Calendar of Montana Papers, 1833-1932

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Summary

Creators:
Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas), 1874-1957.
Abstract:
Extent:
549 items
Language:
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Preferred citation:

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

Location of this collection:
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA 90018, US
Contact:
(310) 794-5155
clark@humnet.ucla.edu
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