View XML QR Code

Edward C. Mattox papers, 1906-1948

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Mattox, Edward C., 1880-1949
Title
Edward C. Mattox papers
Dates
1906-1948 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.3 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
MC 107 (collection)
Summary
Edward Mattox (1880-1894) was a Roundup, Montana, coal mine operator and owner of the K7 Ranch near Bozeman. Papers (1906-1948) consist of correspondence, financial and production records, and legal documents of Mattox, the Roundup Coal Mining Company, and the K7 Ranch.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Return to Top

Biographical Note

Edward C. Mattox was born in December 1880, on his parents' homestead near Missouri Valley, Iowa, about twenty miles north of Council Bluffs. As a young man he worked briefly as a printers' devil on the Omaha Bee. He later worked for the Burlington railroad.

In August 1903, he arrived in Dietz, Wyoming, where he was hired as a telegraph operator and payroll clerk at a Megeath-owned coal mine. Mattox gradually moved up in the business until he was the general manager of all Megeath's Wyoming properties. In 1920, when the Megeaths sold their Dietz mine, Mattox was transferred to their Roundup, Montana, coal mine. This move represented a temporary set-back for Mattox, as he was only the assistant general manager at Roundup. However, he again moved up in the operation, becoming general manager in 1926, vice president in 1933, and finally president of the Roundup Coal Mining Company in the early 1940s. Dissatisfied with post-war conditions in the coal mining industry and in poor physical health, Mattox resigned from the company in July 1947.

In addition to his coal mining interests, Mattox owned the K7 Ranch, a half section of farm land just west of Bozeman, Montana. For many years, this ranch was operated for Mattox by Monte M. Benson. While working at the Dietz mine, Mattox married Ethel R. Adams. They had no children. Mrs. Mattox died in September 1944. Edward Mattox died January 6, 1949.

Return to Top

Content Description

This collection consists of correspondence, financial and production records, and legal documents of Edward C. Mattox, the Roundup Coal Mining Company, and the K7 Ranch, which have their own subgroups.

Return to Top

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

Return to Top

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged by subgroup and series.

Location of Collection

5:7-2

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Separated Materials

Maps transferred to the Library Map Collection. See inventory below for more information.

Return to Top

Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • Edward C. Mattox

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: A-G (correspondents include Unity Lodge No. 71, A. F. & A. M; R.H. Dean; E.F. Ernst; General American Life Insurance Company; Great Falls National Bank)
        Dates: 1932-1947
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
        Location: Edward C. Mattox / General Correspondence
      • Description: Harley D. Hayman
        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
        Location: Edward C. Mattox / General Correspondence
      • Description: H-T (correspondents include Heidel Agency; Kalif Temple, Sheridan, Wyoming; F.T. McCormick; Miners and Merchants Bank, Roundup, Montana; Montana Power Company; Montana Tuberculosis Association; Forrest L. Ralston; Republican-Courier Company; Rom Motor Company; A.L. Sanders; Security Bank & Trust Company; N.L. Towne)
        Dates: 1932-1948
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
        Location: Edward C. Mattox / General Correspondence
      • Description: U.S. Interior Department; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
        Dates: 1945
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
        Location: Edward C. Mattox / General Correspondence
      • Description: U-W (correspondents include Utah Woolen Mills; Lee B. Welch; West Gallatin Telephone Co.; George W. Wilcox; Fred F. Willson; Albert Yergy)
        Dates: 1924-1947
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
        Location: Edward C. Mattox / General Correspondence
      • Description: Unidentified (letter of reminiscence from E.C. Mattox)
        Dates: 1948
        Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
        Location: Edward C. Mattox / General Correspondence

    • Miscellaneous Correspondence

    • Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

    • Miscellany

    • Clippings

      • Description: Miscellaneous: (re Montana Law for Measuring Hay From Revised Codes of Montana 1921; Roundup Coal Man Promoted; E.C. Mattox is Vice President; Mattox Promoted by Coal Company, Sturn is Informed; J.J. Fisher Named Mine Superintendent at No. 3)
        Dates: 1921-1946
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 12
        Location: Edward C. Mattox / Clippings

