Helena (Mont.)

Helena Free Public Library records

Collection

Identifier: MC-136

Abstract

The Helena Free Public Library was organized in Helena, Montana Territory, in May 1886. Records (1886-1895) consist of two registers containing the name, address, and guarantor of applicants for library privileges; and three volumes listing library reference room users.

Dates: 1886-1895

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives

[Helena, Montana fairgrounds and Capitol photographs and negatives].

Collection

Identifier: PAc 1984-54

Dates: 1901 - 1920

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives

Herbert L. Zimmermann papers

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39528001370506]

Identifier: MC-472

Abstract This collection (1906-1938) consists of materials related to Herbert L. Zimmermann, who moved to Helena, Montana with his wife, Hulda Zimmermann, in 1922. Materials primarily consist of correspondence from Herbert to his mother and sister, along with photographs and some ephemera. Major topics of discussion include vacations, hunting, fishing, house searching, illness, weather, local Helena news, etc. The photographs are arranged approximately by subject matter and include scenes of hunting,...

Dates: 1906-1938

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives

Hope Duncan Galusha photograph album

Item

Identifier: PAc 2017-73

Content Description One photograph album containing 149 black and white photographic prints collected by Hope Duncan Galusha, daughter of Hugh D. and Winifred Galusha of Helena, Montana. The album contains snapshots of Hope, her parents, her sister Ellen, and various friends. The album begins with the 1935 Vigilante Parade in downtown Helena, summer at Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, the Galusha family home at 531 Power Street in Helena, Yellowstone National Park, the Helena earthquake damage, Hope's freshman year...

Dates: 1935 - 1937

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives

Hotel Investment Company Records

Collection

Identifier: MC-10

Abstract

This collection consists of architectural drawings from 1912 by G.H. Carsley and Cass Gilbert. The designs are for the Placer Hotel located in Helena, Montana.

Dates: 1912

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives

Ida Constans photograph album

Collection

Identifier: PAc 2017-29-A1

Content Description Photograph album containing 50 black and white carte de visites and tintypes collected by Ida Constans. Ida Louise Constans (1868-1956) was the daughter of French immigrant Philip Constans (1836-1902) who arrived in Last Chance Gulch in Montana in 1864. Ida Constans's mother, Elizabeth Herman Constans (1838-1924), was of German decent and born in Ohio. The three other Constans children were Caroline (1860-1861), Henry Philip (1861-1889), and Alfred Edward William (1867-1933). The Constans...

Dates: 1854-1880

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives

Ida Constans photograph album

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: PAc 2017- 29

Dates: 1854-1880

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives

James S. Dunn and Company Records

Collection

Identifier: MC-109

Abstract

James S. Dunn and Company was a commission merchant house in Helena, Montana Territory, handling fish, game, poultry, fruits, and produce. The store also operated under the name of Thomas C. Patrick and Company (prior to February 1888) and Jackson, Dunn and Company (from February to November 1888). Collection (1887-1889) includes correspondence; financial records, including ledgers, invoices, cash books, day books; legal documents; and miscellany.

Dates: 1887-1889

Found in: Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives