Cowan Family Papers - Archives West

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Cowan family
Title: Cowan Family Papers
Dates: 1893-1966
18931966
Quantity: 28.2 linear feet
Collection Number: Collection 643, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Cowan Family Papers consist of letters, diaries, speeches, printed materials, legal and land commission papers, and financial records. Subjects include: the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, family history, Montana and U.S. politics, Montana land, irrigation and mining projects, and the State Board of Education.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Historical Note

In 1888, David Cowan moved from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Cypress, Montana with his wife, Jane McKina Cowan, and his 3 children. There he started a trading post which, at the request of homesteaders, he relocated to Box Elder in June 1889. By the early twentieth-century, the Box Elder trading post had evolved into a general store, the Cowan family had started a 8,000 acre ranch, and they had built a second store on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. David's son, William Thomas, joined him in running the family businesses in Box Elder at the age of fifteen. David Cowan died in 1925. As an adult, William T. Cowan took an active role in Montana politics and educational institutions. He was a state senator from 1921-1933, a U.S. Land Commissioner for 45 years as well as the chairman of the Hill County State Republican Committee. W.T. Cowan was also instrumental in negotiating the Marias River Project. He served on the State Board of Education and assisted in founding Northern Montana College where he has a hall dedicated in his name. W.T. Cowan and his wife, Margery Jacoby Cowan had three children, Jean, Virginia and William E. Cowan. W.T. Cowan died in January 1951. His son, William E. Cowan, continued to further the family business by establishing a grain elevator in the mid-1940s. W.E. Cowan attended the University of Montana, was an attorney, a member of the State Board of Education, and was active in the Montana Stockgrower's Association. W.E. Cowan and his wife Annabelle had one son, William Cowan, the donor of this collection.

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Content Description

The Cowan Family papers consist of letters, diaries, speeches, printed materials, legal and land commission papers, and financial records. Documents have been divided into two groups, Family Records and Financial Records, each containing its own series and subseries. Group 1, Family Records, refers to the following series of: Correspondence, Biographical Materials, W.T. Cowan's Land Commission Papers, the Rocky Boy Store, Legal Papers, Political Speeches, and Photographs. In general, Family Records are organized according to subject or function, therefore, some overlap in subjects has been unavoidable. The series of Correspondence has been divided into 6 subseries, generally titled according to subject. Related documentation and some printed materials have been organized within each subseries. For example, the meeting minutes for the State Board of Education have been placed with W.E. Cowan's letters regarding his work with the State Board. W.T. Cowan corresponded and worked with a number of noted persons in his professional careers, among those found in these documents are President Harry S. Truman, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, and Governors Sam Ford and Roy E. Ayers. W.T. Cowan also kept a journal of his visit to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and wrote a family history of which there are multiple drafts which have been placed in the Biographical Materials series. W.T. and W.E. Cowan's professional papers contain information concerning Montana and U.S. politics, Montana land, irrigation and mining projects, and the State Board of Education. Group 2, Financial Records, refers to Cowan and Son Store Records, Grain Elevator Records, Phillips Gas Records, Bank Records, and Cowan Taxes. Series have been designated according to the business. Within each series documents have been separated according to document type and then arranged chronologically. Copies of customer receipts, financial statements and other loose leaf materials are followed by notebooks containing daily tallies and then by inventories. Business ledgers and account books are not comprehensive. Those years not documented in ledgers generally have loose leaf materials which can help supply information for the missing period. Cowan taxes have been arranged chronologically and file titles indicate whether the file contains federal or state tax returns, or both.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Group 1 Family Records

Series 1 Correspondence, 1911-1962

Subseries 1 - General Correspondence, 1911-1962

Subseries 2 - State Board of Education, 1939-1940, 1951-1952

Subseries 3 - Marias River Project, 1920s-1957

Subseries 4 - Senate, 1923-1944

Subseries 5 - Mining, 1911-1952

Subseries 6 - Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953

Series 2 Speeches

Series 3 Biographical Materials, 1893-1966

Series 4 Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953

Series 5 Legal Papers, 1901-1954

Series 6 Land Papers, 1910-1930

Series 7 Photographs and Pictures, circa 1890s-1952

Group 2 Financial Records, 1910-1962

Series 1 Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962

Series 2 Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960

Series 3 Phillips Gas Records,1908-1962

Series 4 Bank Records, 1957-1962

Series 5 Cowan Taxes, 1911-1952

Acquisition Information

Personal and professional papers created or collected by members of the Cowan family between 1893 and 1966 were donated to Special Collections by William Cowan in January 1996.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 5

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Group 1: Family Records

Group 1 refers to both personal and professional papers of the Cowan family. Documents have been generally organized by subject, and therefore, there is an unavoidable overlap with some materials. For example, photographs of William T. Cowan's work on the Tiber Dam project are contained in both the Marias River Project, Series 4 and Photographs, Series 7. Financial Records have been organized in Group 2. Any financial records found in Group 1 are pertinent to business correspondence and have been organized with the surrounding documentation.
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962
  
  Correspondence has been divided into 6 subseries according to subject. Subseries titles indicated the overall subject matter of those letters. Related documentation has been kept with the original correspondence. For instance, the letters regarding the Marias River Project often contain relevant news clippings and photos.
  - Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    
    Personal, ranch, store and political correspondence created or collected by W.T. Cowan, W.E. Cowan and Annabel Cowan. The letters pertain to ranch and store business, vacations, senate business, W.E.'s attorney letters and the Havre area Correspondents include Governor Roy E. Ayres, F.A. Buttrey, Dr. G. H. Vande Bogart, U.S. Senator Zales N. Ector, Governor Sam Ford, Oscar C. Hauge, William W. Jones, J.C. Price and A.H. Stafford. Geographic areas mentioned outside of Montana include San Diego, California, Fishkill, New York, Tusner, Oregon and Ukiah, California. Letters have been arranged chronologically.
    - Dates: 1911–1920
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1921–1925
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1926–1930
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: January 1931–July 1932
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: November 1932–1940
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1941
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1942–1947
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1946–1947
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1948–1950
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1952–1953
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: 1962
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
    - Dates: undated
      
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962
  - Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    
    Letters created and collected by W.T. and W.E. Cowan contain information pertaining to the State Board of Education; annual reports, magazine articles, meeting minutes, and budgets have been arranged alphabetically by subject. Correspondents include Governor Hugo Aronson, Governor Roy E., Ayers, Dr. G.H. Vande Bogart, Governor John Bonner, Mary M. Condon and Ruth Reardon.
    - Description: W.E. Cowan
      
      Dates: 1951–1952
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Custodial Institutions
      
      Dates: 1951
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Custodial Institutions
      
      Dates: 1952
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: High School Accreditation
      
      Dates: 1951–1952
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: High School Teachers Standards
      
      Dates: 1951–1952
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Miscellaneous
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Montana School for the deaf and blind
      
      Dates: 1939–1940
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Montana State Film Library
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8A
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Northern Montana College
      
      Dates: 1927–1929
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8B
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Reading Council
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/9
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: State Board of Education
      
      Dates: 1950–1951
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: State Board Minutes
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Transportation
      
      Dates: 1950–1951
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/12
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Vocational Education
      
      Dates: 1939–1940
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/13
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: Vocational Education
      
      Dates: 1952
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/14-15
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: University Crisis
      
      Dates: 1939
      
      Container: Box/Folder 2/16
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: University Crisis
      
      Dates: 1940
      
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: University System
      
      Dates: February–April 1952
      
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
    - Description: University System
      
      Dates: May–December 1952; undated 1952
      
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952
  - Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    
    Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the Marias River Project, Tiber Dam and surrounding irrigation projects have been arranged alphabetically by subject. Maps, Engineer reports, blueprints, pictures, newspaper and magazine clippings, water conservation reports and documents of incorporation. Letters created and collected by W.T. and W.E. Cowan concerning other irrigation programs and leases on land near Lonesome Lake Reservoir. Correspondents include U.S. Senator Earl Bronson, George Campbell, Zales N. Ecton, Judge C.B. Elwell, U.S. Senator James E. Murray and U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler. An asterisk indicates oversize materials which have been removed and placed in Box 16.
    - Description: Big Sandy Pumping Project
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Clippings – Marias River Project
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Clippings and Pictures – Tiber Dam*
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Condemnation – Tiber Dam
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Correspondence
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Correspondence*
      
      Dates: 1935–1957
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Irrigation Project
      
      Dates: 1926
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/7
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Lonesome Lake Project*
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/8
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Lonesome Lake Reservoir Site – Leases
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/9
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
    - Description: Marias River Project
      
      Container: Box/Folder 4/10-11
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957
  - Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    
    Correspondence created and collected by Senator W.T. Cowan have been arranged alphabetically by subject. Pertinent additional materials include legislative memoranda, resolutions, memorials, bills introduced and passed, committees assignments and newspaper clippings. Correspondents include F.A. Buttrey and Max P. Kuhr.
    - Description: Agriculture exhibits at fairs
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Agriculture relief from President
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Bourine, Honorable George B. – Commemoration
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Committees
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/4
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: County Boundaries
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/5
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Custodial Institutions Finance
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/6
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Elevator and warehouse districts
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/7
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Government Economy
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/8
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Hilger, David – Speech to Senate
      
      Dates: 1931
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/9A
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Hill County Central Committee Republican Party
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/9B
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: House Bill
      
      1–60
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/10
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: House Bill
      
      61–140
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/11
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: House Bill
      
      141–230
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/12
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: House Bill
      
      231–330
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/13
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: House Bill
      
      331–450
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/14
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: House Joint Memorial
      
      1–8
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/15
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: House Joint Resolution
      
      1–10
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/16
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Industrial use of gasoline
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/17
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Irrigation
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/18
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Legislative issues
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/19
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Livestock
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/20
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Miscellaneous
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/21
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Paroles and pardons
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/22
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Political campaign
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/23
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Primary elections
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/24
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Rules and milage
      
      Rules – 1931; Mileage special session
      
      Dates: 1931
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/25
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Salaries
      
      Dates: 1931
      
      Container: Box/Folder 5/26
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Senate Bill
      
      1–56
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Senate Bill
      
      57–127
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Senate Joint Memorial
      
