Leggat, Alexander, 1876-1961

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Alexander Leggat was a Butte, Montana mining engineer, hotel owner, and collector of western Americana. He was born in Owasso, Michigan, on December 22, 1876, to John A. Leggat and his wife, Claribel Ament Leggat. He came to Butte, Montana with his mother in 1880 and attended public schools in Butte, graduating from the Butte High School in 1894. He next attended the college of Montana at Deer Lodge, and also the Michigan School of Mines in Houghton. He worked as a mining engineer in Montana and served in many Butte civic organizations. Leggat purchased a hotel in Butte in the early twentieth century and became active in the Montana Hotel Association in 1923. He began collecting books and manuscripts pertaining to Montana and the West in the 1920s and eventually compiled an impressive private library. Following his death in 1961, his widow began negotiations with Montana State College for the sale of the collection.

From the guide to the Alexander Leggat Collection, 1864-1964, (Montana State University-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections)

Butte, Montana mining engineer, hotel owner, and collector of Western Americana.

From the description of Alexander Leggat collection, 1864-1964. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 42928074

Mining engineer, hotel owner, and collector of western Americana, of Butte, Mont.

Alexander Leggat was born in Owasso, Mich., on 22 Dec. 1876, to John A. Leggat and his wife, Claribel Ament Leggat. He came to Butte, Mont., with his mother in 1880 and attended public schools in Butte, graduating from the Butte High School in 1894. He next attended the College of Montana at Deer Lodge, and also the Michigan Mining School in Houghton. He worked as a mining engineer in Montana and served in many Butte civic organizations. Leggat purchased a hotel in Butte in the early twentieth century and became active in the Montana Hotel Association in 1923. He began collecting books and manuscripts pertaining to Montana and the West in the 1920s and eventually compiled an impressive private library.

From the description of Alexander Leggat collection, 1864-1964. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 154689543

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creatorOf Leggat, Alexander, 1876-1961. Alexander Leggat collection, 1864-1964. Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library
creatorOf Alexander Leggat Collection, 1864-1964 MSU-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
creatorOf Leggat, Alexander, 1876-1961. Alexander Leggat collection, 1864-1964. Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library
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associatedWith Bechner, Charles. person
associatedWith Broadwater, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1840-1892. person
associatedWith Cavanaugh, James Michael, 1823-1879. person
associatedWith Clagett, William H. (William Hezekiah), 1848-1926. person
associatedWith Clayton, J. E. (Joshua Elliot) person
associatedWith College of Montana. corporateBody
associatedWith Edgerton, Sidney, 1818-1900. person
associatedWith Edwards, W. R. H., b. 1833. person
associatedWith Fogarty, Kate Hammond. person
associatedWith Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. person
associatedWith Herschel Mining Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Hewitt, Randall H. (Randall Henry), b. 1840. person
associatedWith Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909. person
associatedWith Leggat, Claribel A. (Claribel Ament), b. 1881. person
associatedWith Leggat, John A., 1832-1902. person
associatedWith Meagher, Thomas Francis, 1823-1867. person
associatedWith Michigan Mining School corporateBody
associatedWith Michigan Mining School-Students-Diaries corporateBody
associatedWith Miles, George M., 1854-1935. person
associatedWith Plummer, Henry Amos, d. 1864. person
associatedWith Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909. person
associatedWith Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927. person
associatedWith Rockfellow, John S. person
associatedWith Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926. person
associatedWith Tilton, D. W. (Daniel Webster), 1839-1919. person
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Virginia City (Mont.)
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Beaverhead County (Mont.)
Silver Bow County (Mont.)
Montana-Pictorial works
Virginia City (Mont.)-Photographs
Butte (Mont.)
Butte (Mont.)
Pioneer (Mont.)
Michigan--Calumet
Missoula (Mont.)
Madison County (Mont.)
Montana-History-Sources
Montana-Politics and government
Silver Bow County (Mont.)
Butte (Mont.)-Photographs
Pioneer (Mont.)-Photographs
Virginia City (Mont.)
West (U.S.)-History-Sources
West (U.S.)
Missoula (Mont.)-Photographs
Madison County (Mont.)
Bozeman (Mont.)
Beaverhead County (Mont.)
Bozeman (Mont.)
Montana--Butte
Montana
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Americana
Americana
Assiniboine Indians
Assiniboine Indians
Blackfeet Indians
Blackfeet Indians
Blood Indians
Blood Indians
Bozeman
Political campaigns
Political campaigns
Civic Activism
Gros Ventre Indians (Montana)
Gros Ventre Indians (Montana)-Montana
Gros Ventres Indians
Gros Ventres Indians
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Kainah Indians
Kainah Indians
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Missoula
Montana
Native Americans
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Piegan Indians
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Siksika Indians
Siksika Indians
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Birth 1876

Death 1961

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