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Business, Industry and Labor

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-57
Abstract

The Alice Gold and Silver Mining Company was a gold and silver mining operation in Walkerville, Montana. Its headquarters were in Salt Lake City, Utah. The records consist primarily of letterpress volumes of outgoing correspondence from Walkerville mine superintendents to Salt Lake City company officials. Also included are organizational materials, financial records, productions records, and legal files.

Dates: 1877-1930

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

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

Ernest Calvin Baxter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-156
Abstract

Ernest Calvin Baxter was a Twodot and Harlowton, Montana, banker, ranch investor and businessman who served in the state legislature, 1913-1917. This collection (1911-1948) includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, court papers and subject files from Baxters' business interests in the Bank of Wheatland County, Twodot Land and Livestock Company, and Consumers' Oil Company.

Dates: 1911-1948

Broadwater-Pepin Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-99
Abstract

The Broadwater-Pepin Company was a Havre, Montana, general mercantile and licensed trading company opened in 1891 by E.T. Broadwater and Simon Pepin. There was a branch store in Browning, the Broadwater-Pepin Trading Company. The collection (1898-1931) includes outgoing correspondence, financial records, and subject files relating to the operation of the two businesses.

Dates: 1891-1931

Patrick J. Brophy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-6
Abstract

Patrick Brophy was a Butte, Montana, Wholesale and retails grocery dealer, with interests in mining development. The collection (1897-1922) consists primarily of letterpress volumes of outgoing correspondence and a stock certificate book. Brophy's letters discuss both his personal interests and investments, and those of his firm, P.J. Brophy and Co.

Dates: 1897-1922

Browning Mercantile Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-230
Abstract

The Browning Mercantile Company was a Browning, Montana, general mercantile firm founded by Thaddeus E. Scriver and Horace C. Willits. Records (1907-1927) include general correspondence (1914-1927), cash books, daybooks, trial balance books, ledgers, and miscellany.

Dates: 1907-1927

George A. Bruffey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-71
Abstract

George Bruffey (1842-1928) was a Livingston, Montana, rancher, Fish Creek general mercantile store owner, and Butte miner. His papers (1863-1928) include business records (1871-1889) for the George A. Bruffey Mercantile Company, and the Fish Creek Stage Station. Also included are drafts of his autobiography, Eighty-one Years in the West; diaries and writings; and miscellaneous correspondence.

Dates: 1863-1928

Buskett Mercantile Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-18
Abstract

The Buskett Mercantile Company, located in a Granite, Montana, was a general mercantile firm, and supplied wood and merchandise to the Granite Mountain Mining Company. Collection includes outgoing letterpress book (1887-1888) and incoming correspondence (1888) from the Granite Mountains Mining Company (1888). Also included are a report on the Penn Yan Mine (May 22, 1888).

Dates: 1887-1888