Abstract This collection consists of papers of James P. Brennan. Margaret Henderson Brennan and Patricia Brennan Taylor. The James P. Brennan subgroup (1879-1983) consists of family history and scattered correspondence, speeches, and clippings relating to his work for the Lower Yellowstone Valley Development Association; Montana Railroad Commission; U.S. Employment Office Farm Placement Program; and Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission a Montana Representative. The Margaret Henderson Brennan...

Abstract Henry Elwood was a junior high and high school history teacher in Kalispell, Montana, from 1937 until the 1970s or 1980s. He authored several books on Flathead Valley history. These papers consist of two subgroups: personal files including general correspondence (1937-1992), legal records (1937-1981), tax records (1947-1957), and miscellany, including World War II military records; and research files, consisting of subject files on Flathead Valley and general Montana history, and writings by...

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Hum Fay, et al. vs. Frank Baldwin, et al. was heard in U.S. Ninth Circuit Court, District of Montana, in 1898. The records consist of four volumes of testimony concerning the alleged boycott (December 1896-April 1897) of Chinese and Japanese business establishments in Butte, Montana and those employing Orientals.

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This collection consists of photographs of railroads in Montana including construction sites and work crews; locomotive engines, freight cars, passenger cars, and stock cars; track lines, bridges, tunnels, and rail yard facilities; train wrecks; trains in snow; and special events like last spike and first train ceremonies.