Marie Montabe papers, 1870-1969
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montabe, Marie
- Title
- Marie Montabe papers
- Dates
- 1870-1969 (inclusive)18701969
1905-1969 (bulk)19051969 - Quantity
- 1.15 cubic ft. (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 07092
- Summary
- Marie Montabe was a Wyoming poet, lecturer, and writer. Collection contains typescript copies of manuscripts of short stories, poems, and for the plays "Guns Yield to Gowns" and "The Wyoming Tea Party"; photographs; 7 scrapbooks; and programs relating to the Gift of the Waters Pageant; a photograph album; and miscellaneous other materials.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Historical Note
Marie Montabe was a Wyoming poet, lecturer, and writer. She was born in Firth, Nebraska to A.P. and Catherine Phillips Montabe. The family settled near the town of Powell, Wyoming, in 1915. In 1925 she wrote the script for the Gift of the Waters Pageant, which was revived in 1950 and presented annually in Thermopolis, Wyoming, in the 1950s and 1960s. She was elected Republican state committeewoman for Albany County in 1942, and she was active with her husband, H.H. Horton, in recruiting for the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in Wyoming during World War II. Marie Montabe was first married to Michael Savaresy, by whom she had one son, Richard. She married Dr. Harry H. Horton, a Laramie, Wyoming, chiropractor and state legislator, on June 5, 1927. After Horton’s death in 1959, she married George S. Lindstrom.
Content Description
The collection contains manuscripts of short stories, inspirational articles, and poems by Marie Montabe. Also included are the plays “Guns Yield to Gowns” and “The Wyoming Tea Party,” in which Montabe dramatized events in Wyoming history. Photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and pamphlets relate to the Gift of the Waters Pageant, which recounts the conveyance by the Shoshone people of the Thermopolis hot springs to the State of Wyoming. Montabe also wrote articles and pamphlets about the Sun Dance ceremonies among the Shoshones for which she received awards. The collection contains manuscripts, brochures, certificates, and clippings relating to this topic. In addition, there are clippings and photographs describing Marie Montabe’s and H.H. Horton’s travels in Africa in 1951 and in Egypt, Palestine, and Greece in 1956.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Marie Montabe papers, 1870-1969, Collection Number 07092, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative Information
Related Materials
There are no other known archival collections created by Marie Montabe at the date of processing. To view materials related to Montabe's husband, H.H. Horton, at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, see:
H.H. Horton papers, Collection Number 02088Acquisition Information
The Marie Montabe papers were donated to the American Heritage Center by August Keyes in 1975 and Kathleen Foley in 2024.
Processing Note
The collection was processed by Mark Shelstad in August 1995. Revised by D.C. Thompson in January 2003 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in April 2024. Some artifacts of Marie Montabe’s husband, H.H. Horton, were received at the same time, which were transferred to the H.H. Horton Papers. There was no discernible order in the papers. They have been arranged as seemed most useful for research.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Albany County Republican Central Committee Voter lists, polling places, etc.Dates: 1942, 1946-1948Container: Box 1, Folders 1-2
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Description: Gift of the Waters Programs Annual pageant, Thermopolis, WyomingDates: 1950-1955, 1965Container: Box 1, Folders 3-4
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Manuscripts:
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Description: All This For NothingDates: circa 1948Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Beyond the Robes of ErmineDates: circa 1943Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Courage Above ErmineDates: circa 1943Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Demand and SupplyDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Faith of a PeopleDates: circa 1942Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Groping HandsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Happiness Is Yours NowDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: Here Is Your ArmyDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: I Shall Go SingingDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: If I Forget TheeDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Impressions, Summer School, 1937 (Olcott)Dates: circa 1937Container: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: It WorksDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: It’s the Little FoxesDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 17
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Description: Life In These United StatesDates: 1946Container: Box 1, Folder 18
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Description: The Magic TouchstoneDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: Maggie’s Makin’sDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: Of Such Is theDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: One Nation IndivisibleDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 22
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Description: Political Pin PricksDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 23
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Description: Speaking of Sap Regarding CCC
includes photographs
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 24 -
Description: Steam in the BoilerDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 25
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Description: Take It-If It’s YoursDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 26
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Description: Tell This To MeDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 27
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Description: There’s No Bad Luck the Unity WayDates: circa 1950Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: This Is Your HourDates: circa 1942Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: UntitledDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: When Spring ComesDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: Where Do You StartDates: 1947Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: Wyoming Indians In Blanket and JeansDates: 1953Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: You’ll Remember This for 50 YearsDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: Pamphlets and Printed Material, by Marie Montabe
Da-Goo-Win-Net; Gift of the Waters; Shoshone Indian Sun Dance; This Is the Sun Dance; Without Wings; Wyoming Indians, In Blankets and Jeans
Dates: 1925-1969Container: Box 2, Folder 8 -
Description: Personal Information
Certificates, correspondence, clippings
Dates: 1905-1965Container: Box 2, Folder 9 -
Description: Photograph AlbumDates: circa 1870s-1936Container: Box 2, Folder 10
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Photographs:
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Description: Gift of the Waters PageantDates: 1950s-1962Container: Box 2, Folder 11
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Description: Marie Montabe with Harry Horton and othersDates: circa 1950s-1963Container: Box 2, Folder 12
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Plays:
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Description: Guns Yield to GownsDates: 1938Container: Box 2, Folder 13
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Description: UntitledDates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 14
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Description: The Wyoming Tea PartyDates: 1936Container: Box 2, Folder 15
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Description: Poems, by Marie MontabeDates: 1923-1926, undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 16
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Description: Book: "Without Wings" published poetry by Marie MontabeDates: 1941Container: Box 2, Folder
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Scrapbooks:
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Description: ScrapbooksDates: 1926-1964Container: Box 2, Folder 17-18
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Description: ScrapbooksDates: 1948-1964Container: Box 3, Folder 1-3
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Description: Scrapbook – Memoirs of the Holy LandDates: 1956Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: Scrapbook – Wyoming on SafariDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Gift of the Waters Pageant, Thermopolis, Wyo.
- Indians of North America.
Personal Names
- Horton, H. H. (Harry Harthley), 1889-1959.
Geographical Names
- Thermopolis (Wyo.)--History.
- Wyoming--History--1919-1945.
- Wyoming--History--1946-1999.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs.
- Poems.
- Scrapbooks.
Occupations
- Authors.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Horton, Marie Montabe.
- Savaresy, Marie Montabe.
