P.C. Waite Papers 1887-1959

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P.C. Waite Papers 1887-1959

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The P. C. Waite Papers consist of his diaries, his autobiography, letters written by family members, and some business and personal papers from his son-in-law, Joseph Adam. P. C. "Cliff" Waite's describes mainly his business pursuits, especially his gold mining endeavors. The papers also include a letter written by Flora Gardner (Mary Gardner Waite's relative) in 1879 describing the family's trip from Fort Benton to Bozeman. Another letter in the Waite papers includes a copy of a speech delivered by E. M. Gardner, Mary's father, detailing the history of the Presbyterian church. Joseph Adam's papers include his birth certificate, passport from Austria, his naturalization certificate, papers related to his death, a letter from his father, and copyright registrations and royalty contracts for his music. The bulk of the papers, however, are P. C. Waite's diaries which chronicle two periods from 1887-1892 and 1899-1910. Entries discuss weather, daily events, events that were occurring at the mines, amount of ore that went through the mine, the quality of the ore, general repairs needed for the mine, various other tasks related to mining, and the death and funeral of Mary's mother.

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MSU-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections

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Waite, Mary Gardner

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Gardner, Flora, 1839-1910

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Waite, P. C. (Percy Clifton), born 1868

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Perley Clifton Waite was born on 12 August 1868 in Chester, Vermont to Henry O. and Sarah (Kinsman) Waite. Waite lived in various towns in Vermont during his early childhood until his family moved to Massachusetts when he was thirteen. In October of 1886, Waite moved to the Gallatin Valley in Montana to live with his uncle and aunt, Ned and Helen Hodgman. He worked on their farm for two and a half years. He left the farm in 1889 and moved to Bozeman. Over the next three years, Waite...