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Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT 59717-3320
United States
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Collection 2129, MtBC, us
Bozeman Business Collection
1884-1911
1.2 linear feet
The Bozeman Business Collection contains the records from
several Bozeman area businesses. Included in the papers are the records of Dr. Joseph H.
Delaney. Delaney was a specialist in eye, ear, nose, and throat disorders. A local meat
market, possibly owned by George Foerschler, are included as well. There are three other
businesses that are unidentified, but one might be the Golden Rule Store and another is
possibly one of the many business endeavors of Bozeman pioneer Walter Cooper.
Collection materials are in English
The records of Dr. Joseph H. Delaney contain prescription numbers for eyeglasses as well as
his account book from 1905-1911. A business ledger from Sebree, Ferris, and White from
1886-1887 lists sales and accounts receivable. The meat market records contain a ledger from
about 1884 and includes accounts from prominent Bozeman pioneers such as Walter Cooper,
Nelson Story, P. W. Bohart, W. H. Babcock, and W. W. Alderson. Also are three day books
which keep a running records of sales for each day. A record of wood sales and inventory
kept by Feron Mack are also found with the meat market records. Mack was a butcher in
Bozeman at the turn of the 20th century. Also included in the collection are business
records from three unidentified businesses. The first is an invoice list and cash sales for
what appears to be a grocery or general mercantile store from 1901-1903. The second is a
check register from possibly the Golden Rule Store. The third is an invoices payable book
from 1906-1907. The ledger might have been donated by the Walter Cooper family and could be
from his lumber business. An additional folder containing an unidentified billing register
naming many Bozeman businesses and citizens from 1884-1886, and separate tax statements for
the same, has been added.
This collection is open for research.
The Bozeman Business collection were donated to Special Collections from the Museum of the
Rockies on December 18, 1984. An additional folder of business records, formerly assigned
collection number 1189, was added on July 26, 2017.
This collection was processed 2009 April 2
Delaney, Joseph H
Mack, Feron
Sebree, Ferris, and White
(Bozeman, Mont.)
Business enterprises-Montana-Bozeman
General stores-Montana-Bozeman
Grocery trade-Montana-Bozeman
Hardware stores-Montana-Bozeman
Lumber trade-Montana-Bozeman
Meat industry and
trade-Montana-Bozeman
Medicine-Practice-Montana-Bozeman
Wood-Montana-Bozeman
Business records-Montana-Bozeman
Physicians-Montana-Bozeman
Forestry and
Forestry Products
Retail
Trade
Medicine and
Health
Montana
Bozeman
1/1
Meat Market, Ledger
circa 1884
1/2
Meat Market, Day Book
1884 March 8 - 1884 September
1/3
Meat Market, Day Book
1885 July 11 - 1885 December 1
1/4
Meat Market, Day Book
1886 October 12 - 1887 January 22
2/1
Meat Market, Memo book showing meat
purchases
circa 1891
2/2
Meat Market, Feron Mack, record of wood sales,
inventory
1889
2/3
Sebree, Ferris, and White, Ledger
1886-1887
3/1
Dr. Joseph Delaney, Account book
1905-1911
3/2
Dr. Joseph Delaney, prescription numbers
3/3
Bozeman Business, Invoice list and cash
sales
1901-1903
3/4
Bozeman Business, Check register [Golden Rule
Store]
1905
3/5
Bozeman Business, Invoices payable
1906-1907
3/6
Miscellaneous business licenses and register
1884-1886