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Elizabeth E. Busick O'Neil Reminiscence and Photographs, 1907-1939

Overview of the Collection

Creator
O'Neil, Elizabeth E., 1859-1909
Title
Elizabeth E. Busick O'Neil Reminiscence and Photographs
Dates
1907-1939
Quantity
1 folder
Collection Number
Collection 0170, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
This Elizabeth E Busick O'Neil Reminiscence and Photographs consists of one typewritten transcription of an original reminiscence composed by O'Neil shortly before her death in 1907. The document describes her wagon journey from Omaha, Nebraska, to Virginia City, Montana Territory, in 1863, and her experiences in Virginia City and Diamond City from 1864 to 1877. The collection also includes twelve copy photographs of the O'Neil family, the family burial plot at Diamond City, and Diamond City as it appeared in 1924.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Biographical Note

Elizabeth Busick was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 27, 1859. She traveled to Virginia City, Montana Territory, with her widowed mother Mary Ann Moorehead Busick and sister Emma in 1863. The family later moved to Diamond City where Elizabeth Busick married John W. O'Neil in Helena in 1877, and they settled on a farm near East Helena. Mrs. O'Neil died in 1909.

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Content Description

This collection consists of one typewritten transcription of an original reminiscence apparently composed by O'Neil shortly before her death in 1907. The document describes her wagon journey from Omaha, Nebraska, to Virginia City, Montana Territory, in 1863, and her experiences in Virginia City and Diamond City from 1864 to 1877. O'Neil describes several incidents which occurred during the journey, including encounters with Indians. The collection also includes twelve copy photographs of the O'Neil family, the family burial plot at Diamond City, and Diamond City as it appeared in 1924. Captions for all photographs were provided by the donor.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

A typed transcript of an original reminiscence by Elizabeth E. O'Neil and twelve copy photographs were donated to Special Collections on August 28, 1964 by LaVerne O'Neil of Seattle, Washington. The present location of the original is unknown, but additional typed transcriptions of the document were donated to the Montana Historical Society in 1956 and assigned collection number SC 94.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 August 27

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Frontier and pioneer life-Montana-Diamond City
  • Frontier and pioneer life-Montana-Virginia City
  • Indians of North America
  • Overland journeys to Montana-Personal narratives
  • Women pioneers-Montana

Personal Names

  • O'Neil, Elizabeth E.,-1859-1909

Family Names

  • O'Neill family-Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Diamond City (Mont.)-History
  • Diamond City (Mont.)-Photographs
  • Omaha (Neb.)
  • Virginia City (Mont.)-History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs-Montana-Diamond City
  • Reminiscences-Montana

Kim Allen Scott, 2009
September 15, 2015

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