 17	Clerk of District Court, Kalispell [#182]	1915-1917
33 / 18	Clerk of Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco [#169]	1916-1925
33 / 19	Samuel H. Cone	1916
33 / 20	C-R-C Law List Company 1912	1912
33 / 21	Benjamin Dean	1914-1917
33 / 22	John M. Evans [#171]	1913-1919
33 / 23	H.A. Frank, R.F. Gaines, and Earle F. Angell [#186]	1917-1921
33 / 24	Fred L. Gibson and Vard Smith [#39]	1918-1925
33 / 25	E.H. Goodman [#64]	1917-1923
33 / 26	Albert W. Heidel	1913-1915
33 / 27	John Herring and Otto Lehman	1916
33 / 28	Elmer E. Hershey [#59]	1914-1917
33 / 29	Dan Heyfron [#27]	1916
33 / 30	Gerald Higgins	1916
33 / 31	H.H. Holloway	1915
34 / 1	Clifford F. Holt [#18]	1916-1919
34 / 2	Honorable Mayor and City Council of Helena [#65]	1914-1915
34 / 3	Job applicants [#151]	1920-1929
34 / 4	Jones and Jones	1921-1926
34 / 5	James E. Kelley [#44]	1917-1922
34 / 6	John I.F. Langan [#170]	1916
34 / 7	Ben B. Law [#37]	1915-1926
34 / 8	Maddox and Church	1925
34 / 9	Martin and Zimmerman	1916
34 / 10	Maurice P. Murphy	1915
34 / 11	A.H. McConnell and R.E. Underwood	1913
34 / 12	Robert Midtling [#152]	1915-1918
34 / 13	The Montana Commercial and Labor League [#148]	1916
34 / 14	W.E. Moore	1915
34 / 15	Nelson and Moore	1913-1914
34 / 16	E.M. Niles [#164]	1915-1919
34 / 17	Norris, Hurd and Rhoades [#50]	1920-1925
34 / 18	Preston and Thorgrimson	1915
34 / 19	J.D. Sanders [#187]	1914-1915
34 / 20	Alex W. Stowe [#165]	1916-1917
34 / 21	M.R. Swayze	1914-1917
34 / 22	Sheriff of Broadwater County [#166]	1917-1923
34 / 23	Sheriff of Lewis and Clark County [#188]	1913-1921
34 / 24	Sheriff of Silver Bow County (Paul Driscoll and Larry Duggan) [#149]	1913-1925
34 / 25	Sheriff of Sweet Grass County (Del E. Grey)	1915-1916
34 / 26	W.J. Tighe [#193]	1917-1918
34 / 27	Veasey and Veasey [#142]	1912-1918
34 / 28	Martin Vetleson	1915-1916
34 / 29	T.J. Walsh, William Scallon, and J.B. Wilson [#306]	1926
34 / 30	Burton K. Wheeler (outgoing)	1918
34 / 31	Enoch W. Whitcomb [#42]	1919-1923
34 / 32-33	Miscellaneous correspondence [A-W]	1910s-1920s
	Client Correspondence [All files are RESTRICTED: contact archivist]
Box/Folder
35 / 1	E.C. Albrecht	1913-1914
35 / 2	E.S. Anderson	1915-1921
35 / 3	Samuel B. Anderson	1918-1919
35 / 4	Nels Nelson Bergheim	1913-1915
35 / 5	Martin Beyerlein	1920-1924
35 / 6	E.R. Bobbe	1916
35 / 7	Leslie Bronson [#167]	1919-1923
35 / 8	A.W. Brown	1916
35 / 9	Mrs. Myra J. Brown [#60]	1918-1921
35 / 10	L.J. Campbell [#56]	1915-1920
35 / 11	Chaplin and Burkett	1924
35 / 12	Alden Cooley [#301]	1925
35 / 13	Harry Cotter [#153]	1916-1925
35 / 14	E.E. Esselstyn	1924
35 / 15	Mrs. D.A.C. Flowerres	1911-1912
35 / 16	J.W. Flynn	1917-1918
35 / 17	Carl E. Foss [#184]	1920
35 / 18	J.J. Furman	1919-1920
35 / 19	Mrs. M.L. Gaddis [#142]	1916-1918
