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Toomey, Edmond G.
Edmond G. Toomey papers
1907-1961
5.75 linear feet
Edmond Toomey (1892-1960) was a Helena, Montana, attorney,
legislator, and mining and oil promoter and investor. Records (1907-1961) include office
time books, estate case files, briefs, and organizational and financial records for sixteen
companies with which Toomey was involved, either as officer or attorney.
17:2-1
English
Biographical Note
Edmond Galbraith Toomey was born in Deer Lodge, Montana, on September 13, 1892, the son of
Humphrey and Mary (Galbraith) Toomey. He attended school in Deer Lodge and college at
Pomona, and in 1916 received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin. He served in
the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I, first as a major in the
judge advocate's office, although later he decided to serve as a common soldier. After the war, Toomey
began his practice as an attorney in Helena. From 1920 to 1927 he served as counsel for
three governors, Stewart, Dixon, and Erickson, as well as the Montana Railroad and Public
Service Commission. He also served four terms in the Montana Legislative Assembly. In 1925,
he was one of the founders of the Corporation Company, which aimed to assist companies in managing their
affairs. He married Ruth Egge in 1925 and together they had one son, Bruce. Edmond G. Toomey died in his
law office on September 7, 1960, just short of his 68th birthday.
Records (1907-1961) include office time books (1938-1960) for Edmond G. Toomey, Michael J.
Hughes, Wilbur H. Wood, and E. M. Hall; estate case files (1940s-1950s); published briefs
(1940s-1950s) for Montana Supreme Court cases Toomey argued; and organizational and
financial records 1907-1951) for sixteen companies with which Toomey was involved, either as
officer or attorney.
This collection is arranged into four series: 1) Office Records, 2) Case Files, 3) Subject
Files and 4) Printed Materials.
Collection consists predominantly of estate case files. Correspondence folders are
restricted due to attorney-client privilege. Legal documents and other information in the
case files are open for use.
Collection is open for research.
item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
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.
Toomey, Edmond G.
Helena (Mont.)--History
Lawyers--Montana--Helena
Probate law and
practice--Montana--Helena
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
Office Records
1 / 1-7
Office case books: E. G. Toomey (includes name of
client, work done, and billable hours)
1944-1957
2 / 1-4
Office case books: E. G. Toomey (includes name of
client, work done, and billable hours)
1958-1960
2 / 5
Office case books: Wilbur H. Wood and E. M. Hall
(includes name of client, work done, and billable hours)
1938-1945
3 / 1-2
Office case books: Michael J. Hughes (includes name
of client, work done, and billable hours)
1951-1957
3 / 3-4
Office ticklers (includes schedule and reminders of
filing deadlines)
1952-1959
Case Files
4 / 1
Josiah Bowden estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1945-1953
4 / 2-4
Josiah Bowden estate (legal and financial documents)
1946-1948
4 / 5
Eva Mae Carter estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1942-1954
4 / 6-7
Eva Mae Carter estate (legal and financial documents)
1916-1948
4 / 8
John Galen Carter estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1939-1948
4 / 9-10
John Galen Carter estate (legal and financial
documents)
1937-1947
4/ 11
Lukas Chovonak estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1947-1958
4 / 12
Lukas Chovonak estate (will and financial documents)
1948
4 / 13
Omar Clyde Curtis, Jr. estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1948-1955
4 / 14
Omar Clyde Curtis, Jr. estate (legal and financial
documents)
1944-1955
4 / 15
Henry H. Dueringer estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1950-1952
4 / 16
Henry H. Dueringer estate (legal and financial
documents)
1950-1952
5 / 1
Gust E. Enochson guardianship and estate
(correspondence) RESTRICTED
1934-1953
5 / 2
Gust E. Enochson guardianship and estate (legal
documents)
1934-1950
5 / 3
James Kennett Fisk estate (legal documents)
1952
5 / 4
Robert Loveland Fisk estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1952-1954
5 / 5
Robert Loveland Fisk estate (legal documents and
genealogy)
1952-1954
5 / 6
Harry L. Hale estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1942-1955
5 / 7-8
Harry L. Hale estate (legal and financial documents)
