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Neill Family papers, 1886-1964

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Neill, John Selby Martin, 1860-1912
Title
Neill Family papers
Dates
1886-1964 (inclusive)
Quantity
8 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 248
Summary
John Neill was a Helena, Montana, real estate man. Records (circa 1889-1930) concern his family real estate business and other investments and civic involvements. There are subgroups for John, his wife Margaret Neill, son George G.E. Neill, and for the Independent Investment Company, Independent Publishing Company, Lewis and Clark County Democratic Central Committee, Madison River Improvement Company, Montana Outdoor Advertising Company, Montana Properties Company, and Montana Rapid Transit Company.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

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

John Neill was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 25, 1860, the son of the Reverend Edward D. Neill and Nancy Hall Neill. When John was nine, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed his father consul to Ireland and the family moved to Dublin. After three years in Ireland, the family returned to Minneapolis, Minnesota. John graduated from Delaware College in 1881 and studied law at Columbian College in Washington, D.C. In 1883 he moved to Helena, Montana, where he became involved in real estate development. As a reward for his active work in re-electing President Grover Cleveland in 1892, Neill was appointed Surveyor General of Montana in 1895. In 1898, he became treasurer and manager of the Helena Independent newspaper and five years later purchased the paper. In 1909 Neill became a partner in the Montana Rapid Transit Company's ill-fated attempt to build an inter-urban railroad between Helena and Butte. In addition to his business and political activities, Neill was actively involved in numerous projects for Helena civic betterment, including attempts to expand the Mount Helena Park to include the forest land to the west, a plan to create the State Fairgrounds Boulevard along the current route of Henderson Avenue, development of Wesleyan University, and also work for the Democratic Party. In 1883 John Neill married Margaret G. Evans. The couple had one son, George G.E. Neill. John Neill died in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on March 22, 1912. Margaret G. Evans was born March 3, 1862, in Newark, Delaware, the daughter of George Gillespie Evans and Mary Black Evans. After the birth of her son George in 1884, she moved to Helena to join her husband. She became active in the civic life of Helena, serving as the first Democratic National Committeewoman from Montana, spearheading Helena's Red Cross drive during World War I, and working with several Presbyterian Church women's groups. After her husband's death, she became active in developing many of the real estate interests that she had inherited. She died March 6, 1951, in Helena. George G.E. Neill was born in Newark, Delaware, on October 30, 1884, and came to Helena with his mother shortly afterwards. He graduated from Princeton University in 1907. Many of the friendships he formed there continued throughout his life through his active participation in the Princeton alumni association. In 1908 he began working as bookkeeper for the Helena Independent and was promoted to treasurer two years later. After his father's death in 1912, George gave up management of the newspaper and became more active in real estate promotion. He was a partner with Lewis Penwell in the Capital Investment Company. In 1920 he was appointed Receiver of the Helena Land Office and served until 1923. He later formed the Montana Outdoor Advertising Company and the Montana Properties Company. George Neill was married in March 1952 to Martha Morrison who had a son, John Morrison, and a daughter, Mary Morrison Nolte. George G.E. Neill died in Helena on June 3, 1964.

