MZFCollection0536.xml Guide to the Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Records 1877-1971 Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Records Kim Allen Scott, 2009 Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Montana State University-Bozeman Library
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P.O. Box 173320 Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 United States Phone (406) 994-4242 Fax (406) 994-2851 http://www.lib.montana.edu/archives/ University Archivist spcoll@www.lib.montana.edu
Collection 536, MtBC, us Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Records 1877-1971 8.4 linear feet The Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Records consist of general correspondence, printed materials, legal documents, land and livestock papers, and organizational and financial records. Series have been assigned according to activity and function. General correspondence were kept primarily by ranch managers and refer to ranch operations and business. Printed Materials contains published documents collected by the Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company. A number of these articles refer to the history and/or accomplishments of the Donahoe family and their ranch. The Livestock and Land series contains official certificates and registers for cattle and sheep as well as legal documents such as land deeds and mining claims. The ranch's Organizational Records contain articles of incorporation and company by-laws, stock share certificates and minute books for both the Castle Mountain Ranch and the Butte Brewing Company. Employee Records refer to insurance records for employee liability and Social Security filings. Employee names and payroll ledgers have been placed in the following series of Financial Records. Financial Records contains ledgers, account books, tax returns and banking records. The managers of the Castle Mountain Ranch collected documents significant to financial records, such as correspondence, receipts and relevant newspaper clippings, and placed them in yearly files labeled "Accounts." Many of these files remain in their original order. Any oversize documents, maps, machinery specs, etc. have been placed in oversize storage. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

The Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company, located near White Sulphur Springs, Montana, has been operated as a corporate ranch since the late nineteenth century. Originally the Anderson Brothers Livestock Company, Michael Donahoe of Butte acquired the ranch in 1903 and changed the name to the Castle Mountain Livestock Company in 1906. The Donahoe family lived on the ranch until 1910 at which point they relocated to Seattle, Washington and left the ranch under the managership of Henry Melloy. In 1926 Jap Stewart took over ranch operations. He acquired sheep and additional Herefords, and consequently, changed the name of the ranch to Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company. Jap Stewart resigned in 1941 and Michael Donahoe's children, Charles W. and Kathleen turned to their brother, Walter Donahoe to manage the ranch. The company actively acquired additional land holdings from 1910 through the mid-1960s. The ranch was sold in 1967 to Charles and Connie Nicholas of Dillon, Montana. At the time of this sale, the land holdings of the ranch comprised approximately 44 thousand acres. The ranch was once again sold in 1970 to Louis L. Ward of Kansas City, Missouri. The Donahoe family also owned the Butte Brewing Company.

The Castle Mountain Records consist of general correspondence, printed materials, legal documents, land and livestock papers, and organizational and financial records. Series have been assigned according to activity and function. General correspondence were kept primarily by ranch managers and refer to ranch operations and business. Printed Materials contains published documents collected by the Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company. A number of these articles refer to the history and/or accomplishments of the Donahoe family and their ranch. The Livestock and Land series contains official certificates and registers for cattle and sheep as well as legal documents such as land deeds and mining claims. The ranch's Organizational Records contain articles of incorporation and company by-laws, stock share certificates and minute books for both the Castle Mountain Ranch and the Butte Brewing Company. Employee Records refer to insurance records for employee liability and Social Security filings. Employee names and payroll ledgers have been placed in the following series of Financial Records. Financial Records contains ledgers, account books, tax returns and banking records. The managers of the Castle Mountain Ranch collected documents significant to financial records, such as correspondence, receipts and relevant newspaper clippings, and placed them in yearly files labeled "Accounts." Many of these files remain in their original order. Any oversize documents, maps, machinery specs, etc. have been placed in oversize storage.

Series 1 General Correspondence, 1928-1950

Series 2 Printed Materials, 1942-1967

Series 3 Livestock and Land Records, 1887-1967

Series 4 Organizational Records, 1899-1967

Series 5 Employment Records, circa 1940-1966

Series 6 Financial Records, 1900-1972

This collection is open for research.

Corporate records created and collected by the Castle Mountain Livestock Company were donated to Special Collections by Walter A. Donahoe, Newell Gough and Charles Cole in 1967, 1969 and 1972.