      3–7
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Senate Joint Resolution
      
      1–6
      
      Dates: (1931)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/4
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: State agencies finance
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/5
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: Taxation and exemptions
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/6
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: University system–Northern Montana College
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/7
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: University system–mileage fund–building at Montana State University Bozeman
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/8
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
    - Description: University system–mileage fund–building at Montana State University Bozeman
      
      – Book
      
      Dates: (1929)
      
      Container: Box/Folder 6/9
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944
  - Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    
    Letters created and collected by W.T. and W.E. Cowan pertaining to and other information concerning supply contracts, leases, mine analysis, financial ledgers and reports. Also includes blue print for mining equipment. Correspondents include Governor Roy E. Ayers, W.B. Fry and C.F. O'Hara. An asterisk indicates oversize materials that have been removed and placed in Box 16.
    - Description: Bear Paw Mining and Milling*
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Blue Flame Coal Mine
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Dixon Gold Mine
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Duck Creek Coal Mine
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/4
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Earl Booth Coal Settlement
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/5
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Financial records
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/6
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Lime Rock Mine
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/7
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Oil leases and information
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/8
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Phosphate
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/9
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
    - Description: Vermiculite
      
      Container: Box/Folder 7/10
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952
  - Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    
    Letters created and collected by W.T. Cowan pertaining to uncollected Indian debts, purchase vouchers, beef contracts, licenses, bill of sales, formation of reservation and land sales to reservation. Correspondents include Senator Burton K. Wheeler and Earl Woolridge.
    - Description: Bills, Rocky Boy Agency
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/1
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: Cattle – Indian
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/2
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: Debts– Uncollected Indian
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/3
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: Grazing leases – Rocky Boy Reservation
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/4
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: History – Rocky Boy Reservation
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/5
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: Location – Rocky Boy Reservation
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/6
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: Rocky Boy Mill
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/7
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: Store – Rocky Boy Reservation
      
      Dates: 1931–1939
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/8
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
    - Description: Store – Rocky Boy Reservation
      
      Dates: 1940–1953
      
      Container: Box/Folder 8/9
      
      Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962 / Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953
- Series 2: Speeches
  
  Speeches written and delivered by W.T. Cowan. Speeches include campaign speeches, the dedication of Northern Montana College, commencement addresses and Montana History.
  - Description: Campaign speeches
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 2: Speeches
  - Description: Commencement addresses
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 2: Speeches
  - Description: North Central Montana History
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 2: Speeches
  - Description: Republican party speeches
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 2: Speeches
  - Description: Senate campaign speeches
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 2: Speeches
  - Description: Speeches–miscellaneous civic
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 2: Speeches
- Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  
  Obituaries and death announcements of family members from 1906 to 1959. Writings of W.T. Cowan including an Indian Creation story, Three Tense Moments in the Montana State Legislature and Memoirs of W.T. Cowan. Newspaper clippings about deaths, store thefts and accomplishments of W.T. Cowan. W.T.'s diary kept while attending the World Fair in 1893. Documents have been arranged alphabetically by subject.
  - Description: Cowan, Margery Jacoby
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Cowan, William of Vancouver
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Cowan, William Thomas
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Family History
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Havre History – W.T. Bibliography
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Indian Creation story
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Memoirs – 1st draft
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/7
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Memoirs – 2nd draft
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/8
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Memoirs – 3rd draft
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/9
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Memoirs – final draft
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/10
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Newspaper Clippings
    
    Dates: 1903–1965
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/11
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: Three Tense Moments in the Montana State Legislature
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/12
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
  - Description: World Fair Diary
    
    Dates: 1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/13
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966
- Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  
  Correspondence and other information pertaining to ranch and store dealings created and collected by W.T. Cowan have been arranged alphabetically by subject. Partnership agreements, farm lot pools, cattle information, 1956 store theft, Cowan Estate information after David Cowan passed away. Correspondence pertain to depression, drought and loans. Correspondents include Minnie A. Thompson, Grace Cowan Jones, David Cowan, Otto M. Nelson and F.J. Hopkins. An asterisk indicates oversize materials that have been removed and placed in Box 16.
  - Description: Agricultural Adjustment Allotments
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Articles of Co-partnership
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Bills of Sale
    
    Dates: 1904
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Box Elder Farm Lot Pool
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Box Elder Store*
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Box Elder Store theft
    
    Dates: 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Cattle
    
    Dates: 1918; 1937–1938
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/7
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Cattle
    
    Dates: 1941–1944
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/8
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Cattle
    
    Dates: 1951–1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/9
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Cowan Estate
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/10
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Cowan Estate – East Havre Land*
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/11
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Credit Rating
    
    Dates: 1927–1928
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/12
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Farm depression and drought
    
    Dates: 1916–1922
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/13
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Farm depression and drought*
    
    Dates: 1923–1939
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/14
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Farm Problems
    
    Dates: 1929–1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/15
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Feeder steers
    
    Dates: 1938–1939
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Great Northern Railroad
    
    Dates: 1923–1962
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Hereford Bull Registrations
    
    Dates: 1921; 1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Hill County State Bank
    
    Dates: 1906–1940
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Industrial Accident Board
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Investments
    
    Dates: 1916–1941
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Janey, Semple, Hill and Co.
    