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Content Description

Collection consists of personal and business papers of John S.M. Neill, his wife Margaret G. Neill, and son George G.E. Neill. There are several business subgroups. The John S.M. Neill Subgroup consists of eight series: Incoming Correspondence and Outgoing Correspondence (1891-1912), both arranged chronologically; Miscellaneous Correspondence (1900, 1908), arranged chronologically; Financial Records (1889-1912), including a ledger, a journal, tax records, and other materials; Legal Documents (1886-1906), including documents of the Capital City Improvement Company and miscellaneous deeds and leases; Subject Files (1889-1912) concerning various real estate and mining properties, the Democratic Party, and the State Capitol site and building; Miscellany, including Helena real estate lot books, a personal memo book, and drawings for the State Fair Grounds Boulevard and other properties; and two scrapbooks of Clippings (1889-1890) concerning Helena real estate and politics. The John S.M. Neill Estate Subgroup consists of real estate assessment lists (1912) and a petition (1912) by the Collins Land Company to the City of Helena. The Margaret G. Neill Subgroup consists of eight series: General Correspondence (1905-1943) arranged chronologically; Court Papers consisting of a case (1939-1941) against Jacob P. Nordby; minor Financial Records (1895-1941); Legal Documents (1912, 1914); Speeches concerning her Red Cross work; Subject Files (1909-1928) concerning the World War I Liberty Loan drive and Helena real estate; Miscellany, including a minute book (1895-1898) for the First Presbyterian Church Helping Hand Society, and a financial journal (1914-1919) for the Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid Society; and Clippings (1918) concerning Red Cross war work. The George G.E. Neill Subgroup contains nine series: Incoming Correspondence and Outgoing Correspondence (1911-1960) arranged chronologically; Miscellaneous Correspondence (1911-1952, undated); Court Papers (1919-1949); minor Financial Records (1908-1953); Legal Documents (1913-1940); Subject Files (1908-1922) concerning the Barnes-King Development Company and the State Fair Grounds; Miscellany, including drawings for various buildings, a list of patented mining claims in the Helena Mining District, and a list of property ownership in the vicinity of Holter Dam; and Clippings about the Gallatin County Development Association and Democratic politics. There are small personal subgroups for Elisha S. Clark and for George Evans. The Elisha S. Clark Subgroup consists of invoices, including his estate (1887-1896). The George Evans Subgroup consists of legal documents (1888-1892) from the Harriet B. Miles estate. The Independent Investment Company Subgroup records include: Incoming Correspondence (1914, 1918); minor Financial Records (1904-1928); Legal Documents (1904-1928), including an abstract of title for the Independent building; and a minute book (1906-1916). The Independent Publishing Company Subgroup records include: General Correspondence (1904-1926); Court Papers regarding a case (1899) involving Fred Whiteside; minor Financial Records (1906-1934); Legal Documents (1901-1917); a Subject File (1892-1907) concerning the state printing contract; and Miscellany (1913-1926, undated), including Cass Gilbert drawings for planned additions to the Independent's building. The Lewis and Clarke County Democratic Central Committee Subgroup consists of two poll books (undated) listing registered Democrats in each ward of Helena and each community in the county. Records in the Madison River Improvement Company Subgroup include General Correspondence (1910-1950); Financial Records consisting of tax records (1919-1937); and Miscellany (1909-1937, undated), including a deed (1920) for land along the Madison River and sketch maps. The Montana Outdoor Advertising Company Subgroup includes General Correspondence (1927-1961); Financial Records consisting of summaries (1952-1958); and Miscellany (1929, 1957), including lists of billboard locations and a charter for the Outdoor Advertising Association of Montana. Records in the Montana Properties Company Subgroup include General Correspondence (1917-1947); Court Papers (1939-1941) regarding a suit by the City of Helena; and Legal Documents consisting of deeds (1921, 1925). The Montana Rapid Transit Company Subgroup records include General Correspondence (1908-1921); Employment Records consisting of payrolls (1909); Financial Records, including financial summaries (1910), a ledger (1909-1922), transcripts of books (1909-1913), trial balances (1909-1921), and tax records (1909-1925); Legal Documents (1908-1940); Organizational Records, including record books (1909-1924), annual statements (1910-1922), and other materials; Printed Materials consisting of a brochure (circa 1909) about the company; and Miscellany, including drawings of the planned route of the railroad through Helena and East Helena.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Oversize Boxes, Manuscript Volumes, and Archives Map Case. See inventory below for more information.

Location of Collection

13:1-7

Location of Collection

5:8-5 (oversize box)

Location of Collection

147:3-1 (volumes)

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Separated Materials

Photographs, maps and artifacts transferred to the Photograph Archives, Library Map Collection, and Museum respectively. See box 15 folder 11 for listing of items transferred.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • John Neill Papers

    • Biographical Material

      • Description: Biographical information file (includes obituaries, biographical sketches, etc.)
        Dates: 1912-1996
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
        Location: John Neill Papers / Biographical Material

