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Billhead and Letterhead collection, circa 1867-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montana Historical Society Archives
Title
Billhead and Letterhead collection
Dates
circa 1867-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.2 linear foot
Collection Number
MC 284 (collection)
Summary
This is an artificial collection of billheads and letterheads for various businesses located throughout the state of Montana.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research

Languages
English
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Historical Note

During the late nineteenth and early-mid twentieth centuries, many Montana businesses produced elaborate billheads and letterheads. These provide information about the businesses and also are excellent examples of decorative engraving.

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Content Description

This artificial collection includes billheads and letterheads for various businesses located throughout the state of Montana from the 1860s through the 1980s.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Name of Collection. Collection Number. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives. Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by name of town in which the business was located.

Location of Collection

14:6-5

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Processing Note

Processed by MHS staff from 1999 to the present. This collection is the result of multiple donations over the years, grouped together by the MHS Archives Staff.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Ephemera

    • Description: Bannack City (business: County Treasurer)
      Dates: 1891
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Bearcreek (business: Clark-Wright Co., Bankers)
      Dates: 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Billings (businesses: AFL-CIO COPE; J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.; Connelly Machinery Co.; Malin-Yates Co.; Charles M. Bair Family Trust; Yellowstone Valley Central Labor Council)
      Dates: ca. 1921-1989
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Billings (business: Jefferson County Hospital)
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Bozeman (businesses: Agricultural Book Society; American Federation of Grain Millers Local Union No. 23; Bozeman Brewery; Bozeman Milling Co.; Gallatin County Sheriff; Gallatin Lumber Co.; Gary Hay and Grain Co.; Sweet Co.)
      Dates: 1911-1929
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Browning (business: Browning Telephone Co., illustrated by Chief Bull, Richard Sanderville)
      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Butte (businesses: Daly Bank and Trust Co.; Hudtloff Lumber Co.; Louis Kaufman and Co.; Montana Iron Works; Owl Creek Coak Co. Ryan Fruit Co.)
      Dates: 1903-1936
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Cascade (businesses: Cascade Mercantile Co.; Cascade Milling and Elevator Co.; First State Bank of Cascade; State Elevator Co.)
      Dates: 1911-1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Centreville (business: Star of West Grange No. 1, Patrons of Husbandry)
      Dates: 1876
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Chesnut (business: Justice of the Peace Frank E. Davis)
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Chinook (businesses: Bogy Mercantile Co.; Local Lumber Co.)
      Dates: 1911-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 11
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Choteau (business: Power-Morgan Co.)
      Dates: 1911-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Conrad (business: Power-Wilson Co.)
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Cut Bank (business: Cut Bank Hotel)
      Dates: 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Deer Lodge (businesses: Deer Lodge County Treasurer; Deer Lodge Lumber Co.; S. P. Wilson, attorney)
      Dates: 1883-1929
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 15
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Dillon (businesses: Beaverhead County Treasurer; Dillon Implement Co.)
      Dates: 1883-1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 16
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Fort Benton (businesses: Benton Hardware Co.; Chouteau County Treasurer; T. C. Power & Bro.)
      Dates: 1885-1921
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 17
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Gardiner (business: R. H. Young, Hauling Contractor)
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 18
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Glasgow (business: Markle Transfer Co.)
      Dates: 1915-1935
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 19
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Great Falls (businesses: Hubbard Abstract Co.; J. H. McKnight Co.; Millers National Insurance Co.; Park Hotel; Prior and William Real Estate; R. H. Wright and Co.)
      Dates: 1891-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 20
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Harrison (business: Maichel Oil Co.)
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 21
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Helena (businesses: American National Bank; Benson Motor Co.; Britt and Dougherty Livery Stable; Massena Bullard Attorney and Counselor at Law; T. H. Clewell; Fligelman's; Fred Dickert and Sons; F. S. Lang and Co.; Goodkind Brothers; Gould Livestock Company; Helena Adjustment Co.; Helena Cab Co.; Helena Creamery; Helena Lumber Co.; Helena Monumental Co.; Hotel Broadwater; Huber, Jasmin & Co., Inc.; J. P. Woolman and Co.; Montana Daily Record; Parchen Drug Co.; Reinig Company Coffee Roasters; Schroeder Brothers Co.; State Nursery; Steele, Hindson and Co.; B. R. Streets House and Sign Painting; Sturrock and Prewitt; Sun River Stock and Land Co.; Taylor, Tipling and Co.; T. C. Power and Bro.; Union Mercantile Co.; Walsh, Nolan and Scallon; Walter and Dyle Merchant Tailors; Warranty Title Co.)
      Dates: 1887-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 22
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Lewistown (businesses: Arro Oil and Refining Co.; Basin Drilling Co.; Duplex Transportation Co.; Montana Hardware Co.; Montana Lumber Co., Power Mercantile Co.)
      Dates: 1911-1921
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 23
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Livingston (businesses: A. W. Miles Lumber and Coal Co.; Park County Milling Co.)
      Dates: 1917-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 24
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Manhattan (businesses: Manhattan State Bank; Sanborn Co., Merchants)
      Dates: 1908-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 25
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Martinsdale (business: Bair Ranch; Charles M. Bair Family Museum)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Miles City (businesses: Custer County Clerk and Recorder; Custer County Treasurer; First National Bank)
      Dates: 1884-1913
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 27
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Missoula (businesses: Florence Hotel; W. A. Mentrum Liquor and Bottling Co.; Missoulian Publishing Co.; G. Rhodes and Co. House and Sign Painters; Woody and Marshall Attorneys at Law)
      Dates: 1885-1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Neihart (business: Silver City Store)
      Dates: 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 29
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Pony (business: Henry J. Schreiner General Merchandise; Carey & O'Brien)
      Dates: undated, 1877
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 30
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Poplar (business: Poplar Lumber and Implement Co.)
      Dates: 1915
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 31
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Red Lodge (business: Red Lodge Canning Co.)
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 32
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Roscoe (business: Lazy E-L Ranche)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 33
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Rosebud (business: Rosebud State Bank)
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 34
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Scobey (business: McCurdy Lumber Co.)
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 35
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Sheridan (business: Charles Walter mercantile)
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 36
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Sunnyside and Vaughn (business: Sunnyside Store Co.)
      Dates: 1903-1911
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 37
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Thompson (business: John Willis receipt)
      Dates: 1896
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 38
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Three Forks (business: Henslee's Garage and Auto Livery)
      Dates: 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 39
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Townsend and Toston (businesses: Townsend Hardware and Implement Co.; Brown Brothers Lumber Co.)
      Dates: 1919-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 40
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Virginia City (businesses: Madison County Auditor; Madison County Treasurer)
      Dates: 1867-1868
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 41
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: White Sulphur Springs (businesses: Meagher County Republican Women's Club)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 42
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Wolf Creek (business: John H. Burns General Merchandise)
      Dates: 1929
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 43
      Location: Ephemera
    • Description: Statewide (businesses: Montana Federation of Republican Women)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 44
      Location: Ephemera

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Geographical Names

  • Montana

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Subject Terms

  • Billheads--Montana
  • Business enterprises--Montana
  • Engraving--Montana
  • Letterheads--Montana

Corporate Names

  • Montana Historical Society Archives (creator)

Finding aid prepared by MTHS staff
2009

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