University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
The University of Montana—Missoula
Missoula, MT 59812
406-243-2053
http://www.lib.umt.edu/asc
library.archives@umontana.edu
Mss
643
Line Family
Line Family papers
1878-1971
37.0 linear feet
The Line Family papers document two
generations of family life and business in a number of Montana towns, including
Columbus and Missoula, through personal and professional correspondence and
business records. The second generation’s college years at The University of
Montana, Mount Holyoke, and Harvard, as well as their early careers outside of
Montana, are evident in the materials.
Materials are
in English
Biographical Note
Lemuel McClellan Line was born in Boonsborough, Maryland, on November
14, 1861. He began medical school at Rush Medical College and finished his
training at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland,
1884. He began practicing in Nebraska and moved to Columbus, Montana, in 1894.
He became the district Northern Pacific Railway doctor. Dr. Line married Mary
Alice Campbell on September 3, 1890. They had two children, Robert Campbell and
Ruth Marie. Dr. Line’s Montana business interests beyond his practice included
the Columbus Drug Store, Reed Point Trading Company, the Eagle Point Trading
Company, and the Lake Basin Trading Company. He was also on the school board
and started the Congregational Church in Columbus. Dr. Line died in 1917.
Mary Alice Campbell was born in DeWitt, Iowa, November 5, 1862. She
received her teaching degree from the Ohio Normal College and taught for ten
years in Iowa and Nebraska before she married Lemuel M. Line on September 3,
1890. After their 1895 arrival in Columbus, Montana, Mrs. Line worked in their
Columbus store, assisted on surgical cases, and with her husband, joined in
many community activities. She taught Sunday school, was active in the Woman’s
Club on a statewide basis, sponsored the Stillwater County Library in 1918 and
was superintendent of the Congregational Sunday School for a time. Mary Line
died in 1930.
Robert Campbell Line was born to Lemuel and Mary Alice in Ogallala,
Nebraska, in 1891. He received a B.A. from the University of Montana in
Missoula in 1910, and a master’s degree from Harvard University in 1912. Line
began his career as an instructor in Economics at Mount Holyoke College. Line
was traveling in Germany in 1914 when war broke out. In 1915 he worked for the
Merchants’ Association of New York before he returned to Columbus, Montana, and
became the owner-operator of the family chain of stores in Montana until 1927.
During that time he was active in merchants’ organizations, wrote business
articles, and taught some short courses at the University of Kansas. He then
taught at the University of Minnesota before becoming a professor and Dean of
the School of Business Administration at the State University of Montana [now
known as The University of Montana -Missoula] in 1927. He traveled to Europe
with the Army Education Program from 1945 to 1946. Line stepped down from his
position as Dean in 1947 but remained a professor until he retired from the
university in 1957. He ran the Line Import Company until 1972. Robert Campbell
Line married Louise Chapman of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on September 7, 1918.
They had four children: Louise, Harriet, Robert Campbell [Jr.], and David
Chapman. For about seven years beginning in 1938, the Lines operated their
home, the Robert C. Line Ranch (also known as the Fellfoot Ranch) in Missoula,
Montana, as a boys and girls camp during the summer. The ranch was later
renamed the Pattee Canyon Ranch. Robert Campbell Line died on October 18,
1982.
Ruth Marie Line graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1921. She
worked in St. Paul, Minnesota and by 1930 she was the educational director of
H.C. Capwell Company in Oakland, California. She married and had three
children.
Louise Chapman Line, born in 1891, grew up in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,
the daughter of Frederick Leslie and Louise Lovett Sewell Chapman. Her father
was a publisher of agriculture related materials in Chicago and he also owned a
ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana. Her five siblings were Edward Sewall,
Frederick, Margaret, Helen, and Jack Chapman. Louise Chapman Line attended
Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, from 1910 to 1911 and Mount Holyoke
College in South Hadley, Massachusetts from 1912 to1914 earning a B.A. in
English. In 1915 she earned an M.A. in English at the University of Wisconsin
in Madison, Wisconsin. She taught at Centralia High School in Centralia,
Illinois from 1915 to 1916, and at New Trier Township High School in
Kenilworth, Illinois from 1916 to 1918. After she moved to Missoula, Montana
with her husband, Robert Line, Louise Line was active in the University Church
Women, the local Cosmos Club, a theosophical study group, the Nonpartisan
League, theatrical presentations, the peace movement, and initiated the
development of some park systems in Missoula.
