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Morris State Bank (Pony, Montana) Records, 1899-1927

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Morris State Bank (Pony, Mont.)
Title
Morris State Bank (Pony, Montana) Records
Dates
1899-1927 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.5 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 175
Summary
The Morris State Bank was located in Pony, Montana. Records (1899-1927) include correspondence concerning the Pony Electric Light Company, Elling and Morris, Morris and Flint, Citizen's Telephone Company, Montana Tonopah Mining Company, Hennepin Ore Company, and others; court papers; financial records; legal documents; subject files concerning the Citizens' Telephone Company, Elling and Morris, and the Indian Gold Mining Company; and miscellany. There are subgroups for Morris and Flint and for Fred G. Smith.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
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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Historical Note

The Morris State Bank was opened in Pony, Montana, in 1902, with a capital stock of $50,000. The bank moved into a newly constructed building in early 1903. William W. Morris was president of the Morris State Bank until his death in October 19O4. Thomas Duncan served initially as vice president and then succeeded to the presidency in 1905. Following his death that same year, Mary B. Elling became president. Charles E. Morris served as a director in 19O2 and became vice president in 1905. Cashiers for the bank included Philip H. (Harry) Gohn and Fred G. Smith. Other officers included M. M. Duncan, a Virginia City attorney, who served as a director, and Henry J. Schreiber who was a vice president beginning in 1904. By June 1906, the Morris State Bank had achieved deposits in the amount of $200,000 and was conducting business with banks in Montana and throughout the country. A close business relationship existed with the Elling State Bank of Virginia City and the Union Bank and Trust Company of Helena, whose president was George L. Ramsey. The Montana banks were members of the Montana Bankers Association which issued warnings about fraudulent customers in the state and informed banks of pending legislation effecting the banking industry in the state. The officers and directors of the Morris State Bank were businessmen and active members of the Pony community. Several businesses were connected to the bank through these people. Henry Elling and William Morris were partners in Elling and Morris, which had a quartz mill and an electric light plant. Charles E. Morris and James A. Flint, an attorney, were partners in Morris and Flint, a real estate and insurance business, with an office in the Morris State Bank building. Harry Gohn was president of Citizens Telephone Company. Fred Smith was a notary, trustee for the board of education, an insurance agent, and mayor of Pony in 1911. Henry Schreiber ran a mercantile company and served as treasurer for the city. The Morris State Bank closed and went into voluntary liquidation on February 1, 1926. At that time the board of directors borrowed $96,000 from the Elling Estates Company so that all depositors could be paid. The bank then came under the jurisdiction of a liquidating agent.

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Content Description

This collection contains primarily of incoming correspondence (1902-1909) and general correspondence (1910-1917) of P.H. "Harry" Gohn and Fred G. Smith, cashiers of the Morris State Bank. This correspondence includes routine bank business as well as correspondence relating to other businesses and investments in which the bank's officers and directors were involved (Pony Electric Light Company, Elling and Morris, Morris and Flint, Citizens Telephone Company, Montana-Tonopah Mining Company, Hennepin Ore Company, and others). Other materials in the collection include court papers (1907-1916); financial records (1902-1917) including assessments, registers of daily statements and drafts, journals, daily balances, reports of condition, and tax statements; legal documents (1902-1913) including agreements, deeds, licenses, and notices of protest; subject files (1908-1917) for other businesses (including the Citizens Telephone Company, Elling and Morris, and the Indian Gold Mining Company); and miscellany (advertisements, insurance policies, sample forms, letterhead, etc.). There is a subgroup for Morris and Flint (1887-1927) which includes information on the insurance business, descriptions of local buildings being insured, and prospecti for several mining companies including Black Pine Mining Company (Butte), Dailey Group of claims (Jefferson County), Leviathan Gold Mining Company (Madison County), Rocky Mountain Exploration Company, and Stockton Copper Mining Company (Broadwater County). A subgroup for Fred G. Smith (1906-1916) concerns his insurance business.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

by subgroup and series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • Morris State Bank

