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Kohrs Family Papers, 1852-1952

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kohrs family
Title
Kohrs Family Papers
Dates
1852-1952 (inclusive)
Quantity
7 reels microfilm
Collection Number
Mss 073
Summary
The Kohrs family were ranchers in the Deer Lodge Valley, Montana. The collection consists of ranching records, financial records, correspondence, pedigrees, published and unpublished manuscripts, butcher shop records, investment records, legal records, maps, and photographs.
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 encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Ranches, of Deer Lodge Valley, Montana. Conrad Kohrs bought the John Grant ranch, nestled in the Deer Lodge Valley, in 1866. Conrad Kohrs, along with his wife Augusta, and his half-brother John Bielenberg, operated one of the largest cattle ranches in the nation at the turn of the twentieth century, grazing their cattle on ten million acres in four states and two Candian provinces. Their ranching business had several names through time, including the Pioneer Cattle Company and the Conrad Kohrs Company. Kohrs and Bielenberg opearated the ranch and many of their other joint investments as a partnership until 1908, when they incorporated as the Kohrs and Bielenberg Land and Livestock Company. They were also involved in mining and real estate.

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Content Description

The collection consists of ranching records, financial records, correspondence, pedigrees, published and unpublished manuscripts, butcher shop records, investment records, legal records, and maps.

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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], Kohrs Family Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two subgroups and twenty-seven series:

Subgroup 1: Conrad Kohrs, 1861-1945

Series I: Correspondence, 1863-1919

Series II: Financial Records, 1861-1936

Series III: Legal Documents, 1866-1945

Series IV: Cattle Breeding Records, undated

Series V: Horse Breeding Records, undated

Series VI: Certificates and Invitations, 1870-1905

Series VII: Maps, undated

Series VIII: Clippings, undated

Series IX: Publications, undated

Series X: Miscellaneous and Photographs, 1866-1904

Subgroup 2: Related Businesses, 1852-1952

Series XI: Meat Markets, 1852-1882

Series XII: Illinois Mine, 1895-1896

Series XIII: Volcano Mining Company, 1893

Series XIV: Pioneer Placer Mine, 1887-1895

Series XV: Pioneer Gulch Mining Company, 1890-1914

Series XVI: Con and Peel, 1863-1869

Series XVII: Rock Creek Ditch Company, 1891-1919

Series XVIII: Pioneer Cattle Company, 1879-1920

Series XIX: Kohrs and Bielenberg Land and Livestock Company, 1908-1929

Series XX: Kohrs and Bielenberg Realty Company, 1906-1919

Series XXI: Conrad Kohrs Company, 1915-1952

Series XXII: Conrad Warren, undated

Series XXIII: Tom Hooban, 1867-1879

Series XXIV: Strang and Richardson Hardware, 1866-1868

Series XXV: Conrad Kohrs Estate, 1920-1925

Series XXVI: Augusta Kohrs Estate, 1948-1949

Series XXVII: John Bielenberg Estate, 1922-1924

Location of Originals

The original materials of this collection are located at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, Montana.

Custodial History

Conrad K. and Nellie Warren gave the original records to the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in 1970-1988.

Acquisition Information

Microfilmed by the Mansfield Library's Instructional Materials Service, 1975.

Processing Note

The processor arranged the materials for microfilming in 1975. He noted that all unidentifiable records were filmed with the Conrad Kohrs segment of the collection. In researching the various activities of Kohrs, one may be able to determine that some of these records belong in one of the later series. In 2004, the finding aid was encoded with few changes.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Butchers--Montana--Deer Lodge Valley
  • German Americans--Montana --Deer Lodge Valley
  • Ranches--Montana--Deer Lodge Valley
  • Ranching--Montana--Deer Lodge Valley

Family Names

  • Kohrs family

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business records -- Montana--Deer Lodge Valley
  • Family papers--Montana --Deer Lodge Valley
  • Financial records -- Montana--Deer Lodge Valley
  • Legal documents--Montana --Deer Lodge Valley
  • Maps--Montana--Deer Lodge Valley

Occupations

  • Ranchers--Montana -- Deer Lodge Valley

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Bielenberg, John, 1846-1922
    • Kohrs, Augusta, 1849-1945
    • Kohrs, Conrad, 1835-1920

Finding aid prepared by Dale L. Johnson (1975) and Jodi Allison-Bunnell (2004)
2004

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