Finding Aid for the Images of Montana and the West 1800-1919
Processed by Jamie Henricks.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
University of California, Los Angeles
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Images of Montana and the West,
Date (inclusive): 1800-1919
Collection number: Mont. coll. Photos
Creator: William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library
Extent:
1 box
(.4 linear feet)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection contains images of people and
places in the Montana and Dakota Territories and other locations in the
western United States. Individuals photographed include Calamity Jane,
Malcolm Clark, Theodore Roosevelt, and others. Places photographed
include towns, mining camps, wilderness areas, and forts. Images
primarily include originals and reproductions of black and white
photographic prints and sketches; there is one stereographic print.
Items date primarily from the 1860s to 1890s.
Physical location: Clark Library
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts or photographs 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
[Identification of item], Images of Montana and the West, Mont. coll.
Photos, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Most images were acquired from the Charles N. Kessler Papers of the
Montana Collection. The Calamity Jane photograph was donated by Nancy
Schreier in 1993. The photograph of Virginia City (#74) was donated by
John Howell in 1937.
Processing History
Processed by Jamie Henricks, September 2009
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of people and places primarily in the
Montana Territory. Individuals photographed include Calamity Jane,
Malcolm Clark, Theodore Roosevelt, and others in Montana and Dakota
Territories. Places photographed include towns, mining camps, wilderness
areas, and forts. Other locations in the western United States are also
included. Images include original black and white photographic prints,
reproductions of black and white prints and sketches, cabinet cards, and
one stereographic print. Items date primarily from the 1860s to 1890s.
The photos retain their original order, and appear thematically.
Photos are described by title or caption when possible, otherwise a
title is supplied. The photographer and date is listed when available.
Dimensions of items are given in centimeters. Many photos have further
background information written in pencil about the subjects in the
pictures, but this information is not included in the finding aid.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Dakota
Territory--Pictorial works
Helena
(Mont.)--Pictorial works.
Montana--Pictorial works
Roosevelt,
Theodore, 1858-1919
Calamity
Jane, 1852-1903
Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas), 1874-1957
West (U.S.)--Pictorial
works
Genres and Forms
Photographs--United
States--19th century
Container List
Box 1, Item 1
Calamity Jane. C.E. Finn, Livingston, Montana.
[1860-1900?]
Physical Description: 11 x 16.5
Note
Black and white cabinet card. Given to the Clark by Nancy
Schreier in 1993 after seeing an article in the newsletter about
Calamity Jane.
Box 1, Item 2
Joseph W. Culbertson.
[1860-?]
Physical Description: 11 x 13
Note
Black and white photo postcard.
Box 1, Item 3
Joseph W. Culbertson.
1919
Physical Description: 9 x 14
Note
Black and white print. "62 years of age in 1919. Indian
Ex-Scout 20 years. 1876-1895 under Gen. N.A. Miles and Maj. Gen Lloyd
Wheaton."
Box 1, Item 4
Malcolm Clark. From only known photograph, in the Montana
Historical Society.
[1800-1870?]
Physical Description: 11.5 x 16
Note
Photocopy of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 5
Colonel Jacob Thompson, Missoula. Leon, Payton &
Anderson, Hot Springs.
[1800-?]
Physical Description: 10.5 x 16.5
Note
Black and white cabinet card.
Box 1, Item 6
Mr. Gustavus R. Bechler, about 1873, Washington.
ca. 1873
Physical Description: 7 x 9
Note
Reproduction of black and white print made in September 1919 at
the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Box 1, Item 7
Charles Reynolds, "Lonesome Charlie", Custer's Scout 1876.
D.F. Barry.
1876
Note
Black and white print.
Box 1, Item 7-80
Granville Stuart Sketches.
1865,
1867
Physical Description: 16.5 x 11.5
Note
Includes four reproductions of sketches of Montana by Granville
Stuart, including Phillipsburg, John Grant's residence near Deer Lodge
City, a view of the Gold Creek Mountains from Deer Lodge City, and a
view of Blackfoot City. A photocopy of a short biography of Stuart is
also included.
