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William Scallon papers, 1876-1951
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Scallon, William, 1855-1951
- Title
- William Scallon papers
- Dates
- 1876-1951 (inclusive)18761951
- Quantity
- 4.5 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 108 (collection)
- Summary
- William Scallon (1855-1951) was a Helena, Montana, attorney. His papers (1876-1951) include correspondence; court papers and legal documents; reports and print material; and speeches and writings. The correspondence (1882-1951) includes typed transcripts of personal letters concerning Irish independence, the Sino-Japanese War, and other topics. The court papers (1902-1937) consist primarily of case files in a suit of the United States against the Standard Oil Company to regain title to lands in California's Naval Oil Reserve.
- Repository
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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
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Collection open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Scallon was born in Joliette Province, Quebec, in December 1855. His father, Charles Edouard Scallon, was a native Canadian of Northern Irish ancestry, who had served for a period in the United States Navy. His mother, Delia Trumble Scallon, was born in Ireland. Throughout his life, Scallon felt a deep loyalty and concern for Ireland. He attended Joliette Seminary, where he received a classical education, and was trained in law at McGill University, graduating in 1876. After several years of law practice in Montreal, Scallon emigrated to the United States, moving to Wickes, Montana, in 1883 and to Butte the following year. He served as general counsel for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company until 1900, when he was chosen to succeed Marcus Daly as president and western general manager of the company, during the tumultuous period known as the War of the Copper Kings. In 1904, he resigned as president of Anaconda to return to private practice. Scallon briefly left Montana from 1911-1913, to serve as chief counsel for the Union Pacific Railway in New York. On his return in 1913, he settled in Helena and joined in a law practice with T.J. Walsh and C.B. Nolan. This practice became one of the most prominent in Montana. In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed Scallon special counsel for the United States in a suit against the Standard Oil Company for the recovery of land within the Naval Oil Reserve in California. During his later years, Scallon served as one of the directors of the Thomas Cruse Mining and Development Company. Scallon was a Republican. He only held public office once, when he was elected to the 1907 State Legislature. However, he was active in various civic functions, including almost 70 years of membership in the Montana Bar Association, service on the Butte Civic League, and memberships in the Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and the Junipero Serra Club. He never married and, during his residence in Helena, lived at the Montana Club. William Scallon died July 5, 1951, in Helena.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains general correspondence (1882-1951), including letters on banking reform, the Montana Waterways Association, and other topics; court papers (1902-1937, undated) including files on several court cases and indexes to court cases; a legal document (1918) admitting Scallon to practice before the U.S. Land Office; a book (undated) of maps and photographs of Anaconda mines; printed material (1902-1960) collected by Scallon on a wide variety of topics; reports (1914-1916) to the Montana Bar Association; speeches and writings (mostly undated) on a wide variety of topics; and miscellany. There is also a subgroup for United States vs. Standard Oil Company in which Scallon served as counsel for the United States government in a suit to regain title to lands within the Naval Oil Reserve in California. The subgroup includes general correspondence (1929-1935), court papers (1925-1938), financial records (1929-1930), maps (1932, undated), and miscellany, including a list of records of the case. This collection consists primarily of Scallon's legal case files as special counsel for the United States in a suit against Standard Oil Company (1929-1935) to regain title to lands in California's Naval Oil Reserve. There is also a small subgroup of Scallon's personal correspondence (typed copies) concerning Irish independence, the Sino-Japanese War, and other interests. The collection contains no material on the Anaconda Company.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
William Scallon Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Biographical Material |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | Obituary of William Scallon |
1951 July |
General Correspondence [arranged chronologically]
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 2 | U.S. senators (re proposed trip of President
McKinley to Butte and medals Scallon had struck for the occasion) |
1901-1903 |
| 1 / 3 | Miscellaneous |
1901-1945 |
| 1 / 4 | Louisiana Purchase Centennial 1903 and St. Louis
World's Fair 1904 |
1903-1904 |
| 1 / 5 | Miscellaneous |
1904-1951 |
| 1 / 6 | Montana Legislature |
1905-1906 |
| 1 / 7 | George M. Bourquin |
1905-1911 |
| 1 / 8 | As president of Montana Waterways Association |
1907 |
| 1 / 9 | New York Bar Association |
1910 |
| 1 / 10 | Currency and financial speculation |
1910-1911 |
| 1 / 11 | Banking Law Journal (re banking reform) |
1911-1912 |
| 1 / 12 | U.S. Representatives and Senators (re banking
reform) |
1912 |
| 1 / 13 | Miscellaneous (typed copies) |
1882-1904 |
| 1 / 14 | Miscellaneous (typed copies) |
1912-1919 |
| 1 / 15 | Miscellaneous (typed copies) |
1921-1929 |
| 1 / 16 | Miscellaneous (typed copies: re admission to
California Bar) |
1931 |
| 1 / 17 | Miscellaneous (typed copies: includes Madison
Ballantyne; Very Reverend Emmet Riley, president of Carroll College) |
1931-1932 |
| 1 / 18 | Miscellaneous (typed copies: includes David R.
