Abstract The papers of Walter Cooper, a prominent Bozeman pioneer, consist of correspondence (1901, 1913, 1924) including letters by Nancy Russell discussing illustrations for A Most Desperate Situation; a typescript of a diary (1881) kept by Cooper during the West Gallatin Pacific Exploring Expedition; financial records (1904-1911) regarding lead ore shipping; a speech (1907) given by Cooper to the Gallatin County Pioneer regarding W.W. Alderson); writings (1910) including handwritten and typescript...

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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.

Abstract Cornelius Hedges (1831-1907) was a pioneer, miner and attorney who lived in Helena, Montana. This collection consists primarily of diaries (1849-1857, 1863-1893, 1906-1907), covering his education at Yale College, his travel to Montana Territory in 1864 via the Bridger Cutoff trail, and his participation in the Washburn-Doane Expedition of 1870 to what became Yellowstone Park. There is also incoming correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and materials from other family...

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Wilbur Edgerton Sanders (1861-1935) was a mining engineer and son of Wilbur Fisk Sanders. Collection (1875-1896) includes incoming correspondence from his father, his brother James Upson Sanders, and others; and diaries, chronicling his education, youth, early mining career, trips to Yellowstone, and a visit to the Blackfeet Reservation in 1896.

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This collection consisits of photographs ranging from 1885 to 2015. The majority of the collection is photographs, at 512 of them. There are also 40 duplicate images, 13 oversize images, 4 albums (with a combined 857 photographs),3 negatives, and one cased image. The topics of the images are: Swaney family life, war, consulate work, horses, indians, and Montana.