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Clarence P. and Harriet W. Tooley Papers, 1884-1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Tooley, Clarence P., 1873-1918
Title
Clarence P. and Harriet W. Tooley Papers
Dates
1884-1950 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.2 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 155
Summary
Clarence Tooley (1873-1918) was a Harlowton and Two Dot, Montana, banker, ranch investor, real estate and insurance agent. Collection (1884-1950) includes correspondence, financial records, and subject files for the Bank of Wheatland County; the Two Dot Land and Livestock Company; Tooley, Baxter and Tice Bankers; and the Golden Valley Land Company. His wife Harriet Waldorf Tooley (1877-1955) continued to operate the businesses after his death in 1918.
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
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

Clarence P. Tooley, born in Evanston, Wyoming, on August 31, 1873, moved with his parents to Castle, Montana, at the age of 12. As a young man he located in Twodot and invested in a chain of area general merchandise stores. Through this venture he was first associated with Ernest C. Baxter who became a life-long business partner. Beginning in 1905 Tooley and Baxter formed at least two ranching businesses; the Twodot Land and Livestock Company and the Tooley-Baxter Land and Livestock Company. Together these companies managed the Linton, Duffey, and Tice ranches totalling more than 20,000 acres. In addition to their ranching enterprises, Tooley and Baxter were also interested in banking. In 1906 they joined with Dr. Henry B. Tice to organize Tooley, Baxter and Tice Banking House, the second Musselshell Valley bank, located in Twodot. In later years beginning in 1917, the Bank of Wheatland County opened at Harlowton with C.P. Tooley as president and E.C. Baxter as secretary and cashier. C.P. Tooley was also active in other commercial ventures including the wool trade, the insurance business, and general land sales, as the secretary of the Golden Valley Land Company of Harlowton. A Republican, Tooley was elected representative from Meagher County in 1903 and served as the county's state senator during the years 1905-1911. During his legislative career he worked for the creation of Wheatland County and with the success of that effort he was selected as the county's first Republican nominee for state senate in 1918. However, on October 10, 1918, shortly before the election, Tooley died from pneumonia during the Spanish influenza epidemic. Following Tooley's death, his widow Harriet Waldorf Tooley continued his business activities. Born on February 17, 1877, in Hays, Kansas, Mrs. Tooley was a member of the first graduating class of the Montana State Normal College at Dillon in 1898. She and Senator Tooley met in Helena during a legislative session and were married on April 27, 1910. Harriet Tooley remained active in the Twodot Land and Livestock Company and the Golden Valley Land Company and became the Harlowton agent for numerous insurance companies. In addition, she continued buying and selling wool and at one time was recognized as the only woman wool buyer in the world. Harriet Tooley died in Great Falls on November 16, 1955.

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Content Description

This collection includes correspondence, financial records, and subject files. The materials mostly concern the Tooleys' business activities and reflect very little of their private life. Best documented is the insurance business for the years 1919-1926 when Harriet Tooley was an active agent for several companies. There is little information for the Tooley's wool buying business. The collection is comprised of three subgroups, the first two of which are for Clarence P. Tooley and Harriet W. Tooley . The third subgroup is entitled " Tooley Business Interests " and includes materials from the Golden Valley Land Company; Bank of Wheatland County; Twodot Land and Livestock Company; Tooley-Baxter Land and Livestock Company; Tooley, Baxter and Tice Banking House; miscellaneous insurance companies; and other business interests. The Ernest C. Baxter Papers (Manuscript Collection 156) also contains materials of some Tooley-Baxter businesses.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by subgroup and series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

available upon request

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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

