The Backside of a Log Cabin at The Old Brazell Ranch, 1954
Digital Collections
International Snow Science Workshops (ISSW) Proceedings
The ISSW Proceedings Database Project was a joint development effort between the ISSW
Steering Committee and Montana State University Library Digital Initiatives.
Montana State University (MSU) Archives Federal Work Projects Administration (WPA)
Papers and Photos
This digital collection is a subset of the entire Montana State University Archives
WPA 1935-1942 Records Collection which has over 57 linear feet of 250,000 individual
objects.
Montana Periodical Index (MPI)
Bibliographic citations for several Montana periodicals published from 1974 through
1995.
Collections About Histories of Montana and the American West
These collections capture the history and culture of Montana citizens from the mid-19th
century onward. From the accounts of Montana citizens, communities, and businesses,
the history of homesteading in region, notable founding families, and the building
and growth of today’s Montana are documented.
We have 351 collections.
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0001 Gallatin County, Montana, School District Records, 1879-1961
0003 Stone Family Papers, 1849-1984
0012 John Marion Robinson Family Papers, 1866-1890
0015 United States. General Land Office Homestead Certificate to William Chiesman, April 19, 1894
0020 Lesley M. Heathcote Papers, 1895-1964
0026 H. H. Mitchell Family Papers, 1895-1951
0028 William Gaddis Papers, 1871-1885
0031 Castle Hotel Registers, 1890-1891
0034 Grace Stone Coates Papers, 1933-1960
0038 Ferris Family Papers, 1874-1926
0050, also Mss 171 Almon Spencer Reminiscence, ca. 1904
0051 Hazel Christiansen Papers, 1962-1964
0055, also MSS 168 Guide to the Eva Gates Manuscript, circa 1960
0075 Malphus A. Switzer Reminiscence, 1964
0076 Fannie Louise Davis Ennis Speeches and Essay Transcripts, 1964
0085 Alice Marie Kleinschmidt Papers, 1865-1890
0090 William L. Perkins Ledger, 1870-1882
0098 Margaret D. Walsh Letter, 1903
0100 McAllister, Mont., Collection, 1860-1964
0104 Samuel I. Gaskill Wagon Train Log, 1878
0107 Maynard Family Collection, 1933-1989
0113 William H. Storrs Diary, 1862-1864
0124 Laura Brown Zook Reminiscence, undated
0127 Carl M. Yerrington, "How Shall Montana Counties Handle Their Tax Deed Land?", ca. 1937
0137 Madison County Centennial Writing Contest Collection, 1964
0145 Charles W. Pomeroy Papers, 1888-1915
0147 Ralph Lumley Oral History Interview, 1964 August 14
0148 Dawson County Homestead Questionnaires, 1964
0150 Mary J. Buzzell Correspondence and Photographs, 1910-1913
0154 Minnie Paugh Oral History Collection, 1964-1975
0170 Elizabeth E. Busick O'Neil Reminiscence and Family Photographs, 1907-1939
0172 James M. Hamilton Papers, 1938-1969
0178 Rattlesnake Placer Claim File 10386, 1912-1922
0195 Leah Gillies Olson Papers, 1905-1952
0212 P. C. Waite Papers, 1887-1959
0213 Montana Winter Fair Motion Picture, 1957
0216 Frank T. Kelsey Papers, 1906-1934
0217 Johnny Healy Frontier Sketches Scrapbook, 1878-1900
