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Madison County Centennial Writing Contest Collection, 1964

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Madison County Centennial Writing Contest
Title
Madison County Centennial Writing Contest Collection
Dates
1964 (inclusive)
Quantity
.4 linear feet
Collection Number
Collection 0137, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Madison County Centennial Writing Contest Collection was a competition sponsored by the public schools of Madison County, Montana in 1964, to encourage student research in the history of the county. The topics ranged from biography to community history, with many based on personal interviews conducted by the authors.
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

Researchers are reminded that the copyright for each individual research paper resides with the author and that conformance to federal and state law regarding fair use of intellectual properties is the responsibility of the collection user.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Historical Note

The Centennial Writing Contest was a competition sponsored by the public schools of Madison County, Montana, to encourage student research in the history of the county. Among the judges in the contest were Naomi Lane Babson, Dale White, and A. B. Guthrie. The papers were submitted anonymously, with judges submitting their choice based on entry numbers. The topics ranged from biography to community history, with many based on personal interviews conducted by the authors.

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Content Description

The papers in this collection have been arranged alphabetically by the author's name. In addition to the author name inventory, this finding aid contains a title index to the papers, along with a listing of the original accession numbers.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are reminded that the copyright for each individual research paper resides with the author and that conformance to federal and state law regarding fair use of intellectual properties is the responsibility of the collection user.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Madison County Centennial Writing Contest Collection was donated to Special Collections from a variety of sources in 1964-1965. The collection was consolidated from several essays that had previously been accessioned separately bearing numbers from 137 through 280.

The following accession numbers were consolidated to form this collection: 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 175, 176, 177, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 189, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 January 28

