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Stan Lynde papers, 1934-2012
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lynde, Stan
- Title
- Stan Lynde papers
- Dates
- 1934-2012 (inclusive)19342012
- Quantity
- 3.4 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MC 400 (collection)
- Summary
- This collection is comprised of materials created and collected by Stan Lynde, Helena resident, cartoonist, and writer. Series include biographical material, correspondence (1971-1991), printed material (1969-2008), subject files (1972-2011), writings (1996-2008), miscellany (1951-2012), clippings, and multi-media.
- 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
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Collection open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Myron Stanford "Stan" Lynde was born in Billings on September 23, 1931 to Myron and Eleanor Lynde. He was raised on his father's sheep ranch near Lodge Grass, and attended school there while helping out with day-to-day ranch operations. He attended the University of Montana, where he majored in journalism with a minor in art. Mr. Lynde left the university in 1951, however, enlisting in the Navy during the Korean War and serving on Guam for a time and later on a submarine based out of San Diego, California. He created and published the comic strip "Ty Phoon" for the Navy paper.
In 1958, his most popular comic strip, Rick O'Shay, was picked up by the Chicago Tribune; for the next twenty years he wrote and illustrated the comic for the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate. In 1978, Mr. Lynde created a second strip, Latigo, which he illustrated from his home in Red Lodge until 1983. The following year, Mr. Lynde self-syndicated the cartoon series "Grass Roots."
After his retirement from cartooning in the mid-1980s, Mr. Lynde penned several novels, including those in the Merlin Fanshaw series, and a historical novel entitled "Vigilante Moon." Mr. Lynde co-founded and co-organized the "Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive," and was a recipient of the "Inkpot" Award for achievement in the comic arts, and the Montana Governor's Award for the Arts. He married his wife, Lynda Brown, in 1989. Mr. Lynde passed away August 6th, 2013.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection is comprised of materials created and collected by Stan Lynde, Helena resident, cartoonist, and writer. Series include biographical material; correspondence (1971-1991), including fan mail; printed material (1969-2008), much of which concerns advertising for his publishing company, Cottonwood Publishing; subject files (1972-2011); writings (1996-2008), including drafts of several of Mr. Lynde's Western novels; miscellany (1951-2012), clippings, and multi-media.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by series. Correspondence arranged by Business, Personal, Fan Mail and Out-going. Each type arranged chronologically.
Location of Collection
17:5-1Acquisition Information
Acquisition information available upon request.
Processing Note
Processed in 2013 with additional material added in 2014 and 2017.
Separated Materials
Artifacts transferred to Museum. Photographs transferred to Photo Archives. Consult program. for more information.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Biographical MaterialReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | Promotional biographical material,
etc. |
undated |
General correspondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 2 | "Business" (correspondents include: Chuck
Shonkwiler, Hank Raduta, Scotty Campbell, John T. Campbell, Dedo
Weigert, and Cassandra Stump) |
1971 |
| 1 / 3 | "Business" (correspondents include:
William R. Morse, Terry Bass, Charlotte Riis, Ronnene Anderson, Ann
Soehrmann, Margaret Taylor, and Ethel Gomendi) |
1972 |
| 1 / 4 | "Business" (correspondents include: Louie
Nordbye, Peter Gorner, Claxton B. Seely, Glenny Bryant, and Robert
Wilson) |
1973 |
| 1 / 5 | "Business" (correspondents include:
Shirley Pokorny, William R. Morse, James Cobaugh, Hal Stearns, Jack
Tonkovich, and George Virgines) |
1974 |
| 1 / 6 | "Business" (correspondents include: R.O.