    • Incoming Correspondence

      • Description: W. Henry Adkins and E.S. Adkins
        Dates: 1903-1906, 1908
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      • Description: American Bankers Association
        Dates: 1902-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      • Description: American Smelting and Refining Company
        Dates: 1904-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
      • Description: Anaconda Copper Mining Company
        Dates: 1907-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
      • Description: A (correspondents include Abbott Alkaloidal Company, Anna Adams Estate, W.H. Adams, J. Albright, W.J. Albro, Walter Alderson, Allen and Gilbert-Ramaker Company, Thomas Allen, Allis-Chalmers Company, American Harrow Company, American National Bank of Helena, American National Bank of San Francisco, American Surety Company, Charlie Armstrong, E.R. Avery, Dudley F. Ayres)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
      • Description: Clara E. Barclay and J.R. Barclay
        Dates: 1905-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
      • Description: Brown, Treacy and Sperry Company
        Dates: 1905-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
      • Description: Butte Adjustment Company; Butte and Willow Creek Mining Company; Butte Commercial Bank; Butte Electric Supply Company; Butte Potato and Produce Company; Butte-Potosi Mining Company
        Dates: 1906-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
      • Description: B (correspondents include M.I. Baker, E.L. Ballou, Bankers Life Association, Barker and Wilson, Albert Barter, George Bauerman, Edwin S. Beall, W.H. Beall, John Berkin, Blackhawk Mining Company, Mrs. Henry N. Blake, Judah Boas Company, W.N. Bowman, Box family, Charlie Boyd, Bradstreet Company, E.M. Brooke, Bryant Supply Company, S.R. Buford and Company, Robert E. Burns, Burroughs Adding Machine Company, E.C. Bush)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
      • Description: Carbon County Bank
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
      • Description: Clark and Duncan (W.A. Clark and M.M. Duncan)
        Dates: 1906-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 11
      • Description: W.A. Clark [William Alexander Clark] (includes Clark and Duncan law firm, Elling State Bank)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
      • Description: W.A. Clark and Brother bank [William Andrews Clark]
        Dates: 1904-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
      • Description: Commercial National Bank (Bozeman; Chicago)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
      • Description: C (correspondents include Edmund J. Callaway, Lew L. Callaway, M. Canby, Alice Carruthers, J.E. Chambers, O.P. Chisholm, Citizens' Telephone Company, Bert Clark, C.L. Clark, Philo M. Clark, J.Z. Clem, J.M. Cline, Colliers National Weekly, Columbus Mercantile Company, Raymond Conard, John S. Cook and Company, Cootey-Blodgett Company, R.T. Courtney, S.U. Cox, W.P. Curteman)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 15
      • Description: Daly Bank and Trust Company
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 16
      • Description: M.M. Duncan (see also: Clark and Duncan)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 17
      • Description: D (correspondents include E.C. Davis, H.E. Day, F.B. Dickerson, C.A. Dillet, Charles O. Dorr, John N. Dryer, Paul S. Duncan)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 18
      • Description: Elling State Bank (includes Thomas Duncan, W.A. Clark, Clyde Morris)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 19
      • Description: E (correspondents include Economy Ink Company, Louisa Eldredge, Mary B. Elling, Elizabeth H. Ellis, James Ellison, Ely Salyards and Company, W.J. Ennis, Eschle Plumbing and Heating Company, Everybody's Meat Company)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 20
      • Description: First National Bank (Butte; Freeland PA; Kalispell; Lanark IL; Staples MN; Meteetsee WY; Youngstown OH)
        Dates: 1903-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 21
      • Description: First National Bank of San Francisco
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 22
      • Description: James A. Flint
        Dates: 1903-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 23
      • Description: French and Powell (Virginia City Post Office)
        Dates: 1902-1903
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 24
      • Description: F (correspondents include Farmers State Bank, Thomas A. Ferguson, F.M. Field, J.J. Finch, Mae Finch, First State Bank Livingston, Forbis and Mattison, E.C. Frisbee, C.L. Friedericks, Fruitland Farms Company)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 25
      • Description: P.H. "Harry" Gohn and Virginia Gohn
        Dates: 1906-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26
      • Description: G (correspondents include Galen and Mettler, Gallatin Valley Milling Company, Garnet Gold Mining Company, E.H. Gay and Company, W.H. Geer, Sol Genzberger, Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company, Goldfield Investment Company, Goodyear Rubber Company, Gurney Gordon, A.C. Gormley, C.H. Green, C.F. Gregory)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1
      • Description: C.H. Hand
        Dates: 1907-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 2
      • Description: L.F. Hare
        Dates: 1906-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 3
      • Description: Hennepin Ore Company
        Dates: 1902-1903
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 4
      • Description: L.O. Hickok and Son
        Dates: 1908-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5
