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Warren Family papers, 1864-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Warren, Charles S., 1846-1921
Title
Warren Family papers
Dates
1864-1982 (inclusive)
Quantity
.5 linear feet of shelf space.
Collection Number
MC 264
Summary
This collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and miscellany of the Warren family. Included are papers of Charles S. and Mittie Warren, Mary W. and John M. Murphey (the Warren's daughter and her husband), Katherine and Dudley Brown (the Murphey's daughter and her husband), James and Anna Brown (Dudley's parents), and James McCartin (Anna Brown's second husband). Also included in the collection is a guest register (1890-1936) of visitors to the Cedar Cottage in Hope, Idaho; and subject files of general correspondence, and financial and legal records, concerning various mining companies.
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 open for research.

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

Charles S. Warren was born in Illinois in 1846, served in the Union Army in the Civil War, and in 1866 drove a bull train to Virginia City, Montana Territory. He taught school in the Deer Lodge valley while placer mining during the summers. From 1869 to 1875 he served as deputy sheriff and sheriff, of Deer Lodge. He later moved to Butte where he continued his activities in mining and also became the first police magistrate. Later he was elected clerk of U.S. District Court, and was a member of the state Constitutional Convention in 1889. He established the Comanche Mining Company, the Charles S. Warren Realty and Mining Company, and in association with Lee Mantle, the Intermountain Publishing Company. Charles married Mittie Avery of Maine, in 1871. Their daughter, Mary, married John Murphey of Butte.

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Content Description

This collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and miscellany of the Warren family. Included are subgroups for Charles S. and Mittie Warren, including a guest register (1890-1936) to the Cedar Cottage in Hope, Idaho; Mary W. and John M. Murphey (the Warren's daughter and her husband); Katherine and Dudley Brown (the Murphey's daughter and her husband); James and Anna Brown (Dudley's parents); James McCartin (Anna Brown's second husband); and a Mining subgroup of subject files of general correspondence, and financial and legal records, concerning mining companies in which members of the Warren family had invested.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged by series. Some material housed in Archives Map Case. See inventory below for more information.

Location of Collection

13:6-2

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Charles S. and Mittie A. Warren

    • Biographical Material

      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes family tree, baptismal record, copy and facsimile of marriage records, photograph of building where Charles and Mittie were married, affidavit of Charles Warren's physical condition, resolution of condolence, obituary, letter from the Vigilance Club concerning the donation of a painting of "Captain Warren" to the Virginia City Madison County Historical Museum)
        Dates: 1871, 1920-1921, 1963 undated
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
        Location: Charles S. and Mittie A. Warren / Biographical Material

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include President Harrison's assistant secretary, Joshua B. Langley, the Commissioner of Pensions, and U.S. Representative Washington J. McCormick re Mittie Warren's pension, Sol Star, Territorial Governor Potts' secretary)
        Dates: 1877, 1891, 1914, 1921
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
        Location: Charles S. and Mittie A. Warren / General Correspondence

    • Legal Documents

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Military discharge paper; certificate of thanks with printed signature of Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton; miscellaneous appointment certificates; receipt from Society of the Army of the Cumberland; Cedar Cottage guest register; appointment certificates for Board of Managers of the State Soldiers' Home; and certificate of nomination to Legislative Assembly.
        Dates: 1864-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
        Location: Charles S. and Mittie A. Warren / Miscellany
      • Description: Miscellaneous [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map Case]
        Dates: 1864-1918
        Container: Oversize Folder 1
        Location: Charles S. and Mittie A. Warren / Miscellany

  • Dudley and Katherine Brown

  • James Brown

    • Biographical Materials

    • Financial Records

      • Description: Invoice from Brown's newspaper The Butte Times, and a receipt and contract from Charles Nall
        Dates: 1900, 1910-1911
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
        Location: James Brown / Financial Records

  • Anna Virena Brown McCartin

  • James McCartin

    • Biographical Materials

    • Miscellaneous Correspondence

    • Financial Records

      • Description: Records concerning Wolf Creek Oil Company, and a bill of sale of various stocks he sold to his wife Anna Virena McCartin
        Dates: 1920, 1933
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 21
        Location: James McCartin / Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

  • John M. and Mary W. Murphey

    • Biographical Materials

      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes family tree, clipping of wedding announcement, baptism and confirmation certificates for John Murphey, resolution and biographical sketch re John Murphey, and a memorial card for Mary Murphey)
        Dates: 1918-1962, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 23
        Location: John M. and Mary W. Murphey / Biographical Materials

    • Incoming Correspondence

      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include U.S. Representative Washington J. McCormick re death of Gen. Warren, Washelli Columbarium (crematory), A.R. Schloesser, and H. Hopkins)
        Dates: 1921-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 24
        Location: John M. and Mary W. Murphey / Incoming Correspondence

    • Legal Documents

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Elks membership card from Lodge 228 of Spokane, Washington, and Masonic Service Bureau 47th Annual Report
        Dates: 1901, 1930
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26
        Location: John M. and Mary W. Murphey / Miscellany

  • Mining

    • Subject Files

      • Description: Alta Copper and Silver Mining Company
        Dates: 1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 27
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Amazon-Butte Copper Company
        Dates: 1906-1907
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Auxer Gold Mines
        Dates: 1957-1959
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 29
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Flathead Exploration and Development Company/Lost Lode Claim
        Dates: 1914, 1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 30
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Furnace Valley Copper Company
        Dates: 1906-1907, 1917
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 31
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Glengarry Mining Company
        Dates: 1909-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 32
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Hardscramble Consolidated Mining Company
        Dates: 1899
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 33
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Montizona Copper Company
        Dates: 1918-1935
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 34
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Montizona Copper Company [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map Case]
        Dates: 1918-1935
        Container: Oversize Folder 1
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Payne Extension Mining Company
        Dates: 1897-1900
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 35
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Rothert Canadian Company
        Dates: 1928-1929
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 36
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: South Star/North Star Quartz Lode Claims
        Dates: 1916
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 37
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Sumpter-Snow Bird Mining Company
        Dates: 1901
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 38
        Location: Mining / Subject Files
      • Description: Woman's Northwest Mining and Investment Association
        Dates: 1897
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 39
        Location: Mining / Subject Files

    • Miscellany

      • Description: List of stocks owned by Murphey, Brown and McCartin families
        Dates: 1969
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 40
        Location: Mining / Miscellany

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Finding aid prepared by Connie Geiger, 1995.
July 30, 2018

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