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Walter Cooper and Eugene F. Bunker Papers, 1886-1956
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Walter Cooper and Eugene F. Bunker Papers
- Dates
- 1886-195618861956
- Quantity
- 4 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Collection 1250, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Walter Cooper and Eugene F. Bunker Papers include both personal and business materials. Walter Cooper's papers contain diaries, an autobiography, business and legal papers as well as literary manuscripts he wrote. Eugene Bunker's papers deal mainly with his legal practice. They include papers and correspondence from lawsuits he filed for clients, correspondence regarding the closing of family estates, and legal papers for businesses he represented.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
-
This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Walter Cooper (1843-1924) was a prominent early settler of Gallatin County, Montana. He was born in Sterling, New York, on the Fourth of July, 1843 to parents Andrew and Sarah E. (McGilvra) Cooper. His father died when he was eight and Walter was sent to live with his aunt in Michigan. When he was only fifteen years old he traveled west to Colorado and joined the San Juan expedition in 1860. By 1863 he moved to Montana where he engaged in various mining, shipping, and hunting enterprises. Cooper settled in Bozeman in 1868 and established a Sharps rifle and manufacturing and sporting goods business, which grew to be one the most extensive establishments of its kind in the west. In 1872 he expanded the business to include fur trading. Through his fur trading, Cooper came in contact with many Native Americans, and he included these encounters in his writings. Towards the turn of the century, invested in logging and railroad operations. Cooper was an influential civic leader, being one of the incorporators of the city of Bozeman in 1883, a member of the first city council, and a leader in the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce. He represented Gallatin County as a state legislator in 1895 and was instrumental in establishing the Montana Agricultural College in Bozeman. Cooper married Mariam D. Skeels in 1870; they had one child who survived into adulthood, Mariam. He lived with his daughter in Bozeman until his death in April 1924.
Eugene F. Bunker was born on February 4, 1888 in Woodstock, Illinois, to Frank and Elizabeth (Johnston) Bunker and was the fifth of six children. He moved to Bozeman after he graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1912 with a law degree. Once in Montana, Bunker met Mariam Cooper, the only surviving child of Walter and Mariam Cooper. They were married on December 27, 1913. In 1918 they had their first child, Mariam Virginia, followed by Elizabeth Francis and Eugene Jr. Bunker was well known for his work in mining interests and often worked with Walter Cooper on several of his mining businesses. As a leading attorney in Bozeman, Bunker served twice (1921-1922 and 1944-1945) as county attorney for Gallatin County. He also represented Gallatin County's interests in Washington D.C. while working in the legal department on the boundaries for the county contiguous to Yellowstone National Park. In 1930 Bunker was admitted to the bar of the State of Montana. Bunker was also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 463 as well as the Free and Accepted Masons, Gallatin Lodge No. 6. Bunker died in Bozeman on May 29, 1956.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Cooper and Bunker Papers include both personal and business materials. Walter Cooper's papers contain diaries, an autobiography, business and legal papers as well as literary manuscripts he wrote. The legal papers contain mainly deeds to land he owned as well as some correspondence regarding his various business endeavors. Cooper wrote his literary manuscripts towards the end of his life with the intent of having them published. They cover events from Cooper's life as well as general Montana history. Titles include Bozeman Businesses, American Indians, The Nez Perce, Sioux War of 1876, Pioneers, Fort Benton Life, and Yellowstone Expedition of 1874. The manuscripts are in Cooper's handwriting, which are difficult to read. A few of the articles do have typed transcripts. Also included is a 1875 diary Cooper's wife, Mariam Skeels Cooper, kept during her trip to Yellowstone National Park. Eugene Bunker's papers deal mainly with his legal practice. They include papers and correspondence from lawsuits he filed for clients, correspondence regarding the closing of family estates, and legal papers for businesses he represented.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Series 1 Walter Cooper and Mariam Skeels Cooper Diaries, Correspondence, and Autobiography, 1875-1923