      • Description: H (correspondents include E.C. Hackley, George B. Hadzor, J.E. Hale, K.W. Hale, Hancock Brothers, E.M. Hanzlik, Charles D. Harper, Harper and MacDonald, Fayette Harrington, Harrison Ranch, Mrs. H.C. Harrison, Hartman and Hartman, Hawkeye Elevator Company, R.N. Hawkins, P.N. Haycraft, H.S. Hepner, E.A. Higinbotham, Samuel Holman, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, W.R. Hubbard and Company, Clifton W. Hudson, T.B. Hunt, S.E. Hunter, Thomas G. Hutt)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
      • Description: Indian Gold Mining Company
        Dates: 1904-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7
      • Description: I (correspondents include Idaho Smelting and Refining Company, J.E. Irvine, E.W. Jack, C.S. Jackman Company, Gus Janney, Fred S. Johnson, John Johnson, Albert Jones, James E. Jones, Jones Fruit Company)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 8
      • Description: Roger C. Knox (includes Montana Revenue Gold Mining Company)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 9
      • Description: K (correspondents include Kenkel-Todd Company, John N. Kirk, Joseph Kirschwing, Bessie A. Kneedler, C.G. Kohl, Kountze Brothers, Alfred S. Kyle)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 10
      • Description: Levey Brothers and Company
        Dates: 1903-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 11
      • Description: A.W. Lignell (German and Lignell, Architects)
        Dates: 1903
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 12
      • Description: Walter F. Lord
        Dates: 1904-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 13
      • Description: L (correspondents include Lafayette Bank, Larson and Greenough, James Leffell, George and Emma Leunstrend, J.H. Levy, George L. Lewis, John P. Lewis, Charles Leyendecker, W.W. Livingston, R.A. Luke and Company)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 14
      • Description: Madison County government (includes W.A. Stevenson, C.E. Reese, J.Z. Clem, C.H. Buford, George E. Gohn, R.N. Hawkins)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 15
      • Description: John C. Mahoney (includes P.J. Leonard Estate)
        Dates: 1906-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 16
      • Description: Ma-Mc (correspondents include Alexander Mackel; Joe Mackel; W.D. Manley; Sam Marshall; Lee Martin; Fred Maryott; Marysville [Wash.] State Bank; Seward Mason; Charles Mattison; Mabel Alkine May; Mayo Feed Company; Mayo, Sachs and Company; James A. McAllister; McCabe Brothers; Mrs. D.O. McClanahan; McCormick and Company, Bankers; McCurdy and Haycroft; Jessie McDonald; W.C. McKaskle; Mrs. C.V. McVey)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 17-18
      • Description: Me-Mi (correspondents include George Meldrum and Company, Samuel A. Mendenhall, F.R. Merk, Frank W. Mettler, C.L. Meyer, Michigan Buggy Company, Michigan Leather Company, John Mikesell, Mary L. Miller, Frank D. Miracle, Mississippi Valley Trust Company)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 19
      • Description: Montana Bankers Association
        Dates: 1905-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 20
      • Description: Montana State Examiner
        Dates: 1905-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 21
      • Description: Montana Tonopah Mining Company
        Dates: 1902-1907
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 22
      • Description: Montana Treasurer's Office
        Dates: 1905-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 23
      • Description: Montana state government (includes Montana Agricultural Experiment Station; Montana Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry; Montana Auditor's Office; Montana Secretary of State; Montana State Land Department)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 24
      • Description: Montana companies and organizations (includes Montana Record Publishing Company; Montana Development League; Montana Electric Company; Montana Farmers' Institutes; Montana Hardware Company; Montana-Hecla Mining Company; Montana Nevada Mining Company; Montana Wool Growers Commission Company)
        Dates: 1906-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 25
      • Description: Morris family (includes Charles E. Morris, C.R. Morris, Fred Morris, Leah Morris, W.C. Morris, W.W. Morris)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 26-27
      • Description: Mo-My (correspondents include Fred Moore, Mrs. Price Moorhead, J.R. Morrisey, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Frank C. Myers)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 28
      • Description: National Bank of Commerce in New York
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 29
      • Description: C.E. Noble
        Dates: 1904-1906
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 30
      • Description: Norris Mercantile Company (includes J.R. Whitmore)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 31
      • Description: Northern Pacific Railway Company; Northern Pacific Express Company
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1
      • Description: John Northey
        Dates: 1905-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 2
      • Description: N-O (correspondents include National Bank of California, National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis, National Bank of Gallatin Valley, National Bank of the Republic, National Mining and Investment Company, National Shoe and Leather Bank, National Surety Company, James Naughton, Nevada Smelting and Mines Company, New York National Exchange Bank, Samuel Newhouse, Lillian Nord, Northern Hotel Register Company, Northwestern National Bank, Northwestern Improvement Company, Chong On, Orton Bothers, J.H. Owen)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 3
      • Description: J.M. Pile
