Montana Historical Society, Research Center records, 1874-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montana Historical Society. Research Center.
Title
Montana Historical Society, Research Center records
Dates
1874-2003 (inclusive)
Quantity
25 linear ft
Collection Number
RS 499 (Formerly MHS 3)
Summary
This collection is a subgroup (Program) of the Montana Historical Society records, RS 499. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Historical Society records. The Montana Historical Society Research Center (now Library & Archives) includes the Library, Archives, Photograph Archives, and Oral History program. Records in this collection include correspondence, reports, subject files, and miscellany.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

On December 21st, 1864, Francis M. Thompson introduced into the Territorial legislature, Council Bill 15 to incorporate the Historical Society of Montana, as a private organization. The purpose of the Society was “…to collect and arrange facts in regard to the early history of this Territory…." The bill was signed into law on February 2, 1865. The Society held its first organizational meeting later that month. Among the incorporators were Granville Stuart, H. L. Hosmer, C. P. Higgins, John Owens, and W. F. Sanders. The Society membership was limited to a few prominent Montana pioneers, who had to be elected by unanimous election by the members.

The Society began collecting reminiscences and other memorabilia of the early pioneers. Tragically, these collections burned in the disastrous 1874 fire in downtown Helena. Immediately after the fire, the Society contacted many of the original pioneers and obtained replacement reminiscences, diaries, and letters. They also began the intensive collection of the territory’s newspapers, publications of government expeditions, artifacts, and other items of interest. The collections were housed in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse from 1886 until the completion of the new Capitol building in 1902.

The early history of the Society was one of a gradual increase in government involvement. In 1873 the legislature appropriated $150 to buy additional manuscripts and books. By 1887 the Territory was paying rent for housing the library and the salary of the librarian. In 1891 the collections were officially transferred to State control. And two years later the Governor was given the authority to appoint the Board of Trustees. In 1895 the legislature changed the name to “The Historical and Miscellaneous Library”. This name was retained until the 1923 legislature restored the original name. Finally in 1963 the name was changed to its present Montana Historical Society.

A separate building for the Society was planned as early as the mid 1920s, but the Depression, World War II, and other factors delayed the building until 1953 when the Veterans and Pioneers Building was completed. In 1951 K. Ross Toole was hired as the first professional director. His major task was to plan for the new building, and the varied programs which it would enable. Among these programs were a formal museum, art galleries, the library, and a magazine.

The Research Center, now Library & Archives, includes the Library, the Archives, the Photograph Archives, and the Oral History Program. Prior to the hiring of K. Ross Toole as Director in 1951, the Librarian also functioned as the administrative head of the Society. In 1969, the Library was named the official State Archives. A Photograph Curator was first hired in the early 1970s to maintain and catalog the large collection of photographs. In 1977, the Archives and Photo Archives separated from the Library, but returned to form the Library/Archives Division in the mid 1980s. This Division was renamed the Research Center in 2004 and then Library & Archives in 2022.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Library subgroup includes general correspondence (1874-2003), and outgoing correspondence (1803-1901) predominantly with researchers and donors. Some of the letters include lengthy reminiscences and discussions of historical events. In addition, there are financial records (1870-1956); legal documents (1873-1976) minutes (1874 re the publication of the first volume of the Contributions series; organizational records (1950-1976) including position descriptions, procedures, rules, etc.; a Library Bulletin; (1907-1908) biennial reports (1905-1968); subject files (1928-1997); miscellany, including scrapbooks (1878-1912) compiled by the Library containing letters, and writings concerning historical events and people, political campaigns, etc., and visitor registers (1898-1952); and scrapbooks (1898-1912) of clippings concerning political campaigns and platforms.

The Archives subgroup includes general correspondence (1969-1902); press releases (1969-1988); reports (1972-1995), including Gerald Ham’s report (1972) on the condition of the Archives, a report (1982) on an historical records survey, and a report (1986) on a local government records survey; and subject files (1957-2003).

The Photograph Archives subgroup includes general correspondence (1974-2003), predominantly with researchers and donors. The bulk of the correspondence consists of requests for prints, and permissions to publish. In addition there is a subject file concerning photo displays and grants.

The Oral History subgroup includes interoffice correspondence (1990-1993); general correspondence (1972-1993); legal documents (1982-1992); files on methodology; project files (1981-2005); project resource files; quarterly reports (1884-1992); subject files; writings; and miscellany.

The Library/Archives Division and Research Center subgroup contains materials concerning the program as a whole. Included are interoffice correspondence (1973-2003); general correspondence (1973-2001); financial records (1986-2000); minutes of program managers meetings (1984-2004) and staff meetings (1991-1998); organizational records (1989), consisting of alternative organizational plans; reports (1962-1997), including quarterly reports and reports to the Board of Trustees; subject files (1969-2005); and miscellany.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library & Archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Library & Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Name of Collection. Collection Number. Box and folder number. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives. Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by subgroup and series.

Location of Collection

55:6-6

Processing Note

In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Historical Society were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 499, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the MTHS catalog, and to follow best archival practices.

Collections from Montana Historical Society's Programs/Board that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 499. Rather than reprocessing over 90 linear feet of Historical Society materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Separated Materials

