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Juliet Gregory Papers, 1916-1991
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gregory, Juliet, 1896-1990
- Title
- Juliet Gregory Papers
- Dates
- 1916-1991 (inclusive)19161991
- Quantity
- 2.0 linear feet and 3 oversize boxes
- Collection Number
- Mss 192 (collection)
- Summary
- Juliet Gregory was the first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana, and was also active in the Montana Republican Party. The collection consists of general correspondence between Gregory and the many organizations in which she was involved.
- 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 encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Born in 1896 in San Francisco, Juliet Gregory graduated from San Diego State College in 1919, obtaining an elementary teaching certificate. For the next two years, Gregory stayed in the San Diego area to teach before becoming a social worker for Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) until 1925. In that same year she married Horace W. Gregory, who was a Director of Highways in Boise, Idaho. She and her husband moved to Helena, Montana, in 1932, and three years later they moved to Missoula, Montana. After 22 years of being a housewife, Gregory moved back into the work force, becoming Missoula's first and only woman mayor from 1947 until 1949. After her unsuccessful reelection bid in 1949, Gregory decided to return to school at Montana State University in Missoula. She received her B.A. in sociology and anthropology in 1955. While studying for her B.A., Gregory returned to teaching elementary school, which she did until her retirement in 1962.
Gregory remained active in both personal and civic duties throughout her life. She was active in many different clubs and organizations. She was president of the Missoula County Republican Women's Club, which allowed her to serve on the Montana Republican delegation for the 1964 Republican National Convention. Gregory was invited in 1955 to serve on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) by President Dwight Eisenhower. Gregory was also involved in various other organizations including the Missoula Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest Board, Parent Teachers' Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, Business and Professional Women, American Association of University Women, Y.W.C.A., Missoula Women's Club, Missoula Women's Civic Council, League of Women Voters, Red Cross Board -World War II, Episcopal Church and St. Hilda's Guild, Wives of Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Minerva Club, Rotary Club Wives, Montana Education Association, Missoula Teachers' Association, and the Missoula Cemetery Board. She died in 1990.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of general correspondence between Gregory and the many organizations in which she was involved. Also in the collection are Gregory's mayoral papers, including three scrapbooks of clippings from her time in office. A movie reel of a speech that Gregory made from the Gregory Memorial at the Missoula City Cemetery on May 30, 1971 is also included in the collection. The collection contains several photographs on Gregory and the organizations that she was involved in. Pictures from the DACOWITS and many of Gregory's grade-school classes are included. The Gregory collection also contains many personal items, including correspondence from her two sons as well as from her grandchildren and friends. Gregory also kept mementoes about many friends, including clippings and funeral notices. Biographical information is included in the personal series.
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
Juliet Gregory Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureeen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is divided into six series:
Series I: General Correspondence, 5 folders, 1947-1991
Series II: Mayoral Papers, 3 folders and 3 scrapbooks, 1947-1957
Series III: Motion Picture Film, 1 reel, 1971
Series IV: Organizations, 1.5 linear feet, 1941-1989
Series V: Personal, 0.5 linear feet, 1925-1990
Series VI: Photographs, 82 photographs, 1916-1971
Custodial History
All collection materials remained in the possession of Juliet Gregory until donation to the K. Ross Toole Archives.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Juliet Gregory, 1990.
Processing Note
The actions of the original processor are unknown. In 1998 materials were rearranged into six separate series from the original one. The scrapbooks and film, which had been housed separately from the collection, were reincorporated during reprocessing. Collection photographs were transferred to the archives general photograph collection.
In 2008, twelve scrapbooks created by the Bitter Root Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution were transferred from the Juliet Gregory papers to the Bitter Root DAR records (Mss 013) at the K. Ross Toole Archives. (Gregory was a DAR member, but the scrapbooks were intended to be placed with the DAR records.) As a result of this transfer, some box numbers within the Gregory papers were changed in early 2008.
In 2011 two photographs of Juliet Gregory at the G.O.P. Women's Conference, with Nelson Rockefeller and others, were added to the collection.
Separated Materials
Mrs. Gregory granted an oral history interview in 1977 as part of the Montana Women's Oral History series. This interview is located in the archives Oral History Collection on four audiocassettes (OH 049-046, OH 049-047, OH 049-048, OH 049-049).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: General Correspondence , 1947-1991 and undatedReturn to Top
This collection contains correspondence between Gregory and various organizations with which she was involved. Copies of the letters that Gregory wrote and the responses make up the bulk of the series. Gregory was in contact with many organizations and people, including Montana senator Mike Mansfield and 1964 Republican Presidential candidate Nelson Rockefeller. From the correspondence, Gregory was active in many Republican state and national elections. There is also correspondence with the United States Treasury Department for her involvement with defense bonds, different Federation of Women's Clubs across the United States, and many United States senators.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | General Correspondence
|
1947-1954 |
1/2 | General Correspondence
|
1955-1963 |
1/3 | General Correspondence
|
1964-1980 |
1/4 | General Correspondence
|
1981-1991 |
1/5 | General Correspondence
|
undated |
Series II: Mayoral Papers , 1947-1957Return to Top
This series includes correspondence, copies of mayoral reports and city ordinances and resolutions, and campaign materials. The correspondence in the series is from both professional organizations and the general population. There are a couple of letters from school children. Also in the series are copies of radio speeches that Gregory gave while in office. Most of the speeches were given on KGVO radio in Missoula. The campaign materials that are in the collection are from Gregory and her opposition. They included campaign fliers and other campaign memorabilia.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/6 | Correspondence, Mayoral Meeting
Notes |
1947-1949 |
1/7 | Radio Speeches |
1947-1949 |
1/8 | Campaign materials |
1951, 1955, 1957 |
Box | ||
OS 5 | Scrapbook |
1947 |
OS 5 | Scrapbook |
1948 |
OS 6 | Scrapbook |
1943-1951 |
Series III: Motion Picture Film, 1971Return to Top
This series consists of one 16 millimeter movie reel made of Gregory on Memorial Day, May 30, 1971. The color reel was made at the Gregory Memorial in the Missoula City Cemetery, for which Gregory was on the board of trustees.
