Grace Kamp Bates Research Papers

Grace Kamp Bates Research Papers, 1977-1982

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bates, Grace, 1917-
Title: Grace Kamp Bates Research Papers
Dates: 1977-1982
19771982
Quantity: 3 folders
Collection Number: Collection 1201, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Grace Kamp Bates papers consist of positive photocopies of material she created or collected dealing with the history of the Amsterdam or Holland Settlement area of Gallatin County, Montana. Additional material includes: a biographical essay Bates wrote about her father, John T. Kamp, an Amsterdam, Montana blacksmith; data on other blacksmiths in Manhattan, Montana; an autobiographical essay by Avery V. Bates edited by Grace; Bates family genealogy notes.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Grace Christine (Kamp) Bates, was born April 26, 1917, in Amsterdam, Montana, to Holland-born parents, Elizabeth (Betsy) deRuig and John T. Kamp. She was born in the connecting apartment of her father's blacksmith shop and lived most of her life in a house directly across the street. On April 16, 1939 she married Avery V. Bates. She was an active member of the Democratic Party and served in several capacities, including a delegate to the Montana Constitutional Convention in 1971-72. Bates also took a keen interest in history, serving on the board of directors for the Gallatin County Historical Society and was instrumental in gaining the organization the old county jail to use as a museum. She wrote and published several historical works, including We Drove the Alcan–Alaska and Back in Three Weeks (1975) and Gallatin County, Places and Things (1985). Grace Kamp Bates died in Bozeman on December 24, 2012.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Grace Kamp Bates papers consist of positive photocopies of material she created or collected dealing with the history of the Amsterdam or Holland Settlement area of Gallatin County, Montana. Additional material includes: a biographical essay Bates wrote about her father, John T. Kamp, an Amsterdam, Montana blacksmith; data on other blacksmiths in Manhattan, Montana; an autobiographical essay by Avery V. Bates edited by Grace; Bates family genealogy notes.

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Acquisition Information

Positive photocopies of research material created or collected by Grace Bates of Manhattan, Montana were donated by her to Montana State University on August 16, 1977. Bates added to her intitial donation in the following years, and these materials were assigned collection numbers 2256 and 2257 before being incorporated with the present collection.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2017 July 27

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