Leo Rhein Papers 1957-1969

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Leo Rhein Papers 1957-1969

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Leo Rhein was Helena, Montana, area resident who corresponded with J. Robert Atkinson, an advocate for the blind and founder of the Braille Institute of America. The collection consists of their correspondence.

0.5 linear feet

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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Rhein, Pearle Leedy, 1895-1982

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Atkinson, J. Robert (John Robert), 1887-1964

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Rhein, Leo, 1890-1972

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Leo Rhein was born in 1890 and traveled with his parents from Nebraska to Wolf Creek, Montana, in 1898. As a young man he worked with horses for Jim Rowe, worked on the Rock Creek Ranch for Phill Reynolds for several years, and drove a stage for Burns and Arthur for one season when he was sixteen. Later he met and married Pearl Leedy. They had three children, Clinton, Leo, and Carley. Leo and Pearl Rhein ran the Wolf Creek Hotel for many years until Leo Rhein became the ...