Montana Historical Society
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MC 248
Neill, John Selby Martin,
1860-1912
Neill Family papers
1886-1964
8 linear feet of shelf space
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.
13:1-7
5:8-5 (oversize box)
147:3-1 (volumes)
English
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.
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.
Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Oversize Boxes, Manuscript Volumes,
and Archives Map Case. See inventory below for more information.
Collection open for research.
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.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
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.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Neill, John Selby Martin,
1860-1912
Helena (Mont.)--buildings, structures, etc.
Helena (Mont.)--commerce--real estate
Helena (Mont.)--politics and government
Mount Helena (Mont.)
Beaverhead National Forest (Mont.)
Cliff Lake (Mont.)
Wade Lake (Mont.)
Capitols
Street-railroads
World War, 1914-1918--war work--Montana
Logging
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
John Neill Papers
Biographical Material
1 / 1
Biographical information file (includes obituaries,
biographical sketches, etc.)
1912-1996
John Neill
Incoming Correspondence
1 / 2
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)
1891-1900
1 / 3
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)
1904-1906
1 / 4
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)
1907
1 / 5
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)
1908
1 / 6
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)
1909-1910
1 / 7
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)
1911-1912
Outgoing Correspondence
2 / 1
Letterpress book
1894-1902
2 / 2-5
Miscellaneous
1895, 1905-1912
Miscellaneous Correspondence
2 / 6
W.G. Eggleston to Philadelphia North American;
unidentified writer to Scott R. Fair re pardon for James Harvey Whitton
1900, 1908
Financial Records
3 / 1
Bank papers
1899-1900
3 / 2
Inventory of assets
undated
1
Journal
1889-1909
2
Ledger
1889-1909
3 / 3
Life insurance assessments
1888-1911
3 / 4
Taxes
1889-1912
RESTRICTED
3 / 5
Vouchers
1905-1906
3 / 6
Miscellaneous
1909-1912
Legal Documents
3 / 7
Capital City Improvement Company
1906
3 / 8
Miscellaneous (includes agreements, leases, mining
claims, abstract of title)
1886-1904, undated
Subject Files
3 / 9
Alexander Buchanan's real estate in Superior,
Wisconsin
1891-1902
3 / 10
Calendar Mining Company (Winston, Mont.)
1899-1900
3 / 11
Church and Elliott properties
1902-1908
3 / 12
City Park Syndicate
1889-1894
3 / 13
Democratic Party (includes list of county
committeemen; minutes of Martin Maginnis vs. William A. Clark meeting)
1898-1912
3 / 14
"January", "February", "March", and "April" mining
claims
1896-1902
3 / 15
Madison River Canal
1905
4 / 1
Missouri River Improvement Company; Capital City
Improvement Company; United Missouri River Power Company
1901-1922
4 / 2
Real estate: Helena
1888-1908
4 / 3
Seymour mining claim
1907
4 / 4
Soldiers' land claims (re R.G. Davies and Great
Falls land)
1889-1890
4 / 5
State Capitol site and building (also includes list
of property acquisitions in Northern Pacific Railroad Addition, 1868-1894)
[letterpress copies]
undated
4 / 6
Stillwater mining claim, Jefferson County
1892-1902
4 / 7
Victoria and Blue-Eyed Nellie mining claims,
Jefferson County
1891-1897
4 / 8-9
Violet Jane and Miljour mining claims, Lewis and
Clark County (operated by B.N.J. Miljour)
1898-1906, 1926
Miscellany
4 / 10
Affidavit of M.N. Quentin re alleged political
corruption by Helena Mayor F.J. Edwards
1902
4 / 11
Army discharge of John S.M. Neill
1882
4 / 12
Helena and Livingston Smelting and Refining Company
stockholder list
1897
3-4
Helena real estate lot books (arranged by addition)
circa 1889
4 / 13
Memo book (includes diary entries, lists of Utica
area residents with political affiliation, etc.)
