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Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives
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PO Box 201201
Helena, MT 59620-1201
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Warren Family papers
Warren, Charles S., 1846-1921
MC 264
.5 linear feet of shelf space.
1864-1982
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.
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English
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.
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.
Arranged by series. Some material housed in Archives Map Case. See inventory below for more information.
Collection open for research.
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.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
Warren, Charles S., 1846-1921
Hope (Idaho)
Mines and mineral resources--Idaho--Hope.
Montana
Idaho
Mines and Mineral Resources
Charles S. and Mittie A. Warren
Biographical Material
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)
1871, 1920-1921, 1963 undated
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General Correspondence
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)
1877, 1891, 1914, 1921
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Legal Documents
Documents re loan to Nicholas Treweek by Charles S. Warren
1913-1920
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Last will and testament, and power of attorney of Mittie A. Warren
1895, 1921, 1927
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Miscellany
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.
1864-1918
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Miscellaneous [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map Case]
1864-1918
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Dudley and Katherine Brown
Biographical Materials
Family tree and obituary of Katherine Brown
undated
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General Correspondence
Miscellaneous (correspondents include Dudley's father James Brown, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, R.J. Walsh and Chester R. Bunker of Texas Oil Ledger, Anna V. Brown McCartin, Agricultural Publishers Association, John M. Murphey, Dr. Carlton V. Norcross, and Pluman-Sierra Investment Company)
1898-1939
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Financial Records
Dividend statements
1968, 1982
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Legal Documents
Power of attorney records
1924 November 19
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Real estate records (Butte)
1939, 1941
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Real estate records (Seattle, Washington)
1926-1939
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Miscellany
World War I era receipts and Butte High Girls Club card
1918-1919, undated
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James Brown
Biographical Materials
Family tree and obituary
1910 June 24
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Financial Records
Invoice from Brown's newspaper The Butte Times, and a receipt and contract from Charles Nall
1900, 1910-1911
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Anna Virena Brown McCartin
Biographical Materials
List of marriages and deaths of husbands
circa 1934
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Incoming Correspondence
James "Jimmie" Brown
1896 April-May
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Financial Records
Bills (re her illness,death, and funeral)
1939
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Legal Documents
Last will and testament, loan, pension records, power of attorney
1912-1934
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James McCartin
Biographical Materials
Pension certificate and naturalization certificate
1912, 1922
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Pension certificate and naturalization certificate [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map Case]
1912, 1922
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Miscellaneous Correspondence
Letters of recommendation
1915, undated
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Financial Records
Records concerning Wolf Creek Oil Company, and a bill of sale of various stocks he sold to his wife Anna Virena McCartin
1920, 1933
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Legal Documents
Last will and testament
1933
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John M. and Mary W. Murphey
Biographical Materials
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)
1918-1962, undated
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Incoming Correspondence
Miscellaneous (correspondents include U.S. Representative Washington J. McCormick re death of Gen. Warren, Washelli Columbarium (crematory), A.R. Schloesser, and H. Hopkins)
1921-1943
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Legal Documents
Last will and testament of John Murphey and power of attorney for Mary Murphey
1913, 1924
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Miscellany
Elks membership card from Lodge 228 of Spokane, Washington, and Masonic Service Bureau 47th Annual Report
1901, 1930
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Mining
Subject Files
Alta Copper and Silver Mining Company
1918
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Amazon-Butte Copper Company
1906-1907
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Auxer Gold Mines
1957-1959
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Flathead Exploration and Development Company/Lost Lode Claim
1914, 1918
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Furnace Valley Copper Company
1906-1907, 1917
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Glengarry Mining Company
1909-1943
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Hardscramble Consolidated Mining Company
1899
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Montizona Copper Company
1918-1935
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Montizona Copper Company [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map Case]
1918-1935
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Payne Extension Mining Company
1897-1900
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Rothert Canadian Company
1928-1929
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South Star/North Star Quartz Lode Claims
1916
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Sumpter-Snow Bird Mining Company
1901
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Woman's Northwest Mining and Investment Association
1897
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Miscellany
List of stocks owned by Murphey, Brown and McCartin families
1969
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