Series 2 Walter Cooper Literary Manuscripts, circa 1920
Series 3 Walter Cooper Business Papers, 1886-1923
Series 4 Bunker-Barnett Family Correspondence, 1907-1972
Series 5 Eugene F. Bunker Legal Papers, 1906-1956
Series 6 Business Papers, 1914-1980
Series 7 Bunker Family Scrapbook and Scrapbooking Material, 1891-1975
Series 8 Photographs
Acquisition Information
The Walter Cooper and Eugene F. Bunker Papers were donated to Special Collections in February of 2000 by the Museum of the Rockies. The collection also incorporates collections 853 and 2183 and earlier papers donated by Dr. Merrill G. Burlingame in 1978 as well as papers donated by Walter Cooper's great grandsons, Ed Barnett, Jr. and Walter Cooper Barnett, in the summer and fall of 2000. They donated another cubic foot of papers in March of 2001. Additional business record books were donated from the Museum of the Rockies in the fall of 1998 after they were removed from collection 2129.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2009 March 6
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Walter Cooper and Mariam Skeels Cooper Diaries, Correspondence, and Autobiography, 1875-1923Return to Top
Series 1 contains diaries of Cooper's ranging in dates from 1899 to 1923. They are written in day books and mainly record where Cooper went that day. In the 1900 book, Cooper kept a tabulation of votes for the Senatorial race between the "Copper King," Marcus Daly and William Clark. In the last book, 1923, in addition to notes of what he did that day, Cooper also jotted down notes regarding his literary manuscripts found in Series 2. The Daily Journal book contains a few newspaper clippings and a draft of a manuscript found in Series 2 dealing with Red Lodge, Montana. Also included in Series 1 is the diary Mariam Skeels Cooper kept during her trip through Yellowstone National Park in 1875 as well as a reminiscence of her travel west to Montana with her family. It is one of the earliest known accounts by a white woman of the park. Also included in Series 1 is correspondence between Walter and Mariam as well as to their daughter Mariam. In addition are letters Mariam Skeels Cooper received from her family back east.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Walter Cooper Diaries |
1899; 1900; 1913; 1923 |
1/2 | Walter Cooper, Daily Journal Book |
1920; 1922 |
1/3 | Walter Cooper Autobiography |
|
1/4 | Mariam Skeels Cooper, Diary from Yellowstone
Trip |
1875 |
1/5 | Mariam Skeels Cooper, Diary from Yellowstone Trip,
typed transcript |
1875 |
1/6 | Mariam Skeels Cooper, reminiscence |
|
1/7 | Mariam Skeels Cooper, Clippings and family
history |
|
1/8 | Mariam Skeels Cooper, Correspondence from
family |
1878-1884 |
1/9 | Walter and Mariam Cooper, Correspondence |
1868; 1893; 1895 |
1/10 | Walter and Mariam Cooper, Correspondence |
1900; 1908 |
1/11 | Walter and Mariam Cooper, Correspondence |
1913; 1919 |
1/12 | Walter and Mariam Cooper, Correspondence |
1923-1924; undated |
Series 2: Walter Cooper Literary Manuscripts, circa 1920Return to Top
Towards the end of his life, Walter Cooper began writing a series of retrospective biographical and general Montana history essays. Cooper intended to publish the essays in a book. The literary manuscripts included in Series 2 show the many revisions and organizational changes Cooper made. What remains is a linear foot of completed and fragmented essays. Due to the fact the manuscripts would eventually be set in type, Cooper kept a detailed word count of each essay. He also hired a stenographer to type his difficult handwriting into a legible format. Topics covered in his manuscripts include the Bozeman Trail, James Bridger, life in Fort Benton, the history of Bozeman, mining expeditions, the Nez Perce, the Sioux War of 1876, the National Convention of 1892, the Yellowstone Expedition of 1874, trips to Bismarck, and the founding of Red Lodge, Montana. Also in Series 2 are typed edited versions of Cooper's original manuscripts by his daughter, Mariam Cooper Bunker entitled "The Long Trail," "A Thread in the Fabric of Empire," "The War Trail" and "Treaty with Plenty Coups." "Bluebirds Nest Where Three Forks Meet" is again a story by Mariam, but more loosely based on the original manuscripts. "The Skeels Family" in folder 14 of box 2A also appears to have been written by Mariam. Folders 23 and 40 in Box 1; folder 48 in Box 2; and folder 15 in Box 2A do not appear to have been written by Cooper or Mariam. Folder 45 of Box 1 contains research material Cooper gathered on T. H. Canfield who appears in several of the manuscripts. Cooper also gathered and received research material on Chief Plenty Coups found in folder 49, Box 1 which contains a letter Plenty Coups wrote in 1888 as well as a letter and article by James B. Hubbell giving a history of Fort Benton found in folder 22, Box 2. A typed transcript of Mary E. Cook is found in folder 50 of box 1.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/13 | Outlines for Manuscripts |