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Anderson, Jean E.: The Making of a Sheepman
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: Armstrong, Bonnie: Report of Mrs. Jenny Duncan
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: Bowersox, Barry: Clarence L. Oliver Family
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: Boyd, Evelyn: The Parsons Bridge
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
  • Description: Brownback, Mark: Mining in Mammoth
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5
  • Description: Brownback, Mark: The Norwegian Dredge
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6
  • Description: Carey, Anne: Nikolas and Mary Carey: First Postmaster and Postmistress of Adobetown
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7
  • Description: Carey, Bill: The Buried Ghost Town
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8
  • Description: Clark, Gary: Thomas L. Lincoln
    Container: Box/Folder 1/9
  • Description: Clark, James W.: The Over Anxious Hunter
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10
  • Description: Daems, Patricia: Life in Old Virginia City
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11
  • Description: Dietrich, Kay: The Workings of the Boaz Mine
    Container: Box/Folder 1/12
  • Description: Drake, Cynthia: Pony, Montana
    Container: Box/Folder 1/13
  • Description: Duncan, Sheila: Mrs. Duncan's Report
    Container: Box/Folder 1/14
  • Description: Gates, Marie: Coal Mining Near Mill Creek
    Container: Box/Folder 1/15
  • Description: Gates, Mary: George Carkeek
    Container: Box/Folder 1/16
  • Description: Gates, Mary E.: White Bear
    Container: Box/Folder 1/17
  • Description: Gilman, Glenn: William Taylor: Montana Pioneer
    Container: Box/Folder 1/18
  • Description: Gilman, Karla: From Pleasant Green to Stinking Water
    Container: Box/Folder 1/19
  • Description: Gilman, Leslie: Old Roads
    Container: Box/Folder 1/20
  • Description: Grauman, David: The Revenue Mine
    Container: Box/Folder 1/21
  • Description: Gum, Glenda: Pioneer Preacher
    Container: Box/Folder 1/22
  • Description: Hansen, David: Old Timers of Madison County
    Container: Box/Folder 1/23
  • Description: Harkins, Marilyn: Early History of Silver Star, Madison County, Montana
    Container: Box/Folder 1/24
  • Description: Hokanson, Bethel: Norris School
    Container: Box/Folder 1/25
  • Description: Hokanson, David: Cold Spring School
    Container: Box/Folder 1/26
  • Description: Jasmann, Larry: Trouble on the Revenue Flats
    Container: Box/Folder 1/27
  • Description: Jasmann, Susie: Tom Flemming
    Container: Box/Folder 1/28
  • Description: Lott, Margaret: The Early History of Twin Bridges
    Container: Box/Folder 1/29
  • Description: Manley, Jackie: The Early History of Pony
    Container: Box/Folder 1/30
  • Description: Marsh, Dan: The History and Development of Sheridan, Montana
    Container: Box/Folder 1/31
  • Description: Martin, Joanne: The Harrison Bank Robbery
    Container: Box/Folder 1/32
  • Description: McCrea, Billy: Sheriff James Summer
    Container: Box/Folder 1/33
  • Description: McDonnell, Mary Ann: Bravery and Courage
    Container: Box/Folder 1/34
  • Description: Meyer, Max: History of Brandon
    Container: Box/Folder 1/35
  • Description: Nelson, Steve: Early Madison County Mines
    Container: Box/Folder 1/36
  • Description: Olsen, Cathy: Harrison and its Schools
    Container: Box/Folder 1/37
  • Description: Powell, Milt: The Founder of Norris
    Container: Box/Folder 1/38
  • Description: Rice, Greg: History of Harrison Bank
    Container: Box/Folder 1/39
  • Description: Reichman, Roger: The Sheriff Summers Murder
    Container: Box/Folder 1/40
  • Description: Rowe, Wayne: Red Bluff, Montana
    Container: Box/Folder 1/41
  • Description: Sauerbier, Kristy: Mattie
    Container: Box/Folder 1/42
  • Description: Schulz, Dave: A Railroad in Ruby Valley
    Container: Box/Folder 1/43
  • Description: Sheehan, Kathy: Desperado Among The Miners
    Container: Box/Folder 1/44
  • Description: Shipman, Edine: Edna Rosella Newbary
    Container: Box/Folder 1/45
  • Description: Shirley, Stuart: The Flying D Cattle Company
    Container: Box/Folder 1/46
  • Description: Shorten, Carol: Summit Valley
    Container: Box/Folder 1/47
  • Description: Shorten, Linda: Long Hunted Homestead
    Container: Box/Folder 1/48
  • Description: Steiner, Rhonda E.: Children in Early Alder Gulch
    Container: Box/Folder 1/49
  • Description: Stephens, Janet: Tobacco Money
    Container: Box/Folder 1/50
  • Description: Sykes, Julia: The Cherry Creek School
    Container: Box/Folder 1/51
  • Description: Tilton, Jeannie: Dear Webb
    Container: Box/Folder 1/52
  • Description: Tilton, Mary: William Henry Vanderburgh: Young Fur Trader
    Container: Box/Folder 1/53
  • Description: Tolson, Carolyn: Destiny of a Runaway "Wolff"
    Container: Box/Folder 1/54
  • Description: Visser, Sandra: The Harrison Flour Mill
    Container: Box/Folder 1/55
  • Description: Weber, Karla Sue, Brandon
    Container: Box/Folder 1/56
  • Description: Weber, Penny Lynn: Portrait of a Pioneer: George Edward Wright
    Container: Box/Folder 1/57
  • Description: Wheeler, Jean: James Madison Page
    Container: Box/Folder 1/58
  • Description: White, Kathie: The Madisonian: Montana's Oldest Weekly
    Container: Box/Folder 1/59
  • Description: Womack, Peter: Coming to Madison - The Hard Way
    Container: Box/Folder 1/60
  • Description: Alphabetical listing by title
  • Description: Brandon

    Weber, Karla Sue

  • Description: Bravery and Courage

    McDonnell, Mary Ann

  • Description: The Buried Ghost Town

    Carey, Bill

  • Description: Cherry Creek School

    Sykes, Julia

  • Description: Children in Early Alder Gulch

    Steiner, Rhonda E.

  • Description: Clarence L. Oliver Family

    Bowerson, Barry

  • Description: Coal Mining Near Mill Creek

    Gates, Marie E.

