Abstract This collection consists of two typewritten manuscripts (1968, undated) of Photographer on an Army Mule (also titled Shadow Catcher on an Army Mule), a biographical study of Christian Barthelmess. The manuscripts were written by Maurice Frink in collaboration with Casey E. Barthelmess Sr. Also included in the collection is a letter (1971) to Casey Barthelmess from Joseph Strittmatter re photographs (now housed in the Photograph Archives); a photocopy of a letter to Casey from May Billing re...

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Thomas H. Irvine (1845-1926) was sheriff of Custer and Ravalli counties and U.S. deputy marshal. Papers (1879-1926) include correspondence, personal diaries, lists of wanted criminals, court papers, and account books. There are also several reminiscences on "Big Nose George" Parrott, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Kansas Jayhawkers, and Irvine's journey across the plains (1864)

Content Description This small collection contains the materials collected by Arthur Kamhoot and his family. It concerns the Custer Freight Road, a now abandoned road constructed by the US Army in 1877 after the Battle of Little Bighorn. The road ran from Fort Keogh at Miles City to Fort Custer near Hardine, MT. This collection contains correspondence, a transcipt of a 1960 interview with Arthur Kamhoot, geological/topographical notes and maps, and photographs. Dates range from 1963 to 2008, with the bulk of...

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D.J. O'Malley (1867-1943) was a cowboy for the N Bar N Ranch, the Montana Cattle Company's 79 Ranch, and other cattle ranches around Montana. His papers consist primarily of cowboy poetry and other writings reflecting his experiences as a cowboy; a small amount of correspondence (1887-1939); and miscellany, including a few items concerning his father Dominick O'Malley's Civil War military career.

Content Description 83 black and white photographic prints with views of two women and two men traveling through Montana by train as well additional travel photos of the Northwest United States and parts of Canada. Photographs collected by Rosa "Belle" St. Martin (later Bowman) of Minneapolis, Minnesota and removed from an album prior to donation. Views include a summer journey by train through Montana by Belle and three companions, Frank Bowman, Otto, and Elair. Montana locations include Miles City, Gardiner,...

Abstract Dola Wilson owned the Range Rider Bar and Cafe in Miles City. This collection (undated, 1940s-1950s) consists of notes and biographical sketches concerning the local cowboys, or "Range Riders", which were collected and recorded for Wilson by his associate Charles Boucher. Dola arranged for Boucher, a local journalist to interview each of the "riders" and write biographical sketches of their lives. The riders would then go across the street to the L. A. Huffman photo studio (later Stephenson...