James R. Oppedahl Research Papers 1976

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James R. Oppedahl Research Papers 1976

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James Oppedahl was a graduate student in history at the University of Montana. The collection contains his research materials on federal judges from Montana: James Harris Baldwin, William H. Hunt, Carl L. Rasch, George M. Bourquin, Hiram Knowles, Charles Nelson Pray, and Walter Lyndon Pope.

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University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Knowles, Hiram, 1834-1916

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Hiram Knowles was born in Hamden, Maine, in 1834, the son of Freeman Knowles, a ship's captain and medical doctor. When he was four years old the family moved to Illinois and two years later to Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa. In 1850, young Knowles accompanied his father west to California to search for gold, staying there a year. He was educated at Denmark Academy, Antioch College, and Harvard Law School. In 1862, Knowles returned west, this time to Nevada, where he practiced law for fou...

Baldwin, James Harris, 1876-1944

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Judicial Conference of the United States. Bicentennial Committee

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Rasch, Carl L., 1866-1961

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Pray, Charles Nelson, 1868-1963

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Charles Pray was born in Potsdam, New York, on April 6, 1868. He attended Middlebury College for two years and later graduated from Chicago College of Law. Pray was admitted to the Montana bar in 1892 and began his Fort Benton, Montana, law practice in 1896. A successful lawyer, he was elected Choteau County Attorney in 1898. After serving four terms as County Attorney, Pray was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1906. During his time in Congress, P...

Pope, Walter Lyndon, 1889-1969

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Oppedahl, R. James, 1946-

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R. James Oppedahl was born in 1946. He received an M.A. in history from the University of Montana in 1976; his thesis was on Glacier National Park. That same year, on the recommendation of University of Montana Archivist Dale Johnson, and in conjunction with the Judicial Conference of the United States' Bicentennial Committee, the office of United States District Court Judge Russell Smith hired him to do research on deceased federal judges from Montana. From the guide to...

Bourquin, George M., 1863-1958

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Hunt, William Henry, 1857-1949

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Secretary of the Navy. From the description of Papers, 1881. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41150182 Chairman of the executive committee for the centennial. From the description of Papers, 1910. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18447042 Jurist. From the description of Letter of William Henry Hunt, 1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453211 Public official, lawyer. From the description...