University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
The University of Montana--Missoula
Missoula, MT 59812
406-243-2053
http://www.lib.umt.edu/asc
library.archives@umontana.edu
Mss 343
Tuchscherer, Walter, d. 1960
Walter Tuchscherer Papers
1905-1978
0.5 linear feet, 12 artifacts,
88 photographs
Walter Tuchscherer was a brewer and
pharmacist in Montana and other western states. This collection contains items
that pertain to Walter Tuchscherer's life, with documents dating from
1905-1978.
Materials are in
English
Biographical Note
Walter Tuchscherer graduated from Gonzaga in University, Spokane,
Washington in 1909. Due to his interest in the family brewery business, he
graduated from the Hantke's Brewer's School in Milwaukee in 1915. Walter was
fluent in German, and was deployed to the Siberian front in 1918 to serve as a
translator for the United States intelligence division. Returning to Anaconda,
Montana, in 1919, Walter found the family brewery closed due to Prohibition.
Walter became a co-owner of Washoe Coal, with his brother-in-law, R. A. Kelly,
and married Maybelle Malloy on June 9, 1921.
In 1925, the Tuchscherer family became the owners of the Standard Drug
store. Walter again returned to school, this time to the Capitol School of
Pharmacy in Denver, Colorado. Walter passed the state boards in 1930 to become
a pharmacist. When Prohibition ended, Walter returned to working at the
Anaconda Brewery. Walter worked at the brewery during the days, which left his
wife, Maybelle, to run the drug store in the day, and at night Walter attended
to his pharmacist career. The Anaconda Brewery closed in 1958, where Walter
returned to working at the pharmacy full-time. Walter died in 1960.
This collection contains items that pertain to Walter Tuchscherer's
life, with documents dating from 1905-1978. The collection contains memorabilia
from Walter's college years at Gonzaga College, World War I memorabilia from
Siberia, and writings by Walter and correspondence to and from Walter. There
are clippings from World War I, clippings about his wedding, his involvement
with the B.P.O.E., the Knights of Columbus, the Boy Scouts, and the Rotary
Club. This collection also contains artifacts and photographs. The artifacts
are personal items of Walter's from college, World War I, and the Boy Scouts.
The photographs include pictures from World War I - personal photos and
souvenir photos, and a photograph of the graduating class from the 1915
Hantke's Brewer's School in Milwaukee.
The collection is divided into seven series:
Series I: Correspondence, 1 folder, 1909-1930
Series II: Writings, 1 folder, 1910
Series III: World War I, 6 folders, 1917-1919
Series IV: Clippings, 7 folders, 1913, 1921-1922, and 1978
Series V: Memorabilia, 1 folder and 1 oversize item, 1905, 1907-1909
Series VI: Artifacts, 12 artifacts, 1908-1909, 1917-1921
Series VII: Photographs, 88 photographs, 1915-1921
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The
University of Montana--Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of
Montana.
[Name of document or photograph number], Walter Tuchscherer Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of
Montana--Missoula.
Materials in this collection were retained by the Tuchscherer Family
until donation the K. Ross Toole Archives.
Gift of Dr. Mabel D. Tuchscherer, 1992.
The actions of the original processors are unknown. Materials in this collection were formerly
part of Mss 167, the Anaconda Brewery Papers. In 1999, the collection was
reprocessed. The original collection has been separated into two separate
collections. Materials directly related to the Anaconda Brewery are now housed
within Mss 167 and materials particular to Walter Tuchscherer are housed within Mss
343. In 2014 the box numbering for boxes two, three and four were revised to more
accurately reflect arrangement.
