MZF0724.xml Guide to the History of Montana Publication Files1954-1956 History of Montana Publication Files Kim Allen Scott Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections 2016
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-02-06. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections History of Montana publication files Burlingame, Merrill G. (Merrill Gildea), 1901-1994 0724 3 folders 1954-1956 The Burlingame History of Montana publication files consist of materials created by him and Oscar Mueller, Clifton B. Worthen, Henry G. Merriam, and Stanley Davison and sent to editor Merrill G. Burlingame. These include typed drafts of their contribution to A History of Montana and some correspondence with Burlingame. Collection materials are in English

Merrill G. Burlingame was born in Boone, Iowa on March 13, 1901, the son of Nathan and Teresa Gildea Burlingame. He attended local schools prior to receiving his doctorate at the University of Iowa in 1936. In 1929 he joined the faculty of Montana State College (now Montana State University) and became chair of the history department in 1935. Burlingame's research interests were primarily concerned with Montana and the frontier west. In 1956 he collaborated with K. Ross Toole in editing a three volume reference work, A History of Montana (New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.) Among the contributing authors were Oscar Mueller, Henry G. Merriam, and Stanley Davison. Merrill Burlingame died in Bozeman, Montana on November 14, 1994.

The Burlingame History of Montana publication files consist of materials created by him and Oscar Mueller, Clifton B. Worthen, Henry G. Merriam, and Stanley Davison and sent to editor Merrill G. Burlingame. These include typed drafts of their contribution to A History of Montana and some correspondence with Burlingame. Most manuscript drafts bear editorial notations by Burlingame and have been placed in folders labeled by contributor name.

This collection is open for research.

Manuscript drafts and related correspondence collected or created by Merrill G. Burlingame for the publication of his 1956 reference work A History of Montana were donated to Montana State University in three separate accessions in 1969. This collection incorporates material formerly assigned numbers 725, 729 and 765.

This collection was processed 2016 August 8

 Mueller, Oscar O., 1877-1964 Worthen, Clifton Boyd, 1899-1963 Merriam, H. G. (Harold Guy), 1883-1980 Davison, Stanley Roland Montana--History Montana--Biography Montana Montana Drafts (documents) Correspondence History of Montana Henry G. Merriam 1 Oscar Mueller/Clifton B. Worthen 2 Stanley Davison 3 Merrill G. Burlingame 4