Merrill G. Burlingame papers, 1880-1990

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Burlingame, Merrill G. (Merrill Gildea), 1901-1994
Title
Merrill G. Burlingame papers
Dates
1880-1990 (inclusive)
Quantity
30 linear feet
Collection Number
2245, Collection 2245, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Merrill G. Burlingame Papers are primarily research files that reflect Burlingame's lifelong interest in the history of Montana and the American West. Subjects represented are: the history of Bozeman and Gallatin County, Montana and associated individuals; the history of Montana State University and associated individuals; the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Captain Gustavus C. Doane, Second U.S. Cavalry; Montana Native Americans. There is also a small group of personal papers containing familial correspondence and genealogical information on the Burlingame family. Original documents created or collected by the William W. Alderson family, Gustavus C. Doane, and Harriette Cushman are also part of the Burlingame papers.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

Subject file pertaining to Ray Burlingame in Series 10 has been closed for research until 2070.

Languages
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Merrill G. Burlingame was born in Boone, Iowa on March 13, 1901, the son of Nathan and Teresa Gildea Burlingame. He attended local schools prior to receiving his doctorate at the University of Iowa in 1936. In 1929 he joined the faculty of Montana State College (now Montana State University) and became chair of the history department in 1935. Burlingame's research interests were primarily concerned with Montana and the frontier west. His books include: The Montana Frontier, (1942); A History of Montana (with K. Ross Toole, 1956); A History of Montana State University (1968); John M. Bozeman, Montana Trailmaker (1971). Burlingame also contributed articles to Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, and Montana: The Magazine of Western History. Along with Dr. Caroline McGill, Burlingame helped establish the Museum of the Rockies and was active in the Montana Historical Society, the Montana Institute of the Arts, the American Historical Society, the Christian Church, and the Masonic fraternity. He married Virginia Struble in 1936 and the couple had one son, Ray. Merrill Burlingame died in Bozeman, Montana on November 14, 1994.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Primarily research files, the Burlingame papers reflect his lifelong interests in the history of Montana and the American West. The files have been arranged in 14 series based on subject or format. Subjects particularly heavily represented are: the history of Bozeman and Gallatin County, Montana and associated individuals; the history of Montana State University and associated individuals; the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Captain Gustavus C. Doane, Second U.S. Cavalry; Montana Native Americans. Series based on format are clippings, photographs, microfilm, maps, and audiotapes, all of which contain material represented in the subject series. There is also a small group of personal papers containing familial correspondence and genealogical information on the Burlingame family. Original documents created or collected by the William W. Alderson family, Gustavus C. Doane, and Harriette Cushman are also part of the Burlingame papers.

Original and photocopied correspondence, research notes, literary manuscripts, photographs, microfilm, and audiotapes created or collected by Merrill Burlingame were originally maintained by him in several four-drawer filing cabinets during the lengthy course of his career. The subject headings Burlingame assigned to the various folders were not consistent, and much repetition in these headings occurred over the years as he added to his collection. This duplication, along with Burlingame's practice of producing multiple carbon copies of his letters and notes, resulted in a great deal of redundancy in his filing system. The present arrangement represents a compromise between preserving Burlingame's original arrangement and efficiency in retrieval for researchers. Researchers should be cautioned, however, of the need to check the inventories of more than one series for pertinent material due to the difficulty in properly classifying the folder subject headings within any particular group. An asterisk (*) following a folder title indicates that material (either photographs or oversize documents) has been removed for storage elsewhere in the collection.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Permission to reproduce any of the material in Series 13, Microfilm, must be secured from the institutions holding the original documents.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Series 1 Biographical files

Series 2 Gallatin County research

Series 3 Montana and the pioneer west

Series 4 General correspondence

Series 5 Montana place names

Series 6 Indians

Series 7 MSC/MSU

Series 8 Organizations

Series 9 Clippings

Series 10 Personal papers

Series 11 Photographs

Series 12 Maps

Series 13 Microfilm

Series 14 Audiotapes

Acquisition Information

Research files, personal papers, photographs, microfilm, and audiotapes created or collected by Merrill G. Burlingame were donated to Special Collections in 1991 and 1994 by Dr. Burlingame. Letters originally assigned collection number 495 were added on October 18, 2011. A response by Elmer Starch to "The Taylor Years," found in the stacks, was added in 2023.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2011 October 18

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1:  Biographical filesReturn to Top

Notes, letters, printed materials, photocopied and original documents pertaining to a wide variety of historical personages, mostly connected with the development of Montana. In addition to the research notes that Burlingame created, some files contain actual manuscript materials created or collected by the biographical subject. While some of the subjects represented in this series figured prominently in the development of Gallatin County, most substantial biographical files of Gallatin County pioneers have been placed in series 2. There are also research files of a biographical nature in series 3, Montana and the Pioneer West. The materials in this series have been arranged alphabetically by the name of the biographical subject.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Ahern, George P.
1 2
Allen, W.A.
1 3
Amadeus, Mother
1 4
Anceney, Charles
1 5
Anceney, Charles
1 6
Anceney, Charles (nitrate negatives)*
1 7
Aronson, J. Hugo
1 8
Ashley, Governor James M.
1 9
Baker, I.G.
1 10
Beall, William
1 11
Bell, Edward J.
1 12
Bell, William H.
1 13
Blackmore, William
1 14
Blair, Dr. James Franklin
1 15
Blakeley, Charles P.
1 16
Blankenship, Tom
1 17
Bottler, Frederick
1 18
Bovey, Charles A.
1 19
Bowers, Bertha (TU Ranch)
1 20
Bozeman, John*
1 21
Brackett, William S.
1 21a
Brainard, Laura
1 22
Brewer, Helen R.
1 23
Brown, Frank Dean "Sandbar"
1 24
Burnett, William
1 25
Calamity Jane
1 26
Cameron, Evelyn J.
1 27
Campbell, Fannie
1 28
Campbell, Col. Robert
1 29
Carnahan, J.M.
1 30
Carter, Thomas Henry
1 31
Chase, Mary Ellen
1 32
Chesnut, James D.
1 33
Christman, Charles
2 1
Clagett, William H.
2 2
Clark, William
2 3
Colter, John
2 4
Colter, John
2 5
Colter, John
2 6
Colter, John
2 7
Comstock, Henry T.P.*
2 8
Conner, Pearl B. and Stuart
2 9
Cook, A.B.
2 10
Cook, Charles W.
2 11
Cooper, Gary
2 12
Cooper, Walter
2 13
Crosby, Governor J. Schuyler
2 14
Culbertson, Alexander
2 15
Culbertson, Joseph
2 16
Custer, George A.*
2 17
Danner, Seth Orin
2 18
Daugherty, John B.
2 19
Davidson, W.S.
2 20
Decker Family
2 21
DeLacy, W.W.
2 22
DeSmet, Father
2 23
Dimsdale, Thomas J.
2 24
Duncan, Lewis J.
2 25
Dunne, William F.
3 1
Edgar, Henry F.
3 2
Edgerton, Governor Sidney
3 3
Edwards, Caldwell
3 4
Fairweather, Bill
3 5
Fetcher, Helen
3 6
Finley, Francois (Benetsee)
3 7
Flaherty, Marie
3 8
Flanders, G.W.
3 9
Fletcher, Nellie
3 10
Fulton, Dan
3 11
Garcia, Andrew
3 12
George, James
3 13
Grant, Richard
3 14
Griffith, Joseph Milton
3 15
Grouard, Frank
3 16
Hartt, Rollin L.
3 17
Harris, Willard
3 18
Heath, Capt. U.H.
3 19
Heikkila, Frank
3 20
Henry, Dutch
3 21
Hepburn, John
3 22
Hosmer, Judge H.L.
3 23
Howard, Joseph Kinsey
3 24
Howard, Dr. Wade
3 25
Howes, Calvin C.
3 26
Howse, Joseph
3 27
Hoyt, Dr. Mary Dickins
3 28
Hunter, Duncan
3 29
Jaycox, W.W.
3 30
Johnston/Reichman families
3 31
Kagy, John M.
3 32
Kelly, J.N.
3 33
King, Thomas Wylie*
3 34
Kipp Family
3 35
Kirkaldie, Franklin
4 1
Koch, Christian and Peter
4 2
Kohrs, Conrad
4 3
Krattcer, George Washington
4 4
Krieg, Fred C.
4 5
Laliberte, Lorraine
4 6
Lamme Family
4 7
Larrabee, Charles X.
4 8
Lewis, Meriwether
4 9
Lewis, Sam
4 10
Lindley, Viola
4 11
Long Hair, Chief
4 12
McGill, Dr. Caroline
4 13
Meagher, Thomas F.
4 14
Melton, Amos
4 15
Merrian, Harold G.
4 16
Monforton, Mr.
4 17
Monroe, Hugh
4 18
Montgomery, Anne
4 19
Moser, Dexter
4 20
Mushbach, J.E.
4 21
Neihart, Sarah
4 22
Nelson, "Doc" and Piersdorff, Lester
4 23
Nelson, Harold T.
4 24
Norris L. Merlin (Scrapbook)
5 1
Patten, F.E.W.
5 2
Patten, George Y.
5 3
Peterson, Jacob L.
5 4
Phillips, Paul C.
5 5
Pitts Family
5 6
Plummer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
5 7
Potts, Governor Benjamin
5 8
Pryor, Nathaniel
5 9
Purple, Edwin R.
5 10
Ramsdall Journal (Do Not Reproduce)
5 11
Rankin, Jeannette
5 12
Reichman Family
5 13
Rich, Franklin W.*
5 14
Roberts, William Milnor
5 15
Robertson, Frank C.
5 16
Rouse, Daniel Elliott
5 17
Russell, Charles M.
5 18
Sacajawea
5 19
Sanders, Wilbur F.
5 20
Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. James W.
5 21
Shedd, James A.
5 22
Simmons, Major A.J.
5 23
Smith, Governor Green Clay
5 24
Stapleton, Judge G.W.
5 25
Stasso, Lasso
5 26
Steamboat Bill
5 27
Storrs, Lucius Seynour
5 28
Story, Nelson
5 29
Stuart, Granville
5 30
Sublette, William
5 31
Sutherlin, Robert H. and William H.
6 1
Thomas Party
1866
6 2
Thoroughman, Robert P.
6 3
Timmons, Mary*
6 4
Tomlinson, Philo
6 5
Toole, K. Ross
6 6
Toponce, Alexander
6 7
Tracy, Mrs. William H. (Sarah J.)
6 8
Tufts, James
6 9
Van Orsdel, W.W. "Brother Van"
6 10
Voldseth, Nels
6 11
Walton, Roy
6 12
Walsh, Senator Thomas J.
6 13
Wheeler, Burton K.
6 14
White, Benjamin F.
6 15
William, Captain James
6 16
Willson, Fred F.
6 17
Wilson, James S.R.
6 18
Winnemucca, Sarah
6 19
Yates, Granny

