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Missoula Mercantile Company 1945 holiday party collection, 1945
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Missoula Mercantile Company
- Title
- Missoula Mercantile Company 1945 holiday party collection
- Dates
- 1945 (inclusive)19451945
- Quantity
- 1 folder
- Collection Number
- Mss 797
- Summary
- The Missoula Mercantile Company Holiday Party Collection includes fourteen photographs and a program for the variety show entertainment show at the company's holiday party on January 6, 1945.
- Repository
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University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Andrew Hammond had arrived in Montana in 1867, settled in Hell Gate in 1870, then moved to Missoula in late 1871. He became a clerk in the store for Richard Eddy, and then a partner in the store in 1876. The business was renamed Eddy, Hammond, and Co. In 1877, the store constructed its building at the intersection of Front Street and Higgins Avenue, on the Mullan military road, in Missoula. In 1881, the firm was awarded the contract to clear the right of way and provide the lumber for the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. When the Northern Pacific was completed at Gold Creek, Montana, in 1883, business expanded considerably. The Montana Improvement Company, formed in 1882, took over this portion of the Eddy, Hammond, and Company business. After the reorganization of Eddy, Hammond and Company as the Missoula Mercantile in 1885, Charles H. McLeod became the vice president and general manager.
The Missoula Mercantile and its branches and affiliates became one of the largest business concerns of the Pacific Northwest. By 1945 Charles H. McLeod's son, Walter H. McLeod, managed the Missoula Mercantile.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Missoula Mercantile Company Holiday Party Collection includes fourteen photographs and a program for the variety show entertainment show at the company's holiday party on January 6, 1945.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana-Missoula.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], Missoula Mercantile Company 1945 Holiday Party Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Custodial History
These photographs were with a larger group of Edward H. Boos photographs that remained in the possession of the Missoula Mercantile following Mr. Boos' death. Walter McLeod, a Mercantile owner, passed this group of glass plate negatives, film negatives, and photographs to his daughter who later passed them to her own daughter, Mary M. Pitch. For further explanation of overall Boos photograph custodial history, see Mss 346.
Acquisition Information
This collection of photographs was donated along with the Edward H. Boos photographs by Mary M. Pitch in November, 2006.
Processing Note
The photographs and program were separated from a larger group of Edward H. Boos photographs.
Related Materials
In a letter dated January 9th, 1945, three days after the party, eighty-five year old Charles H. McLeod described it to his granddaughter, Clara Marsh McLeod. That letter is held in this repository's Mss 001, Charles McLeod Papers, Box 37, Folder 17.
Within the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library's Archives & Special Collections, a number of other collections hold material relevant to the history of the Missoula Mercantile. Those collections include Mss 001, the Charles H. McLeod Papers and Mss 002, the Walter H. McLeod Papers.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Christmas--Montana--Missoula--Photographs
- Office parties--Montana--Missoula--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Missoula Mercantile Company--Employees--Photographs.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Teresa
Hamann
2011
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
