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Erickson, Grace V. (Grace Vance),
1873-1962
Grace Vance Erickson
Papers
1863-1958
2 linear feet of shelf
space
Grace Vance Erickson was a Helena,
Montana, area, amateur historian and the wife of Governor John Edward Erickson.
This collection consists of biographical information; general correspondence,
including personal letters from J. E. Erickson; miscellaneous correspondence;
diaries; press releases; speeches; subject files containing notes on her
historic research; miscellany, including an autograph book, a guestbook, and
scrapbooks including one on the Community Council of Kalispell and the Women's
Committee of the Council of National Defense; and clippings. The collection
also includes information on A. M. Vance, Grace Vance Erickson's father.
English
Biographical Note:
Grace Vance was born around 1873 in LaGrange, Iowa, the daughter of
Andrew M. and Ellen Cooper Vance. She received a degree in literature from the
University of Michigan. She moved to Choteau, Montana, in the mid 1890s to work
as a teacher. In June of 1898 she married John E. Erickson, a Choteau attorney.
The couple moved to Kalispell in 1915. John E. Erickson served two full terms
as Governor (1924-1933) and, following his re-election to a third term,
resigned to replace Thomas J. Walsh, in the U.S. Senate. He was replaced by
James W. Murray in 1934. Grace Vance Erickson was active in the Democratic
Party, the Montana Natural History Association, the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and the Presbyterian Church. She was an active amateur historian,
anthropologist and archaeologist and was involved with the preservation of
historic sites. She died July 16, 1962.
Papers. 1863-1958. 2 linear feet. These papers consist of general
correspondence, including personal letters from J. E. Erickson; miscellaneous
correspondence; diaries concerning Grace Vance Erickson's life in Iowa, at the
University of Michigan, and as the wife of the governor; press releases;
speeches; subject files regarding her work as an amateur historian; writings;
miscellany including a scrapbook concerning the Community Council of Kalispell
and the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense; and
clippings.
by series
Acquisition information available upon request
Photographs, and artifacts transferred to the Photo Archives and Museum,
respectively.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the
Montana Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Historic
sites--Montana
Benson's
Landing (Mont.)
Bitterroot
River Valley (Mont.)--Social life and customs
Fergus
County (Mont.)
Kalispell
(Mont.)--Politics and government
St.
Ignatius (Mont.)
Yellowstone
City (Mont.)
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection
Biographical Material
1 / 1
Chronologies, genealogical chart
n.d., 1937
General Correspondence
1 / 2-4
A - Z (correspondents include:
J. E. Erickson, Belle Fligelman, S. H. Knowles, Jeannette Rankin, Al Vance, A.
M. Vance)
n.d., 1890-1958
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1 / 5
Neither from nor to Grace
Vance Erickson (correspondents include: Ellen Erickson, J. E. Erickson, Al
Vance, A. M. Vance)
1902-1929
Diaries
1 / 6
Diary (re: life in Iowa)
1889
1 / 7
Diary (re: life at the
University of Michigan)
1891-1902
1 / 8-9
Diaries (re: life as wife
of Governor J. E. Erickson)
1925-1926, 1932
Press Releases
1 / 10
Press Notice (re:
recitals)
n.d.
Speeches
1 / 11
Eureka Women's Club
(re: women's role in World War II)
1918
Subject Files
1 / 12
Frederick Conrad
n.d.
1 / 13
William Davenport
n.d.
1 / 14
Fergus County
n.d.
1 / 15
First Families of
Flathead (re: Father Pierre J. De Smet and St. Ignatius Mission)
n.d., 1930-1941
1 / 16
Governor's Mansion
n.d.
1 / 17
Helena (re: Atlas
Block, Pioneer Cabin)
n.d., 1939-1957
1 / 18
Historic
preservation
1930-1936
1 / 19
James Jackson
1933
1 / 20
Livingston (re:
Benson's Landing, Ghost City and Yellowstone City)
n.d.
1 / 21
Historic sites in
Montana
n.d.
1 / 22
St. Peter's Mission
n.d.
2 / 1
David Thompson
n.d., 1923-1940
Writings
2 / 2
"A Star in the
East"
n.d., 1952
Miscellany
2 / 3
Autograph Book
1882-1889
2 / 4
Ephemera
(including certificates, Christmas cards, invitations, name cards, passport,
and programs)
n.d., 1891-1951
2 / 5
Ephemera (re:
Ellen Erickson, J. E. Erickson, and A. M. Vance
1863-1928
2 / 6
Guestbook
1929-1959
2 / 7
Montana Oil
Conservation Board
n.d., 1951
2 / 8
Notes
n.d.
2 / 9
Oro Fino Chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolution
1938-1942
2 / 10
Scrapbook
1890-1914
2 / 11
Scrapbook
"Historical Expeditions"
1925-1926
2 /
Scrapbook (re:
Community Council of Kalispell and the Women's Committee of the Council of
National Defense): See Box 3
3 / 1
Scrapbook (re:
Community Council of Kalispell and the Women's Committee of the Council of
National Defense)
1917-1918,
1934-1939
4 / 1
Scrapbook
"Touring the Circuit"
1928
4 / 2
Scrapbook of
Wives of the Cabinet Officers
1933-1935
Clippings
4 / 3
Clippings (re:
Grace Vance Ericksone, J. E. Erickson, Al Vance, and A. M. Vance)
n.d., 1935-1949