MTGMss375.xml Guide to the Paul Chrisler Phillips Papers 1784-1982 Phillips (Paul Chrisler) Papers Finding aid prepared by Delores Morrow (circa 1972) and Jodi Allison-Bunnell and Jack Rowan (2004) 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 375 Phillips, Paul Chrisler, 1883-1956 Paul Chrisler Phillips papers 1784-1982 7.5 linear feet, 1 oversize container, and 1 oversize folder Paul C. Phillips was a University of Montana history professor and historian of Northwest history in Missoula, Montana. This collection contains biographical information, correspondence, written work (published and unpublished), research files, legal documents, academic records, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to Phillips and his professional endeavors. Materials are in English Biographical Note

Paul Chrisler Phillips was born in Bloomfield, Indiana, in 1883. He spent his youth in Nebraska, but returned to Indiana with his family in 1895. There he entered high school and experimented with sheep raising and wheat growing.

His interests changed from farming to history and in 1906 he graduated with a degree in history from Indana University. He went on for his master's degree there and then received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1911. His doctoral dissertation was titled The West in the Diplomacy of the American Revolution.

In 1911 Phillips married Alice Martin of New Harmony, Indiana.

That same year he accepted a position as instructor in history at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. Before 1936 he was chairman of the department of History and Political Science at the University. In 1936 and 1937 he served as Executive Vice-President. He resigned his position late in 1937 following a published accusation that he assaulted a female Works Progress Administration employee. Phillips filed a libel suit against the former student who made the accusation public. The case was decided through a second jury trial in 1938, the finding in Phillips' favor. He immediately filed for reinstatement to the University but the Montana State Board of Education denied his application. Phillips subsequently filed suit against the State of Montana seeking reinstatement. This case reached the Montana Supreme Court, who, in 1944, directed that Phillips be reinstated to the University. During his time away from the University (1938 to 1945) Phillips was employed by several federal agencies and wrote biographies of famous Montanans for the Dictionary of American Biography. He returned to teaching at the University of Montana in 1946.

Over the course of his career Paul Phillips edited numerous books regarding Montana history and republication of historical Montana documents. He retired from the University in 1954 and died two years later on December 23, 1956.

This collection contains biographical information, correspondence, written work (published and unpublished), research files, legal documents, academic records, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to Paul C. Phillips and his professional endeavors. Most of the collection was created or collected by Phillips; however, some materials post-dating his death are included. These materials document Paul Phillips' life and work as one of Montana's earliest and most prominent professional historians as well as an active instructor and administrator for the University of Montana. the collection includes extensive records of Phillips' work with the Missoula County Planning Board regarding historical preservation efforts and community planning. Additionally, this collection includes transcriptions of Montana Pioneer-era diaries, memoirs, and documents--often the originals for which are lost, deteriorated beyond repair, or held in private collections.

The collection is divided into ten series:

Series I: Biographical, 2 folders, 1925-1982

Series II: Correspondence, 0.5 linear feet, 1881-1963

Series III: Writings, 2.5 linear feet, 1926

Series IV: Subjects, 1.75 linear feet, 1808-1960

Series V: University of Montana, 0.75 linear feet, 1 oversize container, and 1 oversize folder, 1784-1962

Series VI: Clippings, 0.3 linear feet, 1905-1955

Series VII: Photographs and Postcards, 0.2 linear feet, 71 photographs, and 35 postcards, 1868-1954

Series VIII: Artifacts, 1.0 linear feet, 1905-1955

Series IX: Editing Correspondence and Writing from History Department Files, 0.2 linear feet, 1929-1956

Series X: Manuscript and Tabloid History of Montana, 0.3 linear feet, 1935-1936

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 or photograph number], Paul Chrisler Phillips Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.

The papers in Series I-VII except for some postcards remained in the custody of Phillips and his wife until their donation to the Archives. Some of the postcards in the collection were found in the Native American Studies Department, where they had evidently been maintained for some time. The papers in Series IX were separated from History Department records, held by the Archives, in 2005. Montana State University in Bozeman held the papers in Series X for some time prior to their transfer to the University of Montana in 2009.

Gift of Mrs. Paul Phillips, 1967 and 1970. Most of the postcards were transferred from Native American Studies in 2000. Montana State University transfered papers in 2009.