|
1/14 | Notes and Outlines for Manuscripts sent to
publisher |
|
1/15 | "La Capitan" Outline for novel and letters from
publisher |
|
1/16 | Address to Bozeman Fish Hatchery |
undated |
1/17 | Address to Pioneers of Gallatin County |
undated |
1/18 | Address to Sons and Daughters of Pioneers |
February 21, 1902 |
1/19 | Address to Sons and Daughters of Pioneers |
circa 1922 |
1/20 | An-be-she and Sun Set |
|
1/21 | Alder Gulch |
|
1/22 | American Indians |
|
1/23 | American Indian History |
|
1/24 | Animals |
|
1/25 | Bear Lake and Bear Canyon |
|
1/26 | The Bear Story |
|
1/27 | Beavers |
|
1/28 | Bismarck Trip1 |
|
1/28 | Bismarck Trip2 |
|
1/30 | Bismarck Trip, typed transcript, version 1 |
|
1/31 | Bismarck Trip, typed transcript, version 2 |
|
1/32 | Bismarck Trip, typed transcript, version 3 |
|
1/33 | Bismarck Trip, typed transcript, version 4 |
|
1/34 | Black Tail Buck |
|
1/35 | Black Tail Buck, typed transcript |
|
1/36 | Bluebirds Nest Where Three Forks Meet, version
1 |
|
1/37 | Bluebirds Nest Where Three Forks Meet, version
2 |
|
1/38 | Bluebirds Nest Where Three Forks Meet, version
3 |
|
1/39 | Bozeman Business |
|
1/40 | Bozeman to Wolf Mountain: Gold Seekers Against
Indians |
1874 |
1/41 | Bozeman Trail to Bozeman Road |
|
1/42 | Bows and Arrows |
|
1/43 | James Bridger |
|
1/44 | The Buffalo and Indian |
|
1/45 | J. H. Canfield, Biographical sketch |
|
1/46 | Capture and Rescue, Kit Carson |
|
1/47 | Cattle Strays |
|
1/48 | Chief Blackfoot |
|
1/49 | Chief Plenty Coups |
|
1/50 | Mary E. Cook Diary |
1968 |
2/1 | Dearborn Coal Mine |
|
2/2 | W. W. DeLacy |
|
2/3 | Father Jean Pierre DeSmet |
|
2/4 | Diamond City |
|
2/5 | The Ferry |
|
2/6 | Fort Benton Life |
|
2/7 | Fort Benton to Gallatin |
|
2/8 | Fragments and Scraps |
|
2/9 | Fragments-typed |
|
2/10 | The Great Trail |
|
2/11 | Hard Times Bismarck Trip |
|
2/12 | Hard Wheat Flour Mill |
|
2/13 | History |
|
2/14 | History of Bozeman |
|
2/15 | History of First Settlement |
|
2/16 | History of Fort Shaw |
|
2/17 | History of Gallatin County-1 |
|
2/18 | History of Gallatin County-2 |
|
2/19 | History of Montana and its Organization |
|
2/20 | The Horse |
|
2/21 | Horse Thieves |
|
2/22 | James B. Hubbell, letter and article |
1901 |
2/23 | In Colorado Once Just Hearing Reports of Gold
Discovery in Alder Gulch |
|
2/24 | Indian Fights at Kennedy Ranch; typed
transcript |
|
2/25 | Indian Origin |
|
2/26 | Indian Raids from Canada |
|
2/27 | Indians in the Gallatin and Upper
Yellowstone |
|
2/28 | John Paul Jones |
|
2/29 | The Last Spike |
|
2/30 | Living Near Crows on Yellowstone River |
|
2/31 | The Long Long Trail |
|
2/32 | The Long Trail, Letter and sample sent to Saga Story
Contest |
1953 |
2/33 | The Long Trail, version 1 |
|
2/34 | The Long Trail, version 2 |
|
2/35 | The Long Trail, version 3 |
|
2/36 | The Long Trail, version 4 |
|
2/37 | The Long Trail, version 6 |
|
2/38 | Looking Glass, The Great Nez Perce Chief |
|
2/39 | Orin Mason |
|
2/40 | Meeting with Emerson and Start for Cow Island-Coal
Mines |
|
2/41 | Milk River to Bismarck: Rocky Fork and Cook City
Railway |
|
2/42 | Mining Engineers |
|
2/43 | Mountain Lilies |
|
2/44 | The Mountain Whippoorwill |
|
2/45 | The National Convention |
1892 |
2/46 | Navigation of the Yellowstone |
|
2/47 | The Nez Perce |
|
2/48 | North American Indians |
|
2/49 | Northern Pacific-Gallatin Route to Yellowstone
Park |
|
2/50 | Our Pioneer Home Builders |
|
2/51 | A Pioneer Story |
|
2/52 | Revolution |
|
2/53 | Rocky Fork Coal-Red Lodge |
|
2/54 | Round Grove Camp |
1863 |
2A/1 | Sand Creek Massacre |
|
2A/2 | Second Big Horn Expedition |
1874 |
2A/3 | Settlement Humans and Animals |
|
2A/4 | Sioux War
|
of 1876 |
2A/5 | Sioux War (1) |
of 1876 |
2A/6 | Sioux War (2) |
of 1876 |
2A/7 | Sioux War (3) |
of 1876 |
2A/8 | Sioux War (4) |
of 1876 |
2A/9 | Sioux War (5) |
of 1876 |
2A/10 | Sioux War (6) |
of 1876 |
2A/11 | Sioux War (7) |
of 1876 |
2A/12 | Sioux War (8) |
of 1876 |
2A/13 | Sioux War (9) |
of 1876 |
2A/14 | Skeels Family |
|
2A/15 | Sketch of Western Life |
|
2A/16 | Start from Benton to Gallatin Valley |
1864 |
2A/17 | Stone Tools |
|
2A/18 | Sword Bearer's War |
|
2A/19 | A Thread in the Fabric of Empire, letter and
introduction submitted to Boys' Life |
1938 |
2A/20 | A Thread in the Fabric of Empire, version
5 |
|
2A/21 | A Thread in the Fabric of Empire, version
6-A |
|
2A/22 | A Thread in the Fabric of Empire, version
6-B |
|
2A/23 | A Thread in the Fabric of Empire, version
6-C |
|
2A/24 | A Thread in the Fabric of Empire, version
7 |
|
2A/25 | A Thread in the Fabric of Empire, version
8 |
|
2A/26 | Took Elevation of Cadott's Pass |
|
2A/27 | Treaty with Plenty Coups, version 1 |
|
2A/28 | Treaty with Plenty Coups, version 2 |