This collection was processed 2009 May 4

 Donahoe family Donahue family Anderson Brothers Livestock Company Butte Brewing Company Castle Mountain Livestock Company White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) Brewing industry-Montana-Butte Ranches-Montana-Meagher County Ranching-Montana-Meagher County Sheep ranches-Montana-Meagher County Business records-Montana-Butte Business records-Montana-Meagher County Home and Family Ranching Montana Series 1 General Correspondence 1928-1950

General Correspondence contains the incoming and outgoing letters of Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company managers, Jap Stewart and Walter Donahoe and foreman, J.H. O'Rourke. Letters have been grouped according to employee and then arranged chronologically. Correspondence refer primarily to financial matters and prospective land purchases.

 1/1 Donahoe, Walter A. 1928 1/2 Donahoe 1941 1/3 Donahoe 1942 1/4 Donahoe 1943 1/5 Donahoe 1944 1/6 Donahoe 1945 1/7 Donahoe 1946-1948 1/8 Donahoe 1949-1950 1/9 O'Rourke, J.H. 1919 1/10 Stewart, Jap 1941 Series 2 Printed Materials 1942-1967

Printed Materials contains published documents collected by the Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company. Materials have been arranged alphabetically by title. File 14 of "Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles" contains information on local ranching conditions and interests. Other newspaper articles are scattered throughout the "Accounts" files in the Financial Records series; keeping with Castle Mountain's filing system, these articles remain in "Accounts" since they give pertinent information on the financial pursuits of the ranch. An asterisk indicates oversize materials which have been removed and placed in oversize storage.

 1/11 "Crystallized Facts about Sugar Beets" 1950 1/12 "Donahoe Family Have Been Long-Time Residents of Meagher County" September 21, 1967

(The Meagher County News)

 1/13 "Law Makers of Montana" 1953 1955 1/14 Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles* 1940s-1960s 1/15 "Montana House of Representatives--Roster" 1947 1/16 "Rules of the Senate" 1947 1953 1955 Series 3 Livestock and Land 1887-1967

The Livestock and Land series has been organized according to subject and arranged alphabetically with the exception of livestock records which have been placed at the end of the series. Some overlap in materials has been unavoidable. Nearly all files contain legal paperwork and documentation. Livestock records and certificates are located in boxes 4 and 5. These documents have been separated according to document type and then arranged chronologically. An asterisk indicates oversize materials which have been placed in oversize storage.

 2/1 Brands 1899-1961 2/2 County Business* 2/3 Forest Permits* 2/4-5 Forest Permits 2/6 Highway Contracts, Correspondence and Maps* 2/7 Irrigation* 1941-1958 2/8 Land* 2/9 Land Deeds* 2/10 Land Leased 2/11 Land Leased 2/12 Land Leased (cont.) 3/1 Land Ownership Records* 1887-1941 3/2 Land Ownership Records (cont.) 1887-1941 3/3 Land Purchased* 1918-1960 3/4 Leases and Rents: Contracts and Correspondence 3/5 Leases and Rents: Contracts andCorrespondence (cont.) 3/6 Leases and Rents: Receipts 3/7 Mining Claim (Jap Stewart) 1937 1939 1941 3/8 Shearing 1952 3/9 Water 1878-1949

(copies)

 3/10 Water 1950-1967 3/11 Wool Weights 3/12 Sire Book--Private Herd Register: Cattle and Sheep 1898-1902 3/13 Register: Cattle, Sheep, Fences etc. 1930s-1940s 4/1 American Hereford Record, Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1917 1919-1922 4/2 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1923-1924 4/3 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1925-1926 4/4 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1927 4/5 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1929 1930 4/6 Livestock Certificates: Cows 1931 4/7 Livestock Certificates: Bulls 1931 4/8 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1932 4/9 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1933 4/10 Livestock Certificates: Cows 1934 4/11 Livestock Certificates: Bulls 1934 4/12 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1935 4/13 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1937-1938 4/14 Livestock Certificates: Cows 1938 4/15 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1939-1942 4/16 Livestock Certificates: Cows and Bulls 1944-1946 1948 4/17 Miscellaneous Registered Bull Certificates and Correspondence 1945-1951 4/18 Livestock Contracts 1940 1941 4/19 Livestock Inventory 1935 4/20 Sheep Inventory 1942 4/21 Livestock Vaccinations and Inventories 1950s 4/22 Livestock Vaccinations and Inventories 1960s 5 Application for Livestock Certification Receipt Booklets 1929-1930 April-June 1930 June-August 1930 February-May 1931 April-June 1931 August 1931-May 1932 April-July 1932 April-March 1933 April-June 1933 April-July 1933 April-September 1934 May 1933 January 1934-May 1934 April-May 1934 March-June 1935 May-September 1935 April-May 1937 April-May 1937 May-June 1941 5 Livestock Sales/Receipts of Certificate Transfer Booklets Miscellaneous Buyers 1929-1932 Hill, Ebert Sheep Company 1930 Ebert Sheep Company, J.B. Kendrick, and Miscellaneous Buyers 1930 T.H. Tice, U.S. Government, and Miscellaneous Buyers 1931-1934 Ebert Sheep Company 1932 U.S. Indian Service, T.H. Tice, and Miscellaneous Buyers 1933-1937 N.P. de Mauriac 1937 Series 4 Organizational Records

