MZFCollection2619.xml Guide to the Craig Mathews Papers1961-2016 Craig Mathews Papers Kim Allen Scott, 2017 Montana State University-Bozeman Library
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Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition) Montana State University-Bozeman 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 2619, MtBC, us Mathews, Craig, 1949- Craig Mathews Papers 1961-2016 4.6 linear feet 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. Collection materials are in 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.

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.

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

This collection is open for research.

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.

This collection was processed 2017 September 25

 Fishing and Canning Montana Photographs Moving Images 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.

 1/1 A 1/2 Atkin, Darwin 1/3 B 1/4 Baker, Palmer 1/5 Bitton, Dennis 1/6 Boyle, Robert 1/7 Brokaw, Tom 1/8 Brooks, Charlie and Gracie 1/9 Brown, Dick 1/10 C 1/11 Carter, Jimmy

(President)

 1/12 Yvon, Chouinard 1/13 D 1/14 Droetto, Angelo 1/15 E 1/16 F 1/17 G 1/18 Gartside, Jack 1/19 Goddard, John 1/20 H 1/21 Hall, Dave 1/22 I 1/23 J 1/24 K 1/25 Klinkenborg, Verlyn 1/26 Kreh, Lefty

(Bernard)

 1/27 L 1/28 Luallen, Wayne 1/29 Lyons, Nick 1/30-34 Lyons, Nick (cont.) 1/35 M 1/36 N 1/37 O 1/38 P 1/39 R 1/40 S 1/41 Schaplow, Barry 1/42 T 1/43 V 1/44 Voelker, John 2/1 Voss-Bark, Conrad and Anne 2/2 W 2/3 Wellington, Charles 2/4 Wellington, Herbert 2/5-6 Wellington, Herbert (cont.) 2/7 Wilson, Dermot 2/8 Woods, Robert 3/1 Y 3/2 Z 3/3 Zackheim, Hugh 3/4 Unidentified Correspondence 3/5 Outgoing Correspondence 1981 3/6 Outgoing Correspondence 1990 3/7 Outgoing Correspondence 1995 3/8 Outgoing Correspondence 1998 3/9 Outgoing Correspondence 2000 3/10 Outgoing Correspondence 2002 3/11 Outgoing Correspondence undated 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.

 4/1 Brief on "Waterborne" 4/2 Fly Tyer's Licensing Agreement, Umpqua Feather Merchants 4/3 Greycliff Publishing: Contracts 4/4 Invoices 4/5 Ledger 1983 4/6 Licenses/Permits/Tags/etc. 4/7 Licenses/Permits/Tags/etc. (cont.) 4/8 Lyons and Burford Publishers 4/9 Lyons Press 4/10 Miscellaneous Membership Cards 4/11 Publishing Agreements and Briefs 4/12 Receipts and Bills 4/13 R.L. Winston Co. Pro Staff Agreement 4/14 Tickets and Warnings 4/15 Trout Report Forms 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.

 4/16 1988 in Review and 1989 New Fly Patterns: Drafts 4/17 Adult Nature Stones: Edited Draft 4/18 "An Annotated List of Yellowstone Area Trout Stream Trichoptera and Ephemeroptera, with Reference to Emergence Dates" by John Juracek: Edited Drafts 1986 4/19 Author Bios 4/20 Author Notes and Miscellaneous Drafts 4/21 Caddis Flies III: Notes 4/22 The Complete Fly-Fisherman's Guide to Stoneflies: Draft and Correspondence 1990 4/23 Crabs, the #1 Bonefish Food, Effective and easy to Tie Patterns: Draft 4/24 Draft Material on Bonefish, Crab, Shrimp and Clam Patterns 4/25 Draft, Notes, and Correspondence on Sparkle Duns and X-Caddis Patterns 4/26 An Early Season Letter from Yellowstone: Draft 4/27 An Early Season Letter from Yellowstone and Southwestern Montana: Drafts 4/28 Exploring Yellowstone's Underfished and Overlooked Waters: Draft 4/29 Fishing Yellowstone Waters: Revisions for Revised Edition 4/30 Fly Fishing for Bonefish: Draft with Note from Dick Brown 4/31 Fly-Fishing the Madison: Correspondence 4/32 Fly-Fishing the Madison: Audio Tape Transcription 4/33 Fly-Fishing the Madison: 1st Draft 4/34 Fly-Fishing the Madison: Edited Draft 2000 4/35 Fly-Fishing the Madison: Edited Draft 4/36 Fly-Fishing the Madison: Dummy Copy with Edits from the Editor 2001 4/37 Fly-Fishing in Ireland: Edited Draft

(Unknown Author)

