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Virginia S. Burlingame Papers, 1864-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Burlingame, Virginia Struble
Title
Virginia S. Burlingame Papers
Dates
1864-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 linear feet
Collection Number
2384
Summary
The Virginia S. Burlingame Papers consist of literary manuscripts, research files, and ancestral family papers created or collected by her. Burlingame's literary manuscripts include original drafts or galley proofs of her three published books, along with many of her magazine articles which dealt with religious themes, travel, and Western history. Burlingame's ancestral papers include letters, documents, photos, and a transcribed diary created by John W. Wright, her maternal grandfather, who served in the Sixth Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War and took part in the 1864 campaign against the Lakota nation.
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

This collection is open for research.

Languages
Collection materials are in English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Biographical Note

Virginia Struble Burlingame was born August 16, 1900 to Dr. and Mrs. Linton W. Struble of West Liberty, Iowa. She grew up in Davenport Iowa and attended high school there. She went on to graduate from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, 1928 and Columbia University's library school in New York City, 1933. She taught for two years and was on the library staff of the University of Iowa at Iowa City (1926-1927) and the Kansas Teachers College in Pittsburg (1927-1930). On September 12, 1936, she married Montana historian Merrill Burlingame in Davenport. The couple made their home in Bozeman, Montana. She was a member of the Grand Avenue Christian Church, the Audubon Society and numerous environmental associations. Burlingame was the author of three children's books, Cactus, The Story of a Porcupine (Bethany Press: 1958); The Little Ducks Who Swam Away From Home (A.S. Barnes, 1961); Larry Two-Feathers of the Nine bar Ranch (Bethany Press, 1967). She also contributed more than fifty short stories and articles for children and adults dealing with a wide variety of historical and social topics. She had been active in her church on a local, state, and national level, attending three world conferences for the church. She died on November 19, 1993.

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Content Description

The Virginia S. Burlingame papers consist of literary manuscripts, research files, and ancestral family papers created or collected by her. Burlingame's literary manuscripts include original drafts or galley proofs of her three published books, along with many of her magazine articles which dealt with religious themes, travel, and Western history. Burlingame published under at least three names: her married name; her maiden name, Virginia Strubel: and a pseudonym, John Linton Strubel. She was particularly interested in a nineteenth century steamboat captain, John C. Barr, and she attempted unsuccessfully to market a children's biography of Barr. Another topic of interest for Burlingame was John J. Healy, a Montana frontiersman who also went to Alaska during the Gold Rush. Her Healy research culminated in a series of television scripts which she also failed to successfully market.

The files have been arranged in alphabetical order, with folder titles in quotes indicating a manuscript she created under that title. In some cases, the published version of the article accompanies the manuscript, along with publisher correspondence and royalty check stubs. One cased photograph of John W. Wright, originally placed in Box 5, folder 29, has been removed for preservation purposes and stored elsewhere.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Virginia Burlingame papers were donated to Montana State University Library in three installments. In 1964, Virginia donated manuscripts and galley proofs for her three children's books, Cactus, Larry Two Feathers, and The Little Ducks Who Swam Away From Home, which were assigned accession numbers 91 and 92. A letter written by John Greenleaf Whittier to Burlingame's grandfather, John W. Wright, was donated by Virginia and her aunts in 1965 as accession 97. The balance of the material came to the University in 1994 as part of the research materials donated by her husband, Merrill G. Burlingame of Bozeman, Montana.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 April 20

