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Craig Mathews Papers, 1961-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Mathews, Craig, 1949-
Title: Craig Mathews Papers
Dates: 1961-2016
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Quantity: 4.6 linear feet
Collection Number: Collection 2619, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Craig Mathews papers consist of correspondence, financial and legal documents, manuscript material, printed material, photographs, other media, and memorabilia and realia. Materials include: letters from prominent individuals such as President Jimmy Carter, NBC correspondent Tom Brokaw, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, and fly fishing legend Lefty Kreh, various manuscript material pertaining to Mathews’ work as an author, a signed photograph of Jimmy Carter, and journals and day books in which Mathews recorded his day to day activities as well as his experiences fishing in Montana and around the world.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical Note

Craig Mathews was born in 1949 in Michigan. Mathews moved to West Yellowstone, Montana in 1979 where he worked as the chief of police. In 1980, Mathews and his wife, Jacquelyn, founded Blue Ribbon Flies, a fly shop based out of West Yellowstone, Montana. The Mathews have dedicated their lives to conservation efforts and fly fishing, as well as supporting many other conservation organizations, the Mathews are cofounders of 1% for the Planet. Along with being a conservationist, businessman, and prominent angler, Mathews is also an accomplished angling author, with titles including: Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide, Western Fly-Fishing Strategies, and Fly Fishing the Madison. The Mathews sold Blue Ribbon Flies in 2014, and now reside in Cameron, Montana.

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Content Description

The Craig Mathews papers consist of correspondence, financial and legal documents, manuscript material, printed material, photographs, other media, and memorabilia and realia. Materials include: letters from prominent individuals such as President Jimmy Carter, NBC correspondent Tom Brokaw, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, and fly fishing legend Lefty Kreh, various manuscript material pertaining to Mathews’ work as an author, a signed photograph of Jimmy Carter, and journals and day books in which Mathews recorded his day to day activities as well as his experiences fishing in Montana and around the world.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Series 1 Correspondence

Series 2 Financial and legal documents

Series 3 Manuscript material

Series 4 Printed material

Series 5 Photographs

Series 6 Realia and memorabilia

Acquisition Information

Original correspondence, manuscripts and photographs created or collected by Craig Matthews of Cameron, Montana were donated to Montana State University by him on January 30, 2017.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2017 September 25

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Series 1: Correspondence

This series includes personal correspondence with clients and friends of the Mathews family. Notable correspondents include: Tom Brokaw, Yvon Chouinard, President Jimmy Carter, Brian Schweitzer, John Tester and Max Baucus. There is also a wealth of letters received from Nick Lyons of the Lyons Press, as well as from Herbert Wellington. This series is organized alphabetically, in situations where one sender has a wealth of letters, that sender was designated his/her own folder.
- Description: A
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Atkin, Darwin
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: B
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Baker, Palmer
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/4
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Bitton, Dennis
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/5
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Boyle, Robert
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/6
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Brokaw, Tom
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/7
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Brooks, Charlie and Gracie
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/8
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Brown, Dick
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/9
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: C
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/10
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Carter, Jimmy
  
  (President)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/11
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Yvon, Chouinard
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/12
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: D
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/13
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Droetto, Angelo
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/14
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: E
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/15
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: F
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/16
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: G
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/17
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Gartside, Jack
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/18
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Goddard, John
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/19
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: H
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/20
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Hall, Dave
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/21
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: I
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/22
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: J
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/23
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: K
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/24
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Klinkenborg, Verlyn
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/25
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Kreh, Lefty
  
  (Bernard)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/26
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: L
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/27
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Luallen, Wayne
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/28
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Lyons, Nick
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/29
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Lyons, Nick (cont.)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/30-34
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: M
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/35
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: N
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/36
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: O
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/37
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: P
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/38
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: R
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/39
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: S
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/40
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Schaplow, Barry
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/41
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: T
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/42
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: V
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/43
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Voelker, John
  