  • John Neill

    • Incoming Correspondence

      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include T.E. Crutcher; Robert Valentine; T.H. Stevens; Charles Kaestner and Company; W.H. Webb; R.J. Sloan; "Reub"; W.C. Johnson; J.D. Tietjen; Frank L. Sizer; William A. Clark; Sam Toleman)
        Dates: 1891-1900
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
        Location: John Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include William Scallon; Samuel T. Hauser; E.C. Day; Thomas H. Carter; John H. Farmer; Charles C. Wallin; Powell Black; John D. Ryan; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; William A. Clark)
        Dates: 1904-1906
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
        Location: John Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Samuel T. Hauser; United States Reclamation Service; United States Corps of Engineers; Samuel G. Blythe; George G.E. Neill; John Barrett; M.H. Gerry Jr.; Carpenter, Day and Carpenter; Olaf Ussing; Thomas J. Walsh; Frank Lindsay; Philadephia Electric Company re work of Edward D. Neill; G.E. Gilliland)
        Dates: 1907
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
        Location: John Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Barnes-King Development Company; G.E. Gilliland re Capital City Improvement Company dam across Missouri River; A.W. Martin; Cass Gilbert re remodelling of Independent Publishing Company building; George H. Carsley re new library building; J.P. Fister; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Samuel T. Hauser)
        Dates: 1908
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
        Location: John Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Cass Gilbert re Capitol renovation; Olaf Ussing; M.L. Hewett; H.M. Byllesby and Company; Otto E. Osthoff; W.E. Cullen Jr.; Collins Land Company; Union Bank and Trust Company; George L. Ramsey; Trowbridge and Niver Company; Chicago, Joliet and St. Louis Electric Railway Company; Samuel T. Hauser; G.E. Gilliland re history of Fort Harrison; J.E. Swindlehurst; G.H. Carsley re Helena Park plans; T.J. Walsh; E.C. Day; E.L. Trask)
        Dates: 1909-1910
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
        Location: John Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include William T. Pigott; T.J. Walsh; Union Bank and Trust Company; George L. Ramsey; M.H. Gerry Jr.; United Missouri River Power Company; John D. Ryan; William Allen Butler; Samuel T. Hauser; W.E. Cullen Jr.; D.C. Corbin; Three Forks Land Company; J.Q. Adams; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Cass Gilbert re Broadwater Hotel)
        Dates: 1911-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
        Location: John Neill / Incoming Correspondence

    • Outgoing Correspondence

    • Miscellaneous Correspondence

      • Description: W.G. Eggleston to Philadelphia North American; unidentified writer to Scott R. Fair re pardon for James Harvey Whitton
        Dates: 1900, 1908
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
        Location: John Neill / Miscellaneous Correspondence

    • Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

      • Description: Capital City Improvement Company
        Dates: 1906
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
        Location: John Neill / Legal Documents
      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes agreements, leases, mining claims, abstract of title)
        Dates: 1886-1904, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
        Location: John Neill / Legal Documents

    • Subject Files

      • Description: Alexander Buchanan's real estate in Superior, Wisconsin
        Dates: 1891-1902
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Calendar Mining Company (Winston, Mont.)
        Dates: 1899-1900
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 10
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Church and Elliott properties
        Dates: 1902-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 11
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: City Park Syndicate
        Dates: 1889-1894
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 12
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Democratic Party (includes list of county committeemen; minutes of Martin Maginnis vs. William A. Clark meeting)
        Dates: 1898-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 13
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: "January", "February", "March", and "April" mining claims
        Dates: 1896-1902
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 14
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Madison River Canal
        Dates: 1905
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 15
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Missouri River Improvement Company; Capital City Improvement Company; United Missouri River Power Company
        Dates: 1901-1922
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Real estate: Helena
        Dates: 1888-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Seymour mining claim
        Dates: 1907
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 3
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Soldiers' land claims (re R.G. Davies and Great Falls land)
        Dates: 1889-1890
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 4
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: State Capitol site and building (also includes list of property acquisitions in Northern Pacific Railroad Addition, 1868-1894) [letterpress copies]
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Stillwater mining claim, Jefferson County
        Dates: 1892-1902
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Victoria and Blue-Eyed Nellie mining claims, Jefferson County
        Dates: 1891-1897
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 7
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files
      • Description: Violet Jane and Miljour mining claims, Lewis and Clark County (operated by B.N.J. Miljour)
        Dates: 1898-1906, 1926
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 8-9
        Location: John Neill / Subject Files