2:  Gallatin County research filesReturn to Top

Notes, correspondence, photocopies, and original documents pertaining to the history of Gallatin County, Montana and the city of Bozeman, Montana. The topically labeled folders cover a wide variety of people, places, and events associated with Gallatin County history. Original documents created or collected by the W. W. Alderson family are included with this series as are files of biographical information on many prominent local personalities. Again, other biographical files of prominent Montanans can be found in series 1, Biographical files and series 3, Montana and the Frontier West. Research materials pertaining to Montana State College (Montana State University) in Bozeman have been placed in series 7. Much of the material dealing with the Christian Church in this series pertains to Burlingame's historical research on the Bozeman congregation and original copies of the Bozeman church's newspaper. For other Christian Church materials of a personal nature see series 8 and 10.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 1
Alderson family - diary Centennial Project Proposal
7 2
Alderson family - plan for publishing diary
7 3
Alderson family - diaries, miscellaneous notes
7 4
Alderson family - diaries, revisions
7 5
Alderson family - diary, master, pp. 1-103
7 6
Alderson family - diary, master, pp. 104-206
7 7
Alderson family - original documents
1868-1900
7 8
Alderson family - transcripts of letters
7 9
Archaeology
7 10
Bader, John
7 11
Bates, Grace
7 12
Battle Ridge
7 13
Belgrade
7 14
Benepe, Frank L.
7 15
Benham Family
7 16
Big Horn Gun*
7 17
Blacktail Mountain Caves
8 1
Bozeman Academy
8 2
Bozeman Arbor Day
8 3
Bozeman Cannery Company
8 4
Bozeman Cannery Company
8 5
Bozeman Cannery Company
8 6
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
8 7
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce- report
1912
8 8
Bozeman Christmas
8 9
Bozeman churches
8 10
Bozeman churches (Catholic)
8 11
Bozeman churches (Christian)
8 12
Bozeman churches (Christian)
8 13
Bozeman churches (Christian)
8 14
Bozeman churches (Christian)
8 15
Bozeman churches (Christian) "Christian Worker"
8 16
Bozeman churches (Christian) "Christian Worker"
8 17
Bozeman churches (Christian) "Christian Worker"
9 1
Bozeman City Hall
9 2
Bozeman City Managers
9 3
Bozeman City Managers
9 4
Bozeman City Managers
9 5
Bozeman City Planning and Preservation
9 6
Bozeman City Planning and Preservation
9 7
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital History
9 8
Bozeman early history
9 9
Bozeman First National Bank
9 10
Bozeman "firsts"
9 11
Bozeman Government
9 12
Bozeman Government
9 13
Bozeman Heritage
9 14
Bozeman Hillcrest Residents' Childhood Memories
9 15
Bozeman Historic Survey
9 16
Bozeman Homes
9 17
Bozeman Incidents
9 18
Bozeman Kirk Historic District
9 19
Bozeman Newspapers
9 20
Bozeman Opera House
9 21
Bozeman Palace Theater
9 22
Bozeman Prostitutes
9 23
Bozeman Schools
9 24
Bozeman Streets and Buildings
9 25
Bozeman Sweet Pea Carnival
9 26
Bozeman Weather
10 1
Bridger Canyon
10 2
Bridger Canyon Christian Church
10 3
Buffalo Jump (Madison)*
10 4
Buffalo Jump (Madison)
10 5
Cement Plant
10 6
Cemeteries
10 7
Centennial/Territorial Preliminary Planning
10 8
Central Park
10 9
Chesnut/Chestnut
10 10
Churchill, Montana
10 11
Clarkston Valley
10 12
Crail Ranch
10 13
Culver Place
10 14
Dry Creek Church
10 15
East Gallatin
10 16
Ebbers, Jack
10 17
Electric Railway
10 18
Escaped Prisoner
10 19
Fairs
10 20
Flanders Sawmill
10 21
Fort Ellis*
10 22
Fort Ellis School
10 23
Fort Ellis Sundial
10 24
Fossils
10 25
Gallatin Canyon/Big Sky
10 26
Gallatin Canyon Indian Campground
11 1
Gallatin Canyon - Levinski Case
11 2
Gallatin Century of Progress
11 3
Gallatin City
11 4
Gallatin City
11 5
Gallatin County
11 6
Gallatin County
11 7
Gallatin County Government
11 8
Gallatin County records
11 9
Gallatin County High School (Programs and cards)
11 10
Gallatin County High School Newspaper
1927 September
11 11
Gallatin County Places and Things
11 12
Gallatin Gateway (Salesville)
11 13
Gallatin National Forest Map
11 14
Gallatin Trust and Savings Bank Mural
11 15
Gallatin Valley
12 1
Gallatin Valley
12 2
Gallatin Valley Female Seminary
12 3
Gallatin Valley Female Seminary
12 4
Gallatin Valley Railway
12 5
Gallatin Valley/West Yellowstone
12 6
Geisdorff, Dr. and Aimes, E.B.
12 7
Ghost Towns
12 8
Gold
12 9
Hamilton (3 miles south of Manhattan)
12 10
Headwaters Academy
12 11
Headwaters Bicentennial Project
12 12
Headwaters Herald
12 13
Headwaters State Park
12 14
Highway Sights and Interests (Gardiner-Livingston-Bozeman)
12 15
Horseshoe Hills
12 16
Hot Springs
12 17
Hunter, Bill
12 18
Hyalite Canyon
12 19
Indians
12 20
Jails and Courthouses
12 21
July 4 in Bozeman
12 22
Karst, Pete
12 23
Kenney/Rhoten Diary (1864-1867)
12 24
Kent, Irving Cabin
12 25
Kenyon, Carlisle (interview)
12 26
Leverich Canyon
12 27
Lewis and Clark Pageant
12 28
Mammoth Ditch Company
12 29
Manhattan, Montana
12 30
Medical Care
12 31
Murray Cabin
12 32
Nixon Bridge
13 1
Pageants
13 2
Parks
13 3
Ross Peak
13 4
Sacajawea Hotel (Three Forks)
13 5
Sawmills
13 6
School Districts
13 7
Sedan
13 8
Spring Hill
13 9
Stage Routes
13 10
Story Quilt
13 11
Street/Roads Names
13 12
Summit Engineering Corp
13 13
Three Forks
13 14
Three Forks*
13 15
Three Forks Bicentennial Celebration
13 16
Three Forks Bicentennial Celebration
13 17
Timberline, Montana
13 18
Timberline, Montana
13 19
Toll Roads and Ferries
13 20
Tours
13 21
Trail Creek and Storrs, Montana
13 22
Upper Gallatin Geological History
13 23
Willow Creek
13 24
Willson Company