0222 Clarence L. Oliver Reminiscences, 1964-1966
0223 Alvin J. Lucke Collection, 1893-1923
0225 Sallie Raymond's Diary for 1866
0244 Autobiography of James David Wood, ca. 1964
0282 Edith R. Furman Photographs and Scrapbook, ca. 1924-1954
0283 Samuel T. Hauser Papers, 1862-1910
0287 Fisher family Record, ca. 1964
0292 Mary Hunter Doane Collection, 1881-1950
0295 Madison County Commissioners' Records, 1863-1875
0296 Eliel Brothers Records, 1896-1931
0298 Montana Institute of the Arts, Bozeman History Group Records, 1948-1977
0301 Ike Irish, the Placer Miner, undated
0308 Michael Langohr Diary, 1899-1906
0314 Newell G. Philbrick Papers, 1892-1923
0317 Big Hole Commercial Company Cash Books, 1907-1914
0325 Campbell Family Papers, 1836-1899
0326 Benjamin Dailey Diary, 1866 July 26-September 9
0335 Ellen Louisa Gordon Fletcher Papers, 1866-1910
0336 Mary Redfield Lindsey Papers, 1952-1965
0339 Lou Stocking Stewart Papers, 1871-1942
0347 M.J. Lott Papers, 1878-1908
0354 History of Broadwater County Scrapbooks, 1964-1972
0359 Doris Whithorn Research Files, 1963-1983
0362 Conrad V. Anderson Papers, 1954-1974
0368 Early Settlers of Salesville, Spanish Creek, and Cherry Creek basins
0369 John M. Comfort Collection, 1867-1942
0370 Mary M. Schreiner Papers, 1937-1952
0375 Theo Norman Diary Transcription, 1965
0381 May G. Flanagan Papers, 1887-1952
0382 Alfred Myers Diaries, 1868-1891
0395 John G. Brown Writing, undated
0396 F.E.W. Patten Diary, 1863 June 26-September 27
0397 Francis L. Niven Papers, 1901-1982
0404 Della J. Rowland Reminiscence, ca. 1965
0405 Francis E. Beall Papers, 1880-1971
0408 Orson N. Newman Papers, 1879-1920
0412 Walter and Martha Peoples Manuscript and Research Papers, 1964
0416 Cassandra O. Phelps Papers, 1914-1945
0423 David J. Bailey Reminiscence, 1900
0431 A.V. Howard Narrative, 1926 February 1
0435 Gloria Mahlum Musical Scores and Audiotape, 1964
0436 Wallis Huidekoper Collection, 1880s-1959
0437 Anaconda Smoke Case Defense Negatives, 1910
0441 Morris State Bank Records, 1889-1928
0442 Two Dot, Montana Collection, 1900-1924
0455 History of Castle, 1966
0461 Enoch Hodson Papers, 1881-1893
0485 Emma Stoker Photographs, 1900-1930
0491 Ray B. Haight Papers, 1911-1967
0492 Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, December 15, 1870
0498 To the Pioneers of Montana, 1899
0515 William H. White Diary, 1876 January - July
0518 Richard D. Cotter Papers, 1870-1878
0522 Robert P. Smith Papers, 1888-1950
0524 Missouri to Montana in A Covered Wagon, 1898, ca. 1965
0533 Gallatin County Veterans Service Records, 1918-1965
0540 The Maxey Mines, 1966
0541 Elizabeth Berger Swan Papers, 1967-1971
0544 Mercy Jackson Collection, 1927-1962
0551 Bozeman Deaconess Hospital Records, 1911-1968
0552 Samuel D. McIlheny Letters, 1862-1867
0560 Gallatin Farmers Alliance No. 4 of Montana Records, 1889-1892
0561 Mrs. W.J. Beall Scrapbook, 1867-1929
0568 Willliam H. Reed Interview, 1967
0570 Golden Valley Historical Society Organization Committee Records, 1966-1967
0591 "Recollections of Homestead Days"
