Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame
Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT 59717-3320
United States
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Collection 538, MtBC, us
Muir family
Muir Family Papers
1915-1956
.5 linear feet
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.
Collection materials are in English
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.
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.
This collection is open for research.
Financial papers and photographs pertaining to the Muir family ranch were donated to
Special Collections by the Muir Ranch Co., Harlowton, Montana, March 27, 1996.
This collection was processed 2009 May 4
Muir, Joseph,
1863-1937
Muir, Nick
Muir family
Ranches-Montana-Harlowton
Ranching-Montana-Harlowton
Sheep ranches-Montana-Harlowton
Family papers-Montana-Harlowton
Business
records-Montana-Harlowton
Ranchers-Montana-Harlowton
Ranching
Montana
1/1
Ledger
1915-1924
1/2
Ledger
1915-1927
2/1
Ledger
1933
2/2
Ledger
1934
2/3
Ledger
1935
2/4
Ledger
1936
2/5
Ledger
1937
2/6
Ledger
1938
2/7
Ledger
1939
2/8
Ledger
1940
2/9
Ledger
1941
2/10
Ledger
1942
2/11
Ledger
1943
2/12
Account papers
1956
2/13
Photographs #1-4
#1
Joseph Muir's home in Glenville, Scotland
#2
Joseph M. Muir, Deer Lodge, Montana
#3
Mrs. Bertha (Higgins) Muir
#4
Bielenbury Ranch workers including Joseph Muir, Deer
Lodge valley
[1870s]
2/14
Photographs #5-11
#5
Joseph Muir, Harlowton, Montana
1920
#6
Sheep at Muir Ranch
1920
#7
Sheep at Muir Ranch
1920
#8
Ranch hands at Muir Ranch
1920
#9
Hauling bales of wool
1920
#10
Ranch hand at Muir Ranch
1920
#11
Baling hay at Muir Ranch
1945
2/15
Photocopies of newspaper clippings about Mrs. Joseph
Muir