Collection consists of Bovey family correspondence, a diary, financial records legal documents, subject files, and several subgroups.

Correspondence includes incoming correspondence (1909-1978) arranged chronologically by the earliest letter in each folder; outgoing correspondence (1909-1927, undated) to various family members; and miscellaneous correspondence (1882-1964) of various Bovey family members.

There is a diary (1935); miscellaneous financial records, including journals and ledgers (1942-1975) covering both Bovey's personal finances and records of his Sunnyside Ranch; and legal documents, including an agreement with an architect for construction of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) building in Great Falls, an oil and gas lease, and the Charles C. Bovey Trust.

A major portion of the collection consists of subject files. There are two major subdivisions of these files. One consists of files kept by Bovey during his service in the state legislature (1945-1965), including caricatures by the artist James M. Haughey. The second subdivision consists of materials Bovey collected concerning railroads. For the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway ("Milwaukee Road") there are a variety of reports from the Grass Range, Salem, and Tiegan stations. for the Great Northern Railway there are locomotive diagrams, and work equipment diagrams. For the Northern Pacific Railway there are track profiles from Livingston to Paradise on the main line, plus profiles for the Bitterroot Branch, the Butte Branch, the Camp Creek Branch, the Flathead Valley Branch, the Park Branch, the Red Bluff Branch, and the Sunset Branch in Idaho. There are also reports on recommended repairs to bridges and buildings. For the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway there are blueprints of buildings, equipment, etc. [These last were in a fire and are in extremely fragile condition--RESTRICTED]. Among miscellaneous items are typescript copies of minutes (1883-1895) of the Choteau Fire Company; and a proposal to build a tourist railway along Belt Creek from Riceville to Logging Creek through what later became Sluice Boxes State Park.

The Charles A. Bovey Estate subgroup includes correspondence, financial records, and miscellany. The Alder Gulch Short Line Railway subgroup includes correspondence (1962-1976), and miscellany, including a timetable, layout of a sleeping car, and work logs (1960-1963). The Bovey Restorations Inc. subgroup includes correspondence (1969-1978), financial records, and a visitor register. The Historic Landmark Society of Montana0 subgroup includes correspondence (1944-1947); financial records; organizational records, including articles of incorporation, bylaws, membership lists, etc.; a subject file on the Montana Bicentennial Administration contract; and miscellany. The Virginia City Players\b0 subgroup contains correspondence (1954-1966) and miscellany. The \b Virginia City Trading Company\b0 subgroup consists of financial records, including a daybook, journals (1947-1948), ledgers (1948-1953) and payroll records (1949-1950).