1892
16
Plans and drawings (includes terracing at Central
School, machinery at Lake Superior Carbide Works) [Oversize Box]
undated
1
Plans and drawings (includes State Fair Grounds
Boulevard) [Oversize: See Archives Map Case]
1910, undated
4 / 14
Subscriptions to unidentified enterprise (includes
names of most prominent Helena businessmen)
undated
4 / 15
Writings of unidentified person(s) re railroads,
politics, etc.
1896-1900, undated
4 / 16
Miscellaneous (includes Gold Block and V Building
bond offerings; architectural drawing for Helena depot; lists of companies)
1900, 1911, undated
Clippings
4 / 17
Scrapbook (re Helena real estate, resources, Board
of Trade, etc.)
1889-1890
5 / 1
Scrapbook (re Helena real estate, Sen. Thomas H.
Carter, etc.)
1890
5 / 2
Miscellaneous (re Democratic politics, State
Boulevard, Langhorne case, Thomas H. Carter involvement in Alaska scandal, Martin
Maginnis, Nathaniel Pitt Langford, river navigation, etc.)
1902-1912
John S.m. Neill Estate
Financial Records
5 / 3
Real estate assessment lists; miscellaneous
1912
Legal Documents
5 / 4
Petition of Collins Land Company to City of Helena
1912
Margaret G. Neill
General Correspondence
6 / 1
Charles B. Evans
1905
6 / 2
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)
1913-1943
Court Papers
6 / 3
Margaret G. Neill vs. Jacob P. Nordby
1939-1941
Financial Records
6 / 4
Income distribution from George G. Evans Estate
1904-1906
6 / 5
Taxes
1905-1923
RESTRICTED
6 / 6
Miscellaneous (includes promissory notes, receipts,
checkstubs, invoices, interest payments, Unemployment Compensation Commission forms)
1895-1941
Legal Documents
6 / 7
Miscellaneous (includes applications for city
loans, loan agreements, mortgage)
1912, 1914
Speeches
6 / 8
Red Cross war work
circa 1918
Subject Files
6 / 9
Liberty Loan drive
1917-1919
6 / 10
Real estate: Helena
1909-1928
Miscellany
6 / 11
First Presbyterian Church Helping Hand Society
record book (includes minutes, annual report, membership lists)
1895-1898
6 / 12
First Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid Society
journal
1914-1919
6 / 13
Will of Charles B. Evans
1901
Clippings
6 / 14
Red Cross war work
1918
George G.e. Neill
Incoming Correspondence
7 / 1
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)
1911-1912
7 / 2
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)
1913
7 / 3
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)
1914
7 / 4
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.)
1915
7 / 5
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)
1916
7 / 6
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)
1917
7 / 7
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)
1918
7 / 8
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)
1919
7 / 9
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)
1920
7 / 10
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)
1921
7 / 11
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)
1922-1923
7 / 12
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)
1924
7 / 13
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)
1925
7 / 14
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)
1926
7 / 15
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)
1927
7 / 16
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)
1928
7 / 17
Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott;
Bob Veitch; John G. Brown; C.W. Merrilies)
1929
8 / 1
Miscellaneous (correspondents include G.C. Elliott;
Bob Veitch; Philip G. Cole; Evinrude Division of Outboard Motors Corporation; Walter
H. Wheeler; C.A. Spaulding)
1930
8 / 2
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)
1931
8 / 3
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)
1932
8 / 4
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)
1933
8 / 5
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)
1934
8 / 6
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)
1935
8 / 7
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)
1936
8 / 8
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)
1937
8 / 9
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)
1938
8 / 10
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)
1939
8 / 11
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)
1940
8 / 12
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)
1941
9 / 1
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)
1942
9 / 2
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)
1943
9 / 3
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)
1944
9 / 4
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)
1945-1946
9 / 5
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)
1947-1949
9 / 6
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)
1950-1952
9 / 7
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)
1953-1960, undated
Outgoing Correspondence
9 / 8-15
Miscellaneous
1912-1925
10 / 1-14
Miscellaneous
1926-1944
11 / 1-4
Miscellaneous
1945-1960, undated
11 / 5
Letters of endorsement of George Neill as Receiver
of Helena Land Office
1914, 1920
11 / 6-7
Letters of endorsement of George Neill as Helena
Postmaster
1933
Miscellaneous Correspondence
11 / 8
Miscellaneous (includes W.R. Church to Philip G.
