Frank B. Linderman Memorial Collection 1885-2005

Seltzer, O. C. (Olaf C.), 1877-1957

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Olaf Carl Seltzer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 25, 1877, the son of Carl adnd Julia (Neilsen) Seltzer. While still in his teens, he studied at the Technical Institute of Copenhagen. After the death of his father in 1892 he came to the United States with his mother and settled in Great Falls, Montana, in 1892. He worked as a ranch hand for the next year. He then worked as a machinist for the Great Northern Railroad; the Butte, Anaconda, and Pacific; a railroad at Lethbridge, Alberta;...

Turney-High, Harry Holbert, 1899-

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Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926

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American cowboy and artist of the American West. From the description of Photographs, {ca. 1910}. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435693 American painter and sculptor of western scenes and subjects. From the description of Ephemera, 1900-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497326 From the guide to the Charles M. Russell ephemera, 1900-1964, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Russell, Charles Marion, artist, cowboy (Mar. 19, 1864-Oct. 24, 1...

Gibson, Paris, 1830-1920

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Paris Gibson was born on July 1, 1830, in Brownfield, Maine. He was the son of Abel and Anne (Howard) Gibson. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1851. In 1853 he was elected to the Maine legislature. In August 1858, Gibson married Valeria G. Sweat, who was born in Brownfield, on Nov. 30, 1839. The couple had four children, two of whom died at an early age. The surviving sons, Phillip and Theodore, later helped their father in some of his business activities. In 1859 the new couple...

Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

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George Bird Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on 20 Sept. 1849. His father prospered after the Civil War with a wholesale dry goods business. He eventually developed an investment firm in which he hoped his son would develop an interest. While a student at Yale University, however, young Grinnell went on a fossil and dinosaur expedition to the west led by Professor O.C. Marsh. By 1874 Grinnell dissolved the investment firm his father had founded and moved to New Haven, Conn., to work with Mar...

James, Will, 1892-1942

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Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, later self-names Will James, was a cowboy originally from Canada, who went on to become an author and artist of the American West. He is well-known for his book Smoky the Cowhorse. From the description of Photographs of Will James artwork, circa 1910s-1920s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367950757 American writer and illustrator, who wrote simple, realistic adventure stories of the American West. From the description of Letters, 1...

Whicker, H. W. (Harold Wave), 1895-1955

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H.W. (Harold Wave) Whicker was born in Columbia City, Indiana in 1895. Whicker graduated from Indiana University before serving in World War I. Whicker relocated to the Pacific Northwest after the war and attended State Normal School at Cheney, which is currently known as Eastern Washington University. Attending school in Cheney, Whicker met his wife Meta. H.W. and Meta continued their education at State College of Washington in Pullman (now Washington State University). After graduating with a ...

Hagedorn, Herman, 1882-1964.

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Dixon, Joseph Moore, 1867-1934.

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Linderman, Verne, 1897-1989

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Coates, Grace Stone, 1881-1976

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Grace Stone Coates was born on 20 May 1881 on a farm outside of Ruby, Kan. Although she never took a degree, she attended Oshkosh Normal, University of Chicago, and the University of Southern California. In 1904, she was a teacher in Butte. It was during this time she met her husband, Henderson Coates, who ran the general store and post office in Martinsdale, Mont. They were married in 1910 and moved to Martinsdale. Grace continued teaching in Martinsdale and was the superintendent of schools fo...

Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953

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American architect and designer born in Germany. From the description of Selected drawings, 1915-1946. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83603385 ...

Walsh, Thomas James, 1859-1933

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After a long career with the San Francisco Police Dept., Thomas P. Walsh was named Chief of Police, but only served "a day or so" before his death on May 1, 1933. Walsh was assigned to Mayor James Rolph's office in City Hall, and later served under Rolph at the Governor's Office in the State Building in San Francisco. From the description of Thomas P. Walsh diaries, 1892-1933 (bulk 1923-1933). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48928816 U.S. senators f...

Hatfield, Sarah

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De Yong, Joe, 1894-

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Joe De Yong was a western movie extra, a cowboy artist, protégé of Charles Marion Russell (Montana's cowboy artist), and an historical consultant on western films. From the description of Joe De Yong letter, 1972. (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum). WorldCat record id: 61257693 Richard "Dick" Jean Flood, the son of Richard Flood and Jeannette St. Jean, was born on April 18, 1942 in Anaconda, Montana. In the 1940s Flood developed an interest in western art, Cha...

Paxson, E. S., 1852-1919

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Edgar Samuel Paxson was born to a Quaker family in East Hamburg, New York, in 1852. His father, William Hamilton Paxson, had a carriage-building business. After attending the Friends' Institute school, Edgar entered his father's business, painting carriages and signs. In 1874 he married Laura Johnson, and the following year he set out for the West. Paxson worked for a stagecoach company, as a guide, and at other frontier jobs. In 1878 he brought his family to Deer Lodge, Montana, wh...

Borein, Edward, 1872-1945

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Painter, illustrator, etcher, teacher; Santa Barbara, Calif. From the description of Edward J. Borein letters, [ca. 1900-1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455992 ...

Linderman, Wilda Jane, 1894-1981

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Merriam, H. G. (Harold Guy), 1883-

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Horn, Ernest, 1882-1967

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American Professor of Education. Author of various education books. From the description of Letters, 1932-1933. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122335162 Horn was an authority on elementary education and spelling. He studied or taught at the University of Missouri, Columbia University (principal of its Speyer School), the University of Northern Colorado, and elsewhere. From 1915 until his retirement in 1952, Horn was Professor of Education at the Universi...

Waller, Norma Linderman, 1897-1972

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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First director, United States Forest Service (1905). He changed the name of protected "forest preserves" to "national forests" and advocated a controversial "wise use" policy for the resources of the national forests, whereby a greater use of forest resources, such as tree harvests and grazing rights could be permitted. From the description of Correspondence, 1905-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 40804560 Forester and governor of Pennsylvania. F...

Van de Water, Frederic Franklyn, 1890-1968

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Author. From the guide to the Frederick Franklyn Van de Water papers, 1931-1935, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Coburn, Walt, 1889-1971

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Author, prolific writer of pulp Western stories and novels. Served briefly in Pancho Villa's army; then worked as a cowboy and surveyor in Arizona before becoming a freelance writer. From the description of Walt Coburn papers, 1922-1977. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 30522236 Western American novelist. From the description of Stirrup high, [1956]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547134 Walter J. "Walt" Coburn, t...

Linderman, Frank Bird, 1869-1938

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Linderman was born in 1869; lived in Montana; wrote On a passing frontier (1920) and Bunch-grass and Blue-joint (1921); wrote several volumes of Indian lore and fiction portraying the frontier and Native American life, including Lige mounts, free trapper (1922), American (1930), Red mother (1932), and Beyond law (1933); he died in 1938. From the description of Papers, 1915-1932. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38989022 Julius C. Peters was born i...