Box 1, Item 8
Major Marcus A. Reno.
[1850-1889?]
Physical Description: 5.5 x 7
Note
Reproduction of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 9
Red Crow, Chief of Blood Indians.
[1850-1899?]
Physical Description: 10 x 16.5
Note
Reproduction of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 10-11
Robert Meldrum.
[1830-1860?]
Physical Description: 12 x 18
Note
Two reproductions of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 12-14
Kennett McKenzie.
[1820-1860?]
Physical Description: 12 x 17
Note
Three reproductions of a black and white print. Photocopied
biography lists McKenzie's name as 'Kenneth Mackenzie'. McKenzie founded
Fort Union on the Montana/North Dakota border in 1828. Illustration
appeared in Laut's "Blazed Trail of Old Frontier", 1926, p. 94.
Box 1, Item 15
George Orr, Discoverer of Alder Gulch.
[1863-1899?]
Physical Description: 8.5 x 17
Note
Reproduction of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 16-17
James Kipp.
[1830-1880?]
Physical Description: 10 x 16.5
Note
Two reproductions of a daguerreotype.
Box 1, Item 18
Neil Harris - J.L. Fisk.
[1800-?]
Physical Description: 8 x 13
Note
Reproduction of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 19
"Yellowstone" Kelly.
1870
Physical Description: 12 x 17
Note
Reproduction from an old tin-type. "Mr. Kelly is seated at the
right; John George Brown at the left; and Ed Lambert a Canadian
character of the upper Missouri, in the center." The picture appeared in
Joseph Hanson's "Conquest of the Missouri", Chicago, 1909 on p.
54.
Box 1, Item 20-22
Father De Smet. G. Sohon's Photographic and Ambrotype
Gallery, Market Street, San Francisco.
1863-1864
Physical Description: 6 x 10
Note
One original black and white print, and two copies of another
black and white print.
Box 1, Item 23
Major Alexander Culbertson, wife, and son Joseph.
ca. 1862
Physical Description: 14 x 11
Note
Enlarged reproduction of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 24
Major Alexander Culbertson. [Peoria, Illinois.]
1865
Physical Description: 11.5 x 16
Note
Reproduction of a black and white print. Photo appears in
Laut's "Blazed Trail of Old Frontier", 1926, p. 94.
Box 1, Item 25
X. Biedler of Montana. [B.F.] Barry, Fort Assiniboine,
Montana.
1881
Physical Description: 12 x 15.5
Note
Reproduction of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 26
William Cantrell (Flopping Bill).
[1800-?]
Physical Description: 12.5 x 18
Note
Reproduction of a black and white print.
Box 1, Item 27-31
Butte City, Montana. O.C. Bundy, Jackson St., Virginia City,
Montana.
1876,
1878,
unknown
Physical Description: 21 x 15.5 and 9 x 12
Note
Black and white prints. Includes views of the town of Butte
City from a hill, views of a group of men in front of the Post Office
block, and a later undated picture of the intersection of Broadway and
Idaho streets.
Box 1, Item 32-38
Helena, Montana.
ca. 1860-1889
Physical Description: 13 x 7.5 to 20.5 x 12
Note
Includes black and white prints and a reproduction of a black
and white sketch. Pictures include views of streets, buildings, and
shops in Helena as well as panoramic views taken from outside of town.
Two panoramas are taken as part of "Watkins' New Boudoir Series, Yo
Semite, Pacific Coast, Yellowstone Park, etc., 427 Montgomery St.,
S.F.".
Box 1, Item 39
Medium format black and white negatives.
Physical Description: 12 negatives
Note
Photos are of buildings and scenery in and near an unknown
town. Includes Budd-Fisher Drug Company developing envelope; the store
was located in Helena, Montana.
Box 1, Item 40-42
Forts.
1886 and undated
Physical Description: 24 x 11.5 and 25 x 16.5
Note
Includes one black and white print of Fort Maginnis (1886) and
two undated photocopies of sketches from books of Fort Vancouver
(Washington) and Fort George (Oregon).