    Dates: 1918–1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/7
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Leases; Oil and Gas
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/8
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Milk River Production Credit Association
    
    Dates: 1940–1943
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/9
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Miscellaneous
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/10
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Property Assessment Lists
    
    Dates: 1960–1961
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/11
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Rainfall
    
    Dates: 1881–1913
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/12
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: State Board of Equalization
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/13
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: State Licenses
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/14
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Unemployment Compensation
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/15
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
  - Description: Wintering Contracts
    
    Dates: 1935–1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/16
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953
- Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  
  Letters and documentation created and collected by W.T. and W.E. Cowan concerning legal matters in the Box Elder area. Contains lawsuits, wills, insurance information and other matters dealt with by W.E. as an attorney. Documents are arranged alphabetically according to subject. An asterisk indicates oversize materials that have been removed and placed Box 16.
  - Description: Blayney, Mary Eliza – naturalization papers
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Box Elder Churches – Articles of Incorporation
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Box Elder to Schwartz Ranch road deed
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Broadwater, A.J. – suit
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Collard, Harriet Vidal
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Cowan, W.E. – Legal Business
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Durant, Thomas – suit
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/7
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Fish and Game Warden
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/8
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Fort Assiniboine Indian Reservation
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/9
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Fort Peck to Fort Benton Transportation Company
    
    Dates: 1947
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/10
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Good, Henry – Lumber purchase
    
    Dates: 1935–1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/11
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Havre National Bank vs. Cowan
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/12
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Hickory, W.I. – suit
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/13
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Horicka, Anton – Honorable discharge
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/14
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Insurance – W.E. Cowan Agent*
    
    Dates: 1950–1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/15
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Insurance – W.E. Cowan Agent
    
    Dates: 1953–1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/16
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Insurance – Life, store and elevator
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/17
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Legal action on theft of bicycle
    
    Dates: 1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/18
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Maloney, Dennis F. – Will
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/19
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Mckown, John – deed to wife
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/20
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Meyer, W.M. – Estate
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/21
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Montana Implement Company
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/22
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Notarial Commission*
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/23
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Postmaster at Box Elder*
    
    Dates: 1905–1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/24
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Sandstone Farmers Company Operative Creamery – suit
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/25
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Social Security
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/26
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
  - Description: Stranahan and Stranahan Law Office
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/27
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954
- Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  
  Letters and documentation concerning land matters in the Box Elder area. Including abstracts of titles, deeds, desert land qualifications, mortgages and Land Commissioner papers from W.T. Cowan. An asterisk indicates oversize materials that have been removed and placed in Box 16.
  - Description: Beck, Margaret – Sale
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Bennett, Frederick Gordon
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Blanchfield, Edward
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Bly, Celestia E.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Box Elder Townsite Abstract
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Brough Brothers*
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Button, Benjamin C.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/7
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Card, John
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/8
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Clouse, Durrell
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/9
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Coombs, E. Clifton
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/10
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Corcoran, James
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/11
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Cowan, David and W.T.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/12
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Cox, J.D.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/13
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Crump, Dora
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/14
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Deeds
    
    Dates: 1911–1930
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/15
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Drake, W.K.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/16
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Dunlop, Ker
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/17
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Dyer, Lushion
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/18
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: English, Charles W.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/19
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Erickson, Charles
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/20
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Flatness, Halvor
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/21
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Gabrielsen, Edwart
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/22
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Glynn, Paul
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/23
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Grise, Forrest M.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/24
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Guenser, William G.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/25
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Harlock, Hannah Olson
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/26
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Haskell, Pauline
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/27
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Hill County Abstract Company
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/28
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Hopkins, Justin P.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/29
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Hubbell, Benjamin
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/30
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Iowa Land Company
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/31
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Johnson
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/32
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Kirkley, Dora
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/33
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Lafromboise, Isadore C.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/34
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Land Commissioner – W.T. Cowan
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/35
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Lantz, William
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/36
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Lincoln, William E.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/37
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Martin
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/38
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Maurhagen, Olus
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/39
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: McBride
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/40
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: McKernan, Michael
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/41
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Moyer, Joseph E.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/42
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Nelson, Peter
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/43
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Nicholas, Loring A.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/44
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Nielsen Debt
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/45
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Pazderic, Kate
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/46
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Perham, Mabel MacKerracker
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/47
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Peterson, Peter A.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/48
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Pogreba, Francis
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/49
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Pond, Elton G.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/50
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Rinker, Annie vs. Thomas Dodd
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/51
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Robinson, Thomas
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/52
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Shutes, William H.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/53
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Silha, Frank W.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/54
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Slavin, Frank
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/55
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Smith, Pauline B.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/56
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Stehlik, Adolph
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/57
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Stewart, Alexander
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/58
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Stoll, Joseph and Bertha
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/59
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Stolz, Jake
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/60
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Stott, Elmer
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Taft, Albert
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Tingley, R.S.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Thompson, Herbert
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Tow, Rachael
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: UpJohn, Charles
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Vosen, Conrad
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/7
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Wahl, Gottliab G. Jr.
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/8
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Walkup, Eugene
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/9
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Walls, William
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/10
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Wik, Godfred
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/11
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Wise, Clarence
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/12
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
  - Description: Wyss, Fred
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/13
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930
- Series 7: Photographs
  