The bulk of the collection was originally processed as two separate collections, UM 1 and UM 21. UM 1 was processed by Delores Morrow in approximately 1972. Some additional materials (all related to the Phillips legal case at the University of Montana) were found in Special Collections at The University of Montana, and one book of postcards was found in UMs Native American Studies department. In 2004, the collections were merged and re-described. In 2008, artifacts belonging to Phillips which had been on display at the Mansfield Library were incorporated into the collection. In 2009 folders separated from the History Department files and papers transferred from Montana State University were each added as separate series.

Two original historical documents -- an undated petition from Deer Lodge County to the Montana Territorial Legislature and a piece from the Will Cave collection -- were removed from the Phillips papers and described as separated collections in 2003.

The Special Collections unit at the Mansfield Library holds a collection of Phillips’ books and artifacts.

The Montana Historical Society holds a small collection of Phillips’ 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.

Missoula County (Mont.). Planning Board University of Montana--Missoula University of Montana--Missoula--Administration University of Montana--Missoula--Faculty Missoula County (Mont.)--History Missoula County (Mont.)--Politics and government Montana--History Montana--History--Sources Frontier and pioneer life--Montana Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Sources Historic preservation--Montana--Missoula County History--Study and teaching--Montana--Missoula Pioneers--Montana--Diaries Planning--Montana--Missoula County Diaries--Montana Faculty papers--Montana--Missoula Memoirs--Montana Photographs--Montana Postcards--Montana Montana Diaries Photographs City and Town Life City Planning Colleges and Universities Civil Procedure and Courts Pioneers Women College administrators--Montana--Missoula College teachers--Montana--Missoula Historians--Montana--Missoula Series I Biographical 1925-1982 2 folders

This series contains two folders. The first folder holds biographical information about Phillips including a hand-sketched family tree, a 16-page biographical narrative, a copy of his staff record following the 1952-1953 academic year, and a tribute written by Merrill G. Burlingame, published by Arizona and the West in 1982. The second folder contains an obituary clipping and funeral card fro Alice Phillips from 1976.

 1/1 1925-1982 and undated 1/2 1976 Series II Correspondence 1881-1963 0.5 linear feet

This series contains correspondence files relating to Paul Phillips' professioal endeavors and a few holiday greetings. Series materials are organized according to subject (rather than respondent) and document Phillips' general historical research, efforts to gather information on the biographical profiles he authored, and consultation with the Missoula County Planning Board regarding historical preservation efforts and community planning. Correspondents include publication editors, relatives of Phillips' biographical subjects, and fellow historians.

 1/3 Artists, Montana 1944-1955 1/4 Chaffin Family 1950 1/5 Diaries 1928-1932 1/6 Dictionary of American Biography: Carter, Thomas Henry 1927 1/7 Dictionary of American Biography: Clark, William A. 1927 1/8 Dictionary of American Biography: Craighead, Edwin B. 1927 1/9 Dictionary of American Biography: Daly, Marcus 1927 1/10 Dictionary of American Biography: DeLacy, W.W. 1928 1/11 Dictionary of American Biography: Edgerton, Sidney 1927-1930 1/12 Dictionary of American Biography: Gibson, Paris 1927-1952 1/13 Dictionary of American Biography: Hauser, Samuel T. 1930-1931 1/14 Dictionary of American Biography: Mullen, John 1933-1946 1/15 Dictionary of American Biography: Potts, Benjamin F. 1890-1947 1/16 Dictionary of American Biography: Sanders, Wilbur F. 1934-1935 1/17 Dictionary of American Biography: Toole, Edwin W. 1932-1933 1/18 Dictionary of American Biography: Toole, Joseph K. 1933-1936 1/19 Dictionary of American Biography: Wade, Decius S. 1933 1/20 Dictionary of American Biography, General 1925-1934 1/21 Doctors in Montana 1960-1962 1/22 Flathead Litigation, No. 61 1951-1956 1/23 MacDonald, Duncan 1915-1926 1/24 Marias Pass 1930-1933 1/25 Missoula County Planning Board, Federal Power Commission 1946 1/26 Missoula County Planning Board, Incinerator Project 1934-1936 1/27 Missoula County Planning Board, Island Project 1934-1936 1/28 Missoula County Planning Board, Montana State Planning Board 1935-1936 1/29 Missoula County Planning Board, Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission 1936 1/30 Missoula County Planning Board, Works Progress Administration 1936 1/31 Missoula County Planning Board, General 1934-1936 1/32 Northwest History Museum 1944-1950 1/33 Stuart, Granville 1881-1918 1/34 Vanderburgh, William Henry 1942-1943 1/35 General 1918-1963 11/20 Christmas cards undated Series III Writings 1926 2.5 linear feet