 4/38 Fly Patterns of Yellowstone 2nd Edition: Draft 4/39 Fly Patterns of Yellowstone 2nd Edition: Edited Draft 4/40 Great Fly Fishing Areas Yellowstone National Park: Draft 4/41 Innovative Flies and Conservation from Slough Creek to the Salt: Draft 4/42 A Letter from Yellowstone Country: Draft 4/43 "The Law": Handwritten Poem 4/44 Miscellaneous Author Notes 4/45-46 Miscellaneous Author Notes (cont.) 4/47 Miscellaneous Drafts 4/48-49 Miscellaneous Draft on Nymph Fishing 4/50 Montana Paradise: Edited Draft 4/51 The Professionals' 100 Favorite Fly Patterns: Draft 4/52 The Professionals' 100 Favorite Fly Patterns: Correspondence 4/53 The River Rap Series the Madison River with Craig Mathews and Gary LaFontaine 4/54-56 Simple Fly Fishing Techniques for Tenkara and Rod and Reel: Draft 4/57 Simple Fly Fishing Techniques for Tenkara and Rod and Reel: Draft with Notes 4/58 Simple Fly Fishing Techniques for Tenkara and Rod and Reel: Correspondence 4/59 So You're Coming to Yellowstone Country: Drafts 4/60 A Spring Letter from Yellowstone Country: Draft 4/61 Synthetic and Natural Materials in Fly Tying: Draft 1990 4/62 Underfished and Overlooked Waters of Yellowstone Country: Drafts 4/63 The Waters of Yellowstone with Rod and Fly: Intro Draft and Correspondence 1999 4/64 The Waters of Yellowstone with Rod and Fly: Edited Draft and Notes 4/65 Wild Trout Journal: Dummy Copy 1995 4/66 Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide: Edited Draft 4/67 In Yellowstone, A Sacred Trust Betrayed, by Mike Finely: Edited Draft 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.

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

 5/68 Compact Disc: 206 Photographs of a 1% for the Planet Dinner: New York 2009 5/69 Compact Disc: 7 Photographs of Nick Lyons and Photo Index 5/70 Compact Disc: 76 Photographs of Sadler Wedding, 2006 and 51 Photographs on Separate Disc 2006 5/71 Compact Disc: 69 Photographs of Moonlight Basin 5/72 Compact Disc: One Photograph of Dan Callaghan 5/73 Compact Disc: 5 Images of Craig and Jackie Mathews 5/74 Compact Disc: 164 Images of Yellowstone in the 1900's 5/75 Compact Disc: 36 Photographs of Yellowstone in the 1950's 5/76 Compact Disc: 141 Photographs of fishing in Yellowstone National Park 5/77 Compact Disc: 84 Photographs of a Alaska Fishing Trip 2006 5/78 Compact Disc: 87 Photographs of fishing and Wildlife in Montana 2006 5/79 Photographs 5/80-84 Photographs (cont.) 5/85 Signed Photograph of Jimmy Carter 5/86 Slides 5/87 Compact Disc: Wild Trout 30th Anniversary PowerPoint 5/88 DVD: 7 Videos and a Slideshow on Buffalo in Yellowstone 5/89 DVD: Promotional Video for Montana 5/90 DVD: Promotional Video for Papoose Creek Lodge and Two Power Points on Separate Disc 5/91 DVD: Video of Charlie Brooks Tying Flies in 1985 5/92 DVD: Video of Wolverine Capture and Release 5/93 DVD: The Wildlife of Yellowstone 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.

 5/94 Appointment Book 1981-1982 5/95 Appointment Book 1987 5/96 Art Print from Mark Steele 6/1 Calendar/Desk Diary 1986 6/2 Certificates/Awards/Degree 6/3 Day Book 1972 6/4 Day Book 1973 6/5 Day Book 1974 6/6 Day Book 1975 6/7 Day Book 1976 6/8 Day Book 1977 6/9 Day Book 1978 6/10 Day Book 1979 6/11 Day Book 1980 6/12 Drawing with Inscription 6/13 Elk Ivory 6/14 Family Calendar 1996 6/15 Feathers 6/16 Federation of Fly Fishers: Ribbons and Patch 6/17 Fishing Log 1968 6/18 Fishing Log 1968-1977 6/19 Fishing Log 1981 6/20 Fishing Log 1993-1994 6/21 Fishing Log 1995-1996 6/22 Flies 6/23 Flies (cont.) 6/24 Flies in Leather Case 6/25 Journal circa 1982 6/26 Journal 1995-2002 6/27 Lee Wulff's Flies of the Future Tying Kit 6/28 Name Tags and Placards 6/29 Picture of Trout with Inscription 6/30 Spool of Fishing Line Sent by Nick Lyons 6/31 Wool Tie with Embroidery * 7 Oversize Material