Printed material transferred to Library.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Library, 1874-2003Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
1 / 1
Chronological (correspondents include U. S. Signal Corps, Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Edwin L. Purple, John Lothrop Motley, Benjamin F. Potts, Nathaniel Herriman, Francis Parkman)
1874-1878
1 / 2
B-W (correspondents include A. L. Bancroft and Company, William S. Brackett, E. W. Carpenter, Hugh Daly, F. C. Demiling, Charles W. Frush, James Harkness, William Selby Harney, Hezekiah Hosmer, Caleb E. Irvine, Magazine of American History, L. B. Palladino, Bertha M Randall, W.S. Rosecrans, W.F. Sanders, R. S. Tingley, C. O. VanCleve, Frank H. Woody)
1880-1889
1 / 3
A-W (correspondents include Alder Gulch Times, E. C. Alderson, R. A. Allen, William S. Brackett, John B. Brondel, William E. Catlin, Pierre Chouteau, Mrs. Frank E. Curtis, N. J. Custer, A. B. Davis, Mrs. S. H. Davis, James Dawson, Annie Edgar, Thomas A. Fairweather, James Harkness, Thomas W. Harris, Sarah R. Herndon, Thomas Howie, J. A. Hosmer, W. A. Haven, Nathaniel P. Langford, L. Gertrude Lippincott, G. W. Lowell, Duncan McDonald, John Mullan, Mrs. F. R. Murk, Mary C. Ronan, Hazard Stevens, Granville Stuart, U. S. Secretary of War, Decius S. Wade, William F. Wheeler, Frank H. Woody)
1890-1899
1 / 4
A-W (correspondents include J. I. Allen, Pierre Chouteau, William E. Connelley, Annie Edgar, Peter Koch, J. M. Lindley, John S. Lott, W. R. Logan, Ralph Olmstead, Mary C. Ronan, J. R. Russell, Thomas H. Rutter, Hazard Stevens, Granville Stuart)
1900
1 / 5
A-W (correspondents include J. I. Allen, Rosa J. Beall, Henry N. Blake, William A. Clark, Henry F. Cope, W. W. Dixon, Eva Emery Dye, Albert Frank, Paris Gibson, Conrad Kohrs, Nathaniel P. Langford, J. M. Lindley, Mrs. F. E. Lucas, DeForest L. Merriman, James H. Mills, Francis Redfern, Martha G. Skidmore, Alice B. (Allis B.) Stuart, Freeman Thorp, L. Van Gorp, Frank H. Woody)
1901
1 / 6
A-W (correspondents include Art Metal Construction Company, Marcus Baker, D. W. Benham, Henry N. Blake, J. Brennan, D. L. Cannon, William A. Clark, Mrs. Cowan, Thomas A. Cummings, C. A. Darlington, John F. Davies, Omar L Decker, W. W. Dixon, Eva Emery Dye, John French, Paris Gibson, Howell Harris, R. O. Heckman, E. M. Jell, Hiram Knowles, John S. Lott, L. R. Maillet, Lee Mantle, Duncan McDonald, James H. Mills, Lyman E. Munson, E. D. Porter, James M. Robertson, Wilbur E. Sanders, Granville Stuart, R. N. Sutherlin, Freeman Thorp, John Vanderbilt, Robert A. Vickers, Decius S. Wade)
1902
1 / 7
A-W (correspondents include Walter M. Bickford, J. W. Blankinship, George A. Bruffey, Pierre Chouteau, A. J. Craven, Eva Emery Dye, M. J. Elrod, George Bird Grinnell, W. T. Hamilton, Ida M. Kelly, Lee Mantle, Anna M. McLean, L. A. Noblett, W. Y. Pemberton, Pioneers of Eastern Montana, J. U. Sanders, John H. Shellenberger, J. H. Shober, Harry P. Stanford, George F. Stannard, William S. Stocking, Granville Stuart, H. H. Swain, Francis M. Thompson, Freeman Thorp, Warren Upham)
1903
1 / 8
Art Metal Construction Company (re library stacks)
1903-1904
1 / 9
S. M. Corson (re Verendrye Expedition)
1903-1904
1 / 10
A-W (re history of state's newspapers)
1904
1 / 11
A-U (correspondents include Percy Anderson, J. W. Blankinship, Seth Bullock, Phil E. Chappell, Everton J. Conger, John F. Finerty, Charles W. Hawthorne, N. Hilger, Hiram Knowles, Nathaniel P. Langford, J. M. Lindley, James W. Marsden, Ms. McNulty (possibly Flora McNulty); George P. Reeves, J. Roberts, F. P. Sterling, Granville Stuart, Freeman Thorp, U. S. Indian Service re Sacajawea, U. S. Library of Congress)
1905
1 / 12
F-S (correspondents include H. V. A. Ferguson, S. Gordon, Joseph Mills Hanson, Cornelius Hedges, N. Hilger, George Selfridge)
1906
1 / 13
B-W (correspondents include Hans C. Boe, A. J. Davis, Wesley P. Emery, A. G. LaBarge, J. H. Thorp, L. G. Turnley, David B. Weaver, D. J. Whaley, Mrs. E. Williams)
1907
1 / 14
A-W (correspondents include J. Q. Adams, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, James N. Arnoux, Alice E. Barrett, Mrs. W. J. Beall, Frank D. Brown, R. Brown, Amos Buck, W. M. Camp, Franklin Cogswell, James Dawson, George Newman Fuller, W. H. Hackney, H. K. Howry, William L. Irvine, Hiram Knowles, Peter Koch, E. D. Leavitt, Duncan McDonald, John G. Neihardt, Colista Willard Scott, Taylor Sherrill, E. J. Stanley, Granville Stuart, Thomas Thexton, Francis M. Thompson, Hugh Miller Thompson, David B. Weaver, D. J. Whaley)
1908
1 / 15
A-T (correspondents include American Smelting and Refining Company re ore samples, James M. Arnoux, Amos Buck, James Dawson, M. M. Duncan, Frances M. Gibbon, Robert Hinkley, E. D. Leavitt, Kate Luning, Henry Romeyn, Wilbur E. Sanders, E. J. Stanley, Francis M. Thompson)
1909
1 / 16
A-W (correspondents include J. I. Allen, E. K. Armstrong, H. W. Ashley, Lew L Callaway, Nathan Godfrey, Mrs. E. L. Houston, Mrs. L. LaReau, Mrs. M. Stocking, Francis M. Thompson, U. S. Navy Dept., Elizabeth Williams)
1910
1 / 17
B-W (correspondents include Mrs. W. J. Beall, John C. Brennan, Mrs. Daniel P. Mumbrue, T. J. Reilly, Sam V. Stewart, David B. Weaver, O. D. Wheeler)
1911-1913
1 / 18
B-W (correspondents include A. Bessette re Henry Plummer gun, William de la M. Cary, William A. Clark, J. R. Lydon, James U. Sanders, Francis Nims Thompson re death of his father, David B. Weaver)
1914-1916
1 / 19
B-W (correspondents include Hans C. Boe, W. M. Camp, William J. Evans, Ronald Higgins re papers of Granville Stuart, A. G. LaBarge, L. N. McWhorter, Jeannette Rankin, Alice B. (Allis B.) Stuart, Cyrus H. Walker, David B. Weaver, M. L. Wilson)
1917-1918
1 / 20
C-W (correspondents include William A. Clark, J. H. Durston, Grace Raymond Hebard, David Hilger, Historical Motion Picture Company, J. Harry Jurgens, Charles N. Kessler, David B. Weaver)
1919
1 / 21
A-Y (correspondents include J. I Allen, J. Nelson Barry, P. E. Byrne, William A. Clark, W. R. Coe, Edith Gretschius Duncan, E. Eberstadt, Frieda Fligelman, Kansas State Historical Society, Paul Phillips, H. R. Wagner, Yale University Press)
1920-1922
1 / 22
B-W (correspondents include Louis L. Ballou, Theodore C. Blegen, William A. Clark, W. R. Coe, Lewis F. Crawford, Elizabeth B. Custer, W. J. Ghent, Sarah Thorp Heald, Marion M. Manner, Missouri Historical Society re Sacajawea, M. W. Mouat, Wilbur E. Sanders, David B. Weaver, C. S. Whitford re Stuart Mill)
1923
1 / 23
William A. Clark
1924
1 / 24
Elizabeth Custer
1924
1 / 25
David B. Weaver (re Patrick Gass)
1924
1 / 26
B-W (correspondents include Ida Bearss, Rachel Brierley, Ralph Budd, P. E. Byrne, Horace J. Clarke, James Dawson, Arthur J. Dickson, Seymour Dunbar, Morris Elmore, Charles J. Geier, Great Falls Commercial Club, Charles N. Kessler, Sidney Logan, Marion M. Manner, Minnesota Historical Society, Missouri Historical Society, Paul C. Phillips, M. W. Potter, Mary C. Ronan, Allis B. Stuart, Oswald Garrison Villard)
1924
1 / 27
B-W (correspondents include L. Ballou, Martha S. Bell, T. N. Bobbitt, D. L. Brainard, George W. Carlton re last spike, Lewis F. Crawford, James Dawson, Charles F. Guerin, Laura H. Hinckley, Caroline Lehrman, Sidney M. Logan, Curtis L. Mosher, Oscar O. Mueller, Doane Robinson re Sacajawea, Herbert F. Smith, James T. Stanford re Johnnie Healy, Francis Nims Thompson, U. S. Adjutant General's Office, David B. Weaver, George H. Wright, Fred F. Willson)
1925
1 / 28
A-U (correspondents include Louise Parkinson Arnoldsson, Ida B. Clagett, Harold E. Dawson, Luther S. "Yellowstone" Kelly, Agnes C. Laut, Paul C. Phillips, Irvin Shope, Harry P. Stanford, James T. Stanford, Francis Nims Thompson, Howard Toole, U. S. General Land Office)
1926
1 / 29
B-U (correspondents include Hans C. Boe, L. V. Bogy, D. S. Chamberlain, Philip G. Cole, W. M. Davidson, F. E. Foote, Grace Raymond Hebard re Sacajawea, David Hilger, Luther S. "Yellowstone" Kelly, Agnes C. Laut, Thomas F. Meagher III, Oscar O. Mueller, Paul C. Phillips, O. H. Schroeder, Harry P. Stanford, A. E. Trapp, U. S. Postmaster General)
1927-1928
1 / 30
A-W (correspondents include Alberta Provincial Library, John S. Atchison, X. F. Beidler, M. D. Cooper, W. M. Davidson, Mrs. Ruger Donohoe, T. A. Grigg, E. J. Harrington, Arthur Harris, C. M. Jacobs, Mrs. Jesse Knight, Manitoba Provincial Library, Oscar O. Mueller, M. W. Potter re Slade rifle, A. C. Roberts, Thomas C. Ross, Ida Stafford re Henry Plummer, W. A. Standenmeyer, Philip Von Phul, William Welch)
1929-1930
1 / 31
B-V (correspondents include Dan H. Bowman, Frank D. Brown, Philip G. Cole, J. A. Harkness, William H. Hunt, Fannie Culbertson Irvin, Margaret S. Roberts, Horace K. T. Sherwood, G. H. R. Taylor, Vermont Historical Society)
1931-1932
1 / 32
A-Y (correspondents include R. E. Albright, W. A. Allen, James E. Babb, Edward J. Burchette, Philip G. Cole, W. M. Davidson, Homer M. Derr, G. E. Dibble, George A. Gilpatrick, William L. Irvine, Leslie H. Jorud, Library of Congress, Douglas C. McMurtrie, Montana Relief Commission, Oscar O. Mueller, Edward D. Neill, Horace K. T. Sherwood, Mrs. Stanley Yergey)
1933-1934
1 / 33
B-S (correspondents include Lina Ulrich Belsely, Dan H. Bowman, W. F. Brewer, Robert Bruce, Philip G. Cole, Geneva Combes, E. S. Doyle re X. Beidler, Ernest E. East, Lewis K. Ferguson, H. C. Gardner re Yankee Joe Ramsdell, Glacier National Park, H. A. Howard, John T. Lienesch, Howard B. Lott, Caroline Meagher, George R. Metlen, T. C. Ross, William Scallon, Frederick J. Shaw re Richard and John Grant, Harry P. Stanford, F. E. Stranahan)
1935-1936
1 / 34
B-U (correspondents include Minnie Stephens Brown, Joshua R. Clark, Frank A. Curtis, Ernest E. East, Samuel T. Hauser Jr., David Hilger, Joe F. Jacobucci, Caroline Meagher, Paul C. Phillips, Constance Lindsay Skinner, W. A. Staudenmeyer re Henry Plummer, U. S. Army 7th Cavalry)
1937-1938
1 / 35
A-W (correspondents include Art Metal Construction Company, Donald C. Beidler, Mildred T. Bouton, Lucia Idaho Buckingham, Ernest E. East, Eli Guardipee, Z. M. Hamilton, Dean King, Laura B. King Estate, Library of Congress, J. Larpenteur Long, re Assiniboine tribe, Montana School of Mines, Bettie Wilkins Morris, Harry P. Stanford, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Allis B. Stuart, Luke D. Sweetman, L. O. Vaught, Thomas J. Walker)
1939-1940
1 / 36
A-S (correspondents include W. A. Allen, Thomas J. Bird, W. R. Coe, Georgina C. Laut, George R. Metlen, Hunter Miller, Montana State Board of Examiners, Montana Committee on Reorganization and Economy, W. B. Overson, Jeannette Rankin, Allis B. Stuart)
1941
1 / 37
L. O. Vaught (re Glacier National Park)
1942-1943
1 / 38
A-Y (correspondents include Alberta Provincial Library, Bess Streeter Aldrich, Mrs. J. T. Appleman, J. Neilson Barry re exploration maps, James A. Bordeaux, John Mason Brown, Ernest E. East, John Ewers, Margaret Ann Hubbard, Hudson's Bay Company, W. Turrentine Jackson, Lewis Brothers, Montana State Board of Examiners re paid leave for enlisting soldiers, Saskatchewan Historical Society re Frog Lake incident, South Dakota State Historical Society, U.S. Office of Civilian Defense re poster exhibits, Yale University Library re Granville and James Stuart papers)
1942-1943
1 / 39
L. O. Vaught (re Glacier National Park)
1944-1945
1 / 40
A-S (correspondents include E. T. Adney, J. Neilson Barry, L. V. Bogy, Mrs. James Donovan, Ernest E. East, Edward Eberstadt and Sons re Granville Stuart diaries, Gonzaga University re Holy Family Mission, Agnes Train Janssen, Margaret S. Roberts, South Dakota State Historical Society, Allis B. Stuart)
1944-1945
1 / 41
L. O. Vaught (re Glacier National Park)
1946-1948
1 / 42
C-W (correspondents include William Costello, Augusta Lamb Donovan, Robert H. Fletcher, Leonard Lopp, Manitoba Provincial Library, Jean McReynolds, Montana State Board of Examiners re Veterans and Pioneers Memorial Building, Paul C. Phillips, Charles B. Power, H. M. "Lone Wolf" Schultz, Smithsonian Institution, Allis Stuart re derivation of name Missoula, A. W. Tressler, Francis Nims Thompson)
1946-1947
1 / 42