  The Cowan photographs are black and white and pertain both to family life and to William T. and William E. Cowan's professional endeavors in Montana. Photographs have been grouped according to subject. Of interest may be photos of President Truman's visit to Montana to inaugurate the Tiber Dam found in file 15 as well as photos of Montana immigrant farmers of the 1920s and 1930s which can be found in file 16. More photos of the Tiber Dam project are located in Box 4, file 3.
  - Description: Portraits
    
    #1–15
    
    Dates: circa 1890s–circa 1950
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/14
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Business
    
    #16–31
    
    Dates: circa 1930–1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/15
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Rural Montana
    
    #32–41
    
    Dates: circa 1920–1939
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/16
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Negatives to Portraits
    
    #1–5
    
    Dates: circa 1890s–circa 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/17
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Cowan and Sons business promotional drawings
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/18
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Oversize Materials from Box 4
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 16/1
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Container: Box oversize folder 16/2
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Oversize Materials from Box 11
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 16/3
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Oversize Materials from Box 13
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 16/4
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Oversize Materials from Box 14
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 16/5
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Maps: Montana and Hill County
    
    Dates: 1916–1959
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 16/6
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
  - Description: Maps: Individual Ownership
    
    Dates: 1914
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 16/7
    
    Location: Group 1: Family Records / Series 7: Photographs
Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962

The financial documents in Group 2 have been divided into 5 series. Each series pertains to the financial records of a distinct business or to banking or government documents.
- Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  
  Store Records refer to the finances and inventory of both the Box Elder and Rocky Boy Stores. The records easily identified as being from either the Box Elder or the Rocky Boy Store have been labeled accordingly. However, most of the documents have not been separated according to store and have simply been arranged according to document type. The records begin in 1911. Most of the store business records from prior to this date were destroyed in a fire. Documents pertaining to customers, their purchases and billing are in boxes 16-23. Store sales records and inventory are in boxes 24-28. Accounts receivable and payable ledgers, and general ledgers are in boxes 29-31. Invoices from 1915-16, 1918 and 1925-26 are found in 3 volumes, #1-3. As indicated with the dates of invoice records, although extensive, many of the Cowan and Son Store Records are fragmentary and inconsistent.
  - Description: Store Charge Slips
    
    Bundled according to date.
    
    Dates: 1911–1912
    
    Container: Box 17
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Charge Slips
    
    Stapled with adding machine totals.
    
    Dates: October/November 1955
    
    Container: Box 18
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Charge Slips
    
    (some missing) Arranged chronologically by month.
    
    Dates: 1958; 1959
    
    Container: Box 19
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Charge Slips
    
    Arranged chronologically by month.
    
    Dates: 1960–April 1961
    
    Container: Box 20
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Charge Slips
    
    Arranged chronologically by month.
    
    Dates: May 1961–1962
    
    Container: Box 21
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: A–B
    
    Dates: 1913–1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: A–B
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: C–D
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/3-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: E–F
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: G–H
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: G–H
    
    Dates: 1913–1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: I–J
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: K–L
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/3-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: M–N
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/5-6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: O–P
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: Q–R
    
    Dates: 1913–1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: S
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: S–T
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/3-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: U–V
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: W–X
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Customer Statements: Y–Z
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Daily Cash Register Tallies
    
    Dates: 1956–1962
    
    Container: Box 25
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Store Cash Books:
    
    Container: Box 26
    - Dates: November 1927–December 1930
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: July 1933–January 1934
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: February 1934–March 1935
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: November 1934–July 1935
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: August 1935–January 1937
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: April 1935–August 16, 1936
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: August 17, 1936–August 22, 1938
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: January 1937–April 1939
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: August 31, 1938–April 1940
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: April 1940–December 1940
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: February–December 1947
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: January 1948–September 1949
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: September 1949–December 1950
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: May–November 1951
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: January–March 1952
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: July–November 1952
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: January–November 1953
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: January–October 1954
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
    - Dates: January–December 1955
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Store Cash Books:
  - Daily Sales Records:
    
    Container: Box 26
    - Dates: May 1939–April 1940
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Daily Sales Records:
    - Dates: May 1940–March 1941
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Daily Sales Records:
    - Dates: April 1941–March 1942
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Daily Sales Records:
    - Dates: April 1942–March 1943
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Daily Sales Records:
    - Dates: March 1943–February 1944
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Daily Sales Records:
    - Dates: March 1944–December 1946
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Daily Sales Records:
  - Safe Journals:
    
    Container: Box 26
    - Dates: December 1940–October 1941
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: November 1941–August 1942
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: August 1942–June 1943
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: June 1943–November 1945
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: November 1945–December 1946
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: January–December 1947
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: January 1948–May 1949
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: May–November 1949
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: November 1949–June 1950
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
    - Dates: June–February 1950
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962 / Safe Journals:
  - Description: Rocky Boy Store––Daily Business Record
    
    Dates: 1942–1952; 1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory and Settlement
    
    Dates: 1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory and Settlement (cont.)
    