  • Description: Cold Spring School

    Hokanson, David

  • Description: Coming to The Madison - The Hard Way

    Womack, Peter

  • Description: Dear Webb

    Tilton, Jeannie

  • Description: Desperado Among the Miners

    Sheehan, Kathy

  • Description: Destiny of a Runaway "Wolff"

    Tolson, Carolyn

  • Description: Early History of Pony

    Manley, Jackie

  • Description: The Early History of Silver Star, Madison County, Montana

    Harkins, Marilyn

  • Description: The Early History of Twin Bridges

    Lott, Margaret

  • Description: Early Madison County Mines

    Nelson, Steve

  • Description: Edna Rosella Newbary

    Shipman, Edine

  • Description: The Flying D Cattle Company

    Shirley, Stuart

  • Description: The Founder of Norris

    Powell, Milt

  • Description: From Pleasant Green to Stinking Water

    Gilman, Karla

  • Description: George Carkeek

    Gates, Mary

  • Description: Harrison and its Schools

    Olsen, Cathy

  • Description: The Harrison Bank Robbery

    Martin, Joanne

  • Description: The Harrison Flour Mill

    Visser, Sandra

  • Description: The History of Brandon

    Meyer, Max

  • Description: The History and Development of Sheridan, Montana

    Marsh, Dan

  • Description: History of Harrison Bank

    Rice, Greg

  • Description: James Madison Page

    Wheeler, Jean

  • Description: Life In Old Virginia City

    Daems, Patricia

  • Description: Long Hunted Homestead

    Shorten, Linda

  • Description: The Madisonian: Montana's Oldest Weekly

    White, Kathie

  • Description: The Making of a Sheepman

    Anderson, Jean E.

  • Description: Mattie

    Sauerbier, Kristy

  • Description: Mining in Mammoth

    Brownback, Mark

  • Description: Mrs. Duncan's Report

    Duncan, Sheila

  • Description: Nikolas and Mary Carey: First Postmaster and Postmistress of Adobetown

    Carey, Anne

  • Description: Norris School

    Hokanson, Bethel

  • Description: The Norwegian Dredge

    Brownback, Frank

  • Description: Old Roads

    Gilman, Leslie

  • Description: Old Timers of Madison County

    Hansen, David

  • Description: The Over Anxious Hunter

    Clark, James W.

  • Description: The Parsons Bridge

    Boyd, Evelyn

  • Description: Pioneer Preacher

    Gum, Glenda

  • Description: Pony, Montana

    Drake, Cynthia

  • Description: Portrait of a Pioneer - George Edward "Ed" Wright

    Weber, Penny Lynn

  • Description: A Railroad in the Ruby Valley

    Schulz, Dave

  • Description: Red Bluff, Montana

    Rowe, Wayne

  • Description: Report of Mrs. Jenny Duncan

    Armstrong, Bonnie

  • Description: The Revenue Mine

    Grauman, David

  • Description: Sheriff James Summers

    McCrea, Billy

  • Description: The Sheriff James Summers Murder

    Reichman, Roger

  • Description: Summit Valley

    Shorten, Carol

  • Description: Thomas L. Lincoln

    Clark, Gary

  • Description: Tobacco Money

    Stephens, Janet

  • Description: Tom Flemming

    Jasmann, Susie

  • Description: Trouble on the Revenue Flats

    Jasmann, Larry

  • Description: White Bear

    Gates, Mary E.

  • Description: William Taylor-Montana Pioneer

    Gilman, Glenn

  • Description: The Workings of the Boaz Mine

    Dietrich, Kay

  • Description: William Henry Vanderburgh-Young Fur Trader

    Tilton, Mary

  • Description: The following accession numbers were consolidated to form this collection:

    137 138 139 140 141 143 153 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 167 168 169 175 176 177 181 182 184 185 186 187 189 254 255 256 257 258 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280

Kim Allen Scott, 2009
September 14, 2015

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