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MTGMss220.xml Guide to the John Wight Papers 1894-1984 Wight (John) Papers Finding aid prepared by Jack Rowan Funding for creating this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula © 2004

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Mss 220 Wight, John, 1889-1986 John Wight Papers 1894-1984 80.0 linear feet 133 boxes, 25 volumes, and 1 oversize box John Wight was a land speculator and oil/natural gas developer, primarily in Montana and Wyoming. This collection contains records relating to his land and natural resource development companies throughout the American west and central Canada. Materials are in English Biographical Note

John Wight was born in Dover, Arkansas, on December 13, 1889, to Eugenia (Arnold) and John Fitch Wight. His father emigrated from the Isle of Wight and was part of the California gold rush. He then moved on to South Dakota's Black Hills, but settled into ranching and farming instead of mining. Eugenia, widowed from her first marriage with a son, Frank, married him in 1888.

Wight's father died when he was six, and the family moved to Rapid City, where his mother married Marshall Coons. He attended school in Rapid City, South Dakota, but quit at age eleven to work in a sawmill. When he was fifteen, he began to work in construction and began to mine with his brother, Edwin. At age seventeen, he started a real estate and insurance office in Rapid City with his half-brother Frank, which was quite successful; the completion of the Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Seattle Railroad to Rapid City had started a land rush. Wight read law to become a land attorney and was appointed U.S. Commissioner for the U.S. Land Office. He spent time in St. George, British Columbia, and Alaska looking at land suitable for speculation, but returned to Oregon. He speculated on land near Medford, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; and near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He closed his Rapid City office and moved to Spokane, where he owned a number of buildings. He also bought the opera house in Oakdale, Washington, a sawmill at Mica Peak, Washington, and a drug store in Cheney, Washington. He maintained some interests in South Dakota and Montana. After losing most of his assets, he homesteaded in the Miles City, Montana, area in 1909 and in Powder River Country, Montana, in 1917. He moved to Miles City in 1921.

In 1919 he and his brother Edwin entered the oil exploration and production business in eastern Montana with the Capital Gas Corporation. He drafted and promoted the Oil and Gas Leasing and Right-of-Way Act, which Congress passed in 1920 and made oil pipes that crossed federal land common carriers. He formed the Atlantic Pacific Oil Company, then the Capital Gas Corporation, which bought most of the Atlantic Pacific's assets. The Capital Gas Corporation went bankrupt in 1943. He was president of the Mondakota Gas Company of Billings, which he organized in 1942, and in 1927 organized the Midwest Holding Company, which performed petroleum exploration and drilling in Montana and Wyoming. Wight also held interest in the Atlantic-Pacific Oil Company, the Cedar Creek Field, and owned the Soap Creek Refinery of Soap Creek, Montana, and the Shelby Oil Refinery of Shelby, Montana. He later reorganized the Shelby Refinery as the Sun Oil Company. In 1949 Oil Reporter named him Oilman of the Year. His daughter Marvel Lowrance joined him in the business.

Wight forced the federal government to enforce the Common Carrier Right of Way Act of 1920, in which pipeline companies must carry gas from the fields of independent producers. He filed suit in 1929 for Mondakota to use the interstate gas transmission lines of the Montana-Dakota Utilities Company (MDUC). The Federal Power Commission made its final ruling in favor of Mondakota in 1949. He was, in general, very involved with federal legislation concerning the oil and gas industry, and with numerous lawsuits in defense of his assets.

He married Susan Goeres in 1909; they divorced in the early 1940s, and he married Theora Hoffman in 1949. He and Susan had four daughters: Patricia (Kane), Mildred (Beadle), Aileen (Baxter) and Marvel (Lowrance). From 1962 on, he and his wife lived in Billings, Montana, where he maintained his offices. He died September 2, 1986, in Billings.

This collection contains John Wight's personal correspondence, financial and legal papers, promotional clippings, as well as correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers from many of the land and natural resource development companies he wholly owned or was a major investor. The collection presents a detailed record of the struggles and successes for an individual speculator within the larger oil, natural gas, land development, and public utility industries spanning most of the twentieth century.

The collection is divided into two subgroups and thirty-eight series:

Sub-Group 1: Personal, 1894-1984, 13.0 linear feet

Series I: Biographical, 1920-1983, 0.75 linear feet

Series II: General Correspondence, 1928-1984, 7.25 linear feet

Series III: Financial, 1934-1980, 0.25 linear feet

Series IV: Legal and Court Papers, 1894-1979, 4.0 linear feet

Series V: Organization, 1935-1950, 2 folders

Series VI: Reports, 1929-1944, 0.25 linear feet

Series VII: Speeches and Writings, 1961-1984, 0.25 linear feet

Series VIII: Clippings, 1929-1958, 3 folders

Sub-Group 2: Business Interests, 1920-1983, 64.0 linear feet, 1 oversize box, 10 oversize volumes, and two artifacts

Series IX: Capital Gas Corporation, 1920-1975, 6.0 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes

Subseries 1: Financial, 1929-1959, 0.25 linear feet and 1 oversize volume

Subseries 2: Correspondence, 1920-1975, 1.25 linear feet

Subseries 3: Legal, 1921-1966, 3.0 linear feet and 2 oversize volumes

Subseries 4: Maps, undated, 1 folder

Subseries 5: Minutes, 1928-1951, 4 folders

Subseries 6: Organization, 1928-1951, 0.25 linear feet

Subseries 7: Reports, 1920-1938, 1.25 linear feet

Series X: Desert Cove Properties, Incorporated, 1957-1970, 3 folders

Series XI: Exco, Incorporated, 1941-1974, 0.25 linear feet

Series XII: Industrial Gas Company, Incorporated, 1941-1978, 0.75 linear feet

Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1953-1978, 0.25 linear feet

Subseries 2: Financial and Legal, 1941-1957, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 3: Organization, 1953-1966, 2 folders

Series XIII: Interior Royalty Corporation, 1949-1970, 4 folders

Series XIV: Interstate Natural Gas Company, 1936-1964, 0.75 linear feet and 1 oversize volume

Series XV: John Wight, Incorporated, 1920-1983, 12.0 linear feet

Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1929-1983, 5.5 linear feet

Subseries 2: Financial, 1920-1983, 1.5 linear feet

Subseries 3: Legal, 1920-1982, 4.0 linear feet

Subseries 4: Organization, 1929-1980, 1.0 linear feet

Series XVI: Marvel Petroleum Corporation, 1933-1965, 5 folders

Series XVII: Midwest Holding Company, 1924-1976, 6.0 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes

Subseries 1: Clippings, undated, 1 folder

Subseries 2: Correspondence, 1928-1973, 2.0 linear feet

Subseries 3: Financial, 1929-1976, 1.0 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes

Subseries 4: Legal, 1924-1970, 1.75 linear feet

Subseries 5: Organization, 1929-1968, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 6: Reports, 1928-1967, 0.75 linear feet

Series XVIII: Modern Oil Company of Montana, Incorporated, 1945-1962, 1.5 linear feet

Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1953-1958, 0.25 linear feet

Subseries 2: Financial, 1945-1962, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 3: Legal, 1947-1960, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 4: Organization, 1952-1957, 0.25 linear feet

Series XIX: Mondakota Development Company/Mondakota Gas Company, 1920-1982, 16.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volume

Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1926-1982, 5.25 linear feet

Subseries 2: Financial, 1934-1969, 1.0 linear feet and 1 oversize volume

Subseries 3: Legal, 1920-1982, 9.0 linear feet

Subseries 4: Organization, 1923-1981, 1.25 linear feet

Series XX: Montana Coin and Gem Company, 1957, 3 folders

Series XXI: Montana Consolidated Gas Companies, 1928, 2 folders

Series XXII: Montana Eastern Pipeline Company, Incorporated, 1926-1973, 1.5 linear feet

Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1926-1968, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 2: Financial, 1931-1937, 3 folders

Subseries 3: Legal, 1926-1970, 1.0 linear feet

Subseries 4: Organization, 1931-1973, 4 folders

Series XXIII: New Cornelia Extension Copper Corporation, 1957-1976, 4 folders

Series XXIV: Northern Gas Producers Association, 1931, 1 folder

Series XXV: North Star Refining Company, 1947-1959, 2 folders

Series XXVI: Rocky Mountain Pacific Oil Company, 1925-1928, 2 folders

Series XXVII: Rocky Mountain Royalty Company, 1927-1937, 1.0 linear feet

Series XXVIII: Solar Oil and Refining Company, 1939-1983, 2.0 linear feet

Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1939-1983, 0.75 linear feet

Subseries 2: Financial, 1939-1963, 0.25 linear feet

Subseries 3: Legal, 1941-1983, 0.25 linear feet

Subseries 4: Organization, 1939-1969 , 0.75 linear feet

Series XXIX: S-W Company, 1934-1980, 0.25 linear feet

Series XXX: Sunray Oil Company, 1939-1945, 2 folders

Series XXXI: Thousand Palms Oasis Development Corporation, 1947-1982, 2.0 linear feet

Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1947-1981, 0.75 linear feet

Subseries 2: Financial, 1957-1975, 0.25 linear feet

Subseries 3: Legal, 1952-1982, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries 4: Organization, 1955, 0.5 linear feet

Series XXXII: Utah Natural Gas Company, 1949-1952, 2 folders

Series XXXIII: Wight Investment and Holding Company, 1981, 2 folders

Series XXXIV: W-L Land and Livestock Company, 1940, 1 folder

Series XXXV: Wight Oil and Refining Company, 1978-1980, 2 folders

Series XXXVI: Lewistown Natural Gas Company, Central Montana Pipe Line Company, Central Montana Production Company, 1930, 1 bound volume

Series XXXVII: Plat Books, undated, 3 oversize volumes

Series XXXVIII: Artifacts, undated, 2 items

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and the University of Montana-Missoula.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana.

[Name of document], John Wight Papers, Archives and Special Collections, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Most of the materals in the collection were in the possession of Wight or his daughter, Marvel Lowrance, until time of donation to the Archives. The family discarded a large quantity of corporate records in the late 1960s; this collection represents what remained. A portion of family correspondence that was originally donated to the Montana Historical Society was transferred to the University of Montana at Wight's request.

Gift, in part, of John Wight, 1971-1986; gift, in part, of Marvel Lowrance, 1990, 1991; transferred, in part, from Montana Historical Society, 1983.

The actions of the original processers are unknown. In 2004, the collection was re-described; the arrangement of the collection was not changed.

The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming holds a collection of Wight's papers.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Capital Gas Corporation Central Montana Pipe Line Company Central Montana Production Company Desert Cove Properties, Inc. Exco, Inc. Industrial Gas Company Interior Royalty Corporation Interstate Natural Gas Company John Wight, Incorporated Lewistown Natural Gas Company Marvel Petroleum Corporation Midwest Holding Company Modern Oil Company of Montana Mondakota Development Company Mondakota Gas Company Montana Coin and Gem Company Montana Consolidated Gas Companies Montana Eastern Pipe Line Company New Cornelia Extension Copper Corporation Northern Gas Producers Association North Star Refining Company Rocky Mountain Pacific Oil Company Rocky Mountain Royalty Company Solar Oil and Refining Company S-W Company Sunray Oil Company Thousand Palms Oasis Development Corporation Utah Natural Gas Company W-L Land and Livestock Company Wight Investment & Holding Company Gas companies -- Montana Petroleum--Prospecting -- Montana Petroleum--Prospecting -- Wyoming Petroleum industry and trade--Montana Petroleum pipelines--Law and legislation--United States Real estate development -- Montana Business records -- Montana Personal papers -- Montana Montana Business, Industry, and Labor Government and Politics Mines and Mineral Resources Businessmen--Montana --Billings Subgroup 1 Personal 1894-1984 13.0 linear feet

This sub-group contains the personal papers of John Wight spanning his career in the oil, natural gas, and land development industries.

Series I Biographical 1920-1983 0.75 linear feet

This series contains various biographical materials about John Wight, his personal interests, professional career, and family.