This series contains Paul Phillips' writings, both published and unpublished. Most of the series consists of edited typescripts for a two-volume manuscript analyzing the history and cultural impacts of the North American fur trade. These typescripts exhibit notes from Phillips and his editor. Also included are both draft and final typescripts for articles on Montana Indian tribes, a manuscript regarding the history of allopathic medicine in Montana, and an article on William Henry Vanderburgh.

 1/36 Fur Trade in the Maumee-Wabash Country 1926 1/37 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Preface undated 1/38 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 2/1 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 2/2 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 2/3 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 2/4 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 2/5 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 2/6 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 3/1 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 3/2 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript undated 3/3 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Index undated 3/4 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Footnotes undated 3/5 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Footnotes undated 3/6 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript undated 3/7 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript undated 4/1 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript undated 4/2 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript undated 4/3 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript undated 4/4 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript undated 4/5 Fur Trade, Volume I, Edited Typescript, Footnotes undated 4/6 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript, Index undated 5/1 Fur Trade, Volume II, Edited Typescript, Bibliography undated 5/2 Indian Tribes: History of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai undated 5/3 Indian Tribes of Montana undated 5/4 Indian Tribes of Montana undated 5/5 Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript undated 5/6 Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript undated 5/7 Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript undated 6/1 Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript undated 6/2 Medicine in the Making of Montana, Typescript undated 6/3 Vanderburgh, William Henry, Notes undated 6/4 Vanderburgh, William Henry, Typescript undated Series IV Subjects 1808-1960 1.75 linear feet

This series contains subject files documenting Paul Phillips' methods and findings as a historical researcher. Most series materials are focused upon Montana history. Materials include extensive sequences regarding Montana's early twentieth century consumer cooperative movement, Montana pioneer diary collections, Dictionary of American Biography subjects, land claim litigation brought by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and Missoula County Planning Board projects. The materials in this series document Phillips' historical research methodologies as one of Montana's earliest and most prominent professional historians. Additionally, these materials include transcriptions of Montana Pioneer-era diaries, memoirs, and documents--often the originals for which are lost, deteriorated beyond repair, or held in private collections. An original poll book records the voters and results of an election held in Hellgate (Montana Territory) Precinct on July 14, 1862; there is also the original petition to the territorial legislature that is signed by many prominent Montana citizens.