        Dates: 1904-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 4
      • Description: P (correspondents include Ike Pace, H. Pagnuelo, J.H. Pankey, Webb Parkison Estate, Charles C. Parsons, J.H. Patrick, W.O. Peck, Gust A. Petrick, W.G. Pfouts, Rhoda Pierce, C.D. Pinckney, Harry T. Poindexter, H.F. Poland, R.L. Polk and Company, James A. Pollock and Company, Goerge H. Potter, A.S. Pratt and Sons, Proctor Knott Gold Mining Company, Publishers Clearing House, C.A. Purdom)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5
      • Description: Anna Richter
        Dates: 1907-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 6
      • Description: R (correspondents include John C. Ramsey, The Rand Company, Raven Mining Company, Raymond Commercial Club, Winthrop Raymond, James W. Rea and Company, T.B. Reagan, D.N. Reber, Red Bluff Gold Mining Company, Red Top Mining Company of Goldfield, J.W. Reed, W.A. Reel, A. Ira Renick, Republican National Committee, Joseph E. Richards, W. Richtmyer, Nick Rider, J.A. Rightenour, James G. Roberts, Thomas S. Robinson and Company, Rocky Fork Coal Company, Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company, H.E. Rooks, Paul R. Rosin, Fred Rowlands, E.L. Ruegamer)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
      • Description: W.H. Schamp
        Dates: 1906-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
      • Description: O.Y. Schulenburg
        Dates: 1903-1906
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9
      • Description: C. Al Shay (re several mining companies)
        Dates: 1904-1907
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 10
      • Description: William Simpson
        Dates: 1903-1905
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 11
      • Description: Smith (includes Charles M. Smith, Mrs. E.L. Smith, E.M. Smith, Frank Smith, H.F. Smith, Joseph Smith, R.T. Smith)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 12
      • Description: S.V. Stewart
        Dates: 1905-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 13
      • Description: Joseph M. Stoker; John H. Stoker
        Dates: 1903-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 14
      • Description: S (correspondents include Allen C. Sanders, Lester Sanford, H.H. Sappington, Albert Saylor, J.M. Scanland, Lewis F. Scheytt, Helen Schmuck, H.J. Schreiner, Seattle Clearing House Association, Seattle National Bank, W.A. Shea, Daniel S. Shenk, W. Shields, Walter Shobe, C.S. Shoemaker, Z.A. Short, Joe Sicard, Silver Bow National Bank, Charles A. Spirk, H.J. Springer, John Standake, Standard Publishing Company, George H. Stanton, State Bank and Trust Company [Tonopah, Nev.], State Bank of Dillon, H.E. Steffins, Steurer Publishing Company, Andrew Stewart, William Stinson, Fred H. Stock, Stoller Live Stock Commission Company, M.W. Stout, J.H. Stovel, C.R. Stranahan, H.T. Strollwood, Silas Stuart, Stumpf and Hay)
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 15
      • Description: A.W. and C.E. Tanner
        Dates: 1904-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 16
      • Description: Tinsley family (includes Bazel Tinsley, F.H. Tinsley, W.E. Tinsley)
        Dates: 1906-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 17
      • Description: T (correspondents include H. Tait, Walter S. Tallant, Taylor and Brunton Ore Company, Fred J. Thomas, J.F. Thompson, Fred Thurston, William H. Tibbals, Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, Joseph B. Toplitz, C.B. Towers, George W. Tucker)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 18
      • Description: Union Bank and Trust Company (includes George L. Ramsey, Frank Bogart)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 19-20
      • Description: United States government (includes Assay Office, Bureau of the Census, Forest Service, General Land Office, Geological Survey, Treasury Dept.)
        Dates: 1901-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 21
      • Description: U-V (correspondents include United States Mining and Power Company, United States Pure Food Company, George Unverzagt, Ellis B. Usher, Valley Forge Mining Company, L.W. VanAkin, P.H. Vanderlick, William Volker and Company)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 22
      • Description: Washoe Copper Company; Washoe Sampler
        Dates: 1904-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 23
      • Description: Tom Watson; Tom Watson Estate
        Dates: 1907-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 24
      • Description: William K. Weaver
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 25
      • Description: H.F. West, Undertaker
        Dates: 1903-1905
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 26
      • Description: Western National Bank of the City of New York
        Dates: 1902-1903
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 27
      • Description: Ed E. Williams (includes Revenue Mine, Madisonian Mine, Montana Revenue Gold Mining Company)
        Dates: 1904-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 28
      • Description: W (correspondents include O.F. Wadsworth, Mrs. E.J. Wallace, Andrew J. Walrath, R.B. Wampler, A.J. Warren, David F. Watson, Robert R. Wedekind, Welch and Harrington, J.H. Westerhouse, Western Union Telegraph Company, Henry Wetmore, M.A. White, White Sewing Machine Company, Whitehall State Bank , Mr. & Mrs. Wicks, James Wilkie, John Williams, Lottie Williams, Lewis Wilson, Alvin Womack, Mark W. Woods, Charles F. Word, R. Lee Word)
        Dates: 1902-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 29
      • Description: Y (correspondents include Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company, Yegen Brothers Savings Bank, W.I Young, unidentified)
        Dates: 1904-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 30
    • General Correspondence