1/1 General 1/2 Dictionary of International Biography 1972 1/3 Montana Historical Society 1/4 University of Wyoming 1/5 With Howard Shaff 1978 1/6 With Howard Shaff 1979-1980 1/7 1896, undated 1/8 Biographical Materials 1920-1929 1/9 Biographical Materials 1930 1/10 Biographical Materials 1930-1939 1/11 Biographical Materials 1940-1949 1/12 Biographical Materials 1950-1959 1/13 Biographical Materials 1970-1971 2/1 Biographical Materials 1972-1973 2/2 Biographical Materials 1974-1977 2/3 Biographical Materials 1978-1979 2/4 Biographical Materials 1980-1981 2/5 Biographical Materials 1982-1983 2/6 Frank Cross 1980-1982 2/7 Miscellany Series II General Correspondence 1928-1984 7.25 linear feet

This series contains personal correspondence spanning John Wight's professional career. Materials include correspondence with his wife and children, multiple exchanges with state and federal officials, unofficial correspondence with co-investors in his multiple operations, Wight's writings on socio-economic issues, and exchanges with friends regarding Wight's hobby interests.

2/8 J. H. Adams 1930-1933 2/9 J. H. Adams 1934 3/1 Aides, Harry, lease applications 1974-1976 3/2 Agate hunting 1967-1970 3/3 Agate rocks for sale 1970 3/4 Ackerly leases 1957-1963 3/5 Alaska trip 1954-1968 3/6 Alaska trip 1973 3/7 American Auto, re: accident 1961-1975 3/8 American Express Company 1971-1976 3/9 Anderson, Anders 1964-1974 3/10 Anderson, Jack and Drew Pearson 1970 3/11 Aranow bankruptcy matters 1959-1971 3/12 Attorneys: Morledge, Cheadle, Wright, Sheldon, Cedar Creek matter 1962-1968 3/13 Australian trip 1970 3/14 Baker, Montana 1928-1936 3/15 Battin, James 1964 3/16 Baucus, Max 1975-1979 3/17 Baucus, Max 1979-1980 3/18 Baucus, Max 1980-1981 3/19 Baucus, Max 1982-1984 4/1 Oler, Bawden 1978-1979

(re: lease)

4/2 Bear Paw Lands 1978 4/3 Bear Paw Lands 1977-1980 4/4 Becker, Frank 1941-1956

(re: Warner case)

4/5 Berg, Lester O. 1958 4/6 Big Sky Lock 1975 4/7 Bosworth, Dain 1959-1982 4/8 Bowen, Earl 1944-1945

(re: lease)

4/9 Brunton, A.W. 1964-1967 4/10 Brunton, A.W. 1968 4/11 Brunton, A.W. 1969-1970 4/12 Bullis, Milton (accountant) 1954-1972 4/13 Burnside, Willis E. 1957-1960 4/14 California Real Estate 1960-1964 4/15 California Real Estate - Correspondence 1965-1969 4/16 California Real Estate (Ridge and Wild oak Prop.) - Correspondence 1964-1969 4/17 California Real Estate (WA SandL) 1962-1965 4/18 California Real Estate (Wolff Realty) 1965 4/19 Cancer 1974-1979 5/1 Cane, Lynn 1979-1980

(re: refinery deal)

5/2 Cane, Lynn (re: unfinished matters pending) 5/3 Car accident 1954-1977 5/4 Carter, C.W. 1928-1950

(Miscellaneous)

5/5 Carter, C.W. 1928-1950

(Miscellaneous)

5/6 Carter, C.W. 1928-1950 5/7 Carter, Jimmy 1976-1978 5/8 Carter, Jimmy 1977-1980 5/9 Carter, William. D. (NY) 1960-1963 5/10 Cedar Creek Anticline, Montana (re: oil matters) 5/11 Chappe, William 1962 5/12 Cheadle, E.K. (attorney - Miscellaneous Correspondence) 1939-1968 5/13 Cheadle, E.K. (vs. MDU) 1963 5/14 Chessher - Arden Dome Deal 1963-1964 5/15 Chessher - Soap Creek 1961 5/16 Chessher 5/17 Cigarette Ad Ban 1968-1969 5/18 Cigarette smoking legislation 1969-1976 5/19 Clerk recorder 1964-1973 5/20 Coal uses 1968 5/21 Complaints 1973-1981 6/1 Con-Con members, data 1971-1972 6/2 Con-Con members, data 1971-1972 6/3 Congdon, C.E. 1964-1975 6/4 Congress - legislation matters 1949-1951 6/5 Consolidated Trading Company 1974 6/6 Contributions/tax 1982 6/7 Corsgreen, B.G. 1973 6/8 Court failures 1949-1978 6/9 Creed, Charles 1965-1981 6/10 Crest Oil and Gas Company - Helmerich Payne Inc. 6/11 Derry, Guy C. 1970-1971 6/12 Desert Club/La Quinta 1946-1978 6/13 Desert Club 1948-1959 6/14 Diners Club 1976 6/15 Dolve, Elmer J. 1982 6/16 Editors, newspapers 6/17 Erickson, Leif 1960-1969 6/18 Fairbanks, Alice 1968 6/19 Falk, Helen 1962 6/20 Federal Energy Administration 1974-1976

(Miscellaneous)

7/1 Fillner, Russell 1953-1979 7/2 Fillner, Russell 1980-1982 7/3 Fillner, Russell 1983 7/4 Fletcher Edwards 1962-1964

(Heart Mountain Oil Company Correspondence)

7/5 Fluoridation 7/6 Fluoridation 1970-1979 7/7 Fluoridation 1980-1983 7/8 Fluoridation. 1970-1982 7/9 Ford Foundation 1964 8/1 Erle Stanley Gardner 1963 8/2 General escrow/Palm Desert 1973-1978 8/3 Jay Green deal 8/4 Griffith Correspondence 1949-1951 8/5 Grimes, Lewis 1979-1983 8/6 Ham, Roswell G. 8/7 Ham, Roswell G. 1973-1983 8/8 Hatfield, Paul 1978 8/9 Health data 1972-1980 8/10 Health data 1972-1980 8/11 Health matters 1971-1979 8/12 Helmerich and Payne, Inc. 1977-1979 8/13 Hobbs, Richard (CPA) 1982-1983 8/14 Hoffman/La Quinta 1962-1977 9/1 Hough, Henry (oil reporter) 1956-1972 9/2 Hough, Henry (oil reporter) 1970-1973 9/3 Huntington 1930-1940

(Miscellaneous Correspondence)

9/4 Hunting 1961-1975

(permission to hunt, etc.)

9/5 Huntington, Fred 1934-1960 9/6 Huntington, Fred 1951-1967 9/7 Husky Oil 1969-1975 9/8 International Services 1972 9/9 Jacobs, Albert 1955-1973 9/10 Johnson, Vic 1969-1971 9/11 Kellogg Company 1973-1974 9/12 Kessner, Fred (Chinook, MT) 1961-1972 9/13 Kiernan, George (Oil Service Corporation) 1977-1978 9/14 Knowles Dam controversy 1962-1964 9/15 La Quinta real estate, trusts, etc. 1955-1978 9/16 Lareve, Helen 1978-1981 9/17 Leavitt 1938-1947 9/18 Leonard, Paul J. 1971-1974 9/19 Lutz, Raymond (Soap Creek) 1971-1972 9/20 Mansfield, Mike (Senator) 1959-1966 10/1 Mansfield, Mike 1967-1972 10/2 Mansfield, Mike 1973-1974 10/3 Mansfield, Mike 1975 10/4 Marlenee, Ron (Rep.) 1977 10/5 Marlenee, Ron (Rep.) 1977-1979 10/6 Melcher, John (Senator) 1970-1972 10/7 Melcher, John 1972-1980 10/8 Melcher, John 1973-1974 10/9 Melcher, John 1975-1979 10/10 Melcher, John 1980-1985 10/11 Metcalf, Lee (Rep.) 1961-1966 10/12 Metcalf, Lee 1967-1972 10/13 Metcalf, Lee 1973-1974 10/14 Metcalf, Lee 1976-1978 10/15 Math formula patent information 10/16 Milk controversy Correspondence 11/1 Mining Correspondence 11/2 Mills, R.A. 1969-1976 11/3 Am and MT Bar Assn. 1962-1967 11/4 Moral re-armament 1970-1983 11/5 Moshier, S.L. 1936-1947 11/6 Murray, W.D. (Judge; impeachment) 1964-1967 11/7 Murray, W.D. (Judge; impeachment) 1964-1979 11/8 National Natural Gas Consumers Union 1955-1967 11/9 Noonan, Jerry 1964-1966 11/10 Norskog, Adolph 1970-1971 11/11 Northwest crude 1983 11/12 Oil and gas business 1930-1955 11/13 Oil import regulations 1966 11/14 1967 Oil Import Administration 1966-1969 11/15 Oil import 1970-1972

(Miscellaneous applications)

11/16 Oil import license 1972-1974 11/17 National Travel Club 1970-1976 11/18 Olsen, Milo V. 1977-1983 11/19 Olympian International resources 1977 11/20 Onstad, Clarence 1970-1973 11/21 Ortt and Company (CPA's) 1975-1981 11/22 Paine, Patrick (Continental Oil) 1970-1973 12/1 Patent - condom 1952-1958 12/2 Patent - condom 1952-1958 12/3 Pearson, Drew 1956-1969 12/4 Petroleum Investment Research 1976-1978 12/5 Petroleum Investment Company 1978-1980 12/6 Political Correspondence 12/7 Political matters 1951-1969 12/8 Political matters 1970-1975 12/9 Political matters 1976 12/10 Portraits, murals 1963-1965 12/11 Norbeck, George 1927-1941 13/1 Norbeck, George 1927-1941 13/2 Powder River County (history) 1968 13/3 Property - LaHabra 1955-1958 13/4 Ranch materials from 1920s 13/5 Reasor, G.L. 1954-1976 13/6 Rawlins and Torry Petro Engineers 1961-1975 13/7 Senate letters 1969-1980 13/8 Sergeant 1940-1951 13/9 Shelby Engineering reports 1933-1947 13/10 Shell Oil Company 1979-1981 13/11 Smith, Spencer 1963-1979 13/12 Smith, Spencer 1968-1974 13/13 Smoking 1971-1983 13/14 Soap Creek Association 13/15 Soap Creek geological data 13/16 Soap Creek 1961-1965 14/1 Society of California Pioneers 1958-1969 14/2 Society of California Pioneers 1972 14/3 South Africa, Asia Minor, Europe Trip 1974 14/4 State, Dr. Frederick J. (fluoride, cereal) 1970 14/5 Sullivan, Dr. Robert E. (UM, legal improvement) 1971-1972 14/6 Swanson, John 1963-1976

(refinery deal)

14/7 Talmadge 1951-1960

(Bowdoin lease)

14/8 Texstar Corporation Correspondence 14/9 Thompson, William 1971 14/10 Timbers for house terracing, etc. 1968-1973 14/11 Tomlinson, Jim 1970 14/12 Torrey, Paul 1961-1976 14/13 Torrey, Paul 1965-1972 14/14 Urban development 1969 14/15 Wheeler F.R. (Engineer - with Paul Torrey, Soap Creek) 1966 14/16 Welsh, H.L. 1930 14/17 Wheat lease deal 1953-1970 14/18 Winans, Hank 1964-1968

(Miscellaneous)

14/19 Windfall profit taxes 1980-1982 14/20 Wingert and Brewely 1937-1940 14/21 Winter, Ann 1960-1967 14/22 "Write to again" 1947-1970 14/23 Yogo Mine 1961-1962

(Miscellaneous)

14/24 Yogo Sapphire (Mike Atragchi) 1967 14/25 Yucca 1948

(Soap Weed)

14/26 United States Corporation Company Series III Financial Records: 1934-1980 0.25 linear feet

This series contains John Wight's personal financial papers including tax records, personal tracking of investment details, and records from investment firms managing aspects of Wight's finances.

15/1 Accounts - Miscellaneous 15/2 Brunton, A.W. 15/3 First National Bank of Denver (Trust) 1964-1972 15/4 Halle and Stieglitz Brokers 1956-1957 15/5 Individual income tax 1964-1975 15/6 Leases, Ratliff and New Cornelia 1957-1960 15/7 List of (former) Wight Assets 1947-1980 15/8 Personal checking 1972-1974 15/9 Personal checks and stubs 15/10 Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood 1966-1969 15/11 Shell oil exhibit, unit agreement. Cedar Creek Field 15/12 Stock records 15/13 Taxes payable, etc. 1956-1971 15/14 Walker, L.M. - M.D.U. 1934-1955 15/15 Wight, Theora, CA land dealings 1959-1963 15/16 UNA wood, oil lease matters 1963-1974 Series IV Legal Documents 1894-1979 4.0 linear feet

This series contains John Wight's extensive personal legal records, primarily lease agreements and court proceedings.

