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Red Lodge Canning Company Records, 1922-1974

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Red Lodge Canning Company
Title
Red Lodge Canning Company Records
Dates
1922-1974 (inclusive)
Quantity
66.25 linear feet, (114 boxes and 5 oversize volumes)
Collection Number
Mss 101
Summary
This collection contains Red Lodge Canning Company correspondence, financial, legal, organizational, promotional, photographic records as well as documents from the Rocky Mountain Distributing Company, a beer distribution division of the larger company.
Repository
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and the University of Montana-Missoula.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for creating this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

In 1926, a group of investors organized the Red Lodge Canning Company in Red Lodge, Montana, and hired M.H. Mann as the manager. He became president of the company, and later the largest stockholder. His son, Blaine W. Mann, took over management of the company after M.H. retired.

The company operated canneries in Red Lodge and in Stevensville, Montana. Products canned included corn, peas, and beans from the Red Lodge and Stevensville, Montana areas. The company operated a beer distribution division, sometimes identified as Rocky Mountain Distributing Company, from 1950 to 1958. This division held distribution contracts with several brewing companies, local and national, for Carbon and Stillwater counties in Montana.

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Content Description

This collection contains Red Lodge Canning Company correspondence, financial, legal, organizational, promotional, photographic records as well as documents from the Rocky Mountain Distributing Company, a beer distribution division of the larger company. Aside from three folders of internal correspondence with the Stevensville operation and an extensive photographic sequence, all materials in this collection address the Red Lodge and Stevensville operations as one unit. The materials in this collection provide insights into Montana's rural canning industry, the extent of horticultural production in the state, horticultural product transportation/distribution networks, and the development of local food distribution economies through much of the 20th Century.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana.

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph number], Red Lodge Canning Company Records, Archives and Special Collections, The University of Montana-Missoula.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is divided ito seven series:

Series I: Correspondence, 1924-1974, 58.25 linear feet

Subseries 1: General Correspondence

Subseries 2: Interoffice Correspondence

Series II: Financial, 1926-1969, 0.75 linear feet

Series III: Legal, 1926-1972, 0.75 linear feet

Series IV: Organization, 1926-1972, 1.0 linear feet

Series V: Printed Materials, 1922-1943, 0.75 linear feet

Series VI: Photographs, 1926, 73 images

Series VII: Beer Distributorship, 1950-1958, 2.25 linear feet

Subseries 1: General Correspondence

Subseries 2: Financial Records

Custodial History

Blaine Mann originally gave the records to the Montana Historical Society.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Montana Historical Society, 1976.

Processing Note

The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 2004, the collection was re-described; the original order of the collection was unchanged.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Beer--Montana -- Stillwater County
  • Beer--Montana--Carbon County
  • Canneries--Montana -- Stevensville
  • Canneries--Montana--Red Lodge
  • Commercial buildings -- Montana--Red Lodge--Photographs
  • Distributors (Commerce) -- Montana--Carbon County
  • Distributors (Commerce) -- Montana--Stillwater County
  • Vegetables--Montana -- Red Lodge--Preservation
  • Vegetables--Montana -- Stevensville--Preservation

Geographical Names

  • Red Lodge (Mont.)--Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business records -- Montana--Red Lodge
  • Business records -- Montana--Stevensville
  • Photographs--Montana -- Red Lodge

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Rocky Mountain Distributing Company

Finding aid prepared by Jodi Allison-Bunnell and Jack Rowan
2004

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