The Dog Creek Press, located in Helena, Montana, began soliciting poetry, short fiction, essays, plays, translations, and graphic arts for publication in 1977. This collection (1977-1982) includes correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, organizational and miscellany.

Joseph Kinsey Howard (1906-1951) was a Great Falls, Montana, author, newspaperman, and historian. Papers consist of incoming correspondence (1908-1951); printed materials (1945-1950), writings (1913-1949); speeches (1945, 1949); miscellany (1883-1957) and clippings.