15/17 Miscellaneous agreements 1934-1940 15/18 Miscellaneous agreements 1925-1931 15/19 Alden, Fred (Soap Creek) 1942-1953 16/1 U.S. vs. AMS Ranch 1979 16/2 Assignment of Royalty 16/3 Big Timber Ranch 1947 16/4 Broadview Ranch matters - mortgage and deed 16/5 Brunton, A.W. 1961-1970 16/6 California properties 1954-1960 16/7 California real estate 1965-1967 16/8 Campbell Contracts, etc. 1949-1952 16/9 Cedar Creek Lands - title search data 16/10 Coachella Valley property 1954-1963 16/11 Common Carrier matters 1948 16/12 Cooke - M.C. papers 1932-1935 16/13 Cooke City mining data 1932-1959 16/14 Miscellaneous deeds, contracts 1919-1946 16/15 Embarcadero Ranchos matters 1959-1962 16/16 Fillner, Russell K. (attorney) 1968-1977 17/1 Friedman, I.C. 1962-1973

(filings, drawings)

17/2 Grant deeds, quit claim deeds, etc. 1916-1949 17/3 Jimason, George F. "Power of Attorney" 1937 17/4 Hyler, King 1945-1950 17/5 Keye, Cora 1924-1970 17/6 Keye, Leighton S. 1927-1937 17/7 Lease matters 1930-1957 17/8 Leases, agreements, assignments 1928-1929 17/9 Leases, agreements, assignments 1928-1929 17/10 Leases and deeds 1958-1969 17/11 Lease matters: Stokes, Ralph Arnold 1928-1929 17/12 Lease matters: old ranch and land contracts 1923-1942 17/13 Lease (1949), operating agreements 1934-1935 18/1 Legal documents, Miscellaneous October 3, 1894 18/2 Leighton Keye; assignment, permits, etc. 1927 18/3 Lewistown contracts 1930 18/4 Lewistown gas project franchise 1912-1931 18/5 Lewistown gas project 18/6 Lowrance, Marvel (case) 18/7 Lowrance/Wight 1973-1974 18/8 Pending Miscellaneous legislation 1920-1967 18/9 Miscellaneous legislation 18/10 Miscellaneous pooling and syndicate agreements 18/11 Lease matter - old Minneapolis transactions 18/12 Oler leases 1929-1938 18/13 L.A. trust deeds/some litigation 18/14 Memorandum of agreement/Capital Gas Corporation July 1928 18/15 Miscellaneous 18/16 Miscellaneous 18/17 MDU (Montana-Dakota Utilities) vs. John Wight 1959-1964 18/18 MDU vs. John Wight undated 18/19 MDU vs. John Wight 1955 18/20 Appeal to Supreme Court (Montana-Dakota Utilities) 1940-1966 18/21 McClellan vs. Montana-Dakota Utilities 1951

(deposition)

19/1 McClellan vs. Montana-Dakota Utilities 1951

(deposition)

19/2 MDU judgment matters 1957-1965 19/3 Montana-Dakota Utilities (4454) 1966 19/4 Montana-Dakota Utilities (4454) 19/5 Montana-Dakota Utilities (4454) 1966 20/1 Montana-Dakota Utilities (4454) 1966 20/2 Montana-Dakota Utilities (4454) 1966 20/3 MDU settlement 1935-1967 20/4 MDU settlement 1935-1967 20/5 MDU - general settlement agreement 1968 20/6 John Wight vs. Northrup 20/7 Persion and Levin vs. Richland, Wight 1960-1966 21/1 Clippings, lease agreement 1927-1939 21/2 Lease Agreements I 21/3 Lease Agreements II 21/4 Lease Agreements III 21/5 Lease Agreements IV 21/6 Lease Agreements V 21/7 Lease Agreements VI 21/8 Lease Agreements VII 21/9 Powers of Attorney; lease agreements I 21/10 Powers of Attorney; lease agreements II 21/11 Powers of Attorney; lease agreements III 21/12 Powers of Attorney; lease agreements IV 21/13 Powers of Attorney; lease agreements V 22/1 Powers of Attorney, lease agreements VI 22/2 Powers of Attorney, lease agreements VII 22/3 Royalty Assignments (Kelly vs. Wight) 1931-1974 22/4 Miscellaneous Shelby Refinery agreements 1977 22/5 Crow leases; Soap Creek 1979 22/6 Smith, Spencer - Land Office file 1963-1972 22/7 State school land lease 1946-1953 22/8 Stokes, Herbert 1930-1937 22/9 Thompson, Harry 1973-1974 22/10 Warranty deeds 1913-1939 22/11 Lease/Warren and Dousman 1930-1935 22/12 Instructions for directors in event of death 1974 22/13 Wood, Una 1963-1973

(oil lease matters)

112 Legal Documents 113 Legal Documents 114 Legal Documents 115 Legal Documents 116 Legal Documents 117 Legal Documents 118 Legal Documents 119 Legal Documents 120 Legal Documents 121 Legal Documents 122 Legal Documents 123 Legal Documents 124 Legal Documents 125 Legal Documents 126 Legal Documents 127 Legal Documents 128 Legal Documents 129 Legal Documents 130 Legal Documents 131 Legal Documents 132 Legal Documents Series V Organization 1935-1950 2 folders

This series contains 2 folders of organizational papers regarding John Wight's personal endeavors.

22/14 Corporate records, W-L Land and Livestock Company 22/15 Oil Ranch matters 1935-1950 Series VI Reports 1929-1944 0.25 linear feet

This series contains investment reports John Wight collected as potential projects.

22/16 Bird Creek Mining Company undated 22/17 Cedar Creek chronology undated 22/18 Federal Power Commission 1938 22/19 Goleta Oil Field 1935 22/20 Lewistown gas project 1929-1931 23/1 Mt. St. Helens Consolidated Mining Company 23/2 Papago Chief Mine 1944 23/3 Soap Creek analysis Series VII Speeches and Writings 1961-1984 0.25 linear feet

This series contains John Wight's public writings, mostly op-ed pieces for local newspapers, regarding contemporary political and economic issues.

23/4 C.L. Clark/Carlton Press 1978-1981 23/5 Court improvement 23/6 Equitable tax 1968 23/7 Letters to the editor, Billings Gazette 1961-1969 23/8 Letters to the editor 1970-1974 23/9 Letters to the editor 1975-1978 23/10 Letters to OPERA and Billings Gazette 1978 23/11 Moral re-armament/natural gas struggles 23/12 "New Method for Dividing Fractions" 1962 23/13 1978-1984 Series VIII Clippings: 1929-1958 3 folders

This series contains 3 folders of newspaper and magazine clippings regarding John Wight and the projects he conducted.

23/14 Aerial photos Correspondence 1950-1952 23/15 Common Carrier 1929-1958 23/16 N.P. Ry Company Grant and other data undated Subgroup 2 Business Interests 1920-1983 64.0 linear feet, 1 oversize box, 10 oversize volumes, and two artifacts

This sub-group contains correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers from many of the land and natural resource development companies John Wight wholly owned or was a major investor.

Series IX Capital Gas Corporation 1920-1975 6.0 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for the Capital Gas Corporation, an oil and natural gas development company headquartered in Billings, Montana. Among its many investments, the Capital Gas Corporation operated a natural gas distribution network in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Saskatchewan, Canada.

Subseries 1 Financial Records 1929-1959 23/17 Atlantic-Pacific; Montana Eastern 1932-1936 25/5 1929-1939 25/6 1938-1959 25/7 Trial Balances 10 General ledger 1929-1942 11 Lease record 12 Lease record 13 General ledger 1929-1942 Subseries 2 General Correspondence 1920-1975 23/18 1928-1954 23/19 J.A. Anderson Company 1931-1939 23/20 Anderson, Anders 1920-1967 23/21 Armstrong, Melvin 1927-1937 24/1 Bleecker, John D. (stock-cert. questions) 24/2 Cross, Cash 1927-1951 24/3 Dengler, Gertrude 1929-1938 24/4 Dohm, John 24/5 Findlater, John 1933-1939 24/6 Oler, Gertrude (lease) 1931-1969 24/7 Norbeck, George 1928-1937 24/8 Norbeck, George 1928-1934 24/9 Norbeck, George 1926-1929 24/10 Norbeck, George 1930 24/11 Norbeck, George 1929-1930 24/12 Norbeck, George 1931-1933 24/13 Norbeck, George 1934-1954 24/14 Norskog 1931-1965 25/1 Norskog 1966-1969 25/2 Scott, Roy (027644) 25/3 Warner Case 1933-1975 25/4 Wood, G.C. (027575) Subseries 3 Legal Documents: 1921-1966 25/8 Agreements 1931-1955 25/9 Armstrong, Melvin 1929-1934 25/10 Old Atlantic Pacific 25/11 Power of Attorney records 1928-1938 25/12 Anderson, Anders S. 1921-1964 25/13 Atlantic Pacific Oil Company 1932 25/14 Atlantic Pacific Oil Company vs. Gas Development Company 1935-1937 25/15 Bills of sale 1923 25/16 I 1929-1966 26/1 II 1929-1966 26/2 I 1928-1954 26/3 Old contracts 1928-1931 26/4 Anderson, Anders 1924-1963 26/5 Cedar Creek 1935-1937 26/6 Old Cedar Creek - affidavits, titles, etc. 1921-1955 26/7 Deposition, Volume 1 26/8 Deposition, Volume 2 26/9 Lease matters - A. W. Kennie 1931 26/10 Leases, agreements, assignments 1926-1929 27/1 Leases, agreements, assignments 1928-1929 27/2 Leases, agreements, assignments 1921-1946 27/3 Lease matters, F. M. Blake 1930 27/4 Lewistown contracts 1930 27/5 Link, R. G. 27/6 vs. Montana Dakota Utilities 1945 27/7 Miscellaneous litigation, Paulin, Becker, Ritter, et. al. 27/8 McClellan, Joseph (bankruptcy) vs. Montana Dakota Utilities 1953 27/9 McClellan, Joseph (judge M. M. Joyce opinion) 27/10 J. C. Hanrahan vs. Capital Gas 27/11 vs. Montana Dakota Utilities 1939 27/12 vs. Montana Dakota Utilities 1940 28/1 Capital Gas and Montana Eastern Pipeline, vs. MDU 1933-1948 28/2 Judge M. M. Joyce opinion 28/3 Montana Consolidated Gas Company 1932 28/4 Norbeck, George 1931-1935 28/5 Norbeck, George 1928-1952 28/6 Norbeck, George 1928-1957 28/7 vs. Adolph F. Norskog 1935-1966 28/8 Purchase agreement, Irene Stevens Cross 1931, 1934 28/9 Teters, Percy F., court transcript 1942 28/10 Oler, Gertrude 28/11 Operating agreements 1928-1943 29/1 Stevens, Irene Subseries 4 Maps undated 29/2 Maps Subseries 5 Minutes 1928-1951 29/3 Minutes 1938-1939 29/4 Minutes 1928-1933 29/5 Minutes 1930-1942 29/6 Minutes 1934-1951 Subseries 6 Organization 1920-1951 29/7 Articles of Incorporation 1928 29/8 Articles and by-laws 1928 29/9 Records 1928-1951 30/1 Records 1928-1933 30/2 Anti-trust actions 30/3 Incorporation information 30/4 Stock register 1928-1951 30/5 Stock certificates 9 Stock certificates (1-250) 1928-1951 Subseries 7 Reports 1920-1938 30/6 Annual reports 1931-1938 30/7 Cedar Creek development, etc. 30/8 Natural gas rate case 1920 30/9 Well notices and reports, C. G. Corporation 1929-1935 30/10 Well notices and reports, Daley 1930-1935 30/11 Well notices and reports, Duncan 1929-1934 31/1 Well notices and reports, Keye 1929-1934 31/2 Well notices and reports, Norskog 1930-1934 31/3 Well notices and reports, Oler 1930-1934 31/4 Well notices and reports, Sartwell 1930-1935 31/5 Well notices and reports, Scott 1930-1935 31/6 Well notices and reports, Talmadge 1930-1936 31/7 Well notices and reports, Anderson 1920-1934 31/8 Well notices and reports, Armstrong 1930-1936 31/9 Land lists Series X Desert Cove Properties Incorporated 1957-1970 3 folders

This series contains organizational papers for Desert Cove Properties, Incorporated, a real estate development company operating in Riverside County, California.

