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F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad and for Yellowstone National Park. Records (1876-1962) consist of photograph order books, negative registers, copyright records, and a small amount of business records for the photography business of Haynes and of his son Jack Ellis Haynes (1884-1962).

Abstract Hiram Knowles (1834-1911) was associate justice of the Montana Territorial Supreme Court from 1868 to 1879. Papers consist primarily of correspondence (1877-1879) with Angus McDonald and others concerning the Nez Perce and Flathead tribes. There are also a letter of reminiscence (1909) by William H. Todd concerning their trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1873; several letters (1856-1892) concerning family and political affairs; a manuscript (1856) by Knowles entitled "Life and Death of...

Abstract Arnold Jacobsen opened the Baby Bunting Shop in Butte, Montana, in 1935. By 1947 he and his wife Lois Jacobsen had seven stores in three states. In 1951 they sold the stores and opened the Win-a-Kee resort on Whitefish Lake. Jacobsen served as a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention and was a member of the Flathead County Park Board. Papers (1949-1984) include materials on his service in the constitutional convention and on the park board. Also included is outgoing...

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This collection is a subgroup (Division) of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks records, RS 497. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks records. These records (1956-1989) of the Parks Division (now named Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division) consist of subject files regarding state parks.

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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.

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T.C. Power was a Montana merchandise, transportation, mining, ranching, banking, and real estate magnate; and U.S. Senator from Montana from 1890 to 1895. Collection (1867-1950) includes a transcript of a diary (1867) of his trip up the Missouri River; subject files (1873-1923), miscellany, and papers of his estate (1923-1950).

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Collection consists of the organizational and financial records of the Yellowstone Park Company, a major park concessionaire, as well as those of several predecessor companies, including Yellowstone Park Camping Co., Yellowstone Park Boat Co., Yellowstone Park Association, and the Wylie Permanent Camping Co.