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Roy Douglas Pritchett Papers, 1944-1952
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Pritchett, Roy Douglas, 1877-1957
- Title
- Roy Douglas Pritchett Papers
- Dates
-
1944-1952 (inclusive)19441952
- Quantity
- 2 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 154
- Summary
- Roy Pritchett was a Helena, Montana, mine promoter. Papers (1944-1952) consist primarily of general correspondence from brother Glenn A. Pritchett and others regarding mine investments and development. There are also several original poems and one short story written by Pritchett.
- 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 - Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Roy Douglas Pritchett was born in Weber County, Utah, on June 26, 1877. He was the first of seven children of John Douglas Pritchett and Elizabeth Eames Pritchett, pioneer Utah settlers. When Roy was a small child the family moved to Comet, and then Amazon, Montana, both small mining towns in Jefferson County. During the 1890s the Pritchetts lived at Bear Gulch northeast of Twin Bridges, where John D. Pritchett bought and developed several mining properties. These included the Moonlight Mine which Pritchett later sold to Bielenburg and Higgins, and APA Mine where he built a five-stamp mill. As a child Roy Pritchett spent his summers in Bear Gulch and his winters in school in Twin Bridges. From the mid-1890s until the early 1920s he worked for Orrin Stone and independently as a miner in Bear Gulch, locating and developing numerous small properties. In 1900 Roy and his brothers George and John briefly had a livery stable in Jefferson township. In 1924 Pritchett moved to Lemhi County, Idaho, to work for a mining company owned by Dr. I.B. Keller and Calvin N. Friday. He also worked at Tintic and Park City, Utah. From 1929 until 1947 Pritchett was mine superintendent for the Embree Iron Company in Embreeville, Tennessee, except for a brief period in 1940-1941, when he was with the Greeenbrier Ore Company in Marlinton, West Virginia. While in Tennessee, Pritchett also organized the Southern Dynite Corporation, the Western Dynite Corporation, and Southern Explosives, Inc. to manufacture and sell explosives under patents held by him and his youngest brother, Glenn A. Pritchett. In 1944 Roy Pritchett returned to Utah, working as a janitor for the Ogden Arsenal. After three years Pritchett moved to Helena, Montana. From 1947 until the early 1950s he was involved in prospecting and mine promotion. His brother Glenn, located at Reno, Nevada, and later in Ogden, Utah, acted as his agent in trying to interest investors in Montana mining properties. Roy Pritchett had interests in several mines in the Rimini area and near Lincoln. He also hoped to develop smaller properties using a semi-portable ore processor called the PAC separator/converter, invented by Glenn Pritchett. None of these ventures proved successful and in the mid-1950s Roy returned to his boyhood home of Twin Bridges. While in Tennessee, Roy Pritchett met and married Margaret Johnson of Johnson City, Tennessee. They had no children. Roy Pritchett died at the Alder Rest Home, Alder, Montana, on May 1, 1957, at the age of 79.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Papers. 1902-1952. 2 linear feet. This collection is arranged in subgroups for Roy Douglas Pritchett; Elizabeth Eames Pritchett; Glenn A. Pritchett; Margaret Pritchett; Southern Dynite Corporation; Southern Explosives, Inc.; and Western Dynite Corporation. The Roy Pritchett materials include biographical materials, incoming correspondence (1940-1952) regarding mine investments and development, financial records, legal documents, writings (including original poems and a short story), and miscellany.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Roy Douglas Pritchett Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Biographical Materials
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | Death certificate;
article; notes |
1944-1957 |
Incoming Correspondence
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
1 / 2 | A (correspondents
include Harry Allen; J.C. Ammons; Anaconda Copper Mining Company; A.R.
