Ole Ranmael appears to have come from Denmark with his brother Arne about 1891 to Livingston, Montana. They established several mining claims in Park County, Montana, in 1906 and 1908. Ole was a member of the Cooke Miners Union No. 165 of the Western Federation of Miners, Mining Department of the I.W.W. In March, 1911, he married Olive S. McGetrick; they settled in Ronan, Montana.
The collection contains a group of family and business correspondence, 1890-1913; an insurance certificate from 1900; membership books from the Western Federation of Miners, 1906-1908; Certificates of Location for mining claims, 1906-1908; a personal account book, 1891-1893; two school autograph books, 1886-1887; and his marriage announcement, 1911.
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[Name of document or photograph number], Ole Ranmael Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.
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