The Line Family papers primarily consist of rich family
correspondence, business correspondence, business records, school papers and
memorabilia, photographs and moving image film. The correspondence includes
letters to and from parents and children, and various other relatives as well
as friends. The papers document two generations of this prominent family’s life
and businesses in Columbus, Missoula and other Montana towns as well as the
second generation’s college years at The University of Montana, Mount Holyoke,
and Harvard, and their early careers outside of Montana. The collection also
includes Robert Line’s business correspondence and scattered correspondence
from his years as Dean of the School of Business at the State University of
Montana. The business records are for Montana business ventures including the
Columbus Drug Store, the Reed Point Trading Company, the Lake Basin Trading
Company, the Eagle Point Trading Company, the Line Drug Company, and the Robert
C. Line Ranch (also known as the Fellfoot Ranch), with the bulk dating from
1912 to 1943.
The Line Family papers is divided into five series:
Series I: Family Papers, 27 linear feet, 1878-1971
Subseries 1: Lemuel M. Line Papers, 3.2 linear feet, (1881-1918)
Subseries 2: Mary C. Line Papers, 4.8 linear feet (1878-1932)
Subseries 3: Robert C. Line Papers, 7.5 linear feet, (1895-1950)
Subseries 4: Ruth Line Papers, 1.1 linear feet, (1907-1949)
Subseries 5: Louise Chapman Line Papers, 9.4 linear feet, (1898-1971)
Series II: Robert C. Line Professional Papers, 2.5 linear feet,
1908-1965
Series III: Business Records, 6 linear feet, 1898-1958
Subseries 1: Company Business Records, 5.3 linear feet,1898-1958
Subseries 2: Personal Business Records, 0.7 linear feet, 1906-1944
Series IV: Photographs, 0.5 linear feet, 1895-1970
Series V: Film, two 16mm film reels, circa 1930s
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The
University of Montana--Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes. Non-exclusive copyright transferred to The
University of Montana.
[Name of document or photograph number], Line Family Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of
Montana-Missoula.
The collection was held by the Line Family until donation to the
Archives in 2004.
Acquired from Robert C. Line, Jr., 2004
Processor further organized family letters by sender and chronology.
Existing file labels for Robert C. Line’s business and academic files were
maintained but new labels were created for unlabelled folders.
In 2021, the 16mm motion picture films were cleaned, cored, and rehoused for preservation purposes.
Related materials held in K.Ross Toole Archives include oral history
interview number OH 395 of Robert C. Line, Jr. and his wife Ann M. Line.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Chapman,
Frederick Leslie, d. 1925
Chapman,
Frederick Leslie, 1893-1988
Chapman,
Louise Lovett Sewell, 1871-1947
Line,
Lemuel McClellan, 1861-1917
Line,
Louise, 1892-1985
Line, Mary
Alice Campbell, 1862-1930
Line,
Robert C. (Robert Campbell), 1891-1982
Line, Ruth
Marie, b. 1899
Harvard
University--Graduate students
Mount
Holyoke College--Faculty
Northern
Pacific Railway Company--Employees
State
University of Montana (Missoula). School of Business Administration
University
of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) Students
Columbus
Drug Store (Columbus, Mont.)
Eagle
Point Trading Company
Lake Basin
Trading Company
Line Drug
Company
Reed Point
Trading Company
Columbus
(Mont.)
Missoula
(Mont.)
Reedpoint
(Mont.)
Robert C.
Line Ranch (Mont.)
Business
enterprises--Montana--Records and correspondence
Camps--Montana--Missoula
Drugstores--Montana--Columbus--Records and
correspondence
Ranches--Montana--Missoula
Photographs
Montana
Missoula
Home
and Family
Medicine and Health
Businessmen--Montana
College students--Montana--Missoula
College teachers--Massachusetts--South Hadley
Dean (Education)--Montana--Missoula
Graduate students--Massachusetts--Cambridge
Physicians--Montana--Columbus
Series I
Family Papers
1878-1971
27 linear feet
Series I: Family Papers (1878-1971) makes up the majority of the
collection. The family correspondence includes letters to and from parents and
children, and various other relatives as well as friends. There are especially
rich exchanges between parents and their children away at college and in the
early years of their career as well as the correspondence between two courting
couples. Outgoing letters included in the papers of one family member are often
complemented by responses in the papers of another. Family members also
included letters they had received with correspondence to one another as a
means of passing along family news. The sender sometimes noted the inclusion
but more often did not. At some point after his marriage to Louise, Robert C.
Line began to type letters with carbon copies to send out to various family
members resulting in occasional duplicate copies of the same letter in this
collection. Outgoing and incoming correspondence is arranged chronologically
and alphabetically. This series is divided into five subseries.
Subseries 1
Lemuel M. Line Papers
1881-1918
3.2 linear feet
Subseries 1: Lemuel M. Line Papers(1881-1918) primarily contains
correspondence to his wife from their courtship days and through his absences
from home and to his son. Some records from his medical career and memorabilia
are also included.