0630 Frank L. Benepe Records, 1880-1893
0631 Engelfried and Esler Records, 1866-1889
0632 Willson and Rich Records, 1866-1871
0646 Columbus Creamery Company By-laws, 1906 March 31 - June 5
0650 Pondera History Association Files, 1955-1968
0651 Willard Harris Oral History, 1962 July 29
0652 Koch Family Papers, 1831-1912
0668 Andrew F. Bulreigh's Address to the Jury, April 26, 1889
0669 Story-Work Sheep Company Records, 1916-1919
0680 John M. Bozeman Collection, 1866-1965
0708 William W. Alderson Diary, 1864-1879
0710 The History of the Huntley Project, 1959
0724 History of Montana Publication Files, 1954-1956
0730 Early Travel In Montana, 1906
0736 Florence Isabel Penwell Papers, 1882-1901
0761 Lewistown Public Library O.O. Mueller Collection, 1929-1967
0768 Madison County, Mont., Methodist Churches Scrapbook, 1872-1964
0771 Thomas B. Brook Photographs, 1870-1960
0776 Brassey Family Papers, 1877-1929
0777 Henry N. M. Rayner Papers, 1852-1896
0781 Alexander Leggat Collection, 1864-1964
0783 William Milnor Roberts Papers, 1828-1959
0785 Smith-Mendenhall Family Papers, 1858-1902
0791 L. Christine Bliss Seamans Papers, 1907-1970
0796 Mark L. Lovell Manuscript, [n.d.]
0798 Dorothy Floerchinger Collection, 1864-1975
0809 Robert A. Baxter Papers, 1875-1893
0811 Margaret Powell Kraenzel Manuscripts, 1957-1960
0821 Daughers of the American Revolution. Mount Hyalite Chapter Records, 1920-1975
0828 Three Forks (Mont.) Lewis and Clark Observances Collection, 1945-1957
0847 Montana Oral History Collection, 1949-1978
0849 History of Nelson Story Audiotape Recordings, 1967
0851 Fort Ellis and Gustavus C. Doane Collection, 1865-1930
0857 Charles L. Anceney Letters, 1888-1890
0859 Livingston Anti-Merger Committee Records, 1894 - 1980
0860 Duncan-Packer Family Papers, ca. 1900-1948
0865 Warren R. Evans Photographs, 1910-1927
0866 John Jacob Benepe Papers, 1874-1903
0869 Lehrkind Coal and Ice Company Records, 1910-1938
0875 Montana Horse Breeders Association Records, 1908-1927
0878 History of Broadwater County, 1958
0881 Advertising Card Scrapbook of Bozeman Business Ephemera, 1882-1900
0882 Irene Thatcher Scrapbooks, 1948-1966
0883 Lemont A. Gates Day Books, 1911-1937
0884 Mrs. Lester S. Willson Papers, 1864-1920
0891 Alderson Family Collection, 1865-1939
0902 Floyd T. Wood Weather Diary, 1880-1969
0913 Clifton B. Worthen-James Fergus Collection, 1884-1955
0918 James M. Hamilton Photographs, ca. 1918
0925 John S. Mendenhall Papers, 1857-1885
0926 Emily Meredith Letter and Photographs, 1863-1868
0945 Caroline McGill Collection, 1909-1958
0982 National Forest Preservation Group Records, 1970-1972
0983 Mary Carey Papers, 1871-1950
0992 Bozeman Claim Association Minutes, 1864-1865
0996 Ash Family Papers, circa1971
1000 Research papers on Bozeman Coal Fields and Gallatin City, 1951-1955
1013 Nelson Story III Speech, 1963
1016 Gallatin County, Montana Tax Study, 1932
1018 Willson Company Collection, 1912-1951
1026 Q K Club Records, 1921-[ongoing]
1028 Montana State Music Teachers Association Minutes, 1927-1979
1030 World War II Ephemera Collection, 1941-1945
1031 Montana Travel Slide Collection, 1978
1033 Helen C. Ewing Papers, 1901-1971
1041 Charles C. Moore Recording, 1961
1043 Charles Kuhlman Papers, 1896-1959
1066 Mollie Francisco Diary, 1862-1876
1068 Merrill G. Burlingame Historical Ephemera Collection, 1832-1934
1070 Pacific Northwest History Conference Proceedings, April 5-7, 1973
1076 Davis Willson Papers, 1861-1915
1079 Bozeman Art Association Records, 1943-1968
1082 Montana Society of Engineers Records, 1887-1975
1088 Virginia W. Thompson Scrapbook, 1959-1960
1089 Charles W. Cooley Interviews, 1969-1973
1104 George W. Flanders, Sr., Papers, 1866-1975
1105 Snaps in Middle Creek Canyon, ca. 1920
1117 Fort Keogh Collection, 1879-1884
1119 Charles W. Baker Diary, 1864-1868
1120 Madison County School District 14 Records, 1874-1913
1124 Missouri Valley Authority Bibliography, 1945-1948
1127 Montana Pioneer Memorial Essay Contest Entries, 1964
