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University of Virginia. Correspondence regarding choice of first president, proposed merger of Medical School with Medical College of Virginia, and Co-ordinate College for women [manuscript] 1902-1916.

Title: Correspondence regarding choice of first president, proposed merger of Medical School with Medical College of Virginia, and Co-ordinate College for women [manuscript] 1902-1916.

Correspondents include: Archibald M. Aiken, Edwin A. Alderman, Paul B. Barringer, Allen Caperton Braxton, Jonathan Bryan, Joseph Bryan, Walter Coles Cabell, John Staige Davis, George H. Dewey, Edward Echols, Carter H. Fitzhugh, Thomas Fitzhugh, Carter Glass, Armistead C. Gordon, R. Tate Irvine, Dr. George Ben Johnston, Charles Pinckney Jones, Stuart McGuire, George W. Miles, John Bassett Moore, R. Walton Moore, Dean James M. Page, Col. William E. Peters, Dr. Christopher Tompkins, Robt. B. Tunstall, Oscar W. Underwood, Francis P. Venable, Hugh N. White, William H. White, Richard H. Whitehead. Other subjects treated: Controversy regarding T. Roosevelt's ride to Monticello in letter of Charles Noble to Andrew J. Montague; intercollegiate sports opposed by John S. Mosby; petition for steam heat on West Lawn.

ArchivalResource: 1,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647968599 View

Leggat, Alexander, 1876-1961. Alexander Leggat collection, 1864-1964.

Title: Alexander Leggat collection, 1864-1964.

The Leggat collection has been divided into two large groups: Family Papers and Collection Papers. The Family Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and scrapbook memorabilia all pertaining to Alexander Leggat and his extended family. The family correspondence includes letters from Alexander Leggat: his parents, John A. Leggat and Claribel A. Leggat; his sister, Claribel A. Leggat; and other relatives in Michigan, Montana, and Missouri. The letters include descriptions of Mrs.Claribel A. Leggat's 1880 journey from Grand Haven, Mich., to Leggat's Mill on the Big Hole River, Mont.; details of life in 1880 Butte, Mont.; the death of Mrs. Claribel A. Leggat after the birth of her daughter in 1881; Alexander Leggat's childhood in Montana and Michigan; his relationship with his grandmother; school life at the College of Montana in Deer Lodge; the 1889 fire in the Anaconda and St. Lawrence mines which resulted in several deaths; operations on Leggat's nose in New York; his boating with school friends in northern Michigan; and his job at a mine in Calumet, Mich. The Collection papers consist of collecting correspondence created or collected by Leggat while purchasing books and manuscripts on Western Americana; inventories and lists of books collected; historic Montana legal documents and manuscript files of documents collected for their historical or display value; and photographs. Subjects or creators of manuscripts include Charles Bechner, Charles A. Broadwater, William H. Clagett, James M. Cavanaugh, J.E. Clayton, Sidney Edgerton, W.R.H. Edwards, Kate Hammond Fogarty, James A. Garfield, Randall Henry Hewitt, Oliver O. Howard, Thomas Francis Meagher, George Miles, Henry Plummer, J.E. Rickards, John S. Rockfellow, and D.W. Tilton. The manuscripts also pertain to the following subjects: Bozeman, Butte, Virginia City, Madison County, Silver Bow County, Beaverhead County, mining, Montana political campaigns, Herschel Mining Company, and Montana Indian treaties for the Blackfeet, Blood, Assiniboine, Gros Ventre, and Piegan tribes. The papers of Randall Henry Hewitt include a substantial portion of his original manuscript for Across the Plains and Over the Divide published in 1906. Photographs include copy prints and original images of Butte, Virginia City, Missoula, and Pioneer City, Mont.; photographs of original paintings and drawings by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell; and lithograph illustrations of Montana scenes taken from an unidentified publication.

ArchivalResource: 2.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154689543 View

Dusenberry, Verne, 1906-1966. Verne Dusenberry papers, ca. 1885-1966.

Title: Verne Dusenberry papers, ca. 1885-1966.

The collection is comprised in large part of research notes, interviews, manuscripts, rough drafts, and much collected information such as clippings, maps, copies of correspondence shared by others, several original historical documents (ca. 1885-1918), a set of taped interviews and journal articles about the Indian which was used for teaching, writing, his own anthropological course work, and public presentations. The papers proffer information about the Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Crow, Flathead, Dakota, Gros Ventre, Kutenai, Montana Cree, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d' Oreille, and Salish. The topics cover life ways, material culture, history, language, legends, religion including the Sun Dance and Peyote Cult, reservation concerns, land claims, and literature. Individuals with whom Dusenberry corresponded or on whom he gathered information in identifiable folders include Edmund Bradley, Joseph Kinsey Howard, James Kipp, Joseph Kipp, Norman A. Fox, Charles Kuhlman, Father Albert Lacombe, Emanual "Manny" Milstein, Angus McDonald, John McDougall, George M. Miles, Rodolphe Charles Petter, Dick "Chief Bull" Sanderville, Edgar I. Stewart, Guy Weidick and Robert Yellowtail. Reservation life is revealed in many files with specific folders for the Blackfeet, Colville, Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck Northern Cheyenne, and Rocky Boy reservations. The Indian communities of Montana which have folders in the information files are Browning, Fort Belknap, Fort McKenzie, Fort Peck, Havre, Lodge Pole, and St. Labre Mission, though others may appear within related material. The papers also include teaching outlines, classroom aids, exams, and public addresses during his activities in the 1950s and 1960s. The largest body of material is an information and research file on various Indian tribes and subjects. A small part of the collection is personal documents such as contracts, resumes, and diplomas and correspondence which reveals his personal and professional struggles during his later years, his research endeavors, and his relationship with Indian peoples and other scholars.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70924610 View

Alexander Leggat Collection, 1864-1964

Title: Alexander Leggat Collection 1864-1964

The Family Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, legal papers, and scrapbook memorabilia all pertaining to Alexander Leggat and his extended family. The Collection papers consist of: collecting correspondence created or collected Alexander Leggat while purchasing books and manuscripts on Western Americana; inventories and lists of books collected; historic Montana legal documents collected for their historical or display value; historic Montana manuscript files of documents collected for their historical or display value; and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 2.2 linear feet

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv96151 View

Verne Dusenberry Papers, circa 1885-1966

Title: Verne Dusenberry Papers circa 1885-1966

The Verne Dusenberry Papers provide a rich source of material about the Montana and Northern Plains Indians, in particular the Chippewa Cree (a.k.a./Metis, Landless Indians, Rocky Boy). They also offer some insights into the formative years of the Montana Institute of the Arts and Montana and Western authors of the 1950's and early 1960's. The materials consist of letters, personal papers, research work, and manuscripts collected or created by Verne Dusenberry. The papers also include teaching outlines, classroom aids, exams, and public addresses. The topics cover life ways, material culture, history, language, legends, religion including the Sun Dance and Peyote Cult, reservation concerns, land claims, and literature.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear feet

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv06240 View