1/1
Outgoing to Mary C. Line
June 1890
1/2
Outgoing to Mary C. Line
July – August,1890
1/3
Outgoing to Mary C. Line
1891-1895
1/4
Outgoing to Mary C. Line
1896-1913
1/5
Outgoing to Mary C. Line
1915-1916
1/6
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
1896
2/1
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
1906
2/2
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-May,1907
2/3
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line,
September-December, 1907
2/4
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-May, 1908
2/5
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1908
2/6
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-March, 1909
3/1
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
April-June, 1909
3/2
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1909
3/3
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-March, 1910
3/4
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
April-May, 1910
3/5
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1910
3/6
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-March, 1911
3/7
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
April-June, 1911
4/1
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
October-December, 1911
4/2
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-March, 1912
4/3
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
April-June, 1912
4/4
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1912
4/5
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-March, 1913
4/6
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
April-May, 1913
4/7
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1913
5/1
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January-March, 1914
5/2
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
April-July, 1914
5/3
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
September-October, 1914
5/4
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
November-December, 1914
5/5
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
January- March, 1915
5/6
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
April-June,1915
6/1
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
July 1915
6/2
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
August 1915
6/3
Outgoing to his son, Robert C. Line
1916
6/4
Miscellaneous incoming correspondence
1881-1906
6/5
Miscellaneous incoming correspondence
1907-1911
6/6
Miscellaneous incoming correspondence
1912-1918
7/1
Miscellaneous postcards received by Lemuel M. Line’s
parents and by his uncle’s family
1907-1914
7/2
Confirmation certificate
1882
7/3
Miscellaneous papers regarding Lemuel M. Line’s
medical education and career
1881-1886
7/4
Line Brothers’ Poison Register
1895
7/5
Lemuel M. Line’s Northern Pacific Railway
passes
1899-1913
7/6
"Climotherapeutics in Montana," in Western Ideas by
Lemuel M. Line, M.D.
1902
7/7
Miscellaneous writing
undated
7/8
Clippings
1913-1915
7/9
Line family history
undated
7/10
Ephemera
undated
7/11
Obituary
1917
7/12
Final Settlement of Estate
1923
Subseries 2
Mary C. Line Papers
1878-1932
4.8 linear feet
Subseries 2: Mary Campbell Line Papers (1878-1932) primarily
contains correspondence to her husband, son, parents and sisters.
7/13
Outgoing to her husband, Lemuel M. Line
1895-1897
7/14
Outgoing to her husband, Lemuel M. Line
1901-1908
8/1
Outgoing to her husband, Lemuel M. Line
1910-1916
8/2
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
1906
8/3
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-May, 1907
8/4
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1907
8/5
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-June, 1908
9/1
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1908
9/2
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-June, 1909
9/3
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
September-December,1909
9/4
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-June, 1910
9/5
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1910
9/6
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line.
January-June, 1911
9/7
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1911
10/1
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-June, 1912
10/2
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
August-December, 1912
10/3
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-May, 1913
10/4
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
September-December, 1913
10/5
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-May, 1914
11/1
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
June-December, 1914
11/2
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
January-April, 1915
11/3
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
May-September, 1915
11/4
Outgoing to her son, Robert C. Line
1918-1926
11/5
Outgoing to her daughter, Ruth Line
1916-1921
12/1
Incoming from her mother, Emma F. Campbell,
1881-1900
12/2
Incoming from her mother, Emma F. Campbell
1901-1907
12/3
Incoming from her mother, Emma F. Campbell
1908-1911
12/4
Incoming from her mother, Emma F. Campbell
1912-1919
12/5
Incoming from her father, Robert. H.
Campbell
1889-1907
13/1
Incoming from her sister, Sarah M.
Campbell
1881-1893
13/2
Incoming from her sister, Sarah M.
Campbell
1894-1896
13/3
Incoming from her sister, Sarah M.
Campbell
1905
13/4
Incoming from her sister, Sarah M.
Campbell
1906-1909
13/5
Incoming from her sister, Sarah M.
Campbell
1910-1911
14/1
Incoming from her sister, Sarah M.
Campbell
1912-1916
14/2
Incoming from her sister, Sarah M.
Campbell
1917-1923
14/3
Incoming from her sister, Emma B. Campbell
1883-1918
14/4
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1878-1882
14/5
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1883-1885
14/6
Reference letters for employment
1886-1888
14/7
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1888-1889
15/1
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1890-1897
15/2
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1901-1907
15/3
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1908-1910
15/4
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1911-1916
15/5
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence including
condolence letters
January-May, 1917
16/1
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
June-December, 1917
16/2
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1918-1923
16/3
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
undated
16/4
Incoming Christmas and other holiday
greetings
1910-1932
16/5
Teaching certificates
1880-1887
16/6
Wedding announcement
1890
16/7
Memorabilia
1882-1890
16/8
Montana Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
1915-1917
16/9
Bankbooks
1917
16/10
Obituary
1930
Subseries 3
Robert C. Line Papers
1895-1950
7.5 linear feet
Subseries 3: Robert Campbell Line Papers, (1895-1950) primarily
contains correspondence to his parents, sister, wife, and incoming
correspondence from friends and relatives. Some high school and college papers
and ephemera are also included.