31/10 Articles of Incorporation 1957 31/11 Stock book 1958-1970 31/12 Miscellany Series XI Exco, Incorporated 1941-1974 0.25 linear feet

This series contains organizational papers for Exco, Incorporated, an oil exploration and refining company headquartered in Carson City, Nevada.

31/13 Minutes 1951-1953 32/1 Capital stock 1968-1974 32/2 Corporate records 1941-1951 32/3 Stock certificates 1951-1953 32/4 Stock record 1951-1952 32/5 Stock record 1952-1953 Series XII Industrial Gas Company, Incorporated 1941-1978 0.75 linear feet

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for Industrial Gas Company, Incorporated, an oil and natural gas development company headquartered in Carson City, Nevada. The company maintained offices in Denver, Colorado and Billings, Montana.

Subseries 1 Correspondence 1953-1978 32/6 General Correspondence 1953-1954 32/7 General Correspondence 1954-1957 32/8 General Correspondence 1954-1961 32/9 Dalton, Eugene 1961-1964 32/10 Losing, Ralph 1978 32/11 Montana Dakota Utilities 1954 32/12 Stabler, Otto 1953-1955 32/13 Rees, Douglas 1954 32/14 Winn, Dan B. 1953-1956 Subseries 2 Financial and Legal 1941-1957 32/15 Financial Records 32/16 Agreements, assignments 1953 32/17 Agreements, assignments 1941-1955 32/18 Agreements, assignments, Fletcher Edwards 1950-1954 33/1 Contracts 1953-1957 33/2 Lease matters 1953 33/3 Leases 1953-1954 33/4 McElroy, Becker, I 1945-1955 33/5 McElroy, Becker, II 1945-1955 33/6 vs. Mondakota 1946-1953 33/7 vs. Mondakota, pleadings 1953-1955 33/8 vs. Mondakota 1945-1955 33/9 Mountain syndicate 1953 Subseries 3 Organization 1953-1966 33/10 Articles of Incorporation 1953 34/1 1954-1966 Series XIII Interior Royalty Corporation 1949-1970 4 folders

This series contains organizational papers from the Interior Royalty Corporation, an oil and natural gas asset holding company headquartered in Carson City, Nevada.

34/2 Articles of Incorporation 1950 34/3 Stock book 1950 34/4 Records 1950-1968 34/5 Annual reports 1949-1970 Series XIV Interstate Natural Gas Company 1936-1964 0.75 linear feet and 1 oversize volume

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers from the Interstate Natural Gas Company, an oil, natural gas, and coal development company headquartered in Carson City, Nevada.

34/6 Hutchinson, H. L. 34/7 Montana Secretary of State 34/8 State of Montana, oil and gas lease 34/9 Dougherty lease 1936-1964 34/10 vs. El Paso 1948-1950 34/11 vs. El Paso 1948-1950 34/12 vs. El Paso 1950 34/13 vs. El Paso 1948-1953 34/14 Judge William. M. Byrne opinion 34/15 Legal Documents 1948-1956 34/16 Minutes 1949-1953 34/17 Articles of Incorporation 1947 34/18 Stockholders 34/19 Records 1947-1951 34/20 Miscellany 1947-1955 19 Stock certificates (1-50) 1947-1950 20 Stock certificates (1-100) 1951-1957 21 General journal 1951 Series XV John Wight, Incorporated 1920-1983 12.0 linear feet

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for John Wight, Incorporated, John Wight's personal holding corporation with headquarters in Carson City, Nevada.

Subseries 1 General Correspondence 1929-1983 35/1 AAA silver mines 1971-1973 35/2 Allen, Donald 1980-1981 35/3 Allen, Donald 1983 35/4 Amoco Production Company 1972-1977 35/5 Baker lots 1949-1976 35/6 Brown-Tara 1971-1974 35/7 Buck, Foster 35/8 California Time Oil Company 1971 35/9 Cedar Creek date, U.S. Land Office 1929-1970 35/10 Cedar Creek oil and gas 1968-1974 35/11 Cedar Creek Oil Company 1975 35/12 Cedar Creek, MDU 1958-1972 35/13 Old Cedar Creek, Carter-Stevens 35/14 Cedar Creek/Fallon County data 1935-1963 35/15 Carter Oil 1956-1960 35/16 William- Clark Development Credit Corporation 1970 35/17 Clerk and Recorder 1959-1981 35/18 Clerk and Recorder 1955-1965 36/1 Crow Agency lease 1940-1943 36/2 Crow Agency 1978-1981 36/3 Crow Agency Indian lease sale 1961 36/4 Dalton, Eugene 1972-1973 36/5 Defense fuel supply bids 36/6 Divestiture of oil companies 36/7 Dalthrop, George, attorney for MDU 1972-1978 36/8 Dygert and Gunn, attorney 1964-1969 36/9 Earl Industries 1966-1969 36/10 Engebregson, Daryl 1959-1968 36/11 Engebregson, Daryl 1964-1969 36/12 Engebregson 1966-1968 36/13 Engebregson 1969 36/14 Federal Oil, Muelling, Rickley 1968 36/15 Fox, Edwards, attorneys 1973-1980 37/1 Gjerdevig, Donald 1970 37/2 Green, Ron - West Gas, Incorporated 1975 37/3 Hodgson, George C. 1971 37/4 Hoiness-LaBar Insurance 1974-1980 37/5 Import Appeal Board 1966-1972 37/6 Independent Refiners Assn. 1967-1968 37/7 Independent Refiners Assn. 1968-1971 37/8 Interior Royalty Corporation of Wyoming 37/9 International Trust Company 1934-1972 37/10 Interstate - Dougherty 1949-1959 37/11 Lease 1978 37/12 Lewis, Ed 37/13 Litigation vs. Marvel Lowrance 37/14 Lowrance, Marvel 1957-1977 37/15 Lund, Gordon 1974-1982 37/16 Luning, Leonard - oil and gas lease 1977-1981 37/17 Miller, Duncan - Stag Oil Company 1969-1971 37/18 MDU story 1967-1969 37/19 Mansfield and Metcalf - Mondakota relief bill matters 37/20 Montana Dept. of Revenue 37/21 Montana Board of Equalization 1967-1971 37/22 Montana Supreme Court clerk 1978 37/23 Murray, W. D. 1963-1967 38/1 New Prudential Petroleum 1965-1967 38/2 Nix, Kenneth - collection and suit 1956-1971 38/3 Northwest crude 1974-1977 38/4 Oil pipeline matters 1963-1972 38/5 Olsen, Arnold 1955-1965 38/6 Olsen, Arnold 1966-1970 38/7 Ortt, Kanuit 1981-1982 38/8 Pan American Petroleum Corporation 1954-1957 38/9 Pan American Petroleum Corporation 1958-1969 38/10 Patman, Wright 1963-1970 38/11 Pennsalt Chemicals Corporation 1956-1964 38/12 Petropace Company 1976-1978 38/13 Phillips, J. B. 1977-1982 38/14 Political matters 1970 39/1 Poole, Lafayette 1971-1975 39/2 Oil trade 1979 39/3 Pyramid Oil Company 1972 39/4 U.S. Royalty Oil 39/5 Royalty title action by Fillner 1972-1976 39/6 Government Royalty oil available for refinery 39/7 SBA loan 1954-1972 39/8 Shelby refinery 39/9 Shelby refinery 1952-1969 39/10 Shelby refinery 1953-1957 39/11 Shelby refinery 1953-1971 39/12 Shelby refinery 1965-1966 39/13 Shelby refinery 1971-1982 39/14 Shelby refinery 1971-1982 39/15 Shelby refinery 1978-1979 39/16 Shelby refinery ads and responses 1976 39/17 Shelby refinery proposals 1965-1971 40/1 Shelby refinery buyer prospects, I 1962-1968 40/2 Shelby refinery buyer prospects, II 1962-1968 40/3 Shelby Chamber of Commerce 1964-1967 40/4 Shelby refinery 1957-1972 40/5 Shelby refinery, crude oil for 1958-1961 40/6 Shelby refinery development, Sid Dailey 1964-1968 40/7 Shelby refinery data 1963-1969 40/8 Shelby refinery deal, Cliff and Muelling, Solar, Etc. 1954-1969 40/9 Shelby refinery, Milford Dunham 1975-1982 40/10 Shelby refinery feasibility 1970-1974 40/11 Shelby refinery information 1947-1967 40/12 Shelby refinery inquiries 1962-1968 40/13 Shelby refinery, Raymond J. Kaynee 40/14 Shelby refinery 1961-1968 40/15 Shelby refinery 1966-1971 40/16 Shelby refinery 1972 40/17 Shelby refinery memos and miscellaneous 40/18 Shelby refinery, miscellaneous 1932-1961 40/19 Shelby refinery, miscellaneous 1971-1972 41/1 Shelby refinery, C. Mowery feasibility report 1970 41/2 Shelby refinery prospects 1973-1975 41/3 Shelby refinery proposals 1965-1970 41/4 Shelby refinery proposals 1965-1978 41/5 Shelby refinery, Roath and Dies 1964 41/6 Shelby refinery sale 1980 41/7 Shelby refinery, Donald Thayer 1971 41/8 Shell Oil Company 41/9 Shell Oil Company 1961-1982 41/10 Shell Oil Company, Schwenk, Fillner, SW case 1979 41/11 Shell Oil Company, litigation 41/12 Shell Oil Company, Miscellaneous 1964 41/13 Shell Oil Company, Miscellaneous 1974-1978 41/14 Shell Oil Company, pertaining to litigation 41/15 Shell Oil Company case, B. Lloyd Poelman 1934-1976 41/16 Shell Oil Company case, B. Lloyd Poelman 1972-1977 42/1 Shell Oil Company, Donald