1938-1955
5 / 9
Victor L. Hegman estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1948-1951
5 / 10-11
Victor L. Hegman estate (legal and financial
documents)
1942-1950
5 / 12
John B. L. Hume estate (transcript on appeal to
Montana Supreme Court; re Montana Children's Home and Shodair Hospital)
1953
6 / 1
Alexander Conrad Johnson estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1947-1955
6 / 2
Shirley Hamilton Kemp estate (will only)
1956
6 / 3
John Leggerini estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1947-1955
6 / 4
John Leggerini estate (legal documents)
1940-1953
6 / 5
Louise Madigan estate (legal documents: see also
Jasper J. Postlewait, her brother)
1947-1953
6 / 6
Clarence G. Manuel estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1945-1949
6 / 7-8
Clarence G. Manuel estate (legal and financial
documents)
1941-1947
6 / 9
Mary Poole McGaffigan and Annie Cruse estates
(correspondence) RESTRICTED
1943-1952
6 / 10
Mary Poole McGaffigan and Annie Cruse estates
(financial and wills of Richard and James Cruse; includes material on Thomas Cruse
Mining and Development Company)
1919, 1943
6 / 11
Anna Wenstrom Miller estate (correspondence, largely
with Swedish Embassy) RESTRICTED
1948-1952
6 / 12-13
Anna Wenstrom Miller guardianship and estate (legal
and financial documents, genealogy)
1948-1952
6 / 14
Lena Bell Munding estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1946-1950
6 / 15-16
Lena Bell Munding estate (legal and financial
documents; includes will)
1933-1948
6 / 17
Thea Odegaard estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1946-1954
6 / 18
Thea Odegaard estate (legal documents, including
will)
1920-1954
6 / 19
William T. Pigott, estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1946-1949
6 / 20
William T. Pigott, estate (legal documents re trust
for Dawson County land)
1945-1949
7 / 1
Alice Pomeroy guardianship (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1941-1949
7 / 2
Alice Pomeroy guardianship (legal documents)
1941-1946
7 / 3
Jarvis J. Postlewait estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1946-1955
7 / 4
Jarvis J. Postlewait estate (legal: see also Louise
Madigan, his sister)
1947-1953
7 / 5
Frederick W. D. Sherwood estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1938-1953
7 / 6
Frederick W. D. Sherwood estate (legal and financial
documents)
1938-1953
7 / 7
Samuel McClellan Smithers estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1940-1946
7 / 8-9
Samuel McClellan Smithers estate (legal and financial
documents)
1941-1943
7 / 10
Louis Solina estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1954
7 / 11
Louis Solina estate (legal and financial documents)
1953-1955
7 / 12
Margaret Steele estate (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1951-1953
7 / 13
Margaret Steele estate (legal and financial
documents)
1951-1953
7 / 14
Carl P. Statton, Carl P. estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1945
7 / 15
Carl P. Statton, Carl P. estate (legal documents and
eulogy)
1945
8 / 1-2
Amelia Mau Kleinschmidt Taylor estate
(correspondence) RESTRICTED
1947-1955
8 / 3-4
Amelia Mau Kleinschmidt Taylor estate (legal and
financial documents)
1920-1952
8 / 5
Emory E. Uhl estate [also known as Edward Earl Uhl]
(correspondence) RESTRICTED
undated
8 / 6
Emory E. Uhl estate [also known as Edward Earl Uhl]
(legal and financial documents)
undated
8 / 7-8
Zachariah T. Vinson estate (legal and financial
documents; mostly mining claims and mining company stock certificates)
1877-1947
8 / 9
William Weinsheimer estate (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1945-1953
8 / 10
William Weinsheimer estate (legal and financial
documents)
1947-1953
8 / 11
Linaire O. Wells guardianship of minor
(correspondence) RESTRICTED
1948-1949
8 / 12
Linaire O. Wells guardianship of minor (legal
documents)
1949-1950
8 / 13
John Young [also known as Johann Jung] re immigration
of niece Maria Louise Steinmetz and Aloysius Joseph Meyrer (correspondence)
RESTRICTED
1942-1958
8 / 14
John Young [also known as Johann Jung] re immigration
of niece Maria Louise Steinmetz and Aloysius Joseph Meyrer (legal
documents)
1942-1958
9 / 1-3
Montana Bankers Association opinions (E. G. Toomey,
counsel) (correspondence) RESTRICTED
1949, 1956
Subject Files
10 / 1
The Corporation Company (articles of incorporation
and annual reports, copied from Secretary of State business entity files #D015081)
1915-1928
10 / 2
Fishers Millinery Company, Helena (stockholders'
ledger)
1915-1928
10 / 3
