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Business, Industry and Labor

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Butte [Montana] Teachers' Union Local No. 332 Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-209
Abstract

The records of the Butte Teachers' Union No. 332, consist of general correspondence (1913, 1934-1945); financial records (1936-1945, 1961-1964); organizational records (undated); reports (1937, 1941); subject files (1934-1945); and miscellany. [Photographs and printed materials have been transferred to the Photograph Archives and Library respectively.]

Dates: 1934-1964

Butte Tombstone Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-247
Abstract The Butte Tombstone Company was incorporated in 1903 to carve and sell stone for burial monuments and construction. The company eventually opened offices in Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena and Missoula, Montana, and Idaho Falls, Idaho. The collection contains business records (1903-1967) including general and interoffice correspondence (1905-1910), account and cash books (1917-1920), general ledgers (1906-1917), organizational records (1903-1967); and subject files (1905-1924). The...
Dates: 1903-1967

Edward John Carter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-263
Abstract E. J. Carter was the brother to Montana Senator Thomas Carter and brother-in-law to Helena businessman Thomas Cruse. Carter was involved in various business ventures in the Helena are and served as an agent for the Wells Fargo Company. This collection consists of general correspondence (1886-1890) regarding his various business and mining interests. Also included are subgroups for the Broadway Street Railway Company (1883-1890), Homestake Mining Company (1880, 1888-1889), Neihart Tunnel and...
Dates: 1883-1890

Conrad-Stanford Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-124
Abstract The Conrad-Stanford Company was a Helena, Montana, real estate business. In November 1902, they bought the assets of the bankrupt First National Bank and Merchants National Bank, consisting of a large quantity of real estate, ranches, and mines. This collection consists of four indexed letterpress books (1902-1907) documenting the Company's operation of the Crevasse Mountain Mine and the Spokane Ranch and Water Company, and their attempt to collect on old bank accounts. Also included is a...
Dates: 1902-1907

Thomas Conrad papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-30
Abstract

Thomas Conrad was a pioneer Montana merchant. This collection (1857-1899) consists of biographical and genealogical materials; outgoing correspondence to his wife Mary Ivory Conrad; legal documents; limited financial records; and memorabilia. Also included is a subgroup of incoming correspondence to Mrs. Conrad from her brothers during the Civil War. Much of collection documents pioneer life and conditions in Virginia City, Montana Territory.

Dates: 1857-1899

A. B. Cook papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-280
Abstract Andrew Cook was a Montana railroad contractor, state auditor, and later internationally known Hereford cattle breeder and rancher. Collection (1882-1940) consists of general correspondence, primarily concerning the A.B. Cook Stock Farms in Broadwater County; financial records; legal documents; reports; subject files; and financial and business records for Cook's ranching and contracting interests. There are subgroups for several of Cook's construction, ranching, and real estate...
Dates: 1882-1940

Corette and Corette records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-60
Abstract

Corette and Corette was a Butte, Montana, law firm that was owned and operated by John E. Corette, Sr., and his two sons John E. Corette, Jr., and Robert D. Corette. This collection consists of twenty-four volumes of outgoing correspondence (1915-1916, 1930-1949).

Dates: 1930-1949

C.R. Sevenson and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-140
Abstract

C.R. Stevenson and Company was a Radersburg, Montana, general mercantile store engaged in the wholesale and retail sale of produce and implements to the area's miners, farmers, and ranchers. This collection (1910-1922) consists of an account ledger and register, check stub books, a deposit register, and inventory books.

Dates: 1910-1922

Barclay Craighead Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-182
Abstract

Barclay Craighead served as secretary to U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, secretary of the Wheeler for President Club, secretary of the Montana Democratic State Central Committee, director of the Federal Housing Administration in Helena, and as chairman of the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Montana. This collection (1924-1949) consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, printed materials, photographs, and miscellany relating to Craighead's various positions.

Dates: 1924-1949

Thomas Cruse papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-36
Abstract

Thomas Cruse was a Helena, Montana, miner, banker, and businessman. This collection (1841-1956) consists of incoming correspondence; legal and financial records; maps; reports; and miscellany. Records for Cruse's various enterprises are divided into nine subgroups including the Thomas Cruse Savings Bank; Thomas Cruse Estate; Thomas Cruse Mining and Development Company; etc.

Dates: 1841-1956