Mason, acting Dean of Law School at Montana State University, Missoula) |
1939 |
| 1 / 19 | Miscellaneous (typed copies: includes U.S. Senator
James E. Murray re International affairs and World War II; Dr. Francis A. Thomson,
President Montana School of Mines) |
1940-1942 |
| 1 / 20 | Miscellaneous (typed copies: includes Robert C.
Gooch, Library of Congress; James J. McNamara, Lieutenant U.S.N.R.) |
1943-1944 |
| 1 / 21 | Miscellaneous (typed copies: includes Cornelius F.
Kelley re Vigilante Parade; Ralph G. Wiggenhorn re Haugen vs. Yale Oil Corporation;
James E. Murray re State Department and Soviets; Mike Mansfield re China, democracy,
and communism) |
1945-1950 |
Court Papers |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 2 / 1 | "Concerning the right of the Amalgamated Copper
Company to be a stockholder in Montana Mining Companies": the argument of A.J.
Shores |
1902 |
| 2 / 2 | Minnie Healy case deposition |
undated |
| 2 / 3 | McCaffrey, et al. v. Day, et al. |
1919 |
| 2 / 4 | Montana Mining Company, Ltd. vs. St. Louis Mining
and Milling Company of Montana: Marysville properties |
1908-1909 |
| 2 / 5-6 | John T. Murphy Estate |
1917 |
| 2 / 7 | John M. Smith Estate |
1900-1921 |
| 3 / 1 | Sullivan v. Neel, et al. |
1937 |
| 3 / 2 | Testimony of Horace V. Winchell re Ballaclava Mine
and other Butte mines |
undated |
| 3 / 3 | Court case notebook |
undated |
| 3 / 4 | Index to court cases |
undated |
| 3 / 5 | Index to legal citations |
undated |
| 3 / 6 | Index of legal memorandums and briefs |
undated |
Legal Documents |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 3 / 7 | Admission to practice before U.S. Land Office |
December 5, 1918 |
Maps |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 3 / 8 | Anaconda mine maps and photos |
undated |
Printed Material |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 1 | Miscellaneous (re mining) |
1902-1960 |
| 4 / 2 | John F. Forbis (re Silver Bow County courts) |
circa 1903 |
| 4 / 3 | Banking Law Journal; The American Review |
1909 |
| 4 / 4 | J.P. Morgan and Company (re banking and currency) |
1913 |
| 4 / 5 | American Institute of Mining Engineers meeting in
Butte |
1913 |
| 4 / 6 | American Institute of Mining Engineers year book |
1919 |
| 4 / 7 | Les Anciens du Seminaire, Erivains et Artistes,
Joliette (includes mention of Edouard Scallon) |
1927 |
| 4 / 8 | "Guide Franco-Californien" |
1931-1932 |
| 4 / 9 | The Recorder: Bulletin of American Irish Historical
Society (Bainbridge Colby article on T.F. Meagher) |
1934 |
| 4 / 10 | Revue Annuelle de L'Association des Anciens (lists
William Scallon as alumni) |
1944 |
| 4 / 11 | Seminaire de Joliette, Annee Scolaire |
1948-1949 |
Reports |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 12 | Reports to Montana Bar Association |
1914-1916 |