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Affidavit of M.N. Quentin re alleged political corruption by Helena Mayor F.J. Edwards
        Dates: 1902
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 10
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Army discharge of John S.M. Neill
        Dates: 1882
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 11
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Helena and Livingston Smelting and Refining Company stockholder list
        Dates: 1897
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 12
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Helena real estate lot books (arranged by addition)
        Dates: circa 1889
        Container: Volume 3-4
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Memo book (includes diary entries, lists of Utica area residents with political affiliation, etc.)
        Dates: 1892
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 13
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Plans and drawings (includes terracing at Central School, machinery at Lake Superior Carbide Works) [Oversize Box]
        Dates: undated
        Container: Oversizebox 16
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Plans and drawings (includes State Fair Grounds Boulevard) [Oversize: See Archives Map Case]
        Dates: 1910, undated
        Container: Oversize Folder 1
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Subscriptions to unidentified enterprise (includes names of most prominent Helena businessmen)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 14
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Writings of unidentified person(s) re railroads, politics, etc.
        Dates: 1896-1900, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 15
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes Gold Block and V Building bond offerings; architectural drawing for Helena depot; lists of companies)
        Dates: 1900, 1911, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 16
        Location: John Neill / Miscellany

    • Clippings

      • Description: Scrapbook (re Helena real estate, resources, Board of Trade, etc.)
        Dates: 1889-1890
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 17
        Location: John Neill / Clippings
      • Description: Scrapbook (re Helena real estate, Sen. Thomas H. Carter, etc.)
        Dates: 1890
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 1
        Location: John Neill / Clippings
      • Description: Miscellaneous (re Democratic politics, State Boulevard, Langhorne case, Thomas H. Carter involvement in Alaska scandal, Martin Maginnis, Nathaniel Pitt Langford, river navigation, etc.)
        Dates: 1902-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 2
        Location: John Neill / Clippings

  • John S.m. Neill Estate

  • Margaret G. Neill

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: Charles B. Evans
        Dates: 1905
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 1
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / General Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include T.J. Walsh; Democratic Party; Edith R. Battey; George G.E. Neill; Mary Gentry; Smithsonian Institution; Security Trust Company; Edward D. Neill)
        Dates: 1913-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 2
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / General Correspondence

    • Court Papers

    • Financial Records

      • Description: Income distribution from George G. Evans Estate
        Dates: 1904-1906
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 4
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / Financial Records
      • Description: Taxes

        RESTRICTED

        Dates: 1905-1923
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 5
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / Financial Records
      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes promissory notes, receipts, checkstubs, invoices, interest payments, Unemployment Compensation Commission forms)
        Dates: 1895-1941
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 6
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes applications for city loans, loan agreements, mortgage)
        Dates: 1912, 1914
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 7
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / Legal Documents

    • Speeches

    • Subject Files

    • Miscellany

      • Description: First Presbyterian Church Helping Hand Society record book (includes minutes, annual report, membership lists)
        Dates: 1895-1898
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 11
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: First Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid Society journal
        Dates: 1914-1919
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 12
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / Miscellany
      • Description: Will of Charles B. Evans
        Dates: 1901
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 13
        Location: Margaret G. Neill / Miscellany