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: AAUW
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Alaska and the Yukon
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Alaska and the Yukon-pamphlets and brochures Alaska Sportsman
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Alaska Sportsman
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Alaska Sportsman
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: "Alaska Over a New Route"
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Arctic
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: "Are You an In or an Out?"
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Augustana College
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: Baker, Isaac P.
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Barr, John C. - Family correspondence
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: Barr, John C. - Research correspondence
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
  • Description: Barr, John C. - Outline
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Description: Barr, John C. - Manuscript drafts
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14
  • Description: Barr, John C. - Chronology
    Container: Box 1, Folder 15
  • Description: Barr, John C. - Publishing correspondence
    Container: Box 1, Folder 16
  • Description: "Bird Brain"
    Container: Box 1, Folder 17
  • Description: "The Bird Tree"
    Container: Box 1, Folder 18
  • Description: Black America
    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
  • Description: "Branches of the Vine"
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20
  • Description: "The Brown Cranes"
    Container: Box 1, Folder 21
  • Description: Brown, John
    Container: Box 1, Folder 22
  • Description: "Cactus" - Galley Proofs
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: "Cactus" - Reader's letters
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: "Cactus" - Publicity
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Cariboo Trail
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: Carson, Charlie
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Cattle Brands
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: "The Cheyenne Indians Get a Break"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: "Christmas 1966"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: "Christmas Eve on the Ranch"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: "Church Attendance During Vacation"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Civil War
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: "Clad With Zeal as a Cloak"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: "Devotions"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13
  • Description: Diamonds
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • Description: "Editorial"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15
  • Description: Encyclopedia Britannica
    Container: Box 2, Folder 16
  • Description: "Evergreen State"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 17
  • Description: Everts, Truman
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: "Fillers"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 19
  • Description: Food and drink
    Container: Box 2, Folder 20
  • Description: Forest lookout
    Container: Box 2, Folder 21
  • Description: Fort Benton
    Container: Box 2, Folder 22
  • Description: Freighters
    Container: Box 2, Folder 23
  • Description: Friends wedding
    Container: Box 2, Folder 24
  • Description: "Frontier Mother"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  • Description: "The Golden Eagle"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26
  • Description: "A Good Steady Job"
    Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  • Description: Hapner, Laura
    Container: Box 2, Folder 28
  • Description: Hayden survey
    Container: Box 2, Folder 29
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Alaska Journal
    Container: Box 2, Folder 30
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Clippings
    Container: Box 2, Folder 31
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Davidson to Vadez letter
    Container: Box 2, Folder 32
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Research notes
    Container: Box 2, Folder 33
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - "John Healy and the Idaho Mines"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Scripts "Fiddle Footed Irishman"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Scripts "Fiddle Footed Irishman"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Scripts "Fiddle Footed Irishman"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Scripts "Fiddle Footed Irishman"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Scripts "Fiddle Footed Irishman"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - Research correspondence
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - "The Horse Tamer" by Jesse Green
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
  • Description: Healy, J.J. - "Healy Makes a Horse Trade"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9
  • Description: "The Hilder Memorial"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 10
  • Description: "How Now, Parnelli?"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 11
  • Description: Ideas
    Container: Box 3, Folder 12
  • Description: "An Incident on the Frontier"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 13
  • Description: "The Indian Tipi"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 14
  • Description: Indians
    Container: Box 3, Folder 15
  • Description: Indians
    Container: Box 3, Folder 16
  • Description: Iowa
    Container: Box 3, Folder 17
  • Description: "It's For the Birds"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 18
  • Description: "Klondike Cat"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 19
  • Description: Klondike Kate
    Container: Box 3, Folder 20
  • Description: "A Knock on the Door at Night"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 21