|
2A/29 | Trip to Cook City Last Year |
|
2A/30 | Trip with Emerson |
|
2A/31 | Trip with Emerson to Examine the Coal
Banks |
1865 |
2A/32 | Turning Movement |
|
2A/33 | The War Trail-1 |
|
2A/34 | The War Trail-2 |
|
2A/35 | The War Trail-3 |
|
2A/36 | The War Trail-4 |
|
2A/37 | The War Trail-5; Yellowstone Kelly, Absarokee v. Nez
Perce |
|
2A/38 | The War Trail, handwritten notes |
|
2A/39 | White-Tailed Deer |
|
2A/40 | Yellowstone Expedition
|
of 1874 |
2A/41 | Yellowstone Expedition
|
of 1874 |
2A/42 | Yellowstone Expedition (1) |
of 1874 |
2A/43 | Yellowstone Expedition (2) |
of 1874 |
2A/44 | Yellowstone Expedition (3) |
of 1874 |
2A/45 | Yellowstone Kelly |
|
2A/46 | Yellowstone Wagon Road |
Series 3: Walter Cooper Business Papers, 1886-1923Return to Top
Walter Cooper was involved in many business endeavors. The papers found in series 3 include correspondence and legal papers regarding his mining and lumbering businesses as well as his gun shop. Also included with his gun shop are records of pelts Cooper purchased. The bulk of the papers are land deeds. The resolution creating the city park, now Cooper Park, is also found in Series 3. Since Cooper worked closely with Bunker, other business papers relating to Cooper are also located in Series 5.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | Business Correspondence |
1886-1889 |
3/2 | Business Correspondence |
1911; 1917-1922 |
3/3 | Business Correspondence |
1923 |
3/4 | Business Correspondence |
undated |
3/5 | City Park Resolution |
1890 June |
3/6 | Receipts, Checks, and Miscellaneous |
1907-1917 |
3/7 | Abstract of Title to Gallatin County Land |
|
3/8 | Bozeman Chamber of Commerce |
1912 |
3/9 | Mining Stocks |
1888-1890 |
3/10 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company |
|
3/11 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company,
Minutes |
1908-1913 |
3/12 | Ranch and Irrigation Ditches Offered for
Sale |
|
3/13 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1871-1879 |
3/14 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1882-1883 |
3/15 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1884-1885 |
3/16 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1886-1887 |
3/17 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1888-1889 |
3/18 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1890-1891 |
3/19 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1892-1893 |
3/20 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1894-1899 |
3/21 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1901-1905 |
3/22 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1906-1907 |
3/23 | Legal Papers and Deeds |
1908; 1910; 1919 |
3/24 | Tax Receipts |
1923-1924 |
3/25 | Gun and Fur Trading Business Book |
1881-1882 |
3/26 | Gun and Fur Trading Business Book
(some notes from 1922 lumber business)
|
1881-1882 |
3A/1 | Gun and Fur Trading Business Book; Lumber
Business
Gun and Fur Trading Business Book, 1883; Lumber Business, 1915-1920
|
1883; 1915-1920 |
3A/2 | Lumber Business Book |
1917 |
3A/3 | General Business Book |
1923 |
3A/4 | Clippings |
|
3A/5 | List of Maps |
Series 4: Bunker-Barnett Family Correspondence, 1907-1972Return to Top
Series 4 contains personal correspondence of Eugene and Mariam Bunker. Correspondence regarding legal and business matters of both Walter Cooper and Eugene Bunker are located in Series 3, 5, and 6. Most of the letters by Mariam Cooper Bunker were written to her daughter, Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett while she and her husband, Ed, were living overseas while in the Peace Corps. Also included are letter written by Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, mainly about her travels with the Peace Corps.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
3A/6 | Eugene F. Bunker Correspondence |
1914 |
3A/7 | Eugene F. Bunker Correspondence |
1941-1943; 1956 |
3A/8 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
1907-1911; 1928 |
3A/9 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
1938; 1943 |
3A/10 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
1953-1956; 1965 |
3A/11 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
June-September, 1966 |
3A/12 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
October-December, 1966 |
3A/13 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
January-May, 1967 |
3A/14 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
June-September, 1967 |
3A/15 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
November 1967-February 1968 |
3A/16 | Mariam Cooper Bunker Correspondence |
undated |
3A/17 | Bunker-Barnett Family Correspondence |
1934; 1959-1960; undated |
3A/18 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett
Correspondence |
undated |
3A/19 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett
Correspondence |
1972 |
