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MC 175
Morris State Bank (Pony, Mont.)
Morris State Bank
(Pony, Montana) Records
1899-1927
3.5 linear feet of shelf
space
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.
English
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.
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.
Arrangement:
by subgroup and series
Acquisition Information:
available upon request
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana
Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Banks and
banking--Montana--Pony
Gold mines and
mining--Montana--Pony
Insurance
companies--Montana--Pony
Mines and
mineral resources--Montana--Madison County
Telephone companies--
Montana--Pony
Helena
(Mont.)--Commerce
Pony
(Mont.)--Commerce
Virginia City
(Mont.)--Commerce
Montana
Business, Industry, and Labor
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection
Morris State Bank
Incoming Correspondence
1 / 1
W. Henry Adkins and E.S.
Adkins
1903-1906, 1908
1 / 2
American Bankers
Association
1902-1908
1 / 3
American Smelting and
Refining Company
1904-1909
1 / 4
Anaconda Copper Mining
Company
1907-1909
1 / 5
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)
1903-1909
1 / 6
Clara E. Barclay and
J.R. Barclay
1905-1908
1 / 7
Brown, Treacy and Sperry
Company
1905-1909
1 / 8
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
1906-1909
1 / 9
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)
1902-1909
1 / 10
Carbon County Bank
1902-1909
1 / 11
Clark and Duncan (W.A.
Clark and M.M. Duncan)
1906-1909
1 / 12
W.A. Clark [William
Alexander Clark] (includes Clark and Duncan law firm, Elling State Bank)
1902-1909
1 / 13
W.A. Clark and Brother
bank [William Andrews Clark]
1904-1908
1 / 14
Commercial National Bank
(Bozeman; Chicago)
1902-1909
1 / 15
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)
1902-1909
1 / 16
Daly Bank and Trust
Company
1902-1909
1 / 17
M.M. Duncan (see also:
Clark and Duncan)
1902-1909
1 / 18
D (correspondents
include E.C. Davis, H.E. Day, F.B. Dickerson, C.A. Dillet, Charles O. Dorr,
John N. Dryer, Paul S. Duncan)
1902-1909
1 / 19
Elling State Bank
(includes Thomas Duncan, W.A. Clark, Clyde Morris)
1902-1909
1 / 20
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)
1903-1909
1 / 21
First National Bank
(Butte; Freeland PA; Kalispell; Lanark IL; Staples MN; Meteetsee WY; Youngstown
OH)
1903-1908
1 / 22
First National Bank of
San Francisco
1903-1909
1 / 23
James A. Flint
1903-1908
1 / 24
French and Powell
(Virginia City Post Office)
1902-1903
1 / 25
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)
1902-1909
1 / 26
P.H. "Harry" Gohn and
Virginia Gohn
1906-1909
2 / 1
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)
1903-1909
2 / 2
C.H. Hand
1907-1909
2 / 3
L.F. Hare
1906-1909
2 / 4
Hennepin Ore Company
1902-1903
2 / 5
L.O. Hickok and Son
1908-1909
2 / 6
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)
1902-1909
2 / 7
Indian Gold Mining
Company
1904-1909
2 / 8
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)
1903-1909
2 / 9
Roger C. Knox (includes
Montana Revenue Gold Mining Company)
1902-1909
2 / 10
K (correspondents
include Kenkel-Todd Company, John N. Kirk, Joseph Kirschwing, Bessie A.