Organizational Records have been separated according to document type and, with the exception of oversize materials in Box 6, have been arranged alphabetically. The series includes articles of incorporation, bylaws, meeting minutes and stock certificates for both the Castle Mountain and the Butte Brewing Company. The minutes are extensive. The writings found in Walter Donahoe's Daily Record Books are minimal.

 6 Minute Book: Castle Mountain Livestock Company 1899-1919 1940-1942 Minute Book: Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company 1926-1941 6 Minute Book: Butte Brewing Company 1900-1957 6 Payroll Sheets

(From Box 15, file 6)

 7/1 Articles of Incorporation and Meeting Minutes 1911-1942

(scant)

 7/2 By-laws and Meeting 1926

By-laws and 1926 Stockholder's Meeting

 7/3 Certificates for Stock Shares

Castle Mountain Live Stock Company and Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company

 7/4 Certificates for Stock Shares: Butte Brewing Company 7/5 Company Letterhead and Blank Resolution Sheets 7 Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Official Seal 7 Walter A. Donahoe's Daily Record Books 1939-1946 7 Robert P. Greer's Daily Record Book 1941 8 Walter A. Donahoe's Daily Record Books 1947-1959 8 Pages from Walter A. Donahoe's Record Books 1961-1962 8 Walter A. Donahoe's Misc. Notebooks circa 1940s Series 5 Employment Records

Employment Records contains the professional records regarding Castle Mountain employees from the 1940s to the mid-1960s. Auto and Building Insurance records give little information on specific employees, however, they do indicate conditions of ranch life. A detailed accounting of Employee Payroll records has been placed in the Financial Records series.

 9/1 Auto Insurance 1963-1966 9/2 Employee's Liability Insurance 1940s 9/3-4 Employee's Liability Insurance (cont.) 1940s 9/5 Employee's Liability Insurance 1950s 9/6-7 Employee's Liability Insurance (cont.) 1950s 9/8 Employee's Liability Insurance 1960s 9/9 Insurance for Ranch Buildings 10/1 Social Security 1950-1952 10/2 Social Security 1954-1958 10/3 Social Security 1959-1962 10/4 Social Security 1963-1966 Series 6 11-22 Financial Records

Financial Records contains documents referring to the financial transactions of Castle Mountain. The series contains ledgers, account books, tax returns, banking and employee payroll records. With the exception of the "Accounts" files, documents have been separated according to subject and function, and then placed in alphabetical order. The "Accounts" files were designed and designated by the Castle Mountain Ranch records manager. These files contain a range of financial documents including: financial correspondence, receipts, relevant newspaper clippings, etc. They have been arranged chronologically. An asterisk indicates oversize materials which have been placed in oversize storage.

 11/1 Accounts 1909-1916 11/2 Accounts 1926-1928 11/3 Accounts 1929-1931 11/4 Accounts 1932-1933 11/5 Accounts 1934-1936 11/6 Accounts 1937-1939 11/7 Accounts 1940-1941 11/8 Accounts 1942 11/9 Accounts 1943 11/10 Accounts 1944 11/11 Accounts 1945 11/12 Accounts 1946 12/1 Accounts 1947 12/2 Accounts 1948 12/3 Accounts 1949 12/4 Accounts 1950 12/5 Accounts 1951 12/6 Accounts 1952 12/7 Accounts 1953 12/8 Accounts 1954 12/9 Accounts 1955-1956 13/1 Accounts 1957-1958 13/2 Accounts 1959-1960 13/3 Accounts 1961 13/4 Accounts 1962 13/5 Accounts 1963 13/6 Accounts 1964 13/7 Accounts 1965 14/1 Accounts 1966 14/2 Accounts 1967 14/3 Accounts 1968-1971 14/4 Appraisal and Assessments* 1965

