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Collection 532, MtBC, us
Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek Family
Papers
1894-1939
.2 linear feet
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.
Collection materials are in English
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.
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.
This collection is open for research.
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.
This collection was processed 2009 May 4
Abbott, E. C. (Edward Charles),
1860-1939
Abbott, Mary Stuart, d.
1967
Matejcek, Mary
Abbott
Reynolds, Cook
Stuart, Granville,
1834-1918
Abbott family
Matejcek family
Stuart family
Abbott family
Matejcek family
Stuart family
Overland School (Fergus County,
Mont.)-Photographs
Lewistown (Mont.)
Bars (Drinking
establishments)-Montana-Roundup-Photographs
Farm life-Montana-Fergus
County-Photographs
Ranches-Montana-Fergus
County-Photographs
Schools-Montana-Fergus
County-Photographs
Family papers-Montana-Fergus County
Photographs-Montana
Business records-Montana
Ranching
Retail
Trade
Montana
Photographs
1/1
Clippings and business papers about Mary Abbott
Stuart
1900-1939
1/2
Letters, hunting licenses, vehicle registration of E.C.
Abbott
1908-1909
1/3
Business papers, E.C. and Mary Abbott
1890-1937
1/4
Copies of correspondence between Granville Stuart and
James Fergus sent to E.C. Abbott by Oscar O. Mueller; songs written by E.C. Abbott;
diary of E.C. Abbott
1899
1/5
Abbott/Stuart photographs, #1-8
#1
E.C. Abbott
April 15, 1887
#2
E.C. Abbott
August 23, 1930
#3
Mary Stuart Abbott
circa 1960
#4
Mary Stuart Abbott
circa 1960
#5
Mary Stuart Abbott
April 11, 1965
#6
Abbott family
1902
#7
E.C. and Mary Stuart Abbott
circa 1910
#8
Katie Abbott
1/6
Abbott/Stuart photographs, #9-14
#9
Bob Stuart
undated
#10
Harry Stuart
undated
#11
Irene Stuart
undated
#12
Abbott ranch
undated
#13
Turkey flock, Abbott ranch
undated
#14
Overland School (Fergus County?)
undated
1/7
Matejcek photographs, #15-22
#15
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matejcek
July 5, 1920
#16
Matejcek saloon, Roundup, Montana
circa 1913
#17
Matejcek ranch, Fergus County
#18
Albert Hruska on horse-drawn plow
circa 1910
#19
Load of bundles at threshing time
circa 1910
#20
Plowing
circa 1910
#21
Frank Matejcek plowing at Coffee Creek
circa 1913
#22
Frank Matejcek and hay crew at Coffee
Creek
circa 1913
1/8
Matejcek photographs, #23-27
#23-27
Frank Matejcek disking on Piper Ranch
circa 1922
1/9
Negatives for images #1, 2, and 15-27