MZFCollection0326.xml Guide to the Benjamin Dailey Diary 1866 July 26-1866 September 9 Dailey (Benjamin) Diary 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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Finding aid encoded by ArchProteus2012 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
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 326, MtBC, us Dailey, Benjamin, 1830-1884 Benjamin Dailey Diary 1866 July 26-1866 September 9 1 item The Benjamin Dailey Diary is a photocopy of a typed transcription taken from the original, July 26-September, 1866, whose location is unknown. Collection materials are in English Biographical Note

Benjamin Dailey was a Montana pioneer who traveled west in 1866. He probably started his trip along the Platte River Road before turning north with his party along the Bozeman Road on July 26, 1866. Dailey recorded the party's progress with lengthy entries that give detailed description of the countryside, Indian rumors, encounters with soldiers, and other incidents along the trail. The Dailey party arrived in Virginia City on September 8, 1866.

The Benjamin Dailey diary is a photocopy of a typed transcription taken from the original whose location is unknown. An additional copy of the diary, containing entries beyond 1866, is located at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana.

This collection is open for research.

A photocopied typed transcription of the Benjamin Dailey diary was donated to Special Collections by Louise Merrilies of Butte, Montana on August 24, 1965.

This collection was processed 2009 February 5

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