3A/20 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, letter from Mexico,
draft |
undated |
3A/21 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, drafts of
letters |
undated |
Series 5: Eugene F. Bunker Legal Papers, 1906-1956Return to Top
Papers regarding legal matters and lawsuits Bunker filed for clients are represented in Series 5. The bulk of the material contains correspondence and legal papers regarding the Lee Gold Mining Company's legal actions from 1923 to 1926. Also contained in the papers is correspondence in relation to the closing of family estates, including his own, his mother Elizabeth, and his brother George.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
4/1 | Elizabeth Bunker Estate, Correspondence |
1944-1945 |
4/2 | Eugene F. and Mariam Cooper Bunker Local Tax
Returns |
1954-1955 |
4/3 | Eugene F. Bunker Estate, Correspondence |
1956 |
4/4 | Eugene F. Bunker Estate, Settlement and
Inventories |
1956 |
4/5 | George K. Bunker Estate, Correspondence |
1911; February to April 1914 |
4/6 | George K. Bunker Estate, Correspondence |
June to December 1914 |
4/7 | George K. Bunker Estate, List of Assets; Settlement of
Estate
George K. Bunker Estate, List of Assets, 1906; Settlement of Estate, 1911
|
1906; 1911 |
4/8 | Park J. Bunker and First National Bank (Forsyth),
Correspondence |
1923; 1925 |
4/9 | Park J. Bunker and First National Bank (Forsyth),
Correspondence |
1926-1927 |
4/10 | Park J. Bunker and First National Bank (Forsyth),
Correspondence |
January 1928 |
4/11 | Park J. Bunker and First National Bank (Forsyth),
Correspondence |
February to March 1928 |
4/12 | Park J. Bunker and First National Bank (Forsyth),
Cartersville Irrigation District Legal Papers |
1923-1924 |
4/13 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
March to June 1923 |
4/14 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
July to August 1923 |
4/15 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
September 1923 |
4/16 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
October to December 1923 |
4/17 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
January to March 1924 |
4/18 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
April to August 1924 |
4/19 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
October to December 1924 |
4/20 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
January to March 1925 |
4/21 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
April to May 1925 |
4/22 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Correspondence |
June 1925 to January 1926 |
4/23 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
1917; 1921 |
4/24 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers
(Abstract of Title)
|
April 1923 |
4/25 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
April to July 1923 |
4/26 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
August 1923 |
4/27 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
September 1923 |
4/28 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
October 1923 |
4/29 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
February 1924 |
4/30 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
March to April 1924 |
4/31 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions,
Papers |
May to December 1925; 1928 |
4/32 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions, Respondent's
Brief to Montana Supreme Court |
1924 |
4/33 | Lee Gold Mining Company Legal Actions, Lawyer Notes
During Trial |
|
4/34 | P. H. Mahoney vs. Charles and Mabel Lester Lawsuit
Papers (1) |
1944 |
4/35 | P. H. Mahoney vs. Charles and Mabel Lester Lawsuit
Papers (2) |
1944 |
4/36 | P. H. Mahoney vs. Charles and Mabel Lester Lawsuit
Papers (3) |
1944 |
4/37 | P. H. Mahoney vs. Charles and Mabel Lester Lawsuit
Papers (4) |
1944 |
4/38 | H. B. McCay and Roy M. Keister Lawsuit |
1937 |
Series 6: Bunker Business Papers, 1914-1980Return to Top
Series 6 contains correspondence and legal papers for various businesses Bunker represented. The majority of the information includes papers for Bunker Brothers, an automobile dealership two of Eugene's brothers owned and operated in Illinois. Other material includes mining companies Cooper ran such as the Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company and the Havana Mining Company. Although Series 6 contains the bulk of the information on these companies, additional information can also be found in Series 3.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
5/1 | Bear Creek Reservoir, Canal, and Flume Line,
Relinquishment Papers |
1926 |
5/2 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
1914 to July 1924 |
5/3 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
August 1924 to 1925 |
5/4 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
June 1926 to 1928 |
5/5 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
January to February 1929 |