    Dates: 1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory
    
    Dates: 1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory (cont.)
    
    Dates: 1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Box Elder Store––Inventory Notebooks
    
    Dates: circa 1950s
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory
    
    Dates: 1951
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory
    
    Dates: 1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory
    
    Dates: 1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory
    
    Dates: 1960–1961
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Store Inventory Notebooks
    
    Dates: 1961
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Business Reports
    
    Dates: 1951
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: General Ledgers:
    
    Dates: 1905–1910
    
    Container: Box oversize 29
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: General Ledgers:
    
    Dates: 1951
    
    Container: Box oversize 29
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: General Ledgers:
    
    Dates: 1952
    
    Container: Box oversize 29
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: General Ledger:
    
    Dates: 1919–1936
    
    Container: Box oversize 30
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Collection Register:
    
    Dates: 1922; 1923; 1935; 1943–1950
    
    Container: Box oversize 30
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Accounts Receivable:
    
    Dates: 1919; 1936
    
    Container: Box oversize 30
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Accounts Receivable:
    
    Dates: 1952–1953
    
    Container: Box oversize 30
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Accounts Payable, A–J:
    
    Dates: 1912–1915
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 31/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Accounts Payable, K–Q:
    
    Dates: 1912–1915
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 31/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Accounts Payable, R–Z:
    
    Dates: 1912–1915
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 31/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Accounts Payable:
    
    Dates: 1950–1951
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 31/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: "Combined Cash Journal":
    
    Dates: Unknown
    
    Container: Box oversize folder 31/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Daily Statement Ledger:
    
    (incomplete)
    
    Dates: 1919; 1949
    
    Container: Box oversize 31
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Cash Record Ledger:
    
    (incomplete)
    
    Dates: Unknown
    
    Container: Box oversize 31
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Accounts Payable Ledger:
    
    Dates: 1916; 1919
    
    Container: Box oversize 31
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Banking Record and Purchases
    
    Banking Record, 1912–1913 and Purchases, 1919–1927
    
    Dates: 1912–1913; 1919–1927
    
    Container: Box oversize 32
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Volume 1 Invoices:
    
    Dates: 1915–1916
    
    Container: Box oversize 32
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Volume 2 Invoices:
    
    Dates: 1918
    
    Container: Box oversize 32
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
  - Description: Volume 3 Invoices:
    
    Dates: 1925–1926
    
    Container: Box oversize 32
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962
- Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  
  Cowan and Son Grain Elevator records have been separated according to document type and then arranged chronologically. Records relating to customers, their use of storage facilities, the quality of their grain and its value are located in boxes 32-56. Documents pertaining to the finances of the grain elevator as a business and grain shipments for the Cowan ranch are found in boxes 57-58.
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1946–1948
    
    Container: Box/Folder 33/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1949–1950
    
    Container: Box/Folder 34/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1951–1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 35/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 36/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 37/1-3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1955
    
    Container: Box/Folder 38/1-5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: January–July 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 39/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: August–December 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 40/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 41/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1958
    
    Container: Box/Folder 42/1-3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Settlements:
    
    Dates: 1959
    
    Container: Box/Folder 43/1-4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Atwood Larson Company Grain Settlements
    
    Dates: 1944
    
    Container: Box/Folder 43/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Certificate of Grade, Weight and Dockage of Grain: A – H
    
    Container: Box/Folder 44/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: A – H (cont.)
    
    Container: Box/Folder 44/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: I – R
    
    Container: Box/Folder 44/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: S – Z
    
    Container: Box/Folder 44/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Miscellaneous
    
    Container: Box/Folder 44/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Assembling Sheet Book:
    
    Dates: 1950
    
    Container: Box/Folder 45/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Assembling Sheet Book: A
    
    Dates: 1950
    
    Container: Box/Folder 45/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Assembling Sheet Book: A
    
    Dates: 1951–1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 45/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Assembling Sheet Book: B
    
    Dates: 1951–1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 45/4-5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Assembling Sheets/Loose Leaf:
    
    Dates: 1952/1953
    
    Container: Box 46-47
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Assembling Sheet Book:
    
    Dates: September 15, 1958–August 9, 1959
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Assembling Sheet Book:
    
    Dates: August 10, 1959–June 1960
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Reports of Cash Values:
    
    Dates: 1951–1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Reports of Cash Values:
    
    Dates: 1953–1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Storage Receipts:
    
    Dates: 1949–1951
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Storage Receipts:
    
    Dates: 1951–1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Storage Receipts:
    
    Dates: 1953–1955
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Storage Receipts:
    
    Dates: 1956–1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 48/8
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Storage Tickets:
    
    (bundles according to date)
    
    Dates: 1951–1952
    
    Container: Box 49
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Storage Tickets:
    
    Dates: 1953–1954
    
    Container: Box 50
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Inspection Certification:
    
    Dates: 1951
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Inspection Certification:
    
    Dates: 1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Sample Reports:
    
    Dates: 1955
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Sample Reports:
    
    Dates: 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Sample Reports:
    
    Dates: 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Sample Reports:
    
    Dates: 1958
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Grade and Weight Tickets:
    