17/1
Outgoing to his mother, Mary C. Line
1907-1916
17/2
Outgoing to his mother, Mary C. Line
1918
17/3
Outgoing to his mother, Mary C. Line
1919-1923
17/4
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
1901-1903
17/5
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
1906
17/6
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-April, 1907
18/1
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
May-October,1907
18/2
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
November-December, 1907
18/3
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-March, 1908
18/4
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
April-September, 1908
18/5
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
October-December, 1908
18/6
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-March, 1909
19/1
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
April-September, 1909
19/2
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
October-December, 1909
19/3
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-June, 1910
19/4
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
July-October, 1910
19/5
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
November-December, 1910
20/1
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-February, 1911
20/2
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
March 1911
20/3
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
April-May, 1911
20/4
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
May-September, 1911
20/5
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
October-November, 1911
21/1
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
December 1911
21/2
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-February, 1912
21/3
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
March-April, 1912
21/4
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
May-June, 1912
21/5
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
August-October, 1912
21/6
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
November-December, 1912
22/1
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-February, 1913
22/2
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
March-April, 1913
22/3
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
May-September, 1913
22/4
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
October 1913
22/5
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
November-December, 1913
23/1
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-February, 1914
23/2
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
March-April, 1914
23/3
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
May-June, 1914
23/4
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
July-September, 1914
23/5
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
October-December, 1914
24/1
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
January-February, 1915
24/2
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
March-May, 1915
24/3
Outgoing to his father, Lemuel M. Line, and
family
June-September, 1915
24/4
Outgoing to his sister, Ruth Line
1906-1909
25/1
Outgoing to his sister, Ruth Line
1910-1911
25/2
Outgoing to his sister, Ruth Line
1912
25/3
Outgoing to his sister, Ruth Line
1913-1919
25/4
Outgoing to his sister, Ruth Line
1920-1943
25/5
Outgoing to his wife-to-be, Louise Chapman
(Line)
1914-1917
26/1
Outgoing to his wife-to-be, Louise Chapman (Line)
January-March, 1918
26/2
Outgoing to his wife-to-be, Louise Chapman (Line)
April 1918
26/3
Outgoing to his wife-to-be, Louise Chapman (Line)
May 1918
26/4
Outgoing to his wife-to-be, Louise Chapman (Line)
June 1918
26/5
Outgoing to his wife-to-be, Louise Chapman (Line)
July 1918
27/1
Outgoing to his wife-to-be, Louise Chapman (Line)
August 1918
27/2
Outgoing to his wife, Louise Chapman Line
March-April,1919
27/3
Outgoing to his wife, Louise Chapman Line
August 1919
27/4
Outgoing to his wife, Louise Chapman Line
October 1919
27/5
Outgoing to his wife, Louise Chapman Line
January-June, 1920
27/6
Outgoing to his wife, Louise Chapman Line, and
family
1922-1941
27/7
Outgoing to his wife, Louise Chapman Line, and family
while in Europe for Army Education Program
1945-1946
27/8
Outgoing to his wife, Louise Chapman Line
undated
27/9
Outgoing to his father-in-law, Frederick L.
Chapman
1918
27/10
Outgoing to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
1918-1925
28/1
Incoming correspondence from Bert
1918
28/2
Incoming correspondence from Esther Birely
1910-1912
28/3
Incoming correspondence from his grandmother, Emma F.
Campbell
1900
28/4
Incoming correspondence from his grandfather, Robert
H. Campbell
1895
28/5
Incoming correspondence from his aunt, Sarah M.
Campbell
1904-1923
28/6
Incoming correspondence from his cousin, Marguerite
Hodge
1910-1918
28/7
Incoming correspondence from Elaine Jones
1912-1913
28/8
Incoming correspondence from Elaine Jones
1914
29/1
Incoming correspondence from his cousin, Alpha
Line
1912-1914
29/2
Incoming correspondence from his uncle, C.C.
Line
1907-1915
29/3
Incoming correspondence from his grandmother, Margaret
M. Line
1900-1907
29/4
Incoming correspondence from his uncle, Dr. T.H.
Line
1910
29/5
Incoming correspondence from Harriet
Newhall
1917-1918
29/6
Incoming correspondence from Helen
Robertson
1911-1912
29/7
Incoming correspondence from Katherine
Sartella
1912-1918
29/8
Incoming correspondence from J.B. Speer
1907-1913
29/9
Incoming college application
correspondence
1909-1910
29/10
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1903-1909
30/1
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1910
30/2
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1911
30/3
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1912-1915
30/4
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1916-1925
30/5
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1946
31/1
High school papers
circa 1903
31/2
High school ephemera
1906
31/3
College class papers
1908
31/4
College class papers
1909
31/5
College class papers
1910
31/6
Drama class notes
1910
31/7
Miscellaneous from Harvard
circa 1912
31/8
Miscellaneous from German travels
1914
31/9
Mount Holyoke College ephemera
1912-1915
31/10
University ephemera
1908-1916
32/1
Line family reminiscences including "A Doctor Comes to
Town,"
circa 1950
Subseries 4
Ruth Line Papers
1907-1949
1.1 linear feet
4: Ruth Line Papers, (1907-1949) primarily consists of
correspondence to her parents and her brother.