  Container: Box/Folder 1/44
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Voss-Bark, Conrad and Anne
  
  Container: Box/Folder 2/1
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: W
  
  Container: Box/Folder 2/2
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Wellington, Charles
  
  Container: Box/Folder 2/3
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Wellington, Herbert
  
  Container: Box/Folder 2/4
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Wellington, Herbert (cont.)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 2/5-6
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Wilson, Dermot
  
  Container: Box/Folder 2/7
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Woods, Robert
  
  Container: Box/Folder 2/8
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Y
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/1
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Z
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/2
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Zackheim, Hugh
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/3
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Unidentified Correspondence
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/4
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Outgoing Correspondence
  
  Dates: 1981
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/5
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Outgoing Correspondence
  
  Dates: 1990
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/6
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Outgoing Correspondence
  
  Dates: 1995
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/7
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Outgoing Correspondence
  
  Dates: 1998
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/8
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Outgoing Correspondence
  
  Dates: 2000
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/9
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Outgoing Correspondence
  
  Dates: 2002
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/10
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
- Description: Outgoing Correspondence
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box/Folder 3/11
  
  Location: Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Financial and legal documents

This series includes invoices and ledgers pertaining to Blue Ribbon Flies, hunting licenses and fishing permits, publishing contracts, tickets and warnings Mathews received over his lifetime, and other material pertaining to Mathews’ life as a business man and author.
- Description: Brief on "Waterborne"
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/1
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Fly Tyer's Licensing Agreement, Umpqua Feather Merchants
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/2
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Greycliff Publishing: Contracts
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/3
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Invoices
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/4
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Ledger
  
  Dates: 1983
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/5
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Licenses/Permits/Tags/etc.
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/6
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Licenses/Permits/Tags/etc. (cont.)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/7
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Lyons and Burford Publishers
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/8
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Lyons Press
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/9
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Miscellaneous Membership Cards
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/10
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Publishing Agreements and Briefs
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/11
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Receipts and Bills
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/12
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: R.L. Winston Co. Pro Staff Agreement
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/13
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Tickets and Warnings
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/14
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
- Description: Trout Report Forms
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/15
  
  Location: Series 2: Financial and legal documents
Series 3: Manuscript material

This series includes material pertaining to Mathews’ work as an angling author, such as drafts of books and articles, as well as correspondence with publishers and editors pertaining to these works. Included are drafts of articles and books written by Mathews such as Fly-Fishing the Madison, and “A Letter from Yellowstone Country.” Along with material written by Mathews, there are also edited drafts sent to Mathews by other authors such as John Juracek.
- Description: 1988 in Review and 1989 New Fly Patterns: Drafts
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/16
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Adult Nature Stones: Edited Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/17
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: "An Annotated List of Yellowstone Area Trout Stream Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera, with Reference to Emergence Dates" by John Juracek: Edited Drafts
  
  Dates: 1986
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/18
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Author Bios
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/19
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Author Notes and Miscellaneous Drafts
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/20
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Caddis Flies III: Notes
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/21
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: The Complete Fly-Fisherman's Guide to Stoneflies: Draft and Correspondence
  
  Dates: 1990
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/22
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Crabs, the #1 Bonefish Food, Effective and easy to Tie Patterns: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/23
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Draft Material on Bonefish, Crab, Shrimp and Clam Patterns
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/24
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Draft, Notes, and Correspondence on Sparkle Duns and X-Caddis Patterns
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/25
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: An Early Season Letter from Yellowstone: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/26
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: An Early Season Letter from Yellowstone and Southwestern Montana: Drafts
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/27
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Exploring Yellowstone's Underfished and Overlooked Waters: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/28
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fishing Yellowstone Waters: Revisions for Revised Edition
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/29
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly Fishing for Bonefish: Draft with Note from Dick Brown
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/30
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly-Fishing the Madison: Correspondence
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/31
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly-Fishing the Madison: Audio Tape Transcription
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/32
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly-Fishing the Madison: 1st Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/33
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly-Fishing the Madison: Edited Draft
  