Blomquist, James Wempner, Ellie Posey, Anita Miller, Bruce MacIntyre,
Leo Behnke, Vergil Lindsey, Robert McAfee, and Deean Leckie) |
1975 |
| 1 / 7 | "Business" (correspondents include: Julie
Ralston, Jackie Maack, C.E. Kloos, Joe Johnston, Gregory Corarito, Diane
Redekopp, Judi Layman, Robert S. Reed, and Diane Lowney) |
1976 |
| 2 / 1 | "Fan Mail" (correspondents include: Bob
Hill, Bob Swanson, Ada Currie, Carl Kloos, William Ukrainetz, Louis
Dufresne, Roger Harris, Ed Vrening, Judie Hickey, Marguerite Beeshy, and
Anthony Thormin) |
1972 |
| 2 / 2 | "Fan Mail" (correspondents include: Paul
Nix, Bob and Diane Hubbs, Ken Sheckler, Robert T. Johnson, Al Krieg,
Louis Lassabatere, Mary P. Goodwin, Nicholas V. De Gaetano, and Phillip
Grazide) |
1972 |
| 2 / 3 | "Fan Mail" (correspondents include: Clovia
Gallegos, Tom Eaton, Craig Yoe, Judy Carr, George Phelan, Helen Pape,
Jerry Muller, and Lester H. Loble II) |
1973 |
| 2 / 4 | "Fan Mail" (correspondents include:
Johnnie Taylor, Charles Bennett, S. Gene Benefield, Robert Koschel, John
Krieg, Verne Martell, J. Lynn Blystone, and Lynn Lilliston) |
1973 |
| 2 / 5 | "Fan Mail" (correspondents include: Jim
Sloan, Olin Ashley, Terry Givens, Dean Arthur, Ken Riggins, Sharon
Kelly, Nancy Holtz, W.R. Vaiden, and Clair Wagner) |
1974 |
| 2 / 6 | "Fan Mail" (correspondents include: Harry
Owens, Jerry Clute, Stuart Johnson, Jack Hamm, R.J. Flood, Robert Seely,
Norm O'Bryan, Luann Heid, Tim Hankel, Suzanne Brist, Dick Luety, Scott
Peterson, Raymond Rond, Porter Taggart, and Paul Hartunian) |
1975 |
| 3 / 1 | "Fan Mail" (correspondents include:
Virginia Segvich, Stephen Makara, Byron Grosfield, Robert E. Summers,
Carl Horah, George Quigley, Patricia McBride, Leroy Donovan, Joey
Crisafulli, Madeline Boyer, Clair Wagner, Charles McGarrill, and N.E.
Olson) |
1976 |
| 3 / 2 | [Out-going] (correspondents to parents
Myron and Elanor Lynde) |
1949 |
| 3 / 3 | "Out-going" (correspondents include: Steve
Collins, Carl Knispel, H. Burke, Randy Capp, Art Babbitt, Wendy Crum,
Lee Rice, Lois Murray, Raymond Edwards, and Gregory Smith) |
1972 |
| 3 / 4 | "Out-going" (correspondents include: Verne
Martel, Jud Hurd, Leo Carr, Cecelia Swensen, Robert Roth, Ray W. King,
Rodney Russell, A.J. Maier, and Arlene Bryak) |
1973-1974 |
| 3 / 5 | "Out-going" (correspondents include:
Douglas Stuart, E.A. Rockwood, Matt Konar, Judd Witman, Bert Greener,
Charles Stauffer, Cara Bell Jones, Linda Countryman, E.R. Sitton, Leroy
Donovan, and Milton W. Dye] |
1975-1976 |
| 3 / 6 | "Personal" (correspondents include: Chet
Bentley, Ed Malone, Myron Lynde, Jack Bogut, Dale Burk, Mark Lynde,
Richard Lynde, Bill Christiansen, Willard Fraser, Julie Williams, Carlo
Chendi, and Art Babbitt) |
1971-1972 |
| 3 / 7 | "Personal" (correspondents include:
Dorothy Johnson, Buford Kratz, Myrtle Mockel, Sharon Lynde, Robert
Wilson, Howard Lowery, Nancy Coiner, and Chet Bentley, Lorreta Lynde,
Rich Lynde) |
1973-1974 |
| 4 / 1 | "Personal" (correspondents include: Milton
Caniff, Edward Keating, Dorothy Johnson, Gordon Bess, Daniel G. Miller,
C.E. Kloos, Don Galloway, Harry J. Owens, Randy Beihl, Thomas L. Judge,
Lee H. Simmons, Robert Hagstrom, Reverend Carl E. Rohr, and Reverend
Ronald Rademacher) |
1975-1976, undated |
| 4 / 2 | "Out-going" (correspondents include: Stan
Lynde) |
1994 |
| 4 / 3 | "Christmas Newsletter" (correspondents
include: Donald Petterson, Dale Ranch, Skip Anderson, and Lynda
Lynde) |
1996, 2012 |
| 4 / 4 | "Rick O'Shay's 'Sundays'" (correspondents
include: DeAndrea Davis Folster) |
1991 |
| 4 / 5 | Letter from Charlton Heston's wife,
Lydia |
2012 |
| 4 / 6-7 | Miscellany (correspondents include:
Stanford Lynde, Ernest Litch, James C. Birchby, and Lynda Lynde,
Margaret Robertus) |
1949-2000, 2011 |