      • Description: Allen family (includes Charlie E. Allen, Elbert F. Allen, George R. Allen)
        Dates: 1912-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
      • Description: A (correspondents include Louis Abels, Abercrombie and Johnson, Acme Harvesting Machine Company, Army Adams, Julie Albro, Walter Alderson, Almanac Advertising Agency, May Alward, American Bankers Association, American National Bank, American Smelting and Refining Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Charles T. Armstrong, E.F. Armstrong, Mary Glenn Austin, A.H. Averill Machinery Company)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2
      • Description: Bankers... (includes Bankers Insurance Company, Bankers Life Company, Bankers Trust Company)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 3
      • Description: B (correspondents include Peter Bacca; Banking Corporation of Montana; Clara E. Barclay; William Barclay; W.S. Bardwell; George A. Beaman; S.L. Bean; Elmer G. Bell; Kate Bell; George Bennett; John G. Bins; Charles E. Black; Jesse S. Bosworth; Eva Bower; I.L. Bower; W.N. Bowman; J.A. Brake; W.H. Brennan; E.M. Brooke; Lisbeth Bromback; Crossland Brooks; Brown, Treacy and Sperry Company; Bryant Supply Company; Robert E. Burns; William J. Burns National Detective Agency; Burroughs Adding Machine Company; William Burtch, Butte Adjustment Company)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 4
      • Description: W.A. Clark and Brother
        Dates: 1910-1913
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
      • Description: C (correspondents include William B. Calhoun, Edmund J. Callaway; May H. Carmin, B.J. Carney and Company, E.T. Chapin Company, M.I. Chappell, C.W. Chowning, Mae Church, Citizens' Telephone Company, Clark and Duncan, J.Z. Clem, Conrad Trust and Savings Bank, John S. Cook and Company, Cootey-Blodgett Company, J.A. Copeland, W.H. Copeland)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6
      • Description: Dart Hardware and Implement Company
        Dates: 1911
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 7
      • Description: M.M. Duncan (see also Clark and Duncan)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 8-9
      • Description: D (correspondents include Daly Bank and Trust Company of Butte, W.L. Davis, James S. Dawes, Dayton [Ohio] Chamber of Commerce, A.W. DeGroot, Democratic National Committee, Joseph B. Derbes, W.P. Devereux Company, Nels Distard, E.L. Dodson, Drovers National Bank, V.F. Dusenberry)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 10
      • Description: Elling family (includes Harrison Elling, Horace B. Elling, Karl Elling, Elling Estate Company, Elling State Bank)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 11
      • Description: E (correspondents include Economy Power Company; Ely, Salyards and Company; John M. Evans)
        Dates: 1911-1914
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 12
      • Description: First National Bank of ... (includes Butte, Chicago, Kansas City, Nortonville [Kas], St. Paul, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Three Forks, White Sulphur Springs)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 13
      • Description: W.B. Fisher
        Dates: 1915-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 14
      • Description: F (correspondents include Benjamin H. Fairbrother, T.J. Farrell Jr., Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Emil Felenzer, Louis W. Fenske, F.M. Field, Firemen's Insurance Company, A.S. Fleimer, Mrs. John T. Fletcher, James A. Flint, J.A. Fowler, H.L. Francis, J.S. Freeman)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 15
      • Description: R.A. Gillespie
        Dates: 1914-1915
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 16
      • Description: P.H. "Harry" Gohn; Virginia Gohn, Henrietta Gohn
        Dates: 1910-1914
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 17
      • Description: William Grettum and Company
        Dates: 1913-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 18
      • Description: G (correspondents include R.K. Gardner, Garrett and Company, Walter Gatford [?], Sol Genzberger, Grace Virginia Gillham, Elise Girard, Mary Gleim Estate, Goldfield Kewanas Mining Company, Marian E. Goodwin, Gould Grain Company, John Grant, Mrs. R.H. Grey, Gunn-Thompson Company)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 19
      • Description: Fayette Harrington
        Dates: 1912
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 20
      • Description: E.A. and Samuel Higinbotham
