Abstract Henry Elling was a banker in Virginia City, Montana, with extensive mercantile, mining, and ranching interests. Collection consists primarily of incoming correspondence (1864-1881). There is one outgoing letterpress book (1892), general ledgers (1873-1901), journals (1873-1901), miscellaneous financial records (1872-1880), and a property abstract volume (circa 1890). There are subgroups for Elling, Knight, and Company; Montanian Publishing Company; Silver Spring Grist Mill; William Elling;...

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F.A. Davey Mercantile was a Garnet, Montana, general merchandise firm. Records (1899-1909) consist of correspondence, checks, daybooks, wholesale invoices, and ledgers.

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The First National Bank of Helena, Montana, was organized by Samuel T. Hauser and T.H. Kleinschmidt, in 1866. Prominent officers included: John S. Atkinson, D.C. Corbin, and E.W. Knight, cashiers; George H. Hill, assistant cashier. The bank was in receivership from its closing in 1896 until 1903. Records (1865-1903) include correspondence, financial volumes, legal documents, and organizational records of the bank and of its receiver, Eugene S. Wilson.

Abstract John W. Fulton's papers (1897-1966) include a letterpress book of outgoing correspondence; a cash journal and miscellaneous invoices for the Plymouth Gold Mining Company; diaries primarily of business activities; stock certificates for the Montana Gold Mines Syndicate and the Montana Leasing and Mining Company. There are 2 subgroups for two of companies: the Big Ox Mining Company, and the Northern Angora Goat Company which both include, but are not limited to correspondence and financial...

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The Gilbert Brewing Company, was a Virginia City, Montana, brewery owned initially by Henry S. Gilbert and Christopher Richter, and later by Valentine Gilbert. Records include a notebooks of beer sold (1900-1918); daybooks (1864-1901); Internal Revenue reporting registers (1869-1916); a journal (1866-1869); ledgers (1866-1889, 1904); malt accounts (1882-1904); and a bond for the purchase of the Big Chief mining claim (1886).

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Charles Greefield was a Helena, Montana, journalist. This collection (1807-1975) consists of personal, business, and political materials of the Greenfield family. Subgroups include papers for Charles D. Greenfield, Jr., Marguerite Greenfield, Charles D. Greenfield, Sr., Anna Elizabeth Nelson Greenfield, and Marietta McBrine Greenfield.

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This collection contains the records of Greenhood, Bohm and Company, including correspondence (1876-1891), daybooks (1880-1890), cash books, journals, ledgers, freighting records, and legal documents. The Helena-based firm wholesaled clothing and liquor throughout southwestern Montana. There are also some records of William Muth's receivership of the company (1892-1893) in a separate subgroup.

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C. W. Gross was a Helena, Montana, oil industry developer and employee of several state regulatory agencies. Records (1920-1947) include reports, correspondence, and miscellany regarding the Nashua Oil and Gas Company, the historical development of the oil industry in Montana during the 1920s, and Gross' personal interest in the industry.

Abstract Samuel T. Hauser (1833-1914) was a Helena, Montana, Territory, pioneer, territorial governor (1885-1886), and entrepreneur in the fields of banking, mining, smelting, ranching, railroads, irrigation, and hydro-electric power. More than fifty percent of the collection is incoming correspondence (1864-1914). There are also outgoing correspondence, financial records, legal documents, organizational records, and reports. Included are thirty-eight subgroups of the Hauser family and Hauser's...

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The Helena National Bank was organized in Helena, Montana, in September 1890 by John T. Murphy, S.C. Ashby, A.B. Clements, and Frank Baird. In October 1893 the bank merged with the Second National Bank, and E.D. Edgerton became president. This combined bank in turn merged with the First National Bank in January 1895. Records (1890-1895) include correspondence; financial records; legal documents; organizational records; and miscellany.