3:  Montana and the pioneer westReturn to Top

Notes, correspondence, photocopies, and original documents pertaining to the history of Montana and the pioneer west. These topically arranged folders cover a wide variety of material that documents Burlingame's research interests in Montana's past beyond Gallatin County and Bozeman. Original documents created or collected by Captain Gustavus C. Doane and his wife, Mary Hunter Doane, are included in this series, along with drafts of an unpublished manuscript biography of Doane written by Burlingame in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Some material on Montana Native Americans is included in this series, usually in the context of the Indian Wars and the frontier military. More complete research in this area is represented in series 6, Indians.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 1
Acquisition List
Fall 1964
14 2
Agricultural History Symposium
1976 June
14 3
Agriculture
14 4
Agriculture in the Great Plains
1876-1930
14 5
Alder Gulch Discoveries
14 6
"American West, Perpetual Images"
14 7
Americana Encyclopedia
14 8
Antiquity Act (Montana)
1974
14 9
Anaconda (Education)
14 10
Arbor Day in Montana
14 11
Archaeology*
14 12
Archaeology*
14 13
Archaeology - Bibliography
14 14
Archaeology - Burial Rocks*
14 15
Archaeology - Canada
14 16
Archaeology - Caves and Pictographs*
14 17
Arsenal (Montana)
14 18
Ashley, Governor James
14 19
Aviation in Montana*
15 1
Barbed Wire
15 2
Barberry Bush Properties (Map)
15 3
Barns
15 4
Beads
15 5
Beidler, X.
15 6
Bicentennial
15 7
Bicentennial Medal Design
1976
15 8
Big Hole Battlefield
15 9
Big Timber Woolen Mill
15 10
Billings Polytechnic
15 11
Bitterroot
15 12
Bond, Samuel (Journal)
15 13
Bonner, Governor John W. Message to the thirty-second Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana
15 14
Book Reviews
15 15
Books and Publications
15 16
Bozeman Trail
15 17
Bradley, James H.
15 18
Breweries in Montana (Memorial Fund)
15 19
Bridger, Jim
15 20
"British Impressions of Early Rocky Mountain Towns"
15 21
Broadwater and Company
15 22
Buffalo
15 23
Buffalo Jumps*
15 24
Burlingame and Toole
15 25
Burlingame, J.
15 26
Burlington Northern Railroad. M. and J.F.
15 27
Calfee, White
15 28
Callaway, L.L.
15 29
Camels
16 1
Canada Public Archives
16 2
Canadian Publications
16 3
Carter, Senator Thomas H.
16 4
Cascade and Chouteau County Historic Sites
16 5
Centennials
16 6
"Central Montana to 1871," by Clifton Boyd Worthen
16 7
Chico Hot Springs, Montana
16 8
Chappel, Harry E.
16 9
Charbonneau, T. and Sacajawea
16 10
Cherry Creek Trail
16 11
Chinese in Montana
16 12
Church (miscellaneous)
16 13
Church of England
16 14
Church (Episcopal)
16 15
Church (Methodist)
16 16
Church (Seventh-Day Adventist)
16 17
"The Cline House in Polson" by Gina Mahugh
16 18
Coal
16 19
College of Montana (Deer Lodge)*
16 20
Communication in Montana
1866-1911
16 21
Communism in Montana
16 22
Community Development Foundation
16 23
"Concretions, the Study of Curved Surface Crystallography"
16 24
Constitution, Montana
16 25
Contributions of Montana
16 26
Cook Herd
16 27
Copper King Mansion
16 28
Crow's Nest (Army) - Scout's Lookout
16 29
Dandelions
16 30
De Smet Cross
16 31
Diamond City, Montana
16 32
Dillon Examiner
1920
17 1
Doane, Gustavus C. - military orders
17 2
Doane - GAR documents
17 3
Doane - divorce and obituaries
17 4
Doane - Society of California Pioneers
17 5
Doane - Mary Doane papers
17 6
Doane - Howgate expedition ledger
17 7
Doane - National Archives inventories
17 8
Doane - Genealogy
17 9
Doane - Biography draft, Exploration of the Upper Yellowstone
17 10
Doane - Biography draft, On the way to Yellowstone
17 11
Doane - Biography draft, From Gardiner to Mount Washburn
17 12
Doane - Biography draft, Hot Springs along the Yellowstone River
17 13
Doane - Biography draft, At the Grand Canyon
17 14
Doane - Biography draft, Around Yellowstone Lake
17 15
Doane - Biography draft, In search of Truman Everts
17 16
Doane - Biography draft, In the Geyser Basin
17 17
Doane - Biography draft, The road home
17 18
Doane - Secretary of War report
1875
17 19
Doane - edited 1876 journal
17 20
Doane - edited 1876 journal
17 21
Doane - Biography notes
18 1
Doane - Howgate expedition transcript
18 2
Doane - 1870 Yellowstone report (working copy)
18 3
Doane - 1870 Yellowstone report
18 4
Doane - Biography draft, general
18 5
Doane - Biography draft, general
18 6
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 1: Course of Empire
18 7
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 2: The Army comes to Montana
18 8
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 3: Pursuing the Piegans
18 9
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 4: The Discovery of Yellowstone
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 5: Lt. Doane's Report of Discovery
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 6: Through the Park in 1876
Box Folder
18 12
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 7: Fostering a National Park
18 13
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 8: Life at Fort Ellis
18 14
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 9: Developing the Yellowstone Valley
18 15
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 10: At the Custer Battlefield
18 16
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 11: Marching on the High Plains
18 17
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 12: On the trail of the Nez Perce
18 18
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 13: From Africa to the Arctic
18 19
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 14: Disappearing frontier
18 20
Doane - Biography draft, Chapter 15: Captain Doane of the 2nd Cavalry
18 21-22
Doane - Biography draft, bibliography
18 23-25
Doane - Biography draft, Research and publishing correspondence
18 26
Doane - Biography draft, Swallow Press correspondence
18A 1
Doane - Biography additional drafts, The Army Comes to Montana
18A 2
Doane - Biography additional drafts, Indian Affairs in the Judith Basin
18A 3
Doane - Biography additional drafts, Life at Fort Ellis
18A 4
Doane - Biography additional drafts, Fostering a National Park
18A 5
Doane - Biography additional drafts, The Search for a New Crow Reservation
18A 6
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, The Buffalo and the Indian
18A 7
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, At the Custer Battlefield
18A 8
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, First Ponson Experiment
18A 9
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, On the Trial of the Nez Perce
18A 10
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, From Africa to the Arctic
18A 11
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, Disappearing Frontier
18A 12
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, 1876 Journal
18A 13
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, The Army Comes to Montana
18A 14
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, Spring Campaign 1877
18A 15
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, The Buffalo and the Indian
18A 16
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, segments of Pursuing the Piegans, On the Trail of the Nez Perces, and "Description of the Present Crow Reservation"
18A 17
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, Version III
18A 18
Doane - Bigraphy additional drafts, Version IV
19 1
Dowsing
19 2
Drannan, William F.
19 3
Drought sale of cattle
1934-1936
19 4
Drouillard, George
19 5
"Early American Freighters" by Joseph Hartmann
19 6
"Early American Freighters" correspondence
19 7
Early Man
19 8
Early Montana Men
19 9
Education in Montana
19 10
Educational Study
19 11
Ekalaka, Montana
19 12
Elections in Montana
19 13
Elections in Montana
19 14
Encyclopedia Americana
19 15
Encyclopedia Britannica
19 16
"Ethnic Settlement of Montana" H.G. Merriam
19 17
Extension Department - University of Montana
19 18
Farmer Labor Party
19 19
Farming
19 20
Fergus, James
19 21
Film and TV Historical Project grant application
19 22
Finance and Government
19 23
Fisk Expedition
19 24
Flags
19 25
Flag and Seal - Montana
20 1
Flathead Valley (Upper and Lower)
20 2
Flour Mills
20 3
Fort Buford
20 4
Fort Elizabeth Meagher
20 5
Fort Owen
20 6
Fort Pease
20 7
Fort Raymond
20 8
Fort Union
20 9
Fossils
20 10
French in Montana
20 11
Frontier Scout
1864 July 14
20 12
Fur Trade
20 13
Gallatin Range (West)
20 14
Gass, Patrick
20 15
Gazetter and Catalog
20 16
Geology
20 17
German Singing Societies
20 18
Ghost Towns / Castle
20 19
Gold
20 20
Governors of Montana
20 21
Graham, Jane (book dealer)
20 22
Granite Mining Company
20 23
Grant, John
20 24
Great Overland Stage Route
20 25
Plains Talk and Great Plains Newsletter
20 26
Guns
20 27
Guthrie, A.B.
20 28
Hangings
20 29
Havre
20 30
Harvard Research
20 31
Hedges, Cornelius
20 32
Hill Foundation
20 33
History of Montana Writing
20 34
Horse Capture, George P.
20 35
Hot Springs
20 36
Hudson's Bay Company
20 37
Hughes, Barney
20 38
Hutterites
20 39
Idaho
21 1
Indian Whiskey
21 2
Influence of the Military in the Building of Montana
21 3
Initial Point of Montana
21 4
Initiatives and referendums of Montana
1908-1939
21 5
Inland Empire
21 6
Interviews
21 7
Isolationists
21 8
Kinney, J.L. and Rhoten, Thomas
21 9
Koreans in Montana
21 10
Land Grant College
21 11
Land Ownership
21 12
Land Surveys
21 13
Larrabee, C.X.
21 14
"Last Buffalo of the Black Hills"
21 15
Frank Thomson
21 16
Legislature (Montana)
21 17
Library of Congress
21 18
Lichens
21 19
Literature
21 20
Lewis and Clark
21 21
Lewis and Clark
22 1
Lewis and Clark Caverns
22 2
Luther, Montana school alumni
22 3
Mackenzie River
22 4
Magazine articles and notes about Mt and West
22 5
Mageeisms
22 6
Makers of Montana
22 7
Manitoba Archives
22 8
Maps and decisions on geographic names in the U.S.
22 9
Maps (Montana)
22 10
"Market and Trade Center Patterns in Central Montana"
22 11
Masons (Montana)
22 12
Menard
22 13
Methodist Education
22 14
Military
22 15
Minerals
22 16
"The Mining Frontier in Montana"
22 17
Mission Mountains
22 18
Mission Valley
22 19
Missouri Breaks Woodchoppers
22 20
Missouri Historical Society
22 21
Montana
22 22
"Montana" (state song)
22 23
Montana Academy of Sciences
22 24
Montana Books
22 25
Montana Centennial
22 26
Montana Company Limited (Drum Lummon Mine)
22 27
Montana Constitution
22 28
Montana Education
22 29
"The Montana Face" Leslie Fiedler
22 30
Montana facts and figures
22 31
Montana Farmer's Federation
22 32
"Montana's First Airplane Flight"
22 33
"Twenty Years of 4-H Club Work in Montana"
22 34
"Montana Frontier" Merrill G. Burlingame
22 35
"Montana: A Geological Textbook" Maurice Holliday
22 36
Montana historic sites
22 37
Montana historical calendar
23 1
Montana history
23 2
Montana newspapers
23 3
"Montana the Magazine of Western History"
23 4
Montana Personality
23 5
Montana Politics
23 6
Montana Politics
23 7
Montana Power Company vs. Federal Power Commission
23 8
Speeches
23 9
Montana State Parks
23 10
Montana Tax Laws
23 11
"National Archives Microfilm Publications State Department Territorial Papers Montana---1864-1872"
23 12
Montana Wesleyan University
23 13
Montana Wildlands Coalition
23 14
Montana Writers
23 15
Montana/Wyoming Foundations
23 16
"The Northern Pacific Railroad and Montana's Mineral Lands" Thomas A. Clinch
23 17
Monuments and Statues
23 18
Mormons
23 19
Mouat Cliff Burials
24 1
Natural resources (historical development
24 2
National Archives-Seattle branch
24 3
Negroes in Montana
24 4
Sidwell vs. New Mine Sapphire Syndicate
24 5
New York Public Library
24 6
Northern Plains Bison Kills by Merrill G. Burlingame
24 7
Norris, Governor Edwin L. Message to 12th Legislative
24 8
Villard, Henry
24 9
Northwest History Syllabus
24 10
Notes
24 11
"The Future of Montana" O'Connor, George W.
24 12
Paleontology
24 13
Page family "Tell It Like It Was" Don Redfield
24 14
Parker, Reverend Samuel
24 15
Patten, Frances Smith
24 16
Personal books of Merrill G. Burlingame
24 17
Peyote
24 18
Photography in archeology
24 19
Picture (Montana's oldest)
24 20
Picture indexing
24 21
Poetry and prose
24 22
Politics
24 23
Population Patterns
24 24
Postal research
24 25
"Prehistoric Man in the Yellowstone Valley" S.W. Conner
24 26
Progressive movements
24 27
Public lands
24 28
Publication catalogs
24 29
Railroads
24 30
Ralston, J.K. (discussion)
24 31
Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West
24 32
Recipes
24 33
Red Bluff (James H. Bradley Memorial Summer Fellowship) Dr. Jeffrey Safford
24 34
Remington, Frederic
24 35
Rendezvous
24 36
Resources (Montana)
25 1
Ringling Circus
25 2
Rockefeller Foundation
25 3
Rock monuments or stone cairns
25 4
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
25 5
Roe, Martha Ann Freeman (transcript of diary)
25 6
Robison Rockshelter
25 7
Roosevelt, Theodore (Hunting trip to Gallatin)
1886
25 8
Rosebud Expedition
1874
25 9
Rural Developments in Montana
25 10
Russell, C.M.
25 11
Saengerfest
25 12
"Saga of the Sage" Elmer Starch
25 13
St. Regis, Montana
25 14
Sanders, Sarepta
25 15
Saskatchewan
25 16
School lands (Montana)
25 17
Seward's Manifest Destiny
1860
25 18
Sheep
25 19
Sheepeater
25 20
Sipes, Lawson J.
25 21
Smallpox
25 22
Smith, Governor Green Clay
25 23
Socialist Party and Newspapers
25 24
"Social Security in a Frontier Mining Camp"
25 25
Songs of miners in Butte, Montana
25 26
Sources
25 27
South Dakota maps
25 28
Spanish in early Montana
25 29
Speech materials
25 30
Speer, J.B. (University of Montana)
25 31
Stage Route (Bozeman to Helena)
25 32
Statehood (Montana)
25 33
Station names (Montana)
25 34
Steamboats
25 35
St. Vincent's Academy
25 36
Supreme Court (Montana)
25 37
Survival certificate
25 38
Sutherlin, Robert
25 39
Telephone and telegraph
25 40
Television project (Montana)
26 1
Territorial warrant (Montana)
26 2
Thanksgiving
26 3
Theses bibliography
1942
26 4
Third parties in Montana
26 5
Toll roads
26 6
Toole, K. Ross
26 7
Tours and trivia
26 8
Trading posts
26 9
Transportation
26 10
Tulane
26 11
Turkeys
26 12
"The Turner Thesis: A Problem in Historiography"
26 13
Twain, Mark
26 14
"Unidentified White Men in Western Montana in and about 1810" S.W. Conner
26 15
U.S. Army transcripts
26 16
U.S. Army transcripts
26 17
U.S. - Canada boundary treaty centennial
1946
26 18
University of North Carolina collections
26 19
Verendrye, C. and L.
26 20
Victor, Montana
26 21
Vigilantes
26 22
Vigilantes
27 1
Vigilantes
27 2
Vigilantes
27 3
Virginia City/Bannock Stage Route
27 4
Virginia City Players
27 5
Wagon trips to Yellowstone
27 6
Water rights and water courts
27 7
Watson, Helena
27 8
Watson, William H. - weather
27 9
"The American West, Perpetual Mirage"
27 10
"Westering Man, the Life of Joseph Walker"
27 11
White, Thain, "Artifacts from the Battle of the Rosebud"
27 12
Whoop-Up Trail
27 13
Wigwam Creek Tipis
27 14
Wild Flowers and Shrubs of Montana
27 15
Winter 1862-1863 Montana residents
27 16
Winter
1886-1887
27 17
Women in Montana
27 18
Worthen, C.B.
27 19
WPA Archeological projects
27 20
Yale
27 21
Yellowstone Expedition
1874-1876
27 22
Yellowstone Institute
27 23
Yellowstone National Park
27 24
Yellowstone River Valley

4:  General correspondencesReturn to Top

Letters written to or by Merrill Burlingame on a wide variety of research topics and matters of personal interest. Unlike correspondence found in the other series, these letters were maintained by Burlingame as a separate file regardless of their subject content. As a result much of the information contained within the letters pertains to subject files listed elsewhere. Most files are quite scant, containing few reference queries or brief replies from Burlingame. An important exception are the letters of W. J. "Duke" Ellington, an employee of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and administrator at the Rocky Boy reservation in the 1940s. The folders have been alphabetically arranged by the title Burlingame assigned them.