    Dates: 1958
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Grade and Weight Tickets:
    
    Dates: 1959
    
    Container: Box/Folder 51/8
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Grade and Weight Receipt Books:
    
    Dates: August 22–September 8, 1955
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: August 22–November 7, 1955
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: September 8, 1955–April 2, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: September 10, 1955–January 10, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: January 10–March 26, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: April 2–May 31, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: April 10–August 6, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: August 7, 1956–March 1, 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 52/8
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Grade and Weight Receipt Books:
    
    Dates: May 31–August 1, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 53/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: August 1–August 8, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 53/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: August 10–August 14, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 53/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: August 14, 1956–May 9, 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 53/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: October 20–December 28, 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 53/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: March 1–May 1, 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 53/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: May 5–July 20, 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 53/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Wheat Grade and Weight Receipt Books:
    
    Dates: July 20–July 21, 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 54/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: July 24–July 31, 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 54/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: August 1–September 3, 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 54/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Cleaning and Treating Receipts:
    
    Dates: 1956
    
    Container: Box/Folder 54/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1957
    
    Container: Box/Folder 54/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Scale Receipt Books:
    
    Dates: 1951
    
    Container: Box/Folder 55/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1951
    
    Container: Box/Folder 55/2-5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 55/6-8
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 55/9
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1955
    
    Container: Box/Folder 55/10
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Scale Receipts, Loose Leaf:
    
    Dates: 1952; 1953
    
    Container: Box 56
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Scale Receipts, Loose Leaf:
    
    Dates: 1954; 1956
    
    Container: Box 57
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Inventory:
    
    Dates: 1922
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Inventory:
    
    Dates: 1957–1958
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Bookings:
    
    Dates: 1950–1951
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1951–1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1952–1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1953–1954
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Dates: 1954–1955
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Want Book
    
    Container: Box/Folder 58/8
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Warehouse Reports and Financial Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1940–1943
    
    Container: Box/Folder 59/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Warehouse Reports and Financial Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1946–1948
    
    Container: Box/Folder 59/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Warehouse Reports and Financial Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1951–1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 55/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Warehouse Reports and Financial Correspondence (cont.)
    
    Dates: 1953
    
    Container: Box/Folder 59/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Pricing
    
    Dates: 1958–1959
    
    Container: Box/Folder 59/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Accounts Payable and Daily Journal
    
    Accounts Payable, 1915–1916 and Daily Journal, 1927–1931
    
    Dates: 1915–1916; 1927–1931
    
    Container: Box 60
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: General Ledger, Accounts Receivable/Payable etc.:
    
    Dates: 1937–1950
    
    Container: Box 60
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Daily Business Record:
    
    Dates: 1953
    
    Container: Box 60
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Ledger Sheets:
    
    Dates: 1955–1958
    
    Container: Box 60
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
  - Description: Grain Shipping Ledger:
    
    Dates: 1915–1916; 1920–1921; 1928–1929; 1938; 1940–1950
    
    Container: Box 60
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960
- Series 3: Phillips Gas Records, 1957-1962
  
  The business of selling and delivering Phillips Gas was associated with the Cowan and Son Store in Box Elder. Customer receipts make up the bulk of the documentation.
  - Description: Bulk Gas Delivery Consignment Receipt Books:
    
    Dates: 1957–1960
    
    Container: Box 61
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 3: Phillips Gas Records, 1957-1962
  - Description: Bulk Gas Delivery Consignment Receipt Books:
    
    Dates: 1961
    
    Container: Box 62
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 3: Phillips Gas Records, 1957-1962
  - Description: Bulk Gas Delivery Consignment Receipt Books:
    
    Dates: 1961–1962
    
    Container: Box 63
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 3: Phillips Gas Records, 1957-1962
  - Description: Remittance Notices:
    
    Dates: 1961; 1962
    
    Container: Box 63
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 3: Phillips Gas Records, 1957-1962
  - Description: Statement of Commissions:
    
    Dates: 1962
    
    Container: Box 63
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 3: Phillips Gas Records, 1957-1962
- Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  
  Banking Records refers both to the Cowan family's business records as well as copies of the bank's records. The records have been separated according to document type and have then been placed in chronological order.
  - Description: Account Book: Hill Co. State Bank
    
    Dates: 1910–1935
    
    Container: Box/Folder 64/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Account Book: Hill Co. State Bank; Union Bank and Trust
    
    Account Book: Hill Co. State Bank, 1940–1946; Union Bank and Trust, 1945–1950
    
    Dates: 1940–1946; 1945–1950
    
    Container: Box/Folder 64/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Account Book: Citizens Bank––Havre
    
    Dates: 1943–1950
    
    Container: Box/Folder 64/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Citizen's Bank and Safe memo
    
    Dates: 1935–1950
    
    Container: Box 65
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Mortgages Held and Paid––Bank Notes for Cowan and Son
    
    Dates: 1913–1921
    
    Container: Box/Folder 66/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Mortgages Held and Paid––Bank Notes for Cowan and Son
    
    Dates: 1921–1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 66/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks
    
    Dates: 1908–1915; 1918
    
    Container: Box 67
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Deposit Slips/Store:
    