        Dates: 1912-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 21
      • Description: J.L. Humphrey (Capital Trust and Savings Bank, Great Falls office)
        Dates: 1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 22
      • Description: H (correspondents include Hadzor Brothers, G.C. Hag, J.E. Hale, George S. Hanson, P.G. Harrington, M.A. Harris, Mrs. H.C. Harrison, Carrie Sleight Hatch, Hawkeye Elevator Company, Mrs. R.N. Hawkins, P.N. Haycraft, Heilbronner Company, Hennepin Mortgage Loan Company, Hilger Loan and Realty Company, Ellen Hiscock, M.J. Hogan, James Hooper, H.L. Hopka, J.E. Howorth, C.W. Hudson, George E. Humiston, Roy L. Hungerford, Hutt and Chesney Mortgage Loan Company)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 23
      • Description: F.F. and M.M. Irvine
        Dates: 1910-1915
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 24
      • Description: I (correspondents include Imperial Hay Company, Cephas Inabnit, Inter-Mountain Brokerage Company, Iron County Bank)
        Dates: 1911-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 25
      • Description: Jackson (includes E.W. Jackson, John T. Jackson, P.V. Jackson)
        Dates: 1915-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 26
      • Description: J-K (correspondents include Orson A. Jay, George L. Johns, C.L. Johnson, Arthur D. Jones and Company, Kelly and Kelly, Dema Kennedy, H. Gysbert Klenze, Knapp Company, Roger C. Knox, Berry Knutson, Katie Knutson, Mary Knutson, Alfred S. Kyle, Charles Kyle, Mantie Kyle)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 27
      • Description: Annie T. Leavitt
        Dates: 1912-1913
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 28
      • Description: L (correspondents include A.C. LaRose, Will Lawrence, Levey Brothers and Company, Lewis and Walker, Lydia A. Leyendecker, P.A. Lillis, Lindsay and Company, W.A. Lisheny [?], London Commercial Banking Company, Florence E. Long, Walter A. Lord, Eric Lyngaas)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 29
      • Description: Madison County government (includes R.N. Hawkins, E.M. Smith, H.C. Vinson, Phebe Comfort-Williams)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 30
      • Description: McCaull-Dinsmore Company
        Dates: 1912-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 31
      • Description: Samuel A. Mendenhall; Leah Morris Mendenhall
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 4 / 32
      • Description: Montana Bankers Association
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 1
      • Description: Montana State Examiner
        Dates: 1910-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 2
      • Description: Montana Treasurer's Office
        Dates: 1910-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 3
      • Description: Montana state government (includes Agricultural Experiment Station, Attorney General, Dept. of Banking, Dept. of Public Instruction, Governor, Secretary of State, State Dairy Commission, State Grain Inspection Dept., State Mine Inspector's Office)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 4
      • Description: Montana companies and organizations (includes Montana Central Elevator Company, Montana Electric Company, Montana Exposition Commission, Montana Farmers' Institutes, Montana Life Insurance Company, Montana Power Company, Montana-Tonopah Mining Company)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 5
      • Description: Charles E. Morris
        Dates: 1910-1913
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 6
      • Description: M (correspondents include W.A. Mack, Madison County Publicity Club, Madison State Bank, J.C. Mahony [re P.J. Leonard Estate], W.D. Manley, Mammoth Mining and Power Company, Charles A. Marriner, L.E. Marshall, Frank E. Martin, Seward Mason, Charles Mattison, Julian May, F.E. McCann, A.J. McCormick, H.W. McDaniel, J.F. McDonnell, McLeod Lumber Company, Mrs. C.V. McVey, William Melzer, Mary L. Miller, William M. Moon, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 7
      • Description: National Bank of Commerce in New York
        Dates: 1910-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 8
      • Description: National Life Insurance Company of Montana
        Dates: 1910-1914
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 9
      • Description: Norris Mercantile Company
        Dates: 1910-1914
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 10
      • Description: Northern Pacific Railway Company
        Dates: 1912-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 11
