Anaconda and Butte, Montana Letterhead and Billhead Collection MS.2022.021
Finding aid by Elizabeth Cervantes
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2024
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles 90018
clark@humnet.ucla.edu
Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: Anaconda and Butte, Montana Letterhead and Billhead Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.2022.021
Physical Description:
1.88 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): about 1850-1963
Physical Location: Clark Library.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Provenance
Clark Library purchase, Back of Beyond Books, 2022. The original collector of these materials is unknown.
Processing History
This collection was physically processed and described by Elizabeth Cervantes in January-February 2024.
Scope and Contents
The Montana Letterheads collection consists of various businesses in both Butte and Anaconda Montana throughout the late 19th
and mid 20th centuries. The material includes: J.E Oppenheimer who was well known in the produce and cigar business; The Anaconda
Copper Mining Company which was headquartered in Butte and was one of the largest copper mining companies of the century;
The Standard Publishing Company; and The Butte Fair and Racing Association, which lists William Andrews Clark, Jr. as president
and director, among many others.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. 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.
Box 1, Folder 1
Walter T. Allen (Plumber)
1910
General
Bill for plumbing services
Box 1, Folder 2
American Liquid Company
1894
General
Recipt of purchase
Box 1, Folder 3
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
1892-1915
General
The business was founded in Anaconda Montana but has it's headquarters in Butte
Box 1, Folder 4
The Anaconda Standard Newspaper
1893
General
Letter from the newspaper's encyclopedia department
Box 1, Folder 5
George W. Andrews (Dealer)
1889
General
Recipt of purchase / water stains present
Box 1, Folder 6
The Arizona Hotel
About 1930
General
stains through out the papers
Box 1, Folder 8
Baker and Harper Civil Engineers
1894
General
Check for $130.19 for services
Box 1, Folder 9
Baker & Wilson, Civil & Mining Engineers
1908
Box 1, Folder 10
Baker Paint Co
1917
General
Bill paid in full
Box 1, Folder 12
Barret & Jacky
1984-1886
General
Sold saddles , harness , buggies , etc
Box 1, Folder 13
Bear Creek Coal Company
About 1900s
Box 1, Folder 14
Beebe Grain Company
1904-1920
Box 1, Folder 15
Bee-Hive Company
1895-1901
Box 1, Folder 16
Bennett Bros Company
About 1880-1930
Box 1, Folder 17
Bessette Printing Company, Inc.
1933
General
Recipt of purchase sold to Leya Jewelry for $5.50
Box 1, Folder 18
A. Binnard & Co.
1897
General
business in new and second hand clothes
Box 1, Folder 19
H.J Blume, Hot Air Furnaces
1887
Box 1, Folder 20
Bon Ton Horse Shoeing Shop
1912- 1916
Box 1, Folder 21
Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Co
1902
Box 1, Folder 23
Boucher Bros
1923
General
5 car repairs came out to $50
Box 1, Folder 24
Frank Boucher
1894
General
Purchase of a leather suit
Box 1, Folder 26
A.F Bray Wholesale Grocer
1905
Box 1, Folder 28
P.J. Brophy & Co.
1885-1889
Box 1, Folder 30
Brownfield Canty Carpet Co.
1900
Box 1, Folder 31
Brunswick Balke Collender Co.
1915
Box 1, Folder 32
Butte Assembly of Americans
1910
General
Logo is of statue of library with sword protecting a mother and child alongide portaits of Washington and Lincoln
Box 1, Folder 33
Butte Auto Radiator Repair Shop
1929
Box 1, Folder 34
Butte Barbers' Supply Co.
General
piece of paper stating the terms if business
Box 1, Folder 35
Butte Bartenders' Union
1902
Box 1, Folder 37
Butte & Boston Consolidated Mining Company
1903
Box 1, Folder 38
Butte Cab & Transfer Co.
1903-1908
Box 1, Folder 39
Butte Carriage Works
1903 -1908
General
In 1903 , it was Butte Carriage Works and Shoeing Shop until 1908 when it was changed to Butte Carriage Works and Ornamental
Iron Works
Box 1, Folder 41
Butte Electric Car Advertising Co.
1916
Box 1, Folder 42
Butte Electric Railway Company
1902
Box 1, Folder 43
Butte Fair & Racing Association
About 1900s
General
William Andrews Clark Jr was the president and director of the fair.