Weir 42/2 Soap Creek 1971-1972 42/3 Soap Creek 42/4 Soap Creek 1952-1963 42/5 Soap Creek 1962-1965 42/6 Soap Creek 1968-1969 42/7 Soap Creek 1970 42/8 Soap Creek, Advertising 1974-1975 42/9 Soap Creek, Chessher lease 1961-1971 42/10 Soap Creek, H. B. Chessher 1962-1969 42/11 Soap Creek, H. B. Chessher 1969-1972 42/12 Soap Creek 42/13 Soap Creek, drilling proposal 42/14 Soap Creek, drilling contractor 1971 42/15 Soap Creek, H. B. Chessher 1962-1970 42/16 Soap Creek, Allen Garrett 42/17 Soap Creek, Homer Silhelm 42/18 Soap Creek, Don Hiestand 1960-1964 42/19 Soap Creek, David Hoover 1979-1981 24/20 Soap Creek, maps, reports, etc. 1953-1971 42/21 Soap Creek, well #1 42/22 Soap Creek 1975 43/1 Soap Creek 1978-1979 43/2 Soap Creek, note holders 1960 43/3 Soap Creek, oil field sample description 1972-1977 43/4 Soap Creek, resale zeta well 43/5 Soap Creek, Olympus Industries Incorporated 1975-1980 43/6 Soap Creek, H. B. Chessher 43/7 Soap Creek, Frank 0. Orchowski 1959-1960 43/8 Soap Creek, Kenneth Parrent 1977-1978 43/9 Soap Creek, B. Lloyd Poelman 1972-1978 43/10 Soap Creek, Edison Real Bird 1980 43/11 Soap Creek, Reed well 43/12 Soap Creek, Foster-Smith 1975 43/13 Soap Creek, Solar Reed well 1974-1980 43/14 Soap Creek, Paul Torrey 1959-1972 43/15 Sohio Oil Company, Wilhelm lease 43/16 Sulenes, Norman 1971-1977 43/17 Tomlinson, C. L. 1915-1971 43/18 TVA material 1967 43/19 U.S. Air Conditioning Corporation 1960-1972 43/20 U.S., Bureau of Land Management 1983 43/21 U.S. Corporation Company 1982-1983 44/1 U.S., Dept. of Interior 1960-1969 44/2 U.S., Federal energy assistance 1976-1978 44/3 U.S., letter s to Congress re. crude oil 1973-1974 44/4 U.S., Office of Economic Adjustment 1972 44/5 Wood, Una R. 44/6 Wright, Harold P. W. 1959-1960 44/7 Wright, Harold, Supreme Oil 1966-1967 44/8 Swanson, John 1966-1971 44/9 Wright, Harold P. W. 1961-1966 44/10 Birth control and sterilization 1970-1971 44/11 Improve administration 1966-1968 44/12 Legal matters 1972, 1981 44/13 Relief legislation 44/14 Miscellaneous 1931, 1942-1943, 1960-1981 Subseries 2 Financial 1920-1983 44/15 Bankers Life 1963-1972 44/16 Cedar Creek 1920-1962 44/17 Balance sheets 1960-1975 45/1 Correspondence 1955-1977 45/2 Cedar Creek, MDU, Division Orders 1929-1968 45/3 Inland Empire Refinery - Sun Ray Oil Company on Soap Creek 45/4 Gas rights purchase 1959-1972 45/5 Mobil royalty statements 1955-1959 45/6 Royalty payments 1975 45/7 Shelby refinery 1957-1962 45/8 Shelby refinery 1970-1976 45/9 Soap Creek data 1939 45/10 Soap Creek inventory 1939-1956 45/11 Soap Creek field 1942-1955 45/12 Soap Creek, McGlothlin 1954-1961 45/13 Soap Creek, R. A. Sutton 1965 45/14 Income tax 1960-1978 45/15 Tax records 1961-1969 45/16 Tax records 1963-1977 46/1 Income tax correspondence 1957-1974 46/2 Tax matters 1974-1977 46/3 Taxes, windfall profit 1982-1983 46/4 Zeta Reed least 1979 46/5 Financial Records 1957-1965 46/6 Financial Records 1970 46/7 Financial Records 1971 46/8 Financial Records 1972 46/9 Financial Records 1973 46/10 Financial Records 1975 46/11 Financial Records 1977, 1980 46/12 Miscellaneous Subseries 3 Legal 1920-1982 46/13 Agreements, Van Rickley, Muelling, etc. 1966-1969 46/14 Aides, Harry 1949-1959 46/15 Akerly lese 1925-1963 46/16 Applications for crude oil allotment 1975 46/17 Big Sky Refining 1968-1974 46/18 Brown-Tara 1961-1974 46/19 Belve, C. T., attorney 1959-1979 46/20 Building acquisition - Minneapolis 1932 47/1 Capital Gas Corporation 47/2 Carter, International Trust, JW, JW Inc., Cedar Creek 47/3 Carter, C. W., Wells Fargo Bank 47/4 Case #3567, John Wight Inc., vs. John B. Akerly et. al. 47/5 Cedar Creek 1928-1982 47/6 International Trust - Cedar Creek lease 1940-1972 47/7 Cedar Creek - Shell, etc. 47/8 Contracts, agreements, I 1920-1966 47/9 Contracts, agreements, II 1920-1966 47/10 Contracts, agreements, III 1920-1966 47/11 Contracts 1957-1976 47/12 Deeds, contracts, etc. 1926-1955 47/13 Engebregson, attorney 1964-1965 47/14 Humble Oil and Refining Company 47/15 Interior Royalty 47/16 King Petrochemical, Inc. 1969-1970 47/17 Marvel (Lowrance) lawsuit 1976 47/18 Marvel (Lowrance) litigation 1974-1975 47/19 Mining lease - oil and gas 47/20 Mining lease assignment - H. B. Chessher (Soap Creek) 48/1 Oil Producing Company 1952-1969 48/2 Oil lease matters 48/3 Oil lease matters 48/4 oil lease matters 48/5 Oil lease matters 48/6 Oil lease matters, Baker, Montana 1920-1950 48/7 Oil lease matters 48/8 Leases 1956-1963 48/9 Lease agreements 1929-1958 48/10 Crow lease matters 1967 48/11 Crow lease matters 1973 48/12 Crow lease matters 1974 48/13 Crow lease matters 1974 48/14 Crow lease matters 1974 48/15 Crow lease matters 1974-1975 48/16 Crow lease sale #38, tract 23 48/17 Crow-Soap Creek lease materials 1976-1978 49/1 Montana Power Company leases 1943-1960 49/2 Oler lease 1969-1970 49/3 Oil lease matters - Olympus Industries, Soap Creek 49/4 Oil lease matters - Soap Creek 49/5 Soap Creek leases owner by John Wight, Inc. 49/6 Oil lease matters - Soap Creek 1963-1973 49/7 Oil lease matters - Soap Creek 1974 49/8 Oil lease matters - Soap Creek 1975 49/9 Modern Oil Company bankruptcy and litigation 1952-1957 49/10 Mondakota litigation documents 1950 49/11 vs. Mondakota 1970-1975 50/1 Norskog, Adolph 1920-1965 50/2 Norskog, Ole, I 1920-1967 50/3 Norskog, Ole, II 1920-1967 50/4 Norskog, appeal matters, Shell Oil 1967-1968 50/5 Norskog case 1920-1971 50/6 Norskog vs. Norskog 1928-1967 50/7 Norskog vs. Norskog 1928-1967 50/8 Norskog vs. Norskog, Shell Oil 1928-1968 50/9 Norskog vs. Norskog, Shell Oil 1928-1969 50/10 Norskog vs. Schiltz (Norskog) 1969 51/1 Norskog vs. Norskog 1930-1966 51/2 Norskog vs. Norskog 1957 51/3 Norskog vs. Norskog, Shell Oil 1963-1968 51/4 Wight vs. Norskog, testimony, I 1965-1968 51/5 Wight vs. Norskog, testimony, II 1965-1968 51/6 Wight vs. Norskog, testimony, III 1965-1968 51/7 Wight vs. Norskog, testimony, IV 1965-1968 51/8 Wight vs. Norskog 51/9 Wight vs. Norskog, I 1967-1968 51/10 Wight vs. Norskog, II 1967-1968 51/11 Wight vs. Norskog 1921-1967 51/12 Norskog case 1927-1971 52/1 Wight vs. Norskog, Shell Oil 1926-1967 52/2 Wight vs. Norskog, Shell Oil 1961-1969 52/3 Wight vs. Norskog, Shell Oil 1963-1967 52/4 Miscellaneous assignments - Stevens Bassett 52/5 Land office matters 1957-1963 52/6 Poelman, Lund, Pater, Universal Mobility Company 1980-1981 52/7 Quiet title action vs. Carter 52/8 Shelby refinery 1947-1973 52/9 Shelby refinery 1962-1969 52/10 Shelby refinery, litigation 52/11 Shelby refinery, rehab and reopening 52/12 Shelby refinery mortgage matters 1957-1974 53/1 Shell Oil Company 1935-1969 53/2 Shell Oil Company 1945-1960 53/3 vs. Shell Oil Company 1976 53/4 Shell Oil Company, royalties, etc. 53/5 Shell Oil Company, Coral Creek unit 1953-1964 53/6 Shell Oil Company, data 53/7 Shell Pine unit 1949-1966 53/8 vs. Shell Oil (Poelman) 1965-1976 53/9 Soap Creek field 53/10 Soap Creek land rental 53/11 Tara Petroleum Company, Soap Creek 53/12 Tara Petroleum Company Soap Creek 1963-1977 53/13 Soap Creek titles and management matters 54/1 Soap Creek, Robert Townsend 54/2 Stewart second mortgage and debt matters 54/3 Sunray agreements 54/4 Title data 1923-1963 54/5 Miscellaneous trust agreements 54/6 Warranty deeds 54/7 Miscellaneous Subseries 4 Organization 1929-1980 54/8 Organization 1957-1980 54/9 Miscellaneous 1957-1977 54/10 Theora Wight 54/11 Annual 1957-1981 54/12 Corporation 1978-1979 54/13 Cedar Creek 55/1 Soap Creek 1929-1968 55/2 Soap Creek 1938-1953 55/3 Canadian deal for Soap Creek 1954 55/4 Monthly reports for Soap Creek 1941-1958 55/5 Refinery at Shelby 55/6 Refinery at Shelby 55/7 Refinery at Shelby 55/8 Refinery at Shelby Series XVI Marvel Petroleum Corporation 1933-1965 5 folders