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
28 1
Alderson, Angela
28 2
Annin, Jim
28 3
Aubrey, J.S.
28 4
Baldwin, Henry T.
28 5
Ballard, Jack A.
28 6
Balzhiser, Tom
28 7
Barbour, Philip R.
28 8
Bartlett, W.A.
28 9
Bess, Glenn R.
28 10
Binfords and Mort Publishers
28 11
Blackmore, William
28 12
Bovey, Charles
28 13
Bowen, K.
28 14
Bowen, Marie
28 15
Bradley, Charles and Nina
28 16
Brankeman, W.J.
28 17
Brown, Mark H.
28 18
Brownell, Baker
28 19
Burlingame Christmas letter
28 19A
Call, Hughie
28 20
Callaway, L.L.
28 21
Campbell, Mike
28 22
Cannon, Irene
28 23
Chappel, Charles
28 24
Clack, Elinor
28 25
Clark, Wm. Andrews Memorial Library
28 26
Coe, Auburn
28 27
Coe, William R.
28 28
Combes, Geneva
28 29
Comfort, John C.
28 30
Conner, S.W.
28 31
Cooper, Myrtle
28 32
Counter, Janice
28 33
Cushman, Margaret
28 34
Czura, Pete
28 35
Davidson, V.G.
28 36
Davis, Les
28 37
Dean, Mayo Story
28 38
Demarest, Mrs. Claude
28 39
Doig, Ivan
28 40
Downing, Warwick
28 41
Duboc, Jesse
28 42
Ellingsen, John D.
28 43
Ewers, John C.
28 44
Floerchinger, Dorothy
28 45
Gerard, Howard
28 46
Gardiner, Dorothy
28 47
Gill, Larry
28 48
Graham, Edith L.
28 49
Graham, Jessica
28 50
Grant, Marilyn
28 51
Graves, Lee
28 52
Haines, Aubrey
28 53
Griffin, Harvey and Vida
28 54
Hammond, G.P.
28 55
Hansen, Grace
28 56
Hart, A.L.
28 57
Hasner, Sharon
28 58
Heath, John L.
28 59
Heidel, Charles
28 60
Holter, Mary
28 61
Huffman, Roy
28 62
Hutchins, James S.
28 63
Ireland, Elizabeth
28 64
Jasmann, Alice O.
28 65
Jones, Jefferson
28 66
Judge, Governor Thomas
28 67
Kaschube, Dorothea
28 68
Koch, Elers
28 69
Koury, Michael J.
28 70
Kroes, Rob
28 71
Larsen, W.E.
28 72
Leggat Collection
28 73
Lew and Marian
28 74
Liberty, Margot
28 75
Lloyd, Carol
28 76
Lolomi Lodge
28 77
Lubick, George
29 1
MacGilvra, E.E.
29 2
McKerrow, Glenn
29 3
McNamara/Marlow Ranch
29 4
Malin, James C.
29 5
Malouf, Dr. Carling
29 6
Mansfield, Mike
29 7
Martin, Fred J.
29 8
Metcalf, Senator Lee
29 9
Miller, Don
29 10
Miller, Gertrude Haight
29 11
Milne, Jim
29 12
Miracle, Ralph
29 13
Miscellaneous
29 14
Misevic, George
29 15
Monroe, Bessie
29 16
Moyhes, Stacy
29 17
Mueller, George and Oscar
29 18
Napoli, Sandi
29 19
Norton Clan
29 20
Nowels, Mrs. Ed L.
29 21
Omber, Lavern
29 22
O'Neill, Thomas (Tip)
29 23
Ortenburger, Leigh
29 24
Osgood, Ernest S.
29 25
Ovitt, Mable
29 26
Palladin, Vivian
29 27
Parker, Lois
29 28
Payne, Joseph P.
29 29
Peterson, J.H./Peterson, Helen
29 30
Place, Marian
29 31
Prewitt, Nancy C.
29 32
Publishers
29 33
Rankin, J. Lee
29 34
Rankin Memorial Service
29 35
Reiner, Ralph
29 36
Renne, R.R.
29 37
Rickards, Colin
29 37A
Rickey, Don
29 38
Rocky Mountain College
29 39
Safford, Jeff and Rydell, R.
29 40
Sampson, June
29 41
Sargent Family
29 42
Schoenberg, Father Wilfred
29 43
Schwinden, Governor Ted
29 44
Smith, Helen H.
29 45
Smith, Scott
29 46
Spencer, Amy
29 47
Thiessen, N.E.
29 48
Thrapp, Dan L.
29 49
Tretsven, Wayne
29 50
University of Iowa
29 51
Valentine, Louise
29 52
Van Horn, Otto and Kittie
29 53
Wear-Ever Company
29 54
Wellington, Duke
29 55
Wellington, Duke
29 56
Wellington, Duke
29 57
Whealdon, Bon
29 58
White, M. Catherine
29 59
White, Dudley
29 60
Willson, Fred S.

5:  Montana Place NamesReturn to Top

Primarily research notes and summary forms documenting a comprehensive list of Montana place names created or collected by Burlingame. Material explaining the origin of the particular name is included in some files along with pertinent correspondence from interested individuals.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
30 1
Correspondence
30 2
Decisions on Geographic Names in Montana
30 3
Formations of Counties, Reservations and Political Divisions in Montana
30 4
Indian Origin
30 5
Maps
30 6
Montana Historic Markers
30 7
"Montana Names" Scott Daniel
1942
30 8
"Montana Place Names" - Federal Writers' Project (WPA)
30 9
"The Origin of Some Montana Place Names" - Montana Writers' Project Mabel C.
1940
30 10
"How the State of Montana Was Named" (various photocopies)
30 11
"The Origin of Some Montana Place Names" J.P. Rowe
30 12
Place Names, general
30 13
Absaroka Mountain Range
30 14
Beaverhead County
30 15
Beaverhead County-Bannack
31 1
Big Horn County
31 2
Big Horn County-Fort C.F. Smith
31 3
Big Horn County-Fort Custer
31 4
Big Horn County-Yellowtail Dam
31 5
Blaine County
31 6
Broadwater County
31 7
Central Montana
31 8
Carbon County
31 9
Carter County
31 10
Cascade County
31 11
Cascade County-Fort Shaw
31 12
Chouteau County
31 13
Chouteau County-Fort Benton
31 14
Chouteau County-Fort McKenzie
31 15
Cooke City Highway
31 16
Custer County
31 17
Custer County-Fort Keogh
31 18
Daniels County
31 19
Dawson County
31 20
Deer Lodge County
31 21
Fallon County
31 22
Fergus County
31 23
Fergus County-Camp Cook, Fort Clagett
31 24
Fergus County-Fort Maginnis
31 25
Fergus County-Judith Landing Historic District
32 1
Flathead County
32 2
Forts in Montana
32 3
Gallatin County
32 4
Gallatin County
32 5
Gallatin County
32 6
Gallatin National Forest
32 7
Garfield County
32 8
Glacier County
32 9
Golden Valley County
32 10
Granite County
33 1
"The High Line" Carl M. Gunderson
33 2
Hill County
33 3
Jefferson County
33 4
Judith Basin County
33 5
Lake County
33 6
Lewis and Clark County
33 7
Lewis and Clark County-Last Chance Gulch*
33 8
Liberty County
33 9
Lincoln County
33 10
Madison County
33 11
Madison County-Beaverhead Rock
33 12
Madison County History*
33 13
Madison County-Red Bluff
34 1
McCone County
34 2
Meagher County*
34 3
Mineral County
34 4
Missoula County
34 5
Missouri River
34 6
Musselshell County
34 7
Northeast Montana
34 8
Notes
34 9
Park County
34 10
Park County
34 11
Petroleum County
34 12
Phillips County
34 13
Pondera County
34 14
Powder River County
34 15
Powell County
35 1
Prairie County
35 2
Ravalli County
35 3
Richland County
35 4
Rivers
35 5
Roosevelt County
35 6
Rosebud County
35 7
Sanders County
35 8
Sheridan County
35 9
Silver Bow County
35 10
Stillwater County
35 11
Sweet Grass County
35 12
Sweetgrass Hills
35 13
Teton County
35 14
Toole County
35 15
Treasure County
35 16
Valley County
35 17
Western boundary-Montana
35 18
Western Montana
35 19
Wheatland County
35 20
Wibaux County
35 21
Yellowstone County
35 22
Yellowstone County-Pompeys Pillar

6:  IndiansReturn to Top

Notes, correspondence, photocopies and original documents pertaining to Native American tribes. Montana groups predominate, but some of the files are of a general nature. Some of the files were created while Burlingame conducted research for court cases involving the Crow, Salish, Kutenai, Blackfeet and Gros Ventre tribes during the 1950s and early 1960s.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
36 1
Activities, Drafts, Culture
36 2
"American Indian Contribution to Civilization" Everett E. Edwards; Americanizing the White Man Felix S. Cohen
36 3
Assimilation
36 4
Assiniboine
36 5
Battles
36 6
Blackfeet
36 7
Blackfeet/Blackfoot? letter from John Ewers
36 8
Blackfeet-Student Papers
36 9
Blackfeet-Canadian-U.S.
36 10
Blackfeet-Canadian Claims Case
36 11
Blackfeet-History
36 12
Blackfeet-Influences on Congress
36 13
Blackfeet-Livestock
36 14
Blackfeet-Minerals
36 15
Blackfeet-Opening of reservation
1888-1889
36 16
Blackfeet-Railroad Influence
36 17
Blackfeet-Social customs
36 18
Blackfeet-Claims
36 19
Blackfeet-Stevens Treaty
1855
36 20
Blackfeet-Wades-in-the-water, Julia
37 1
Bureau of Indian Affairs annual report
1940
37 2
"George Catlin's Creed about American Indians"
37 3
Cheyenne Tales
37 4
Citizenship
37 5
Confederated Salish-Kutenai Tribes
37 6
Cree
37 7
Cree publications
37 8
Crow/Blackfeet battle
1834
37 9
Crow-Claims case
37 10
Crow-Claims case
37 11
Crow-Claims case
37 12
Crow-Claims case
37 13
Crow-Fair
37 14
Crow-History
37 15
Crow-Student papers
37 16
Crow-Water rights/Yellowtail Dam
38 1
Disabled reservation Indians
38 2
Diseases
38 3
Education
38 4
Ethnogeographical Guide
38 5
Flathead
38 6
Flathead
38 7
Flathead
38 8
Flathead
38 9
Flathead-Salish-Kutenai Historical Report Draft
38 10
Flathead-Salish-Kutenai Historical Report Draft
38 11
Flathead-Salish-Kutenai Historical Report Draft
38 12
Flathead-Salish-Kutenai Historical Report Letters
38 13
Fort Belknap
39 1
Fort Peck Council handbook
39 2
Fort Peck Indian Reservation - correspondence, notes
39 3
Gambling/Liquor
39 4
Garraghan's Indian collection
39 5
"The Indian Tests the Mainstream" D'Arcy McNickle
39 6
"The Indians Among Us" Verne Dusenberry
39 7
Indians At Work
39 8
Indians of Montana/Plains student papers
39 9
Indians of Montana/Plains student papers
39 10
Interagency Task Force report
39 11
Kalispel Tribe
39 12
Kutenai/Kutenai notes
39 13
Kutenai/Kutenai notes Claims
39 14
Kutenai/Kutenai Contract with Merrill G. Burlingame
39 15
Kutenai/Kutenai Correspondence
39 16
Kutenai/Kutenai Historical report
39 17
Kutenai/Kutenai History
39 18
Kutenai History
40 1
Forts and Flathead posts
40 2
Legislation
40 3
Little Shell/Turtle Mountain Chippewa of Hill 57
40 4
Manuscripts-Great Falls Chancery
40 5
Metis
40 6
Miscellaneous
40 7
Missions
40 8
"Montana Indian Affairs" C.S. Kenyon
40 9
National Defense
40 10
Newsletters
40 11
Nez Perce
40 12
Northern Cheyenne
40 13
"The Old Milk River Indian Agency"
40 14
Poison on the Indian Frontier
40 15
Prehistoric Indian Settlements of the Yellowstone Valley
40 16
Relationship with the federal government reading list
40 17
Reservations
40 18
Riel, Louis
40 19
Rocky Boy Reservation/Cree
40 20
Rocky Mountain College
40 21
"The Salish of Montana" Don Scott
40 22
Shaker Cult
40 23
Sioux
40 24
Societies and fraternities
40 25
Superintendents and agents
40 26
Tipis and lodges
40 27
Trails
40 28
"Trail of Broken Treaties"
40 29
Treaties-National Archive sources
40 30
Tribes (Montana)
40 31
Warriors in Transition by John G. Langan

