Peter J. Meloy (1869-1953) was a Townsend, Montana, businessman and one of the founders of Broadwater County. Papers (1892-1927) include business and personal papers, including correspondence; records of his retail lumber business; files on the Grayson Creek Ranch and swine breeding; and a Broadwater County non-resident tax roll (1919).

John Shober (1832-1925) was a Helena, Montana, miner, attorney, and state legislator. Collection (1832-1952) includes descriptions of frontier social and mining conditions. Included are subgroups for Shober's nephew John H. Shober, Jr., manager of a ranch near Townsend; and of his niece Harriet Shober Nolan, wife of Cornelius B. Nolan.