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.

C.R. Stevenson and Company was a Radersburg, Montana, general mercantile store engaged in the wholesale and retail sale of produce and implements to the area's miners, farmers, and ranchers. This collection (1910-1922) consists of an account ledger and register, check stub books, a deposit register, and inventory books.

F.A. Davey Mercantile was a Garnet, Montana, general merchandise firm. Records (1899-1909) consist of correspondence, checks, daybooks, wholesale invoices, and ledgers.

The records of the First National Bank of Kalispell, Montana, include incoming correspondence (1892-1903); a letterpress volume of outgoing correspondence (1897-1898); court papers (1891-1903); financial records (1894-1901); and miscellany. There are also small subgroups for the City of Kalispell; the Fred Langerman liquor business; the Northwestern Bank of Demersville; James F. Vogt, assignee of A.B. Johnston, General Merchandise; W.C. Whipps and Company; and W.C. Whipps, Personal.

This collection contains eleven financial volumes (1872-1880) and a few miscellaneous financial statements (1875 or 1876) for Hamilton and McCranor, a Sheridan, Montana Territory, general mercantile store, and for its predecessor Hamilton and Sweet. Additional information on the various owners of the business from 1872-1985, as compiled by owners Dennis and Corinne Jensen, is available in the collection.