7:  Montana State College/Montana State UniversityReturn to Top

Notes, correspondence, photocopies, and original documents pertaining to the history of MSU and selected administrators, faculty, and staff. Much of this material was gathered by Burlingame while preparing his book, History of Montana State University (1961) and The Montana Cooperative Extension Service: a History, 1893-1974 (1984). Classroom lecture notes and syllabi for courses taught by Burlingame are also included. Original manuscripts created or collected by Harriett Cushman have been placed in this series as well.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
41 1
Alumni Greeting
41 2
Alumnus-John O. Bye
41 3
Annual faculty report
1966/1967
41 4
Athearn, Lt. Col. George P.
41 5
Blue and gold award
41 6
Board of higher education
41 7
Brewer, Helen R.
41 8
Brewer, W.R.
41 9
Business, School of
41 10
Campus ministry
41 11
Carillon
41 12
Chalkey, Gladys B.
41 13
Civil engineering
41 14
Consolidation
41 15
Communist seminar
41 16
Contributions to the State
41 17
Cushman, Harriette
41 18
Cushman, Harriette--personal papers
41 19
Cushman, Harriette--Christmas cards
41 20
Cushman, Harriette--Estate
41 21
Cushman, Harriette--Genealogy
42 1
Danforth Chapel
42 2
Danforth Chapel
42 3
Danforth Chapel
42 4
Danforth Chapel
42 5
Danforth Chapel
42 6
Danforth Chapel
42 7
Dusenberry, Verne
42 8
Emery, S.M.
42 9
English, speech, theater arts department
42 10
Enrollment map
1976
42 11
Epsilon Sigma Phi
42 12
Faculty
42 13
Fairway Farms
43 1
Fairway Farms
43 2
50th anniversary
1943 April 17
43 3
50th anniversary-Brief
43 4
50th anniversary-Preliminary sketch
43 5
50th anniversary-notes
43 6
Finances - 1968
43 7
Flag
43 8
Founders Day
1968
43 9
Graduate list
1896-1912
43 10
Hamilton, J.M.
43 11
Hannon, Olga Ross
43 12
Hill foundation
43 13
Historical sketches
1941
43 14
History of MSC and Montana Experiment Station
1923
43 15
History 300 notes
43 16
History 300 notes
43 17-18
History 300 notes
44 1
History 302 notes
44 2
History 302 syllabi
44 3
History department (Brewer award)
44 4
History department history and annual reports
44 5
History department
1893-1968
44 6
History and philosophy
44 7
Home Economics department
44 8
Home Economics department
44 9
Home Economics Department
44 10
Home Economics department
45 1
Honorary degrees
45 2
Index reference cards
45 3
Indian center
45 4
Indian Club
45 5
Johnson, Leon
45 6
Horsfore, Tom and Kranzel, Carl
45 7
Kermer, John
45 8
Land grant institutions
45 9
Land records
45 10
Lorentz, Floyd
45 11
Maiden, B.F.
45 12
Manuscript lists (Montana State University)
45 13
McDonald, Rita
45 14
McDonald, Rita
45 15
McDonald, Rita
45 16
McGill Museum
46 1
McKee, Thomas
46 2
Montana agriculture experiment station
46 3
Montana Extension Service History-contributions
46 4
Montana Extension Service History-Bell, E
46 5
Montana Extension Service History-third draft
46 6
Montana Extension Service History-Bell, E
46 7
Montana Extension Service History-Cooley, F.S.
46 8
Montana Extension Service History-Cushman, Harriet
46 9
Montana Extension Service History-Mercer, Ralph
46 10
Montana Extension Service History-Jacobson, N.N
46 11
Montana Extension Service History-notes
46 12
Montana Extension Service History-notes
46 13
Montana Extension Service History-4 H
47 1
Montana Extension Service History-Home Demonstration
47 2
Montana Extension Service History-Home Demonstration
47 3
Montana Extension Service History-Poultry
47 4
Montana Extension Service History-Starch, Elmer
47 5
Montana Extension Service History-Starch, Elmer
47 6
Montana Extension Service History-Bell letters
47 7
Montana Extension Service History-Starch, Elmer
47 8
Montana Extension Service History-Starch, Elmer-Tape transcripts
47 9
Montana Extension Service History-Starch, Elmer-Tape transcripts
47 10
Montana Extension Service History-The Taylor Years
47 10B
Starch, Elmer, response to "The Taylor Years," transcript from tape recording, complete version
1970
47 11
Montana Extension Service History-The Taylor Years
47 12
Montana Extension Service History-revisions
48 1
Montana Extension Service History-revisions
1972
48 2
Montana Extension Service History-revisions
1973
48 3
Montana Extension Service History-revisions, no date
48 4
Montana Extension Service History-revisions, Aashheim
48 5
Montana Extension Service History-revisions, chapters 2-9
48 6
Montana Extension Service History-revisions, chapters 9-10
48 7
Montana Extension Service History-Starch, last changes
49 1
Montana Extension Service History-revisions, chapters 7-9, galley
49 2
Montana Extension Service History-revisions, summary, Bell and Burlingame
49 3
Montana Extension Service History-revisions, Tootell and Beers
49 4
Montana Extension Service History-final draft
49 5
Montana Extension Service History-final draft
49 6
Montana state board of education
49 7
"Montana State University and the small high school in Montana"
49 8
"The Montanan" Bea McKenna
49 9
Newsletters-non newspaper
49 10
Notes and clippings
49 11
Peck, Lucy Stafford
49 12
Pirsig, Robert
49 13
Phi Kappa Phi
49 14
Philosophy department
50 1
Pi Kappa Alpha
50 2
Pi Kappa Alpha
50 3
Pi Kappa Alpha
50 4
Poultry
50 5
Religious Emphasis Week
50 6
Renne, Roland R.
50 7
Rhodes Scholars
50 8
Second Century Campaign
50 9
Special Collections
50 10
Sigma Chi
50 11
Sloan, William F.
50 12
75th Anniversary
50 13
Speeches
50 14
State board of education
50 15
Strand, A.L.
50 16
Strand, Mollie
50 17
Student charts
50 18
Student housing association (proposed)
50 19
Summer quarter notes
1967 July 5
50 20
Taylor, Bob
50 21
Textbook ban
1968
50 22
University chancellorship
1943
51 1
"Women's Day Activities (1904-1908)" Edna Tracy White
51 2
Warrants
1932
51 3
Wilson, M.L.
51 4
Wilson, M.L. - Fairway Farms
51 5
Wilson, M.L. - Symposium
51 6
"Women's responses…." James, David
51 7
Women's activities
1904-1908
51 8
Women's day speaker: Opal Petrarsh Daff
51 9
Wright, Freeman

8:  OrganizationsReturn to Top

Notes, correspondence, photocopies and original documents pertaining to various organizations of which Burlingame was a member or was interested in as a research topic. Most organizations are Montana related and include the Christian Church, the Montana Historical Society, the Masonic fraternity, and the Museum of the Rockies.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
52 1
American Indian Institute
52 2
Christian Church
52 3
Christian Church
52 4
Christian Church
52 5
Christian Church
52 6
Christian Church-speeches
52 7
Christian Church-speeches
52 8
Christian Church-Montana
53 1
Christian Church-Montana
53 2
Christian Church-Montana
53 3
Christian Church-Montana
53 4
Bozeman trail association
53 5
Gallatin County Historical Society
53 6
Gallatin County Historical Society
53 7
Heckler's Club
53 8
Heckler's Club
53 9
Heckler's Club
53 10
Labor
53 11
Masonic Lodge-"Gallatin Masonic Light"
54 1
Masonic lodge #18 Centennial
54 2
Masonic lodge #18 centennial
54 3
Masonry, Montana
54 4
McGill museum
54 5
Montana Committee for the Humanities
54 6
Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society
54 7
Military organizations in Montana
54 8
Montana Archaeological Society
54 9
Montana Bicentennial Committee
54 10
Montana Historical Society
54 11
Montana Historical Society
55 1
Montana Historical Society
1968-1969
55 2
Montana Historical Society
1970
55 3
Montana Historical Society
1970
55 4
Montana Historical Society
1970-1971
55 5
Montana Historical Society
1971
55 6
Montana Historical Society
1972
56 1
Montana Historical Society
1972
56 2
Montana Historical Society
1972
56 3
Montana Historical Society-Burlingame interview transcript
56 4
Montana Institute of the Arts
56 5
Montana Museums
56 6
Montana Veterans and Pioneers Memorial Building
56 7
Museum associations
56 8
Museum of the Rockies
56 9
Museum of the Rockies
57 1
Museum of the Rockies
57 2
Museum of the Rockies
57 3
Museum of the Rockies
57 4
Museum of the Rockies
57 5
Museum of the Rockies-correspondence
57 6
Museum of the Rockies-Prescott, Gertrude
57 7
Non-partisan League
57 8
QK club
57 9
Rotary*
57 10
Wool Growers Association
57 11
World Religions

