NTDMG150.xml R.C. Halliday And Company, Dillon, Montana Letters From Idaho 1885-1893 Halliday And Company Letters Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives ©1995 Encoded by ArchProteus2003 Finding aid is in English Overview of the Collection University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives MG150 R.C. Halliday And Company, Dillon, Montana R. C. Halliday and Company Letters from Idaho 1885-1893 0.5 cubic feet. Ninety five letters, most from Camas, Idaho, ordering supplies of beer, cider, whisky, cigarettes, cigars, etc. English

This manuscript group contains 85 handwritten letters and orders sent to R.C. Halliday of Dillon, Montana, by the hotel and saloon owners of Camas, Idaho, between the years 1885 and 1893. The bulk of the letters were written in 1890 and 1891; there are no letters in 1892.

Camas, formerly known as Lava, is located in Bingham County, Idaho, 60 miles north of Blackfoot. It was settled in 1879 and its population at the time of these letters was 250. The gazetteers and business directories for the period list only four of the eleven correspondents: Adams, M.H., hotel and confectionery; Paris, W.R., saloon, Monroe, Thomas, Saloon; Miller and Co., saloon. Another correspondent, Florence Adams, was the sister of Mr. Halliday.

Of the ten additional letters, only one is from Camas. Seven are from Salmon, with two from Idaho Falls (one under its earler name of Eagle Rock).

The goods Halliday supplied included beer, cider, whiskey, lemonette, cigars, cigarettes, and occasionally rum, gin, sherry, blackberry, smoking tobacco, and cigarette papers.

The correspondence, which was in no apparent order when received, was placed in chronological order. The ten additional letters are in chronological order in a separate folder.

The 85 items of correspondence from Camas, Idaho, to R.C. Halliday of Dillon, Montana, were purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, New York, by the University of Idaho Library on March 21, 1988. It was processed by Judith Nielsen in June 1988. In July 1994, ten additional letters, a majority of which were from Salmon, Idaho, were purchased from Michael Vinson, Austin Texas. The new purchase was added to the original group and the inventory was revised by Ms. Nielsen in March 1995.

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.

Idaho City and Town Life R. C. Halliday and Company Merchants -- Montana -- Dillon Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Idaho -- Camas Hotels -- Idaho -- Camas Dillon (Mont.) -- Commerce Camas (Idaho) -- Social life and customs Detailed Description of the Collection Camas, Idaho 1/1 Correspondence and orders 1885 5 items 1/2 Correspondence and orders 1886 6 items 1/3 Correspondence and orders 1887 3 items 1/4 Correspondence and orders 1888 2 items 1/5 Correspondence and orders 1889 7 items 1/6 Correspondence and orders 1890 38 items 1/7 Correspondence and orders 1891 22 items 1/8 Correspondence and orders 1893 2 items Other correspondence 1/9 Other correspondence and orders 1885-1893 10 items An Alphabetical List of Correspondence Camas 1 Adams, Florence 1887 1 Adams, Milo H. 1885 1 Baker, J.N. & Co. 1886 1 Cook, T.G. 1890, 1891, 1893 1 Just, H.J. 1886 1 Miller, Fred & Co. 1889, 1890, 1891 1 Monroe, Tom 1888 1 Parrish, W.R. (supplemental group) 1886, 1887, 1888 1 Peuglase, J.W. 1885 1 Rivers, Edward A. 1890 1 Van Noy, J.M. 1889-1890 Salmon 1 Brown, William J. 1890 1 Dore, Timothy 1890 1 Mingle, Ed 1893 1 Pope & McDonnell 1885, 1886 1 Taylor, J.S. 1893 1 Young, Samuel H. 1890 Idaho Falls (Eagle Rock) 1 Chamberlain, D.F. 1893 1 Smith, T.J. 1886