Appraisal of Estate and Property Assessments

 14/5 Automobiles: Tax Assessment, Repairs 1957-1965 14/6 Depreciation Schedule of Assets* 1920s-1960s 14/7 Employee Meals: Costs and Charges* 14/8 Gasoline Tax Refund 14/9 Hay--Freight 1919-1920 14/10 Hay and Supplement Feed* 14/11 Hay and Supplement Feed (cont.) 14/12 Improvements 1949-1960 15/1 Machinery Receipts 1958-1962 15/2 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Bean 1951-1953 15/3 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Bean 1954-1955 15/4 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Bean 1956-1960 15/5 Miscellaneous 15/6 Payroll* 1908-1914 1933-1946 15/7 Purchases 1900-1905 15/8 Receipts "A" 1920-1925 15/9 Receipts "B" 1920-1926 15/10 Receipts "C", and Donahoe, Charles 1920-1926 15/11 Receipts "E-F" 1920-1926 15/12 Receipts "G" 1920-1926 15/13 Receipts "H-J" 1905-1926 15/14 Receipts "K-L" 1902-1926 15/15 Receipts "M" 1920-1926 15/16 Receipts "N-O" 1920-1926 15/17 Receipts "P-Q" 1920-1925 15/18 Receipts "R" undated 15/19 Receipts "S" 1920-1925 15/20 Receipts "T-V" 1920-1925 15/21 Receipts "W" 1920-1926 16/1 Sales--Cattle 1938-1944 16/2 Sales--Cattle 1945-1951 16/3 Sales--Cattle 1953-1958 16/4 Sales--Cattle 1959-1966 16/5 Sales--Miscellaneous 1940s-1950s 16/6 Sales--Sheep 1941-1957 16/7 Sales--Sheep 1958-1966 16/8 Sales--Wool 1942-1946 16/9 Sales--Wool 1947-1949 16/10 Sales--Wool* 1950-1957 16/11 Sales--Wool 1958-1966 17/1 Stock/Investments--Walter Donahoe 1941-1943 17/2 Stone House Rent, etc. 17/3 Tax Receipts--Montana 1912 1925-1942 17/4 Tax Receipts--Montana 1943-1966 17/5 Timber Sales 1957-1961 17/6 Timber Sales 1961-1965 17/7 World War II Prices and Stamps* 18 General Ledger 1936-1945 18 General Ledger 1936-1945 18 General Ledger 1938-1939 18 General Ledger 1940 18 General Ledger 1941 18 Estate Register 1938-1939 18 Miscellaneous Ledger Sheets 1931-1945 18 "Remarks" Sheets for Checking Account Records 1933 1935 1939 18 General Journal Sheets 1960 19 Check Stubs 1935-1948 1952 1956-1958 1964-1966 20/1 Bank Statements 1925 20/2 Bank Statements 1926 20/3 Bank Statements 1927 20/4 Bank Statements 1928 20/5 Bank Statements 1929 20/6 Bank Statements 1930 20/7 Bank Statements 1931 20/8 Bank Statements 1932 20/9 Bank Statements 1933 20/10 Bank Statements 1934 20/21 Bank Statements 1935 20/22 Bank Statements 1936 21/1 Bank Statements 1937 21/2 Bank Statements 1938 21/3 Bank Statements 1939 21/4 Bank Statements 1943-1947

(incomplete)

 21/5 Bank Statements 1951 1953-1954

(incomplete)

 22/1 From Box 1, file 14: Newspaper Articles 1940s-1960s 22/2 From Box 2, file 2: County Business 22/3 From Box 2, file 3: Forest Permits 22/4 From Box 2, file 6: Highway Contracts 22/5 From Box 2, file 9: Castle Mountain Livestock Company Map 22/6 From Box 2, file 10: Land Deeds 22/7 From Box 3, file 1: Land Ownership Records 22/8 From Box 3, file 3: Land Purchased 22/9 From Box 14, file 4: Assessments of Property 22/10 From Box 14, file 6: Depreciation of Assets 22/11 From Box 14, file 7: Employee Meals 22/12 From Box 14, file 10: Specs for Sliding Hay Stacker 1910 22/13 From Box 15, file 6: Payroll Sheets 22/14 From Box 16, file 10: Wool Futures Prices 22/15 From Box 17, file 3: Tax Returns 221/6 From Box 17, file 4: Tax Returns 22/17 From Box 17, file 7: World War II Prices and Stamps