32/2
Outgoing to her mother, Mary Campbell Line
1912-1917
32/3
Outgoing to her mother, Mary Campbell Line
1918-1919
32/4
Outgoing to her mother, Mary Campbell Line
1920-1922
32/5
Outgoing to her mother, Mary Campbell Line
1923-1926
33/1
Outgoing to her brother, Robert C. Line
1906-1911
33/2
Outgoing to her brother, Robert C. Line
1912-1949
33/3
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1907-1919
33/4
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1920
33/5
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1921-1922
34/1
Clippings
1914
34/2
Mount Holyoke College and other
memorabilia
1917-1921
34/3
Two plays by Ruth Line
circa 1921
Subseries 5
Louise Chapman Line
Papers
1898-1971
9.4 linear feet
Subseries 5: Louise Chapman Line Papers, (1898-1971) primarily
contains correspondence to her parents and husband and incoming correspondence
from her parents, siblings, and friends. Also included is some memorabilia from
her college years and teaching career.
34/4
Outgoing to her family
September-October, 1910
34/5
Outgoing to her family
October 1910 – January 1911
34/6
Outgoing to her family
January-June, 1911
34/7
Outgoing to her family
September-November, 1911
35/1
Outgoing to her family
November-December, 1911
35/2
Outgoing to her family
January-March, 1912
35/3
Outgoing to her family
March-June, 1912
35/4
Outgoing to her family
September-December, 1912
35/5
Outgoing to her family
January-February, 1913
36/1
Outgoing to her family
March-April, 1913
36/2
Outgoing to her family
May-June, 1913
36/3
Outgoing to her family
July-August, 1913
36/4
Outgoing to her family
August-October, 1913
37/1
Outgoing to her family
October-November, 1913
37/2
Outgoing to her family
November-December, 1913
37/3
Outgoing to her family
January-February, 1913
37/4
Outgoing to her family
February-March, 1914
37/5
Outgoing to her family
April-May, 1914
38/1
Outgoing to her family
September-December, 1914
38/2
Outgoing to her family
January-March, 1915
38/3
Outgoing to her family
April-May, 1915
38/4
Outgoing to her family
September-November, 1915
38/5
Outgoing to her family
December 1915-February 1916
39/1
Outgoing to her family
March-June, 1916
39/2
Outgoing to her family
June-December, 1916
39/3
Outgoing to her family
1918
39/4
Outgoing to her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
1918-1921
39/5
Outgoing to her father, Frederick Leslie
Chapman
1922-1925
39/6
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
1914-1915
39/7
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
1916
39/8
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
1917
39/9
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
March 1918
40/1
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
April 1918
40/2
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
May 1918
40/3
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
June 1918
40/4
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
July 1918
40/5
Outgoing to Robert C. Line
August 1918
40/6
Outgoing to her husband, Robert C. Line
1919
40/7
Outgoing to her husband, Robert C. Line
1922-1942
41/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
1898-1908
41/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-October 1910
41/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
December 1910
41/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
January-February, 1911
41/5
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
March-June, 1911
42/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-November 1911
42/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
December 1911-January 1912
42/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
February-May, 1912
42/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-October, 1912
43/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
November-December, 1912
43/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
January-February, 1913
43/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
March 1913
43/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
April 1913
43/5
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
May-June, 1913
44/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
July 1913
44/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
August-September, 1913
44/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
October-November, 1913
44/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
December 1913-January 1914
44/5
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
March-April, 1914
45/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
May 1914
45/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-November, 1914
45/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
December 1914-January 1915
45/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
March-June, 1915
45/5
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-October, 1915
46/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
November-December, 1915
46/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
January-March, 1916
46/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
April-June, 1916
46/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-December, 1916
46/5
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
April-May, 1917
46/6
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
June 1917-January 1918
47/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
February-June, 1918
47/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-December,1918
47/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
January-March, 1919
47/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
April-June, 1919
47/5
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
July-August, 1919
48/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
September-October, 1919
48/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
October-December, 1919
48/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
January-April, 1920
48/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
May-November, 1920
48/5
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
January-June, 1921
48/6
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
July-October, 1921
49/1
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
January-October, 1922
49/2
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
1923-1924
49/3
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
1925
49/4
Incoming from her mother, Mrs. Louise
Chapman
1926-1927
50/1
Incoming from her father, Frederick Leslie
Chapman
1907-1911
50/2
Incoming from her father, Frederick Leslie
Chapman
1911
50/3
Incoming from her father, Frederick Leslie
Chapman
1913
50/4
Incoming from her father, Frederick Leslie
Chapman
1914
50/5
Incoming from her father, Frederick Leslie
Chapman
1915-1916
50/6
Incoming from her father, Frederick Leslie
Chapman
1919-1925
51/1
Incoming from her brother, Edmund L.
