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Helen Addison Howard Papers, 1927-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Howard, Helen Addison, 1904-1989
Title
Helen Addison Howard Papers
Dates
1927-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.0 linear feet
Collection Number
Mss 188 (collection)
Summary
Helen Addison Howard was a Montana writer most recognized for her writings on Native Americans. The collection contains biographical material, diaries for intermittent periods, general correspondence, research files, book and article manuscripts, and photographs used in her writing.
Repository
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Helen Addison Howard was born in Missoula, Montana, in 1904. She worked as a reporter and feature writer for the Daily Missoulian from 1923 until 1929. While living in Missoula she earned her bachelor's degree from Montana State University in 1927. She later earned her master's degree at the University of Southern California in 1933. After graduation, she remained in California where she met and married Ben Overland in 1946. She held various positions while living in California, including membership in the Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America, 1942-1945, survey work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1943, and clerk/typist for the Los Angeles Police Department, 1950-1951.

Howard is most recognized for her writings on Native Americans, particularly the Nez Percé, but she also wrote extensively on other aspects of the frontier west. Her manuscripts include War Chief Joseph (1941), Saga of Chief Joseph (1965), Northwest Trail Blazers (1963), American Indian Poetry (1979), and American Frontier Tales (1980). Howard also contributed to many journals throughout her career, including Washington Historical Quarterly, Writer, Frontier and Midland, Historical Bulletin, Journal of the West, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Catholic Digest, and Real West. Howard was also a book reviewer for Journal of the West beginning in 1969, and a member of its editorial advisory board in 1978.

Howard had a love of horses and wrote in many journals relating to that topic. Her articles were published in Equestrian Trails, Arabian Horse News, Horseman, Western Horseman, and Saddle Action. She died in the summer of 1989.

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Content Description

The collection contains biographical material and diaries for intermittent periods, 1952-1971; general correspondence, 1934-1988; research files; book and article manuscripts; photographs; and reference books used in her writing.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana. Copyright held by Barbara Finn of Missoula, Montana.

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph number], Helen Addison Howard Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is divided into seven series:

Series I: Biographical, 7 folders, 1927, 1933, 1952-1971

Series II: Correspondence, 6 folders, 1928-1988

Series III: Writings, 22 folders, 1927-1987

Series IV: Photographs, 13 photographs, circa 1910s-1983

Series V: Research Notes, 4 folders, 1941-1987

Series VI: Serials, 5 folders, 1934, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980

Location of Originals

The collection contains copies of photographs from the Montana Historical Society.

Custodial History

The collection remained in the possession of Howard or her literary trustee until donation to the archives.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Helen Addison Howard through the Friends of the Library, 1965; Gift of Helen Addison Howard, 1978 and 1982; Gift of Barbara Finn, 1990 and 1996.

Processing Note

The collection was originally processed as three collections: LC 188, SC 364, and SC 349. In 1998, those collections were combined and re-described. In 2003, a group of formerly unprocessed photographs was added to the collection and described.

Separated Materials

The following books were removed from the archival collection in 2003. In 2014 some were added to the library's book collections and some were permanently removed because they duplicated library holdings

Alcorn, Rowena L. Timothy: A Nez Perce Chief: 1800-1891. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1983.

American Indian Publishers, Inc. Dictionary of Indain Tribes of the Americas. Volume 1. Newport Beach, California: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1980.

American Indian Publishers, Inc. Dictionary of Indain Tribes of the Americas. Volume 2. Newport Beach, California: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1980.

American Indian Publishers, Inc. Dictionary of Indain Tribes of the Americas. Volume 3. Newport Beach, California: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1980.

American Indian Publishers, Inc. Dictionary of Indain Tribes of the Americas. Volume 4. Newport Beach, California: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1980.

Ault, Nelson A. The Papers of Lucullus Virgil McWhorter. State College of Washington: Friends of the Library, 1959.

Bartlett, Grace. The Wallowa Country: 1867-1877. Grace Bartlett, 1976.

Brininstool, E.A. Crazy Horse: Greatest Fighting Chief of the Ogalalla Sioux, His Tragic End. Los Angeles, California: Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc., 1949.

Brininstool, E.A. A Trooper with Custer. Columbus, Ohio: The Hunter-Tradder-Trapper Co., 1926.

Cressman, L.S. Prehistory of the Far West: Homes of the Vanished People. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1977.

Densmore, Frances. Choctaw Music. New York: Da Capo Press, 1972.

Densmore, Frances. Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti and Zuni Pueblos. New York: Da Capo Press, 1972.

Densmore, Frances. Nootda and Quileute Music. New York: Da Capo Press, 1972.

Densmore, Frances. Teton Sioux Music. New York: Da Capo Press, 1972.

DeWall, Robb. Crazy Horse and Korczak: The Story of an Epic Mountain Carving. Crazy Horse, South Dakota: Korczak's Heritage, Inc., 1982.

DeWall, Robb. The Saga of Sitting Bull's Bones. Crazy Horse, South Dakota: Korczak's Heritage, Inc., 1984.

Drury, Clifford M. Elkanah and Mary Walker: Pioneers among the Spokane. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1940.

Howard, Joseph K. Montana Margins: A State Anthology. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1946.

Hunt, Garrett B. Indian Wars of the Inland Empire. Spokane, Washington: Spokane Community College Library, 1966.

Jocelyn, Stephen P. Mostly Alkali. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1953.

Johnson, Virginia W. The Unregimented General: A Biography of Nelson A. Miles. Boston: The Riverside Press, 1962.

Josephy, Alvin M. Jr. The American Heritage Book of Indians. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1961.

McWhorter, Lucullus V. Yellow Wolf: His Own Story. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1940.

Merriam, H.G. The University of Montana: A History. Missoula: University of Montana Press, 1970.

Payette, B.C. The Mullan Road. Montreal, Canada: Payette Radio Limited, 1968.

Powell, Peter J. and Malone, Michael P. Montana: Past and Present. Los Angeles: University of California, 1976.

Seibel, Greta. Sentimental Journeys. Missoula: Economy Publishers, 1975.

Shadbolt, Doris. Bill Reid. Seattle, London: University of Washington Press, 1986.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
  • Horsemanship
  • Horses
  • Indians of North America -- History
  • Nez PercĂ© Indians--History

Personal Names

  • Flaccus, Joyce--Correspondence
  • Flaccus, David P., 1917-1993--Correspondence
  • Higham, Robin D.S.
  • Ziolkowski, Korczak, 1908---Correspondence

Geographical Names

  • West (U.S.)--History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs

Occupations

  • Women authors, American
  • Women historians--United States

Finding aid prepared by Jannie Prawitz (1998) and Jennifer Rusk (2003)
2003

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