Materials in this collection were formerly part of Mss 167, the
Anaconda Brewery Papers. During reprocessing of Mss 167 Walter Tuchscherer's
materials were identified as a separate collection.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal
papers--Montana--Anaconda
Photographs
Artifacts
Boy
Scouts--Montana--Anaconda
Breweries--Montana--Anaconda
Drugstores--Montana--Anaconda
Friendly
societies--Montana--Anaconda
German
Americans--Montana--Anaconda
Men--Montana--Anaconda--Societies and clubs
Pharmacists--Montana--Anaconda
Veterans--Montana--Anaconda
World War,
1914-1918--Military intelligence--United States
World War,
1914-1918--Veterans--Montana--Anaconda
World War,
1914-1918--Russia (Federation)--Siberia
Anaconda (Mont.)--Social
life and customs
Elks (Fraternal
order)
Gonzaga University--Alumni
and alumnae
Hantke's Brewers' School
(Milwaukee, Wis.)--Alumni and alumnae
Knights of
Columbus
Rotary
International
Montana
Artifacts
Photographs
Labor
History
German Americans
Series I
Correspondence
1909-1930
1 folder
There are three letters in this series. There is a letter from
Walter to his parents while at Gonzaga College, a letter from his mother while
he was at war, and a letter to Walter from Father Patrick J. O'Rielly.
1/1
Correspondence
1909-1930
Series II
Writings
1910
1 folder
This series has three writings by Walter. One is a paper titled
A Defense of the South and Something about Robert E.
Lee that is dated March 2, 1910. The other two writings are in speech
form: one titled
College Ideals and the other is about the culture of
brewing and breweries; both are undated.
1/2
Writings
1910
and undated
Series III
World War I
1917-1919
6 folders
This series contains memorabilia from Walter's service in World War I. Items include pamphlets
distributed to the soldiers, personal notes in notebooks about war tactics,
clippings about World War I, and postcards.
1/3
Walter H. Tuchscherer, 27th
Infantry
ca.
1917-1919
1/4
Memorabilia - pamphlets and brochures
ca.
1917-1919
1/5
Memorabilia - blank stationery
undated
1/6
Clippings (photocopies)
1918
1/7
Walter H. Tuchscherer's Notebooks
ca. 1918
1/8
Postcards
ca.
1918-1919
Series IV
Clippings
1913, 1921-1922, and 1978
7 folders
The clippings in this series contain clippings about the wedding
of the Tuchscherer's, and about Walter's involvement in the B.P.O.E., Knights
of Columbus, the Anaconda Boy Scouts, and the Rotary Club. There is also an
excerpt from
A History of Montana pertaining to Henry Mueller,
Walter's uncle, who was a former Mayor of Butte, and owner of five breweries,
including the Anaconda Brewery and Centennial Brewery in Butte.
1/9
Wedding
June
1921
1/10
B.P.O.E.
1922
1/11
Knights of Columbus
1921-1922
1/12
Boy Scouts of Anaconda, 1922 and
Boy Scouts of Deer Lodge Constitution, undated
1/13
Rotary Club
1922
1/14
Henry Mueller, 1913;
A History of Montana by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders,
Vol. III, The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, pp. 1303-1304
1913
1/15
City Drug
1978
Series V
Memorabilia
1905, 1907-1909
1 folder and 1 oversized item
This series includes a program of Anaconda High School's 1907
commencement ceremony and Walter's diploma. There are also Gonzaga College
programs and catalogs. The Gonzaga catalog's and programs are from oratorical
contests and a catalog of officers and students from the year 1908-1909.
1/16
Anaconda High School and Gonzaga College materials
1905, 1907-1909
OS4
Anaconda High School diploma
1907
Series VI
Artifacts
1908-1909, 1917-1921
12 artifacts
This series includes personal items of Walter Tuchscherer that he
collected while at Gonzaga College and serving in the Army during World War I.
Items include his junior and senior class pins, his 1909 oratorial pin, and a
boy scout arm band. His military artifacts include a sewing kit, swagger stick,
Russian coin bracelet, souvenir box, a coconut from Hawaii, two cloth bags, and
a two-liter stein.
