Abstract

William M. Nichols was president of the Yellowstone Park Company, the H.C. Child Corporation, the Spanish Creek Ranch, and other enterprises. Papers include general correspondence (1946-1957); financial records; minutes of the Yellowstone Park Company (1955-1962); and an extensive subject file (1914-1966) maintained both by Nichols and by his son John Q. Nichols, concerning the various corporate and financial affairs of the Nichols and Child families.

Content Description One photograph album containing 141 black and white photographs. Montana views include: Richland Ranch in the Paradise Valley; Absaroka Mountains; Yellowstone River; Chico Hot Springs; Gardiner; ranch scenes in the Shields Valley; and various sites in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park views include: Mammoth Hot Springs; Roaring Mountain; Norris Geyser Basin; Gibbon Falls; Firehole Falls; and numerous other geysers. There are also some portraits and group shots in...

Content Description 83 black and white photographic prints with views of two women and two men traveling through Montana by train as well additional travel photos of the Northwest United States and parts of Canada. Photographs collected by Rosa "Belle" St. Martin (later Bowman) of Minneapolis, Minnesota and removed from an album prior to donation. Views include a summer journey by train through Montana by Belle and three companions, Frank Bowman, Otto, and Elair. Montana locations include Miles City, Gardiner,...