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Frances C. Elge papers>, 1921-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Elge, Frances C.
Title
Frances C. Elge papers>
Dates
1921-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
A1:4-2
Summary
Frances Elge was the first woman in Montana to become a county attorney. This collection consists of broadsides, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, memorabilia, subject files, yearbooks, newspapers clippings, and photographs. These papers document her career as a lawyer and a judge, as well as her interests in various women's issues, including the Equal Rights Ammendment (ERA), the Women's Lobbyist Fund, the International Women's Year, and Jeannette Rankin.
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
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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library 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. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by series

Location of Collection

A1:4-2

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Processing Note

Preliminary sorting

Separated Materials

Artifacts transferred to Museum; Photographs transferred to Phootgraph Archives

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Correspondence

    • Description: Outgoing and incoming (correspondents include Mrs. John Brogan; Wellington Rankin; John Burrus; Charlotte Russel)
      Dates: 1940-1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: Outgoing and incoming (correspondents include Warde C. Hiberly; Senator Charles W. Tobey; Jerry Massey; Senator Mike Mansfield; Max Leva; Senator Homer Ferguson) [file also contains job applications and resumes of Ms. Elge]
      Dates: 1947-1949
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: Incoming (correspondents include Mike Mansfield; John Melcher; Walter J. Hickle; Jeannette Rankin)
      Dates: 1970-1971
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
      Location: Correspondence

  • Subject Files (many contain correspondence)

  • Miscellany

    • Description: Certificates and Diplomas [see also Oversize]
      Dates: 1930-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Miscelleneous odds and ends
      Dates:
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 27
      Location: Miscellany

  • Publications

    • Description: Vigilante (Helena High School yearbook) vol. 1-4
      Dates: 1921-1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
      Location: Publications
    • Description: Sentinel (University of Montana yearbook) vol. 5-6
      Dates: 1926-1927
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
      Location: Publications
    • Description: The Legal Status of Homemakers in Montana (Nat'l. Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year) vol. 7
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
      Location: Publications
    • Description: Montana's Legislature Through the Years by Neil J. Lynch, vol. 8
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
      Location: Publications

  • Oversize Folders

    • Description: Broadsides: includes Mimi Milli and Company (Fran played sax, 1925); 2 different posters Rankin for Governor (1928), Rankin for Senator (1942?); Administrative Law Judges' Seminar (photos of faculty and students, incl. Fran, 1973); Woman of the Month Award Program, Interior Dept. (poster with Fran on it, 1975)
      Dates: 1925-1975
      Container: Box/Folder OVFD / 29
      Location: Oversize Folders
    • Description: Campaign Material: Elge for County Atorney advertisement
      Dates: [1934]
      Container: Box/Folder OVFD / 29
      Location: Oversize Folders
    • Description: Certificates
      Dates: 1930-1975
      Container: Box/Folder OVFD / 29
      Location: Oversize Folders
    • Description: Diploma: Helena High School
      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box/Folder OVFD / 29
      Location: Oversize Folders

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Subject Terms

  • County attorneys--Montana.
  • Equal rights amendments.
  • Women--Montana.

Geographical Names

  • Montana--Politics and government.

Preliminary finding aid prepared by MHS staff
2006

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