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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper encodinganalog="title"> Guide to the Park Saddle Horse Company records <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1915/1947" encodinganalog="date">
            1915-1947 </date></titleproper>
        <titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Park Saddle Horse Company (Mont.)
          records</titleproper>
        <author encodinganalog="creator">Finding aid prepared by MHS staff</author>
        <sponsor encodinganalog="contributor"> Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided
          through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.</sponsor>
      </titlestmt>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher"> Montana Historical</publisher>
        <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2004" encodinganalog="date"> 2004 </date>
        <address>
          <addressline> Helena, MT </addressline>
        </address>
      </publicationstmt>
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      <creation> Finding aid encoded by Ellie Arguimbau with assistance by Cuadra Assoc. <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2004">2004 </date></creation>
      <langusage> Finding aid written in <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="latn" encodinganalog="language">English. </language></langusage>
      <descrules> Finding aid based on DACS ( <title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content
          Standard 2nd Edition</title>)</descrules>
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      <repository>
        <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Montana Historical Society<subarea encodinganalog="852$b">
            Archives</subarea></corpname>
      </repository>
      <unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="us" repositorycode="mthi" type="collection"> MC 148</unitid>
      <origination>
        <corpname encodinganalog="110" source="lcnaf" role="creator"> Park Saddle Horse Company
          (Mont.) </corpname>
      </origination>
      <unittitle type="primary" encodinganalog="245$a">Park Saddle Horse Company records </unittitle>
      <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f" normal="1915/1947"> 1915-1947 </unitdate>
      <physdesc>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">8 linear feet of shelf space</extent>
      </physdesc>
      <abstract encodinganalog="5203$a">The Park Saddle Horse Company, owned by Wilbur N. Noffsinger
        and later by George W. Noffsinger, was a concession in Glacier National Park, Montana.
        Records (1915-1947) include financial and horse-raising records, subject files,
        organizational papers, diaries (1933-1947) of George Noffsinger; and subgroups for the W.N.
        Noffsinger Company, the Big Draw Land and Stock Company, and the Big Draw Sheep Company. </abstract>
      <physloc label="Location of Collection: " encodinganalog="852$z"> 7:3-6</physloc>
      <langmaterial>
        <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="546"> English</language>
      </langmaterial>
    </did>
    <bioghist encodinganalog="5451">
      <p> The Park Saddle Horse Company was founded June 1, 1915, by Wilbur N. Noffsinger, a
        Kalispell, Montana, lawyer and banker, and Hans Walchli, his law partner, to provide a
        saddle horse concession in Glacier National Park. Prior to the formation of this company,
        and continuing into the first year of its existence, the U.S. National Park Service had
        licensed individual horse operators with little coordination of services or standardized
        prices.</p>
      <p>On February 26, 1916, at the request of National Park Superintendent R.B. Marshall,
        Noffsinger called a meeting of all horse concessioners operating in Glacier. Noffsinger
        offered to increase the capitalization of the Park Saddle Horse Company and admit into the
        company the smaller operators, each receiving stock equal to the horses and equipment
        contributed. Although several of the independents resisted absorption, enough joined that
        capitalization was doubled from $25,000 to $50,000. The National Park Service signed an
        exclusive contract with the expanded Park Saddle Horse Company to provide horses, equipment,
        guides, and cooks for camping parties. The company was also granted the privileges of
        grazing horses and of building stables, tent camps, and lodges at various locations in the
        park. </p>
      <p>From 1916 until W.N. Noffsinger's death on February 1, 1924, the Park Saddle Horse Company
        gradually expanded its services. Noffsinger's will divided his estate (which included 227
        shares of the Park Saddle Horse Company as well as other companies and property) equally
        among his widow Lulu S. Noffsinger and his two children George W. Noffsinger and Leila M.
        Dieringer (later Buttleson). The heirs formed the W.N. Noffsinger Company and G.W.
        Noffsinger administered the estate's holdings. In 1944 a lengthy legal battle began between
        Noffsinger and his sister for control of W.N. Noffsinger Company. Under George Noffsinger's
        leadership the Park Saddle Horse Company's operation initiated the famous Northern Circle, a
        five-day horse pack trip into remote northern areas of Glacier Park, staying one night each
        at specially constructed permanent tent camps and chalets. At the height of its success the
        Park Saddle Horse Company owned 1000 horses and served nearly 10,000 tourists each year.
