This collection consists of the papers of Barclay Craighead and is divided into three subgroups: Barclay Craighead personal papers; the Montana Democratic State Central Committee; and the Burton K. Wheeler for President Club of Montana. The Barclay Craighead Subgroup consists of two arrangements of general correspondence. The first (1924-1938) is arranged chronologically; the second (1932-1949) is arranged alphabetically as well as chronologically. Barclay Craighead's correspondence with Burton K. Wheeler's office (1932-1949) is in the second arrangement of correspondence. The correspondence with Wheeler's office includes letters to and from Burton K. Wheeler; Maude Wheeler Mitchell, Wheeler's sister and personal secretary; R. Bailey Stortz, clerk of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chaired by Wheeler; and others. Also included in the Burton K. Wheeler office correspondence are letters to and from Wheeler during the years Craighead served as a Wheeler secretary (1932-1933). Principal correspondents include Judge E.C. Carruth, Great Falls; Grover C. Cisel, Billings; James V. Bennett, Scobey; J. Burke Clements, Helena; C.H. McLeod, Missoula; William F. Casey, Warm Springs; Rev. Patrick Casey, Deer Lodge; Arthur F. Lamey, Havre; Walter L. Pope, Missoula; C.T. "Sully" Sullivan, Great Falls; E.B. Coolidge, Great Falls; James F. O'Connor, Livingston; B.R. Albin, Billings; Willard E. Fraser, Billings; Louis G. DeNayer, Billings; Leonard "Belgian" Daems, Bozeman; and Sam C. Wallin, Whitefish. Much of the correspondence pertains to political patronage. Also in the Barclay Craighead Subgroup are miscellaneous correspondence (1939-1949, undated); financial records (1937-1949); speeches (1938, undated); subject files (1941, 1946), reflecting, among other things, Craighead's involvement in the Sam C. Ford gubernatorial campaign, Craighead's application for a radio station license, and his association with the Great Falls Broadcasting Company; writings (c.1920, 1931); miscellany, including Burton K. Wheeler speeches and clippings. In the Montana Democratic State Central Committee Subgroup are General Correspondence (1936-1938), including letters pertaining to Craighead's efforts to defeat U.S. Representative Jerry O'Connell; financial records (1928, 1937); minutes (1934); news releases (1936); subject files (1934) concerning the general election; and miscellany. In the Wheeler for President Club of Montana Subgroup are general correspondence (1939-1940) arranged alphabetically and chronologically pertaining for the most part to the Club's attempts to raise support within Montana for Wheeler's candidacy; financial records (1939-1940); printed materials (1940); speeches (1940); miscellany; and clippings. Artifacts, maps, photographs, and printed materials have been transferred to the Museum, Library Map Collection, Photograph Archives, and Library respectively.