Chapman
1910-1918
51/2
Incoming from her brother, Frederick
Chapman
1904-1925
51/3
Incoming from her sister, Helen Chapman
1910-1918
51/4
Incoming from her brother, Jack Chapman
1919-1923
51/5
Incoming from her sister, Margaret Chapman
1910-1923
52/1
Incoming from Bert
1914-1918
52/2
Incoming from Nathaniel Dexter
1915-1918
52/3
Incoming from Ruth Dickinson
1909-1910
52/4
Incoming from Adelia Dodge
1912-1914
52/5
Incoming from Marion Drummer
1909-1918
52/6
Incoming from Laura Hibbard
1914-1915
52/7
Incoming from Sherman Kent
1911
52/8
Incoming from Mary Line
1918-1919
52/9
Incoming from Ruth Line
1918-1922
52/10
Incoming from Alfred McMillan
1916-1918
52/11
Incoming from Harriet Newhall
1914-1915
52/12
Incoming from Harriet Newhall
1916-1921
52/13
Incoming from Uncle Fred and Aunt Ida
1906-1908
53/1
Incoming letters of congratulations for her
engagement
1918
53/2
Incoming letters of congratulations for the birth of
baby
1919
53/3
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1907-1914
53/4
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1914-1916
53/5
Incoming miscellaneous correspondence
1917-1918
53/6
Correspondence and memorabilia regarding the birth of
David Line
1926
53/7
Incoming to Louise and Robert Line from their
children
1940-1971
54/1
Lake Geneva High School records
1900-1908
54/2
Mount Holyoke College memorabilia
1911-1919
54/3
Recital and other event programs from Mount Holyoke
College
1911-1919
54/4
Invitations and place cards
1912-1914
54/5
University of Wisconsin papers
1914-1915
54/6
Miscellaneous memorabilia
1911-1917
54/7
Teaching certificates
1916-1918
54/8
Centralia High School memorabilia
1915-1916
54/9
Women’s clubs
1912-1920
54/10
"The Company of the Unicorn" and other women’s rights
material
1912-1964
54/11
Genealogy
undated
54/12
Clipping
1918
54/13
Family Christmas letters
1935-1971
54/14
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary program
1968
Series II
Robert C. Line Professional
Papers
1908-1965
2.5 linear feet
Series II: Robert C. Line Professional Papers (1908-1965) consists
of business and academic correspondence on topics including the family chain of
stores in Montana in general but not focused on a specific store or vender, the
Line family estate, discussions with other professional retailers, interactions
with retail organizations, Line’s ongoing interest in education, a series of
short business courses he taught through the University of Kansas, and Line’s
progress in the 1920s in leaving retail to return to academia. These papers
hold only scattered correspondence from Line’s thirty years in the School of
Business Administration at the State University of Montana [now known as The
University of Montana -Missoula]. The papers do include some of his research,
completed articles, speeches, and clippings.
55/1
Miscellaneous correspondence
1908-1914
55/2
Merchant’s Association of New York,
Correspondence
1914-1915
55/3
Minimum Wage Commission, Correspondence
1914-1915
55/4
Miscellaneous correspondence
1915-1918
55/5
"Personal business,"
1919
55/6
Professional correspondence, "A"
1922
55/7
Professional correspondence, "B"
1920-1926
55/8
Professional correspondence, "C"
1920-1926
55/9
Professional correspondence, "D"
1920-1926
55/10
Professional correspondence, "E"
1920-1926
55/11
Professional correspondence, "F"
1920-1926
55/12
Professional correspondence, "G"
1920-1926
55/13
Professional correspondence, "H"
1920-1926
55/14
Professional correspondence, "K"
1920-1926
55/15
Professional correspondence, "L"
1920-1926
55/16
Professional correspondence, "M"
1920-1926
56/1
Professional correspondence, "N"
1920-1926
56/2
Professional correspondence, "O"
1920-1926
56/3
Professional correspondence, "P"
1920-1926
56/4
Professional correspondence, "R"
1920-1926
56/5
Professional correspondence, "S"
1920-1926
56/6
Professional correspondence, "V,W,X,Y,Z"
1920-1926
56/7
University of Manitoba
1920-1926
56/8
University employment, Correspondence
1923-1927
56/9
Finch Merchants Advertiser’s Club
circa 1925
56/10
Business correspondence
1925-1936
56/11
Merchants Association correspondence
1930-1931
56/12
Associated Merchants of Montana
1936-1940
56/13
Merchant’s Institute
1923-1955
56/14
Miscellaneous business correspondence
1929-1942
57/1
Family property management correspondence
1928-1933
57/2
Miscellaneous correspondence
1930-1939
57/3
Subsistence homesteads research and
correspondence
1934-1935
57/4
Dean Robert C. Line, personal miscellaneous
1943-1949
57/5
Government travel authorization and invoices
1943-1948
57/6
Professional correspondence as Dean of Business
School
1927-1957
57/7
Business clinic and seminar correspondence