5/6 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
March to August 1929 |
5/7 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
September 1929 to February 1930 |
5/8 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
March to November 1930 |
5/9 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
May to December 1931 |
5/10 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
January to August 1932 |
5/11 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
September to December 1932 |
5/12 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
March to November 1933 |
5/13 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
December 1933 |
5/14 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
January to February 10, 1934 |
5/15 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
February 13-20, 1934 |
5/16 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
February 21-27, 1934 |
5/17 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
March 1-10, 1934 |
5/18 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
March 12-30, 1934 |
5/19 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
April to May 1934 |
5/20 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
June to November 1934 |
5/21 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
December 1934 |
5/22 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
January 1935 |
5/23 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
February to March 1935 |
5/24 | Bunker Brothers, Correspondence |
1936-1937 |
5/25 | Bunker Brothers, Financial Statements |
1925-1927 |
5/26 | Bunker Brothers, Financial Statements |
1928-1929 |
5/27 | Bunker Brothers, Financial Statements |
1932-1934 |
5/28 | Bunker Brothers, Corporation Calendar and Tax
Reports |
1924 |
5/29 | Bunker Brothers, Corporation Records |
1925 |
5/30 | Bunker Brothers, Special Examination of
Accounts |
1929 |
5/31 | Bunker Brothers, Report on Examination of
Accounts |
1929 |
5/32 | Bunker Brothers, Corporation Income Tax
Returns |
1925-1928 |
5/33 | Bunker Brothers, Corporation Income Tax
Returns |
1931-1934 |
5/34 | Bunker Brothers, Business Papers |
1924-1936 |
5/35 | Bunker Brothers, Sales and Service, Miscellaneous
Business Papers |
|
5/36 | Discovery Mining Company (Park County), Property
Assessment List |
1938 |
5/37 | Karst's Amphibole Asbestos Mine, Claim and
Deed |
1937 |
5/38 | Wesly and Edith Hargrove, Gallatin Gateway
Property |
1934 |
5/39 | Hoffman Addition (Bozeman), Abstract of
Title |
1891 |
5/40 | Illinois Law About Corporations |
1919; 1923 |
6/1 | Jo Dandy Mine, Blotter |
1890-1917 |
6/2 | Jo Dandy Mine, Labor Accounts |
1883-1916 |
6/3 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation (Three Forks),
Correspondence |
1933 |
6/4 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Correspondence |
1935 |
6/5 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Correspondence |
1936 |
6/6 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation, Oil and Gas
Mining Leases |
April 7, 1933 |
6/7 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation, Oil and Gas
Mining Leases |
April 8, 1933 |
6/8 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation, Oil and Gas
Mining Leases |
April 11-14, 1933 |
6/9 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation, Oil and Gas
Mining Leases |
July 1935 |
5/10 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
1931 |
6/11 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
1932 |
6/12 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
April 1933 |
6/13 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
May to July 1933 |
6/14 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
1934 to April 1935 |
6/15 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
July 1935 |
6/16 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
September to December 1935 |
6/17 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
1936 |
6/18 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation,
Leases |
1937 |
6/19 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation, Water Rights
Lawsuit with City of Bozeman |
1936 |
5/20 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation, Water Rights
Lawsuit with City of Bozeman |
1937 |
6/21 | Montana Gas and Petroleum Corporation, Papers Used in
Water Rights Lawsuit |
1936 |
6/22 | The Montana and Chicago Onyx Company,
Correspondence |
1926-1927 |
6/23 | The Montana and Chicago Onyx Company, Report on Great
Onyx Deposit |
|
6/24 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Correspondence
and Legal Papers |
1907; 1916 |
6/25 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Correspondence
and Legal Papers |
1923-1927; 1931 |
6/26 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Leases and
Bonds |
1920-1925 |
6/27 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Prospectus of
Mine; Mine History
Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Prospectus of Mine, 1908; Mine History,
1916
|
1908; 1916 |
6/28 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Tax
Returns |
1914-1919 |
6/29 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Tax
Returns |
1920-1925 |
5/30 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Tax
Returns |
1926-1929 |
6/31 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Montana
Corporation License Tax |
1916-1922 |
6/32 | Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company, Montana
Corporation License Tax |
1924-1929 |
7/1 | Pilgrim Mine |
1885; 1899; 1907 |
7/2 | Pilgrim Mine |
1912-1919 |
7/3 | _Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
1899; 1900 |
7/4 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
1917-1918 |
7/5 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
January to March 1919 |
7/6 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
April to June 1919 |
7/7 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
July to December 1919; 1929 |
7/8 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
January to July 1936 |
7/9 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
September 1936 |
7/10 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
October 1936 |
7/11 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
November 1936 to August 1937 |
7/12 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
September 1937 |
7/13 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
1938; 1942 |
7/14 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
1968; 1973-1975 |
7/15 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Correspondence |
1977-1980 |
7/16 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company, Maps, Assay
Reports |
1889-1892 |
7/17 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company, Assay Reports;
Inventory
Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company, Assay Reports, 1917, 1938; Inventory
|
1917; 1938 |
7/18 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company,
Report |
1919 |
7/19 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company, Leases and
Contracts |
1917-1919 |
7/20 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company, Leases and
Contracts |
1921 |
7/21 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company, Leases and
Contracts |
1937 |
7/22 | Pilgrim Mine, Havana Mining Company, Leases and
Contracts |
1938 |
7/23 | Discovery Mining Company (Pilgrim Mine) Shareholders
Meeting |
1974-1978 |
7/24 | Discovery Mining Company (Pilgrim Mine) Shareholders
Meeting |
1981-1982 |
7/25 | Discovery Mining Company (Pilgrim Mine) Legal
Papers |
1973 |
7/26 | Pilgrim Lode, Tax Receipts |
1920-1925 |
7/27 | Pilgrim Lode, Tax Receipts |
1927-1928; 1931-1933; 1940 |
7/28 | Pilgrim Lode, Tax Receipts |
1966-1971 |
7/29 | Pilgrim Lode, Tax Receipts |
1972-1979 |
7/30 | Southwestern Engineering Corporation |
|
7/31 | Verde King Copper Company: Stock; Correspondence
regarding search for value |
1913-1917 |
Series 7: Scrapbook and Scrapbooking Material, 1891-1975Return to Top
Mariam Cooper Bunker kept memorabilia of family records such as the school records and family papers of her children, family records including Daughters of the American Revolution material, and an alumni bulletin from National Park College (Seminary). Also included in Series 7 is the Woodstock Daily Sentinel 80th Anniversary Edition published in 1937 which contains information of the Bunker family. Also are newspaper clippings and memorabilia from the Barnett family.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
8/1 | Eugene F. Bunker, Jr., Eldorado Community Art
Center |
1954-1956 |
8/2 | Eugene F. Bunker, Jr., Watercolors |
|
8/3 | Mariam Cooper Bunker, Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR) and Family History |
1925 |
8/4 | Mariam Cooper Bunker, School records of
children |
1929-1942 |
8/5 | Mariam Cooper Bunker, Memorabilia |
1891-1938 |
8/6 | Mariam Cooper Bunker, National Park College
Bulletin |
1951 |
8/7 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, addresses |
|
8/8 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, Calendars |
1965; 1975 |
8/9 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, notes on
Pueblos |
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8/10 | Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, notes |
|
8/11 | Edmund S. Barnett, Marjorie King Show
transcript |
|
8/12 | Bunker-Barnett Family Memorabilia |
|
8/13 | Articles |
|
8/14 | Mainstreet's Oldest Landmark, Ken
Karsmizki |
|
8/15 | The Andrew Jackson Hunter Family Mary Hunter Doane,
Merrill G. Burlingame |
|
8/16 | Barnett Family Newspaper Clippings |
1959-1971 |
8/17 | Newspaper Clippings |
1907-1996 |
8/18 | Newspaper Clippings |
undated |
8/19 | Gallatin County Tribune clippings |
undated |
8/20 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 1 |