This series contains correspondence, legal, and organizational papers from the Marvel Petroleum Corporation, oil and natural gas development company headquartered in Billings, Montana.

55/9 Correspondence, Walker, Morgan 1957-1958 55/10 vs. MDU 1933-1965 55/11 Prospectus 1955 55/12 Miscellany, undated Series XVII Midwest Holding Company 1924-1976 6.0 linear feet and 3 oversize volumes

This series includes publicity, correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for the Midwest Holding Company, an oil and natural gas asset holding company located in Billings, Montana.

Subseries 1 Clippings undated 55/13 Clippings Subseries 2 Correspondence 1928-1973 55/14 General Correspondence 1944-1957 55/15 General Correspondence 1957 55/16 General Correspondence 1929-1939 55/17 Aides, Harry and Milo Tipton 1951-1960 55/18 Billings 021068, Anders Anderson 1928-1962 56/1 Bannatyne, Pelowitz lease 1953-1965 56/2 Boeckl, William 1958-1959 56/3 Boone, Raymond C. 1963-1964 56/4 Bruhns, Edwin 1958-1959 56/5 Chessher, H. B. 1959-1962 56/6 Chessher, H. B. 1963-1967 56/7 Cross, Cash R. 1928-1931 56/8 Cross, Cash R. 1932 56/9 Crusader Oil, J. Paul Ratliff 1958 56/10 Crusader Oil, J. Paul Ratliff 1959 56/11 Crusader Oil, J. Paul Ratliff 1960-1964 57/1 Ross, Cash R. 1933-1957 57/2 Dolve, Elmer, attorney 57/3 Elk Basin, Gertrude Oler 1935-1936 57/4 Elk Basin 1937-1945 57/5 Engebregson, Daryl 1962-1965 57/6 Friedman, I. C. 1959-1971 57/7 Government oil lease drawings 57/8 Government water well 1959 57/9 Gravem, Axel B. 1950-1959 57/10 Haney, W. B. 1934-1961 57/11 Hansen, Al, Attorney 1931-1935 57/12 Heckley, Jule M. 1944-1954 57/13 Heckley, Jule M. 1937-1959 57/14 Hutchinson, H. L. 1942-1957 57/15 Huntington, F. G. 1937-1943 57/16 Interstate Natural Gas 1948-1960 57/17 James, George N., Pontiac dealer 1963-1964 57/18 Richard, Kelley 1963-1965 58/1 Keye, L. S. 1930-1947 58/2 Keye, L. S. 1948-1949 58/3 Keye, L. S. 1950-1956 58/4 Kraeger lease 1949 58/5 Lease matters 1957-1963 58/6 Lease information 58/7 Oil, gas lease applications 1969 58/8 Miscellaneous old date on oil leases 1949-1973 58/9 New Mexico development 1959-1969 58/10 Old letters re. gas sales 1928-1955 58/11 McLaughlin, J. L. 1945-1958 58/12 Mobil Producing Company 1953-1961 58/13 Muelling, Earl 1964-1971 58/14 Nebraska-Texas simultaneous filings 1960-1969 58/15 Pepper Tank Company 1949-1964 58/16 Reinstatement charter 1969-1970 58/17 Sawyer, Edith 1957-1959 58/18 Sawyer, Edith 1958-1961 58/19 C. L. Seargent lease 1934-1944 58/20 Sellwood royalty deal 1949-1959 59/1 Sha-Wa Petroleum Corporation 1931-1938 59/2 Shell Oil Company 59/3 Shell Oil Company (attorneys contacted regarding) 59/4 Shell Oil Company 1951-1973 59/5 Shell Oil Company 1955-1966 59/6 Albert Introcaso simultaneous filings/drawings 1960-1968 59/7 L.S. Stevenson 1946-1964 59/8 John Taylor 1959-1963 59/9 R.B. Walter, attorney 1930-1957 59/10 Refinery watchmen, M/M Oliver Taylor 1957-1963 59/11 Stanley Wallbank (Buffalo 03733) 59/12 Bernice Wellington 1950-1959 59/13 Bernice Wellington 1939-1965 59/14 Elmer C. Wereb 1963-1969 59/15 Harold P.W. Wright 59/16 Wyoming 0311041 59/17 Denzil R. Young 1935-1946 Subseries 3 Financial 1929-1976 59/18 Adams Syndicate 59/19 J.A. Adams 1938 59/20 Balance sheets 1929-1936 60/1 Check stubs 1948 60/2 Check stubs 1949 60/3 Check stubs 1951 60/4 Check stubs 1951 60/5 Check stubs 1952 60/6 Check stubs 1953 60/7 Check stubs 1953 60/8 Check stubs 1954 60/9 Check stubs 1958 61/1 Financial records 1929-1945 61/2 Leases, Transcripts, unidentified 1957-1959 61/3 List of oil and gas leases 1950-1959 61/4 Quincy Cass Associates 1960-1961 61/5 Leases 1976 61/6 Shell Pine Unit 1950-1967 61/7 Modern Oil - Standard oil and Gas 1949-1959 61/8 Midwest sale negotiations 1970 14 General journal 1951-1954 15 General journal 1952 16 General ledger 1929-1939 Subseries 4 Legal 1924-1970 61/9 J.H. Adams, Midwest Oil 1930-1935 61/10 C.M. Adams 1933-1935 61/11 J.H. Adams 1931-1938 61/12 Nancy Aides; New Cornelia 1951-1960 61/13 Banatyne 1960 61/14 Montana 07141, Wm. R. Boeckl 1952-1959 61/15 Bardin/Winter 1930-1960 61/16 Montana 09199, Edwin Bruhns 1952-1959 61/17 Cedar Creek vs. Fidelity Gas, exhibits 1935-1957 62/1 Theora E. Gerry-Casey, I 1928-1957 62/2 Theora E. Gerry-Casey, II 1928-1957 62/3 Theora E. Gerry-Casey, III 1928-1957 62/4 Elk Basin 1937-1944 62/5 Elk Basin 1937-1945 62/6 Elk Basin, Miscellaneous 1941-1948 62/7 Elk Basin statements 1943-1948 62/8 Heckley, Jule 1941-1966 62/9 Himmerlings 1957-1959 62/10 Cora Keye 1947-1951 62/11 Keye, L.S. and Cora 1928-1953 63/1 Land list 1928-1957 63/2 Leases and agreements 1924-1952 63/3 Lease info 1928-1960 63/4 Lease lists 1957-1958 63/5 Lease matters 1936-1957 63/6 Lease matters 1952-1959 63/7 Lease records 1946-1957 63/8 Lease title; matters to check 1932-1970 63/9 Midwest 1928-1945 64/1 Leases, New Cornelia 1958-1961 64/2 Montana 020388, Marvel Lowrance 1954-1959 64/3 MDU 1968 64/4 Midwest-Mondakota Miscellaneous assignments 1939-1952 64/5 Marshall Drilling 1959-1960 64/6 Midland Empire Oil/Cora Keye 1936 64/7 New Cornelia Copper 1948-1959 64/8 New Cornelia; Ratliff 1952-1959 64/9 Oil lease matters, stock matters, organization 64/10 Oler leases 1928-1941 64/11 Pelowitz 1952-1964 64/12 Darrell H. Ramsey 1956-1958 64/13 Ratliff, J. Paul, Crusader Oil and Gas 1957-1959 64/14 Ratliff, Crusader Oil 1950-1959 64/15 Royalties bought and sold, Pine unit 1945-1961 64/16 Royalty assignments 1928-1963 64/17 Edith P. Sawyer 1952-1959 64/18 Montana 06998, Edith Peak Sawyer 1952-1961 64/19 Soap Creek drilling contract 1959 64/20 Soap Creek matters 1947-1965 64/21 Bernice Wellington 1949-1967 65/1 Billings 042014, E.A. Wight 1957 65/2 Wyoming 01021 1947-1961 Subseries 5 Organization 1929-1968 65/3 Articles of Incorporation 65/4 Articles of Incorporation, minutes 65/5 Corporate records, Midwest Holding Company 1935-1951 65/6 Corporate records, Midwest Holding Company 1936-1956 65/7 Drilling contract 65/8 Interstate directors meetings 1940-1953 65/9 Minutes and waivers 1968 65/10 Minutes, etc. 1930-1959 65/11 Stock certificates 66/1 Stock certificates 66/2 Stock ledger 1929-1957 66/3 Solar Oil, Midwest Holding Co 1959-1962 66/4 Value of lands 1938 Subseries 6 Reports 1928-1967 66/5 Annual reports 1929-1967 66/6 Baker-Glendive gas and oil field 66/7 Minutes and reports 66/8 Lease info 1928-1960 66/9 Midwest list 1930-1948 67/1 Midwest anticline geodata, I undated 67/2 Midwest anticline geodata, II undated 67/3 Midwest anticline geodata, III undated 67/4 Midwest anticline geodata, IV undated 67/5 Midwest anticline geodata, V undated 67/6 Midwest anticline geodata, VI undated 67/7 Midwest anticline geodata, VII undated 67/8 Midwest anticline geodata, VIII undated 67/9 Midwest anticline geodata, IX undated 67/10 Midwest anticline geodata, X undated Series XVIII Modern Oil Company of Montana, Incorporated 1945-1962 1.5 linear feet

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for Modern Oil Company of Montana, Incorporated, an oil and natural gas development company located in Billings, Montana. The company declared bankruptcy in 1954 and continued operations after reorganization.

Subseries 1 General Correspondence 1953-1958 67/11 Modern Oil Company 1953-1954 67/12 Modern Oil Company bankruptcy 1954-1958 67/13 Modern Oil bills, creditor Correspondence 1953-1956 67/14 Tom Brown 1953-1955 67/15 Great Northern Railway freight rates 1956-1957 67/16 Kelleher vs. Brown 1954-1957 Subseries 2 Financial 1945-1962 67/17 Modern Oil Company 1945-1956 67/18 Modern Oil Company 1945-1956 68/1 Modern Oil, check stubs 1952 68/2 Modern Oil, check stubs 1953 68/3 Modern Oil, check stubs 1953 68/4 Modern Oil, check stubs 1955 68/5 Modern Oil, financial records 1952-1954 68/6 Financial and tax statements 1952-1955 68/7 Inventory 1946-1956 68/8 Modern Oil, trustee in bankruptcy 1954-1962 Subseries 3 Legal 1947-1960 68/9 Agreements, assignments, contracts 1950-1955 68/10 Carter Oil vs. Wight 1956-1960 68/11 Great Falls National Bank vs. Modern Oil 1954-1958 69/1 Modern Oil, Miscellaneous litigation 1955-1959 69/2 Modern Oil 1947-1954 69/3 Modern Oil 1954 69/4 Modern Oil 1952-1957 69/5 Modern Oil vs. Stanolind Oil 1959 69/6 Modern/Murphy Corporation 1954-1959 Subseries 4 Organization 1952-1957 69/7 Modern Oil minutes 1952-1955 69/8 Modern Oil minutes 1952-1957 69/9 Modern Oil, incorporation, papers, bylaws, minutes 1952-1957 70/1 Organization 1952-1957 70/2 Reports 1952, 1954 70/3 Annual 1954 Series XIX Mondakota Development Company/Mondakota Gas Company 1920-1982 and undated 16.5 linear feet and 1 oversize volume

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for Mondakota Gas Company, an oil and natural gas development company located in Billings, Montana. The company was originally organized as the Mondakota (Montana-Dakota) Development Company and reorganized as the Mondakota Gas Company in 1942.

