Abstract

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 13 black and white photographic prints with views of former Montana State Prison Warden Louis Boedecker as well as his collection of autographed portraits. Louis Boedecker was appointed by Montana Governor Frank Cooney to create and head the new Highway Patrol program in the 1930s. The collection includes: two views of Boedecker with other police and highway patrol chiefs in the Northwest; one view of Boedecker possibly campaigning in Butte, photo by C. Owen Smithers; and one photograph of...

Abstract

These records of the Montana Attorney General's Office consist of general correspondence (1905-1920); subject files (1900-1962); informal opinions (1897-1915); docket registers (1893-1963); docketed and undocketed case files (1902-1968); financial ledgers (1905-1969); and an abstract register (1921-1941). (RESTRICTION: Permission of State Archivist is required for use of folder 41 in Box 96)

Abstract

These records of the Montana Attorney General's Office consist of interoffice correspondence (1969-1978); general correspondence (1963-1966) arranged by correspondent and subject, including dockets and informal opinions; annual reports (1973-1977) of tax-exempt private foundations; speeches; and miscellany. (Reel-to-reel tapes transferred to Oral History)