J.M. Hamilton Photographs, circa 1918

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hamilton, James McLellan
Title
J.M. Hamilton Photographs
Dates
circa 1918
Quantity
1 folder
Collection Number
Collection 918, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The J.M. Hamilton Photographs consist of several views of Flathead Indians, panorama views of Bozeman circa 1898, images of an unnoted petroglyph site, and several letters, including one from J.E. Haynes explaining the history of the Haynes Guide to Yellowstone.
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
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

James McClellan Hamilton was born October 1, 1861 in Crawford County, Ill., and came to Montana in 1889. In 1893, when the University System was created and the State Board of Education was established, he was named a member. In 1901 he became professor of history and economics, then vice-president of Montana State University shortly thereafter. Three years later he was made president of the Agricultural College (Montana State College). Hamilton resigned from the presidency in 1919 to become professor of economics and to also become the first dean of men, serving in those roles until his death. In 1918 Hamilton married Florence Ballinger, a member of the home economics staff. He completed a manuscript history of Yellowstone Park, which was posthumously published in 1947. He planned on completing a second volume on the history of Montana but in the spring of 1940 Hamilton suffered a slight stroke and failed in health rapidly until his death on September 23, 1940. Some fifteen years after Hamilton's death Merrill G. Burlingame, then a history professor at Montana State College, edited the manuscript at the request of Hamilton's widow. It was published in 1957 and in 1970 a new edition was issued with some revisions and a chapter written by Burlingame at the publisher's request.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The James M. Hamilton photographs were likely gathered by him for potential use in his history of Montana. The photographs consist of several views of Flathead Indians, panorama views of Bozeman circa 1898, images of an unnoted petroglyph site, and several letters, including one from J.E. Haynes explaining the history of the Haynes Guide to Yellowstone.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Photographs and papers collected or created by James M. Hamilton were accessioned by the Special Collections in 1971.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 February 25

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
Picture #1: A Flathead Indian woman, 2 girls, and a baby up against a log house
Picture #2: A Flathead Indian on a horse, and an Indian standing both on a boat dock
Picture #3: A Flathead Indian woman sitting, a boy standing, both in front of a tipi
Picture #4: A Flathead Indian woman standing, a boy sitting, both in front of a tipi (same people as in #3)
Picture #5: A Flathead Indian family standing outside a house
(2 copies)
Picture #6: A Flathead Indian woman in front of a tipi
Picture #7: A Flathead Indian and a boy on a horse with another man on horseback in background
(4 copies)
Picture #8: Duncan McDonald, Indian wife and friend
Picture #9: 2 Flathead Indian boys
Picture #10: 2 Flathead Indians with 3 tipis in background
Picture #11: 2 Flathead Indians in front of tipi
Picture #12: A Flathead Indian in front of a tipi
Picture #13: Buffalo on the Flathead
(2 copies)
Picture #14: Early Montana Home
Picture #15: Homestead?
Picture #16: Fort Benton Ruins
Picture #17-26: Indian Pictographs
Picture #27: Grotto Geyser, Yellowstone Park
Picture #28: Postcard of Grotto Geyser, Yellowstone Park
Picture #29: Castle Geyser, Yellowstone Park
Picture #30: Giant Geyser, Yellowstone Park
Picture #31: Riverside Geyser, Yellowstone Park
Picture #32: Oblong Geyser, Yellowstone Park
Picture #33: Old Faithful, Yellowstone Park
Picture #34: A Geyser?, Yellowstone Park
Picture #35: J.P. Martin's House
(2 copies)
Picture #36
(2 copies)
taken in 1898 or earlier
Picture #37: Bozeman
Picture #38: Middle Creek Falls, close view
Picture #39: Middle Creek Falls, distant view
Picture #40: Between Bozeman and Livingston
Picture #41: Bridger Canyon, a bridge with lots of vegetation
Picture #42: Bridger Canyon, a bridge with no vegetation (same bridge as in #41)
Picture #43: In Bridger Canyon
Picture #44: Natural Bridge on Boulder River *

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Flathead Indians
  • Historians-Montana
  • Petroglyphs-Photographs
  • Salish Indians-Photographs

Personal Names

  • Haynes, Jack Ellis, 1884-1962-Correspondence

Geographical Names

  • Bozeman (Mont.)-Photographs
  • Yellowstone National Park-Guidebooks