  • Clarence P. Tooley

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: A (correspondents include Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, C.F. Angell)
        Dates: 1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Bankers Insurance Company
        Dates: 1917
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Banking Corporation of Montana at Helena
        Dates: 1916-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: B-E (correspondents include J.B. Baird, Joseph Binnard, E.A. Bradley, Mr. Burke the Land Man, Elmer J. Carter, Chouteau County Abstract Company, F.A. Clarke, Emma Converse, Mina Corsant, R.D. Crowder, Neil Curry, Lee Dennis, H.L. Dierks, J.E. Edwards, B.L. Elliott, C.L. Engebretson)
        Dates: 1916-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Franklin Fire Insurance Company
        Dates: 1917
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: F-G (correspondents include W.I. Ford, C.N. Fritzner, J.B. Furley, G.L. Ranch Company, James W. Gerard, John Gillie, A.L. Goodkind, Samuel R. Griffith)
        Dates: 1917-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Hallowell, Jones and Donald, Wool Merchants
        Dates: 1916-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: H-L (correspondents include A.D. Hall, George W. Harden, Dudley N. Hartt, J.E. Hensley, J.M. Hensley, Ben S. Hill, Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Joseph J. Hopkins, H.K. Howry, Frank C. Hurd, Warren W. Hurd, Ole Hytholt, International Harvester Company, A.J. Jarvis, Mrs. Charles H. Kertz, J.N. Kidd, J.F. Kiehl, Charles Kirk, Knights of Pythias, Peter J. La Barche, Liberty Loan Executive Committee)
        Dates: 1914-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: M (correspondents include G.W. Maine, Charles J. Marshall, C.S. MacDonald, Mary W. Messimer, Midwest National Bank, A.W. Miles, W.A. Miller, Montana Life Insurance Company, Montana Record-Herald, Montana State Fair and Exposition, P.J. Murphy)
        Dates: 1916-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: N-R (correspondents include National Bank of Montana, National War Savings Committee, J.C. Neudigate, W.A. Newton, Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Company, J.F. O'Hanlon, George Ohland, Margaret V. Osborn, Pacific Coast Adjustment Bureau, Palatine Insurance Company of London, Charles E. Pew, Charles H. Reifenrath, J.P. Rodgers, Herman E. Rolie)
        Dates: 1917-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: I.A. Stub
        Dates: 1914-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 11
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: S-T (correspondents include C.J. Shanahan, W.E. Sherman, E.S. Shields, E.L. Shumaker, Regina I. Siefert, J. Stanley Smith, N.B. Smith, William T. Souder, G.K. Spencer, W.L. Starrett, State Bank of Moore, State Bank of Twodot, E.L. Tait, W.J. Thomson, Nellie Moore Tice, Tompers Amusement Company, Twodot Hardware Company)
        Dates: 1912-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: United States government (includes U.S. Food Administration, U.S. Dept. of Justice)
        Dates: 1917
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: U-Y (correspondents include Union Bank and Trust Company, U.S. Building and Loan Association, F.E. VanCamp, Thomas J. Walsh, Wells-Dickey Company, Western Accident and Indemnity Company, W.C. Whaley, Wheatland County Commissioners, E.H. Williams, Gene Williams, Williams Hardware Company, Martin Woldson, Heiko E. Wumkes, Yorkshire Insurance Company)
        Dates: 1911, 1916-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / General Correspondence

    • Financial Records

    • Photographs

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Notary public protest book
        Dates: 1918
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 17
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / Miscellany
      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes blank forms, brochures, minor legal documents, list of authorized agents, etc.)
        Dates: 1917-1918, n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 18
        Location: Clarence P. Tooley / Miscellany