Cole; Ben R. Roberts to A.H. Graham; A.A. Shields to R.H. Fletcher)
1911-1952, undated
Court Papers
11 / 9
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)
1919-1949
Financial Records
11 / 10
Assay reports
1937
11 / 11
Invoices: Montana Club
1908-1927, 1952
11 / 12
Invoices: plumbing (mostly Quincy Hotel)
1921-1935
11 / 13-14
Invoices: miscellaneous
1906-1953
11 / 15
Newark Trust and Safe Deposit Company loan
1913-1945
11 / 16
Taxes: Douglas County, Wisconsin, property
1913-1924
RESTRICTED
11 / 17
Travel voucher for work for Federal Housing
Authority
1934
Legal Documents
11 / 18
Miscellaneous (includes bonds, leases, agreements,
options, Quincy Hotel bills of sale)
1913-1940
Subject Files
11 / 19
Barnes-King Development Company
1908-1922
11 / 20
State Fairgrounds
1909-1914, undated
Miscellaneous
16
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]
1929, 1931, undated
11 / 21
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)
1914-1945, undated
Clippings
11 / 22
Gallatin County Development Association; Democratic
politics
1928, 1933
Elisha S. Clark
Financial Records
11 / 23
Invoices (includes his estate)
1887-1896
George Evans
Legal Documents
11 / 24
Harriet B. Miles Estate
1888-1892
Independent Investment Company
Incoming Correspondence
12 / 1
Miscellaneous (correspondents include U.S. Treasury
Dept., J.W. Power)
1914, 1918
Financial Records
12 / 2
Miscellaneous (includes tax receipts, invoices,
promissory notes, receipts)
1904-1928
RESTRICTED
Legal Documents
12 / 3
Abstracts of title for Independent Building
1904-1928
12 / 4
Miscellaneous (includes deeds, agreements,
applications for city loans, mortgages)
1906-1925
Organization
12 / 5
Articles of incorporation
1906
12 / 6
Minute book
1906-1916
12 / 7
Stock certificates
1906-1918
Independent Publishing Company
General Correspondence
12 / 8
Miscellaneous (correspondents include A.H. Wethey;
R.F. Scott; J. Henry Longmaid; Great Northern Railway Company; H.J. Kelly; Lewis
Penwell; Adams Heating-Plumbing Company; Montana State Boiler Inspector; T.J. Walsh;
J.S. Kirtley)
1904-1926, undated
Court Papers
12 / 9
Fred Whiteside vs. Independent Publishing Company,
et al. complaint
1899
Financial Records
12 / 10
Inventories
1910-1911, undated
12 / 11
Invoices
1918-1934
12 / 12
Plumbing bills
1914, 1921-1934
12 / 13
Miscellaneous (includes claims for "special
arrangements" for newspapers, taxes, promissory notes)
1906-1915, undated
RESTRICTED
Legal Documents
12 / 14
Miscellaneous (includes agreements, leases,
mortgage)
1901-1917
Subject Files
12 / 15
Electric motor
1898-1899
12 / 16-17
State printing contract (includes legislation,
contracts, disputes with other printers, etc.)
1892-1907
Miscellany
16
Architectural drawings by Cass Gilbert for
additions to Independent Building [Overisze Box]
undated
12 / 18
Boiler inspection certificates, list of
stockholders, mailing list
1913-1926, undated
12 / 19
"Specifications for telephone directories to be
furnished Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company"
undated
Lewis And Clarke Democratic County Central Committee
Miscellany
5-6
Poll books (lists registered Democrats in each ward
of Helena and in each community in the county)
circa 1900
Madison River Improvement Company
General Correspondence
13 / 1
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)
1910, 1921-1938, 1950
Financial Records
13 / 2
Taxes
1919-1937
RESTRICTED
Legal Documents
13 / 3
Deed from Reynolds Prosser for land along Madison
River
1920
Miscellany
13 / 4
Sketch maps, assay reports, lists of land
1909-1937, undated
Montana Outdoor Advertising Company
General Correspondence
13 / 5
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)
1927-1937
13 / 6
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)
1938-1956
13 / 7
Miscellaneous (correspondents include R.H.