      • Description: N-O (correspondents include National Bank of Montana, National Surety Company, Franz Nollaeger, Alex Norris, John Northey, Northwestern Electric Lamp Company, Northwestern National Bank, Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, L.B. Olds, John Osterman)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 12
      • Description: Ole Peterson
        Dates: 1914-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 13
      • Description: P (correspondents include Pacific Tank and Pipe Company, L.R. Packard, H.A. Paddock, N.D. Parks, Passmore and Company, J.H. Patrick, William Pearce, Mrs. B.M. Phillips, H.S. Phillips, J.M. Pile, Town of Pony, George Powell, Jonathan W. Powell, G.R. Powers, John E. Price)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 14
      • Description: T.E. Richardson
        Dates: 1914-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 15
      • Description: R (correspondents include George L. Ramsey, J.C. Ramsey, Ranchers Hail and Fire Insurance Company, T.D. Randall and Company, H.H. Randolph and Company, John Rasmussen, W.A. Reel, Leonardo Remington, F.C. Richtmyer, J.G. Roberts, L.W. Roper, William Routzahn, George A. Rundell, Glenn M. Rundell)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 16
      • Description: Sears and Dawes
        Dates: 1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 17
      • Description: C.S. Shoemaker
        Dates: 1910-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 18
      • Description: Z.A. Short
        Dates: 1910-1914
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 19
      • Description: S (correspondents include George W. Sanford, Lester Sanford, H.H. Sappington, Edward Scharnikow, J.P. Schlichtig [?], John Schuten, Security State Bank of Havre, Robert A. Semple, Shaw and Borden Company, Arthur Shaw, Loren Shaw, Harriet Shenk, Frank T. Sheppard, Sheridan State Bank, Kate Shields, J.C. Shirley, George L. Shuman and Company, Silver Bow National Bank, E.M. Smith, Harry Smith, Isaac Snodderly, Fred Snowball, E.H. Sparrell, Spaulding Manufacturing Company, State Bank of Somers, Anna W. Stewart, John W. Stiver, Fred H. Stock, A.H. Stoddard, John H. Stoker)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 20
      • Description: Tinsley family (includes Bazel Tinsley, Enoch W. Tinsley, W.E. Tinsley)
        Dates: 1910-1914
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 21
      • Description: T (correspondents include Walter Talland; J.L. Templeman; H.R. Thixton; A.P. Thomas; Thompson, Towle and Company; Thompson Falls Power Company; Toberman, Mackey and Company; Tootle-Campbell Dry Goods Company; F.N. Truesdale; C.E. Tuke)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 22
      • Description: Union Bank and Trust Company (includes George L. Ramsey, Frank Bogart, S. McKennan)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 23
      • Description: United States government (includes Assay Office, Bureau of the Census, Food Administration, Geological Survey, Interstate Commerce Commission, Postal Savings System, Treasury Dept.)
        Dates: 1912-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 24
      • Description: U-V (correspondents include Union Investment Company, United Drug Company, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, United States Smelting Company, L.W. VanAkin, Van Dusen Harrington Company)
        Dates: 1910-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 25
      • Description: William K. Weaver
        Dates: 1910-1911
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 26
      • Description: Wells and Dickey Company
        Dates: 1910-1913
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 27
      • Description: H.F. West, Undertaker (includes Davis and West)
        Dates: 1913-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 28
      • Description: Ed E. Williams
        Dates: 1910-1914
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 29
      • Description: W-Z (correspondents include Franz Wallaeger, Thomas J. Walsh, I.S. Ware, Washoe Sampler, David Watson, W.F. Watt, Fritz Wehrbein, I.A. Westmoreland, Henry Wetmore, George W. White, White and Son, Whitehall State Bank, Lamie Wickham, J. Wicklund, W.F. Widner, R.H. Wiedman, James Wilkie, O.W. Wilkins, Willow Creek State Bank, R.G. Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, J.W. Winning, Francis C. Wood, W.A. Wood, R. Lee Word, E.W. Wullenwaber, Valentino Zanella, unidentified)
        Dates: 1910-1917
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 30
    • Court Papers

