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Juliet Gregory Papers, 1916-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gregory, Juliet, 1896-1990
Title
Juliet Gregory Papers
Dates
1916-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.0 linear feet and 3 oversize boxes
Collection Number
Mss 192 (collection)
Summary
Juliet Gregory was the first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana, and was also active in the Montana Republican Party. The collection consists of general correspondence between Gregory and the many organizations in which she was involved.
Repository
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions

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.

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

Born in 1896 in San Francisco, Juliet Gregory graduated from San Diego State College in 1919, obtaining an elementary teaching certificate. For the next two years, Gregory stayed in the San Diego area to teach before becoming a social worker for Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) until 1925. In that same year she married Horace W. Gregory, who was a Director of Highways in Boise, Idaho. She and her husband moved to Helena, Montana, in 1932, and three years later they moved to Missoula, Montana. After 22 years of being a housewife, Gregory moved back into the work force, becoming Missoula's first and only woman mayor from 1947 until 1949. After her unsuccessful reelection bid in 1949, Gregory decided to return to school at Montana State University in Missoula. She received her B.A. in sociology and anthropology in 1955. While studying for her B.A., Gregory returned to teaching elementary school, which she did until her retirement in 1962.

Gregory remained active in both personal and civic duties throughout her life. She was active in many different clubs and organizations. She was president of the Missoula County Republican Women's Club, which allowed her to serve on the Montana Republican delegation for the 1964 Republican National Convention. Gregory was invited in 1955 to serve on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) by President Dwight Eisenhower. Gregory was also involved in various other organizations including the Missoula Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest Board, Parent Teachers' Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, Business and Professional Women, American Association of University Women, Y.W.C.A., Missoula Women's Club, Missoula Women's Civic Council, League of Women Voters, Red Cross Board -World War II, Episcopal Church and St. Hilda's Guild, Wives of Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Minerva Club, Rotary Club Wives, Montana Education Association, Missoula Teachers' Association, and the Missoula Cemetery Board. She died in 1990.

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Content Description

The collection consists of general correspondence between Gregory and the many organizations in which she was involved. Also in the collection are Gregory's mayoral papers, including three scrapbooks of clippings from her time in office. A movie reel of a speech that Gregory made from the Gregory Memorial at the Missoula City Cemetery on May 30, 1971 is also included in the collection. The collection contains several photographs on Gregory and the organizations that she was involved in. Pictures from the DACOWITS and many of Gregory's grade-school classes are included. The Gregory collection also contains many personal items, including correspondence from her two sons as well as from her grandchildren and friends. Gregory also kept mementoes about many friends, including clippings and funeral notices. Biographical information is included in the personal series.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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.

Preferred Citation

Juliet Gregory Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureeen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is divided into six series:

Series I: General Correspondence, 5 folders, 1947-1991

Series II: Mayoral Papers, 3 folders and 3 scrapbooks, 1947-1957

Series III: Motion Picture Film, 1 reel, 1971

Series IV: Organizations, 1.5 linear feet, 1941-1989

Series V: Personal, 0.5 linear feet, 1925-1990

Series VI: Photographs, 82 photographs, 1916-1971

Custodial History

All collection materials remained in the possession of Juliet Gregory until donation to the K. Ross Toole Archives.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Juliet Gregory, 1990.

Processing Note

The actions of the original processor are unknown. In 1998 materials were rearranged into six separate series from the original one. The scrapbooks and film, which had been housed separately from the collection, were reincorporated during reprocessing. Collection photographs were transferred to the archives general photograph collection.

In 2008, twelve scrapbooks created by the Bitter Root Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution were transferred from the Juliet Gregory papers to the Bitter Root DAR records (Mss 013) at the K. Ross Toole Archives. (Gregory was a DAR member, but the scrapbooks were intended to be placed with the DAR records.) As a result of this transfer, some box numbers within the Gregory papers were changed in early 2008.

In 2011 two photographs of Juliet Gregory at the G.O.P. Women's Conference, with Nelson Rockefeller and others, were added to the collection.

Separated Materials

Mrs. Gregory granted an oral history interview in 1977 as part of the Montana Women's Oral History series. This interview is located in the archives Oral History Collection on four audiocassettes (OH 049-046, OH 049-047, OH 049-048, OH 049-049).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Cemeteries--Montana--Missoula
  • Community life--Montana -- Missoula
  • Elections--Montana
  • Elections--United States
  • Memorial Day
  • Museums--Montana--Missoula
  • Patriotic societies--Montana--Missoula
  • Women in politics--Montana--Missoula
  • Women in community development--Montana--Missoula
  • Women--Montana--Missoula--Societies and clubs

Corporate Names

  • Alpha Delta Kappa
  • Missoula Cemetery (Missoula, Mont.). Board of Trustees
  • Missoula County. Board of Trustees for Museums
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • United States. Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services

Geographical Names

  • Missoula (Mont.)--Politics and government

Form or Genre Terms

  • Motion pictures--Montana --Missoula
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks
  • Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Montana--Missoula

Occupations

  • Women civic leaders--Montana--Missoula
  • Women mayors--Montana -- Missoula
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