  Dates: 2000
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/34
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly-Fishing the Madison: Edited Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/35
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly-Fishing the Madison: Dummy Copy with Edits from the Editor
  
  Dates: 2001
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/36
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly-Fishing in Ireland: Edited Draft
  
  (Unknown Author)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/37
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly Patterns of Yellowstone 2nd Edition: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/38
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Fly Patterns of Yellowstone 2nd Edition: Edited Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/39
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Great Fly Fishing Areas Yellowstone National Park: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/40
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Innovative Flies and Conservation from Slough Creek to the Salt: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/41
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: A Letter from Yellowstone Country: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/42
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: "The Law": Handwritten Poem
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/43
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Miscellaneous Author Notes
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/44
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Miscellaneous Author Notes (cont.)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/45-46
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Miscellaneous Drafts
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/47
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Miscellaneous Draft on Nymph Fishing
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/48-49
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Montana Paradise: Edited Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/50
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: The Professionals' 100 Favorite Fly Patterns: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/51
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: The Professionals' 100 Favorite Fly Patterns: Correspondence
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/52
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: The River Rap Series the Madison River with Craig Mathews and Gary LaFontaine
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/53
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Simple Fly Fishing Techniques for Tenkara and Rod and Reel: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/54-56
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Simple Fly Fishing Techniques for Tenkara and Rod and Reel: Draft with Notes
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/57
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Simple Fly Fishing Techniques for Tenkara and Rod and Reel: Correspondence
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/58
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: So You're Coming to Yellowstone Country: Drafts
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/59
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: A Spring Letter from Yellowstone Country: Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/60
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Synthetic and Natural Materials in Fly Tying: Draft
  
  Dates: 1990
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/61
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Underfished and Overlooked Waters of Yellowstone Country: Drafts
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/62
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: The Waters of Yellowstone with Rod and Fly: Intro Draft and Correspondence
  
  Dates: 1999
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/63
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: The Waters of Yellowstone with Rod and Fly: Edited Draft and Notes
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/64
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Wild Trout Journal: Dummy Copy
  
  Dates: 1995
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/65
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide: Edited Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/66
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
- Description: In Yellowstone, A Sacred Trust Betrayed, by Mike Finely: Edited Draft
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/67
  
  Location: Series 3: Manuscript material
Series 4: Printed material

This series consists of published material Mathews collected over his lifetime. Included material: fishing and hunting catalogues, business cards, posters, magazines and magazine articles, Blue Ribbon Flies catalogues and fishing maps, invitations, brochures, pamphlets, material on the Federation of Fly Fishers, along with other material pertaining to fishing, hunting and Mathews’ life. This series contains oversized materials that have been separated from the series, the separation is denoted by an asterisk (*) next to the folder from which the material was removed.
- Description: Adams Angling and Hunting Books and Paraphernalia: Catalog
  
  Dates: 1990
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/68
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Address List
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/69
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: American Association of Professional Fly Tyers
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/70
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Anglers’ Club of New York: Member Lists, Invitations, etc.
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/71
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: The Anglers’ Club of New York Auction Catalogues
  
  Dates: 1988-2001
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/72
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: The Anglers’ Club of New York Auction Catalogues
  
  Dates: 2003-2016
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/73
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Angling
  
  Dates: September 1988
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/74
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Bank Notes
  
  Dates: Spring 2007
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/75
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Blue Ribbon Flies: Catalogues and Newsletters
  
  Dates: 1983-2009
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/76
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Blue Ribbon Flies: Fishing Maps
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/77
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Bob Jacklin’s Fly Shop Catalogue and Newsletter
  
  Dates: 1984
  
  Container: Box/Folder 4/78
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: The Boone and Crocket Club: Invitation
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/1
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Bud Lilly's Catalogue
  
  Dates: 1979; 1982
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/2
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Business Cards
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/3
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Class Reunion Brochure
  