C-W (correspondents include William Costello, Augusta Lamb Donovan, Robert H. Fletcher, Leonard Lopp, Manitoba Provincial Library, Jean McReynolds, Montana State Board of Examiners re Veterans and Pioneers Memorial Building, Paul C. Phillips, Charles B. Power, H. M. "Lone Wolf" Schultz, Smithsonian Institution, Allis Stuart re derivation of name Missoula, A. W. Tressler, Francis Nims Thompson)
1946-1947
1 / 43
B-R (correspondents include J. Neilson Barry, Ella Buchanan, Sammy J. Culbertson Jr., S. H. Middleton, David Hunter Miller, Missouri Historical Society, Clyde H. Porter re Kipp family, W. A. Riebeth)
1948-1949
1 / 44
A-T (correspondents include Ernest Burns, Rufus A. Coleman, Walter Naylor Davis, John G. MacDonald, Montana State Board of Examiners re paid leave for enlisting soldiers, Northern Great Plains Library Planning Council, W. D. Trow)
1950
1 / 45
Walter Lehman
1951
1 / 46
Clyde E. Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian
1951
1 / 47
Dudley White re his research (note: his papers are at Montana State University, Billings)
1951
1 / 48
Muriel Sibell Wolle (re Montana ghost towns)
1951
1 / 49
A-L (correspondents include Robert G. Athearn, J. Neilson Barry, Mrs. John W. Barth, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Archie Clark, Ardell Countryman, J. Frank Dobie, Genie Philbrick Dowlin, Jessie T. Duthie, Mary Elrod Ferguson, A. H. French, Regina Power Geddes, Sam Gilluly, Edward Glassner, Lou Grill, Val Hoffman, Joseph Kinsey Howard, Josephine K. Howard, Dorothy Johnson, F. C. Krieg, E. F. Lawler)
1951
1 / 50
M-P (correspondents include Gene McCarthy, Virginia McCauley, Rita McDonald, Caroline McGill, Bessie K. Monroe, William Morrow and Company, Oscar O. Mueller, New York Historical Society, Albert J. Partoll, Herbert M. Peet, Paul C. Phillips, Marian Place, Mrs. Benton Hall Pollock)
1951
1 / 51
S-U (correspondents include Paul F. Sharp, J. L. Sherburne, J. W. Smurr, Society of Montana Pioneers, Kendrick Strong, Frank Thomson, W. D. Trow re statue of Justice, University of Rochester Library)
1951
1 / 52
Dudley White
1952
1 / 53
A-L (correspondents include J. Neilson Barry, Robert Birbeck, Homer F. Borst, Merrill G. Burlingame, W. H. Cadman, Jack Chambers, Archie Clark, Rufus A. Coleman, Hugh A. Dempsey, John Fahey, May G. Flanagan, Cora Carleton Glassford, Winona Graesser, A. B. Guthrie Jr., Richard E. Leach, Walter C. Lehman)
1952
1 / 54
M-W (correspondents include Madison County Clerk of Court, Museum of the Plains Indian, Oscar O. Mueller, Marian T. Place, Frances W. B. Pollock, William H. Russell, Bill Smurr, E. G. Stahl, Cecelia Stretzel, Trevor G. Thomas, J. Fred Toman, Theresa Truchot, A. R. Van Noy, Tex Willis, Muriel Sibell Wolle)
1952
1 / 55
Hugh Dempsey
1953
1 / 56
Dudley White
1953
1 / 57
A-N (correspondents include American Jewish Archives, Hazel Allison, J. Neilson Barry, P. E. Burke, Elaine Bush, Merrill Burlingame, Rufus A. Coleman, Perl Coombs, Paolo E. Coletta, Moshe Davis, Verne Dusenberry, James S. Elston, Pul Fatout, May G. Flanagan, Martin L. Freese, P. J. Friday, Carl M. Gunderson, Leo A. Hanna, R. R. Johnstone, Marguerite LaMarche, Ray W. Lingk, Elizabeth Lochrie, Ray H. Mattison, Harold McCracken, Caroline McGill, Minnesota Historical Society, Nevada State Historical Society)
1953
1 / 58
A-N (correspondents include Pacific Northwest Library Association, Marian T. Place, Adelia Price, Douglas Nelson Rhodes, Helena Huntington Smith, Cecelia B. Stretzel, J. Fred Toman, Theresa Truchot, W. D. Trow, Matthew H. Tschirgi, Lars A. Welo, Dan Whetstone, Carl G. Wichman, Charlotte Yarborough)
1953
2 / 1
Dudley White
1954
2 / 2
A-L (correspondents include American Association of University Women, American Library Association, J. Neilson Barry, John W. Barth, Casey Barthelmess, Fred Barton, Merrill G. Burlingame, Rufus A. Coleman, Barclay Craighead re Wheeler Papers, Hugh A. Dempsey, Corlie F. Dunster, Kenneth Holmes, James D. Horan, Historical Association of East Kootenay, R. R. Johnstone, Lynn A. Lee, Ray W. Lingk, Al Lucke)
1954
2 / 3
M-O (correspondents include Machinery Center Inc re Granite-BiMetallic mine equipment, Ray Mattison, Caroline McGill, Daniel C. McMath, F. S. Mefford, H. G. Merriam, Robert E. Miller, Montana Saddle Clubs Association, Clyde Morrison, Oscar O. Mueller, Oregon State Library)
1954
2 / 4
P-W (correspondents include Marian T. Place, Lester Roberts, Paul Sharp, J. L. Sherburne, Harry A. Speich, Clark C. Spence enclosing list of British-based mining companies, G. K. Spencer, Edgar I. Stewart, Grace B. Trethewey, Phil Twogood, U. S. National Archives re WPA Records, Bon Whealdon, Dan Whetstone, Muriel Sibell Wolle)
1954
2 / 5
California State Library, California State Archives, University of California, etc. (re Henry Plummer)
1955
2 / 6
Dudley White
1955
2 / 7
Herbert Peet (M.H.S. Archives has collection of his research materials: MC 89)
1955
2 / 8
A-J (correspondents include Willard Adams, American Forest History Foundation, Francis Beidler II, William Bertsche, Virginia Burlingame, Burton Carey, J. G. Cathcart, D. E. Caves re Huntleys, Jack Connolly, Mrs. Roy Cornelius, Arlene Crisafulli, Verne Dusenberry, Alice Erwin, John C. Ewers, Agnes Adams Fisher, Leo Hanna, Andrew Holmes, James S. Hutchins, Illinois State Library, Joseph W. Jackson, Jessamine Spear Johnson)
1955
2 / 9
K-O (correspondents include Thomas Kehoe, John Kidder, Emil Kopar, Walter Lehman, Al Lucke, Elsie Lundborg, Madison County district court, Caroline McGill, Regina Healy Mettler, Minnesota Historical Society, Missouri Historical Society, Montana State Library Extension Commission, Montana State University Library, Museum of the Plains Indian, National Bison Range, Ralph Owings)
1955
2 / 10
P-W (correspondents include Donald D. Parker, Mrs. Rodolfe Petter re Cheyenne grammar, Marian T. Place, Frances W. B. Pollock, Clyde H. Porter, Lawrence B. Romaine, George A. Seipp, Paul Sharp, James S. Smith, Harry C. Stewart, J.L. Sherburne, E. B. Trail, J. W. Vaughn, Edward N. Wentworth, Muriel Sibell Wolle)
1955
2 / 11
Dudley White
1956
2 / 12
A-F (correspondents include Mrs. Leslie Baird re petroglyphs, John Barsotti, George Bijur, Clyde J. Botkin, British Columbia Provincial Archives, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Colorado State Historical Society, Hugh A. Dempsey, Jessie Taber Duthie, Alice Erwin, John C. Ewers, Agnes Fisher, Earle R. Forrest re Patrick Gass, James R. Fuchs, )
1956
2 / 13
G-L (correspondents include Larry Gill re Conrad Kohrs papers, Gwendolyn Haste, Robert S. Holzman, James S. Hutchins, Dorothy M. Johnson, Mrs. Mike Kirschten, Walter Lehman, Fred Lockley, Milton Lott, Al Lucke)
1956
2 / 14
M-P (correspondents include Harold McCracken, James E. Murray re Library Services Bill, Montana State Library Extension Commission, Oscar O. Mueller, Mahle Ovitt, Ralph E. Owings, Herbert M. Peet, Marian T. Place, Van B. Putnam, Clyde H. Porter)
1956
2 / 15
R-W (correspondents include Lawrence B. Romaine, Charles R. Scobey, Patricia Scott, Irene M. Simon, G. Elmo Shoup, Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers, Edgar I. Stewart, Mildred K. Stoltz, Clark C. Spence, Thomas Taber, E. B. Trail, U. S. Library of Congress, Ellis Waldron, Helen McCann White)
1956
2 / 16
A-C (correspondents include Richard E. Abel, Grace D. Baldwin, John R. Barrows, J. Neilsom Barry, Grace L. Brandenburg Benton, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Virginia S. Burlingame, John O. Bye, John Carlson, Arlene Crisafulli, Harriet Cushman)
1957
2 / 17
D-L (correspondents include Stan Davison, Deane DuComb, Corlie F. Dunster, Grace Vance Erickson, John C. Ewers, John Fahey, Harry L. Fine, Larry Gill, Alexander Willard Goodwin, James M. Haughey, James S. Hutchins, Idaho Historical Society, Alice O. Jasmann, Dorothy M. Johnson, Walter Lehman, Margot P. Liberty, Al Lucke)
1957
2 / 18
M-P (correspondents include Harold McCracken, Montana State Library Extension Commission, Oregon Historical Society, Charles J. Palmer, Herbert M. Peet, Mrs. Rodolphe Petter, Marian T. Place, Clyde H. Porter)
1957
2 / 19
Q-Y (correspondents include Thelma Hall Quast, St. Labre's Mission, Edgar I. Stewart, Thomas Taber, E. B. Trail, May Trumper, Donald H. Welsh, Dan Whetstone, Tex Willis, Muriel Sibell Wolle)
1957
2 / 20
A-D (correspondents include Lincoln J. Aikens, Floyd T. Alderson, Mrs. Victor Arnold, J. Neilson Barry, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Virginia S. Burlingame, Frank N. Chessman, Fred R. Cotten, Dan Cushman, Stan Davison, Verne Dusenberry)
1958
2 / 20
E-L (correspondents include John C. Ewers, Agnes Fisher, Fort Peck Yacht Club, Helen D. Friedl, Glendive Public Library, Douglas Gold, John Hakola, Bert Hansen, W. Roy Hoffman, Dorothy M. Johnson, T. J. Kerttula, Fred C. Krieg, Walter Lehman, Margot P. Liberty, Al Lucke)
1958
2 / 22
M-R (correspondents include Harold McCracken, Caroline McGill, Harriet Miller, Montana National Library Week Committee, Montana State Library Extension Commission, Ralph Owings, Pacific Northwest Library Association, Herbert M. Peet, Mrs. Rodolphe Petter, Marian T. Place, Tom E. Ray, Henry S. Reed, Royal Military College of Canada)
1958
2 / 23
S-Y (correspondents include J. W. Smurr, Edgar I. Stewart, Edgar I. Syverud, Thomas Teakle, Frank Thomson, Muriel D. Traegde, E. B. Trail, May Trumper, U. S. Library of Congress, Muriel Sibell Wolle)
1958
2 / 24
Donor letters
1959
2 / 25
A-F (correspondents include James B. Allen, J. Neilson Barry, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Stan Davison, A. E. Dease, Hugh A. Dempsey, Amon A. Diggs, Corlie F. Dunster, Verne Dusenberry, Neil Fullerton re his papers)
1959
2 / 26
G-K (correspondents include Larry Gill, Douglas Gold, John M. Gordon, John Hakola, James S. Hutchins, Lamont Johnson, Olga W. Johnson, Thomas F. Kehoe, Nick Kessler, Frederick I. Kuhns)
1959
2 / 27
L-P (correspondents include Walter Lehman, Al Lucke, Lee Metcalf, Montana State Library Extension Commission, Oscar O. Mueller, Bigelow Neal, Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center, Mrs. Rodolphe Petter, Alice M. Phillips, Marian T. Place)
1959
2 / 28
R-Z (correspondents include Radcliffe College re bibliography on women, Wiletta Randall enclosing Pease genealogy, Helena Huntington Smith, South Dakota State Historical Society, E. E. Sparks, Harry A. Speich, Clark C. Spence, Franz R. Stenzel, Edgar I. Stewart, Beryl Stith, Frank Thomson, Jack Toole, K. Ross Toole, J. C. Vaughn, Ellis Waldron, Leslie A. White, Lew W. Williams)
1959
2 / 29
Donor letters
1960-1961
2 / 30
A-G (correspondents include American Legion, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Virginia S. Burlingame, Charles Christman, Jean Davis, Stan Davison, Hugh A. Dempsey, Corlie F. Dunster, Allan V. Elston, Great Falls Independent)
1960
2 / 31
H-Y (correspondents include J. A. Harrington, Dorothy M. Johnson, Missoula Centennial, Joe Montgomery, National Bison Range, Nebraska State Historical Society, Joel F. Overholser, Dick Pace, Marian T. Place, Frances W. B. Polock, Ridge Press, John E. Sunder, Van Praag Productions, Stella B. Winnia, Yellowstone Missouri River Fort Union Commission)
1960
2 / 32
A-L (correspondents include Alice Blevins, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Paul A. Carlson, Stan Davison, Albert E. Dease, Martin DeVries, Vardis Fisher, Douglas Gold, Louise Greenough, Phoebe R. Herwig, Lamont Johnson, James Kehoe, Sara Kerr re Ft. Abraham - Ft. Keogh Trail, Lola Shelton Klaue re Charles M. Russell book, Herbert R. Lewis, Ken Lizorty re Custer)
1961
2 / 33
M-W (correspondents include Cecil E. Matthews, Montana State Forester, Montana State Library Extension Commission, Sister Noemi, Dick Pace, Barbara Sorensen, Virginia Cole Trenholm, U.S.S. Marias, University of Washington Library curator Richard C. Berner, Warner Brothers Pictures, Wilderness Society re Bob Marshall, Muriel Sibell Wolle)
1961
2 / 34
Richard C. Berner (re Pacific Northwest Library Association manuscript publishing proposal)
1962
2 / 35
Donor letters
1962
2 / 36
