Photocopied and original papers created or collected by James Fergus or his son, Andrew, which had been in the possession of Cilfton B. Worthen. In 1969, Worthen's widow, Gladys, turned these materials over to Merrill G. Burlingame for transfer to the Montana Historical Society. Burlingame photocopied the majority of these pieces prior to depositing them with the MHS in Helena. Correspondents include: Granville Stuart, Cornelius Hedges, Wilbur F. Sanders, Patrick Dunlany, Phillip Shoule, S.C. Gilpatrick, D.A. Meagher, A.L. Randall, Theodore Lindsay, J.L Perkins, William Cantrell, S.M. Emery, S. Spain, B.P. Carpenter, J.E. Richards, William Fly, and W.H. Watson. Topics include: Montana politics and elections, ranching, the vigilante movement of 1884, the Society of Montana Pioneers, the winter of 1887 and its effect on ranching, the DHS Ranch, the history of central Montana and the Judith Basin, and relations with Montana Indians. The papers were calendared in at least four different accessions, and those descriptions have been transferred to the inventory below. An asterisk indicates the letter or document described is an original, documents transcribed by Merrill Burlingame have been so identified, and all materials have been chronologically arranged. Unless otherwise indicated, the calendared item is a letter.