1131 O.P. Balgord Papers, 1944-1962
1137 Jeffers Family. Collection, 1868-1975
1146 Gallatin County Bicentennial Oral History Project Collection, 1974-1976
1169 Miles Family Papers, 1868-1901
1172 The History of a Bridle, ca. 1900
1180 William F. Brewer Papers, 1929-1962
1184 Samuel O'Connell letter to Franklin Linfield, June 28, 1905
1195 Adrien L. Hess Montana Science Fair Papers, 1948-1967
1201 Grace Kamp Bates Research Papers, 1977-1982
1228 The Sweet Pea Carnivals of Bozeman, Montana
1230 Colter Route and Map Correspondence, 1944-1952
1249 A Pioneer Tale, January 1954
1250 Walter Cooper and Eugene F. Bunker Papers, 1886-1956
1253 Harriette Eliza Cushman Papers, 1893-1978
1267 Life of Rudy Christianson : Typescript, 1978
1314 Annemarie Burger Letters, 1951-1953
1332 Edna Tracy White Papers, 1869-1969
1346 David DeMuth Photographs, 1910-1913
1348 Montana Dictations (Gallatin County), 1884-1885
1349 Camp Rimini Oral History Collection, 1982-1983
1358 John Moore Waters Papers, 1851-1885
1360 Letter to Respected Friends, 1880 August 17
1365 David B. Christie Family Letters, 1883-1920
1368 Louisa Burton Ledger, 1889-1895
1377 Charlotte Stowe Autobiography, 1960
1392 John J. Powers Papers, 1937-1952
1396 Martha Roe Diary, 1864 May 4-September 8
1407 Lester S. Willson Family Papers, 1861-1922
1409 Warner Johnson Letters, 1889-1892
1411 Sadie Elizabeth Owen Diary, 1905-1907
1412 Nelson Story Letter, 1911 February 14
1415 Daniel S. Tuttle Letter to G.H. Deshon, July 27, 1891
1421 Gertrude White Papers, 1916-1917
1428 James Henderson Letters to Dr. Wilfred D. Roy, 1938-1940
1429 Margaret Patten Letter to "Alice", February 10, 1921
2004 George R. Safley Records, 1895-1915
2031 Lawrence S. Heberle Research Papers, 1974-1976
2051 Minnie Paugh Madison Valley Research Papers, 1964-1975
2056 Jesse G. Anderson Papers, 1914-1925
2067 Parson's Grove Telephone Company Records, 1916-1977
2068 Thomas E. Futrall Records, 1914-1929
2073 Harry C. James Papers, 1938-1978
2076 Carl Figgins Papers, 1918-1936
2083 Gallatin County, Montana, Sheriff's Office Records, 1900-1950
2091 Bridger Bowl, Inc. Records, 1962-1978
2094 Roy E. Huffman Files, 1976-1981
2095 Harry L. and Gretchen Billings Papers, 1940-1984
2096 Rocky Mountain Laboratory Records, 1910-1966
2098 James S. Spray Collection, 1925-1956
2101 Township plats for Gallatin County, 1934-1936
2107 Beryl Stith Papers, 1883-1963
2119 John N. DeHaas Papers, 1960-2004
2121 Lucius Seymour Storrs Papers, 1897-1906
2129 Bozeman Business Collection, 1884-1911
2130 Bozeman Post Office Records, 1871-1912
2131 Bozeman Weekly Chronicle Records, 1884-1904
2134 Hoffman Mercantile Company Records, 1910-1922
2135 Frazier House Records, 1885-1921
2136 Laclede Hotel Register, 1889-1890
2137 Karst's Kamp Guest Registers, 1908-1943
2139 Plats to Accompany Schedules of Allotments on the Crow Indian Reservation, 1923
2140 Granite Bi-Metallic Consolidated Mining Company Records, 1884-1919
2147 Lillian E.H. Culver Papers, 1893-1931
2151 Bozeman Fire Department Records, 1880-1962
2153 Miles L. Tuttle Reminiscences, ca.1928
2154 Alpha Social Club Minutes and Samuel Griffith Diary, 1882-1891
2163 Tomlinson Family Log Books, 1852-1896
2168 William Woodward Papers, 1885-1936
2184 William H. Tracy Papers, 1866-1909
2196 MSU Student Papers. Class Papers, 1920-1976
2209 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company records, 1918-1975
2210 David B. Lackman papers, 1933-1987
2211 Gustavus C. Doane papers, 1860-1939
2245 Merrill G. Burlingame papers, 1880-1990
2251 Fort Ellis drawings, 1869-1873
2264 Oliver R. Howe papers, 1877-1878
2268 Bozeman City-County Planning Board records, 1883-1992
2300 M.L. Wilson's avocation of agricultural history
2301 Gallatin Valley Female Seminary, ca. 1934
2308 Montana city directory collection, 1890-1982
2334 Esther Gaskins Price papers, 1931-1949
2336 WPA records, 1936-1942
2339 Patten family papers, 1895-1986
2341 Anna Zellick Oral History Collection, 1987-1991