A-J (correspondents include Archival Restoration Associates, Mark H. Brown, Lillian Olson Buchman, Merrill G. Burlingame, Louis C. Coleman, Stan Davison, LaMae K. Edrington, Allan Vaughn Elston, Douglas Gold, Blanche Harding, Walter E. Helmick, Hill Papers Project, James F. Hughes, J. K. Hutchens, Dorothy M. Johnson)
1962
2 / 37
M-Y (correspondents include Cecil E. Matthews, Gertrude McStravick, Edna Meagher, Montana Library Association, Marian T. Place, Norma Sherris, Edgar I. Syverud, Hargis Westerfield (papers are in MHS Archives), Yellowstone National Park)
1962
3 / 1
Donor letters
1963
3 / 2
B-L (correspondents include Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Jean I. Castles, Stuart W. Conner, Stan Davison, John C. Ewers, Gonzaga University, William S. Greever, Bert Hansen, Jassamine Spear Johnson, Lola Klaue, Al Lucke)
1963
3 / 3
M (correspondents include Robert B. MacLaine Sr., Mrs. Joseph E. Malcomson, Minnesota Historical Society, Montana Aeronautics Administration re Aviation History Project, Montana Library Association, Montana Society San Diego, Montana State College Library)
1963
3 / 4
N-Y (correspondents include E. W. Nolan, Thomas J. O'Hare, Arthur W. Orton, Joel F. Overholser, Marian T. Place, Mrs. Joe Preputin, Richard T. Ruetten, J. and W. Seligman and Company re 100th Anniversary, Helena Huntington Smith, Edgar I. Stewart, Sonafilm Productions Corp. re proposed territorial centennial film, Oliver O. Twiss re train robberies, U.S.S. Marias, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Library of Congress, Paul I. Wellman, Yellowstone National Park)
1963
3 / 5
Donor letters
1964
3 / 6
Montana Library Association (includes survey re distribution of state documents)
1964
3 / 7
Montana State University, Bozeman (re Hill Family Foundation grant for microfilming)
1964
3 / 8
A-L (correspondents include Kenneth R. Andrews, Betty Atwater Biehl, Robert C. Black III, Mrs. M. D. Blankinship, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Harry E. Chrisman, Frank N. Chessman, Stan Davison, Austin E. Fife re collection of folk music, Fred Gibney, Hugh A. Dempsey, Gilbert D. Harlan, Isabel M. Haynes, Marilee Laatsch, Al Lucke)
1964
3 / 9
M-W (correspondents include Mrs. H. C. Minton Jr., Montana School of Mines Library, Sister Noemi, Blanche Pace, Alice M. Phillips, Dawson Powell, Elizabeth C. Schnebly, J. and W. Seligman and Company, Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers, Edgar I. Stewart, U.S. National Park Service re historic sites, Hargis Westerfield, Helen M. White, Elfreida Woodside)
1964
3 / 10
Donor letters)
1965
3 / 11
A-L (correspondents include A.B.C. Television, Homer Ayres, Mark H. Brown, Merrill G. Burlingame, Georgia Carter, Walt Coburn, Stuart W. Conner, Corlie F. Dunster, Robert G. Ege, John Hakola, E. R. Jackman, Joan Kinne, Robert S. Kunkel)
1965
3 / 12
M-WL (correspondents include Marie MacDonald, Nell Lewis MacGregor, Montana Aeronautics Commission, Montana Library Association, Montana School of Mines Library, George D. Mueller, Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center, Presbyterian Historical Society, Grant P. Raitt, Range Riders Inc., Gerald H. Simon, U.S. Geological Survey, Doris Wood)
1965
3 / 13
Donor letters
1966
3 / 14
A-L (correspondents include Bancroft Library, Merrill G. Burlingame re Michael Kennedy controversy, Virginia Burlingame, Barbara P. Cleary, John S. Coates, Jack J. Detzler, Corlie F. Dunster, Charles H. Emerson, Vardis Fisher, Frontier Times, Aubrey Haines, John Hakola, Agnes Train Janssen, David Lavender, Myrna Loy)
1966
3 / 15
M-U (correspondents include E. E. MacGilvra, Minnesota Historical Society, Montana Library Association, John Myers, Presbyterian Historical Society, Carl P. Russell, Helena Huntington Smith, James L. Thane Jr., )
1966
3 / 16
Donor letters
1967
3 / 17
A-L (correspondents include Assumption Abbey, Geraldine F. Austin, Merrill G. Burlingame, Alfred L. Bush, Roberta Cheney, Walt Coburn, John Hakola, Evan W. Hall re Terrett Ranch, Louis W. and Maud Hill Family Foundation re microfilming, Dorothy M. Johnson, Mrs. Joe LeSann)
1967
3 / 18
M-Y (correspondents include Montana State Library, Bill Murphy, National Broadcasting Company, Eloise Whitebear Pease, W. L. Rose, Whitney Smith, J. Fred Toman, Washington State Library, Carl J. White, Yellowstone National Park, Karl Yost)
1967
3 / 19
Donor letters
1968
3 / 20
Hugh D. Galusha Jr. (re article on railroads, politics, and Yellowstone National Park)
1968
3 / 21
A-K (correspondents include Edwin L. Ames, Assumption Abbey, L. E. Baldwin, J. Leonard Bates, William E. Bedesen, Merrill G. Burlingame, Roberta Cheney, Gene M. Gressley, Joseph M. Hartmann, Dorothy M. Johnson, Michael Koury)
1968
3 / 22
M-Y (correspondents include Montana Library Association, Montana Medical Association, Park County News, Marian T. Place, Gladwell Richardson, Ronald Tighe, University of Montana, Laura Ryan Weatherly, Wyoming State Archives, Yellowstone National Park)
1968
3 / 23
Donor letters
1969
3 / 24
A-L (correspondents include Arlington House Publishers, Frances Barthelemy, Rex Bundy, Merrill G. Burlingame, Barnaby Conrad, Margaret B. Dobin, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Sam Gilluly, Glenbow Foundation, John Hakola, A. J. Hetzel, Hill Family Foundation, W. P. Hubbard, Idaho Historical Society, S. R. Logan)
1969
3 / 25
M-W (correspondents include Virginia Dobber McComas, F. S. Mefford, Montana Library Association, Montana State Library, Dan T. Moore, George D. Mueller, Philip Gardiner Nordell, Oregon Historical Society, Eldon P. Platcek, Helena Huntington Smith, Edgar I. Stewart, University of Montana, Harry G. Wigington)
1969
3 / 26
Donor letters
1970
3 / 27
A-W (correspondents include American Bibliographical Center, Lois Hersey Caffrey, John Hakola, F. Gerald Ham re report on library, Nicholas P. Hardeman, Isabel M. Haynes, Dale Johnson, Dorothy M. Johnson, G. M. Moss, George D. Mueller, R. W. Richardson, A. R. Snyder, David H. Stratton, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), Harry G. Wigington)
1970-1972
3 / 28
Universities and state agencies
1970
3 / 29-31
Donor letters
1971-1973
3 / 32
C-U (correspondents include Community TV Association of Havre, Edmund B. Craney, Celeste Dempsey re death of Mary K. Dempsey, National Archives, University of California)
1973
3 / 33
A-V (predominantly donor letters; also includes letter from A. B. Guthrie Jr., re origin of term "Big Sky Country")
1974
3 / 34
Ralph Miracle
1974-1975
3 / 35
Universities
1973-1974
3 / 36
Les Baldwin
1975
3 / 37
A-Z (predominantly donor letters)
1974
3 / 38
Les Baldwin
1976
3 / 39-42
A-W (predominantly donor letters)
1976-1977
4 / 1-29
A-Z, within each calendar year (predominantly donor letters)
1978-1995
Outgoing Correspondence
Box/Folder
5 / 1-2
Letterpress copies
1893-1901
Financial Records
Box/Folder
5 / 3
Bank statements, cancelled checks, etc.
1874-1891
5 / 4
Dues receipts (scattered)
1875-1888
5 / 5
Expenses, warrants, etc.
1891-1905
5 / 6
Financial reports
1875-1876
5 / 7
Inventories (supplies, museum accessions, photographs, etc.)
1898-1906
5 / 8
Inventories (office equipment, books, artifacts, etc.)
1912-1956
5 / 9
Journal
1913-1922
5 / 10-11
Ledgers (re sales of Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana and other accounts)
1902-1922
5 / 12
Receipts, invoices, bills, etc.)
1870-1891
5 / 13
Warrants for librarian's salary, book purchases, supplies, etc.
1885-1892
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
5 / 14
Contract for remodeling of Historical Society quarters in Capitol Building
1931
5 / 15
Contracts (re appropriations, Old West Regional Commission)
1873, 1976
5 / 16
Contract (re State Depository Library)
1967
5 / 17
Laws pertaining to the State Library
1893-1905
Minutes
Box/Folder
5 / 18
Minutes (re publication of Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana)
1874
Organizational Records
Box/Folder
5 / 19
Position description, rules, policies, etc.
1950-1976
Printed Material
Box/Folder
5 / 20
Bulletin No. 1, 2
1907-1908
Reports
Box/Folder
5 / 21-22
Biennial reports
1905-1906, 1966-1968
Subject Files
Box/Folder
5 / 23
Building planning (including legislation)
1928-1949
5 / 24
Collection development policy
1988
5 / 25
Council to Preserve Montana History (re Montana History Conference)
1969-1979
5 / 26
Microfilm from National Archives
1956-1957
5 / 27
Microfilm reader/printers
1989-1996
5 / 28
Microfilming project: history (includes report by John Hakola and chronology of project)
1957, 1967
5 / 29-31
Microfilming project: newspapers
1955-1992
5 / 32
Microfilming project: newspapers (re donation of bound originals to local libraries)
1978
5 / 33
Microfilming project: state agencies
1951-1961, 1970
5 / 34
Montana Constitutional Convention
1971-1972
5 / 35
Montana Library Association
1966-1967
5 / 36-41
Newspaper cataloging project
1978-1992
5 / 42
Periodicals deaccessioning
1992
5 / 43
Research room policies
1957
5 / 44
Sanborn maps (re lending agreement)
1997
5 / 45
Serials inventory project
1974-1975
5 / 46
State publications re-cataloging (pre 1940)
1987-1990
5 / 47
Stolen books (re Federal Bureau of Investigation case against Stephan Blumberg)
1990-1996
5 / 48
U. S. Depository Library questionnaire and inspection
1978-1982
5 / 49
Union list of Montana serials
1979-1986
5 / 48
Upper Missouri River Historical Society (minutes, members, etc.)
1956-1958
5 / 50
War Records Committee
1943-1944
Miscellany
Box/Folder
6 / 1-2
Accession register, #1-5944 (first two volumes are retrospective accessioning of books acquired up to 1898, plus they were later used for newspaper accessioning in the 1920s-1950s)
1903-1907, 1922-1956
6 / 3-8
Accession register, #10,001-40,800)
1898-1951
6A/ 1
Accession register, #40,801-46,700
1951-1969
6A/ 2
Accession register, #62-01 thru 65-07
1962-1967
Volume
1
Accession register, #25,001-30,800 (numbers erroneously duplicated)
1907-1924
2
Accession register, #46,701-49,356
1969-1977
Box
Cardbox 1-4
Acquisitions cards
1979-1985
Box/Folder
6A/ 3
Book list (alphabetical by author, compiled about 1945)
1945
6A/ 4
Book list: Alexander Leggatt library (from Montana State College Library)
1964
6A/ 5
Book list: Thomas Teakle library
undated
6A/ 6
Certificate and Territorial warrant
1875-1889
6A/ 7
Historical background information (including destruction of collections in fire of 1874)
1874, undated
Volume
3
Library loan register
1897-1904
Box/Folder
6A/ 8
List of photographs loaned to NBC's Project 20 "The Real West"
1961
6A/ 9
Mailing list for Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana
1940
6A/ 10
Montana book list for school children
1964
6A/ 11
Montana Capitol information (includes listing of building plans from Morrison- Maierle)
1958, undated
6A/ 12
Montana Territorial Centennial survey of cities and towns for dates of settlement and incorporation
1961
Volume
4-6
Scrapbooks (includes original letters and documents pasted in, in no apparent order; includes E. D. Alderson, R. A. Allen, George L. Anderson, Eugene M. Baker, John X. Beidler, B. L. E. Bonneville, H. B. Branch, Malcolm Clarke, William A. Clark, T. E. Collins, Henry Thomas Page Comstock, Marcus Daly, John W. Eddy, W. X. Frost, Charles Frush, W. S. Hancock, H. E. Horr, N. P. Langford, Duncan McDonald, Martin Maginnis, Q. C. Mortson, A. M. Quivey, Red Jacket, W. S. Rosencrans, Charles Schafft, J. W. Smith, Reginald Stanley, Granville Stuart, Alfred Sully, W. F. Wheeler, Col. Witherow; topics include Big Horn Expedition of 1870, Bimetallism, Crow Reservation, gold discovery, Flathead Lake steamboats, Helena, irrigation, quartz mining, transportation, and Yellowstone National Park.)
1878-1912
Box/Folder
6A/ 13
Scrapbook inventory and index
1878-1912
6A/ 14
Surveys (re Montana Historical Society operations, map of stacks, survey of manuscripts in local libraries and historical societies)
1962-1966, undated
Volume
7-11
Visitor registers
1898-1952
Box/Folder
6A/ 15
Western History Association conference, Helena (includes paper by K. Ross Toole on unions in Butte)
1965
Clippings
Volume
12-20
Scrapbooks (clippings from local newspapers re political campaigns, party platforms, conventions, election returns, etc.
1898-1912
Box/Folder
6A/ 16
Miscellaneous
1959-1978