        However, the completion of the Going-to-the Sun road over Logan Pass in 1933 changed the
        nature of Glacier Park. Before the completion of this road the only way of seeing the most
        spectacular areas of the park was by horseback. Once tourists were able to get into the
        heart of the mountains in their cars, the attraction of horseback travel declined.</p>
      <p>By 1940 the Park Saddle Horse Company was serving an average of 5000 customers a year. In
        1942 the National Park Service decided to shut down all park concessions for the duration of
        the war. Unable to support his large horse herd for an undetermined period, Noffsinger sold
        the company's horses. In 1945 the company asked the Park Service to cancel the concession,
        thus ending the company's long association with Glacier Park. </p>
      <p>George W. Noffsinger died on December 11, 1947. </p>
      <p>In addition to the Park Saddle Horse Company, the Noffsinger family was also involved in
        stock raising. One firm owned by W.N. Noffsinger was the Big Draw Land and Stock Company
        founded in 1915 in Kalispell. The company originally raised cattle, but in 1922 the Angus
        McDonald sheep herd was purchased and the Big Draw Sheep Company was founded by W.N.
        Noffsinger, G.W. Noffsinger, and Ernest White. Both companies operated from the Bow and
        Arrow Ranch in Flathead County. </p>
    </bioghist>
    <scopecontent encodinganalog="5202">
      <p> This collection contains the records of Park Saddle Horse Company including George
        Noffsinger's diaries (1933-1947), miscellaneous financial and horse-raising records, subject
        files, and organizational papers (1915-1946). There are also subgroups for W.N. Noffsinger
        Company, Big Draw Land and Stock Company, and Big Draw Sheep Company. </p>
    </scopecontent>
    <arrangement encodinganalog="351">
      <p>Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Manuscript Volumes. See inventory
      below for more information.</p>
    </arrangement>
    <accessrestrict encodinganalog="506">
      <p>Collection open for research. </p>
    </accessrestrict>
    <userestrict encodinganalog="540">
      <p>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.</p>
    </userestrict>
    <prefercite encodinganalog="524">
      <p>Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
        Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.</p>
    </prefercite>
    <acqinfo encodinganalog="541">
      <p>Acquisition information available upon request </p>
    </acqinfo>
    <separatedmaterial>
      <p>Printed material, maps, and blueprints separated to Library. Photographs separated to Photo
      Archives. See inventory below for more information.</p>
    </separatedmaterial>
    <controlaccess>
      <p> 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. </p>
      <controlaccess>
        <corpname encodinganalog="610" source="lcnaf" role="creator"> Park Saddle Horse Company
          (Mont.) </corpname>
        </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
      <geogname encodinganalog="651" source="lcsh" role="subject"> Babb (Mont.) </geogname>
        <geogname encodinganalog="651" source="lcsh" role="subject"> Glacier National Park (Mont.) </geogname>
        <geogname encodinganalog="651" source="lcsh" role="subject"> Kalispell (Mont.)--Commerce </geogname>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Camping </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Dude ranches </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Guides for hunters, fishermen, etc. </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Horse breeding </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Horse industry </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" rules="aacr2"> Horseback travel </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Parks </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Sheep ranches--Montana </subject>
      <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh"> Land companies </subject>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
      <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690"> Montana </subject>
      <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690"> Diaries </subject>
      <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690"> Agriculture </subject>
      <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690"> Business, Industry, and Labor </subject>
      <subject altrender="nodisplay" source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690">Sports and Recreation</subject>
      </controlaccess>
    </controlaccess>
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      <head>Detailed Description of the Collection</head>
      <p>The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection </p>
      <c01 level="subgrp">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Park Saddle Horse Company </unittitle>
        </did>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> General Correspondence </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 1 / 1 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Miscellaneous (correspondents include The Secretary
                of The Interior, Washington; The Department of the Interior, Washington; Director of
                National Parks, Washington D.C.; Stephen T. Mather; Great Northern Railway Company;
                George W. Noffsinger; William J. Dorrington; C.L. Heren; S.S. Gold; National Park
                Service Glacier National Park; Charles J. Krsebel; Visual Education Service,
                Incorporated; War Department; E.T. Scoyen; R.R. Vincent; Choate, Hall and Stewart;
                Clara Marozik; Edna Sagert; Walchli and Korn; Glacier Park Company; Horace Marden
                Albright; Howard H. Hays; Edwina Noffsinger) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1919-1959 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Diaries </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 1 / 2-6 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> George W. Noffsinger diary/notebooks (19 books) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1933-1947 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Financial Records </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 2 / 1 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Accounts payable and accounts receivable ledger </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1922-1938 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 1-2 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Annual statements </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1917-1943 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 3-4 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Audit reports </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1916-1946 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="volume"> 1 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Camp collections </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> circa 1925-1940 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 5 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Checkstubs </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1946-1949 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 6 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Daily statement of store sales </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1941 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="volume"> 2 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Disbursement register </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1925-1945 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 7 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Horse depreciation ledger </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1926-1931 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 7-8 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Horse depreciation ledgers </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1926-1943 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 9 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Income tax assessments </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1923-1925 </unitdate>
            </did>
            <accessrestrict><p>RESTRICTED</p></accessrestrict>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 3 / 10 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Journal of distribution of expenses and receipts </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1923-1925 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 4 / 1 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Journal </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1919 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 5 / 1-2 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Ledgers </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1917-1925 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 5 / 1-2 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Ledgers </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1917-1925 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="volume"> 4 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Ledger </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1920-1930 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 5 / 3 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Ledger of sales to employees </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1936-1938 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 1 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> G.W. Noffsinger account analysis; salary </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1924-1945 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 2 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Reconcilement of accounts </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1926-1942 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 3 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Receipts; income and expense accounts;
                miscellaneous </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1924-1944 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Legal Documents </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 4 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Contracts and service permits with Department of
                the Interior </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1916-1926 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Maps and Blueprints </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 5 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> List of maps and blueprints transferred to the
                Library </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Organizational Records </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 6 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Articles of incorporation; notices and minutes of