Golden Curry Consolidated Mining Co., Helena and
Elkhorn (cash book / journal)
1907-1913
10 / 4
Golden Curry Consolidated Mining Co., Helena and
Elkhorn (general ledger; includes 1908 minutes pasted in back)
1907-1913
10 / 5
Golden Curry Consolidated Mining Co., Helena and
Elkhorn (corporation record book, including articles of incorporation, minutes,
stockholders
1907-1934
10 / 6
Golden Curry Consolidated Mining Co., Helena and
Elkhorn (minutes, loose in record book)
1934-1938
10 / 7
Golden Curry Consolidated Mining Co., Helena and
Elkhorn (treasurer's report; certificate of incorporation)
1907-1909
10 / 8
Green Oil Co., South Dakota (bond certificate book)
1928
10 / 9
Green Oil Co., South Dakota (stock certificates)
1928
11 / 1
Holiday Mining Co., Helena (articles of
incorporation, by-laws, minutes, contracts, deeds, taxes)
1947-1951
11 / 2
Howard Petroleum Co., Helena (articles of
incorporation, by-laws, contracts)
1943-1944
10 / 3
Industrial Minerals Corp., Helena (minutes)
1944-1945
10 / 4
Interstate Oil and Gas Co., Helena (minutes)
1927
10 / 5
Interstate Oil and Gas Co. Helena (stock
certificates)
1928
11 / 6
Kelley Land and Livestock Co. (stock certificates)
1930
11 / 7
Kelley Ranch Co., Helmville (articles of
incorporation, minutes)
1921-1938
11 / 8
Last Chance Gulch Restoration Association, Helena
(minutes, financial records: re purchase of Gilpatrick Cabin)
1938-1940
11 / 9
McDonald Mining Co. (stockholder ledger)
1940
11 / 10
Midland Transportation Co., Helena (stock
certificates
1927
11 / 11
Mining Securities Co. (stock certificates)
1929-1934
11 / 12
Montana Lead Co., Helena and Rimini (articles of
incorporation, bylaws, and minutes)
1927-1929
11 / 13
Montana Lead Co., Helena and Rimini (stock
certificates)
1928-1933
11 / 14
Montana Loan and Debenture Co. (stock certificates)
1922
11 / 15-16
Towsley Mining Co., Helena and Marysville (bylaws,
minutes, annual reports, stockholder lists, legal documents)
1910-1947
11 / 17
Towsley Mining Co., Helena and Marysville (stock
certificates)
1908-1934
11 / 18
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Harold H. Joyce Post #1116
1940
Printed Materials (Toomey and Hughes briefs)
12 / 1
Montana Supreme Court: Alvin E. Aders vs. Public
Employees Retirement System
circa 1960
12 / 2
Montana Supreme Court: Forrest H. Anderson vs. Frank
Murray et al.
1960
12 / 3
Montana Supreme Court: Ray F. Bower and Gerald Ryan
vs. Cal M. Tebbs
1954
12 / 4
Montana Supreme Court: William Cantrell et al.
members of Lumber and Sawmill Workers of Bonner Montana, AFL 3038 vs. Benefit
Association of Railway Employees
circa 1954
12 / 5
Montana Supreme Court: John Chovanak vs. State Board
of Equalization
1947
12 / 6
Montana Supreme Court: Continental Oil Co. vs. McNair
Realty Co.
1960
12 / 7
Montana Supreme Court: E. A. Dalakow, d/b/a Montana
Engineering and Construction Co. vs. Glenn Geery
1957
12 / 8
Montana Supreme Court: Violet M. Eastman vs. School
District #1, Helena
1946
12 / 9
Montana Supreme Court: Helen C. Hoffman vs. Andrew
and Mary Johnson d/b/a Helena Cab and Bus Co.
1947
12 / 10
Montana Supreme Court: Carl Axel Holmstrom vs. Mutual
Benefit Health and Accident Association
1959?
12 / 11
Montana Supreme Court: V. L. (Pat) Jones vs. Harry L.
Burns et a. (re Montana Power Co. and Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co.)
1960
12 / 12
Montana Supreme Court: Porter McCoy vs. Mike Horse
Mining and Milling Co.
1952
12 / 13
Montana Supreme Court: Monarch Lumber Co. vs.
Lawrence Haggard et al.
1961
12 / 14
Montana Supreme Court: Montana vs. Edmond G. Toomey
circa 1956
12 / 15
Montana Supreme Court: North Butte Mining Co. vs.
Silver Bow County
1946
12 / 16
Montana Supreme Court: John Notti vs. Louis and Emma
Clark
1955
12 / 17
Montana Supreme Court: Robert E. Purcell vs. Clarence
and Arthur Culver d/b/a/ Culver Co.
1955
12 / 18
Montana Supreme Court: Leonard Teesdale vs. Anschutz
Drilling Co.
1960
12 / 19
Montana Supreme Court: Texas Pacific Coal and Iron
Co. vs. Montana Board of Land Commissioners
1950
12 / 20
Montana Supreme Court: Virginia M. Spaulding Trammel
vs. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
1952
13 / 1
Montana Supreme Court: Yellowstone Pipe Line Co. vs.
State Board of Equalization
1960
13 / 2
Montana Public Service Commission: Montana Power Co.
reclassification
1944
13 / 3
United States Court of Appeals: Broadwater-Missouri
Water Users Association vs. Montana Power Co.
1944
13 / 4
United States Interstate Commerce Commission:
Intermountain Transportation Co. for certification as public convenience
1937-1938