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Richard Lockey (1845-1924) was a Helena, Montana, bakery store owner, insurance agent, and real estate investor. Papers (1862-1924) include personal papers; bakery business records (1876-1883); real estate and insurance business records (1880-1922); Idaho property records (1884-1908); and miscellaneous smaller subgroups.

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The Merchants National Bank of Helena, Montana, was originally established as L.H. Hershfield and Co. in Virginia City, Montana Territory, and for many years operated as L.H. Hershfield and Bro. It went into receivership in 1897. Records (1865-1903) consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and organizational materials. There are subgroups for the White Sulphur Springs Association and for the United Hebrew Benevolent Association.

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Records (circa 1880-1947) of Montana Power Company predecessor companies consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and minutes of many electric power, light, water, street railway, townsite, realty, and land companies around Western and Central Montana.

Abstract These records (1896-1972) of the State Board of Equalization consist of general correspondence (1915-1958), including opinions of the Attorney general; outgoing correspondence (1948-1949) of the Chairman of the Board; financial records (1896-1972), including assesments of railroads and records of apportionment of assesments of railroads; legal documents (1936), including a transcript of a hearing on beer licenses; minutes (1917-1968); press releases (1963) ; reports (1937); and speeches...

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The Montana Trust and Savings Bank was organized in Helena, Montana, in 1913, by Thomas A. Marlow. Records (1914-1931) include correspondence, financial records, and miscellany.

Abstract The Morris State Bank was located in Pony, Montana. Records (1899-1927) include correspondence concerning the Pony Electric Light Company, Elling and Morris, Morris and Flint, Citizen's Telephone Company, Montana Tonopah Mining Company, Hennepin Ore Company, and others; court papers; financial records; legal documents; subject files concerning the Citizens' Telephone Company, Elling and Morris, and the Indian Gold Mining Company; and miscellany. There are subgroups for Morris and Flint and...

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John T. Murphy (1842-1914) was a Helena, Montana, merchant, rancher, banker, and mine investor. Collection (1865-1935) includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents and other material of Murphy, the Murphy Estate, and various companies he founded, including the Powder River Land and Cattle Company, Montana Cattle Company (Seventy-Nine Ranch), and the Murphy-Maclay Hardware Company.

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William Muth was a Helena, Montana, merchant and real estate man. Papers (1886-1901) include financial records of several of Muth's real estate ventures, including Porter, Muth and Cox; the Helena Real Estate Company; and the Hotel Park Syndicate. There are also records of Muth's administration of the Benjamin C. Brooke Estate.

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Lewis Penwell (1869-1948) was a Helena, Montana, attorney, politician, and sheep rancher active in the Northwest Development League and the Western Governors' Special Tour of 1911. Papers (1883-1959) include correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous materials of Lewis Penwell, Clare Avery Penwell, Fred Penwell, Sam Garvin, and Eva Ash Garvin.

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Charles Power (1868-1953) was a Helena, Montana, attorney and businessman, and son of Thomas C. Power. Collection (bulk, 1870s-1950s) includes incoming correspondence (1881-1953), diaries (1929-1949), subject files, and miscellany. There are also subgroups for family members and for several businesses of Power's.