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Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek Family Papers, 1894-1939

Overview of the Collection

Title
Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek Family Papers
Dates
1894-1939
Quantity
.2 linear feet
Collection Number
Collection 532, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Abbott-Stuart-Matejeck Family Papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922, which show big teams at work plowing and harvesting; an interior view of the Matejcek saloon in Roundup, Montana, circa 1913; a view of the Overland School taken around the turn of the century.
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

Edward C. (Teddy Blue) Abbott was born in England in 1860 and came to America where he learned the trade of the cowboy. He arrived in Montana in 1883 after helping drive a cattle herd from Texas. Teddy Blue eventually settled near Lewistown (Fergus County) Montana where he established his own ranch. He married in 1889 Mary Stuart, daughter of Montana pioneer Granville Stuart. The couple had nine children. One of their daughters, Mary Abbott, married Albert Matejcek and is the donor of this collection. Teddy Blue lived until 1939 and in that year published a book of his cattle driving days, We Pointed Them North; Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Mary Stuart Abbott died in 1967.

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Content Description

The papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of originals owned by Mrs. Matejcek which pertain to the Abbott, Stuart, and Matejcek families, including: portraits of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922, which show big teams at work plowing and harvesting; an interior view of the Matejcek saloon in Roundup, Montana, circa 1913; a view of the Overland School taken around the turn of the century.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Business records, personal papers, and photographs pertaining to the Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek families of Montana were loaned for copying by Mrs. Mary Matejcek of Lewistown, Montana, in the fall of 1967.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 4

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Bars (Drinking establishments)-Montana-Roundup-Photographs
  • Farm life-Montana-Fergus County-Photographs
  • Ranches-Montana-Fergus County-Photographs
  • Schools-Montana-Fergus County-Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Overland School (Fergus County, Mont.)-Photographs

Family Names

  • Abbott family
  • Matejcek family
  • Stuart family

Geographical Names

  • Lewistown (Mont.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business records-Montana
  • Family papers-Montana-Fergus County
  • Photographs-Montana

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Abbott, E. C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939 (creator)
    • Abbott, Mary Stuart, d. 1967 (creator)
    • Matejcek, Mary Abbott (creator)
    • Reynolds, Cook (creator)
    • Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918 (creator)

    Family Names

    • Abbott family (creator)
    • Matejcek family (creator)
    • Stuart family (creator)

Kim Allen Scott, 2009
March 22, 2016

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