      • Description: Miscellaneous (includes garnishments, subpoenas, etc.)
        Dates: 1907-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 5 / 31
    • Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

    • Subject Files

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Advertisements [sampled]
        Dates: n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 11
      • Description: Assay reports
        Dates: 1903-1909
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 12
      • Description: Grain shipment receipts
        Dates: 1908, 1912
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 13
      • Description: Insurance policies on Morris State Bank and on Charles E. Morris
        Dates: n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 14
      • Description: Letterheads; blank forms; etc.
        Dates: n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 15
      • Description: Pledge lists for YMCA drive for "our boys in France"; and for advertising for Madison County
        Dates: 1917, n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 16
      • Description: Storage account for bank records; office machine guarantees; commercial report for Town of Pony
        Dates: 1908, n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 17
  • Morris and Flint, Insurance

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: A-D (correspondents include Aetna Insurance Company, James Althouse, American Central Insurance Company, Frank Armstrong, Associated Underwriters, [unidentified barber shop], Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, Butte Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents, Cardwell School District #16, Ethel Carlson, James S. Dawes, Drake-Ballard Company)
        Dates: 1907-1922
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 18
      • Description: Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
        Dates: 1904-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 19
      • Description: F-G (correspondents include J.H. Featherston, R.R. Finlay, Flint-Lynn Lumber Company)
        Dates: 1907-1919
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 20
      • Description: Home Insurance Company
        Dates: 1909-1927
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 21
      • Description: H-J (correspondents include M.C. Hayden, James T. Jelks)
        Dates: 1909, n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 22
      • Description: Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company
        Dates: 1906-1918
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 23
      • Description: M-O (correspondents include J.A. McAllister, D.R. McLeod, Samuel A. Mendenhall, Montana Auto and Garage Company, Montana-Revenue Gold Mining Company, Norris Mercantile Company, Oregon Mortgage Company)
        Dates: 1906-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 24
      • Description: St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (includes Christensen and Goodwin, agents; also includes letter to earlier Pony insurance agent)
        Dates: 1899-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 25
      • Description: S-W (correspondents include Benn A. Scott, United Insurance Company, Hugh C. Wakefield, Nelson J. White, Homer Wilson, World's Largest Insurance Company, S.B. Wright)
        Dates: 1908-1926
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 26
    • Reports

      • Description: Reports and prospecti on mining properties (includes Black Pine Mining Company, Dailey Group of Mining Claims, Leviathan Gold Mining Company, Rocky Mountain Exploration Company, Stockton Copper Mining Company [includes drawings])
        Dates: 1887-1907, n.d.
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 27
    • Miscellany

  • Fred G. Smith

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: A-E (correspondents include Charlie E. Allen, J.D. Allen, C.F. Cameron, Crandall Publishing Company, Walter S. Dodge, Educational Supply Company, Elling Estates Company, Equitable Life Assurance Society)
        Dates: 1906-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 30
      • Description: J.T. Farrell
        Dates: 1906-1907
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 31
      • Description: F-H (correspondents include Fairview Oro Plata Mining Company, First National Bank of Miles City, James A. Flint, Foster's School of Healing, George W. Gideon, E.S. Gilliam, Gimbel Brothers, L.C. Gooch, Frank W. Haskins, J.K. Heslet, M.P. Hobart, H.H. Holloway, James B. How)
        Dates: 1907-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 32
      • Description: Inter-Mountain Mutual Life Insurance Company
        Dates: 1906-1908
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 33
      • Description: I-L (correspondents include International Correspondence Schools; Jones and Yergey; Keeler Brothers; Lincoln County National Bank, Shoshone, Idaho; Walter A. Lord)
        Dates: 1906-1911
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 34
      • Description: Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (Henry S. Waldron, Eugene C. Winburn)
        Dates: 1906-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 35
      • Description: M-N (correspondents include Madison State Bank, Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, A.J. McCormick, Montana-Nevada Mining Company, Abigail Morris, Fred F. Morris, W.C. Morris, Mystic Toilers, New York School of Automobile Engineers)
        Dates: 1907-1913
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 36
      • Description: Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation (Hood and Penney, agents)
        Dates: 1907-1912
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 37
      • Description: O-W (correspondents include Owenhouse Hardware Company, Parisian Dye House, N.D. Parker, J.H. Powell, J.C. Ramsay, A. Ira Renick, O.Y. Schulenburg, Schuneman and Evans, A.J. Smith, Art Smith, Hugh Smith, Leroy W. Smith, Lewis A. Smith, J.S. Staats, Trade Periodical Company, Washington Mail Order Company, Frank W. Wodrich)
        Dates: 1907-1916
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 38
    • Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

      • Description: Contract for sale of property, description of farm property for sale
        Dates: 1909-1910
        Container: Box/Folder 6 / 40