 6/5 Artists of Montana undated 6/6 Camp Cooke undated 6/7 Canyon Ferry Reservoir 1948 6/8 Chaffin Family undated 6/9 Collins, Mrs. Nat undated 6/10 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Bennett, F.A. undated 6/11 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Benchland Famers Elevator Company 1913 6/12 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Farmers Grain Company 1913 6/13 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Great Western Mercantile Company 1914 6/14 Cooperative Movement in Montana, First Cooperative Congress 1916 6/15 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Second Cooperative Congress 1917 6/16 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Third Cooperative Congress 1918 6/17 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Third Cooperative Congress 1918 6/18 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Equity Cooperative 1915-1916 7/1 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Flathead County 1915 7/2 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Richland County 1915 7/3 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Farmers Protective Association, Inc. 1907 7/4 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Famers Society of Equity undated 7/5 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Farm Loan Bill 1915 7/6 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Montana Grain Growers 1917-1919 7/7 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Montana Trade Journal 1915 7/8 Cooperative Movement in Montana, National Cooperative Society undated 7/9 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Clippings 1915-1917 7/10 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Clippings 1913 7/11 Cooperative Movement in Montana, Organizational Papers 1917-1924 7/12 Diaries, Ainsworth, Mrs. F.L. 1849-1854 and undated 7/13 Diaries, Dinwiddie, David or John 1853 7/14 Diaries, Hickman, Richard 1852-1866 7/15 Diaries, Hodge, George 1851-1853 7/16 Dictionary of American Biography: Brantley, Theodore undated 7/17 Dictionary of American Biography: DeLacy, Walter W. undated 7/18 Dictionary of American Biography: Edgerton, Sydney undated 7/19 Dictionary of American Biography: Gibson, Paris undated 7/20 Dictionary of American Biography: Nelson, John undated 7/21 Dictionary of American Biography: Potts, Benjamin undated 7/22 Dictionary of American Biography: Sanders, Wilbur F. undated 7/23 Dictionary of American Biography: Toole, Edwin W. and Joseph K. undated 7/24 Dictionary of American Biography: Wade, Decius S. undated 7/25 Doctors in Montana 1872-1958 7/26 Ferris, Warren 1836 7/27 Flathead Litigation, No. 61, Government Documents 1953-1959 7/28 Flathead Litigation, No. 61, Notes undated 8/1 Military Forts 1877-1917 8/2 Frotier Magazine 1946 8/3 Fur Trade undated 8/4 Healy, John undated 8/5 Indians, Geneaology undated 8/6 Indians, Literature undated 8/7 Indians, General 1887-1952 8/8 Life in the Rocky Mountains undated 8/9 Lo Lo (Lou Lou) 1888 and undated 8/10 MacDonald Family 1904-1922 and undated 8/11 MacKenzie, Alex, Earl of Selkirk 1808-1812 8/12 McCormick Family 1951 8/13 Meagher, Thomas 1864 8/14 Mining undated 8/15 Missoula County Planning Board, Application for Public Works 1935 8/16 Missoula County Planning Board, Columbia Basin Project 1933-1936 8/17 Missoula County Planning Board, Federal Power Commission 1946-1950 8/18 Missoula County Planning Board, Island Project undated 8/19 Missoula County Planning Board, National Resources Committee 1937 8/20 Missoula County Planning Board, Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission 1936 8/21 Missoula County Planning Board, Planning News 1936-1937 9/1 Missoula County Planning Board, Public Works 1934-1935 9/2 Missoula County Planning Board, Questionnaires 1936 9/3 Missoula County Planning Board, Works Progress Administration 1936 9/4 Missoula County Planning Board, General 1929-1936 and undated 9/5 Missouri Basin 1870-1916 9/6 Montana undated 9/7 Montana Geographic Society undated 9/8 Morley, Julius 1904 9/9 Museum of Northwest History 1950 and undated 9/10 Plummer, Henry 1950 9/11 Riel, Luis 1948 9/12 Sisters of Charity of Providence 1949 9/13 Steamboat History 1886 and 1960 9/14 Stuart, Granville 1857-1872 9/15 Thompson, David 1923-1925 and undated 9/16 Work, John 1887-1897 and undated 9/17 Petition to the Montana Territorial Legislature [pre-1889] 9/18 Hellgate Precinct Poll Book 1862

Record of voters and results of an election held in Hellgate Precinct, Missoula County, Washington Territory, on July 14, 1862 at the P. J. Botte home. Eighteen voters are listed, including F. S. Worden, F. L. Woody, Angus McLeod, Baptiste Avery, and M. W. Tipton. Election clerks were F. L. Woody and G. P. White. Election judges were Henry Bradley, Angus McLeod, and Robert A. Pelkey. Those elected were C. P. Higgins, representative; Granville Stuart, county commissioner; Robert A. Pelkey, probate judge; James Stuart, sheriff; G. P. White, trustee of care; F. L. Worden, county treasurer; L. W. Powell, coroner; and James M. Minesinger, assessor.

 Series V University of Montana 1784-1962 0.75 linear feet

This series contains records regarding Paul Phillips' suit against the State of Montana (seeking reinstatement to the University of Montana after being discharged), his teaching materials, and gifts from former students. Included are extensive legal documents, typed lecture scripts, handwritten research notes, Montana history files directly related to his teaching, and two gifts--a collection of "Montana Indian inspired" fashion silks created by a former student and a large leather banner signed by the students in Phillips' final graduate seminar before retirement.