Kneedler, C.G. Kohl, Kountze Brothers, Alfred S. Kyle)
1902-1909
2 / 11
Levey Brothers and
Company
1903-1908
2 / 12
A.W. Lignell (German and
Lignell, Architects)
1903
2 / 13
Walter F. Lord
1904-1908
2 / 14
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)
1902-1909
2 / 15
Madison County
government (includes W.A. Stevenson, C.E. Reese, J.Z. Clem, C.H. Buford, George
E. Gohn, R.N. Hawkins)
1902-1909
2 / 16
John C. Mahoney
(includes P.J. Leonard Estate)
1906-1909
2 / 17-18
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)
1903-1909
2 / 19
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)
1903-1909
2 / 20
Montana Bankers
Association
1905-1909
2 / 21
Montana State Examiner
1905-1909
2 / 22
Montana Tonopah Mining
Company
1902-1907
2 / 23
Montana Treasurer's
Office
1905-1909
2 / 24
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)
1903-1909
2 / 25
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)
1906-1908
2 / 26-27
Morris family (includes
Charles E. Morris, C.R. Morris, Fred Morris, Leah Morris, W.C. Morris, W.W.
Morris)
1903-1909
2 / 28
Mo-My (correspondents
include Fred Moore, Mrs. Price Moorhead, J.R. Morrisey, Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, Frank C. Myers)
1903-1909
2 / 29
National Bank of
Commerce in New York
1902-1909
2 / 30
C.E. Noble
1904-1906
2 / 31
Norris Mercantile
Company (includes J.R. Whitmore)
1903-1909
3 / 1
Northern Pacific Railway
Company; Northern Pacific Express Company
1903-1909
3 / 2
John Northey
1905-1909
3 / 3
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)
1902-1909
3 / 4
J.M. Pile
1904-1908
3 / 5
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)
1902-1909
3 / 6
Anna Richter
1907-1909
3 / 7
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)
1902-1909
3 / 8
W.H. Schamp
1906-1909
3 / 9
O.Y. Schulenburg
1903-1906
3 / 10
C. Al Shay (re several
mining companies)
1904-1907
3 / 11
William Simpson
1903-1905
3 / 12
Smith (includes Charles
M. Smith, Mrs. E.L. Smith, E.M. Smith, Frank Smith, H.F. Smith, Joseph Smith,
R.T. Smith)
1902-1909
3 / 13
S.V. Stewart
1905-1908
3 / 14
Joseph M. Stoker; John
H. Stoker
1903-1908
3 / 15
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)
1903-1909
3 / 16
A.W. and C.E. Tanner
1904-1909
3 / 17
Tinsley family (includes
Bazel Tinsley, F.H. Tinsley, W.E. Tinsley)
1906-1909
3 / 18
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)
1902-1909
3 / 19-20
Union Bank and Trust
Company (includes George L. Ramsey, Frank Bogart)
1902-1909
3 / 21
United States government
(includes Assay Office, Bureau of the Census, Forest Service, General Land
Office, Geological Survey, Treasury Dept.)
1901-1909
3 / 22
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)
1902-1909
3 / 23
Washoe Copper Company;
Washoe Sampler
1904-1909
3 / 24
Tom Watson; Tom Watson
Estate
1907-1909
3 / 25
William K. Weaver
1902-1909
3 / 26
H.F. West, Undertaker
1903-1905
3 / 27
Western National Bank of
the City of New York
1902-1903
3 / 28
Ed E. Williams (includes
Revenue Mine, Madisonian Mine, Montana Revenue Gold Mining Company)
1904-1909
3 / 29
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)
1902-1909
3 / 30
Y (correspondents
include Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company, Yegen Brothers Savings Bank, W.I
Young, unidentified)
1904-1909
General Correspondence
4 / 1
Allen family
(includes Charlie E. Allen, Elbert F. Allen, George R. Allen)
1912-1916
4 / 2
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)
1910-1916
4 / 3
Bankers... (includes
Bankers Insurance Company, Bankers Life Company, Bankers Trust Company)
1910-1916
4 / 4
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)
1910-1917
4 / 5
W.A. Clark and
Brother
1910-1913
4 / 6