    Dates: 1926–1927; 1954–1959
    
    Container: Box 68
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Deposit Slips, Check Stubs and Bank Statements
    
    Dates: 1917–1921; 1925; 1939–1940
    
    Container: Box 69
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Deposit Slips, Bank Statements and Canceled Checks
    
    Dates: 1954; 1961–1962
    
    Container: Box 70
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Check Stubs
    
    Dates: 1948–1949; 1955–1958
    
    Container: Box 71
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Check Stubs
    
    Dates: 1959; 1961
    
    Container: Box 72
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Description: Cash Book: Hill Co. State Bank
    
    Dates: 1919–1940
    
    Container: Box 73
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962
  - Certificate of Deposit Registers:
    
    Container: Box 73
    - Description: Stockman's National Bank
      
      Dates: 1922–1924
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962 / Certificate of Deposit Registers:
    - Description: First National Bank St. Paul
      
      Dates: 1924–1925
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962 / Certificate of Deposit Registers:
    - Description: Brown State Bank
      
      Dates: 1926–1928
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962 / Certificate of Deposit Registers:
    - Description: Hill Co. State Bank
      
      Dates: 1928–1930
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962 / Certificate of Deposit Registers:
    - Description: Brown State Bank of Box Elder
      
      Dates: 1924–1926
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962 / Certificate of Deposit Registers:
    - Description: Draft Register: Stockman's National Bank_
      
      Dates: 1915–1922
      
      Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962 / Certificate of Deposit Registers:
- Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  
  Cowan Taxes contains both federal and state filings. Yearly files have been labeled accordingly and are in chronological order.
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1911; 1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 74/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1918–1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 74/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1922
    
    Container: Box/Folder 74/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 74/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1930
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1931
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1932
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1935
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Hill County Delinquent Taxes
    
    Dates: 1935; 1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/8
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1937
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/9
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1938
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/10
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1939
    
    Container: Box/Folder 75/11
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1940
    
    Container: Box/Folder 76/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1941
    
    Container: Box/Folder 76/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1942
    
    Container: Box/Folder 76/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1943
    
    Container: Box/Folder 76/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Partnership Taxes
    
    Dates: 1924–1942
    
    Container: Box/Folder 76/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1944
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/1
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1945
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/2
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1946
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/3
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1947
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/4
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana Taxes
    
    Dates: 1948
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/5
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1949
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/6
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Excise Taxes
    
    Dates: 1942–1949
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/7
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1950
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/8
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952
  - Description: Montana and Federal Taxes
    
    Dates: 1952
    
    Container: Box/Folder 77/9
    
    Location: Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962 / Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Businessmen-Montana-Hill County
Canadian Americans-Montana-Hill County
Education and state-Montana
Gasoline-Montana-Hill County
General stores-Montana-Box Elder
General stores-Montana-Rocky Boy's Reservation
Grain elevators-Montana-Hill County
Irrigation-Montana
Lawyers-Montana-Hill County
Legislators-Montana
Mines and mineral resources-Montana
Practice of law-Montana-Hill County
Public lands-Montana-Hill County
Ranchers-Montana-Hill County
Ranches-Montana-Hill County

Personal Names

Ayers, Roy Elmer, 1882-1955-Correspondence
Ford, Sam C. (Sam Clarence), 1882-1961-Correspondence
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972-Correspondence
Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975-Correspondence

Corporate Names

Marias River Irrigation Project (Mont.)
Montana-Legislative Assembly-Senate
Montana-State Board of Education
Phillips Petroleum Company
World's Columbian Exposition-(1893 :-Chicago, Ill.)

Family Names

Cowan family

Geographical Names

Hill County (Mont.)
Montana-Politics and government-20th century
Rocky Boy's Reservation (Mont.)

Form or Genre Terms

Business records-Montana-Hill County
Family papers-Montana-Hill County
Financial records-Montana-Hill County

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Cowan, David, 1850-1925 (creator)
- Cowan, William E (creator)
- Cowan, William T. (William Thomas), 1873-1951 (creator)

Cowan Family Papers, 1893-1966

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Group 1: Family Records

Series 1: Correspondence, 1911-1962

Subseries 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1962

Subseries 2: State Board of Education, 1939-1952

Subseries 3: Marias River Project, 1920s-1957

Subseries 4: Senate, 1923-1944

Subseries 5: Mining, 1911-1952

Subseries 6: Rocky Boy Reservation Store, 1924-1953

Series 2: Speeches

Series 3: Biographical Materials, 1893-1966

Series 4: Cowan and Son: Ranch and Store, 1916-1953

Series 5: Legal Papers, 1901-1954

Series 6: Land Papers, 1910-1930

Series 7: Photographs

Group 2: Financial Records, 1910-1962

Series 1: Cowan and Son Store Records, 1911-1962

Store Cash Books:

Daily Sales Records:

Safe Journals:

Series 2: Grain Elevator Records, 1946-1960

Series 3: Phillips Gas Records, 1957-1962

Series 4: Banking Records, 1908-1962

Certificate of Deposit Registers:

Series 5: Taxes, 1911-1952

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Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Family Names

Geographical Names

Form or Genre Terms

Other Creators

Personal Names