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Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
7 / 1
Chronological (correspondents include Society of American Archivists, Ivan Doig, Montana Dept. of Highways, Mike Ober, Montana Dept. of Administration, Gonzaga University Library, Wayne State University)
1969-1978
7 / 2
A-Y within each year (correspondents include Alberta Provincial Archives, Butte Historical Society, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dennis J. Lutz, William R. Massa, Montana Architecture and Engineering Division, Montana Legislative Council, Jeff Safford, Thomas A. Clinch, Hennessy Company, South Dakota Archives Resource Center, University of Montana Archives)
1980-1981
7 / 3
A-U within each year (correspondents include Anaconda Company, Ann Morgan Campbell, South Dakota Archives Resource Center, Fort Missoula Historical Museum, Glacier National Park, Dennis J. Lutz, Mary E. Mitchell, William R. Massa, Ellen Cornwall)
1982-1984
7 / 4
A-W (correspondents include American Association for State and Local History, Blackfeet Community College Library, Stan Davison, Minnesota Historical Society, Montana Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Archives, Park County Museum Association, Linda Peavy, Rocky Mountain College, Price Montana Warford)
1985
7 / 5
B-Y (correspondents include Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, Carroll College, Joanne G. Cortese, Montana Attorney General, Montana State University Library, National Archives, Society of American Archivists, Tri-County Historical Society)
1986
7 / 6-7
A-W (correspondents include Rose W. Anderson, Council of State Governments, Fort Belknap Education Dept., Commonwealth of Massachusetts, National Archives, National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society, Linda Peavy, Society of American Archivists, Washington State Archives and Records Management Division)
1987
7 / 8-10
A-W (correspondents include Hans G. Bademann, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Historical Research Associates, Stuart MacKenzie, K. O. MacPherson, Madison County Archives, National Archives, National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society, Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, Walter P. Ruther Library)
1988
7 / 11-12
A-Z (correspondents include Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism, Anaconda Deer Lodge County Historical Society, Hans G. Bademann, Harry B. Dilworth, International Institute of Municipal Clerks, Judy Barrett Litoff, Maryland State Archives, Montana Wilderness Association, National Archives, National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, Colin Rickards, Society of American Archivists Labor Roundtable, Pat Williams)
1989
7 / 13-14
A-W (correspondents include Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Gordon Bakken, Pat Beck, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, Burton K. Wheeler Center, Stuart Conner, Susan Badger Doyle, Historical Research Associates, Arlene Feldmann Jauken, Judy Barrett Litoff, Daniel Y. Meschter, Johnny Munger, National Archives, U. S. Dept. of Education, Hargis Westerfield, Wisconsin Folk Museum)
1990
7 / 15-16
A-W (correspondents include Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Big Sky Chapter, Blackfeet Tribe, Chouteau County Library, Cuadra Associates, Judith Fabry, Warren Taylor Kingsbury, M. Philip Lucas, Mary Murphy, National Archives, Steve Owens, Ursula Poole, Tim Slavin, Will Rogers Memorial and Birthplace)
1991
7 / 17-18
A-Y (correspondents include American Institute of Physics, Bancroft Library, Huntley Child, Stuart Conner, Cuadra Associates, Ulysses S. Grant Association, John P. Lengellier, Little Big Horn College Library, Montana Forestry Division, Oregon Historical Society, WLN, Curley Youpee)
1992
7 / 19-20
A-W (correspondents include American Heritage Center, Geraldine Austin, Hans J. Bademann, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, Cinnebar Foundation, Kermit Edmonds, Montana Legislature, National Archives, Powell County Museum and Arts Foundation, Washington State Archives, Todd Welch, WLN, Curley Youpee, Anna Zellick)
1993
7 / 21-23
A-Z (correspondents include Geraldine Austin, Hans Bademann, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, Beverly Dowler, Alan Eastep, Eastmont Human Services Center, Peter W. Fong, Ronald Getty, Harvard Business School, Leona Hassen, Historical Research Associates, Esther Katz, Judy Barrett Litoff, Zorka Milich, Montana State Genealogical Society, National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, National Archives, Phillips County Historical Society, David Smyth, University of Montana)
1994
7 / 24-25
A-W (correspondents include Diana Ahmad, James S. Brust, Leland P. Cade, Kate Crichton, Hugh A. Dempsey, Bill Hanley, Leona Lampi Hassen, Mary Higginbotham, LaVerne Partridge Lensman, Linda Caldwell McCleary, Tim McCleary re peyote, Montana Power Company, North Carolina State University Libraries, Linda Peavy, Ruth Pollak re ERA, Roger Schaffer, Pam Swanson, Sandra Thomson, Lesley Wischmann)
1995
7 / 26-27
A-W (correspondents include Burton Appleton, Helen Bibler, Ed Burroughs, Cindy Harvey re archival conservation, Kathy Hodges, Ardyce Jensen, Ralph T. Kerr re Declaration of Independence early facsimiles, Magdalene Moccasin, New England Archivists, Ryan Patzer re topics for History Day, Fort Steele Heritage Town, Phoebe Knapp Warren, Curly Youpee)
1996
7 / 28
A-W (correspondents include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library re Hedges diaries, Susan S. Burnham, Wanda Dabrowski re quilt project, Keith Edgerton, Kathy Hodges, Marc Racicot, Northwest Archivists, Ellen Pfalzgraff re Richard Roeder's papers, Stillwater County Clerk and Recorder, University of New Mexico Library re Campbell Farming Corp. records, Western Heritage Center)
1997
7 / 29
B-Z (correspondents include Andrew E. Dawson, Carol S. Dumond, Keith Edgerton, Frank R. Grant, Doris Whithorn, Gerald Zahavi)
1998
7 / 30
A-Z (correspondents include Virginia L. Bulen Anderson, Carol S. Dumond, Nicole Harrington, Helena Public Schools, Michelle Kristl, Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council, Howard P. Lowell, Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art, Steve Walker, Doris Whithorn, Yellowstone Historic Center, Anna Zellick)
1999
7 / 31
A-U (correspondents include Dolores Brinkel, Cowboy Miner Productions, Andrew E. Dawson, Mike Hardy, Leona Lampi Hassen, Dorothy Lucas MacKay, Robert Swartout, Jodi Allison-Bunnell)
2000
7 / 32
A-S (correspondents include American Association for State and Local History re PastPerfect software, C. Lee Noyes, Luis A. Parker, Bill Summers )
2001
7 / 33
A-L (correspondents include Dolores Brinkel, Hans Joachim Bademann, Dennis Baird, Richard Bazelow, Beverley Beckley, Paul Bergeron, Joyce D. Brewer, Steve Browning, Ann Ferguson, Sharon Garner, Rose High Bear, Richard Hutson, Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council, Barbara Lokach)
2002
7 / 34
M-Y (correspondents include Jennifer McCord, Janice McNeil, Montana Attorney General re asbestos lawsuit, Montana Brand Enforcement Division, Montana Dept. of Corrections, Montana Heritage Project, Judy Morgan, Ben Nentwig, Dana Brakman Reiser, Tom Riley, Lynn Roan, Charles R. Schultz, Jean Steiner, Stillwater County Commissioners, Kathleen Sweet, U. S. Division of Indian Affairs, Garrit Voggesser, Curley Bear Wagner, Elizabeth Yakel re MARC and EAD)
2002
Organizational Records
Box/Folder
7 / 35
"Archives organization rationale"
undated
Press Releases
Box/Folder
7 / 36
Press releases and clippings
1969-1988
Reports
Box/Folder
7 / 37
Data Processing Managers Group report
1995
7 / 38
F. Gerald Ham report on condition of the Archives
1972
7 / 39-40
"Montana Historical Records Assessment Project Final Report" (draft and final)
1982
7 / 41
Montana Local Government Survey and Scheduling Grant report
1986
Subject Files
Box/Folder
8 / 1
American Red Cross, Dawson County chapter records
2001
8 / 2
Anaconda Copper Mining Company records
1983-1989
8 / 3
Appraisal on St. Mary's Mission bill of sale
1974
8 / 4
Archives pamphlets
1986-1990
8 / 5
Archives storage (re sealing and dustproofing)
1981
8 / 6
Bitterroot Valley Stock Farms records (Daly Estate: University of Montana has half, Daly Trust has half)
1986
8 / 7
Campbell Farming Corporation research fellowship
1997
8 / 8
Computer system: Cuadra STAR
1989-1991
8 / 9
Constitutional Convention, 1972 (re publication of proceedings)
1977-1978
8 / 10
Electronic records (includes "Electronic Records Retention Project" and survey)
1996-2001
8 / 11
Endowment projects (proposed)
1989
8 / 12-15
Exhibits: 1889 Constitution "The Blessings of Liberty" (includes conservation concerns and research, planning, text and design)
2002-2003
8 / 16
Galen State Hospital medical records evaluation grant
1996-1999
8 / 17
Genealogical Society of Utah (re county records microfilming)
1993-2001
8 / 18
Hamilton Stores records
2002
8 / 19-20
"Help us plan for the 80's" (survey and followup)
1980
8 / 21
James J. Hill Papers at Hill Library (listing of records of Montana companies and operations)
1981-1983
8 / 22
Historic Records Network (proposed)
1977-2001
8 / 23
Holter Research Foundation records and grant
1983-1985
8 / 24
Labor history (includes records grant proposal)
1986-1987
8 / 25
Legislation (HB 129 re local government records)
1995
8 / 26
Legislative Council committee minutes study
1995-1996
8 / 27
Legislative committee tapes
1988-1996
8 / 28
Local Government Records Committee
1995-2001
8 / 29-31
Microfilming (includes cataloging project, standards, reports, projects)
1957-1988
8 / 32
Montana Broadcast Preservation Project
1992
8 / 33
Montana Cultural and Aesthetic Grants projects
1994-1996
8 / 34
Montana history textbook proposal
1999
8 / 35
Montana State Historic Records Advisory Board (SHRAB)
1985, 1996
8 / 36
Montana Study (re photocopying of records at various institutions)
1995
8 / 37
Northwest Archivists (includes founding, educational needs survey for professional training)
1961-1983
8 / 38
Not in Precious Metals Alone (re publication)
1975-1977
8 / 39
Optical imaging standards and recommendations (draft)
1992
8 / 40
Art Ortenberg project: "Montana Heritage Workshop: the Next Generation"
1994
8 / 41
Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith talk at Lewistown
1994
8 / 42
Policy memos, etc.
1982-1993
8 / 43
T. C. Power Papers (re acquisition, appraisal, processing grant)
1965-1976
8 / 44
Quilt project
2001
8 / 45
Recycled paper standards
1989-1990
8 / 46
Regional Humanities Center (National Endowment for the Humanities)
2000
8 / 47
Society of American Archivists Task Force on Institutional Evaluation (includes completed survey forms)
1984-1987
8 / 48
State Archivist position classification
1994
8 / 49
State Records Committee
1990-2001
8 / 50
Statistics
1984-1990
8 / 51
Surveys
1961-1983
8 / 52-53
Traveling Archivist grant (includes Meagher County Historical Society and Bair Mansion inventories)
2000
8 / 54
Thomas Walsh Papers at University of Illinois (re J. Leonard Bates and Elin Parks)
1986-2000
8 / 55
Waste Reduction and Recycling Program
1991-1992
8 / 56
Web Development Committee (includes policies on internet use)
2001
8 / 57
Web page design
2000-2001
8 / 58
Yellowstone County records (re microfilm storage problems)
1986-1994