Subseries 1 General Correspondence 1926-1982 70/4 General Correspondence 1941-1955 70/5 General Correspondence, I 1941-1943 70/6 General Correspondence, II 1941-1943 70/7 Attorney General 1958-1965 70/8 General Correspondence 1941-1964 70/9 General Correspondence 1942-1943 70/10 General Correspondence 1943-1969 70/11 General Correspondence 1943-1945 71/1 General Correspondence 1944-1947 71/2 General Correspondence 1948-1967 71/3 General Correspondence 1948-1952 71/4 General Correspondence 1950-1959 71/5 General Correspondence 1950-1958 71/6 General Correspondence 1952-1958 71/7 Annual reports 1958-1963 71/8 Askin, George F. 1940-1941 71/9 Attorneys 1950-1958 71/10 Becker, I 1930-1950 71/11 Becker, II 1930-1950 71/12 Becker, McElroy, Reed, etc. 1941-1960 72/1 Becker, I 1946-1966 72/2 Becker, II 1946-1966 72/3 Becker, III 1946-1966 72/4 Becker vs. Mondakota 1952-1953 72/5 Bockensted, Frank 1928-1952 72/6 Brown, Sande and Forbes 1952-1957 72/7 Cedar Creek lands 1933-1952 72/8 Cedar Creek lands 1953-1958 72/9 Cheadle, E. K. /Montana Eastern vs. MDU and Shell 1961-1964 72/10 Derry, Judge Guy 1967-1969 72/11 Engebregson 1935-1968 72/12 Erickson, Leif 1954 72/13 Fairbanks, Alice 72/14 Federal Land Bank 1950 72/15 Federal Land Bank 1947-1954 73/1 Finances 73/2 Gas buyers 1935-1954 73/3 Gas buyers 1946-1954 73/4 Gas fight 1949-1963 73/5 Griffith, John 1951-1956 73/6 Hammer, John L. 1961-1966 73/7 Haney, W. B. 1954-1958 73/8 Herriott, Ralph L. 1957-1958 73/9 Huntington - MDU 1936-1954 73/10 Hutchinson/Mike Mansfield/Mondakota relief 73/11 Hutchinson, H. L. 1951-1956 73/12 Hutchinson 73/13 Income tax 1954-1966 74/1 Industrial Gas Company 1955-1956 74/2 Interstate Gas Company 74/3 Interstate Gas Company 1949-1955 74/4 Interstate Gas Company 1949-1955 74/5 Letters to Washington, D.C. 1955-1966 74/6 Mosk, Fred 1951-1970 74/7 McElroy 74/8 McElroy 74/9 Mondakota vs. E. R. McElroy 74/10 McElroy, E. R. 74/11 McElroy 1951-1953 74/12 McElroy, list of leases 1952-1956 74/13 Miscellaneous Mondakota matters 74/14 Miscellaneous data useful for proposed litigation 75/1 McElroy, Industrial Gas Company, quit claims 1953-1954 75/2 Miscellaneous MDU matters 75/3 MDU 1931, 1936, 1940, 1970, 1974 75/4 Mondakota vs. MDU 1932-1946 75/5 MDU rate matters 1940-1941 75/6 Mondakota vs. MDU 1948-1952 75/7 Mondakota vs. MDU 1952 75/8 Mondakota vs. MDU 1953 75/9 Mondakota vs. MDU 1957-1962 75/10 MDU Miscellaneous 1931-1950 75/11 MDU tariff matters 1933-1953 75/12 Merlin, L. E. 1948-1959 75/13 Miscellaneous correspondence 1947-1974 75/14 Miscellaneous correspondence 1931-1962 76/1 Norskog case 1950-1971 76/2 North Dakota common carrier laws 1933-1935 76/3 Pipeline right of way 76/4 Picotto, attorney 1965-1969 76/5 Railroad 1926-1951 76/6 Rate matters 1949-1966 76/7 Rates 1944-1969 76/8 Relief bill 1978-1980 76/9 RFC loan application 1949-1950 76/10 Reed, Collins - Fillner, Pitet 76/11 Reed, Collins 76/12 Reed, Collins 1950-1979 76/13 Reed, Collins 1963-1980 76/14 Government relief legislation 76/15 Government relief legislation 76/16 Government relief bill, S-1802 76/17 Government relief legislation 77/1 Government relief legislation 1951-1962 77/2 Government relief legislation, stockholders 1949-1974 77/3 Sanders, C. T. (attorney) 1953-1956 77/4 Government relief info./Melcher Correspondence 1953-1982 77/5 SEC 1941-1944 77/6 SEC, I 1942-1943 77/7 SEC, II 1942-1943 77/8 SEC, III 1942-1943 77/9 Shell Oil Company 1950-1963 77/10 Shell Oil Company 1954-1966 77/11 Singleton, Oliver (AFL-CIO) 1966-1968 77/12 SBA 1963 78/1 Papers from Chadwick Smith to Warner case 1959-1964 78/2 Speer, Ira 1954-1956 78/3 Stockholders Association 1947-1970 78/4 Stockholders (lost), detective agencies 1949-1963 78/5 Stroud, Tom 1953 78/6 Summers, William G. 1962-1965 78/7 Swallow, George 1953-1954 78/8 Tariff matters 1949-1952 78/9 Tax loss data 1951-1970 78/10 Tedrick, J. R. 78/11 Tedrick, J. R. 78/12 U.S. Corporation Company/Mondakota 1953-1958 78/13 Wagner, Raymond 1949-1950 78/14 Walker, L. M. 1923-1959 78/15 War Dept./Quartermaster contract issues 78/16 Warner case 1942-1972 78/17 Western gas producers 1953-1954 79/1 Williams, H. DeWorth 1968-1970 79/2 Williams, H. DeWorth 1973-1977 79/3 Williams, H. DeWorth 1979, 1981, 1982 Subseries 2 Financial 1926-1982 79/4 Statements 79/5 Financial Records 1936-1951 79/6 Financial Records 1942-1950 79/7 Financial Records 1948-1956 79/8 Financial Records 1950-1956 79/9 Financial Records 1952-1959 79/10 Financial Records 1953-1954 79/11 Bullis reports 1948-1949 79/12 Debts and obligations 1953 79/13 Eastern Clay Products 1950-1954 79/14 Expense account statements 1942-1953 79/15 Gas statements 1947 79/16 Industrial Gas and Mondakota contracts 1954 79/17 Industrial Gas and Mondakota 1954 80/1 Leases owned by Mondakota 80/2 Loan application, May 1950 80/3 License tax return 1950-1953 80/4 Loans 1942-1954 80/5 Loans, I 1947-1950 80/6 Loans, II 1947-1950 80/7 McElroy 1950-1964 80/8 MDU monthly reports 1961-1965 80/9 Payroll report 1948-1951 80/10 Montana reports, I 1942-1969 80/11 Montana reports, II 1942-1969 80/12 Royalties sold 1952-1954 80/13 Settlement, refinery creditors 1949-1967 80/14 Old MDU statements 1934-1939 81/1 Tariff 1950-1957 81/2 Late tax loss material 1951-1962 81/3 Tax loss material 1951-1972 81/4 Warner 81/5 Working papers 1942-1953 17 Lease record 18 Capital stock ledger 1942-1969 Subseries 3 Legal 1920-1982 81/6 Abstracts 81/7 Affidavits 81/8 Agreements 81/9 Armstrong 1938 81/10 Assignment of interest 1951-1956 81/11 Assignments to Midwest 1951 81/12 Assignments to Midwest 1946-1955 81/13 Bechtold, V. Ernest and Irene 1950-1951 81/14 Becker, Frank - assignments, contracts, etc. 1943-1966 81/15 Becker - contract 82/1 Becker, Cedar Creek 1940-1969 82/2 Becker 1941-1953 82/3 Becker 1941-1973 82/4 Becker 1964-1968 82/5 Becker, I 1940-1942 82/6 Becker, II 1940-1942 82/7 Becker, transcript on appeal 1967 83/1 Bonds 1949-1954 83/2 Bowen, Earl 1942 83/3 Brief of Industrial Gas Company 1954 83/4 Cedar Creek 83/5 Cedar Creek 1956-1969 83/6 Cedar Creek 1930-1957 83/7 Cedar Creek 1934, 1953, 1959 83/8 Cedar Creek 1930-1963 83/9 Cedar Creek vs. Fidelity 1951-1953 83/10 Case #1530, civil case #571 83/11 Case #16736, Becker 1941 83/12 Culbo fee 1946-1952 84/1 Complaints and judgments 84/2 Contracts/Tarries 84/3 Contracts and amendments 1951-1954 84/4 Contracts, Becker, etc. 1945-1954 84/5 Court decisions and litigation matters 84/6 Demand and inspection 1950-1958 84/7 Dougherty state lease 1935-1961 84/8 Dougherty lease 1949-1954 84/9 Duncan, Richard 1920-1965 84/10 Engebregson, Daryl 84/11 Federal Land Bank 1947 84/12 Federal Land Bank 1951-1952 84/13 Federal Power Commission 84/14 Federal Power Commission 1935-1936 84/15 Federal Power Commission 1938-1949 84/16 Federal Power Commission 1948 84/17 Gas, Federal Power Commission orders 1938-1967 85/1 Federal Power Commission, I 85/2 Federal Power Commission, II 85/3 Federal Power Commission 85/4 Federal Power Commission 1934-1952 85/5 Federal Power Commission 1939-1967 85/6 Federal Power Commission, rate matters 1949-1950 85/7 Federal Power Commission, releases 1942-1954 85/8 Federal Power Commission 1953-1954 85/9 Federal Power Commission, Capital Gas 1938-1959 85/10 Federal Power Commission 1948-1951 85/11 Federal Power Commission 1944 86/1 Griffith, et. al. 1950-1952 86/2 Federal Power Commission, Industrial Gas 1949-1955 86/3 Heckley, Jule M. 1942-1949 86/4 Heckley, Jule M. 1942-1950 86/5 Heckley, Jule M. 1940-1958 86/6 Industrial Gas, data and litigation materials 1954, 1956 86/7 Industrial Gas, FPC briefs 1920-1955 86/8 Industrial Gas, complaints 1954-1955 86/9 Industrial Gas 1953-1966 86/10 Industrial Gas 1954-1959 86/11 Industrial Gas 1942-1965 86/12 Industrial Gas/Walker lease 1953-1954 86/13 Watt, Joyce 1946-1952 86/14 Kreager lease 1945-1947 86/15 Lease information 86/16 Lease, I 1926-1957 87/1 Lease 1950-1954 87/2 Oil and gas leases 1945-1969 87/3 Leases 1939-1952 87/4 Lease, II 1926-1957 87/5 Lease agreements 1948-1954 87/6 Lease agreements, I 1936-1954 87/7 Lease agreements, II 1936-1954 87/8 Lease agreements 1950-1953 87/9 Lease matters and assignments 1936-1967 87/10 Lease matters and assignments 1931-1963 88/1 Oil lease matters 88/2 Oil lease matters 1926-1961 88/3 Oil lease matters/contracts 88/4 Lease 1942-1950 88/5 Matters pending before Judge Smith 88/6 McElroy matters 1952-1953 88/7 McElroy matters, I 1949-1954 88/8 McElroy matters, II 1949-1954 88/9 McElroy matters, III 1949-1954 89/1 McElroy 89/2 McElroy - Collins Reed 89/3 McElroy - Markey 1940-1956 89/4 McElroy matters 1953-1971 89/5 McElroy 1953-1959 89/6 Meridian lease 1945 89/7 Miscellaneous cases 89/8 Materials selected by JM for examination 89/9 Miscellaneous matters 1943-1973 89/10 Miscellaneous 1949-1953 89/11 John Wight deposition 1957 89/12 John Wight deposition, Vol. II 1949 90/1 John Wight deposition, Vol. I 1949 90/2 John Wight deposition, Vol. II 1949 90/3 MDU 90/4 MDU 90/5 MDU 90/6 Wight exhibition 1937-1940 90/7 MDU 1939-1966 90/8 MDU 1939-1966 90/9 MDU 1939-1966 91/1 MDU 1964 91/2 MDU 91/3 MDU 91/4 MDU 91/5 MDU 91/6 MDU (common carrier issues) 91/7 MDU (reply brief) 1944 91/8 MDU (FPC opinion) 1946 91/9 MDU 1946-1950 91/10 MDU 1949 91/11 MDU, I 1950-1951 91/12 MDU, John Wight deposition, Vol. I 1949 92/1 MDU, John Wight deposition, Vol. II 1949 92/2 MDU, John Wight deposition 1949 92/3 MDU, transport of natural gas and fixing reasonable rate 92/4 MDU, affidavits of John Wight 1939-1966 92/5 MDU, 8th circuit court decision 1948 92/6 MDU 1957-1965 92/7 MDU, II 1950-1951 92/8 MDU 1943-1947 92/9 MDU 1935-1962 92/10 MDU 1962 92/11 MDU court opinions, decisions, orders 1946-1953 92/12 MDU, FPC rate matters, I 1949-1955 92/13 MDU, FPC rate matters, II 1949-1955 93/1 MDU 1950-1960 93/2 MDU 1941-1949 93/3 MDU, FPC proceedings, I 1939 93/4 MDU, FPC proceedings, II 1939 93/5 MDU, FPC proceedings, III 1939 93/6 Miscellaneous legal documents 1969-1976 93/7 vs. Norskog 1966-1968 93/8 North Dakota CC pipeline laws 1946-1964 93/9 Northern Pacific Railroad 1943-1947 94/1 Norskog matters 1962-1969 94/2 Ohlrich, Walter 1941-1952 94/3 Old rate matters 1947 94/4 operating agreements 1927-1964 94/5 Petitions for rates 1950-1962 94/6 "Plevnall assignments and leases 1936-1953 94/7 Reed, Collins 1934-1965 94/8 Releases, assignments, agreements 94/9 Reed, Collins 1964-1966 94/10 Reed, Collins 94/11 Reed, Collins, MDU, Shell OI1 1952-1965 94/12 Reed, Collins 1964-1982 95/1 Repeal of common carrier provisions 1957 95/2 Smith 1937-1952 95/3 Smith, H. C. 95/4 Smith, Russell, Federal Judge 95/5 SEC, Snively deposition, I 1943 95/6 SEC, Snively deposition, II 1943 95/7 San Francisco Circuit Court of Appeals 1949-1965 95/8 Service contracts, MDU 1940-1951 95/9 Smith, Chadwick 1959-1963 95/10 Stanolind oil and Gas/Karl and Eliz. Hepperte 1950-1951 95/11 Supreme Court and other court decisions, rate fights 1948, 1950-1951 95/12 Swallow, George 1953-1962 95/13 Thompson, Don 1954-1970 95/14 Voting trust agreements 1942-1954 95/15 Walker lease 1927-1969 96/1 vs. Frank A. Warner 96/2 Warner case exhibits 96/3 Warner case - Mondakota vs. Becker 96/4 MDU 1920-1954 96/5 Williams, H. DeWorth 1965-1972 96/6 C. W. Smith affidavit Subseries 4 Organization 1923-1981 96/7 Minutes 1941-1981 96/8 Minutes 1979-1981 96/9 Organization 96/10 Stockholders 1942-1954 96/11 Organization 1941-1943 96/12 Organization 1944 96/13 Organization 1944 96/14 Organization 1945-1947 97/1 Notices to stockholders 1949-1954 97/2 Organization 1940-1957 97/3 Organization 1940-1954 97/4 Articles of Incorporation 97/5 Organization 97/6 Organization 97/7 Organization 97/8 Organization 1953-1955 97/9 Organization 97/10 Organization 1953-1962 97/11 Prospectus 97/12 Stock certificate schedule 1949 97/13 Stockholder lists 1942-1969 97/14 Reports 1950 97/15 Reports 1977-1979 97/16 E. Byers Emrick, consulting geologist 98/1 Federal Power Commission 1938-1945 98/2 History, natural gas transportation 1950 98/3 Lease rentals due 1940-1954 98/4 Leases, lists 1923-1951 98/5 Reply to Janofsky report 1953 98/6 Reports 1953-1954 98/7 MDU 1953-1954 98/8 Stockholders 1981 98/9 Stockholders 1950-1955 98/10 Reports 1963-1968 98/11 Gas pipeline fight 1949-1952 98/12 Clippings 1922-1962 98/13 Miscellany Series XX Montana Coin and Gem Company 1957 3 folders

This series contains organizational papers for the Montana Coin and Gem Company, a company buying and selling a variety of collectible items. The company was organized in Billings, Montana, in 1957.

99/1 Minutes 99/2 Organization 99/3 Miscellany Series XXI Montana Consolidated Gas Companies 1928 2 folders

This series contains organizational papers for the Montana Consolidated Gas Companies, an oil and gas prospecting and development company headquartered in Great Falls, Montana.

99/4 Agreement 1928 99/5 Articles of Incorporation Series XXII Montana Eastern Pipeline Company 1926-1973 1.5 linear feet

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for Montana Eastern Pipeline Company, Incorporated, an oil and natural gas development and transportation company located in Billings, Montana.