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)
1910-1916
4 / 7
Dart Hardware and
Implement Company
1911
4 / 8-9
M.M. Duncan (see
also Clark and Duncan)
1910-1917
4 / 10
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)
1910-1917
4 / 11
Elling family
(includes Harrison Elling, Horace B. Elling, Karl Elling, Elling Estate
Company, Elling State Bank)
1910-1917
4 / 12
E (correspondents
include Economy Power Company; Ely, Salyards and Company; John M. Evans)
1911-1914
4 / 13
First National Bank
of ... (includes Butte, Chicago, Kansas City, Nortonville [Kas], St. Paul, San
Francisco, Santa Ana, Three Forks, White Sulphur Springs)
1910-1916
4 / 14
W.B. Fisher
1915-1916
4 / 15
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)
1910-1916
4 / 16
R.A. Gillespie
1914-1915
4 / 17
P.H. "Harry" Gohn;
Virginia Gohn, Henrietta Gohn
1910-1914
4 / 18
William Grettum and
Company
1913-1917
4 / 19
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)
1910-1916
4 / 20
Fayette Harrington
1912
4 / 21
E.A. and Samuel
Higinbotham
1912-1917
4 / 22
J.L. Humphrey
(Capital Trust and Savings Bank, Great Falls office)
1916
4 / 23
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)
1910-1917
4 / 24
F.F. and M.M. Irvine
1910-1915
4 / 25
I (correspondents
include Imperial Hay Company, Cephas Inabnit, Inter-Mountain Brokerage Company,
Iron County Bank)
1911-1916
4 / 26
Jackson (includes
E.W. Jackson, John T. Jackson, P.V. Jackson)
1915-1916
4 / 27
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)
1910-1917
4 / 28
Annie T. Leavitt
1912-1913
4 / 29
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)
1910-1917
4 / 30
Madison County
government (includes R.N. Hawkins, E.M. Smith, H.C. Vinson, Phebe
Comfort-Williams)
1910-1916
4 / 31
McCaull-Dinsmore
Company
1912-1917
4 / 32
Samuel A.
Mendenhall; Leah Morris Mendenhall
1910-1917
5 / 1
Montana Bankers
Association
1910-1917
5 / 2
Montana State
Examiner
1910-1912
5 / 3
Montana Treasurer's
Office
1910-1912
5 / 4
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)
1910-1916
5 / 5
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)
1910-1916
5 / 6
Charles E. Morris
1910-1913
5 / 7
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)
1910-1917
5 / 8
National Bank of
Commerce in New York
1910-1912
5 / 9
National Life
Insurance Company of Montana
1910-1914
5 / 10
Norris Mercantile
Company
1910-1914
5 / 11
Northern Pacific
Railway Company
1912-1916
5 / 12
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)
1910-1916
5 / 13
Ole Peterson
1914-1916
5 / 14
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)
1910-1917
5 / 15
T.E. Richardson
1914-1916
5 / 16
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)
1910-1917
5 / 17
Sears and Dawes
1916
5 / 18
C.S. Shoemaker
1910-1912
5 / 19
Z.A. Short
1910-1914
5 / 20
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)
1910-1917
5 / 21
Tinsley family
(includes Bazel Tinsley, Enoch W. Tinsley, W.E. Tinsley)
1910-1914
5 / 22
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)
1910-1917
5 / 23
Union Bank and Trust
Company (includes George L. Ramsey, Frank Bogart, S. McKennan)
1910-1916
5 / 24
United States
government (includes Assay Office, Bureau of the Census, Food Administration,
Geological Survey, Interstate Commerce Commission, Postal Savings System,
Treasury Dept.)
1912-1917
5 / 25
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)
1910-1916
5 / 26
William K. Weaver
1910-1911
5 / 27
Wells and Dickey
Company
1910-1913
5 / 28
H.F. West,
Undertaker (includes Davis and West)
1913-1916
5 / 29
Ed E. Williams
1910-1914
5 / 30
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)
1910-1917
Court Papers
5 / 31
Miscellaneous
(includes garnishments, subpoenas, etc.)