    • Clippings

  • George G.e. Neill

    • Incoming Correspondence

      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include William Allen Butler; John S.M. Neill; W.E. Cullen; Mercedes Fulenwider; T.J. Walsh; D.C. Corbin; S.V. Stewart; Lewis Penwell)
        Dates: 1911-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 1
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include W.E. Cullen; Lewis Penwell; Henry Breckenridge; E. D. Weed; D.C. Corbin; Newark Trust and Safe Deposit Company; Charles B. Evans; E.C. Day)
        Dates: 1913
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 2
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include T.J. Walsh; Dickenson and Gillespie Inc.; J.K. Toole; Max Hebgen; David Hilger; W.E. Cullen; Tom Stout; John M. Evans; E.L Trask; M.H. Gerry Jr.; George L. Ramsey; J.Q. Adams; Petterson, Dinsmore and Company; David G. Browne; Henry Neill; D.C. Corbin; Newark Trust and Safe Deposit Company; Charles B. Evans)
        Dates: 1914
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 3
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include E.L. Trask; T.J. Walsh; George B. Hopkins; M.H. Gerry Jr.; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Dickinson and Gillespie, Inc.; J.Q. Adams; R.H. Veitch; D.C. Corbin; E.D. Weed; W.E. Cullen; Edward D. Neill, Jr.)
        Dates: 1915
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 4
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include E.L. Trask; George L. Ramsey; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Lewis Penwell; E.D. Weed; T.O. Hammond; Capital Investment Company; M.H. Gerry Jr.; Henry Neill; Edward D. Neill Jr.; H.A. Frank; J.Q. Adams; D.C. Corbin; Charles W. Gamer)
        Dates: 1916
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 5
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Edward D. Neill Jr.; M.H. Gerry Jr.; Capital Investment Company; Montana Properties Company; J.Q. Adams; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; D.C. Corbin; E.L. Trask; Board of Fire Underwriters; E.D. Weed; T.A. Harding; N.P. Dodge and Company)
        Dates: 1917
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 6
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include J.Q. Adams; E.D. Weed; N.P. Dodge and Company; Jack L. Carter; L.O. Evans; L.B. Blankman, Marcus Daly Estate; Dickinson and Gillespie, Inc.; Eugene B. Milburn, Montana Wholesale Land Company; Capital Investment Company; Montana Properties Company; R.H. Fletcher; A.A. Hofman; T.B. Weir; John Power)
        Dates: 1918
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 7
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include J.Q. Adams; N.P. Dodge and Company; W.M. Nevitt; United States Railroad Administration; Dickinson and Gillespie, Inc.; F.M. Kerr; Jack Fisk; endorsements of R.H. Fletcher for Surveyor General; Montana Wesleyan College)
        Dates: 1919
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 8
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include M.H. Gerry Jr.; Montana Rapid Transit Company; Dickinson and Gillespie, Inc.; Montana Properties Company; Barnes-King Development Company; the Banking Corporation of Montana; Charles B. Evans; Jack Fisk; Continental Oil Company; J.J. O'Neill; A.E. Spriggs; United States Land Office; E.D. Weed; Capital Investment Company)
        Dates: 1920
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 9
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include M.H. Gerry Jr.; Dickinson and Gillespie, Inc.; Charles B. Evans; Continental Oil Company; J.J. O'Neill; Helena Fuel Company; Donald Livestock Company; George L. Ramsey)
        Dates: 1921
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 10
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Charles B. Evans; Hugh R. Wells; George L. Ramsey; B.H. Ellis; M.H. Gerry Jr.; Dickinson and Gillespie, Inc.; "Bunny"; Jeremiah Collins; Edward D. Neill, Jr.; N.P. Dodge and Company; George F. Charlesworth)
        Dates: 1922-1923
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 11
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Edward D. Neill, Jr.; George F. Charlesworth; H.L. "Herb" Brooks; Margaret G. Neill; George L. Ramsey; Receiver for Banking Corporation of Montana; W.M. "Mudge" Brooks; Charles B. Evans; N.P. Dodge and Company)
        Dates: 1924
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 12
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include John M. Evans; Norton P. Otis; H.L. "Herb" Brooks; Charles B. Evans; Gene Holden; Ed Wishon; William L. Creden; Dickinson and Gillespie, Inc.; M.H. Gerry Jr.; Warren H. Colson; Ed Wishon; Ruth M. Veitch; Gans and Klein Investment Company; Earl Williams)
        Dates: 1925
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 13
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Bob Veitch; John M. Evans; S.P. Burr; Ray Church; Nellie McDonald; Mabel Platt; Charles B. Evans; Thomas Metcalf; Blanche Small; George L. Ramsey; Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company; Phil G. Cole; Joseph M. Dixon; T.J. Walsh)
        Dates: 1926
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 14
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include United States Veterans Bureau re G.C. Elliott; John M. Evans; Charles B. Evans; G.C. Elliott; Mabel Platt; E.T. Dusenbury; John A. Mathews; George J. Willock; Josiah Blackburn)
        Dates: 1927
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 15
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Harral S. Tenney; G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; Helena and Livingston Smelting and Reduction Company; John M. Evans; Charles B. Evans; Josiah Blackburn; Gordon S. Rentschler)
        Dates: 1928
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 16
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; John G. Brown; C.W. Merrilies)
        Dates: 1929
        Container: Box/Folder 7 / 17
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; Philip G. Cole; Evinrude Division of Outboard Motors Corporation; Walter H. Wheeler; C.A. Spaulding)
        Dates: 1930