Anderson; G.L. Anderson; L.B. Anderson; Arizona Small Mine Operators
Association; Laura Asbury) |
1943-1952 |
1 / 3 | Mike and Irene
Barrett |
1951-1952 |
1 / 4 | Frank J. Bauer
|
1948-1949 |
1 / 5 | R.R. Bell
|
1946-1951 |
1 / 6 | LeRoy Belliston
|
1947-1951 |
1 / 7 | B.J. "Brooks"
Bruknis |
1945-1951 |
1 / 8 | B (correspondents
include Walter Beattie; Arthur Benson; H.L. Berkey; The Bert Reese Syndicate;
Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; George M. Bowman; Bradley Mining
Company; Brende's; C.F. Brown; Chester Bullock; J.W. Burrus; Business Men's
Assurance Company of America; George Butterly) |
1947-1951 |
1 / 9 | Bob Carlton
|
1946-1947 |
1 / 10 | Ray Crumb
|
1948 |
1 / 11 | C-E (correspondents
include Calco Chemical Division of American Cyanamid Company; Douglas Chamber
of Commerce; Eugene Chamber of Commerce; Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce;
Lewiston Chamber of Commerce; Phoenix Chamber of Commerce; Portland Chamber of
Commerce; Seattle Chamber of Commerce; Spokane Chamber of Commerce; Yakima
Chamber of Commerce, Inc.; Nat Chamberlin; Fred Chase; Commercial Security
Bank; Henrietta Crockett; R.H. Davidson; J.R. Davies; Dayton Consolidated Mines
Company; L.R. Dickason; A.L. Dillon; Norman T. Dixon) |
1945-1952 |
1 / 12 | Faultless
Organization |
1950-1951 |
1 / 13 | Calvin N. Friday
|
1944-1948 |
1 / 14 | F-G (correspondents
include The Federal Coin Exchange; Mary G. Fickes; B.M. Fletcher; General Card
Company; Don A. Gillis; Grand Deposit Mining Company; Greetings, Inc.;
Guarantee Reserve Life) |
1943-1950 |
1 / 15 | Camilla Gage
|
1947-1951 |
1 / 16 | Andrew G. Hall
|
1950 |
1 / 17 | H.G. Heller
|
1951 |
1 / 18 | Alma Higgins
|
1945-1951 |
1 / 19 | George W. Hill
|
1946 |
1 / 20 | H-I (correspondents
include Phil Hatfield; R.W. Healey; Heatade Appliances Inc.; Frederick
Herrschner; Emmett M. Hamlin) |
1941-1951 |
1 / 21 | Ben F. Julian
|
1948-1949 |
1 / 22 | J-K (correspondents
include Elmer Johnson; Fred B. Johnson; Monsol Johnson; J.J. Jutzy; Ray
Kallestad; Helen Keller; Nina Ekart Kerrick; A.A. Knowles) |
1940, 1946-1951 |
1 / 23 | Lettie Pritchett
Lindstrom |
1947-1951 |
1 / 24 | L (correspondents
include Auna M. Laug; La Pierrette, Cie; Amster Leonard; W.E. Le Sage; Paul C.
Lyon) |
1943-1951 |
1 / 25 | A.L. Murphy
|
1951 |
2 / 1 | M-O (correspondents
include C.W. Mack; Mackey Exploration Company; M.R. Massey; M.E. McCauley;
Elmer McElroy; Dan McIntosh; Mercury Life and Health Company; T.B. Miller
Agency; Murphy Finance Company; Mutual Hospitalization Insurance Company; Ellis
E. Nichols; North American Mutual Insurance Company; Northwest Mining
Association; Oldbury Electro-Chemical Company; H.T. O'Reilly) |
1941-1951 |
2 / 2 | Ed Parr |
1945-1949 |
2 / 3-10 | Glenn A. Pritchett
|
1944-1952 |
3 / 1 | Lettie Pritchett
(later Lindstrom) |
1946-1951 |
3 / 2 | Mame Pritchett
|
1947 |
3 / 3-6 | Margaret Pritchett
|
1944-1952 |
3 / 7 | P-Q (correspondents
include E.A. Pattison; M.B. Pattison; A.C. Perrott; Frank S. Poorman; Postal
Life and Casualty Insurance Company; Charlie Priolo and Sons; Harry C. Purdy)
|
1948-1951 |
3 / 8 | F.D. "Cap" Ruggles
|
1943-1946 |
3 / 9 | R (correspondents
include Republic Steel Corporation; William S. Rice; Richard Brothers; Ted
Richards; W.A. Richelsen; Rex Russom) |
1942-1952 |
3 / 10 | J.R. "Bob" Shannon
|
1947-1949 |
3 / 11 | Arthur W. Steward
|
1947-1951 |
3 / 12 | S (correspondents
include Elizabeth M. Sand; Salt Lake Tribune; Saturday Evening Post; Ted
Saylor; Service Life Insurance Company; Slaytor Realty Company; Sherman W.
Smith; Southern Pacific Company; Stark Bros.; W.F. Steward; Sweet Brothers
Wholesale Groceries and Produce) |
1945-1951 |
3 / 13 | Parley Taylor
|
1947-1948 |
3 / 14 | Gertrude Pritchett
Thomas |
1944-1951 |
3 / 15 | T-V (correspondents
include M.J. Taylor; Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital; Treasure State Realty;
C.H. Tuller; E.A. Turner; Treasury Department U.S. Savings Bonds Division;
Unicorn Books; Union Bank and Trust Company; United Mines Company; E.L. Vail;
Walter T. Bew; Warren Maddox; M.W. Woolley; Blaine Watts) |
1942-1951 |
3 / 16 | Joseph G. Wilson
|
1949-1950 |
3 / 17 | Mae Pritchett
Winchester |
1944-1946 |
3 / 18 | W-Z (correspondents
include Gill Wheat; B.W. White; Paul Whiteman; Paul Wickstrom; L. Lowell
Wilkin; Williams Patent Crusher and Pulverizer Company; Glenn B. Wilson
Employment Specialists; Raymond E. Wimber; H. Wisckol; C.A. Wood; M.W. Woolley;
Frank Wyronck; C.A. Zeldin; Glen Zorn) |
1949-1952 |
3 / 19 | "Slim" |
1947-1952 |
Outgoing
Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3 / 20 | Miscellaneous
(correspondents include Farmers and Merchants Bank; Charlie Huber; Dr. H.H.