2
1
Gonzaga College Junior Class
Pin
1908
2
2
Gonzaga College Senior Class
Pin
1909
2
3
Gonzaga College Oratorial
Pin
1909
2
4
Boy Scout Arm Band
undated
2
5
Swagger stick, probably from Army
experience in Siberia during World War I
ca.
1917-1919
2
6
Sewing kit, probably from Army
experience in Siberia during World War I
ca.
1917-1919
2
7
Russian coin bracelet (1915-1916)
given by Walter Tuchscherer to Margaret Kelly Kenny
1921
2
8
Souvenir Box, "Valdivostok, 1919"
1919
2
9
Souvenir Coconut carving from
Hawaii
undated
2
10
Cloth bag with a key inside
undated
2
11
Blue cloth bag
undated
2
12
Two-liter beer stein made in West
Germany and is inscribed with, "W.H. Tuchscherer"
undated
Series VII
Photographs
1915-1921
88 photographs
A majority of the photographs from this series are photos from Walter's World War I service.
Other photographs include those from his wedding and his 1915 graduating
class from the Hantke's Brewer's School in Milwaukee.
3/1
343(VII)1
Line of men on horses
circa 1918-1919
3/1
343(VII)2
Train car with people inside
circa 1918-1919
3/1
343(VII)3
Train car with people inside
circa 1918-1919
3/1
343(VII)4
Military men
circa 1918-1919
3/1
343(VII)5
A building with people in front
circa 1918-1919
3/2
343(VII)6
Structure
circa 1918-1919
3/2
343(VII)7
Man and a horse in snow
circa 1918-1919
3/2
343(VII)8
Man and a horse in snow
circa 1918-1919
3/2
343(VII)9
Man standing on a horse
circa 1918-1919
3/2
343(VII)10
Man holding a horse
circa 1918-1919
3/2
343(VII)11
Man and a dog
circa 1918-1919
3/3
343(VII)12
Camp Kharashaw tents
circa 1918-1919
3/3
343(VII)13
Men standing in a street
circa 1918-1919
3/3
343(VII)14
Landscape
circa 1918-1919
3/3
343(VII)15
Girls standing in a line
circa 1918-1919
3/4
343(VII)16
Men in a field
circa 1918-1919
3/4
343(VII)17
Two horses and a wagon forging a
river
circa 1918-1919
3/4
343(VII)18
Horse and a wagon going down a
street
circa 1918-1919
3/4
343(VII)19
Tents
circa 1918-1919
3/5
343(VII)20
Men
circa 1918-1919
3/5
343(VII)21
Military men
circa 1918-1919
3/5
343(VII)22
Men working
circa 1918-1919
3/5
343(VII)23
Horse and wagon, two crossing a
river
circa 1918-1919
3/6
343(VII)24
Men and tents
circa 1918-1919
3/6
343(VII)25
Men and tents
circa 1918-1919
3/6
343(VII)26
Men sitting by a railroad
circa 1918-1919
3/6
343(VII)27
Line of people
circa 1918-1919
3/7
343(VII)28
Landscape
circa 1918-1919
3/7
343(VII)29
Men pulling a wagon
circa 1918-1919
3/7
343(VII)30
Landscape
circa 1918-1919
3/7
343(VII)31
Unidentified
circa 1918-1919
3/8
343(VII)32
Open air market
circa 1918-1919
3/8
343(VII)33
Group of military men
circa 1918-1919
3/8
343(VII)34
Landscape
circa 1918-1919
3/9
343(VII)35
Wagons
circa 1918-1919
3/9
343(VII)36
Men at the side of a train
circa 1918-1919
3/9
343(VII)37
Men at the side of a train
circa 1918-1919
3/9
343(VII)38
Man on a horse
circa 1918-1919
3/9
343(VII)39
Man standing in snow
circa 1918-1919