 9/19 Correspondence, Phillips vs. State of Montana 1937-1941 9/20 Research Files, Phillips vs. State of Montana 1937-1939 9/21 Montana Supreme Court, Respondent's Brief, Phillips vs. State of Montana 1943 10/1 Montana Supreme Court, Appellants' Brief, Phillips vs. State of Montana 1943 10/2 Montana Supreme Court, Appellants' Reply Brief, Phillips vs. State of Montana 1944 10/3 Montana Supreme Court, Transcript on Appeal (Volume I), Phillips vs. State of Montana 1943 10/4 Montana Supreme Court, Transcript on Appeal (Volume II), Phillips vs. State of Montana 1943 10/5 Montana Supreme Court, Respondent's Petition for Rehearing, Phillips vs. State of Montana 1944 10/6 Montana Supreme Court, Denial of Rehearing, Phillips vs. State of Montana 1944 10/7 Montana History, Assignments undated 10/8 Montana History, Lectures undated 10/9 Montana History, Lectures undated 10/10 Montana History, Outlines undated 10/11 Montana History, Research Files 1800-1881 10/12 Montana History, Research Files 1784-1951 11/1 Montana History, Research Files undated 11/2 Montana History, Research Files undated 11/3 Montana History, Research Files, Maps undated OS Folder 14 Montana History, Research Files, Maps 1865 11/4 Gift, Montana Indian Designs on Silk (Especially of Flathead Indians), by Evan Reynolds of Weston, Connecticut

Correspondence, photographs and original silk designs by UM alum whose artwork was inspired by attending the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

 1960-1962 OS13 Leather Banner Signed by Graduate Seminar Students May 1954 Series VI Clippings 1905-1955 0.3 linear feet

This series contains newspaper clippings regarding Paul Phillips personal and professional interests.

 11/5 Artists of Montana 1934 and 1955 11/6 Fur Trade 1918-1925 and undated 11/7 Life in the Rocky Mountains 1939-1941 11/8 Owen, Major John undated 11/9 Phillips vs. State of Montana 1937-1944 11/10 Verendrye 1938-1948 11/11 General 1949 and undated 11/12 General 1905-1937 11/13 Clipping scrapbook 1928-1930 Series VII Photographs and Postcards 1868-1954 0.2 linear feet, 68 photographs and 35 postcards

This series contains 105 photographs and postcards, the majority of which capture historical images of Montana. Phillips collected most of these materials for the museum at the University of Montana. Many of the photographs exhibit descriptive and interpretive notes, some from the photographer, some from a donor, and some from Phillips. This series also contains a few separated sheets of descriptive notes by Phillips and a letter providing extensive context for the image of an Indian medicine man tending a patient. All of the postcards are historical photographs preserved on card stock. Descriptions provided in this finding aid are quotations from the photographs (and/or notes) and edited only for brevity. Descriptions in brackets are insertions provided for clarity and consistency. The materials in this series preserve significant early images of Montana citizens, communities, and landscapes as well as documenting architectural features that have subsequently disappeared.

Subject matters in this series include American Indian leaders, family scenes, and communal gatherings; significant memorial markers; ghost towns, military fort ruins, and abandoned trading posts; early cattle and precious metal extraction operations; Montana communities and prominent landscapes.

 11/14 375(VII)1 [Worden and Company store, Missoula, Montana] circa 1880-1890 11/14 375(VII)2 Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)3 Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)4 Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)5 Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)6 Fort Owen [ruins near Stevensville, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)7 Sam Resurrection, Flathead Indian Sub-Chief undated 11/14 375(VII)8 John Chisholm and Duncan MacDonald at the site of "Kullyspell House" (Kalispell, Montana) and Lake Pend O'Reille October 1926 11/14 375(VII)9 Duncan MacDonald [and unidentified man] at the site of "Kullyspell House" (Kalispell, Montana) and Lake Pend O'Reille October 1926 11/14 375(VII)10 Abandoned Fort Simcoe blockhouse [near White Swan, Washington]