Subseries 1 General Correspondence 1926-1968 99/6 1928-1931 99/7 1931-1951 99/8 1934 99/9 1940-1943 99/10 Engebregson 1965 99/11 Atlantic Pacific 1935-1936 99/12 Barstow, J. L. 1931-1940 99/13 Carter, Clarence W. 1928-1955 99/14 Cedar Creek 1955-1963 99/15 Common carrier 1933-1968 99/16 Daly, Margaret 1926-1939 99/17 Department of Interior, rate matters 1931-1951 99/18 MDU 1930-1936 99/19 MDU 1939 99/20 MDU 1955 100/1 Natural gas matters, I 1930-1946 100/2 Natural gas matters, II 1930-1946 100/3 MDU 1933 100/4 MDU 1937-1939 100/5 Rate matters 1933-1935 Subseries 2 Financial 1931-1937 100/6 1931-1935 100/7 1931-1937 100/8 Operating agreements 1934-1935 Subseries 3 Legal 1926-1970 100/9 Miscellaneous 100/10 Miscellaneous 100/11 Legal Documents 1931-1937 100/12 Legal Documents 1931-1941 100/13 Legal Documents 1942-1970 100/14 Cheadle 1964 100/15 Contracts 1931-1961 100/16 DeCosse Blue Printing agreement 1927-1930 100/17 Fidelty Gas Company agreement 1934 101/1 Findlater, John 1933-1935 101/2 Gas purchase agreements 1926-1963 101/3 Litigation 1934, 1935, 1940, 1963, 1967 101/4 Litigation matters 1928-1959 101/5 vs. MDU 1938 101/6 vs. MDU 1935-1944 101/7 vs. Shell Oil Company 1928-1966 101/8 vs. Shell Oil Company 1928-1966 101/9 vs. Shell Oil Company 1934-1963 101/10 vs. Shell Oil Company 1962-1964 101/11 vs. Shell Oil Company 1965 101/12 Talmadge, Nolan 101/13 Talmadge, Nolan 101/14 Teters, Percy 1931-1963 101/15 Teters, Percy 101/16 Teters, Percy E. Subseries 4 Organization 1931-1973 102/1 1931-1940 102/2 1937-1968 102/3 Capital stock certificates 1932-1940 102/4 Organization 1973 Series XXIII New Cornelia Extension Copper Corporation 1957-1976 4 folders

This series contains correspondence from the New Cornelia Extension Copper Corporation, a mineral exploration and extraction company centered in Lovell, Wyoming.

102/5 Hoyt 1957-1958 102/6 Ratliff 1958-1975 102/7 Olsen, Milo 1963-1976 102/8 State of Wyoming 1957-1958 Series XXIV Northern Gas Producers Association 1931 1 folder

This series contains organizational records from the Northern Gas Producers Association, a natural gas development and delivery enterprise operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

102/9 Organization Series XXV North Star Refining Company 1947-1959 2 folders

This series contains organizational records from the North Star Refining Company, an oil and gas development and refining operation head quartered in Billings, Montana.

102/10 Shelby refinery 1952-1959 102/11 Shelby refinery 1947 Series XXVI Rocky Mountain Pacific Oil Company 1925-1928 2 folders

This series contains correspondence and organizational records from the Rocky Mountain Pacific Oil Company, an oil prospecting company centered in Billings, Montana, but developing resources throughout North America.

102/12 Zinn, A. 0. and Ralph Arnold 1925-1928 102/13 Organization Series XXVII Rocky Mountain Royalty Company 1927-1937 1.0 linear feet

This series contains organizational papers for the Rocky Mountain Royalty Company, an asset holding company centered in Miles City and Billings, Montana.

102/14 Stock certificates 102/15 Organization 1927-1929 102/16 Annual 1932 1 Stock certificates (1-100) 1927 2 Stock certificates (101-200) 1927 3 Stock certificates (201-304) 1927-1928 4 Stock certificates (305-404) 1928-1929 5 Stock certificates (405-504) 1928-1929 6 Stock certificates (505-607) 1929 7 Stock certificates (608-705) 1929 8 Stock certificates (706-716) 1929-1937 Series XXVIII Solar Oil and Refining Company 1939-1983 2.0 linear feet

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers for the Solar Oil and Refining Company, an oil and natural gas development operation located in Billings, Montana. Solar Oil and Refining Company purchased the assets of the Sunray Oil Company (Series XXX) in 1946.

Subseries 1 General Correspondence 1939-1983 103/1 Alden, Fred 1942-1966 103/2 Barry and Richardson, engineers 1961-1962 103/3 Brooke, Bob 1960-1961 103/4 Butterfield, Mary, I 1953-1970 103/5 Butterfield, II 1969-1974 103/6 Butterfield, III 1952-1969 103/7 Butterfield, IV 1961-1979 103/8 Butterfield, Gordon 1976-1977 103/9 Drew, Carl 1954 103/10 Drilling contract, well logs 1939-1960 103/11 Foster, Charles, Soap Creek 1961-1977 103/12 Fuller, Frank 1962 103/13 Hoover, David P., Soap Creek 1942-1969 103/14 Luther, Glenn 1959-1961 103/15 McGlothlin 1950-1959 103/16 McGlothlin 1950-1960 103/17 McGlothlin drilling deal 1959-1961 103/18 Norsworthy, Clarence 1962-1965 103/19 Petroleum Products Refining and Producing 1947-1955 103/20 Scoville, Soap Creek 1960-1966 104/1 Scoville, H. J. 1964-1983 104/2 Soap Creek drilling 104/3 Soap Creek field 1942-1963 104/4 Soap Creek well 1960-1983 104/5 Soap Creek, old and Miscellaneous 104/6 Soap Creek operations 1959-1961 104/7 Soap Creek, Phillips Petroleum Company 1950 104/8 Taylor, George 1959-1960 104/9 Wagner, Edward, Shelby plant 1961-1964 104/10 Miscellaneous Subseries 2 Financial 1939-1963 104/11 Statements 1947-1951 104/12 Check stubs 1956 104/13 Check stubs 1939-1955 104/14 Check stubs 1948-1955 104/15 Check stubs 1952-1963 105/1 Statements 1950-1943 105/2 Statements 1950-1953 105/3 Statements 1962 Subseries 3 Legal 1941-1983 105/4 Assignments, Soap Creek 1959-1960 105/5 Legal Documents 1950 105/6 Big Snowy Drilling 1962 105/7 Caney, Donald G. 1961 105/8 King, George 1950-1952 105/9 Fernando Oil and Refinery Company 1958-1959 105/10 Chessher, H. B. 1961-1964 105/11 Crow reservation mining lease 1954 105/12 Indian office, Soap Creek matter 1941-1949 105/13 Petroleum Products Refining and Producing Company 1950-1956 105/14 Property taxes/Butterfield account 1952-1975 105/15 Scoville, Soap Creek 1960-1966 105/16 Scoville, H. J. 1964-1983 105/17 Spring Mont Oil Corporation, Soap Creek 1954-1955 105/18 Texas-Calgary Company 1950-1955 105/19 vs. Tex Star 1965 105/20 Treasure State Oi1 1947-1950 Subseries 4 Organization 1939-1969 105/21 Minutes 1949-1954 105/22 Minutes 1949-1968 106/1 Minutes 1967-1969 106/2 Articles of Incorporation and stockholder list 106/3 Annual reports 1968-1969 106/4 Organization 1939-1946 106/5 Organization 1940-1942 106/6 Stock certificates 1969 106/7 Stock certificates 106/8 Photographs 106/9 Reports 1963 Series XXIX S-W Company 1934-1980 0.25 linear feet

This series includes financial and organizational papers from the S-W Company, a property holding company located in Billings, Montana.

107/1 Shell Oil Company 1951-1966 107/2 MDU 1962-1963 107/3 Tax information 1960 107/4 Cedar Creek anticline 1934-1942 107/5 Coop unit plan of development, Cedar Creek anticline 107/6 Oil and gas assignments 1935-1968 107/7 vs. Shell Oil Company 1973-1974 107/8 vs. Schwenk, Shell oil Company 107/9 Reports 1956-1980 Series XXX Sunray Oil Company 1939-1945 2 folders

This series contains two folders of legal papers regarding the Sunray Oil Company, an oil and natural gas development operation located in Billings, Montana. All company assets were sold to the Solar Oil and Refining Company in 1946.

107/10 Legal documents, Pepperdine, George 1941-1945 107/11 Legal documents, Pepperdine, George 1939-1942 Series XXXI Thousand Palms Oasis Development Corporation 1947-1982 2.0 linear feet

This series includes correspondence, financial, legal, and organizational papers from the Thousand Palms Oasis Development Corporation, a resort property development operation in Palm Springs, California.

Subseries 1 General Correspondence 1947-1981 107/12 Brochures and development information 107/13 Lewis, Ed 1958-1960 107/14 Lewis, Ed 1957-1963 107/15 Lewis, Ed 1960-1971 107/16 Lewis, Ed 1956-1975 108/1 Dart resorts 1977-1981 108/2 Dart Industries 108/3 Dude ranch, investment inquiries 1953 108/4 Delaware Secretary of State 108/5 Gray, Michael M., Nationwide Features Syndicate 1957 108/6 Resort inquiries 108/7 Silver, Bill 1958-1965 108/8 Stock resale 1968 108/9 Subdivision project 1957-1962 108/10 Tax information 1981 108/11 U.S. Corporation Company 1954-1959 108/12 Wilhelm, Paul 1954-1960 108/13 Wilhelm, Paul 1953-1957 108/14 Wilhelm, Paul 1947-1973 108/15 Wilhelm, Paul 1953-1973 108/16 Wilhelm, Paul 1953-1973 109/1 Wilhelm, Paul 1958-1980 109/2 Investment inquiries 109/3 Water rights-Turf Club Track Subseries 2 Financial 1957-1975 109/4 Accounting data 1957-1961 109/5 Statements 1958-1974 109/6 Statements 1969-1975 109/7 Financial Records 1957-1975 109/8 Tax returns 1957-1975 Subseries 3 Legal 1952-1982 109/9 Legal Documents 1981-1982 109/10 Contracts 1958-1974 109/11 Dissolution 109/12 Dissolution 109/13 Legal Documents 110/1 Legal Documents 110/2 Lease and deed matters 1952-1974 110/3 Lease and deed matters 1957-1968 110/4 Water rights Subseries 4 Organization 1955 110/5 Minutes 110/6 Minutes 111/1 Organization 111/2 Stock certificates 111/3 Clippings 111/4 Miscellany 111/5 Maps, data 111/6 Miscellany 1955 Series XXXII Utah Natural Gas Company 1949-1952 2 folders

This series contains two folders of organizational papers for the Utah Natural Gas Company, natural gas prospecting and development operation centered in Carson City, Nevada.

111/7 Stock certificates 1949-1952 111/8 Organization 1949-1952 Series XXXIII Wight Investment and Holding Company 1981 2 folders

This series contains two folders of legal and organizational papers for the Wight Investment and Holding Company, a general holding company for real estate, agricultural supply, and mining exploration investments around Billings, Montana. The corporation was originally organized as the Wight Investment Company in 1931 and was reorganized as the Wight Investment and Holding Company in 1981.

111/9 Legal Documents 1981 111/10 Organization 1981 Series XXXIV W-L Land and Livestock Company 1940 1 folder

This series contains one folder of organizational papers for the W-L Land and Livestock Company, a general holding company for real estate, agricultural supply, and mining exploration investments around Billings, Montana.

111/11 Organization Series XXXV Wight Oil and Refining Company 1978-1980 2 folders

This series contains two folders of financial and organizational papers for the Oil and Refining Company, a corporation John Wight organized late in 1978 to consolidate several of his lingering investment holdings. The company was centered in Billings, Montana, and consolidated a variety of investments ranging from oil and gas leases, refining operations, and resort property developments.

111/12 Sale of Shelby Refinery 1980 111/13 Organization 1978 Series XXXVI Lewistown Natural Gas Company, Central Montana Pipe Line Company, Central Montana Production Company 1930 1 bound volume

This series consists of one bound volume containing legal correspondence, mineral and property lease agreements, articles of incorporation, and by-laws for the Lewistown Natural Gas Company (parent corporation), the Central Montana Pipe Line Company (utility distribution), and the Central Montana Production Company (natural gas refining). The Lewistown Natural Gas Company negotiated contracts to locate and develop natural gas reserves in central Montana, supply natural gas utilities to the town of Lewistown, and manage the area distribution network.

22 Articles of Incorporation, etc. 1930 Series XXXVII Plat Books undated 3 oversize volumes

This series contains three oversize plat books of Montana properties owned or leased by John Wight and his various investment ventures.

23 Various Montana holdings 24 Various Montana holdings 25 Various Montana holdings Series XXXVIII Artifacts undated 2 items

This series contains two company seal stamps, the Capital Gas Corporation and the Rocky Mountian Royalty Company.

220:1 Capital Gas Corporation 220:2 Rocky Mountain Royalty Company