Abstract Edward Charles "Teddy Blue" Abbott was a Giltedge, Montana, cattleman, Fergus County school trustee, and author. The papers (1865-1963) contain general correspondence; financial records, including mortgages and taxes; clippings; photographs; legal documents; and writings. The latter contains handwritten and typed drafts of his autobiography, We Pointed Them North (1939). The general correspondence includes letters with co-author, Helena Huntington Smith, concerning various aspects of the...

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George Bruffey (1842-1928) was a Livingston, Montana, rancher, Fish Creek general mercantile store owner, and Butte miner. His papers (1863-1928) include business records (1871-1889) for the George A. Bruffey Mercantile Company, and the Fish Creek Stage Station. Also included are drafts of his autobiography, Eighty-one Years in the West; diaries and writings; and miscellaneous correspondence.

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This collection consists of manuscripts and research notes by Virginia S. Burlingame concerning Johnny Healy, his life and family, mining around Florence, Idaho Territory, in the 1860s, Fort Whoop-Up and the whiskey trade, Fort Benton, Montana Territory, the Klondike gold rush and mining in Alaska; and a manuscript entitled "John Barr, River Pilot" by John Linton Struble (Virginia S. Burlingame's pen name).

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Thomas Conrad was a pioneer Montana merchant. This collection (1857-1899) consists of biographical and genealogical materials; outgoing correspondence to his wife Mary Ivory Conrad; legal documents; limited financial records; and memorabilia. Also included is a subgroup of incoming correspondence to Mrs. Conrad from her brothers during the Civil War. Much of collection documents pioneer life and conditions in Virginia City, Montana Territory.

Abstract The papers of Walter Cooper, a prominent Bozeman pioneer, consist of correspondence (1901, 1913, 1924) including letters by Nancy Russell discussing illustrations for A Most Desperate Situation; a typescript of a diary (1881) kept by Cooper during the West Gallatin Pacific Exploring Expedition; financial records (1904-1911) regarding lead ore shipping; a speech (1907) given by Cooper to the Gallatin County Pioneer regarding W.W. Alderson); writings (1910) including handwritten and typescript...

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Walter De Lacy was a Helena, Montana, surveyor and cartographer, who worked on several government road surveys, and served as an official of the U.S. Surveyor's Office. This collection consists of general correspondence (1855-1896) discussing family matters, professional activities, and conditions in Helena, Montana.

Abstract Sidney Edgerton was a chief justice (1863) and governor of Montana Territory (1864-1865). This collection (1859-1884) consists of general correspondence of the Edgerton family including letters written while crossing the plains, and later while living in Bannack, Montana Territory. Included in the correspondents are Sidney Edgerton, Mary Wright Edgerton, Martha "Mattie" Edgerton Rolfe, (Mary) Pauline Edgerton, Wright Prescott Edgerton, Lucia Aurora Darling, and others. Also included in...

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The Fisk Family gained prominence in Montana as emigrant guides and prominent newspapermen. Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs. Topics presented include the Civil War, the Fisk expeditions of the 1860s, newspaper publishing in Helena, Montana, local politics, and pioneer life.

Abstract Cornelius Hedges (1831-1907) was a pioneer, miner and attorney who lived in Helena, Montana. This collection consists primarily of diaries (1849-1857, 1863-1893, 1906-1907), covering his education at Yale College, his travel to Montana Territory in 1864 via the Bridger Cutoff trail, and his participation in the Washburn-Doane Expedition of 1870 to what became Yellowstone Park. There is also incoming correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and materials from other family...

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Thomas H. Irvine (1845-1926) was sheriff of Custer and Ravalli counties and U.S. deputy marshal. Papers (1879-1926) include correspondence, personal diaries, lists of wanted criminals, court papers, and account books. There are also several reminiscences on "Big Nose George" Parrott, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Kansas Jayhawkers, and Irvine's journey across the plains (1864)