2346 Richard B. Roeder papers, 1949-1995
2350 New World Mining District Collection, 1882-1898
2354 Robin MacNab papers, 1944-1985
2355 Sacajawea Audubon Society records, 1967-1988
2367 A. W. Miles records, 1882-1997
2369 Alexander Leggat pamphlet collection, 1863-1966
2384 Virginia S. Burlingame papers, 1864-1989
2393 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce records, 1911-1997
2394 Bozeman Trail Heritage Conference proceedings, July 28-31, 1999
2395 Manhattan Malting Company. Records, 1895-1914
2396 James A. Johnston papers, 1905-1915
2397 Ellen Louisa Gordon Fletcher diary, 1859-1861
2400 Bozeman Ministerial Conference records, 1892-1914
2401 Sanford Daniel Reed diary, April 14-29, 1864
2402 Hussey, Dahler & Company records, 1867-1876
2406 Lilla Bogert letters, 1876-1877
2412 William G. Walter papers, 1902-1999
2417 Mary Hunter Doane papers, 1860-1952
2419 Fergus Electric Cooperative Oral Histories, 1985-1986
2421 Hamilton Presbyterian Church records, 1871-1904
2423 William J. Walsh diary, 1878 October 5-1884 February 20
2425 Salesville Post Office records, 1887-1888
2428 Raymond A. Mentzer papers, 1974-1979
2429 Gallatin County Poor Fund Warrant Register, 1871-1879
2432 Lucy Young Ford letter, August 8, 1877
2437 Robert G. Dunbar papers, 1930-1986
2439 Bozeman Business and Professional Women records, 1921-[ongoing]
2440 Charles P. Blakely papers, 1858-1912
2448, also MC 270 Montana Study research collection, 1943-1954
2453 Cole family photograph album, [ca. 1915]-1930
2457 Fort Assinniboine telegrams received, 1881
2462 John B. Wisenall papers, 1862-1900
2463 Virginia Bunker Barnett papers, 1941-1966
2478 Philip Thorpe papers, 1875-1880
2480 William Wallace McCrackin diary, 1903
2488 Hamilton, Ballinger, Davidson, Bunnell, McAfee, and Weesner family papers, 1764-1988
2489 Mitchell family papers, 1869-2006
2490 Paul Schullery Papers, 1974-2015
2493 Thompson family papers, 1863-1998
2499 Discovery Mining Company records, 1916-1980
2508 Lester S. Willson diaries, 1863-1865
2518 Twin Bridges Post Office records, 1891-1907
2519 Rochester Post Office cash book, 1904-1908
2521 Madison County School District 11 records, 1871-1915
2522 John T. P. Fletcher ledger, 1905-1909
2531 Prentiss family papers, 1855-1987
2545 Rodney Wallace Page family papers, 1881-1927
2550 Montana biography vertical file collection, ca. 1920-1985
2556 Bud Lilly papers, 1946-2003
2561 Omega Beta photograph album, 1916-1923
2565 Marsha Karle Papers, 1981-2004
2566 Peter V. Jackson Papers, 1869-1928
2568 Joe H. Rawlins diaries, 1968-1997
2575 Henry O. Fortin scrapbook, 1916-1930
2576 Sylvester Nemes papers, 1973-2010
2577 Henry F. Keyes Diary and Photograph Album, 1899
2580 Alfred E. Aiken papers, 1885-1890
2582 Millard E. Peterson scrapbook, 1919-1923
2583 Peter V. Jackson Papers, 1869-1916
2587 Connie Staudohar Research Papers, 1918-2009 (bulk 1990-2003)
2590 Kenneth W. Karsmizki papers, 1867-2000
2593 Drury L. Weatherhead diary, 1917-1919
2594 Bob Jacklin papers, 1997-2014
2596 Richard H. Clow family papers, 1864-1939
2599 Eleanor Roberts Baltzell letter, July 9, 1924
2600 George Suckley papers, 1853-1863
2603 A. K. Best Papers, 1983-2015
2605 Myrtle May Crosby Letters, 1918
2616 Paul B. Davidson Watermark Collection, 1618-1987
2618 Montana Environmental Health Association Papers, 1951-1994
2620 Alice Josephine Shaw Scrapbook, 1926-1929
2622 Hayne Family Papers, 1903-2015
2628 Mike Clark Papers, 1972-2017
2629 Uncataloged Map Collection, circa 1795-1996
2630 Dr. Anthony M. McWatt Collection on Robert Pirsig, 1974-2004 (bulk 1993-2002)
2631 Goetz, Baldwin and Geddes P.C. Legal Files on Stream Access Law, 1972-1989
2635 Rick Reese Collection, 1981-2013
2636 Belle McDonald Cookbook, circa 1913-1938
2642 Robert Pirsig Letter to Ted DuPont, September 16, 1974
Accession 12002 Montana State College, Office of the President, annual reports received, 1921-1968
Accession 89017 James Reid letters and photographs, 1902-1904