    • Clippings

  • Harriet W. Tooley

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: A (correspondents include May Alm, American Eagle Fire Insurance Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Arstad Oil Company, John Arthur)
        Dates: 1921-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 20
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Banking Corporation of Montana at Helena
        Dates: 1918-1924
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 21
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific (includes a fire protection report on Harlowton, 1923)
        Dates: 1919-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 22
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: B-C (correspondents include Dr. C.A. Ballard, Bank of Wheatland County, George W. Briley, G.E. Cartier, Jennie Bate Chapman, Phoebe S. Church, Congregational Church Building Society, Connecticut Fire Insurance Company)
        Dates: 1918-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 23
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Denver Joint Stock Land Bank
        Dates: 1924-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 24
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: D-E (correspondents include Doran Auto Company, James F. Doyle, W.H. Dunne, Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company)
        Dates: 1920-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 25
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company
        Dates: 1922-1925
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: F-G (correspondents include Federal Land Bank of Spokane, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Carl Fuchs, G.L. Ranch Company, Great American [insurance company], Great Falls Power Company)
        Dates: 1919-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 27
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company; Hartford Fire Insurance Company
        Dates: 1922-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28-29
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Headwall-Sundberg Company
        Dates: 1923-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company
        Dates: 1918-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 2-3
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Home Insurance Company
        Dates: 1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 4
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Joseph J. Hopkins
        Dates: 1919-1922
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: H (correspondents include Harlow Oil and Gas Company, Harlowton School District, Mollie Hollister, Willis Huidekoper, Mark Hunt, W.R. Hunter)
        Dates: 1918-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Insurance Federation of Montana
        Dates: 1919-1921
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: I-L (correspondents include Insurance Company of North America, A.J. James, James River Division Land Company, L.L. Kalberg, Edgar Keihl, Charles Kirk, Eugene Koetz, Curtis Lanphear, J.A. Lowry)
        Dates: 1920-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 8
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Mary Alice Lyons
        Dates: 1925-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 9
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Montana Joint Stock Land Bank of Helena in Montana
        Dates: 1922-1923
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 10
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Montana Life Insurance Company
        Dates: 1919-1925
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 11
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Montana Power Company
        Dates: 1919-1925
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 12
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: M-O (correspondents include Cora M. Martin, Ida McQuitty, Mary Wilson Messimer, Stanton I. Miller, Montana Governor John E. Erickson, Montana War Savings Organization, George F. Moore, National Surety Company, North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, O.M. Corwin Company, Olaf School District)
        Dates: 1919-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 13
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Palatine Insurance Company of London
        Dates: 1918-1921
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 14
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: P (correspondents include Pacific Coast Automobile Underwriters Conference, Phoenix Insurance Company)
        Dates: 1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 15
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance Company
        Dates: 1922-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 16
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: R (correspondents include F.G. Roberts, Roundup Coal Mining Company, Royal Insurance Company)
        Dates: 1923-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 17
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Sterling Fire Insurance Company
        Dates: 1922-1925
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 18
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: S-U (correspondents include Sanborn Map Company, Virginia Schultz, Selbach and Deans, Annie C. Settle, Mrs. Fred Sickmiller, Roy V. Snyder, Standard Accident Insurance Company, Harry Stewart, J.R. Swan, J. Thorkelson, U.S. Building and Loan Association, United States Casualty Company, Josephine Utley)
        Dates: 1919-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 19
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Westchester Fire Insurance Company
        Dates: 1921-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 20
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: W (correspondents include LeClaire Wellington, Thomas F. Welton, W.R. Wescott, C.F. Williams, A.F. Winkley, R.C. Wood, Wright Land and Investment Company)
        Dates: 1922-1925
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 21
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Yorkshire Insurance Company
        Dates: 1918-1921
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 22
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: F. Gifford "Giff" Zoller
        Dates: 1923-1925
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 23
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence
      • Description: Unidentified "Nellie"
        Dates: 1921
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 24
        Location: Harriet W. Tooley / General Correspondence

    • Financial Records

    • Miscellany

    • Clippings

  • Tooley Business Interests

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Subject Terms

  • Ranches--Montana--Wheatland County
  • Banks and Banking--Montana--Harlowton
  • Banks and Banking--Montana--Twodot
  • Insurance companies
  • Land companies--Montana--Harlowton
  • Real estate business--Montana--Harlowton

Geographical Names

  • Harlowton (Mont.)--Commerce
  • Twodot (Mont.)
  • Wheatland County (Mont.)
  • Wheatland County (Mont.)--Commerce


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