MTLmc16.xml Guide to the Cass Gilbert Papers 1902-1910 Gilbert (Cass)Papers Finding aid prepared by MHS Staff Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Montana Historical Society 2004
Helena, MT.
Finding aid encoded by Ellie Arguimbau with assistance by Cuadra Assoc. 2004 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard)2nd Edition. Montana Historical SocietyArchives MC 16 Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 Cass Gilbert Papers 1902-1910 .6 linear feet of shelf space Cass Gilbert, a well known Montana architect, and designer of the Montana Club in Helena. His papers (1902-1910) include incoming and outgoing correspondence, legal documents, sketches, blueprints, schedules, and miscellany. 1:2-3 English

Cass Gilbert was born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of General and Mrs. Samuel Augustus Gilbert. He received his education at MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge after working in a St. Paul architect's office. Following graduation, he traveled throughout Europe and upon his return, entered the office of McKim, Mead, and White, Architects in New York City. A year later, in 1882, he established his own office in St. Paul. Cass Gilbert is credited by some as being the father of the skyscraper. He designed several well-known buildings in New York and Washington, D.C. In 1903, he was commissioned to design the rebuilding of the Montana Club, in Helena, Montana, after it had been destroyed in a 1902 fire. The club members wished to retain the "desirable features" of their first building which Gilbert then incorporated into a structure of Spanish Renaissance design. The cost of the building and furnishings exceeded $100,000. Cass Gilbert died in Brockenhurst, England, on May 17, 1934.

Content Description:

This collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, legal documents, assorted sketches, blueprints, and schedules pertaining to the re-building of the Montana Club. The collection documents the design, construction, and furnishing of the Montana Club.

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Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934 Helena (Mont.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Architecture--Designs and plans--Montana Buildings--Design and construction--Montana Montana Architecture Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

Incoming Correspondence 1 / 1 A-D (correspondents include American Bridge Company, T.H. Anderson, Bauer Gas Fixture Works, W.G. Bennett, Alexander Bradley, Gustave A. Brand and Company, The Brickbuilder, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Burdett-Rowntree Manufacturing Company, Butler Brothers, Cambra Steel Company, Capital Lumber Company, G.H. Carsley, Congress Construction Company, Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Dwyer Plumbing and Heating Company) 1903-1907 1 / 2 E-L (correspondents include W.S. Edwards Manufacturing Company, Fire Proof Door Company, W.I. Gray and Company, Great Falls Iron Works, A.M. Holter Hardware Company, T. Kain and Sons cut stone contractors, Linden Glass Company, George H. Lounsberry) 1902-1906 1 / 3 Montana Club 1903-1906 1 / 4 M (correspondents include Marine Engine and Machine Company, Mitchel and Halbach decorators and furnishers, Mitchell Vance Company, Montana Electric Company, Morreau Gas Fixture Manufacturing Company, Mound City Roofing Tile Company) 1903-1906 1 / 5 N-S (correspondents include Nebraska Plumbing Supply Company, W.P. Nelson Company, Otis Elevator Company, Pfanschmidt and Quigley fine window shades, George H. Rees mosaic and tile floors, Richards Manufacturing Company, Richter Manufacturing Company, John R. Rockart, St. Paul Foundry Company, Schuneman and Evans, Theodore Simons, W.E. Skinner, John Sturrock plumber) 1902-1905, 1909 1 / 6 T-W (correspondents include Tobey Furniture Company, United States Marble Company, Vapor Heating Company, Warner Elevator Company, George W. White stone merchant, R. Williamson and Company, Winslow Elevator and Machine Company) 1903-1904 Outgoing Correspondence 1 / 7-8 Miscellaneous (arranged chronologically) 1903-1906, 1910 Legal Documents 1 / 9 Contracts re construction of Montana Club 1904-1905 Miscellany 2 / 1 Blueprints [see also SC 1998] undated 2 / 2 Proposals and specifications 1903-1904, undated 2 / 3 Rough drafts and notes undated 2 / 4 Schedules 1904-1905, undated 2 / 5 General construction specifications 1903, undated 2 / 6 Miscellaneous 1906, undated