Box 1, Folder 44
Butte Floral Co
1903-1904
Box 1, Folder 45
Butte Gas Light and Fuel Co
1908
Box 1, Folder 47
Butte Hardware Co
About 1890s
Box 1, Folder 52
Butte Paint & Wall Paper Co
1904
Box 1, Folder 53
Butte Potato & Produce Co
1909-1910
Box 1, Folder 54
Butte Sewer Pipe and Tile Co
1900-1909
Box 1, Folder 56
Butte Stove Repair Co
1904
Box 1, Folder 57
Butte Tent & Awing Co
1899
Box 1, Folder 58
Butte Upholistering & Steam Carpet Cleaning Co
1901
Box 1, Folder 59
Butte Wholesale Meat Market
1894
Box 1, Folder 61
California Powder Works
1904
Box 1, Folder 63
Capital Commission Company
1914-1918
Box 1, Folder 64
Caplice Commerical Co
1889-1906
General
File consists of businesses own by Caplice Commerical Co
Box 1, Folder 66
Case, Gravelle, Ervin Co
1904
Box 1, Folder 69
Christie & Leys
1901-1908
General
owned Butte's Pharmacy Druggists
Box 1, Folder 70
Citizen's Coal Company
1908
Box 2, Folder 1
City Wood Yard
1894
General
John Yank was the property owner
Box 2, Folder 4
M.J .Collins
1914
General
Photograph of a man at the left hand corner of paper. Possibly M.J Collins
Box 2, Folder 5
Colorado Smelting & Mining Co
1902
Box 2, Folder 7
M.J. Connell Company
About 1890s - 1910
Box 2, Folder 9
Continental Oil Company
1908
Box 2, Folder 11
L E Cook Wholesale & Retail Grocer
General
Newspaper ad that lists the prices of grocery items
Box 2, Folder 12
Copper Street Livery & Boarding Stables
1910
Box 2, Folder 13
Law Office of Corbett & Welcome
1893
Box 2, Folder 16
County Treasurer & Collector
1883-1885
Box 2, Folder 17
Courenay Case & Gravelle Co
1891
Box 2, Folder 22
Curnow the Indian: Indian Motorcycles & Supplies
Box 2, Folder 23
Curtis & Andrieux
1881
General
handwritten letter
Box 2, Folder 25
D'Acheul Drug Company
1882-1892
General
Owned by H.A D'Acheul
Box 2, Folder 26
Daly Bank & Trust Company of Butte
1903-1915
Box 2, Folder 28
Davidson Grocery Co
1890s
Box 2, Folder 29
Davis & Company Wholesale Grocers
1890-1894
Box 2, Folder 30
David & Weimescary Co
1900
Box 2, Folder 34
Donnel, Clark & Larabie
1880
General
Bank Recipt for $49.67
Box 2, Folder 37
Eagle Dairy
1900s
General
List of products with some written in spanish
Box 2, Folder 39
Ellington & Reznor
1896-1897
General
Consists of a letter
Box 2, Folder 41
Emery Silving Mining
1919
General
typed letter addressed to Mrs.M
Box 2, Folder 42
The Electric Construction & Supply
1891
Box 2, Folder 44
Carl Engel
1911
General
owner of Fire Arms , Aummunation , Athletic and Sports Goods
Box 2, Folder 48
The Fair Drug & Assay Supply Co
1900s
Box 2, Folder 53
Baxter Furniture Company
1890s-1920s
Box 2, Folder 55
E.E. Gallogy
1894
General
Butte Pharmacy Druggists owner
Box 2, Folder 59
Garrison Fire Clay, Brick, and Tile Company
1892
Box 2, Folder 61
John Gerrick
1900
General
bill for work on a pipe
Box 2, Folder 65
Goodwin Investment Co
1911
Box 3, Folder 1
J.W. Haggerty Lumber Co
1912
Box 3, Folder 3
Harrongton - Mulane Co
1906-1910
Box 3, Folder 4
J.J Harrington & Co
1890s
General
Handwritten letter
Box 3, Folder 8
Hennessy Company
1903-1912
Box 3, Folder 10
Holiday Inter Mountain
1888
Box 3, Folder 11
Holsten Dairy
1912
General
handwritten recipt
Box 3, Folder 13
Holland Rink Bottling Works
1914
Box 3, Folder 15
Imperial Macaroni Manufactoring Company
1916
Box 3, Folder 16
Imperial Macaroni Mtg & Mercantile Company
1909
Box 3, Folder 17
Inter Mountain Publishing Co
1901-1903
Box 3, Folder 18
Italo-American Provision Co
1908
Box 3, Folder 23
Jefferson Lime Company
1893
Box 3, Folder 24
Keenan Manufactoring Co
1902
Box 3, Folder 25
Kenyon Cornell Commerical Co
1890s
Box 3, Folder 27
Kennedy Furniture Co
1890s
Box 3, Folder 28
W.R. Kennon Hardware Co
1880s
Box 3, Folder 30
J.S. Largo
