Abstract Philip Barbour (1900-1955) was a Helena, Montana, mine operator and amateur historian. His papers include personal correspondence (1911-1944), legal documents (1923-1944), and other materials, including historical research files on Samuel T. Hauser, Bannack, Gold Creek, the Helena Mining and Reduction Company, typhoid fever in Butte, the Montana Club, etc. The collection contains subgroups for Barbour's father, Dr. George H. Barbour (1880-1943); his mother's family, the Raleigh's; and for...

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Thomas Cruse was a Helena, Montana, miner, banker, and businessman. This collection (1841-1956) consists of incoming correspondence; legal and financial records; maps; reports; and miscellany. Records for Cruse's various enterprises are divided into nine subgroups including the Thomas Cruse Savings Bank; Thomas Cruse Estate; Thomas Cruse Mining and Development Company; etc.

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Paul Fusz was a Philipsburg, Montana, mining investor and businessman. Papers (1903-1912) include correspondence, court papers, legal documents, and reports relating to various mining ventures, including the Granite-Bimetallic Consolidated Mining Company. There are subgroups for the Rimini Mining Syndicate and the United Confederate Veterans.

Abstract The Golden Treasure Mining and Milling Company was founded in 1899 by Daniel Collins, John J. Barrett, M.F. Kennedy and others to operate the Erie and other claims they owned near Marysville, Montana. Records consist of general correspondence (circa 1916-1931), financial records (1899-1927), legal documents (1887-1900), minute books (1899-1924) and other organizational materials, clippings and miscellany. There is also a title abstract for a lot in the Montrose Addition to Butte, connection...

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Charles Greefield was a Helena, Montana, journalist. This collection (1807-1975) consists of personal, business, and political materials of the Greenfield family. Subgroups include papers for Charles D. Greenfield, Jr., Marguerite Greenfield, Charles D. Greenfield, Sr., Anna Elizabeth Nelson Greenfield, and Marietta McBrine Greenfield.

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This collection consists of diaries (1877-1937) kept by Idora Guthrie describing her daily life, family, activities, teaching career, mining and homesteading experiences, sales career, etc. Also included are two unidentified diaries (1871-1872), and miscellaneous clippings.

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...

Abstract The Home Mining and Milling Company owned the Earthquake and General Grant lodes in the Stemple (unorganized) Mining District near Marysville, Montana. Records consist of interoffice correspondence (1912-1956); general correspondence (1903-1959); financial records (1914-1956); legal documents (1889-1953); organizational records (1904-1955); reports (1888-1942); and miscellany. Major correspondents include Bennett Price, Hugh P. Evans, and David P. Owen. There are small subgroups for several...

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Richard Lockey (1845-1924) was a Helena, Montana, bakery store owner, insurance agent, and real estate investor. Papers (1862-1924) include personal papers; bakery business records (1876-1883); real estate and insurance business records (1880-1922); Idaho property records (1884-1908); and miscellaneous smaller subgroups.

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The Merchants National Bank of Helena, Montana, was originally established as L.H. Hershfield and Co. in Virginia City, Montana Territory, and for many years operated as L.H. Hershfield and Bro. It went into receivership in 1897. Records (1865-1903) consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and organizational materials. There are subgroups for the White Sulphur Springs Association and for the United Hebrew Benevolent Association.