35 / 20	Margaret L. Gaddis and B.H. Canon [#176]	1917-1920
35 / 21	L.P. Gaertner [#46]	1916-1918
35 / 22	Charles Gauthier	1925
35 / 23	Sam D. Goza	1916-1924
35 / 24	John Harvey [#270]	1923-1924
35 / 25	Ross Howard [#162]	1918-1921
35 / 26	Art E. Jeffers [#191]	1918-1921
35 / 27	J.H. Kirby	1912
35 / 28	Andy Lebon	1912-1913
35 / 29	Oscar Lehto	1912-1913
35 / 30	Elizabeth B. Loomis	1911-1913
35 / 31	George L. Marange [#41]	1915-1920
35 / 32	Lucy Ann Marshall	1916
35 / 33	Max McCusker [#71]	1915, 1920
35 / 34	J.B. McDonough	1916
35 / 35	Anna E. Nett	1925-1926
35 / 36	R.O. Newcomb [#63]	1918-1922
36 / 1	Charles E. Patterson [#89]	1912-1915
36 / 2	Jacob Pera	1913
36 / 3	Melvin Peterson [#72]	1917-1920
36 / 4	Howard Porter	1913-1915
36 / 5	Mrs. Sue K. Reinhard	1916
36 / 6	C.A. Sheldon [#189]	1916-1923
36 / 7	Robert Sidebotham [#58]	1920-1923
36 / 8	Mrs. Ollie Spurgeon	1914-1916
36 / 9	Mrs. E.E. Sullivan	1915
36 / 10	Frank H. Sundy	1917-1918
36 / 11	William A. Tatem	1915-1917
36 / 12	Thiel Detective Service Co.	1917
36 / 13	Rufus B. Thompson	1916-1923
36 / 14	Harry A. Wheeldon [#140]	1931
36 / 15	Harry W. Wilson	1916-1917
36 / 16-18	Miscellaneous client correspondence (1-3) [A-W]	1910s-1920s
	Case Files
Box/Folder
37 / 1	D.B. Barton vs. Ed Pietz	1913
37 / 2	Robert E. Barton vs. Minnie Alice Barton	1919
37 / 3	Emma French vs. William French	1916
37 / 4	Application of Wong Fook for admission of his son Wong Ling Cow	1919
37 / 5	Estate of Paris Gibson	1925
37 / 6	Goodwin-Lanstrum Company vs. George A. Judson et al	1915-1916
37 / 7	Effie Gotthardt vs. Jacob Gotthardt	1915
37 / 8	H.P. Greenough vs. Wellington D. Rankin	1915
37 / 9	Harold M. Grey by his grandson ad litem vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1918
37 / 10	Sirless F. Grove vs. Carrie Kimpton for Edward A. Kimpton	1921
37 / 11	W.F. Hamper vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	1913
37 / 12	Mike Hanson vs. Northern Pacific Railway Company	undated
37 / 13	W.J. Hayes vs. Oscar Sparta and W.D. Rankin	1914
37 / 14	Huber, Jasmin, Rouse Company vs. Ralph H. Burgess	1920
37 / 15	Gjertine Johnson et al vs. U.S. Gypsum Company	1913
37 / 16	Leddy vs. People 147 Pac. 365	undated
37 / 17	Lewis and Clark County vs. Nettie C. Jensen Johnson and John P. Johnson	1915-1918
37 / 18	John Poplacenel vs. Great Northern Railway Company	1923
37 / 19	James Roberts and Mrs. J.A. Roberts vs. Russell Hughes	1916
38 / 1	George C. Sackett vs. Grace M. Sackett	1925
38 / 2	J.A. Shearwood vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1917
38 / 3	Earl W. Shook vs. John B. Payne	1922
38 / 4	Application of Robert R. Sidebotham and J.G.G. Wilmot for a pardon	1917
38 / 5	Anton Smith vs. American Smelting and Refining Company	1920-1921
38 / 6	C.W. Smith vs. T.N. Averill and Townsend Publishing Company	1916