In 2021, the film reel was cleaned, cored, and rehoused for preservation purposes.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Reel | ||
192(III):1 | Speech at Gregory Memorial,
Missoula City Cemetery VHS Copy Available
The reel has a magnetic sound strip.
|
30 May 1971 |
Series IV: Organizations , 1941-1989Return to Top
The series consists of papers and correspondence from the many organizations with which Gregory was involved. The major organizations that she represented were the Missoula Cemetery Board, Missoula County Board of Trustees for Museums, and Alpha Delta Kappa. Gregory was also invited by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to be on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) in 1955. Other items in the series are pamphlets, membership guides, clippings, programs, reports, and copies of speeches.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/1 | Aging |
1988-1989 |
2/2 | Alpha Delta Kappa - Annual
Conventions |
1969-1980 |
2/3 | Alpha Delta Kappa - Articles and
Histories |
1976-1978, 1988-1989 |
2/4 | Alpha Delta Kappa - Speech
|
1978 |
2/5 | American Association of
University Women - Membership Pamphlets and Convention Booklets |
1955-1969 |
2/6 | American Association of
University Women - Membership Pamphlets and Convention Booklets |
1970-1985 |
2/7 | Business and Professional Women's
Club - Membership Pamphlets and Articles |
1951-1957, 1979-1985, 1988 |
2/8 | Defense Advisory Committee on
Women in the Service - Correspondence |
1955-1958, 1961-1962, 1971-1972 |
2/9 | Daughters of the Nile - Programs
and Membership Cards |
1950-1955 |
Box | ||
OS 7 | Scrapbook - Delta Kappa Gamma
|
1944-1957 |
OS 7 | Scrapbook - Delta Kappa Gamma
|
1983-1984 |
Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | Missoula Cemetery Board - Papers
and Correspondence |
1951, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1968-1973 |
3/2 | Missoula Cemetery Board - Papers
and Correspondence |
1974-1976, 1979-1980, 1984, undated |
3/3 | Missoula County Board of Trustees
for Museums - Correspondence |
1971-1975 |
3/4 | Missoula County Board of Trustees
for Museums - Correspondence |
1976-1979, 1981, 1984-1987, undated |
3/5 | Missoula County High School Board
of Trustees - Speech |
1958 |
3/6 | Missoula Federation of Women's
Clubs - Speech |
1942 |
3/7 | Republican Central Committee -
Speech |
1966 |
3/8 | Republican Party in Montana -
Correspondence, Publications, and Speeches |
1952, 1963-1964, 1966-1968, 1970, 1979 |
3/9 | School Foundation Study Committee
- Reports and Publications |
1956-1957, 1962 |
3/10 | The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization Correspondence |
1957, 1959-1962 |
3/11 | Young Women's Christian
Association - Correspondence, Clippings, History, Speech |
1986-1988 |
Series V: Personal , 1925-1990Return to Top
The personal items in the series are awards and certificates, clippings, biographical information, memorabilia from the 1964 Republican National Presidential Convention, and information on Gregory's friends and acquaintances. The clippings that Gregory collected ranged from her 1925 wedding announcement to articles about teaching awards that she received. Also in the collection is personal correspondence that she kept from her two sons, friends, and numerous grandchildren.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
4/1 | C.R. Anderson |
1963-1964 |
4/2 | Awards and Certificates
|
1943-1990 |
4/3 | Biographical Information
|
1953-1954, 1958, 1987, undated |
4/4 | Caras Park Dedication Speech
|
1985 |
4/5 | Clippings |
1925, 1947-1989 |
4/6 | Clippings |
undated |
4/7 | Driver's Licenses |
1969, 1975 |
4/8 | Holy Spirit Episcopal Church
|
1964-1970, 1977, 1981-1984 |
4/9 | KGVO Public Service Award
|
1961 |
4/10 | Gladys G. Knowles |
1949, 1954, 1957, 1963-1964, 1973, 1985 |
4/11 | 1964 Republican Convention
|
|
4/12 | Carl Dragstedt |
1990 |
4/13 | Mother's Day Speech |
1989 |
4/14 | Katie Payne |
1974 |
4/15 | Personal Correspondence
|
1951-1985 |
4/16 | Western Montana Retired Teacher's
Association Award |
1989 |
Series VI: Photographs , 1916-1971 and undatedReturn to Top
Many photographs represented in the series are of organizations that Gregory was involved in, such as DACOWITS and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Also in the series are photographs of many school related activities, such as class pictures from when Gregory returned to teaching in the 1950s. Other pictures are from the Republican activities with which Gregory was involved. One autographed picture is of former President George and Barbara Bush. The series has been transferred to the photo collection.