9:  Newspaper ClippingsReturn to Top

Newspaper clippings gathered by Burlingame pertaining to a wide variety of subjects represented in other series. These clippings are stored separately due to preservation considerations.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
58 1
Aasheim, T.S.
58 2
Acton, Loren
58 3
African Violets
58 4
Agriculture
58 5
Alderson family
58 6
Alverson, Jim
58 7
Alzheimer's
58 8
ACLU
58 9
Anceney, Carles
58 10
Ancient Indians
58 11
Anderson, Marcia
58 12
Archaeology
58 13
Arts and Artists
58 14
Atkinson, Dr. Alfred
58 15
Aviation
58 16
Bannack
58 17
Bar-X Ranch
58 18
Barbed wire
58 19
Barn roof reconstruction
58 20
Bartolome, Peter W
58 21
Baucus, Max
58 22
Bearcreek
58 23
Beaverhead Rock
58 24
Beaverslide Stacker
58 25
Beebe, Margaret S
58 26
Berrington/Beck
58 27
Big Horn
58 28
Big Horn Canyon
58 29
Big Sky Bible College
58 30
Big Sky, Montana
58 31
Big Timber
58 32
Billings
58 33
Blakely, Charles P
58 34
Bobcat sports
58 35
Bohrer, Randolph
58 36
Bolles, Martha
58 37
Boulder Hot Springs
58 38
Bovey, Charles
58 39
Boyer brothers, (Willow Creek)
58 40
Bozeman
59 1
Bozeman-Banks
59 2
Bozeman-Cemetery
59 3
Bozeman-Churches
59 4
Bozeman-City Manager
59 5
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
59 6
Bozeman-Fire Department
59 7
Bozeman-Firsts
59 8
Bozeman-Gallatin County Detention Center
59 9
Bozeman-Homes
59 10
Bozeman-Hotel
59 11
Bozeman-Kiwanis
59 12
Bozeman-Livestock auction
59 13
Bozeman-Main Street
59 14
Bozeman-Medicine
59 15
Bozeman-Senior High prank
59 16
Bozeman-Streets
59 17
Bozeman-Sweet Pea
59 18
Bozeman Trail
59 19
Bozeman-Water
59 20
Bozeman-Willson Company
59 21
Breweries
59 22
Brewster, Lyman
59 23
Bridger Canyon, Maiden Rock
59 24
Broadwater hotel
59 25
Buchanan, Cynthia
59 26
Buffalo
59 27
Bush/Quayle
59 28
Butte
59 29
Buttleman, John
59 30
Camas Hot Springs
59 31
Cameron
59 32
Campbell, Tom
59 34
Cartoons (Ace Reid)
59 35
Castle
59 36
Catholic church in Montana
59 37
Cattle
59 38
Caves
59 39
Chesnut
59 40
Chicago Tribune
59 41
Chico Hot Springs
59 42
Child abuse
59 43
Christian Standard
59 44
Christler, L.J.
59 45
Chrome, Montana
59 46
Churchill
59 47
Cinnabar
60 1
Clark, John L
60 2
Clark, Urana
60 3
Clow, Bertha
60 4
Coal
60 5
Coal Tax reinvestment
60 6
College of Montana
60 7
Colstrip
60 8
Colter, John
60 9
Columbus hospital
60 10
Communism in Montana
60 11
Computers
60 12
Comstock, H.T.P
60 13
Cooke City
60 14
County schools
60 15
Cow Chip
60 16
Crocker, Betty
60 17
Cushman, Harriette
60 18
Custer battle
60 19
Custer, George Armstrong
60 20
Custer-Sioux skirmish
60 21
Dams
60 22
Davis, Cliff
60 23
Dempsey-Gibbons fight
60 24
Dimsdale, Thomas
60 25
Dinosaurs
60 26
Dry Creek
60 27
Duncan, John
60 28
Dusenberry, J. Verne
60 29
Eagles
60 30
Eastern Montana
60 31
Ecton, Zales
60 32
Education
60 33
Elections in Montana
60 34
Elkhorn
60 35
Elkhorn mine
60 36
Emery, S.M.
60 37
Emigrant Gulch
61 1
Energy Emergency rates
61 2
English colony
61 3
Erhardt, Tilney W
61 4
Ethnic heritage
61 5
Extension service
61 6
Fishing
61 7
Flag and seal
61 8
Flathead County
61 9
Fletcher, Nellie
61 10
Fligelman, Frieda
61 11
Forests
61 12
Fort Assiniboine
61 13
Fort Belknap
61 14
Fort Benton
61 15
Fort Ellis
61 16
Fort Keogh
61 17
Fort Logan
61 18
Fort Peck
61 19
Fort Shaw
61 20
Fort Union
61 22
Foss, Ted
61 23
Fossil insects
61 24
Fossils
61 25
Freedom
61 26
Fritz, Harry
61 27
Gallatin Canyon
62 1
Gallatin City
62 2
Gallatin County
62 3
Gallatin County government
62 4
Gallatin County Rest homes
62 5
Gallatin Field
62 6
Gallatin Gateway
62 7
Gallatin River
62 8
Gallatin Valley
62 9
Gallatin Valley Female Seminary
62 10
Galt, Errol F
62 11
Gambling
62 12
Gardiner
62 13
Gass, Sgt. Patrick
62 14
German POWs
62 15
Gettysburg Address update
62 16
Ghost Cliffs
62 17
Ghost towns
62 18
Gibbons, General
62 19
Gibson Park
62 20
Gilt Edge
62 21
Giralot vs. Montana State University
62 22
Graham, Jessica Schultz
62 23
Great Falls
62 24
Great Plains
62 25
Green, Jesse
62 26
Griffin, Harvey
62 27
Grizzly bear
62 28
Grove, Charles Porter
62 29
Guthrie, A.B.
62 30
Haines, Aubrey
62 31
Hainline, Bill
62 32
Hamilton, Ernst
62 33
Hangings
62 34
Hardin
62 35
Harmann, Joe
62 36
Havre
62 37
Haynes Art Gallery
62 38
Hazardous waste
62 39
Headwaters Herald
62 40
Hebgen earthquake
62 41
Hedges, Cornelius
62 42
Helena
62 43
Helena-Carroll Trail
62 44
Henry's Fork
63 1
Homesteaders
63 2
Honorary degrees
1985
63 3
Huffman, Roy
63 4
Huidekoper, Wallis
63 5
Huntley, Chet
63 6
Hutterites
63 7
Indians
63 8
Indians in the Gallatin Valley
63 9
Industry, Montana
63 10
Ingersoll, Wilmer
63 11
Initial Point
63 12
Iowa, University
63 13
Jardine
63 14
Jaw Bone
63 15
Jennings, Peter
63 16
John Birch Society
63 17
Johnson, Sam
63 18
Judiciary
63 19
Judith River
63 20
Keister, Roy M.
63 21
Kelley, C.F.
63 22
Kelsey, Bonnie
63 23
Kelsey, Howard
63 24
KUSM
63 25
Labre Indian School
63 26
Land Grant Colleges
63 27
Landusky
63 28
Langhor, Dan
63 29
Lavina
63 30
Law
63 31
Learning disabilities
63 32
Levinsky, Andrew
63 33
Lewis and Clark
63 34
Lewis and Clark Caverns
64 1
Lewistown
64 2
Literature
64 3
Livesay, Jennie Smith
64 4
Livingston
64 5
Lott Family
64 6
Loy, Myrna
64 7
Lynde, Stan
64 8
McGee, Warren
64 9
McGill, Caroline
64 10
McIntosh, Carl
64 11
McMullen, Joe
64 12
Madison Buffalo Jump
64 13
Madison County
64 14
Magnetic rocks
64 15
Mammoth Trumpet
64 16
Manhattan
64 17
Mansfield, Mike
64 18
Manufacturing
64 19
Maps
64 20
Marino, Joe
64 21
Mars, Map
64 22
Martin, Fred
64 23
Masons
64 24
Masons
64 25
Marysville
64 26
Maurer, Tom
64 27
Meagher County
64 28
Meagher, Thomas F.
64 29
Medicine Wheel
64 30
Melcher, John
64 31
Melcher, John
64 32
Metals
64 33
Michener
65 1
Miller, Grace
65 2
Minerals
65 3
Mining
65 4
Missouri River
65 5
Moncrete
65 6
Montana
65 7
Montana-song
65 8
Montana-Bicentennial medal
65 9
Montana-Centennial
65 10
Montana-Chamber of Commerce
65 11
Montana-Constitution
65 12
Montana-Country of the Mountains
65 13
Montana-Eagle
65 14
Montana-Education
65 15
Montana-Flag and seal
65 16
Montana-Governors' messages
65 17
Montana-historic trails
65 18
Montana-Historical calendar
65 19
Montana-Land trusts
65 20
Montana-Masonic news
65 21
Montana-Opinion
65 22
Montana-Politics
65 23
Montana-Population
65 24
Montana-Post
65 25
Montana-Sapphires
65 26
Montana State College history
65 27
Montana state experiment stations
66 1
MSU
66 2
MSU 100th Anniversary history
66 3
Montana Talc Company
66 4
Montana Winter Fair
66 5
Montgomery, Joe
66 6
Monuments and markers
66 7
Morely, John Henry
66 8
Mossman
66 9
Movies
66 10
Mueller, Oscar
66 11
Mullan Road
66 12
Mullan's expedition
66 13
Museum of the Rockies
66 14
Museums
66 15
Myers, Alfred
66 16
Mysersburg
66 17
NRTA News bulletin
66 18
Nesbit, Sidney
66 19
Newspaper, "Pick and Plow"
66 20
Newspapers
66 21
Norris
66 22
Old Faithful Inn
66 23
Old Milk River Indian Agency
66 24
Onstad, Lyle
66 25
Orient
66 26
Outpatient business
66 27
Outstanding Montanans
66 28
Ova transplant
66 29
Owen, John
66 30
Pace, Herb
66 31
Park County
66 32
Patagonia
66 33
Paugh, Minnie
66 34
Penttila, William
66 35
Petroleum industry
66 36
Phillipsburg
67 1
Photographs and photographers
67 2
Pictographs
67 3
Politics
67 4
Pony
67 5
Print
67 6
Prison
67 7
Railroads
67 8
Rankin, Doris and Barney
67 9
Rankin, Jeannette
67 10
Reagan, Ronald
67 11
Red Bluff
67 12
Religious Groups
67 13
Renne, Roland
67 14
Retirement
67 15
Rich, Franklin W
67 16
Richters, Ken
67 17
Rick O'Shay
67 18
Rochester
67 19
Rocky Boy
67 20
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
67 21
Rouse, Clifford
67 22
Ruffner, Sanford
67 23
Russell, Charles
67 24
St. Mary's Mission
67 25
Salesville
67 26
Salish Falls
67 27
Sallee Ranch
67 28
Sand Coulee
67 29
Sanders, W.F.
67 30
Sapphire mines
67 31
Sawmills
67 32
Schmitt site
67 33
Schultz, James Willard
67 34
Seatbelts
67 35
Semantics
67 36
Shields River
67 37
Shodair Hospital
67 38
Silver statue
67 39
Sinton, George and Kittie
67 40
Sitting Bull
67 41
Skiing
67 42
Synder, Simon
67 43
Soldiers Chapel
67 44
Spokane
67 45
Springdale Bridge
67 46
Statue of Liberty
67 47
Stewart, Katherine
67 48
Stillwater County
67 49
Storrs
67 50
Stream rehabilitation
67 51
Stuart, Harry C.
67 52
Sweet Grass Hills
67 53
Switzer, Malthus
67 54
Tapes
67 55
Tindoy
67 56
Tenth Cavalry
67 57
Terry
67 58
Thomas massacre
68 1
Three Forks
68 2
Three Forks Bicentennial Park
68 3
Three Forks Lewis and Clark pageant
68 4
Toll bridges
68 5
Toole, K. Ross
68 6
Townsend, Elsie Doig
68 7
Townsend
68 8
Tracy, Sarah
68 9
Transportation
68 10
Trident, Post office
68 11
True, Dave
68 12
Two Dot
68 13
UFO
68 14
Update, Black church
68 15
Ursulines
68 16
Vigilantes
68 17
Virginia City
68 18
Virginia City
68 19
Visscher, Wendy
68 20
Wallace, Bev
68 21
Water
68 22
Water Dousers
68 23
Weather
68 24
Weatherly, Shannon
68 25
West Yellowstone
68 26
Wheeler, Burton K.
68 27
White, Dudley
68 28
White Sulphur Springs
68 29
Wibaux
68 30
Williams, James
68 32
Windmill
68 33
Winter
68 34
Wolf Point
68 35
Women
68 36
World War II
68 37
Wylie, W.W.
68 38
Yellowstone County
68 39
Yellowstone Ecosystem
68 40
Yellowstone Institute
68 41
Yellowstone National Park
68 42
Yellowstone Pine Company

10:  Personal papersReturn to Top

Primarily materials created or collected by Burlingame dealing with his personal life, finances, family genealogy, religious topics, awards and commissions, and memorabilia. This series includes speeches that Burlingame gave to community groups on historical and other topics. One file on Ray Burlingame has been closed to research until 2070 by request of the donor.