1943
58/1
Line Import Company correspondence
1957-1960
58/2
"A Survey of Country Stores in Ten Minnesota Towns,"
Brochure by Robert C. Line and E.B. Moon
1919
58/3
"A Survey of Business Conditions in Typical Manitoba
Towns" Brochure by Robert C. Line and J. H. Curle
1919
58/4
Miscellaneous speeches and writings
1920-1922
58/5
Research and outlines for Great Depression
speech
1933
58/6
"Production Problems of Western Europe," Occasional
paper
1951
58/7
Lectures and speeches
1945-1965
58/8
Business-related articles by Robert C. Line
1921-1947
58/9
Student expense and budget survey
circa 1932
58/10
Miscellaneous writings
circa 1940
58/11
Twelfth Regional War Labor Board
1943-1944
58/12
Miscellaneous notes
undated
59/1
Conference programs
1919-1926
59/2
Service on the Montana State Board of
Education
1921-1927
59/3
Campaign for Montana legislature
1946
59/4
Personal estate planning
1942-1957
59/5
Travel expense journal
1950
59/6
Travel and purchases in Mexico
1957
59/7
Travel and purchases in Mexico
1959
59/8
Clippings
1913-1915
59/9
Clippings
1919-1936
59/10
Clipping scrapbook
1919-1920
59/11
Clipping scrapbook
1929
59/12
Clippings and miscellaneous
1966-1970
59/13
Class of 1910, 50th Reunion
1960
Series III
Business Records
1898-1943
8.0 linear feet
Series III: Business Records (1898-1958) consists of ledgers,
correspondence, and reports generated by the family businesses including
Columbus Drug Store in Columbus, Montana,Eagle Point Trading Company in
Montana, the Lake Basin Trading Company in Rapelje, Montana, the Line Drug
Company in Columbus, Montana, Line and Goan in Billings, Montana, the Reed
Point Trading Company in Reed Point, Montana, and the Robert C. Line Ranch
(also known as the Fellfoot Ranch) in Missoula, Montana. With a few exceptions
the records do not include the early years of businesses run by Lemuel M. Line.
Instead the records begin when he fell ill and his son, Robert C. Line, took
over management and purchased some new businesses. Scattered family and
personal expense records are also included. This series is divided into two
subseries. Subseries 1: Company Business Records (1898-1958) and Subseries 2:
Personal Business Records (1906-1944).
Subseries 1
Company Business
Records
1898-1958
OS 69/1
Lemuel M. Line, patient ledger
1898-1902
OS 69/2
Unidentified company daybook
1910
OS 69/3
Unidentified company daybook
1912
60/1
Columbus Drug
1917
60/2
Eagle Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1914-1919
60/3
Kyle and Mandeville
1913-1919
60/4
Lake Basin Trading Company
1916
60/5
Lake Basin Trading Company, Daily Report
January 1918-July 1919
60/6
Lake Basin Trading Company, Daily Report
September 1918
60/7
Lake Basin Trading Company, Daily Report
November-December 1918
60/8
Lake Basin Trading Company, General Ledger
1925
60/9
Lake Basin Trading Company, General Ledger
1926
60/10
Lake Basin Trading Company, Day Book
1927
60/11
Line Drug Company, Sales
1917
60/12
Line Drug Company, Ledger
1926
61/1
Line Drug Company, Ledger
1927
61/2
Line Drug Company, Inventory
January 1928
61/3
Line Drug Company, Inventory
June 1928
61/4
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1929
61/5
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1930
61/6
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1931
61/7
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1932
61/8
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1933
61/9
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1934
61/10
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1935
61/11
Line Drug Company, Inventory and Ledger
1936
61/11
Line Drug Company, Financial records
1936
61/12
Line Drug Company, Financial records
1937
61/13
Line Drug Company, Miscellaneous financial
1930s
61/14
Line and Goan, Ledger
1915
61/15
Line and Goan, Financial records
1917-1919
62/1
Park City Drug Correspondence
1937
62/2
Park City Drug, Financial Records
1936-1937
62/3
Park City Drug, Stillwater County Title
Abstract
1895
OS 70/1
Reed Point Trading Company, Journal
1917-1918
62/4
Reed Point Trading Company, General Ledger
1921
62/5
Reed Point Trading Company, General Ledger
1923
62/6
Reed Point Trading Company, General Ledger
1924
62/7
Reed Point Trading Company, General Ledger
1925
62/8
Reed Point Trading Company, General Ledger
1927
62/9
Reed Point Trading Company, General Ledger
1928
62/10
Reed Point Trading Company, Ledger
1929
62/11
Reed Point Trading Company, Accounts Receivable
Ledger
1919-1920
62/12
Reed Point Trading Company, Accounts Receivable
Ledger
1925-1927
63/1
Reed Point Trading Company, Accounts Payable
Ledger
1912-1915
63/2
