Abstract

Records consist of family papers created and collected by members of the Capps Family and Zieg Family. Collection predominately consists of diaries kept by Mydas Zieg (nee Capps) from her teenage years through the rest of her life. Also included are letters sent by Mydas and Reuben's son, Philip while serving in the military and working for the Bureau of Land Management.

Content Description James Holt papers (1930) family biography, news clippings, correspondence to James Holt from his former classmate Ben Nutts describing his teaching and living experience in Lame Deer, Montana on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Discusses teaching in a 2 room school house where he also lived. Also included is a handwritten description of James and Lucy Holt's story of leaving Missouri and homesteading in Montana in 1914 written by their grandson, Wallace Umber (undated) and a newscliping...

Content Description

Materials consist of correspondence collected by Gayle Hageman. The correspondence (1953-1957) is entirely composed of incoming letters from Hageman's friend, Rosalie Mae "Rosie" Carlson. Topics include social life in the towns of Klein and Broadview, women's basketball, 4-H clubs, the closure of the high school in Klein, and transferring to Roundup, MT.