Speeches |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 13 | re Reverend R.L. Hayes |
undated |
| 4 / 14 | re Montana legal history |
undated |
| 4 / 15 | Address on occasion of Father Tougas' departure as
chaplain |
undated |
| 4 / 16 | Summary of remarks by William Scallon at memorial
service of Senator Thomas J. Walsh |
1934 March |
Writings |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 17 | Banks (includes Banking Law Journal; tariffs;
Montana State Bar; resolutions adopted by citizens of Helena) |
circa 1912-1915 |
| 4 / 17 | Banks (includes memorandum re banking reserves of
the United States and withdrawal from Stock Exchange) |
undated |
| 4 / 18 | Common law in Montana (history) |
circa 1940 |
| 4 / 19 | Comptroller of Currency: memorandum re powers
(multiple versions) |
undated |
| 4 / 20 | F.A. Heinze: writings by William Scallon |
undated |
| 5 / 1 | F.A. Heinze address "To People of Montana" with a
reply by William Scallon |
1903 October 25 |
| 5 / 2 | F.A. Heinze: memorandum re litigation |
1903 |
| 5 / 3 | Stock Exchange: "Loaning reserves on Stock
Exchange" by William Scallon |
undated |
| 5 / 4 | Wages: "Memorandum re wages as involved in tariff
and trust legislation" (2 copies) |
undated |
| 5 / 5 | Wages and Trusts: "How to provide for a living;
minimum wage and the regulation of corporation or trust profits" (4 copies and
versions) |
undated |
| 5 / 6 | T.J. Walsh (re Irish independence) |
undated |
Miscellany |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 7 | Address book |
undated |
| 5 / 8 | Cartoons: "History never told in time" |
undated |
| 5 / 9 | Conference between William Scallon and committee of
Carpenters Union of Anaconda (stenographer's report) |
1902 September 15 |
| 5 / 10 | "Proceedings at court house steps re mine shut
down" |
1903 October 26 |
| 5 / 11 | Louisiana Purchase Exposition; St. Louis World's
Fair (brochures) |
1903, 1904 |
| 5 / 12 | McGill Law School diploma (typed copy) |
1876 |
| 5 / 13 | "Quaint Old Quebec" (brochure) |
undated |
| 5 / 14 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Clippings |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 15 | Patrick Scallon Doyle obituary |
circa 1922 |
| 5 / 16 | French-Canadian newspaper |
undated |
| 5 / 17 | Augustus F. Heinze |
undated |
| 5 / 18 | Dr. J.E. Scallon obituaries (William's brother) |
1919 August |
| 5 / 19 | William Scallon |
undated |
| 5 / 20 | Miscellaneous |
1904-1951 |
United States Vs. Standard Oil Company Of California Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 1 | Dr. John E. Hackford |
1930-1931 |
| 6 / 2-3 | Dr. A.C. Veatch |
1930-1931 |
| 6 / 4 | Miscellaneous (re alleged offer, 1917, of Standard
Oil Company and others to release holdings in Naval Oil Reserve #1) |
1930 |
| 6 / 5-10 | Miscellaneous |
1929-1933 |
| 7 / 1 | United States Land Commissioner (Washington, D.C.)