38 / 7	State vs. Henry Brueckert	1915
38 / 8	State vs. J.R. Hopkins	1917
38 / 9	State vs. John Kokoruda and Andrew Kokoruda	1915
38 / 10	State vs. D.E. Rainville	1920
38 / 11	William Swayze vs. Henningsen Land Company	1914
38 / 12	Estate of Benjamin H. Tatem	1924
38 / 13	Adele V. Teague vs. E.J. Majors et al	1917
39 / 1	Thiel Detective Service Co. vs. Frank Arnold	1917
39 / 2	U.S.A. vs. A.M. Alderson et al	1917
39 / 3	U.S.A. vs. one Dodge Automobile and Ben Cramer	1917
39 / 4	Orin Walker vs. Albert S. Robertson	1920
39 / 5	Pat Welch vs. B. Cronin	1915
39 / 6	Louise Wilkinson vs. Helena Light and Railway Company	1923
39 / 7	Agnes F. Wing vs. James C. Davis	1922
39 / 8	Elizabeth Wirth vs. H.E. Yambert	1921
39 / 9	Miscellaneous case files	1910s-1920s
39 / 10	"Evan Batten vs. Northern Pacific Railway" and "Winnifred Moon vs. Northern Pacific Railway" [RESTRICTED for conservation]	undated
	Financial Records
Box/Folder
40 / 1	A.P. Curtin Books and Stationary Company [#177]	1916-1919
40 / 2	Ledgers Butte office [#180]	1915-1923
40 / 3	Strauss and Company Inc.	1923-1926
	Printed Material
Box/Folder
40 / 4	"Brief Amicus Curiae: Louis H. Kommers and L.E. Timerman vs. Guy Palagi"	1940
	Subject Files
Box/Folder
40 / 5	Frank Beber compensation claim	1916
40 / 6	Leslie Bronson case [#167]	1919-1923
40 / 7	Davis-Daly Copper Company (E.E. Esselstyn case)	1924
40 / 8	D.A.C. Flowerree case	1911-1912
40 / 9	Margaret L. Gaddis case [#176]	1917
40 / 10	Sam D. Goza case	1915-1916, 1925
40 / 11	Elizabeth B. Loomis case	1911-1913
40 / 12	Compulsory liability law	1941
40 / 13	Honorable Albert Anderson - Memorial	1949
	Miscellany
Box/Folder
40 / 14	Appointment book	1954?-1964
40 / 15	Notes, etc	undated

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Subject Terms

Bars (Drinking Establishments)--Montana--Helena
Cemeteries--Montana--Helena
Courts--Montana
Elections--Montana
Horses--Training.
Hotels--Montana--Helena
Industrial accidents--Montana
Labor laws and legislation--Montana
Labor unions--Montana
Lumber trade--Montana--Meagher County
Mines and mineral resources--Montana
Montana--Politics and government
Music stores --Montana--Helena
Railroads--Litigation--Montana
Ranches--Montana
Restaurants--Montana--Helena

Geographical Names

71 Ranch (Mont.)
Avalanche Ranch (Mont.)
Birch Creek Ranch (Mont.)
Crowley Ditch (Madison County, Mont.)
Gold Finch Mine (Mont.)
Golden Curry Mine (Elkhorn, Mont.)
Helena (Mont.)--Commerce
Kalispell (Mont.)--Population
Madison Dam (Mont.)
Missoula (Mont.)--Commerce
Moss Agate Ranch (Mont.)
Placer Hotel (Helena, Mont.)
Sourdough Mine (Mont.)
Stafford-Floweree Ranch (Mont.)
White Pass (Mont.)

Occupations

Lawyers--Montana --Helena

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