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Montana

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 713 Collections and/or Records:

Anaconda Copper Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-169
Abstract This collection consists of records (1876-1974) of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and contains correspondence, court papers, financial and production records, legal documents, organizational records, subject files, and other materials for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and many of its predecessor and subsidiary companies and departments. Among the major subgroups are General Office; Big Blackfoot Milling Company; Bitter Root Development Company; Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper...
Dates: 1876-1974

Armington Mercantile Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-277
Abstract

The Armington Mercantile Company was managed by John T. Athey from its opening in June 1890 until 1896. The store continued operating under different management for many years afterwards. The collection consists of incoming correspondence (1892, 1894-1895); letterpress books (1890-1895) of outgoing correspondence; financial records (1884-1898); and minor court and legal documents; Also included is a summary of Mr. Athey's Civil War service record from West Virginia.

Dates: 1884-1895

Oscar A. Baarson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-238
Abstract Oscar Baarson was assistant superintendent of the Anaconda Company's East Helena, Montana, plant; Helena City Engineer; district manager for the U.S. War Production Board during World War II, engineer for the State Examiners Office and Lewis and Clark County surveyor. This collection consists of Oscar Baarson's files (1925-1950) concerning his work with the Anaconda Company, the City of Helena, and the State Examiners Office; and a small group of personal papers relating to Baarson's family,...
Dates: 1916-1958

Tim and Betty Babcock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-269
Abstract Tim Babcock was governor of Montana from 1962 until 1969, an active member in the Republican Party up until his death in 2015, owner of Babcock Trucking Inc., co-owner of the Colonial Hotel, and a mining consultant. This collection consists of records (1961-1969) from Babcock's two terms including Vietnam condolence letters to Montana families, speeches, press releases, six large scrapbooks created by his staff with assistance from his wife, Betty, records of Babcock's administrative...
Dates: 1961-1995

Bach, Cory and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-137
Abstract

Bach, Cory and Company was a Marysville, Gloster and Empire, Montana Territory, mercantile business. These records consists of financial records from the Marysville store (1879-1887), the Empire store (1887-1888) and the Gloster store (1885-1888). Also included is an informal docket (1887-1888) of cases involving Bach, Cory and Co.

Dates: 1879-1888

Bank of Boulder records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-131
Abstract

The Bank of Boulder was incorporated on April 18, 1894, in Boulder, Montana and soon thereafter absorbed the First National Bank. These records (1890-1928) consist of letterpress and cash books, bills receivable registers, general ledgers, bank drafts registers, and a day book.

Dates: 1890-1928

Philip Richmond Barbour Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-95
Abstract Philip Barbour (1900-1955) was a Helena, Montana, mine operator and amateur historian. His papers include personal correspondence (1911-1944), legal documents (1923-1944), and other materials, including historical research files on Samuel T. Hauser, Bannack, Gold Creek, the Helena Mining and Reduction Company, typhoid fever in Butte, the Montana Club, etc. The collection contains subgroups for Barbour's father, Dr. George H. Barbour (1880-1943); his mother's family, the Raleigh's; and for...
Dates: 1862-1944

Barthelmess Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-266
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...
Dates: 1926-1971

Basin Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-311
Abstract

The Basin Mining Company was a Granite County, Montana, gold mining company, with head offices in St. Louis, Missouri. Records include interoffice correspondence (1903-1923), general correspondence (1903-1925), records of a court case (1907), minor financial records, organizational records (1906-1922), and miscellany.

Dates: 1903-1925

Basin Post Office records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-225
Abstract

Records of the Basin, Montana, post office include cash books (1902-1917); postmaster's account and record books (1900-1917); registers (1899-1916, 1923-1931) of money orders issued and received; register (1905-1919) of notices to publishers of removed and unknown addressees; registered mail receipts (1908-1922); and stamp impression books (1905-1910, 1917).

Dates: 1899-1931