| 4 / 8 | Denney Neville |
1970-1998 |
Printed MaterialReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 9 | Advertising |
1991 |
| 4 / 10 | American Artist Business
Letter |
1977 |
| 4 / 11 | The Bodacious Kid - Advertising
[Cottonwood Publishing] |
1991-1996 |
| 4 / 12 | Coffee Cup art work |
1991-1992 |
| 4 / 13 | Cottonwood Clarion Fall 1996 Newsletter,
Laura Wahl |
1991 |
| 4 / 14 | Grass Roots Promotional
Material |
1998 |
| 4 / 15 | Various Articles on Stan |
1969-2008 |
Subject FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 1 | The Bodacious Kid - [Planning]
Workbook |
undated |
| 5 / 2 | "Centennial Wagon Train Wagon
Camp Layout" |
1989 |
| 5 / 3 | Cottonwood Graphics - New
Catalog |
1992 |
| 5 / 4 | Fall 1996 Newsletter and Promo |
1996 |
| 5 / 5 | Invite letters - Sample of School Letters
sent w/ ornaments |
2006-2011 |
| 5 / 6 | Al Herem - Saddle papers |
2001-2008 |
| 5 / 7 | Hipshot tin cup and cowboy
coffee |
1991 |
| 5 / 8 | Hipshot - Art work |
undated |
| 5 / 9 | Island Lake Ranch |
1972-1973 |
| 5 / 10 | National Miss Indian American Pageant,
Judging materials |
1973 |
| 5 / 11 | Newsletters and Copy |
1991-1995 |
| 5 / 12 | Spur Award |
1999 |
| 5 / 13 | Stan notes and art |
1991-1994, undated |
| 5 / 14 | Stan's Speeches |
1974, 1994 |
| 5 / 15 | Wahl, Laura |
1996-1997 |
| 5 / 16 | Denney Neville |
1976, 1990, undated |
WritingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 17 | "Careless Creek" [publishing
proof] |
1997 |
| 5 / 18 | "The Bodacious Kid" [publishing
proof] |
1996 |
| 6 / 1 | "Pardners, Book Two: The Legacy"[draft
notes] |
undated |
| 6 / 2 | "Vendetta Canyon" |
2008 |
MiscellanyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 3 | Advertising, Ad copy |
1991 |
| 6 / 4 | "Buck and Betsy" (pen and paper
drawings) |
undated |
| 6 / 5 | Art, originals |
1991-1996 |
| 6 / 6 | Cottonwood Graphics, Inc - Business
Plan |
1992 |
| 6 / 7 | Historical Miscellany |
undated |
| 6 / 8 | John 11:25 Artwork |
1982 |
| 6 / 9 | Maps |
undated |
| 6 / 10 | Memorabilia (includes city of Helena
proclamation declaring September 6, 2013 as Stan Lynde Day) |
1951-1993 |
| 6 / 11 | Post card and screen saver art |
1985 |
| 6 / 12 | Rick O'Shay promotional
material |
undated |
| 6 / 13 | "Footloose and Fancy Free" |
undated |
| 8A / 3 | Diary |
2013 |
ClippingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6 / 14 | Artist reference shots/clippings,
including: animals, men and women - poses, "Indians," "gauchos,"
soldiers, mining/miners, wagons, trains/railroads, weapons |
undated |
| 6 / 15 | Newspaper clippings, some cartoon strips,
etc. |
undated |
| 7 / 1 | Stan and Linda Thanksgiving, Wedding
(Personal Videos, VHS) |
1988-1989 |
| 7 / 2 | TV Spots, VHS: Cattle Drive, "End of
Trail" |
1988-1990 |
| 7 / 3 | TV Spots, VHS: Arapaho fire, Good Morning
Houston |
1990-1991 |
| 7 / 4 | TV Spots, VHS: Old West Mercantile,
Weeknight Edition |
1991-1995 |
| 7 / 5 | TV Spots, VHS: Interview on KFBB-TV, Face
the State |
1995 September-December |
| 8 / 1 | TV Spots, VHS: Newswatch 26, Public TV,
KPAX |
1995 December -1998 |
| 8 / 2 | TV Spots, VHS: Arts on the Air, Sunday
Night News, Fox 10 News |
2002 |
| 8 / 3 | TV Spots, Cassettes/DVDs;
Audiobooks |
1995-2012 |
| 8 / 4 | VHS Videos: Rick O'Shay Sample Animation,
"The Stan Lynde Story" |
1994 |
| 8A / 1 | TV Spots, VHS: Texas News, Total Factory
Direct, Production West |
circa 1992 |
| 8A / 2 | VHS Videos: KRTV |
1992 December |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artists--Montana
- Cartoonists--United States--History
- Fanshaw, Merlin (Fictitious character)
Personal Names
- Lynde, Stan (creator)
Geographical Names
- Helena (Mont.)
Finding aid prepared by Rachel Lilley
2013
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