3/10
343(VII)40
People tending a field
circa 1918-1919
3/10
343(VII)41
People
circa 1918-1919
3/10
343(VII)42
Woman
circa 1918-1919
3/10
343(VII)43
People on a horse
circa 1918-1919
3/11
343(VII)44
Man
circa 1918-1919
3/11
343(VII)45
Man
circa 1918-1919
3/11
343(VII)46
Men in snow
circa 1918-1919
3/11
343(VII)47
Landscape
circa 1918-1919
3/12
343(VII)48
Landscape
circa 1918-1919
3/12
343(VII)49
Children on steps of St. Louish
Church, France
circa 1918-1919
3/12
343(VII)50
Woman and a dog
circa 1918-1919
3/13
343(VII)51
Man in a suit
circa 1918-1919
3/13
343(VII)52
"Liberty Theater"
circa 1918-1919
3/13
343(VII)53
"Liberty Theater"
circa 1918-1919
3/13
343(VII)54
Man and a black bear
circa 1918-1919
3/14
343(VII)55
Maybelle and Walter Tuchscherer's
wedding picture with wedding party, (including Margaret Kelly and Louis Andrews
and more)
June
9, 1921
3/14
343(VII)56
Train wreck
circa 1918-1919
3/14
343(VII)57
Military men
circa 1918-1919
3/15
343(VII)58
Two military men in Liberia,
August 1919
circa 1918-1919
3/15
343(VII)59
Railroad tunnel #39 of
Travbailkal Railway
circa 1918-1919
3/15
343(VII)60
Railroad
circa 1918-1919
3/16
343(VII)61
Ruins at St. Baikal
circa 1918-1919
3/16
343(VII)62
"Alexander destroyed by the
Bolshiveks, Lake Baikal"
circa 1918-1919
3/16
343(VII)63
St. Baikal
circa 1918-1919
3/16
343(VII)64
Bridge across River Irkut
circa 1918-1919
3/17
343(VII)65
Bridge across River Kitoe
circa 1918-1919
3/17
343(VII)66
Station Baikal
circa 1918-1919
3/17
343(VII)67
Prayer at Irkustsk Railway
Station in remembrance of Col. Uschalkoff
circa 1918-1919
3/17
343(VII)68
Bridge across River Beloi
circa 1918-1919
3/18
343(VII)69
Funeral for Col. Uschalkoff
circa 1918-1919
3/18
343(VII)70
Theatrical troupe 27th Infantry,
with Walter Tuchscherer in photo
circa 1918-1919
3/18
343(VII)71
Ship sunk by Bolshiviks, River
Angara
circa 1918-1919
3/18
343(VII)72
Ship in snow
circa 1918-1919
3/19
343(VII)73
Station Baikal after an explosion
circa 1918-1919
3/19
343(VII)74
Bridge across River Orzone
circa 1918-1919
3/19
343(VII)75
Captain Kalletz
circa 1918-1919
3/19
343(VII)76
Ataman Cmenoff
circa 1918-1919
3/20
343(VII)77
Czecko Slovak staff
circa 1918-1919
3/20
343(VII)78
Colonel Pepejaef
circa 1918-1919
3/20
343(VII)79
Admiral A.V. Kolchak
circa 1918-1919
3/20
343(VII)80
Group of military men
circa 1918-1919
3/20
343(VII)81
General Gaida
circa 1918-1919
3/20
343(VII)82
Postcard of Anaconda Standard's
front page
November 11, 1919
3/21
343(VII)83
Postcard of Palace Hotel and
Market Street, San Francisco, California
undated
3/21
343(VII)84
Postcard of Greek Catholic Church
of Siberia
undated
3/21
343(VII)85
Postcard of Verkhne-Udinsk,
Siberia
undated
3/21
343(VII)86
Postcard of the interior of a
church
undated
OS4
343(VII)87
Graduating class of the Hantke's
Brewer's School in Milwaukee
1915
3/21
343(VII)88
Walter Tuchcherer at Hantke's
Brewer's School
ca.
1915