Fletcher; Robert A. Poore)
1957-1961
Financial Records
13 / 8
Financial summary and real estate sales
1952-1958
Miscellany
13 / 9
List of sign locations; charter for Outdoor
Advertising Association of Montana
1929, 1957
Montana Properties Company
General Correspondence
13 / 10
Miscellaneous (correspondents include William
Scallon; U.S. Treasury Dept.; Edmond G. Toomey)
1917-1947
Court Papers
13 / 11
City of Helena vs. Montana Properties Company
1939-1941
Legal Documents
13 / 12
Deeds
1921, 1925
Montana Rapid Transit Company
General Correspondence
14 / 1
Miscellaneous (correspondents include William A.
Clark; W.H. Gerry, Jr.; Helena Commercial Club; Northern Pacific Railway Company;
Collins Land Company; U.S. Secretary of Interior; J.C. Thompson; W.R. Allen; F.W.
Bibb; A.B. Leach and Company; Butte Electric Railway Company; Marcus L. Hewett; J.C.
Pyle; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company; Alhambra Hot Springs Hotel)
1908-1909
14 / 2
Miscellaneous (correspondents include J.W.
McFarland; Great Northern Railway Company; Marcus L. Hewett; Conrad-Stanford
Company; A.B. Leach and Company; W.H. Gerry, Jr.; A.J. Earling, Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railway Company; A.W. Verharen; A.C. Pratt; E.C. Day; J.G. White and
Company; Paul T. Brady; Samuel MacLean; J. Miller Smith)
1910-1911, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1927
Employment Records
16
Payroll [ Oversize Box]
1909
Financial Records
14 / 3
Bank book and deposit slips
1912-1922
14 / 4
Cancelled checks: money advanced to company by
Neill and Gerry
1909-1915
14 / 5
Checkstubs
1909-1922
14 / 6
Financial summaries
1910, undated
14 / 7
Insurance
1911-1914
7
Ledger
1909-1922
8
Report on ticket sales at Jefferson City, Corbin,
Clancy, Alhambra, etc. [Great Northern Railway Company?]
1910-1911
14 / 9
Taxes
1909, 1922
RESTRICTED
14 / 10
Transcript of books
1909-1913
14 / 11
Trial balances
1909-1921
14 / 12
U.S. capital stock tax returns
1917-1925
RESTRICTED
16
U.S. and Montana corporate tax returns [Oversize Box]
1909-1922
RESTRICTED
14 / 13-14
Vouchers
1912-1918
14 / 15
Miscellaneous
1909-1922
Legal Documents
14 / 16-17
Miscellaneous (includes deeds, rights-of-way,
agreements, etc.)
1908-1914, 1939-1940
Organization
15 / 1
Annual statements of corporation
1910-1922
15 / 2
Certificate of increase in stock, certificate of
change of location, dissolution, etc.
1909-1910, 1925
15 / 3-4
Record books (includes minutes, articles of
incorporation, bylaws, legal documents, etc.)
1909-1924
15 / 5
Stock and bond certificates
1909-1924
15 / 6
Subscription certificates
1909
15 / 7-8
Miscellaneous (includes proxies, meeting notices,
lists of stockholders, etc.)
1909-1924
Printed Material
15 / 9
"Montana Rapid Transit Company: Helena and Butte
Interurban"
circa 1909
Miscellany
15 / 10
Lists of properties acquired by company
1909-1910
1
Plans and drawings: route of Montana Rapid Transit
Company tracks through Helena and East Helena [Oversize: See Archives Map Case]
undated
Transfers To Other Programs
Transfers
15 / 11
Lists of maps and photographs transferred to
Library Map Collection and Photograph Archives respectively