Calendar of Montana Papers

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2024


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

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

[Identification of item]. Calendar of Montana Papers. Collection Number: Montana Mss.. 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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