to United States Land Register (Sacramento) |
1933 |
| 7 / 2 | United States President (re compensation) |
1933-1935 |
Court Papers |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 7 / 3 | United States Land Office (Visalia, California) notice
of charges filed |
1925 |
| 7 / 4 | United States Supreme Court petition for writ of
certiorari |
1928 |
| 7 / 5 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
answers of various defendants |
1929 |
| 7 / 6 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
briefs of United States |
1930-1931 |
| 7 / 7 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
motion to reopen |
1931 |
| 7 / 8 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
brief; decision |
1931-1932 |
| 8 / 1 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
notice of appeal and specifications of error |
1932 |
| 8 / 2 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
miscellaneous stipulations, etc. |
1929-1932 |
| 8 / 3 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
index to witnesses |
undated |
| 8 / 4 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
index to government briefs |
undated |
| 8 / 5 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
index to transcript and notes on testimony |
undated |
| 8 / 6 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
notes on testimony of Kirtley Mather and C.F. Tolman |
1930 |
| 9 / 1 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
notes on testimony, miscellaneous |
undated |
| 9 / 2-4 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California) case
notebooks #1-3, 5-13 |
1930 |
| 10 / 1-3 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California) case
notebooks #14-21 |
1930-1931 |
| 10 / 4-9 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California) case
notes: A-L |
1930 |
| 11 / 1-4 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California) case
notes: M-W |
1930-1931 |
| 11 / 5 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
clipping on case |
1933 May |
| 11 / 6-9 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
James G. Findley investigative file |
1929-1932 |
| 11 / 10 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
James G. Findley and Madison Ballyntine investigative summary report |
1929 |
| 11 / 11 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
lists of exhibits |
1929-1931 |
| 11 / 12 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
lists of witnesses |
1929-1931 |
| 11 / 13 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
memorandum of authenticated records |
circa 1930 |
| 11 / 14 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
report of examination of deposition of Philip S. Danner |
1930 |
| 11 / 15 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California)
reports on samples by John E. Hackford |
1930 |
| 11 / 16 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California) C.F.
Tolman notes for rebuttal on geological testimony of claimants |
1931 |
| 11 / 17 | United States Land Office (Sacramento, California) N.F.
Waddell report and list of witnesses |
1929 |
| 11 / 18-19 | United States General Land Office transcript, pages
1-285 |
1932 |
| 12 / 1-7 | United States General Land Office transcript, pages
286-1203 |
1932 |
| 12 / 8 | United States General Land Office briefs |
1933 |
| 13 / 1 | United States General Land Office notes by Scallon
on hearing |
1932 |
| 13 / 2 | United States General Land Office topical index to
Standard Oil Company briefs |
undated |
| 13 / 3 | United States Interior Department transcript, pages 1-241 |
1933 |
| 13 / 4 | United States Interior Department notes on objections to
findings of Law Board |
1933 |
| 13 / 5 | United States Interior Department brief in answer to
claimant's criticism of findings of Law Board |
1933 |
| 13 / 6 | United States Interior Department appeal |
1935 |
| 13 / 7 | United States Interior Department motion for rehearing |
1936 |
| 13 / 8 | United States Circuit Court of Appeals brief for
cross-appellee Standard Oil Company |
1938 |
| 13 / 9 | Briefs and opinions in related court cases |
1913-1936 |
Financial Records |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 14 / 1-7 | Expenses |
1929-1932 |
Maps |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 14 / 8 | Map of McKittrick and Midway oil fields |
undated |
Reports |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 14 / 9 | "Preliminary report on the McKittrick-Sunset oil
region, California," by Ralph Arnold and Harry R. Johnson |
circa 1908 |
Miscellany |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 14 / 10 | Inventory of records sent to Washington, stored in
United States Attorney's office, and returned |
undated |
| 14 / 11 | Unlabeled file of old oil field material |
1902-1911 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Chinese-Japanese War, 1894-1895
- Cold War
- Irish Question
- Petroleum industry and trade--California
Personal Names
- Scallon, William, 1855-1951 (creator)
Geographical Names
- California--Industries
- Helena (Mont.)--Commerce
- Marysville (Mont.)
Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
2004
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