  Dates: 1967
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/4
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Confluence: Art and the Trout Fly: Brochure
  
  Dates: 1999
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/5
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: The Covered Wagon Ranch
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/6
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: DePuy's Spring Creek: Fishing Map and Hatch Chart
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/7
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: DePuy's Spring Creek Regulations
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/8
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Ducks Unlimited: Banquet Program
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/9
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Ennis Fly Fishing Festival: Brochure
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/10
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Federation of Fly Fishers
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/11
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Field and Stream
  
  Dates: February 1993
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/12
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Fly Tying Materials Conclave
  
  Dates: 1991
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/13
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Funeral Programs and Memorials
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/14
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Gallatin River Celebration
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/15
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Greater Yellowstone Coalition
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/16
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Guardians of the River Gala Banquet
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/17
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Head Waters Fly Fishers: Festival of Fly Fishing
  
  Dates: 2007
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/18
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Hebgen Reservoir Fisheries Management History
  
  Dates: 1954-1979
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/19
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Henry's Fork Anglers Inc.
  
  Dates: 1982
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/20
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: HMH Tying Tools
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/21
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Hunter's Angling Supplies
  
  Dates: 1985
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/22
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Invitations
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/23
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Judith Bowman Books: Catalogues
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/24
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Kaweah Flyfishers: Newsletters
  
  Dates: 1989
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/25
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Madison River Foundation
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/26
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Magic Valley Fly Fishers 30th Annual Banquet
  
  Dates: 1999
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/27
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Mari Lyons: Show Announcement
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/28
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Mending the Line
  
  Dates: 1990; 2001
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/29
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Miscellaneous Magazine Articles
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/30
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Miscellaneous Printed Material
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/31
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: The Montana Fly Fishing Report
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/32
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Montana's Three Seasons: George Roemhild
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/33
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Montana Trout Foundation
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/34
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: MSU Library 2016 Trout and Salmonid Lecture: Brochure
  
  Dates: 2016
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/35
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Natural Habitat: Catalogue
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/36
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: NBC's Smith River Calendar*
  
  Dates: 1994
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/37
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: News Clippings
  
  Dates: 1961-1992
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/38
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: News Clippings
  
  Dates: 1992-2015
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/39
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: News Clippings
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/40
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Nick Lyons Acceptance Words
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/41
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: One Percent For the Planet
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/42
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Pamphlets
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/43
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Patagonia
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/44
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Paul Pursell Outdoor Books: Catalogue
  
  Dates: Fall 1987
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/45
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Poems
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/46
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Post Cards
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/47
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Posters
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/48
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Publicity
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/49
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: River Rap Series
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/50
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/51
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Slacklines
  
  Dates: 1996
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/52
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Some Call It Madness: Bob Jackson
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/53
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Spanierman Gallery, LLC
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/54
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Stickers
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/55
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Suncoast Sportsmen's Association: Program
  
  Dates: 1989
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/56
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Thoughts on Angling
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/57
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Three Dollar Bridge Project: Pamphlet/Maps/etc.
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/58
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Trout Unlimited
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/59
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Trout Unlimited: Big Blackfoot Chapter
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/60
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: The Trust for Public Land
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/61
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Wedding Announcements
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/62
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: West Yellowstone Fly Fishers
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/63
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Wild Trout Symposium
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/64
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Yellowstone Art Center's 27th Annual Art Auction: Brochure
  
  Dates: 1995
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/65
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Yellowstone National Park
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/66
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
- Description: Yellowstone Park Foundation
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/67
  
  Location: Series 4: Printed material
Series 5: Photographs

This series includes Compact Discs containing photographs as well as printed photographs. Images of fishing trips Mathews took, a signed photograph of President Jimmy Carter, photographs of Craig and Jackie in front of Blue Ribbon flies, as well as photographs of the wildlife and scenery of Montana are the subjects of these pictures. Other media collected by Mathews includes: PowerPoint presentations, promotional videos, and videos pertaining to the wildlife in Yellowstone National Park.
- Description: Compact Disc: 206 Photographs of a 1% for the Planet Dinner: New York
  
