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Ernest Calvin Baxter was a Twodot and Harlowton, Montana, banker, ranch investor and businessman who served in the state legislature, 1913-1917. This collection (1911-1948) includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, court papers and subject files from Baxters' business interests in the Bank of Wheatland County, Twodot Land and Livestock Company, and Consumers' Oil Company.

Abstract Churchill family papers (1850-1944; 1976) consist of biographical and genealogical material (1850-1891); correspondence (1851-1926) to and from D. H. Churchill, David E. A. Churchill, Harvey Mae Churchill, Mary S. Churchill, O. H. (Churchill) Kitterman; M. E. Lord, and Shelton Ransdell; a diary (1850-1851) of Shelton Ransdell's journey from Kansas to California; financial records (1878-1896); a speech; subject files (1914-1925); writings (1976) regarding the history of the Churchill family;...

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Esther Ritschel Interview (1963). Interview conducted by Ula Pendleton, wife of Mrs. Ritschel’s grandson, John Pendleton. Discusses family journey from Washington Territory in 1886 in a covered wagon to ranch in the Big Hole Basin. Discusses harvesting hay, attending school, starting her own family, raising cattle.

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The James Fergus Family papers are divided into four subgroups: James Fergus; Andrew Fergus; Fergus Live Stock and Land Company; and miscellaneous. Papers (1857-1971) include biographical materials, incoming correspondence, outgoing correspondence, general correspondence, financial records, legal documents, subject files, and miscellany.

Abstract Samuel T. Hauser (1833-1914) was a Helena, Montana, Territory, pioneer, territorial governor (1885-1886), and entrepreneur in the fields of banking, mining, smelting, ranching, railroads, irrigation, and hydro-electric power. More than fifty percent of the collection is incoming correspondence (1864-1914). There are also outgoing correspondence, financial records, legal documents, organizational records, and reports. Included are thirty-eight subgroups of the Hauser family and Hauser's...

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Peter J. Meloy (1869-1953) was a Townsend, Montana, businessman and one of the founders of Broadwater County. Papers (1892-1927) include business and personal papers, including correspondence; records of his retail lumber business; files on the Grayson Creek Ranch and swine breeding; and a Broadwater County non-resident tax roll (1919).

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Miller Brothers, Inc. was a Chinook, Cleveland, and Lloyd, Montana, sheep and cattle ranch operated by Henry G. Miller, his brother Chris D. Miller, and G.T. "Ted" Westin, son-in-law of Chris Miller. Records (1894-1966) include general correspondence, court papers, legal documents, and financial records documenting the operation of the ranch; and materials on the First National Bank of Chinook, which the Millers helped organize in 1909.

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John T. Murphy (1842-1914) was a Helena, Montana, merchant, rancher, banker, and mine investor. Collection (1865-1935) includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents and other material of Murphy, the Murphy Estate, and various companies he founded, including the Powder River Land and Cattle Company, Montana Cattle Company (Seventy-Nine Ranch), and the Murphy-Maclay Hardware Company.

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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...