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 1
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; George W. McLean; Evinrude Division of Outboard Motors Corporation; General Surety Company of Montana; C.A. Spaulding)
        Dates: 1931
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 2
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; Caille Motor Company; Beaverhead National Forest Jess E. Pierman; Byron Felton; W.M. "Mudge" Brooks; Mabel Platt; Milton S. Gunn; John M. Evans; Edward D. Neill)
        Dates: 1932
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 3
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; Charles E. Pew; Beaverhead National Forest; Hotel Investment Company; Jess E. Pierman; Lena Evans; Byron Felton; John H. Crone; Newark Trust Company; Philip G. Cole)
        Dates: 1933
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 4
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; John M. Evans; Beaverhead National Forest; B.L. Forsyth; S.V. Stewart; C.E. Brown; C.N. Newhall; Millard C. Evenson; Mrs. Ben Adams; Arthur L. Sheppard; Vosburg Mining Company; United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company; Sullivan Mining Company; Newark Trust Company)
        Dates: 1934
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 5
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; Beaverhead National Forest; Arthur L. Sheppard; United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company; Sullivan Mining Company; Miss E.E. Holcomb; E.A. Rowe; Jess E. Pierman; E.T. Dusenbury re Harral Tenney; C.F. Guerin; Oscar Weber; R.F. Scott; Margaret G. Neill; Martha Daly)
        Dates: 1935
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 6
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; Philip G. Cole; Beaverhead National Forest; R.F. Scott; Will A. Campbell; Charles F. Guerin; Monarch Lumber Company; Lena Evans; Burton K. Wheeler)
        Dates: 1936
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 7
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; W. Elmer Holt; Beaverhead National Forest; C.E. Brown; James K. Sloan; Charles W. English; R.F. Scott; W.E. Cullen; W.M. "Mudge" Brooks; Paul M. Hale; Jess E. Pierman; John H. Crone; Frank N. Crone; Philip G. Cole; Julia A. Bennett; George J. Willock; Hjalmar Engstrom)
        Dates: 1937
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 8
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott; Bob Veitch; Philip G. Cole; R.F. Scott; United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company; Alvin C. Rowe; Collins Land Company; Beaverhead National Forest; John H. Crone; Frank N. Crone; William S. Stone; James E. Murray; Edward D. Neill; Alfred Halderson; Hjalmar Emgstrom)
        Dates: 1938
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 9
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include R.H. Fletcher; Burton K. Wheeler; William S. Stone; Mary Gordon McKinnon, Quincy Hotel; Bob Vaitch; P.B. Snelson; John H. Crone; Jess E. Pierman; R.F. Scott; Alvin Rowe; James E. Murray)
        Dates: 1939
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 10
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include R.H. Fletcher; Philip G. Cole; William S. Stone; Mary Gordon McKinnon, Quincy Hotel; Alfred Halderson; John W. "Jack" Power; Bob Veitch; Beaverhead National Forest; M.E. Chaffee; John H. Crone)
        Dates: 1940
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 11
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include M.E. Chaffee; Frank N. Crone; Mary Gordon McKinnon, Quincy Hotel; Alfred Halderson; Barnes-King Development Company; Bob Veitch; Beaverhead National Forest; M.E. Chaffee; John H. Crone; William S. Stone; H.W. Carver; R.H. Fletcher)
        Dates: 1941
        Container: Box/Folder 8 / 12
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include William S. Stone; G.H. Randall; Alfred Halderson; Bob Veitch; H.W. Carver; U.S. War Production Board; Edward D. Neill; G.C. Elliott; Mary Gordon McKinnon, Quincy Hotel; Beaverhead National Forest; United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company; Montana Club)
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 1
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Edward D. Neill re his mother Anna B. Neill; William S. Stone; Bob Veitch; Mary Gordon McKinnon, Quincy Hotel; Alfred Halderson; Sullivan Valve and Engineering Company)
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 2
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Edward D. Neill re his mother Anna B. Neill; William S. Stone; Bob Veitch; Mary Gordon McKinnon, Quincy Hotel; Alfred Halderson; United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company; H.W. Carver, East Pacific Mine; Bertrand L. Ball; Collins Land Company)
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 3
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company; Alvin C. Rowe; Frank N. Crone; John H. Crone; Joe T. France; Alex Stuart; C.B. Power; T.B. Weir; Alfred Halderson)
        Dates: 1945-1946
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 4
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Jess Pierman; Lena Evans; Beaverhead National Forest; W.E. Cullen; Edward D. Neill; William S. Stone; R.H. Fletcher; Mike Mansfield; T.V. Bunner)
        Dates: 1947-1949
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 5
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Beaverhead National Forest; Mike Mansfield; T.V. Bunner; Collins Land Company; MacAlester College re Edward Duffield Neill Room in Library; Collins Land Company; Russel Liston; John W. Schroeder; George J. Willock; Joe T. France)
        Dates: 1950-1952
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 6
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include R.H. Fletcher; Marylou Bowman; Beaverhead National Forest; Joe T. France; Collins Land Company; John W. Schroeder; W. Bert Fields; Montana Club; Anne B. Sibley)
        Dates: 1953-1960, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 9 / 7
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Incoming Correspondence