Description | Dates |
---|---|
1998-1000: Gregory's First Grade Class
Individual Pictures |
1954-1955 |
1998-1001: Isabella Minson (Gregory's
mother), Admission Pass |
1916 |
1998-1002: Passport Picture |
March, 1964 |
1998-1003: Gregory on bus at Republican
National Convention |
1964 |
1998-1004: Gregory at a party |
1 Nov, 1968 |
1998-1005: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1006: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1007: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1008: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1009: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1010: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1011: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1012: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1013: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1014: Mayoral photo of Missoula refuse
|
8 Oct, 1947 |
1998-1015: Josephine Y. |
undated |
1998-1016: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1952-1953 |
1998-1017: Bobby Bouahele, Gregory's student
|
1954 |
1998-1018: Vicki Allen and Gregory on the
playground |
1959-1960 |
1998-1019: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1960-1961 |
1998-1020: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1957-1958 |
1998-1021: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1959-1960 |
1998-1022: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1961-1962 |
1998-1023: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1959-1960 |
1998-1024: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1959 |
1998-1025: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1956-1957 |
1998-1026: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1956-1957 |
1998-1027: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1953-1954 |
1998-1028: Whittier School Faculty
|
1954-1955 |
1998-1029: Gregory's First Grade Class photo
|
1954-1955 |
1998-1030: Aubrey C. Knowles |
1950 |
1998-1031: Campaign photo of Nelson A.
Rockefeller |
1964 |
1998-1032: General John H. McCormick
|
1956 |
1998-1033: Band outside the White House
|
undated |
1998-1034: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
Arlington National Cemetery |
undated |
1998-1035: Band on Pennsylvania Ave.
|
undated |
1998-1036: Retirement Ceremony for Brigadier
General Cauble at Fort Myer |
undated |
1998-1037: Defense Advisory Committee on
Women in the Service (DACOWITS) 20th Anniversary Dinner |
5 Oct, 1971 |
1998-1038: DACOWITS photo |
April, 1956 |
1998-1039: DACOWITS photo |
April, 1956 |
1998-1040: Bethesda Naval Medical Center
|
May, 1956 |
1998-1041: DACOWITS photo |
1958 |
1998-1042: DACOWITS photo |
1958 |
1998-1043: DACOWITS photo |
1969 |
1998-1044: DACOWITS photo |
1958 |
1998-1045: DACOWITS photo |
1958 |
1998-1046: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1047: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1048: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1049: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1050: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1051: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1052: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1053: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1053: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1054: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1055: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1056: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1988-1057: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1058: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1059: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1060: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1061: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1062: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1063: DACOWITS photo |
1954 |
1998-1064: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1065: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1066: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1067: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1068: DACOWITS photo |
1956 |
1998-1069: DACOWITS photo |
1956 |
1998-1070: DACOWITS photo |
1956 |
1998-1071: DACOWITS photo |
1956 |
1998-1072: DACOWITS photo |
1956 |
1998-1073: DACOWITS photo |
1956 |
1998-1074: DACOWITS photo |
1955 |
1998-1075: DACOWITS photo |
undated |
1998-1076: DACOWITS photo |
1956 |
1998-1077: Opening of Missoula Museum of the
Arts |
undated |
1998-1078: Gregory awarding an award to an
Montana State University R.O.T.C. cadet, 956 |
1957 |
1998-1079: Gregory Mayoral Campaign photo
|
1947 |
1998-1080: Autographed Picture of President
George and Barbara Bush |
undated |
1998-1081: Verna Blodgett |
1961 |
4/17: Two photographs of the Washington
D. C., G.O.P. Women's Conference. Juliet Gregory with Governor Nelson A.
Rockefeller, candidate for President, and others.April 1964 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cemeteries--Montana--Missoula
- Community life--Montana -- Missoula
- Elections--Montana
- Elections--United States
- Memorial Day
- Museums--Montana--Missoula
- Patriotic societies--Montana--Missoula
- Women in politics--Montana--Missoula
- Women in community development--Montana--Missoula
- Women--Montana--Missoula--Societies and clubs
Corporate Names
- Alpha Delta Kappa
- Missoula Cemetery (Missoula, Mont.). Board of Trustees
- Missoula County. Board of Trustees for Museums
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States. Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services
Geographical Names
- Missoula (Mont.)--Politics and government
Form or Genre Terms
- Motion pictures--Montana --Missoula
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Montana--Missoula
Occupations
- Women civic leaders--Montana--Missoula
- Women mayors--Montana -- Missoula