  • Description: "Larry Two Feathers"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 22
  • Description: "The Last of the Montana Road Agents" by Jesse Green
    Container: Box 3, Folder 23
  • Description: "The Lazy Willow Warbler"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 24
  • Description: "The Little Ducks who Swam Away"
    Container: Box 3, Folder 25
  • Description: "Little Things"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1
  • Description: "Lord Belvedere"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 2
  • Description: "The Lost Lamb"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 3
  • Description: "Lulu Learns a Lesson"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 4
  • Description: "A Monument in Gingerbread"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 5
  • Description: "Mister Everts and the Wilderness"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 6
  • Description: Mettler Inventory
    Container: Box 4, Folder 7
  • Description: Miscellaneous
    Container: Box 4, Folder 8
  • Description: Mining Camps
    Container: Box 4, Folder 9
  • Description: Montana Mistique
    Container: Box 4, Folder 10
  • Description: Montana travel
    Container: Box 4, Folder 11
  • Description: "Nothing But the Sky Above"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 12
  • Description: "Old Empty Top"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 13
  • Description: Oregon
    Container: Box 4, Folder 14
  • Description: "The Patient in the Other Bed"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 15
  • Description: "The People's Bishop"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 16
  • Description: Pony Express
    Container: Box 4, Folder 17
  • Description: Presbyterian Church in Montana
    Container: Box 4, Folder 18
  • Description: "The Ptarmigan"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 19
  • Description: "The Rabbit and the Flood"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 20
  • Description: "The Railroads of Iowa"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 21
  • Description: Rankin, Jeanette- "Courage Comes High"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 22
  • Description: Rodeo
    Container: Box 4, Folder 23
  • Description: "Romance of Whoop-Up"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 24
  • Description: RCMP
    Container: Box 4, Folder 25
  • Description: "St. Mary's Church"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 26
  • Description: "Save, Save, Save!"
    Container: Box 4, Folder 27
  • Description: Scorpions and spiders
    Container: Box 4, Folder 28
  • Description: "Second Choices"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 1
  • Description: "Sidney, the Trumpeter Swan"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 2
  • Description: Sign Language
    Container: Box 5, Folder 3
  • Description: "Sleepy Jake's Rabbit"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 4
  • Description: "So You're Trailering to Alaska"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 5
  • Description: Songs
    Container: Box 5, Folder 6
  • Description: "Sparrows"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 7
  • Description: "Stage Coach Robbery"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 8
  • Description: "Stage Coaching in Montana"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 9
  • Description: Steam Boating
    Container: Box 5, Folder 10
  • Description: "Surly Sam"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 11
  • Description: "Swamper's Gold"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 12
  • Description: "The Tenderfoot's Arrival"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 13
  • Description: "There's Gold in them thar Fish"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 14
  • Description: "Three Forks of the Missouri"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 15
  • Description: "The Tom Harlow Gang"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 16
  • Description: "Too Many Signs"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 17
  • Description: TV markets
    Container: Box 5, Folder 18
  • Description: TV play
    Container: Box 5, Folder 19
  • Description: Vocabulary
    Container: Box 5, Folder 20
  • Description: "The Wayward Son"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 21
  • Description: "What To DO With Your Spare Time"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 22
  • Description: "Wild Bill"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 23
  • Description: "Woman Hater"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 24
  • Description: "In The Wonderland of the Yellowstone"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 25
  • Description: Wright, John W. - diary
    Container: Box 5, Folder 26
  • Description: Wright, John W. - Letters and documents
    Container: Box 5, Folder 27
  • Description: Wright, John W. - Research letters
    Container: Box 5, Folder 28
  • Description: Wright, John W. - Photographs
    Container: Box 5, Folder 29
  • Description: "Yellowstone Creatures"
    Container: Box 5, Folder 30

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Subject Terms

  • Dakota Indians--Wars--19 century--Personal narratives
  • Soldiers--United States--Diaries
  • Sully Expeditions, 1863-1865
  • Women
  • Women authors, American-Montana-Bozeman
  • Women biographers-Montana-Bozeman
  • Women historians-Montana-Bozeman

Personal Names

  • Barr, John C
  • Burlingame, Virginia Struble--Cactus
  • Burlingame, Virginia Struble--Larry Two Feathers
  • Burlingame, Virginia Struble--Little ducks who swam away from home
  • Healy, Johnny, 1840-1908
  • Wright, John W., 1840-1884

Corporate Names

  • United States-Army-Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1863-1865)

Geographical Names

  • Montana
  • Montana--Social conditions

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs
  • Photographs

Kim Allen Scott
2009

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