    • Outgoing Correspondence

    • Miscellaneous Correspondence

      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes W.R. Church to Philip G. Cole; Ben R. Roberts to A.H. Graham; A.A. Shields to R.H. Fletcher)
        Dates: 1911-1952, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 8
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Miscellaneous Correspondence

    • Court Papers

      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes Grace Mitchell et al. vs. The Banking Corporation of Montana, et al.; General Surety Company bankruptcy; Mark A. Haynes vs. George G.E. Neill, et al.; Barnett Iron and Machinery Company reorganization)
        Dates: 1919-1949
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 9
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Court Papers

    • Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes bonds, leases, agreements, options, Quincy Hotel bills of sale)
        Dates: 1913-1940
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 18
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Legal Documents

    • Subject Files

    • Miscellaneous

      • Description: Plans and drawings (includes plans for office building for R.H. Fletcher, George C. Elliott's hotel at Wade Lake, plans for George Neill's cabin at Cliff Lake) [Oversize Box]
        Dates: 1929, 1931, undated
        Container: Oversizebox 16
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Miscellaneous
      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes stock ownership, list of patented mining claims in Helena Mining District, poem "Willie", list of property ownership in vicinity of Holter Dam site)
        Dates: 1914-1945, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 21
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Miscellaneous

    • Clippings

      • Description: Gallatin County Development Association; Democratic politics
        Dates: 1928, 1933
        Container: Box/Folder 11 / 22
        Location: George G.e. Neill / Clippings

  • Elisha S. Clark

  • George Evans

    • Legal Documents

  • Independent Investment Company

  • Independent Publishing Company

  • Lewis And Clarke Democratic County Central Committee

  • Madison River Improvement Company

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Jeremiah Collins; U.S. Treasury Dept.; Madison County Treasurer; Madison County Clerk and Recorder; U.S. General Land Office; Mabel Deering; Montana Power Company; James T. Fisher; O.A. Fallang; H.L. Kohler, Three Forks Commercial Club; James E. Murray; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
        Dates: 1910, 1921-1938, 1950
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 1
        Location: Madison River Improvement Company / General Correspondence

    • Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

    • Miscellany

  • Montana Outdoor Advertising Company

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include General Outdoor Advertising Company; Packer Advertising Corporation; Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, Inc.; Outdoor Advertising Association of America; Edith Black Lemmon; Helena Development Company; Federal Housing Administration)
        Dates: 1927-1937
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 5
        Location: Montana Outdoor Advertising Company / General Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include Western Air Express Corporation; Edith Black Lemmon; Thomas Cruse Mining and Development Company; Lester Loble; Tiffin Art Metal Company; Standard Sales Service Bulletin; R.H. Fletcher)
        Dates: 1938-1956
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 6
        Location: Montana Outdoor Advertising Company / General Correspondence
      • Description: Miscellaneous (correspondents include R.H. Fletcher; Robert A. Poore)
        Dates: 1957-1961
        Container: Box/Folder 13 / 7
        Location: Montana Outdoor Advertising Company / General Correspondence

    • Financial Records

    • Miscellany

  • Montana Properties Company

  • Montana Rapid Transit Company

  • Transfers To Other Programs

    • Transfers

      • Description: Lists of maps and photographs transferred to Library Map Collection and Photograph Archives respectively
        Dates:
        Container: Box/Folder 15 / 11
        Location: Transfers To Other Programs / Transfers

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Capitols
  • Street-railroads
  • World War, 1914-1918--war work--Montana

Personal Names

  • Neill, John Selby Martin, 1860-1912 (creator)

Geographical Names

  • Beaverhead National Forest (Mont.)
  • Cliff Lake (Mont.)
  • Helena (Mont.)--buildings, structures, etc.
  • Helena (Mont.)--commerce--real estate
  • Helena (Mont.)--politics and government
  • Mount Helena (Mont.)
  • Wade Lake (Mont.)

Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
2004

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