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Calendar of Montana Papers
Montana Mss.  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Additional collection guides

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Calendar of Montana Papers
    Dates: 1833-1932
    Collection Number: Montana Mss.
    Creator/Collector: Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas), 1874-1957.
    Extent: 549 items
    Repository: UCLA. Clark (William Andrews) Memorial Library
    Los Angeles, California 90018
    Abstract: Collection consists of materials related to the settlement and history of the state of Montana, and includes correspondence, mining claim records, legal documents, drawings, ledgers and other items.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Clark Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    Calendar of Montana Papers. UCLA. Clark (William Andrews) Memorial Library

    Acquisition Information

    The bulk of this collection was purchased from collector Charles N. Kessler in 1924.

    Biography/Administrative History

    This collection was cataloged as a 1943 project of the Works Progess Administration. A print inventory was produced and has been scanned and attached to this collection guide.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    This collection consists of materials related to the settlement and history of the state of Montana, and includes correspondence, mining claim records, legal documents, drawings, ledgers, registers and other items. Correspondents represented include William Andrews Clark, Sr., Thomas Francis Meagher, Wilbur F. Sanders and Charles N. Kessler. Subjects treated by the collection include the Blackfoot tribe, Kessler Beer, Fisk expeditions, the Battle of Little Bighorn, Northern Pacific Railroad Co., the Montana Constitutional Convention, mining, Joseph & Alexander Culbertson and the Cook-Folsom exploration of the Upper Yellowstone Valley.

    Indexing Terms

    Mines and mineral resources--Montana
    Indians of North America--Montana
    Railroads--Montana
    Legislators--Montana
    Clark, William Andrews, 1839-1925
    Meagher, Thomas Francis, 1823-1867
    Sanders, Wilbur Fisk, 1834-1905
    Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918
    Montana--History
    Legal documents
    Letters
    Account books

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