1897
General
Owner in stoves . furniture , and general household goods
Box 3, Folder 34
Leggat Hotel
1900s
General
"the only fireproof hotel in Butte"
Box 3, Folder 38
Ley's Jewelers & Silversmiths
1904
Box 3, Folder 40
Licenses
1890-1911
General
Licenses given to people for their businesses + amount paid
Box 3, Folder 45
Mantle & Marsh
1880s
General
Insurance company
Box 3, Folder 46
Mantle & Warren
1885
General
Fire insurance , real estate and mining brokers
Box 3, Folder 50
Mckee Printing Co
1904-1916
Box 3, Folder 51
McRae Strasburger Harness Co
1900
Box 3, Folder 52
F.M. McRea
1888
General
Handwritten letter on front and back of the paper
Box 3, Folder 55
The Merchants Assocation
1900s-1910s
General
lists members in charge + businesses and business owners in assocation
Box 3, Folder 56
Merchants Produce Co
1900s
Box 3, Folder 59
Miners Dairy
1933
General
recipt of milk purchase
Box 3, Folder 60
Mining & Engineering Bureau
1902
Box 3, Folder 62
The Montana Catholic
1903
Box 3, Folder 64
Montana Electric Company
1909
Box 3, Folder 65
Montana Hardware Co
1897-1900
Box 3, Folder 66
Montana Horseshoeing Shop
1915
Box 3, Folder 67
Montana Iron Works
1899-1909
Box 3, Folder 69
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
1896
Box 4, Folder 2
Montana Tent & Awing Co
1915
Box 4, Folder 3
Montana Union Railway Company
1893
Box 4, Folder 4
Morley & Thomas Company
1911
Box 4, Folder 5
J.W. Morris
1890s
General
receipts of purchases
Box 4, Folder 7
Mutual Creamery Company
1933
Box 4, Folder 8
D.M. Newton Drug Company
1890s-1900s
Box 4, Folder 10
Northwest Coal Company
1909
Box 4, Folder 11
Northwestern Bottling Co
1896
Box 4, Folder 13
H.E. Olson & Co
1900
General
successors to Bennett Bros Company
Box 4, Folder 14
Olsen & Christian Co
1908
Box 4, Folder 15
Olsen & Goodough
1880s-1890s
Box 4, Folder 16
J.E. Oppenheimer
1890s--1900s
Box 4, Folder 20
Parchen-D'Acheul Drug Company
1899
Box 4, Folder 21
Parrot Silver & Copper Company
1899
Box 4, Folder 22
Paumie's Parisian Dye House
1904
Box 4, Folder 23
Paxon & Rockfeller
1890s-1900s
Box 4, Folder 27
Pufahl's Fine China, etc
1900s
Box 4, Folder 29
Real Cab & Tranfer Co
1903
Box 4, Folder 33
Rules for Operating Tram Motors
General
instructions flyer on how to operate a tram motor
Box 4, Folder 34
Scott's Butte Stove Repair Works
1900
Box 4, Folder 36
The Siegal Clothing Company
1905
Box 4, Folder 37
The Silver Leaf Candy Company
1901
Box 4, Folder 38
The Sporting Goods Store
1904
Box 4, Folder 40
Story Flour and Feed Co
1915
Box 4, Folder 45
Underwood Typewriter Company
1901
Box 4, Folder 46
Utah & Montana Machinery Co
1883
Box 4, Folder 48
Emil Weinberger & Co
1893
Box 4, Folder 52
Western Wagon & Grain Co
1890s
Anaconda, Montana Series 2
Box 5, Folder 1
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
1890s-1910s
General
letter from secretary office
Box 5, Folder 2
Anaconda Mill & Smeltermen's union
1943
Box 5, Folder 3
The Anaconda Standard
1894
Box 5, Folder 4
Bitter Root Development Co
1890s
General
it is the top half of a bill recipt
Box 5, Folder 5
Copper City Commerical Co
1890s
Box 5, Folder 8
Marcus Daly Hotel-Motel
1968
General
previously known as the Montana Hotel
Box 5, Folder 12
National Bank
1885
General
Handwriten letter adressed to someone who worked at the bank
Box 5, Folder 13
Pike Manufactoring Co
1926
Box 5, Folder 14
Standard Publishing Company
1890s
Box 5, Folder 15
State of Montana Cerfication of Registration of Motor Vehicle
1910s
General
registrations include that of Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Box 5, Folder 16
The Tuttle
1890s
General
The Tuttle had a store in both Butte & Anaconda
Box 5, Folder 17
Washoe Copper Company
1900s