                stockholder and director meetings </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1916, 1925, 1945-1946 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Photographs and Printed Materials </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 7 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> List of photographs transferred to the Photo
                Archives; list of printed materials transferred to the Library </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Subject Files </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 8 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> "Advertising" (articles; correspondence, etc.) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1920 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 9 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> "Advertising" (articles, and correspondence, etc.) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> circa 1929-1930 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 10 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Advertising brochures, calendar, stationery (-X6
                Ranch) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1937, undated </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 12 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Camping trip itineraries and expense lists </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1922-1928 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 13 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> "Compliments" (letters regarding service) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1924-1941 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 14 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Horses bought from Chappel Brothers (includes
                correspondence with C.D. and E.J. Drake, etc.) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1929-1930 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 15 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Horses list by National Park Service </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1939-1941 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 16 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Independent operators bringing parties into park </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1919-1938 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 6 / 17 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Liability insurance </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1937-1940 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 7 / 1 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Loans and mortgages </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1930-1943 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 7 / 3 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Renewal of concession (correspondence) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1940-1942 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 7 / 4 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Trail Riders of the Mountains, Glacier Chapter </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1937-1939 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 7 / 5 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Remount Stallion Program </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1927-1947 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 7 / 6 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Wintering of National Park Service stock </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1939-1941 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
        </c02>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Miscellany </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 7 / 7-9 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Hourse stock records (A1-B110, C1-D29 and E1-G33) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1927-1940 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 8 / 1-5 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Hourse stock records (H1-J54, K1-L54, P1-P89 and
                R1-T3) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1934-1946 </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 8 / 6 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Instructions to employees </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> undated </unitdate>
            </did>
          </c03>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 8 / 7 </container>
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              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> undated </unitdate>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 4 </container>
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              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> undated </unitdate>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 5 </container>
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          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> General Correspondence </unittitle>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 6 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Miscellaneous (including correspondence from
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                Draw Land and Stock Company; E.W. McDevitt; C.L. O'Connell; J.G. Edmiston; Louis
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              <container type="volume"> 5 </container>
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            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Legal Documents </unittitle>
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        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Organizational Records </unittitle>
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          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 10 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Articles of incorporation; minutes </unittitle>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 11 </container>
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              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1915-1925 </unitdate>
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            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Miscellany </unittitle>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 12 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Bow and Arrow Ranch sale brochure </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> undated </unitdate>
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      <c01 level="subgrp">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Big Draw Sheep Company </unittitle>
        </did>
        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Financial Records </unittitle>
          </did>
          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 13 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Journal </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1925-1928 </unitdate>
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            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 9 / 14 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Ledger </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1922-1928 </unitdate>
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        <c02 level="series">
          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Organizational Records </unittitle>
          </did>
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            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 1 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Articles of incorporation; by-laws; minutes </unittitle>
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            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 2 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Stock certificate book </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1922-1927 </unitdate>
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          <c03 level="file">
            <did>
              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 2 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Stock certificate book </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1922-1927 </unitdate>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> W.n. Noffsinger Company </unittitle>
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          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> General Correspondence </unittitle>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 3-9 </container>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 10-12 </container>
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              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Miscellaneous correspondents include George E.
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          <did>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Court Papers </unittitle>
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                Leila Battleson, et al. (briefs, etc.) </unittitle>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 15 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> G.W. Noffsinger, et al. v. W.N. Noffsinger Company,
                Leila Battleson, et al. (testimony) </unittitle>
              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1945-1946 </unitdate>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 16 </container>
              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> G.W. Noffsinger, et al. v. W.N. Noffsinger Company,
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              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1945 </unitdate>
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              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> W.N. Noffsinger Company v. Leila M. Battleson
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              <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f"> 1945 </unitdate>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 19 </container>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 10 / 20 </container>
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              <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Wilbur N. Noffsinger Estate inventory </unittitle>
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            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Financial Records </unittitle>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 11 / 3 </container>
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              <container type="box-folder"> 11 / 6 </container>
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