Muir Family Papers, 1915-1956
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Muir family
- Title
- Muir Family Papers
- Dates
- 1915-195619151956
- Quantity
- .5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Collection 538, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Muir Family Papers include: ranch account books of Joseph Muir's 1915-1927; ranch account books and papers of Nick Muir's 1933-1956; copies of photographs and negatives of the ranch operation near Harlowton, Montana, family members, and sheep.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical Note
Nick Muir operated a sheep ranch near Harlowton, Montana from approximately 1930 into the 1960s. Mr. Muir turned the ranch into a family corporation in 1959. He passed away in 1981. His wife, Evelyn Muir in 1996 is the Secretary/Treasurer officer of the Muir Ranch Co. Nick took over the ranch from his father, Joseph Muir. Joseph immigrated from Scotland and worked around the Deer Lodge valley as a ranch hand and later ranch foreman at the Bielenbury Ranch. After marrying Bertha Higgins in 1901, they settled and started the sheep operation near Harlowton, Montana.
Content Description
The materials in this collection include: ranch account books of Joseph Muir's 1915-1927; ranch account books and papers of Nick Muir's 1933-1956; copies of photographs and negatives of the ranch operation near Harlowton, Montana, family members, and sheep. The photographs are either 3"x5" or 8"x10" and all are black and white. All the negatives are in Box 2, Folder 13.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: LedgerDates: 1915-1924Container: Box/Folder 1/1
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Description: LedgerDates: 1915-1927Container: Box/Folder 1/2
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Description: LedgerDates: 1933Container: Box/Folder 2/1
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Description: LedgerDates: 1934Container: Box/Folder 2/2
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Description: LedgerDates: 1935Container: Box/Folder 2/3
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Description: LedgerDates: 1936Container: Box/Folder 2/4
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Description: LedgerDates: 1937Container: Box/Folder 2/5
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Description: LedgerDates: 1938Container: Box/Folder 2/6
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Description: LedgerDates: 1939Container: Box/Folder 2/7
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Description: LedgerDates: 1940Container: Box/Folder 2/8
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Description: LedgerDates: 1941Container: Box/Folder 2/9
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Description: LedgerDates: 1942Container: Box/Folder 2/10
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Description: LedgerDates: 1943Container: Box/Folder 2/11
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Description: Account papersDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 2/12
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Photographs #1-4
Container: Box/Folder 2/13
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Description: #1: Joseph Muir's home in Glenville, Scotland
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Description: #2: Joseph M. Muir, Deer Lodge, Montana
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Description: #3: Mrs. Bertha (Higgins) Muir
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Description: #4: Bielenbury Ranch workers including Joseph Muir, Deer Lodge valleyDates: [1870s]
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Photographs #5-11
Container: Box/Folder 2/14
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Description: #5: Joseph Muir, Harlowton, MontanaDates: 1920
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Description: #6: Sheep at Muir RanchDates: 1920
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Description: #7: Sheep at Muir RanchDates: 1920
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Description: #8: Ranch hands at Muir RanchDates: 1920
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Description: #9: Hauling bales of woolDates: 1920
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Description: #10: Ranch hand at Muir RanchDates: 1920
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Description: #11: Baling hay at Muir RanchDates: 1945
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Description: Photocopies of newspaper clippings about Mrs. Joseph MuirContainer: Box/Folder 2/15
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ranchers-Montana-Harlowton
- Ranches-Montana-Harlowton
- Ranching-Montana-Harlowton
- Sheep ranches-Montana-Harlowton
Family Names
- Muir family
Form or Genre Terms
- Business records-Montana-Harlowton
- Family papers-Montana-Harlowton
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Muir, Joseph, 1863-1937 (creator)
- Muir, Nick (creator)