Photograph Archives , 1974-2003Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Correspondence (predominently re orders and permissions to publish; routine letters not itemized)
Box/Folder
10 / 1
B-S (correspondents include Carl Buchholtz, Hamilton Gibson, Raymond W. Gray, Patricia Puckett, Superior Publishing Company)
1974
10 / 2
A-L (correspondents include Bill Antonioli, Coffrin's Old West Gallery, John Falter, Robert A. Jones, Kalispell Weekly News)
1975
10 / 3
B-M (correspondents include Mrs. Blubaugh, Allan G. Hooper, Agnes Train Janssen, Missouri Historical Society)
1976
10 / 4
A-W (correspondents include Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Brian W. Dippie, E. P. Dutton and Co., R. L. Hileman, R. Douglas Hurt, Oregon Historical Society, A. Allan Schmid, Ian M. West)
1977
10 / 5-6
A-Z (correspondents include American Broadcasting Co., American West Publishing Co., Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Robert B. Betts, Roberta Cheney, E. P. Dutton, Martha Fleishman, Franklin Watts Inc., Granada Television Ltd., Tom Haines, Houghton Mifflin, Lloyd C. Howell, Don Miller, Oregon Historical Society, Rand McNally and Co., Lee Silliman, Sunset Magazine, Time-Life Books, Elliott West)
1978
10 / 7-8
A-W (correspondents include Max Baucus, California Museum of Photography, Lew L. Callaway, Hugh A. Dempsey, John C. Ewers, Dorothy Floerchinger, Florida State University, George Eastman House, Georgia-Pacific Historical Museum, Laura Huntley, Museum of the Rockies, Peabody Museum, U.S. National Archives)
1979
10 / 9-10
A-W (correspondents include American West Publishing, Lew L. Callaway, Lawrence D. Fairbairn, Great Falls Public Schools, Ruth Beebe Hill, James Miculka, Ed Nolan, Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
1980
10 / 11-12
A-W (correspondents include American West Publishers, Marie Hubbard, Montanans for Quality Television, National Gallery of Art, Nebraska Educational Television Network, Mrs. Ben Overland (Helen Addison Howard), Kenneth W. Porter, Scott Foresman and Co.)
1981
10 / 13-15
A-W (correspondents include Robert Athearn, Jean Baucus, Merrill G. Burlingame, Diamond P Sprots Inc., David H. Hickcox, Minnesota Historical Society, National Film Board of Canada, Peter Palmquist, Jerome E. Petsche, U. S. Library of Congress, Robert A. Weinstein, Thain White, Whitney Museum of American Art, Bradley B. Williams, John V. Wood)
1982
10 / 16-17
A-W (correspondents include Robert Vaughn Bell, Bradley Fellowship, Carter county Museum, B. D. Fardy, Bill Gulick, Vernon Holst, Museum of New Mexico, National Geographic Society, Open University Library, Dick Pace, State University of New York at Stony Brook, John C. Weston)
1983
10 / 18-21
A-Z (correspondents include Andrew Smith Inc., Richard A. Bartlett, Edna Davis, Melvin Erickson, Maurice Helterline, Donald Jackson, Roland A. Kerber, Glenda Leffler, Joseph R. Messina, Montana Herstory, Montanans for Quality Television, Nebraska State Historical Society, Peter J. Powell, WNET)
1984
10 / 22-25
A-Z (correspondents include Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Cattle Kate Communications, John C. Ewers, Fort Union Trading Post, Judy Lynn Hedberg, Roland A. Kerber, Kodak, Jack M. Kollodge, Bob Long, Jean B. Murdock, Nebraska State Historical Society, The Piegan Storyteller, Ron Polito, Powell County Museum and Arts Foundation, Chris Rozikes, Society of American Archivists survey, Helen Louise Sweet)
1985
10 / 26-28
A-Z (correspondents include Lucille W. Bridges, Ivy Brubaker, Ferrero Films, Rosalie Trail Fuller, Gabriel Dumont Institute, Marcia Rackow, Gregory L. Thomson, Garry Wunderwald)
1986
10 / 29-31
A-Z (correspondents include Ivy Brubaker, Leo Burnett Company re Marlboro ads, Donald Denby, Al Hooper, KUED public television, Frederick R. Longan, Nebraska State Historical Society, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, San Diego Museum of Man, Smithsonian Institution, Gregory Thomson, Lynn H. Wilke, Mae Wever, Winterthur Museum and Gardens)
1987
10 / 32-33
A-W (correspondents include Beaverhead County Museum, Elinor Clack, Charles Kay, Gerald Lang, Minnesota Historical Society, Mary R. Smith re Winnecook Ranch, Washington State Historical Society, WQED television, Wind River Rendezvous) )
1988
10 / 34-36
A-W (correspondents include Amon Carter Museum, BBC, Bob Barthelmess, Paul L. Grant, Theresa Harbaugh, Arthur R. Jarvis, Douglas McChristian, National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution) )
1989
11 / 1-3
A-Y (correspondents include Amon Carter Museum, Boise Art Museum, Jack K. Castor, Children's Press, Doug Coffman, Brian W. Dippie, Isabel Haynes, Idaho Public Television, Jack Martin, National Geographic Society, Herbert H. Post, Rob Quist, Brian Reeves, Malvin E. Ring, U. S. Army Center for Army Leadership, Yale University Press) )
1990
11 / 4-6
A-W (correspondents include Harry H. Anderson, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Children's Press, Close Up Foundation, DeSmet Project, Ivan Doig, Jeffrey Dygert, Garland Publishing Inc., Richard D. Hengl, Irish Company, Kathy McKay, Nitza Luna, Ed McAndrews, Charlton Moseley, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Salamander Books, Carlos A. Schwantes) )
1991
11 / 7-10
A-S (correspondents include Francis D. Anstett; Stanley B. Burns; Leland P. Cade; Children's Press; Daniel Quan Designs; Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich; Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc.; Insignia Films; Linda Peavy; Time-Life Books; The Wild West, ZooLife Productions) )
1992
11 / 11-15
A-W (correspondents include AAUW-Kalispell, Aviva Films, Baseline Productions, Karen J. Cejka, Charles H. Denhard, DeSmet Project, J. Erdkamp, Greystone Production, High Desert Museum, Illinois State University, KUSA9-Denver, Doris Minato, National Geographic Society, Oxford University Press, Posse Productions, Ainlay Samuels, Smithsonian Institution, Tigress Productions, Time-Life Books, Robert M. Utley, Village Point Trading Company, West Film Project, The Wild West )
1993
11 / 16-21
A-Y (correspondents include ABC-CLIO, Brazos Productions, James S. Brust, Design Group, Eastern Montana College Alumni Association, Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History, Howard O. Hardy, Robert M. Heath, George Horse Capture, Idaho State Historical Society, Insignia Films, Carol Larson, Montana Magazine , Pathways Productions, Phillips County Historical Society, Scott Foresman, Smithsonian Institution, Snyder Group, Trans Pacific Television, WGBH-Boston) )
1994
11 / 22-26
A-Z (correspondents include William A. Allen, Jesse D. Birch, Brompton Books, James S. Brust, Stuart Conner, Mike Cowdrey, David Grubin Productions, Mitch Dubin, EDF Films, Film Fatale, George Eastman House, Insignia Films, National Geographic Society, Remington-Alberta Carriage Centre, Saraband Inc., Time Inc., U. S. National Park Service, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, Zenda Inc.) )
1995
11 / 27-29
A-Z (correspondents include Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Steve Bolan, James S. Brust, Dale Gray, Greystone, Insignia Films, Margaret Kennedy, Bernd Kuenzl, Lifetime Learning Systems, Judith L. Meyer, Anne Millbrooke, MPI Media Group, Mary Murphy, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Powell County Museum and Arts Foundation, Luana Ross, Salamander Books, Saraband, Shade Global, Smithsonian Institution, Southeastern Montana Research Library, Steve Michel Productions, Time-Life Inc., Twin Cities Public Television, Universal Productions Canada re "Sliders" TV show, Larry Weirather, Lee Whittlesey) )
1996
11 / 30-36
A-P (correspondents include Addison Wesley Longman, Albin Michel, Biography Magazine, James S. Brust, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Lyle A. Christman, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Florentine Films, Gabriel Dumont Institute, Greystone Communications, Roger Hardaway, Stanley E. Hoggatt, Houghton Mifflin Co., Kathy McKay, Millbrook Press, John M. Morrison, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, National Geographic Society, New York Review of Books, Oxford University Press, Pittsburgh Peace Institute)
1997
12 / 1-6
R-Y (correspondents include Ray Ring, Salamander Books Ltd., Saunders College Publishing, Smithsonian Institution, Susan and Dale inc., Ruby Thaut, Time- Life Inc., University of Wyoming, Western Heritage Center, Wildlife Conservation Magazine, WILN-TV, Yale University Press)
1997
12 / 7-11
A-L (correspondents include Addison Wesley Longman, Stan Banash, Big Sky Journal, Blaine County Museum, Boone and Crockett Club, Canyon Ferry Crossing, Carriage House Condominium Association, Annalies Corbin, Mike Cowdrey, Cowles History Group, Greenwood Press, Greystone Communications, Hoddr and Stoughton Educational, Holp Shuppan Publishers, Holt Reinhard and Winston, George Horse Capture, Andrew Isenberg, Judy Kenneally, John Langellier, Lennon Documentary Group, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation)
1998
12 / 12-15
M-Z (correspondents include Montana Magazine, Museum of African American History, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, P. S. a Partnership, Rusconi Libri, Saunders College Publishing, Smithsonian Institution, University of Nebraska, Washington Antiquities show, Worth Publishers, Yale University Press)
1998
12 / 16-22
A-L (correspondents include Afropaedia, Bruce Austin, James S. Brust, Shaun Boyd, Corbis Corporation, Crabtree Publishing, Raphael Cristy, Jeanne N. Chiarot, Florentine Films, General Assembly Productions Centre, Great Falls City Clerk, Greystone Communications, Janis Herbert, Joyce Bagley Hunsaker, International Center of Photography, Klondike Gold rush National Historical Park, Nettie Lark, Lou Reda Productions)
1999
12 / 23
Montana State Agencies
1999
12 / 24-29
M-Z (correspondents include Minnesota Historical Society, The Missoulian, Montana Magazine, National Park Service, Bill O'Keefe, P.S. a Partnership, Picture Research Consultants, Art Randall, Riverside Publishing, Charles M. Robinson, Rusconi Libri, John Schapekahm, Lillian Schlissel, Louis Schmittroth, Joel Shechter, Smithsonian Institution, Karen Stevenson, Ten Speed Press, Ellen Thomas, University of Illinois Press, University of Oklahoma Press, Nan Weber, Western Folklife Center, Women of the West Museum)
1999
12 / 30-38
A-Y (correspondents include Arcadia Press; Bios Graphein; Deborah Conlan; Havre High School Library; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; Ryan Houston; Barbara Paull; Sarah Schwarz; University of Nebraska Press; Ira G. Woodward)
2000
12 / 39-47
A-Y (correspondents include Allison Adams; Pierdomenico Baccalario; Big Fork Art and Cultural Center; Jim Brust; Nola Casady; Florentine Films; Robert Goss; Greystone Communications; Bob Hughes;Jason Leaf; Richard D. Mohr; Susan Schwab; Ray Snyder; John Well-Off-Man re "Photography: an Image of Each Other")
2001
13 / 1-11
A-Z (correspondents include Jodi Allison-Bunnell; Hans-Joachim Bademann; Barbara Behan; Center for Bavarian Studies; Jim Brust; Florentine Films; Grace Danberg Foundation; KCTS Television; Kunhardt Productions; Lewistown Public Library; Montana Holly Madl; Montana Heritage Project; National Cowgirl Museum; Samuel Phillips; Randy Ramey; Celeste River; WNET Television)
2002
13 / 12-22
A-Z (correspondents include Michelle Berry; Jim Brust; David Chanette; Tom Fellows; James B. Harrison; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; Suzanne Julin; Margaret Kennedy; Ann Kramlich; James McLaird; Montana State University, Northern; Barbara Padgette; Playground Productions; Lorenz Schrenk; University of Montana Archives; Kerwin Werner; )
2003
Subject Files
Box/Folder
14 / 1
Haynes Collection cataloguing grant: Montana Committee for the Humanities
1979-1981
14 / 2-3
Haynes Collection preservation and processing grant: National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
1978-1980
14 / 4
Photo exhibits: Haynes "Fifty Views" (text for catalog)
1980
14 / 5
Photo exhibits: "Montana Collage" (labels and script)
undated
14 / 6
Webpage design
2001

