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Montana

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 716 Collections and/or Records:

United States War Production Board Helena District Office records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-239
Abstract The Helena, Montana, district office of the United States War Production Board was established in June 1942 to coordinate production of minerals and other materials for World War II. Records primarily consist of general office correspondence of district manager Oscar A. Baarson; Mining Division correspondence of mining technical advisor William M. Manning and subject files on mine operators in Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, and Wyoming; and general correspondence of salvage coordinator E. J....
Dates: 1941-1946

U.S. Work Projects Administration records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-77
Abstract

These records (1935-1943) of the U.S. Work Projects Administration (WPA) in Montana consist of administrative materials; historic record surveys of county, state, and federal agencies and local service and church organizations; and writers' project materials, including correspondence, research files, interviews with pioneers, and drafts of articles and books including Copper Camp, Land of Nakoda, and Montana Almanac, 1941.

Dates: 1935-1943

University Of Montana (System) records

 Collection
Identifier: RS-72
Abstract

These University of Montana System records (1915-1958) consist of general correspondence, subject files, budgetary materials, and scrapbooks from the Chancellor and the Executive Secretary offices.

Dates: 1915-1958

Esther Combes Vance papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-153
Abstract

Esther Vance was a pioneer woman airplane pilot. Collection (1904-1977) includes correspondence, diaries, and scrapbooks about her flying career; the Ninety Nine Club, an organization of women pilots; and the career of her husband Earl Vance, a civilian and military pilot.

Dates: 1904-1977

Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A.. Department of Montana records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-242
Abstract

These records (1956-1981) of the Montana Veterans of World War I and its women's auxiliary organization consist of minutes, correspondence, financial records, convention programs, subject files, membership lists, and general orders.

Dates: 1956-1985

Decius S. Wade family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-54
Abstract

Decius Wade was Montana Territorial Supreme Court Justice and former Andover, Ohio, attorney, judge, and legislator. Collection (1853-1905) includes a Wade family genealogy; correspondence with Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Charles W. Kellogg, and various family members, concerning his legal and family concerns; writings, and other materials. Also included are papers for five other family members: Bernice Galpin Wade, Charles H. Wade, Clare Wade Safford, Lucia Wade, and Marcia Wade.

Dates: 1853-1905

Robert Craig Wallace papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-221
Abstract Robert Wallace (1837-1928) was a Helena, Montana, grocery store owner, and partner in the Elkhorn Queen Mining Company. Collection consists primarily of records (1884-1892) of the Davis and Wallace and the R.C. Wallace Company grocery businesses, including ledgers, invoices, and inventories. There are also subgroups for the Dearborn Land and Livestock Company, Elkhorn Queen Mining Company and the W.C. Gillette Company, and for the personal papers of Robert Wallace and his partner James L....
Dates: 1872-1928

Walter C. Giebel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-189
Abstract Walter Giebel was a Montana mining investor and businessman. His papers (1937-1978) include incoming and outgoing correspondence dealing with mining and ore processing, patents, political and monetary policies for the state, and the history of Nelson, Wisconsin; financial records; legal documents; maps; production records for the Gulf Claim and the Star Mine of Neihart, the Hilger Ore Milling Company of Lewistown, and the Tamarack Mine near Sheridan; writings; clippings; and miscellany. Also...
Dates: 1937-1978

Warm Springs State Hospital records

 Collection
Identifier: RS-199
Abstract This collection is a subgroup (Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records, RS 495. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Montana State Hospital formerly operated under the Department of Institutions. In 1995, oversight of the Montana State Hospital was transferred...
Dates: 1877-1973

Warren Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-264
Abstract This collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and miscellany of the Warren family. Included are papers of Charles S. and Mittie Warren, Mary W. and John M. Murphey (the Warren's daughter and her husband), Katherine and Dudley Brown (the Murphey's daughter and her husband), James and Anna Brown (Dudley's parents), and James McCartin (Anna Brown's second husband). Also included in the collection is a guest register (1890-1936) of...
Dates: 1864-1982