Calendar of Montana Papers
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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
Collection is open for research.
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.
Calendar of Montana Papers. UCLA. Clark (William Andrews) Memorial Library
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.
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