Oral History, 1972-2005Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Interoffice Correspondence
Box/Folder
15 / 1
Chronological
1990-1993
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
15 / 2-3
Chronological (Jeff Safford)
1972-1980
15 / 4
Chronological (Jennifer Jeffries Thompson)
1982-1990
15 / 5-6
Chronological (Laurie Mercier and Patti Borneman)
1981-1988
15 / 7-9
Chronological (John Terreo)
1988-1993
15 / 10
Warren McGee
1991-1992
15 / 11
Mona Vanek (Sanders County)
1989-1991
15 / 12
Lead file for potential interviewees
1981-1990
Legal Documents
Box/Folder
15 / 13
Contracts: equipment lease for interviewing and transcribing
1985-1988
15 / 14-15
Contracts: interviewers
1982-1989
15 / 16
Contracts: transcribing
1992
15 / 17
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers (re lease of office)
1988
Methodology
Box/Folder
15 / 18
Appraisal
undated
15 / 19
Audio-visual presentations
undated
15 / 20
Automation
undated
15 / 21
Cataloguing, indexing, summarizing
undated
15 / 22
Definitions
undated
15 / 23
Evaluation guidelines
undated
15 / 24
Family history / genealogy interviewing techniques
undated
15 / 25
Forms
undated
15 / 26
History of program
1984, 1988
15 / 27
Interview techniques
undated
15 / 28
Legal restrictions / release forms
undated
15 / 29
Philosophy, methodology, etc.
undated
15 / 30
"Principles and standards of the Oral History Association"
2000
15 / 31
Program information, guidelines, and procedures
1987-1989, undated
15 / 32
Project development, management, and evaluation
undated
15 / 33
Training manuals
1982-1991
15 / 34
Transcribing
undated
Organizational Records
Box/Folder
15 / 35
Position descriptions
1990-1991
Project Files
Box/Folder
15 / 36
1935 Helena Earthquake Oral History Project (Gil Alexander, Helena High School)
undated
15 / 37
20th Century Montana Military Veterans Oral History Project
1990-1994
15 / 38
163rd Infantry Oral History Project
undated
15 / 39
Big Horn County Oral History Project (proposed)
1990
15 / 40
Blackfeet Oral History Project (Blackfeet Community College; Blackfeet Cultural Programs)
1988
15 / 41
Campbell Farming Corporation Reunion Oral History Project
1999
15 / 42
Carbon County Oral History Project (Carbon County Historical Society)
1994-1995
15 / 43
Centennial Minutes
1987-1988
15 / 44
Century Citizens Oral History Project
1986
15 / 45
Children's Center, Twin Bridges Oral History Project
undated
15 / 46
Civilian Conservation Corps Reunions Oral History Project
1988, 1995
15 / 47
Conscientious Objector Oral History Project
1996
15 / 48
Deer Lodge Oral History Project
undated
15 / 49
Federal Highway Administration Oral History Project (Jon Axline)
undated
15 / 50-51
Fort Peck Dam Oral History Project
1987
15 / 52
General Montana History Oral History Project
1990
15 / 53
Helena Business History Oral History Project
1986
15 / 54
Homesteading in Montana Oral History Project
2003-2004
16 / 1-5
Korean War Veterans Oral History Project
2000-2002
16 / 6
Libby Oral History Project (Fred Quivik)
2002
16 / 7
Medicine, Health Care and Nursing Oral History Project
1989-1990
16 / 8-20
Metals Manufacturing in Four Montana Communities Oral History Project (includes planning for exhibit "The Stack Shaped Our Lives")
1986-1988
16 / 21
Métis in Choteau Oral History Project (Ralph Paulus)
2000
16 / 22-23
Montana Centennial Oral History Project (Montana Oral History Association proposal)
1987-1988
16 / 24
Montana Dept. of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Oral History Project
1989-1993
16 / 25-26
Montana War Brides Oral History Project (Seena Kohl; including Montana History Conference Session)
2002-2003
16 / 27
Montana Wilderness Association Oral History Project (Lou Bruno proposal)
1995
16 / 28-30
Montanans at Work Oral History Project
1981-1984
16 / 31
Molders and Shapers: Montana Women as Community Builders Oral History Project
1987
16 / 32-34
Native American Educators Oral History Project (includes file on Native American interviewers, 1982-1983)
1988-1989
16 / 35-36
New Deal in Montana Oral History Project
1987-1989
16 / 37
Small Town Montana Oral History Project
1982-1983
16 / 38
South Slav Oral History Project (Anna Zellick)
1989-1996
16 / 39
Veterans' Voices Oral History Project
1994
16 / 40
Western Federation of Miners / International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Oral History Project (Art Day)
1987-1997
16 / 41-43
Woolgrowing in Montana Oral History Project (includes Montana Woolgrowers Association grant materials)
2002-2005
16 / 44
World War II (joint project between Helena High School students and Ukranian students)
2003
16 / 45
Project reports
1991
16 / 46
Proposed projects
1989-2005
16 / 47
Montana Veterans in the 21st Century oral history project
2005-2007
Project Resource Files
Box/Folder
17 / 1
Background information: Black Eagle
undated
17 / 2
Background information: Cattle ranching
undated
17 / 3
Background information: East Helena
undated
17 / 4
Background information: Ethnic groups
undated
17 / 5
Background information: Farming
undated
17 / 6
Background information: First Special Service Force, World War II (all material copyrighted)
2005
17 / 7
Background information: Forest products
undated
17 / 8
Background information: Fort Peck Dam
undated
17 / 9
Background information: Korean War veterans
undated
17 / 10
Background information: Labor
undated
17 / 11
Background information: Mining, coal
undated
17 / 12
Background information: Mining, gold, silver, placer
undated
17 / 13
Background information: Native American history
undated
17 / 14
Background information: New Deal in Montana
undated
17 / 15
Background information: Professions and government
undated
17 / 16
Background information: Sheep ranching
undated
17 / 17
Background information: Transportation and communication
undated
17 / 18
Background information: War brides
undated
17 / 19
Background information: Women's history
undated
Reports
Box/Folder
17 / 20-21
Quarterly reports
1984-1992
Subject Files
Box/Folder
17 / 22
Apple Computers grant application
1984
17 / 23
Budget cuts for humanities
1981
17 / 24
Bull River Guard Station preservation recommendations
1989
17 / 25
Centennial Minutes survey
1988
17 / 26
Centennial planning
1984-1989
17 / 27-37
Cultural and Aesthetic Grants program (includes applications, budgets, reports, etc.)
1984-1995
17 / 38
Cultural and Aesthetic Grants program (other agencies proposals)
1990
17 / 39
Erving Elementary School, Bozeman (oral history project materials)
1998
17 / 40
Fortnightly Club, Helena
undated
17 / 41
Green Thumb Program
1990-1991
17 / 42
Historic preservation
1984-1988
17 / 43
Legislature: notes for hearing
1991
17 / 44
Little Big Horn College
1987-1991
17 / 45
Montana Committee for the Humanities
1982-1988
17 / 46
Montana Committee for the Humanities Speakers Bureau
1990
17 / 47
Montana Folklife Project
1979-1989
17 / 48
Montana Heritage Project
1994-1998
17 / 49
Montana History Conference (re oral history sessions)
1994
17 / 50
Montana Leadership Development Association
1999
17 / 51
Montana Multi-Cultural History Project
1979, undated
18 / 1
Montana Oral History Association
1980-1990
18 / 2-3
Montana Oral History Association Educators Program (includes survey)
1978-1990
18 / 4
Museum exhibit: "Montana Homeland"
1985-1986
18 / 5
National Archives information
1990
18 / 6
Northwest Oral History Association
19870-1991
18 / 7
Oral History Assessment Project
1984
18 / 8
Oral History Association
1988-1991
18 / 9
Oral History in the Classroom materials
2000
18 / 10
Publicity
1983-1987
18 / 11
Sound equipment lease program
undated
18 / 12
Teachers and educators
1984, undated
18 / 13
Technical: Audio tape preservation
1988, undated
18 / 14
Technical: Cassette tape manufacturers' information
undated
18 / 15
Technical: Preservation and cleaning of tapes
2000
18 / 16
Technical: Tape maintenance
undated
18 / 17
Technical: Tape problems
1982-1983
18 / 18
Technical: Telephone recording; voice recognition software
1999
18 / 19
Technical: Transcriber
1985
18 / 20
Technical: Typewriter problems
1982-1985
18 / 21
Technical: Video recording materials
undated
18 / 22
Theater and dramatic productions based on oral history
1982-1985
18 / 23
Using historical documents in the classroom
1998
18 / 24
Vigilante Players (includes script of "Voices" based on Montana oral history project
1986-1987
18 / 25
Volunteer transcribing
1991-2002
18 / 26
Web page
undated
18 / 27-34
Workshops and conferences (includes outlines, hand-outs, planning, workshop packets, etc.)
1984-2003, undated
Writings
Box/Folder
18 / 35-36
Published articles by Laurie Mercier and others
1983-1989
Miscellany
Box/Folder
18 / 37
Bibliographies
undated
18 / 38
Brochures
undated
18 / 39
Certificates (includes certificate for participation in Statehood Centennial; proclamation for Montana Historical Society's 125th anniversary)
1889-1890
18 / 40
Christmas card (includes quotes from oral histories re Christmas in Montana)
1985
18 / 41
Handouts re family history
undated
18 / 42
List of Montana genealogical societies
1989
18 / 43
List of tribal consultants and tribal colleges
undated
18 / 44
"Montana in Our Own Words" (compiled by Anneke-Jan Boden, Western Heritage Center for Readers' Theatre)
undated
Clippings
Box/Folder
18 / 45
Articles about oral history projects and workshops
1981-1986