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
69 1
Address lists
69 2
American West
69 3
Astrapolitics
69 4
Awards and certificates
69 5
Awards and certificates
69 6
Awards and certificates
69 7
Awards and certificates
69 8
Background of the Bible
69 9
Background of the Bible
69 10
Background of the Bible
69 11
Biographical information
69 12
Burlingame family history
69 13
Christian church
69 14
Christmas cards
69 15
Dissertation rewrites
69 16
Dissertation rewrites
70 1
Doran/Gildea genealogy
70 2
Ethical and political speeches
70 3
Ethical and political speeches
70 4
Ethical and political speeches
70 5
Funeral arrangements
70 6
Gildea family history
70 7
History of Canada
70 8
Masonic aprons
70 9
Miscellaneous correspondence
70 10
Miscellaneous notes
70 11
Montana speeches
70 12
National influences on the development of Montana
70 13
Personal library
70 14
Personal library
70 15
Poetry and epigram snips
70 16
Poetry and epigram snips
70 17
Popularizing Peace
70 18
Ray Burlingame [RESTRICTED UNTIL 2070]
70 19
Religious speeches
70 20
Religious tracts
70 21
Small Town Renaissance
70 22
Texas as she is

11:  PhotographsReturn to Top

Original and copy photographs taken or collected by Burlingame on a wide variety of subjects represented in other series. Topics include: Merrill Burlingame and the Burlingame family; Montana biographical subjects; Montana communities; Bozeman and Gallatin County; the Bozeman Christian Church; Indians and related archaeology; Gustavus C. Doane; Harriette Cushman; and Montana views. The photographs have been arranged topically and have been sequentially numbered. Available negatives have been placed in folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
71 1
 Burlingame portraits; photographs #1-7
1903-1934
71 2
 Burlingame portraits; photographs #8-16
1940-1980
71 3
 Burlingame-Montana Historical Society; photographs #17-21
71 4
 Burlingame family snapshots; photographs #22-43
Box Folder
Merrill G. Burlingame and Jack Haynes
1953
Merrill G. Burlingame at Waputki National Monument
Merrill G. Burlingame at banquet
Merrill G. Burlingame in parade
Merrill G. Burlingame
circa 1985
Merrill G. Burlingame family at Yellowstone
1980
Merrill G. Burlingame at Frank Weaver home
1981
Burlingame relatives
Burlingame home, Bozeman
Burlingame home, Iowa
Burlingame Long Distance Relay Machines
Burlingame Long Distance Relay Machines
71 5
 Montana State University/Montana State College #44-64
Box Folder
Crew, Clara
Comstock, Henry T
Hapner, William
Hapner, William
King, Thomas Wylie
Koch, Peter
Koch, Peter
Missoula High School graduation
1915
Monroe, B.K.
Rich, Franklin W.
Rich, Franklin W., Mrs.
Smith, Scott L.
Tuttle, Daniel S
71 6
 Montana towns #65-92
Box Folder
Baker
1920
Baker
1920
Baker
1920
Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge
Eureka
1915
Eureka
1915
Gallatin City
circa 1939
Helena
Phillipsburg
Manhattan
1925
Pony
71 7
 Three Forks #93-100
Box Folder
Aerial views
71 8
 Three Forks #101-112
Box Folder
Gravesite
Dog sled
Miner
Cabin
Bicentennial Celebration
1976
71 9
 Bozeman #113-126
Box Folder
Gallatin High School class
circa 1930s
Bozeman Women's Missionary Society
1911
Gallatin Valley Female Seminary
circa 1930s
 Bozeman and Gallatin County
Mary M. Timmons, Bozeman's First Born
Commercial National Bank
Presbyterian church
BPOE building
Main Street
1908
Big Horn Gun, courthouse
Interior, Eric Alson home
Bozeman Business and Professional Women
circa 1930s
Bozeman Rotary Club
circa 1920s
71 11
 Emigrant Gulch and the Yellowstone Gold Mining Co. #137-145
Box Folder
Emigrant Gulch and the Yellowstone Gold Mining Co.
71 12
 Monuments and tombstones #146-165
Box Folder
Missouri headwaters
W.J. Sayre
Henry T. Comstock
Jim Winters
Lemhi County monument
Lemhi County monument
Old Iron Foundry, Utah
Wibaux grave markers
Hershman gravesite, Polson
Hershman gravesite, Polson
Engdahl ranch gravesite
Haze Lyon
Herron ranch gravesite, Kalispell
Chester museum grave rock
Brackett creek gravesite
John Daily
J.S. Smith
Hanks gravesite (negative only)
71 13
 Forts #166-176
Box Folder
Fort Ellis
Fort Logan
Fort Benton
Fort Benton (negative only)
Fort Owen
Fort Union
Fort Collins, Colorado
 Doane-Hunter families
Tennis tournament, Hunter's Hot Springs
Gustavus C. Doane
1989
Doane tombstone
Mary Hunter Doane
1878
Mary Hunter Doane
circa 1880s
Mrs. A.J. Hunter
Reenactment of Doane's 1870 encampment at Yellowstone
71 15
 Montana State University/Montana State College #184-191
Box Folder
Mount Baldy "M"
Hedges Hall
Old skating rink
W.W. Freeman in Chemistry
Morning devotions, Danforth Chapel
Students leaving morning devotions
Ken Ostermiller at Danforth Chapel
Traphagen Hall
71 16
 Harriette Cushman #192-198
Box Folder
Harriette Cushman
1975
Harriette Cushman
1935
Harriette Cushman
1963
Harriette Cushman
1950
Harriette Cushman
1975
Harriette Cushman making a call as county agent
1935
 Harriette Cushman birth record (negative only)
71 17
 Christian Church #199-213
Box Folder
O.F. McHargue
Church groups, J.E. Parker
Church groups, A.L Chapman
Christian Church Sunday school
1939
Arthur J. Aikens
Old parsonage moving
1981 April 8
71 18
 Christian Church #214-223
Box Folder
A.L Chapman
E.T.C. Bennett
John F. Ghormley
Payne memorial church (artifact removed)
A.L Chapman
Reverend and Mrs. Arthur J. Aikens
Grand Avenue Church
1901
Grand Avenue Church
1981
Grand Avenue Church
1932
Grand Avenue Church
1932
71 19
 Christian Church #226-231
Box Folder
S. George Griffith
James E. Parker
Mark C. Cronenberger
Grant H. Cole
Everett Cecil
Jeff C. Holder
71 20
 Indians and reservations #232-242
Box Folder
St. Mary's Mission
1933
Botana and family
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, street scene
1941
Cree sundance lodge
1906
Fort Peck cabin
Browning midwinter fair
1930s
71 21
 Indians-Antiquities and Archaeology #244-256
Box Folder
Burial rocks, Sonnette site, near Broadus
Projectile points from Keogh buffalo jump
Madison buffalo jump
1962
71 22
 Indians-Antiquities #257-273
Box Folder
Axe head
Burlingame examining site, location unknown
Burlingame examining site, Gallatin River near Spanish Creek
1958
Rock etchings north of Broadview
1967
71 23
 Indians-Antiquities #274-304
Box Folder
Carved ivory found near Glasgow
1917
Blacktail cavern artifacts
Medicine wheel near Sheridan, Wyoming
Logan buffalo jump (negatives only)
Sheep jump painting (negative only)
71 24
 Transportation #305-309
Box Folder
Railroad track at Baker
1909
Steamboat "OK" in 1908
1908
Steamboats at Fort Benton
First airplane at Eureka
1915
71 25
 Montana views and miscellany #310-327
Box Folder
Hanging of Seachrist
Vigilante charter
1865
Old Faithful
Gallatin River
Bridger mountains
Coyote
Geyser
Mountains
Custer battlefield
Mr. and Mrs. Archdeacon
Arbor Lodge, Nebraska
McGill museum exhibit
Nob Castle Rock
Black Butte
71 26
 Burlingame Africa trip slides, (not numbered)
1969
71 27
Negatives (#1, 5, 7, 14, 15, 22, 23, 28, 30-33, 39, 45, 71-72, 90-92, 133, 134, 137-145, 159, 165, 173, 199, 203, 214-216, 220, 227, 228, 230-233, 258, 301-304, 308, 309)

12:  MapsReturn to Top

Printed and manuscript maps collected or created by Burlingame in association with his research interests. The maps have been organized according to the issuing agency and are either exclusively Montana or the American West. Some of the manuscript maps were created for Burlingame's book The Montana Frontier. Box 72 also contains oversize materials removed from previous series.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
72 1
Manuscript maps
72 2
Montana Highway Department County Maps
1941-1963
72 3
U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Land Management
72 4
Western United States
72 5
Bozeman family tree (from series 1)
72 6
Montana State University instructors (from series 7)
72 7
Certificates and awards (from series 10)