Scarborough; Bob Carleton; The Nevada Magazine; Mary Bawman) |
1942-1951 |
Court Papers
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 1 | Greenbrier
Ore Company bankruptcy notice to creditors |
1942 |
Financial
Records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 2 | Bills;
receipts; etc. |
1947-1951 |
4 / 3 |
Insurance Policy |
1945 |
4 / 4 | Loan
applications (includes correspondence) |
1944,1951 |
4 / 5-6 | Memo
books (expenses of car, assays, etc. in Tennessee and Utah) |
c. 1940s |
4 / 7 | Notes on
earnings |
c. 1940s |
4 / 8 |
Promissory notes |
1911-1914 |
4 / 9 | Social
Security information |
n.d. |
4 / 10 | Time
book for Baltimore Mine, Moonlight Mine |
1902-1903, 1909-1910 |
4 / 11 | Time
books for Indian Creek Mining Corporation, Unicoi, Tennessee (3 books)
|
1941-1942 |
Legal
Documents |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 12 |
Agreements; certificate of location |
1946-1949 |
Photographs |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 13 |
List of photographs transferred to the Photo Archives |
|
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 14 | Report on Oregon Group, Lemhi Company, Idaho
|
1950 |
Writings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 15 | "Room 306 or One Jump Ahead of the Law" |
1944 |
4 / 16 | "An Aristocrat of the Rods;" "Down the Trail Long, Long
Ago" |
c. 1944,1945 |
4 / 17 | "Give Me Idaho" |
c. 1944 |
4 / 18 | "I Wonder Who Will Take His Place?" |
c. 1944 |
4 / 19 | "Let de Moonlight Shine;" "Let Me Sleep in the Land I
Love" |
1946, n.d. |
4 / 20 | "Strange Where the Fairies Will Take You" |
1946 |
4 / 21 | Miscellaneous poems and fragments |
n.d. |
4 / 22 | Product slogans |
n.d. |
4 / 23 | Verses for greeting cards |
n.d. |
4 / 24 | Verses for U.S. War Bonds |
c. 1943-1944 |
Miscellany |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 1 | Address book |
c. 1945 |
5 / 2 | Ads; promotions; etc. |
1945-1952 |
5 / 3 | Assays |
1943-1952 |
5 / 4 | Bus tickets and schedules |
1948-1951 |
5 / 5 | Christmas cards |
1947,1951 |
5 / 6 | Christmas Tree Questionaire by Alma M. Higgins
|
n.d. |
5 / 7 | Drivers' licenses |
1940,1943 |
5 / 8 | List of artifacts transferred to the Museum
|
|
5 / 9 | List of names |
n.d. |
5 / 10 | Notes on mines; etc. |
n.d. |
5 / 11 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation circular re mining
loans |
1944 |
5 / 12 | Henry J. Taylor radio talks |
1947-1948 |
5 / 13 | Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas, newsletter
|
1947-1948 |
5 / 14 | The Kiplinger Washington Agency letter to businessmen
|
1949 |
5 / 15 | The Hooper Messenger, Hooper, Utah |
1945 |
5 / 16 | Mining Association of Montana newsletter |
1947-1951 |
5 / 17 | The Mining Record, Denver, Colorado |
1949-1950 |
5 / 18 | Miscellaneous |
|
Clippings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 19 | Miscellaneous "Idahoan Knows Location of Gold Mine";
"Auction Sale, Mine and Mill Walker Mining Company"; "Four Killed in New Blast
Near Tacoma";"Du Pont Named in Trust Suit" |
n.d. |
Elizabeth Eames Pritchett Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 20 | T.H. Bacon; Mae Pritchett; W.K. Granger |
1910, 1943-1944 |
Legal Documents |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 21 | Deed;
contract |
1910-1912 |
Glenn A. Pritchett Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 22 |
Miscellaneous (correspondents include American Brass Company; Dixie Machinery
Manufacturing Company; Deister Concentrator Company; A.L. Murphy)
|
1950-1951 |
Writings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 23 | "Do
You Drink Water?" (typescript copy) |
1944 |
Margaret Pritchett Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 24 |
Miscellaneous (correspondents include Unity School of Christianity; Reta
Pardue; Tennessee Valley Life Association; Dr. Frank B. Robinson)
|
1947-1951 |
Miscellany |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 25 |
Insurance form; ads; notes; etc. |
n.d. |
Southern Dynite Corporation Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Incoming Correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 26 | U.S.
Bureau of Mines |
1944 |
Legal Documents |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 27 |
Contract between Southern Dynite Corporation and Roy D. Pritchett
|
1940 |
Organizational Records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 28 | Stock
certificate |
1938 |
Southern Explosives, Inc. Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Organizational Records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 29 | Stock
certificates |
1933-1935 |
Western Dynite Corporation Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Organizational Records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5 / 30 |
Proceedings of incorporators; certificate of incorporation; stock certificates
|
1940-1941 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Gold mines and mining--Montana
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Lewis and Clark County
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Madison County
- Mines and mineral resources--Tennessee
- Mines and mineral resources--Utah
- Mines and mineral resources--West Virginia
- Mining brokers--Montana
- Poets
- Stamp mills--Montana
Geographical Names
- Bear Gulch (Madison County, Mont.)
- Helena (Mont.)
- Rimini (Mont.)