William Wallace Photographer

 May 1951 11/14 375(VII)11 Abandoned Fur trading post at Past Creek [Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)12 Fireplace in last building of [abandoned] fur trading post at Past Creek [Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)13 Fireplace at [abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)14 [Abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)15 [Abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)16 [Abandoned] Fort Connah [near St. Ignatius, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)17 The break in the Swan River Range through which the Flathead River flows, looking eastward from near Kallispell [Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)18 Looking eastward toward mouth of Nyack Creek [near West Glacier, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)19 Toward Nyack Creek and Mount St. Nicholas [near West Glacier, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)20 Nyack Creek toward Red Eagle Pass [near West Glacier, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)21 Mount Nicholas, Marias Pass [near Summit, Montana]

Mrs. Genevieve Murray Photographer

 undated 11/14 375(VII)22 John Stevens Statue, Marias Pass [near Summit, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)23 Marias Pass from upper Two Medicine branch called Summit Creek, looking westward [near Summit, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)24 Medicine Tree not far from [Two] Medicine Ranger Station, [near East Glacier, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)25 Boiler at site of Lake City, ghost town [location unknown] September 1954 11/14 375(VII)26 Ruins of Lake City, ghost town [location unknown] September 1954 11/14 375(VII)27 Statue of Pierre Wibaux, 1/2 mile west of Wibaux, Mont. undated 11/14 375(VII)28 Statue of Pierre Wibaux, taken from another side [Wibaux, Montana] undated 11/14 375(VII)29 Black Butte, Near Fort Maginnis, Fergus County [Montana] undated 11/15 375(VII)30 Part of [grass] range near Gilt Edge, selected by Granville Stuart in 1880s for the DHS (brand) cattle outfit Septemeber 1951 11/15 375(VII)31 Charlie Stuart, son of Granville Stuart July 1951 11/15 375(VII)32 Abandoned Burlington Railroad through the Pryor Gap [near Pryor, Montana] November 1951 11/15 375(VII)33 Pryor Gap [near Pryor, Montana] November 1951 11/15 375(VII)34 Road east of Columbus [Montana] near a doz[en] or more graves and several teepee circle boulder signs November 1951 11/15 375(VII)35 Indian grave on bluff overlooking Yellowstone River, east of Columbus [Montana] November 1951 11/15 375(VII)36 W.T. Hamilton grave marker, Columbus, Montana December 1949 11/15 375(VII)37 Site of McCarthysville [location unknown] undated 11/15 375(VII)38 Horace Countrymen Cabin, west of Columbus, Montana 1949 11/15 375(VII)39 Rock marker of R.R. Chen, one of the oldest in Montana [near Columbus, Montana] April 1952 11/15 375(VII)40 Close to timberline, 15 miles from Park (Yellowstone), possibly Mr. Dudley White September 1954 11/15 375(VII)41 Plenty Coups ranch home near Pryor, Montana November 1951 11/15 375(VII)42 Plenty Coups Museum at Pryor, [Montana] November 1951 11/15 375(VII)43 Plenty Coups Monument [near Pryor, Montana] November 1951 11/15 375(VII)44 Story pictures of Wickes [pictographs], Boulder, Montana September 1950 11/15 375(VII)45 Chief Wade-in-the-Water, Blackfeet Indian undated 11/15 375(VII)46 At the Diamond Jubilee [Group photograph of American Indian leaders in ceremonial dress] R.H. McKay undated 11/15 375(VII)47 [Display of projectile points] undated 11/15 375(VII)48 [American Indian man and young girl standing before a lodge] undated 11/15 375(VII)49 [American Indian encampment, perhaps near Arlee, Montana] undated 11/15 375(VII)50 [American Indian man on horseback, appears to be a parade] undated 11/15 375(VII)51 [Men on horseback, appears to be a parade] undated 11/15 375(VII)52 [Men on horseback, appears to be a parade] undated 11/15 375(VII)53 Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area - Place of dance, canvas top [outdoor gathering] undated 11/15 375(VII)54 Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area - Place of dance, Top evergreen boughs undated 11/15 375(VII)55 Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area [American Indian woman and children standing in a field] undated 11/15 375(VII)56 Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area [cluster of lodges] undated 11/15 375(VII)57 Picture taken on the Indian camping ground, Arlee [Montana] area [American Indian woman and child] undated 11/16 375(VII)58 [Cattle] roundup on the Kohrs-Bielenberg land near Miles City [Montana] undated 11/16 375(VII)59 Old Scott House, early Deer Lodge [Montana] hotel July 4, 1868 11/16 375(VII)60 Indian skinning buffalo, near the site of Circle, Montana 1878 11/16 375(VII)61 First school house in Powell County [Montana] undated 11/16 375(VII)62 12 head oxen team and wagon, Helena [Montana] undated 11/16 375(VII)63 The last stand of a victim [deer] of Brush wolves - photo by a trapper; likely a retouched (purposely altered) image undated 11/16 375(VII)64 [American Indian medicine man tending a patient] undated 11/16 77-106 Coleman-Lansing building on Main Street, Deer Lodge [Montana] circa 1890 11/16 77-210 Kohrs-Bielenberg hydralic works above Pioneer [Montana] circa 1880 11/16 77-211 Pioneer, Montana, Saloon district circa 1880 11/16 77-212 Pioneer, Montana circa 1880 11/19 375(VII)65 Paul C. Phillips, portrait 1944 11/19 375(VII)66 Two Elk (Lakota) posed by tree, photographer Herman Heyn, Omaha Circa 1900 11/19 375(VII)67 Tatanka Tamaheca (Poor Bull) posed by tree, photographer Herman Heyn, Omaha circa 1900 11/17 Postcards, Montana undated 11/18 375(VII) Postcards, U.S. and International undated Series VIII Artifacts undated 1 linear foot