Library-Archives Division / Research Center, 1962-2005Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Interoffice Correspondence
Box/Folder
19 / 1-9
Division memos
1973-2003
19 / 10
Division memos: Archives (RESTRICTED: includes personnel matters)
1986-1991
General Correspondence
Box/Folder
19 / 11
A-Z (correspondents include Norma Ashby, Jack K. Castor, Larry J. Laubach, Montana Lieutenant Governor's Office, Montana Secretary of State, Montana State Library, Montana State University, Natural Heritage Damage Program, Martin A. Tucker, Pat Williams, Geoffrey Wyatt, Ernie Ziegler)
1973-2001
19 / 12
Letters of appreciation
2003
Financial Records
Box/Folder
19 / 13-15
Budget materials
1986-2000
Minutes
Box/Folder
19 / 16-29
Program managers meeting notes
1979-2004
19 / 30
Staff meetings (scattered)
1991-1998
Organizational Records
Box/Folder
19 / 31
Alternative organizational charts
1989
Reports
Box/Folder
19 / 32-33
Gerald Ham report on Montana Historical Society Library and Archives (2 copies)
1972
19 / 34-40
Quarterly reports
1966-1983
20 / 1-2
Quarterly reports
1984-1997
20 / 3
Report to Council to Preserve Montana History
1971
20 / 4
Reports to Board of Trustees
1962-1978
20 / 5
Robert H. Worthy report on computer systems
1983
Subject Files
Box/Folder
20 / 6
Archives backlog
1985-1988
20 / 7-11
Bradley Fellowship
1983-1997
20 / 12
Brittle books (U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Post Secondary Education)
1987
20 / 13/
Building expansion plans
1982-1986
20 / 14
Burlington Northern Foundation grants
1987-1991
20 / 15
Evelyn Cameron collection
1991
20 / 16
Campbell Farming Corporation fellowships
1997
20 / 17
Capitol birthday
2002
20 / 18
Centennial planning (includes material on territorial centennial)
1984
20 / 19
Collection development policy (samples of other libraries' policies)
1978-1991
20 / 20
Collections Committee
1983-1985
20 / 21
Computers: Altos System
1983-1985
20 / 22
Computers: state system
1983-1985
20 / 23
Conservation lab (inventory of equipment)
1983
20 / 24
Conservation record on Hosmer, Dimsdale, Gass, and archives material (list enclosed)
1981
20 / 25-28
Constitution Exhibit: "The Blessings of Liberty"
2001-2004
20 / 29
Council to Preserve Montana History
1977-1979
20 / 30
Cultural and Aesthetic Projects grant for Campbell Farming Corporation motion picture film
1993-1997
20 / 31
Deaccessions
1992-1995
20 / 32
Deaccessions: Civil War books
2001-2002
20 / 33
Equipment
1985
20 / 34-36
Federal documents (re end of depository status, and deaccessions)
1978-1999
20 / 37
Fees and research room policies (survey)
1993-1994
20 / 38
Goals and planning
1979-1992
20 / 39
Green Thumb / Experience Works program
1997-2003
20 / 40
Internships
1980-1982
20 / 41
Labor history archives grant proposal
1986
20 / 42
LaserCat grant (Western Library Network CD's)
1987-1988
20 / 43-44
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (re Missouri River Headwaters State Park interpretive plan)
2001-2003
20 / 45
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (re webpage design)
2001-2003
20 / 46
Library hours
2001
20 / 47
Library Task Force
2001-2003
20 / 48
Library users survey
undated
20 / 49
Live from the Society workshops
1996
21 / 1
Missouri Basin States Association (re records proposal)
1987-1988
21 / 2-4
Montana Heritage Project
1996-1997
21 / 5
Montana Historical Records Advisory Council
1978-1991
21 / 6-9
Montana History Conference
1973-1977
21 / 10
Montana history slide program proposal by Dave Walter
1973-1974
21 / 11
Montana Multi-Cultural History Project grant proposal
1979
21 / 12
Montana State Agency Librarians' Roundtable
1998-2000
21 / 13
Personnel matters (RESTRICTED)
1972-1988
21 / 14
Post card collecting (Montana History Conference session)
1987
21 / 15
Press Advisory Committee
2001-2002
21 / 16
Proposals for possible endowment funding
1989-1990
21 / 17
Railroad passes appraisal
1976
21 / 18
Rare book dealers
1986-1998
21 / 19-20
Records management (includes Montana Historical Society's records)
1969-1990
21 / 21
Records management (re privatization proposal)
1996
21 / 22
Recycling
1990-1996
21 / 23
Reproduction Policy Committee
2000
21 / 24
Scriver Collection move
2000
21 / 25
Smoking policy
1979-1990
21 / 26
Volunteers
2001-2005
21 / 27
Westerners Corrals
1978-1985
21 / 28-32
Western States Materials Conservation Project
1979-1984
21 / 33-34
Archives
2001-2004
21 / 35
Budget FH 2007
2006-2007
21 / 36
Collection Management Policy
1998-2001
21 / 37
Computer IDs and Replacements
2002-2006
21 / 38
Deaccessions
2001-2005
21 / 39
Digital Collections
2004-2005
21 / 40
Digital Metis Project
2004-2006
22 / 1
Education (Public Programs)
2007
22 / 2
Employment Queries
2004-2007
22 / 3
Genealogists
2001-2006
22 / 4
Grants Committee
2003-2006
22 / 5
Grants- Butte Newspapers
2006
22 / 6
Grants- IMLS African Americans
2007
22 / 7
Grants- Univ. of Calgary
2005-2007
22 / 8
History Conference
2005-2006
22 / 9
Indian Advisory Panel
2002-2004
22 / 10
Insurance
2005
22 / 11
Labor Management Committee
2002-2004
22 / 12
Legislature-2003
2001-2003
22 / 13
Lewis and Clark
2001-2005
22 / 14
(State) Librarians' Roundtable
2001-2005
22 / 15
"M89" Brand
2003
22 / 16
Memoranda (Program)
2001-2007
22 / 17
MT Heritage Project
2002-2003
22 / 18-19
MHS Board
2006
22 / 20
MHS Board
2004-2005
22 / 21
MHS Board
2000-2004
22 / 22
MT History Foundation
2001-2003
22 / 23
Montana History Online (Gallery Systems)
2004-2005
22 / 24
MHS Committees
2001-2006
22 / 25
MHS Fees
2003-2004
22 / 26
MHS Policy
1999-2004
22 / 27
MT Shared Catalog
2001-2005
22 / 28
MT Shared Catalog Exec.
2003-2005
22 / 29
Newspapers
1983-1999
22 / 30
OCLC ContentDM cooperative pilot
2006-2007
23 / 1
Photo Archives
2000-2005
23 / 2
PPA Bill
2003-2005
23 / 3
Reference School
2003-2004
23 / 4
Staff Deployment
2001-2004
23 / 5
Staff Kudos
1999-2005
23 / 6
Staff Meetings- Library
2001-2005
23 / 7
Staff Meetings
2001-2005
23 / 8
Staff Meetings- Program Leaders
2005
23 / 9
Staff Upgrades
2002-2005
23 / 10
Staff Travel Expenses
2001-2005
23 / 11
State Library
2001
23 / 12
State Publications
2000-2001
23 / 13
Yellowstone Drawings
2003
23 / 14
Yellowstone Archives
2005
Miscellany
Box/Folder
23 / 15
American Forest History Foundation certificate
1955
23 / 16
Basketball and football pools
1980-1985
23 / 17
Bob Clark silly memos and bogus press releases
1979-1983, undated
23 / 18
Microfilming log
1957-1983

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Subject Terms

  • Archives--Montana.
  • Historical societies, etc.-- Montana.
  • Libraries--Montana.
  • Oral history--Montana.

Geographical Names

  • Montana--History.