Box 1, Item 43-51
Fort Union.
ca. 1833-1866
Physical Description: 13 x 8.5
Note
Includes reproductions of seven sketches and two black and
white prints. Sketches are of the exterior of Fort Union from multiple
vantage points, and two sketches include Assiniboin Indians. Of the
sketches, one was drawn by Granville Stuart, and another by Alexander
Murray. Photographs include the exterior of Fort Union and a man sitting
in front of a building inside the fort.
Box 1, Item 52-59
Fort Benton and Fort Owen.
ca. 1860-1880
Physical Description: 16.5 x 10.5
Note
Includes two reproductions of black and white prints and three
reproductions of sketches of Fort Benton and three reproductions of
sketches of Fort Owen. All images are of the exteriors of the
forts.
Box 1, Item 60-65
Forts.
ca. 1844-1873
Physical Description: 16.5 x 10.5
Note
Includes reproductions of sketches of the following forts: Fort
Peck, Fort Mortimer, Fort Rice, Fort Campbell, and Fort John. Also
includes a reproduction of a black and white print of "Stanley's
Stockade on the Yellowstone". Sketch artists include Granville Stuart,
L.E. Fitch, and Alexander Murray. The photograph was taken by S.J.
Morrow.
Box 1, Item 66-71
Miscellaneous Sketches and Photographs.
ca. 1830-1868
Physical Description: 16.5 x 11.5
Note
Includes reproductions of sketches of quartz mining in Idaho, a
steamer ascending the Missouri River, a Cheyenne camp on the Tongue
River, and Virginia City. Also includes reproductions of two
photographs, including the Fisk expedition crossing the Red River in
1866 and of the Big Hole Battlefield.
Box 1, Item 72-76
Miscellaneous Photographs.
ca. 1867-1887, undated
Physical Description: 13.5 x 9; 24.5 x 11.5; 10 x 6; 20.5 x 14.5; and 14.5 x 10
Note
Includes a black and white print of a parade in Big Sandy,
Montana; a reproduction of a black and white print of hydraulic gold
mining in Confederate Gulch, Montana (later named Diamond City); people
standing on a street corner in Virginia City, Montana; a print of a
sketch of the first train on the Montana Central Railroad; and a black
and white print of a man and a woman standing by a brick house.
Box 1, Item 80-83
[Teddy Roosevelt and company pursue thieves.] Ingersoll, 40
East Third Street, St. Paul, [Minnesota].
[1886]
Physical Description: 14.5 x 10
Note
Includes four black and white prints on cabinet cards of
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt and company's search for thieves in the
Dakota Territory. One print is of Roosevelt standing by his horse.
Another is of William Seawall and Wilmot Dow standing in a boat with
supplies and oars, ready to chase the thieves. Two other prints are of
Roosevelt guarding the three prisoners, the "German", "Finnigan", and
the "Half Breed". The story is recounted by Roosevelt in "Sherrif's Work
on a Ranch", a chapter in "Ranch Life and the Hunting-trail"
(1888).
Box 1, Item 84-95
Teddy Roosevelt's Hunting Trip.
ca. 1885-1888
Physical Description: 14.5 x 10
Note
Includes twelve black and white prints on cabinet cards related
to a hunting trip taken by Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt in the Dakota
Territory. Pictures include scenes of waterfalls and trees, the stables
of Elk Horn Ranch, a dead cow elk in a wagon, a dead deer hanging by its
hind legs, and multiple photographs of Old Man Tompkins and Wilmot Dow
with horses and wagons.
Box 1, Item 96
Our First Elk. L.A. Huffman, publisher, Miles City,
Montana.
[1885-1888?]
Physical Description: 16 x 9
Note
Includes one stereoscopic print of Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
kneeling by a dead elk. An advertisement below the print reads
"Yellowstone Park Views, Indian Portraits and Choicest Pictures in Great
Variety. Apply for Catalogue."