This series contains two souvenir plates, two small statues, two letter openers, two framed photos, and a notepad holder.

 14 Souvenier plate from Lewis and Clark Centennial, Portland, Oregon 1905 14 Souvenier plate of "Sir Walter Raleigh's Expedition - 1584", inscription on bottom indicates that place was made for the Hotel Raleigh, Washington, D.C. undated 15 Small statue of elephant undated 15 Small statue entitled "The Trojan" undated 15 Metal sword letter opener with leather sheath undated 15 Bone letter opener with Phillips name gilt-stamped in leather on one side undated 15 Collage style framed photograph of a buffalo statue trophy, a photograph of Phillips, and one of his books undated 15 Framed photograph of George Washington with accompanying note glued to back indicating that photo was signed by a Washington descendant. undated Series IX Editing Correspondence and Writing from History Department Records 1876/1956 0.2 linear feet

This series contains correspondence, typed manuscripts, clippings, and other material relevant to submissions to Sources of Northwest History and Frontier and Midland. It also contains a folder of correspondence and maps about the "Battle of Lame Deer" that occurred in 1877.

 12/1 Sources of Northwest History, No. 12, "Marias Pass" by Genevieve Murray 1929 12/2 Sources of Northwest History, No. 15, "Diary of Mary Walker" 1930-1931 12/3 Sources of Northwest History, No. 19, "Upham Letters" 1932-1934 12/4 Sources of Northwest History, No. 21, "Garfield's Diary" 1932-1936 12/5 "Battle of Lame Deer," correspondence and maps 1876-1932 12/6 Correspondence regarding contributions to Frontier and Midland 1931-1956 Series X Manuscript and Tabloid History of Montana 1935-1936 0.3 linear feet

This series contains drafts of a manuscript titled "Early Rocky Mountain Explorations" that may have been written by Phillips although authorship is not clear. It also includes correspondence and short manuscript submissions for a tabloid history of Montana that Phillips edited at the request of Judge L.L. Callaway, the chairman of the Historical Committee of Montanans, Inc., the State Chamber of Commerce, 1935-1936.

12/7 "Early Rocky Mountain Explorations," Draft 1 undated 12/8 "Early Rocky Mountain Explorations," Draft 2 undated 12/9 "Early Rocky Mountain Explorations," Draft 3 undated 12/10 "Early Rocky Mountain Explorations" miscellaneous pages undated 12/11 Tabloid history of Montana, correspondence 1935-1936 12/12 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Discovery of Gold" undated 12/13 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Lewis and Clark in Montana" by Elers Koch 1935 12/14 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Montana Indians" undated 12/15 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Fur Trading Days in Montana" undated 12/16 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "The Mullan Road" undated 12/17 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript,"Explorations for a Northern Pacific Railroad Route" undated 12/18 "Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, "Montana Homesteading undated 12/19 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, outline and bibliography undated 12/20 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, untitled undated 12/21 Tabloid history of Montana manuscript, draft undated 12/22 Reference letter 1935