  • K7 Ranch

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: Monte M. Benson
        Dates: 1936-1941
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 13-15
        Location: K7 Ranch / General Correspondence
      • Description: Chronological (correspondents include Montana Power Co.; Hines Realty Company; Gallatin Co-operative Creamery; J.W. Carney)
        Dates: 1932-1936
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 16
        Location: K7 Ranch / General Correspondence

    • Financial Records

      • Description: Agricultural Conservation Program; parity payment forms
        Dates: 1937-1941
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 17
        Location: K7 Ranch / Financial Records
      • Description: Farmers' Canal Company financial report
        Dates: 1932
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 18
        Location: K7 Ranch / Financial Records
      • Description: Paid bills
        Dates: 1932-1948
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 19-20
        Location: K7 Ranch / Financial Records
      • Description: Taxes: Gallatin County
        Dates: 1932-1947
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 21-22
        Location: K7 Ranch / Financial Records
      • Description: Miscellaneous
        Dates: 1936-1941, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 2 / 23
        Location: K7 Ranch / Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

      • Description: Farm lease agreement with A.L. Sanders
        Dates: 1932-1936
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1
        Location: K7 Ranch / Legal Documents
      • Description: Farm lease agreement with M.M. Benson
        Dates: 1936
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 2
        Location: K7 Ranch / Legal Documents
      • Description: Purchase of Ecton place
        Dates: 1917-1937
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 3
        Location: K7 Ranch / Legal Documents
      • Description: Purchase of Miller place
        Dates: 1919-1933
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 4
        Location: K7 Ranch / Legal Documents
      • Description: Miscellaneous
        Dates: 1924-1936
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5
        Location: K7 Ranch / Legal Documents

    • Organizational Records

    • Production Records

    • Miscellany

      • Description: Miscellaneous
        Dates: 1943, undated
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
        Location: K7 Ranch / Miscellany

  • Roundup Coal Mining Company

    • General Correspondence

      • Description: Chronological (correspondents include Roundup Coal Mining Company; G.E. Gildroy; C.M. Shott; H.C. Marchant; M.F. Purcell; Pioneer Coal Company; Fast Side Service Company; Sheridan Coal Company; Albert Gately; J.O. Smith; Leonard D. Kniffin; Midland Implement Company, Inc.; D.F. Buckingham; F. Leo Suddith; National Wage Stabilization Board; Griffin Fuel Company; Robert McGinnis; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; Montana Power Company; Bucking Bronco Roundup Coal; Wesley A. D'Ewart; Thompson's Anxiety Herefords; Bair-Collins Company; Griffin Brothers Coal & Oil Company; U.S. Social Security Board; Lipsett & Collier; Board of Administration, Executive Department, Bismarck; S.H. Clarke; Laura C. Bennett; Crown Rubber Company; W.L. Campbell; George W. Lumm; M.O. Hegg; S.H. Clarke; E.M. Morsman III; S.E. Burt; D.H. Pape; R.B. Hager; H. VonBergen; James E. Murray; Morsman & Maxwell; Coleman, Jameson & Lamey; Central Mine Supply Company; Alfred E. Picard; Montana Electric Supply; United States National Bank of Omaha)
        Dates: 1933-1948
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9-12
        Location: Roundup Coal Mining Company / General Correspondence

    • Financial Records

    • Legal Documents

    • Maps

    • Production Records

    • Reports

      • Description: "Operations Mechanical Department Report" by G.C. Dorris
        Dates: 1937
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 26
        Location: Roundup Coal Mining Company / Reports
      • Description: "A Report presented to the General Office of the Roundup Coal Mining Company" by E.C. Mattox
        Dates: 1938
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 27
        Location: Roundup Coal Mining Company / Reports
      • Description: Consolidation of Mine No. 3 and the Bair Collins Company operation
        Dates: circa 1938
        Container: Box/Folder 3 / 28
        Location: Roundup Coal Mining Company / Reports

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Coal mines and mining--Montana--Roundup
  • Hay--Montana--Gallatin County
  • Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Roundup
  • Ranches--Montana--Gallatin County

Personal Names

  • Mattox, Edward C., 1880-1949 (creator)

Geographical Names

  • Gallatin County (Mont.)
  • K7 Ranch (Bozeman, Mont.)
  • Roundup (Mont.)

Finding aid prepared by Ellie Arguimbau, 1979.
2005

CC Attribution
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

About Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West

Loading...
Loading...