Content Description 13 black and white photographic prints with views of former Montana State Prison Warden Louis Boedecker as well as his collection of autographed portraits. Louis Boedecker was appointed by Montana Governor Frank Cooney to create and head the new Highway Patrol program in the 1930s. The collection includes: two views of Boedecker with other police and highway patrol chiefs in the Northwest; one view of Boedecker possibly campaigning in Butte, photo by C. Owen Smithers; and one photograph of...

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Martin Maginnis (1841-1919) was a Democratic Montana Territorial Delegate to Congress from 1872 to 1882; a member of the 1889 Montana Constitutional Convention; and newspaper publisher. Papers (1864-1912) consist primarily of incoming correspondence concerning politics; and outgoing correspondence, court papers, legal documents, and a scrapbook. Incoming correspondence includes typescript copies.

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This collection consists of records collected and created by Mignon Waterman prior to, during, and after her time as a Senator in the Montana state legislature (1990-2002), and includes correspondence, financial records, subject files, miscellany, and clippings. Also included are VHS tapes of television spots made for Senator Waterman's congressional campaign in 1996.

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This collection contains materials from the Montana Historical Society (1865-2006). It has been intellectually integrated into one Record Group, RS 499, to help facilitate access and reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society (MTHS) catalog. Please read the description carefully to determine which Subgroup (Program/Board) or Sub-subgroup (Sub-program/Position) pertains to your research needs.

Abstract This collection is a subgroup (Division) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records, RS 495. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. This collection is comprised of records from DPHHS's predecessor agency, the Montana State Board of Health (later Board of Health and Environmental...

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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.

Abstract Cornelius Nolan (1855-1922) was a Helena, Montana, attorney in partnership with Thomas J. Walsh; Democratic Party leader; and mining investor. Papers include outgoing correspondence (1888-1896); general correspondence (1902-1932); court papers (1906-1920); financial records (1887-1923); legal documents (1891-1916), and clippings (1897-1922), covering the activities of the law firms of Nolan and Bean; and Walsh, Nolan and Scallon. There are subgroups for Cornelius' wife Harriet Shober Nolan...

Abstract Thomas C. Power (1829-1923) came to Montana Territory in 1866 and established a successful mercantile and transportation network in and around Fort Benton serving miners, military posts, Indian tribes of the region, and local residents. In partnership with others he developed a transportation network of steamboats along the Upper Missouri as well as overland stage and freight routes. He moved his corporate headquarters to Helena in 1878 and had an interest in politics that paralleled his...

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Roy Pritchett was a Helena, Montana, mine promoter. Papers (1944-1952) consist primarily of general correspondence from brother Glenn A. Pritchett and others regarding mine investments and development. There are also several original poems and one short story written by Pritchett.