1907-1916
Financial
Records
5 / 32
Assessments
for state examiner's fund, state depository interest fund, and state banking
fund
1903-1916
5 / 33
Bills,
receipts, etc. [sampled]
1902-1916
Vol. 1-2
Daily
statement registers
Apr.1902- Jan.1912
Vol. 3
Draft
register
Apr.1902- Jan.1907
5 / 34
Individual
bank accounts [scattered]
1904-1916
Vol. 4-5
Journals
Apr.1902- Jan.1908
5 / 35
"Paper held
by Morris State Bank, Pony, Montana" (re loans); description of legal documents
etc. deposited as collateral for loans
1903-1913
5 / 36
Promissory
notes
1903-1911
6 / 1
Reports of
condition sent to Office of State Examiner, State Bank Examiner, and Public
Service Commission
1903-1914, n.d.
6 / 2
Taxes
[scattered]
1902-1914
Vol. 6
Teller's daily balance
June 1907- May 1908
6 / 3
Transactions
with Montana banks: A-W [sampled]
1902-1917
6 / 4
Transactions
with out-of-state banks: B-W [sampled]
1902-1911
Legal
Documents
6 / 5
Agreements, deeds, mortgages, etc. [mostly 3rd parties]
1903-1917
6 / 6
Business
licenses
1906-1918
6 / 7
Notices
of protest of checks (insufficient funds)
1902-1910
Subject
Files
6 / 8
Citizens' Telephone Company
1908-1912
6 / 9
Elling and Morris, Proprietors of the Pony Electric Light Plant
1908-1915
6 / 10
Indian Gold Mining Company
1908, 1917
Miscellany
6 /
11
Advertisements [sampled]
n.d.
6 /
12
Assay reports
1903-1909
6 /
13
Grain shipment receipts
1908, 1912
6 /
14
Insurance policies on Morris State Bank and on Charles E. Morris
n.d.
6 /
15
Letterheads; blank forms; etc.
n.d.
6 /
16
Pledge lists for YMCA drive for "our boys in France"; and for advertising for
Madison County
1917, n.d.
6 /
17
Storage account for bank records; office machine guarantees; commercial report
for Town of Pony
1908, n.d.
Morris and Flint, Insurance
General Correspondence
6 / 18
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)
1907-1922
6 / 19
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
1904-1918
6 / 20
F-G (correspondents include J.H. Featherston, R.R.
Finlay, Flint-Lynn Lumber Company)
1907-1919
6 / 21
Home Insurance Company
1909-1927
6 / 22
H-J (correspondents include M.C. Hayden, James T.
Jelks)
1909, n.d.
6 / 23
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company
1906-1918
6 / 24
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)
1906-1916
6 / 25
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (includes
Christensen and Goodwin, agents; also includes letter to earlier Pony insurance
agent)
1899-1908
6 / 26
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)
1908-1926
Reports
6 / 27
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])
1887-1907, n.d.
Miscellany
6 / 28
Insurance policies and applications: A-Y, unidentified
1908-1918
6 / 29
Miscellaneous (includes brochures, Montana hail insurance rates)
1912-1927, n.d.
Fred G. Smith
General Correspondence
6 / 30
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)
1906-1912
6 / 31
J.T.
Farrell
1906-1907
6 / 32
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)
1907-1912
6 / 33
Inter-Mountain Mutual Life Insurance Company
1906-1908
6 / 34
I-L
(correspondents include International Correspondence Schools; Jones and Yergey;
Keeler Brothers; Lincoln County National Bank, Shoshone, Idaho; Walter A. Lord)
1906-1911
6 / 35
Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York (Henry S. Waldron, Eugene C. Winburn)
1906-1912
6 / 36
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)
1907-1913
6 / 37
Ocean
Accident and Guarantee Corporation (Hood and Penney, agents)
1907-1912
6 / 38
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)
1907-1916
Financial Records
6 / 39
Bank
statements, bills, receipts, etc.
1906-1916
Legal Documents
6 / 40
Contract for sale of property, description of farm property for sale
1909-1910