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1912-1915
63/3
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1916-1917
63/4
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1918-1919
63/5
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1920-1921
63/6
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1922-1925
63/7
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1926-1927
63/8
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1928
63/9
Reed Point Trading Company, Financial
records
1929-1930
OS 70/2
Robert C. Line Company, Journal
1916-1918
63/10
Robert C. Line Company, Financial records
1917-1918
63/11
Robert C. Line Company, Financial records
1919
63/12
Robert C. Line Company, Financial records
1920-1921
63/13
Robert C. Line Company, Financial records
1922-1937
63/14
Robert C. Line Company, Ledger
1922-1928
64/1
Robert C. Line Ranch, Account books
1922-1926
64/2
Robert C. Line Ranch, Account books
1927-1929
64/3
Robert C. Line Ranch, Account books
1930-1932
64/4
Robert C. Line Ranch, Expense Ledger
1938-1940
64/5
Robert C. Line Ranch, Expense, Ledger
1940-1941
64/6
Robert C. Line Ranch, Journal and Ledger
1939-1943
64/7
Robert C. Line Ranch,, Account book
1942
65/1
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence regarding
purchase of Shanks Ranch
1923
65/2
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1926-1928
65/3
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1929
65/4
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1930
65/5
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1931
65/6
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1932
65/7
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1933
65/8
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1934
65/9
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1935
65/10
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1936
65/11
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1937
65/12
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1938
65/13
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1939
65/14
Robert C. Line Ranch, correspondence
1940-1958
66/1
All companies, insurance ledger
1920-1929
66/2
Correspondence between Robert C. Line and his business
manager, William (Bill) Boston
1934-1949
66/3
All Accounts, ledger
1938
66/4
All Accounts, ledger
1939
66/5
All Accounts, ledger
1940
66/6
All Accounts, ledger
1941
66/7
All Accounts, ledger
1942-1944
Subseries 2
Personal Business
Records
1906-1944
66/8
Line family expenses
1927-1928
66/9
Line family expenses
1929-1931
66/10
Line Family expenses
1932-1934
66/11
Household expenses
1938-1939
67/1
Robert C. Line, personal expenses
1906-1915
67/2
Robert C. Line, personal check register
1927
67/3
Robert C. Line, personal check register
1930-1934
67/4
Untitled ledger
1919
Series IV
Photographs
1895-1970
0.5 linear feet
Series IV: Photographs (1895-1970) consists of photos of Robert C.
Line, Columbus, Montana and surrounding area, the Line Family ranch, and
postcards.
68/1
Robert Line
1895-1970
68/2
Robert Line, group photos at professional
gatherings
circa 1940s
68/3
Football team and spectators at the University of
Montana
circa. 1910
68/4
Columbus, Montana
circa 1910
68/5
Houses and other unidentified buildings, Columbus,
Montana
circa 1910
68/6
Haying near Columbus, Montana
circa 1910
68/7
Countryside around Columbus, Montana
circa 1910
68/8
Line Family ranch
circa 1945
68/9
Missoula photograph
undated
68/10
Unidentified children
undated
68/11
Unidentified group photos
undated
68/12
Miscellaneous unidentified photos
undated
68/13
Postcards printed and marketed by Robert C.
Line
undated
68/14
Montana postcard
undated
68/15
Butte postcards
undated
Series V
Moving Image Material
circa
1930s
2 16mm films
Series V: Film consists of two 16mm reels of film.
The first reel includes shots of State University of Montana [now known as The
University of Montana-Missoula] campus, students, faculty, a football game, a
live bear mascot, and the marching band. The shorter second reel includes shots
of a review of troops on campus and a football scrimmage.
Copies made from the
original 16mm reels include 16mm dubs, Digital Betacam of Reel 1, and DVDs of
both reels.
643.V.1
University of Montana
Campus
circa 1931
Various shots of university campus, faculty, students, football
game, grizzly bear mascot, and the marching band
16 mm
Black and White, 400 ft, No Sound
Digital Copy Available
643.V.2
Troop review and football
scrimmage
circa 1930s
Various shots of university campus, faculty, students, football
game, grizzly bear mascot, and the marching band
16 mm
Black and White, 100 ft, No Sound
Digital Copy Available