13:  MicrofilmReturn to Top

Microfilmed primary source materials collected by Burlingame from various institutions in the United States and Canada pertaining to a wide variety of historical subjects and persons. Institutions from which the microfilm was ordered includes Harvard, Yale, New York Public Library, Missouri Historical Society, and the Manitoba Archives. Permission to use any of this material must be granted by the institutions holding the original documents. Information in brackets has been taken from the order form Burlingame filled out for some institutions and may refer to that institution's control number of the documents that were duplicated. Film in boxes 101-134 appear to be "home made" by Burlingame himself from original documents whose origin cannot be determined.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
73
Manitoba Archives: Johnstone, William - Notes of a trip to the Rocky Mountains in 1866
1866
74
Yale University Library: Upham, H.D. - Letters
1865
74
Yale University Library: Freeman, H.B. - Journal [Whithington 204]
1867
74
Yale University Library: Greene, Francis Vinton - Voyage of FVG from Sweet Grass Hills to Bismarck [Withington 230]
74
Yale University Library: Thomas, W. Kent - Little Big Horn [article]
74
Yale University Library: Greene, Francis Vinton - Letter from Virginia City
1875 August 25
74
Yale University Library: Hempstead, Thomas - Letterbook [Withington 231]
1821
74
Yale University Library: Baird, George William - Indian campaigning with General Miles [WA MSS S911 B163]
75
Yale University Library: Hedges, Cornelius - Diaries
1849-1851; 1856; 1863; 1867-1882
76
Yale University Library: Hedges, Cornelius - Diaries
1851-1855
77
Yale University Library: Hedges, Cornelius - Diaries
1883-1907
78
Montana Historical Society: Hedges, Cornelius - Diary
1865
79
University of North Carolina: Richmond, Theodore - Papers [Collection 632]
79
University of North Carolina: Gibson/Humphries papers [Collection 922]
80
Yale University Library: Bond, Samuel - Journal of the Fisk expedition [Withington 39]
1862
80
Yale University Library: English, William - Field diary of WE
1876
80
Yale University Library: Wilson, James S.R. - Journal of a trip to Yellowstone Park
1875
80
Yale University Library: Nauser, Samuel - Letters to his sister
1862
81
New York Public Library: Bond, Fred - Diary
1876
81
New York Public Library: Sydendham diary (Lt. 2nd Infantry)
1889-1890
81
New York Public Library: Astor papers, letter
1814
81
New York Public Library: Montana-Upper Missouri Valley Research Material
81
New York Public Library: Coon, Homer - Recollections, Nez Perce Indians
81
New York Public Library: Brown, Edwin M. - Account of expedition
1867-1877
82
New York Public Library: Greene, Francis Vinton - U.S. Northern Boundary Commission Letters
1872-1876
83
New York Public Library: Howard, Wade - A journey from Tipton, Missouri to Virginia City
1865
84
Harvard University Library: Albright, Edward L. - St. Peters Mission
84
Harvard University Library: Blake, Frank - The "locus" of the soul in the body
84
Harvard University Library: Brown, Earl W. - A problem in approximate trisection
84
Harvard University Library: Clinch, Thomas Anthony - Historical Backgrounds of Custer's Last Stand [All of the above are theses from Carroll College]
1949
84
Harvard University Library: Healy, John J. - Interview by Forest Crissey
1899 May 29
85
New York Public Library: Greene, Francis Vinton - Diary of a trip to Yellowstone Park
1875
86
New York Public Library: Berthold, E.L. - Explorations in Idaho and Montana in 1878
1878
86
New York Public Library: Brown, J. - Traditions of the Blackfeet
87
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Excerpts From: Choteau-Pampin collection
1829-1850
87
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Excerpts From: Drips papers
1842
87
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Excerpts From: William Clark papers
87
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Excerpts From: Sibley papers
1819-1864
88
New York Historical Society: In Memorium: Edwin R. Purple, 1881
1881
89
New York Historical Society: Excerpts from Edwin R. Purple papers
90
Manitoba Archives, Selections From: Alexander Morris papers
90
Manitoba Archives, Selections From: Adams G. Archibald Papers
90
Manitoba Archives, Selections From: Louis Riel papers
91
Manitoba Archives: negative reel
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: Larouque, F.A. "Journal of the Missouri River, 1804-1805" [MG 19 C1 Volume 3]
1804-1805
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: McKenzie, Charles, "Account of Missouri Indians, 1804" [MG 19 C2 vol9]
1804
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: Department of Interior-Dominion Lands Branch
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: Journey to Mountain House, Winter
1870-1871
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: British Minister 1330 "Alleged outrage by U.S. Troops upon settlers at White River"
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: Fletcher, H.C. 2679 "Apprehended attacks by Indians on boundary, letter from Captain Cameron"
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: Colonial Secretary 4561 "Letter from Earl of Carnarvon and from Sir E. Thorton on discovery of gold in Black Hills"
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: Indian Affairs 121007 "Conditions of Canadian Indians in U.S. and Sioux, letter from Fort Belknap, 1879"
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: Devins, J.S. 157337 "Report on Mormon settlement at Cardston"
92
Public Archives of Canada, Ottowa: RG 18, Series B, volume 5 "Rondeau and Alexis History of Southern Saskatchewan"
93
Library of Congress: Evans, Charles, Diary
1853 July - September
93
Library of Congress: Brown, Edward B. "Terror in the Badlands: Journal of the Miles Expedition, 1876-1877"
94
Harvard University Library: Selections from the Oswald G. Villard papers regarding Burton K. Wheeler, Frederick Billings, and Henry Villard
95
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis: Fort Union Letter Book [Choteau Collection]
1833-1835
96
University of Missouri-Western Historical Manuscripts Collection: Wibaux, Pierre - Papers
1881-1929
97
Library of Congress: Thomas J. Walsh papers - Correspondence pertaining to women's suffrage
98
Montana Historical Society: Leases on mortgaged lands
circa 1850s
99
Montana Historical Society: David, Christopher C - Diary
1879-1881
100
National Archives: Records of the Washington Superintendency of Indian Affairs
1853-1874
100
National Archives: Letters from employees assigned to the eastern district, Flathead agency and Blackfeet agency
1853-1863
101
Burlingame Reels: Indian Affairs - charges against
102
Burlingame Reels: Flathead Agency Observations 29p
103
Burlingame Reels: Miscellaneous Indian Agency 38p
104
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - letters received + 45p
1880 August 15
105
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - Letters Received + 33p
1881 July
106
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - Letters Received (Roll 2) + 34p
1881 July
107
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - Letters sent + 19p
1882 May
108
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - Letters sent + 34p
1883 May
109
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - Letters sent 27p
1883 September
110
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - Letters sent 36p
1889 June
111
Burlingame Reels: Fort Maginnis - letters sent August + 37p
1884 August
112
Burlingame Reels: Fort Belknap 20p
1873-1876
113
Burlingame Reels: Fort Custer, research paper by Richard Bowler
1965
114
Burlingame Reels: Letters sent from Fort Custer 21p
1877
115
Burlingame Reels: Letters sent from Fort Custer 28p
1879
116
Burlingame Reels: Letters sent from Fort Custer 28p
1883
117
Burlingame Reels: Fort Belknap 1873-1876 43p
1873-1876
118
Burlingame Reels: Fort Peck - 31p+ 12-44
119
Burlingame Reels: Fort Peck - 37p
120
Burlingame Reels: Fort Peck - 1874 24p
1874
121
Burlingame Reels: Fort Benton - Letters sent 1869 + 48p
1869
122
Burlingame Reels: Stevens Treaty Roll #1
1855
123
Burlingame Reels: Stevens Roll #2
1855
124
Burlingame Reels: Stevens Treaty Roll #3
1855
125
Burlingame Reels: Stevens Treaty Roll #4 - 31p Roll #5 - 12p = 43p
1855
126
Burlingame Reels: Doane's Report on Pease Exp. Roll #1 33p
127
Burlingame Reels: Doane's Report on Pease Exp. Roll #2-1/2 Dark-
128
Burlingame Reels: Doane's Report on Pease Exp. Roll #3 31p
129
Burlingame Reels: Doane Materials regarding Yellowstone Park Superintendent
130
Burlingame Reels: Doane - Miscellaneous In Fort Ellis Materials 26p
131
Burlingame Reels: Doane - Miscellaneous In Fort Ellis Materials 31p
132
Burlingame Reels: J.V. Bogart - Yellowstone Expedition 10p
133
Burlingame Reels: 1870 Report of Inspector General Hardie Rec. The Baker Exp. 11p Col. Bakers Report 3p. 11p Col
1870
134
Burlingame Reels: Inspector General Hardies Report and Record of Baker 1870 Expedition. 39p

14:  AudiotapesReturn to Top

Recordings made or collected by Merrill Burlingame on a wide variety of research topics. Among the interviewees are Malcolm Story and Harriette Cushman, along with Burlingame himself. Tapes 1 through 20 are on audiocassette. Tapes 21-30 are audiotape reels.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Cassette
135 1
The Death of John Bozeman - M.G. Burlingame - Robin Machab Side A=#1 Side B=#2
1983 March 31
135 2
Death of John Bozeman…Side A=#3 (90 minutes)
135 3
Malcolm Story, Sons of Am. Revolution 2-22-1983 Side A=#1, Side B=#2 (60 minutes)
1983 February 22
135 4
Malcolm Story 1st 1/3 (Side A) (90 minutes) Spring Hill August 1982 - October 7, 1982 (Side B)
1982 October 7
135 5
Malcolm Story (90 minutes)
135 6
Lewis and Clark Pageant at Headwaters State Park
1982 August
135 7
Remembering A.H. Strand -3-15-1982 #1, #2 (90 minutes) Faculty group at Margaret Paisley home
1982 March 15
135 8
Mr. Skillman #1, #2 (60 minutes)
135 9
Mr. Skillman #3, #4 (60 minutes)
135 10
Mr. Skillman #5 (60 minutes)
135 11
Mary Sloan Interview
135 12
Mary Sloan Interview
135 13
Ray Mentzer - Fort Ellis Gallatin County Historical Society, January 29, 1981 (Side 1); Bayard Todd - Gallatin Gateway, March 12, 1981 (Side 2)
1981 January 29, 1981 March 12
135 14
"A Rose…" re: 4H delegates going to Boise, Idaho
135 15
"A Rose…"
135 16
Harriet Cushman interview by Kit Miller
135 17
John Colter
135 18
Christmas story
135 19
Harriette Cushman
135 20
Merrill Burlingame, interview by Susan Gibb
1992 October 17
135 21
Unidentified family interview*
135 22
Gallatin Gateway 10-3-65*
1965 October 3
135 23
Gallatin Gateway 10-3-65*
1965 October 3
135 24
Mr. Robers, Mrs. Copping*
135 25
Mrs. Frasur and Mother*
1966 November 19
135 26
Wiley Davis - the Chinese in Virginia City*
135 27
Mrs. Brainard 11-66*
1967 January 20
135 28
Mrs. Brainard 12-66*
135 29
Martha Palffy (W.P.C)*
135 30
Gene Quaw at Bozeman City Hall w/ Mia History Group(W.P.C)*
135 31
Fred C. Krieg (two reels)
1966 February 26
135 32
Warren McGee Bozeman Trail lecture* (tape stored separately)
1968

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Agriculture
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
  • Historians-Montana-Bozeman
  • Indians of North America-Montana-History
  • Names, Geographical-Montana
  • Railroads

Personal Names

  • Alderson, William W. (William White), 1831-1906
  • Burlingame, Merrill G. (Merrill Gildea), 1901-1994--Archives
  • Cushman, Harriette Eliza, 1890-1978
  • Doane, Gustavus Cheyney, 1840-1892

Corporate Names

  • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
  • Montana State University--Bozeman--Faculty
  • Montana State University--Bozeman--History
  • United States-Army-Cavalry, 2nd

Family Names

  • Alderson family
  • Alderson family
  • Burlingame family
  • Burlingame family

Geographical Names

  • Bozeman (Mont.)
  • Bozeman (Mont.)--History
  • Gallatin County (Mont.)--History
  • Montana
  • Montana--History
  • West (U.S.)--History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Biographies
  • Biographies--Montana
  • Biographies--Montana--Bozeman (Mont.)
  • Biographies--Montana--Gallatin County (Mont.)
  • Biography
  • Photographs
  • Photographs