  Dates: 2009
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/68
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 7 Photographs of Nick Lyons and Photo Index
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/69
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 76 Photographs of Sadler Wedding, 2006 and 51 Photographs on Separate Disc
  
  Dates: 2006
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/70
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 69 Photographs of Moonlight Basin
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/71
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: One Photograph of Dan Callaghan
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/72
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 5 Images of Craig and Jackie Mathews
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/73
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 164 Images of Yellowstone in the 1900's
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/74
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 36 Photographs of Yellowstone in the 1950's
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/75
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 141 Photographs of fishing in Yellowstone National Park
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/76
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 84 Photographs of a Alaska Fishing Trip
  
  Dates: 2006
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/77
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: 87 Photographs of fishing and Wildlife in Montana
  
  Dates: 2006
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/78
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Photographs
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/79
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Photographs (cont.)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/80-84
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Signed Photograph of Jimmy Carter
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/85
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Slides
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/86
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: Compact Disc: Wild Trout 30th Anniversary PowerPoint
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/87
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: DVD: 7 Videos and a Slideshow on Buffalo in Yellowstone
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/88
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: DVD: Promotional Video for Montana
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/89
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: DVD: Promotional Video for Papoose Creek Lodge and Two Power Points on Separate Disc
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/90
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: DVD: Video of Charlie Brooks Tying Flies in 1985
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/91
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: DVD: Video of Wolverine Capture and Release
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/92
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
- Description: DVD: The Wildlife of Yellowstone
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/93
  
  Location: Series 5: Photographs
Series 6: Memorabilia and realia

This series includes collected memorabilia and realia pertaining to Mathews' life as an angler. Included are appointment books, journals, fishing logs, flies tied by Mathews, day books, certificates and awards, Mathews' bachelor degree, and artwork. This series contains oversized materials that have been separated from the series, the separation is denoted by an asterisk (*) next to the folder from which the material was removed.
- Description: Appointment Book
  
  Dates: 1981-1982
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/94
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Appointment Book
  
  Dates: 1987
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/95
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Art Print from Mark Steele
  
  Container: Box/Folder 5/96
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Calendar/Desk Diary
  
  Dates: 1986
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/1
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Certificates/Awards/Degree
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/2
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1972
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/3
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1973
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/4
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1974
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/5
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1975
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/6
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1976
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/7
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1977
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/8
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1978
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/9
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1979
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/10
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Day Book
  
  Dates: 1980
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/11
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Drawing with Inscription
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/12
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Elk Ivory
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/13
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Family Calendar
  
  Dates: 1996
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/14
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Feathers
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/15
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Federation of Fly Fishers: Ribbons and Patch
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/16
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Fishing Log
  
  Dates: 1968
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/17
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Fishing Log
  
  Dates: 1968-1977
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/18
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Fishing Log
  
  Dates: 1981
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/19
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Fishing Log
  
  Dates: 1993-1994
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/20
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Fishing Log
  
  Dates: 1995-1996
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/21
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Flies
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/22
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Flies (cont.)
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/23
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Flies in Leather Case
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/24
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Journal
  
  Dates: circa 1982
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/25
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Journal
  
  Dates: 1995-2002
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/26
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Lee Wulff's Flies of the Future Tying Kit
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/27
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Name Tags and Placards
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/28
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Picture of Trout with Inscription
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/29
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Spool of Fishing Line Sent by Nick Lyons
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/30
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Wool Tie with Embroidery *
  
  Container: Box/Folder 6/31
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia
- Description: Oversize Material
  
  Container: Box 7
  
  Location: Series 6: Memorabilia and realia

Craig Mathews Papers, 1961-2016

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 2: Financial and legal documents

Series 3: Manuscript material

Series 4: Printed material

Series 5: Photographs

Series 6: Memorabilia and realia

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