Abstract Tim Babcock was governor of Montana from 1962 until 1969, an active member in the Republican Party up until his death in 2015, owner of Babcock Trucking Inc., co-owner of the Colonial Hotel, and a mining consultant. This collection consists of records (1961-1969) from Babcock's two terms including Vietnam condolence letters to Montana families, speeches, press releases, six large scrapbooks created by his staff with assistance from his wife, Betty, records of Babcock's administrative...

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Daniel McCorkle (1880-1956) was a Presbyterian minister in Sunrise, WY, and Conrad, Montana. The collection contains general correspondence (1911-1956), subject files (1910-1956), writings (1912-1953); and other materials documenting his works as a minister, social worker, educator, and socialist. There is a small subgroup about Dorothy Floerchinger's biography of McCorkle, To Speak of Love Was Not Enough.

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Frances Merriam (b. 1899) served as the Executive Secretary of the Committee for Paradise Dam, an organization that promoted the construction of the Paradise and Knowles dams in western Montana. Papers (1948-1972) consist primarily of subject files and correspondence concerning the dams and her work in the Montana Democratic Party.

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James Miller (1837-1904) edited the Virginia City Montana Post; founded the Deer Lodge New Northwest; and served as Montana Territorial Secretary and State Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor, and Industry. Collection contains a reminiscence; twenty diaries (1862-1904); and miscellaneous materials concerning Mills' service in the Civil War with the Pennsylvania Infantry, his trip to Montana, politics, and life in Helena, Virginia City, and Deer Lodge.

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John Shober (1832-1925) was a Helena, Montana, miner, attorney, and state legislator. Collection (1832-1952) includes descriptions of frontier social and mining conditions. Included are subgroups for Shober's nephew John H. Shober, Jr., manager of a ranch near Townsend; and of his niece Harriet Shober Nolan, wife of Cornelius B. Nolan.