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Grace Vance Erickson papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-286
Abstract
Grace Vance Erickson was a Helena, Montana, area, amateur historian and the wife of Governor John Edward Erickson. This collection consists of biographical information; general correspondence, including personal letters from J. E. Erickson; miscellaneous correspondence; diaries; press releases; speeches; subject files containing notes on her historic research; miscellany, including an autograph book, a guestbook, and scrapbooks including one on the Community Council of Kalispell and the...
Dates:
1863-1958
John E. Erickson papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-149
Abstract
John E. Erickson was the Governor of Montana from 1924 until 1933, and a U.S. Senator from 1933 to 1934. Collection (1883-1958) consists of correspondence, speeches, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous mementos. Topics discussed include various campaigns and elections, the Democratic Party, Helena local history, the opening of Yellowstone National Park, the Custer Battlefield anniversary, Norwegian-Americans, and Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler. [Photographs and...
Dates:
1883-1958
Esther Ritschel Interview
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SC-2756
Content Description
Esther Ritschel Interview (1963). Interview conducted by Ula Pendleton, wife of Mrs. Ritschel’s grandson, John Pendleton. Discusses family journey from Washington Territory in 1886 in a covered wagon to ranch in the Big Hole Basin. Discusses harvesting hay, attending school, starting her own family, raising cattle.
Dates:
1963