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Montana

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 713 Collections and/or Records:

Ford Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-380
Abstract Sam (1882-1961) and Mary (1885-1982) Ford were governor and first lady of Montana from 1940-1948; other members of their family, also represented in the collection, were similarly active in Montana political life. The collection includes audio materials, audiovisual materials, correspondence, financial records, press releases, speeches, duplicates of state records, writings, and miscellany created or gathered by members of the combined Ford, Jackson, James, Leslie, and Christopher...
Dates: 1871-2003

William L. Ford and Carl August Linn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-193
Abstract

William Ford was a White Sulphur Springs, Montana, lawyer and Meagher County attorney. Carl Linn joined Ford's law office in 1912, and was elected Meagher County attorney the same year. Collection (1900-1920, 1948, undated) contains correspondence, subject files, and miscellany.

Dates: 1900-1920

Forestvale Cemetery Association records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-240
Abstract

The Forestvale Cemetery Association operates a cemetery in Helena, Montana. Records (1890-1988) of the Association and its predecessor, the Helena Cemetery Association, include correspondence, financial records, legal documents, burial registers, minutes, maps, a card file, and lot books.

Dates: 1890-1988

Forrest Anderson Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: OH-2314

Fort Assinniboine records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-46
Abstract Established by the United States Army in 1879, Fort Assinniboine served to secure the Canadian border, and enforce a policy of intimidation and containment of the Native American nations. Over its 32 years as a military post, many hundreds of soldiers garrisoned there, including African American companies from the 24th and 25th Infantries and the 10th Cavalry. Records (1879-1906) include incoming correspondence regarding the Riel Rebellion, Canadian Indians, and other topics regarding the...
Dates: 1879-1906

Fort Assinniboine volumes

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: AC -2022-44

Fort Keogh Post Commissary Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-15
Abstract

Fort Keogh was a military post near present-day Miles City, Montana. Records (1876-1893) consist of general and outgoing correspondence concerning supplies;subsistence stores ledger, inventories and invoices; abstracts of purchases and sales; ration certificates and returns; post orders for Fort Keogh, Fort Bliss, Fort Peck, Fort Buford, Fort Snelling, and Fort Meade; requisitions for supplies; and miscellaneous financial records, including purchases, accounts, funds, and payroll.

Dates: 1876-1893

Fortnightly Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-203
Abstract

The Fortnightly Club was founded by Mrs. Frances W. Wickes to study English literature. It was the first organization in Montana to function as a literary circle. The collection (1890-2015) consists of incoming correspondence, financial records, minutes, organizational records, miscellany, attendance records, outlines of study, programs, histories of the club, a developing scrapbook, and clippings.

Dates: 1890-2015

Herbert H.H. Fox papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-234
Abstract

Herbert Fox served as Bishop Coadjutor, and Bishop Suffragan of Montana for the Episcopal Church from the 1920s to the 1940s. Collection consists of diaries (1921-1942); writings, including Of Gumbo Mud and the Model-T: The Autobiography of a Prairie Bishop (draft and final copies), and various sermons; audio cassettes; and miscellany. [Transferred from Museum. Printed materials transferred to the library.]

Dates: 1906-1982

Fullerton (Neil) papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-76
Abstract

The Neil Fullerton Collection (1932-1968) consists primarily of research data collected by Neil Fullerton concerning the location of Saleesh House, the travels of early explorer David Thompson, the Nez Perce trek of 1877, Indian missions, the naming of local western Montana communities such as Thompson Falls, the early U.S. Forest Service, exploration and the fur trade in the Northwest, and northern Idaho.

Dates: 1932-1968