1937 |
8/21 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 2 |
1937 |
8/22 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 3 |
1937 |
8/23 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 4 |
1937 |
8/24 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 5 |
1937 |
8/25 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 6 |
1937 |
8/26 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 7 |
1937 |
8/27 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 8 |
1937 |
8/28 | Woodstock Daily Sentinel (Illinois) 80th Anniversary
Edition, Section 9 |
1937 |
Series 8: PhotographsReturn to Top
Series 8 contains photographs and a photo album. The album contains pictures when Mariam Cooper Bunker attended National Park Seminary, graduating in 1909. Pictures of the buildings of the school include the Odeon Theater, the Villa, Theta Mission, the Windmill, Chiopi Bungalow, the Gymnasium, the Pagoda, the Main House, Senior House, Pi Beta Nu Castle, Zeta Chalet, and the Chapel. Other pictures include students at National Park Seminary, a track meet held at the school, and pictures of Washington, D.C. Other photographs in Series 8 include pictures of Walter Cooper, Mariam Virginia and Elizabeth Bunker, Eugene and Mariam Bunker, Eugene Bunker, Jr., and Ed Barnett, Jr.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
8/29 | ||
#1: Walter Cooper |
||
#2: Bunker children (Mariam and Elizabeth) |
circa 1921 | |
#3: Three unidentified people |
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#4: Six unidentified women |
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#5: Unidentified woman |
||
#6: Unidentified man |
||
#7: Baby (Verso reads: Yvonne) |
(April 1943) | |
#8: Unidentified landscape |
||
8/30 | ||
#10: Mariam and Eugene Bunker |
1945 | |
#11: Eugene Bunker and first grandson, Ed
Barnett |
1946 | |
#12: Eugene and Marian Bunker and grandson, Ed Barnett,
Christmas |
1947 | |
#13: Ed Barnett, Jr. and three dogs |
1948 | |
#14: Eugene Bunker, Jr. |
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#15: Eugene Bunker, Jr., making pottery |
||
#16-17: "Bunker Hill" cabin in Bear Canyon |
1942 | |
8/31 | ||
#18: Eugene Bunker and Eugene Jr. |
1928 | |
#19: Eugene Bunker |
1940 | |
#20: Eugene Bunker, Jr. |
1940 | |
#21: Eugene Bunker, Jr. |
1940 | |
#22: Eugene Bunker, Jr. with Shakespeare
class |
1936 | |
#23: Mariam Virginia Bunker Barnett, 8th Grade
graduation |
1936 | |
#24: Eugene Jr., Mariam, and Eugene Bunker at Bear
Canyon |
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#25: Eugene Bunker, Jr. and his horse |
||
#26: Bunker family, 1940 graduation from UC |
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#27: Eugene Bunker, group photograph |
||
#28: At Yellowstone Lake |
||
#29: Jacqueline Clark, "Ginny" Barnett, Audrey Fennelly,
Lou Fennelly, Ed Clark, Ed Barnett |
circa 1960 | |
8/32 | ||
#30: Unidentified girl |
||
#31: Unidentified woman |
||
#32: Unidentified woman |
||
#33: Audrey |
1970 | |
#34: Group of unidentified women |
||
#35: Anne's wedding guests at Sanctuary Cave including
Betty Bunker, Cooper, and Tracy Tucson |
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#36: Jack Vaughn, Peace Corps Director |
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#37: Three unidentified people skiing |
||
#38: Cooper Siding at the foot of Bunker Hill, Bear
Canyon |
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#39: Unidentified house |
||
8/33 | Negative #39; slide |
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8/34 | Photograph Album |
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Folder | ||
Oversize |
Material from Series 3, 5, and 6. Included are blueprints of the Lee Gold Mine and
the Pass Creek Mine and Cooper's certificate when he was a member of the House of
Representatives for Gallatin County in 1894.
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Business enterprises-Montana-Bozeman
- Businessmen-Montana-Bozeman
- Dakota Indians-Wars, 1876
- Frontier and pioneer life-Montana
- Indians of North America
- Lawyers-Montana-Bozeman
- Mining corporations-Montana
- Nez Percé Indians
- Pioneers-Montana
- Practice of law-Montana-Bozeman
Corporate Names
- Bunker Brothers
- Havana Mining Company
- National Park Seminary (Forest Glen, Md.)-Photographs
- Pass Creek Mining and Smelting Company
- Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition-(1874)
Family Names
- Bunker family
- Cooper family
Geographical Names
- Bozeman (Mont.)-History
- Fort Benton (Mont.)
- Montana-History
Form or Genre Terms
- Autobiographies-Montana-Bozeman
- Business records-Montana-Bozeman
- Diaries-Montana-Bozeman
- Family papers-Montana-Bozeman
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Bunker, Eugene F., 1888-1956 (creator)
- Bunker, Mariam Cooper, 1890-1981 (creator)
- Cooper, Walter, 1843-1924 (creator)