14.5 linear feet, 10 oversize
boxes, and 81 objects
Collection Number:
Mss 007
Summary:
This collection represents the
productive and collective efforts of Frank Linderman and his many careers as
writer, politician, assayer, and Native American ally and ethnographer. The
correspondence and photographs are especially extensive and represent his many
important and significant friends and acquaintances.
Repository:
Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Library Archives and Special
Collections
Funding for original encoding of
this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
Historical Note
Frank Bird Linderman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 25,
1869, the son of James Bird Linderman and Mary Ann Brannan Linderman. He
attended schools in Ohio and Chicago, including Oberlin College, before moving
to Montana Territory in 1885 at the age of sixteen. He worked as a trapper from
1885 to 1891, then met his wife, Minnie Jane Johns, in Demersville, Montana, in
1891. They were married in 1893 in Missoula, Montana. They had three children:
Wilda, Verne, and Norma.
From 1893 to 1897, he worked in Butte, Montana, as an assayer, then
moved to Brandon, Montana. About 1900, the family moved to Sheridan, Montana,
where he was an assayer, furniture salesman, and newspaperman.
Linderman was also a politician: he served in the Montana state
legislature in the 1903 and 1905 sessions. He ran for the U.S. Congress in 1916
and 1918; in 1924 he ran for the U.S. Senate against Thomas J. Walsh. He was a
Mason, and was inducted to that brotherhood in Sheridan in 1899. He received
the Scottish Rite in the Helena consistory in 1911. He continued to be active
in Masonry and held a number of offices in that organization.
From 1905 to 1907, he was Montana's Assistant Secretary of State.
After that, he became a successful insurance agent with the Guardian Insurance
Company of America. In 1917, he bought property at Goose Bay on Flathead Lake,
moved the family from Helena, and pursued writing full-time. He also took up
sculpting in bronze.
Linderman had wanted to be a writer as early as 1911, when he had been
encouraged by Opie Read. Read encouraged him to submit his first collection of
tales to Charles Scribner's Sons, who published it as
Indian Why Stories in 1915. He continued to publish to
favorable reviews, but found the profession less than remunerative. In 1924,
with his writing income still small, he bought the Hotel Kalispell and ran it
for two years, then sold it as a profit. He changed publishers in 1929, and
worked with Hermann Hagedorn of the John Day Company. Charlie Russell, a
lifelong and close friend, illustrated many of his books.
He devoted a great deal of his life to Montana's Native Americans,
learning and writing about their ways and trying to help them in material ways.
His first contacts with them were as a trapper, when he became acquainted with
members of the Flathead and Kootenai tribes; he later knew many Crow,
Blackfeet, Cree, and Chippewas. Many Indians taught him tribal legends,
including Kootenai Two-Comes-Over-the-Hill; Muskegon, a Cree; and Full-Of-Dew,
a Chippewa medicine man. He was instrumental in founding the Rocky Boy's
Reservation for Montana's Cree and Chippewa. He was adopted into three tribes:
the Blackfeet, the Cree, and the Crow.
Linderman's published books include
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
(1915);
Indian Lodge-Fire Stories (1918);
On a Passing Frontier: Sketches from the Northwest (1920);
Indian Old-Man Stories: More Sparks from War Eagle's
Lodge-Fire (1920);
How It Came About Stories (1921);
Bunch-Grass and Blue Joint (1921);
Lige Mounts, Free Trapper (1922);
Kootenai Why Stories (1926);
American: The Life Story of a Great Indian, Plenty-Coups, Chief of
the Crows (1930);
Old-Man Coyote (1931);
Red Mother (1932);
Beyond Law (1933);
Stumpy (1933); and "Out of the North" in
Blackfeet Indians, by Winold Reiss (1935). He also
published numerous magazine articles, tales, anecdotes, and poems.
Linderman's health was fragile after he tried to save his Goose Bay
home from a fire in 1919, and it began to fail in 1930. He died in Santa
Barbara, California, in 1938. Minnie Linderman died in 1941.
Linderman's daughters continued to be highly involved with the
preservation of his literary and anthropological legacy, and their own literary
contributions are notable. Wilda Jane Linderman was born in Butte, Montana, in
1894. She graduated from the University of Montana--Missoula and studied at
Harvard University and Radcliffe College before teaching at the Santa Barbara
Girls School in California. Her father's manuscripts show extensive editorial
marks by her. In 1938, she founded the Gosling School in Peterborough, NH. She
died in 1981.
Verne Linderman was born in 1897 and also graduated from the
University of Montana--Missoula, where she wrote for H. G. Merriam's
Frontier. Her father's manuscripts have extensive
editorial marks by her. She became society editor for the
Daily Inter Lake and correspondent for the Butte, Great
Falls, and Spokane newspapers. From 1930 to 1980, she was a feature writer for
the
Santa Barbara News Press. She was also a regular
contributor to the
Christian Science Monitor. In 1943, she won the Theta
Sigma Chi award for best feature story in southern California newspapers. She
died in 1989.
Norma Linderman Waller was born in 1898 at Brandon, Montana. She
attended Helena schools and the University of Montana--Missoula. In 1925, she
married Roy Oliver Waller; they had four children, James, Richard, John, and
Sarah. Mrs. Waller was particularly instrumental in preserving, distributing,
and displaying her father's Native American artifacts and worked with numerous
cultural institutions to do so. She worked with H.G. Merriam to have
Recollections of Charley Russell and
Montana Adventure published. She died in 1972.
The third generation of the Linderman family, Mrs. Waller's children,
have continued to play a significant role in preserving his memory.
James Waller was born in 1926 and attended high school in Kalispell.
He worked in the construction trucking and service station and garage
businesses. He inherited Linderman's gun collection, which he passed on to one
of his sons and to the Smithsonian Institution. He is married to Ruth, an
accomplished weaver, and lives in Santa Ynez, California. Their sons are Robert
James and Daniel Richard.
Richard L. Waller was born in 1928 and graduated from Flathead County
High School. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman for one year,
interrupted his schooling to serve in the United States Air Force, and
completed his four years of architectural training in 1957. He worked for
architecture firms in Spokane and Wenatchee, Washington, until 1981, when he
went into construction management in Washington and Alaska. He then worked for
the City of Wenatchee as a building inspector. He also did freelance
architectural work for over thirty years. His design skills have helped to
promote the Linderman collection; he designed the brochure for the bronze casts
made of Linderman's sculptures. He has also assisted his sister with the
administrative matters surrounding the collection. He married his wife, Elaine,
in 1949; they had four children. He lives in Wenatchee, Washington.
Sarah Jane Waller Hatfield was born in 1931 in Kalispell, Montana, and
lived with her family and grandparents at Linderman's Goose Bay home from 1935
to 1941, when the family moved back to Kalispell. She graduated from the
University of Montana--Missoula and worked for companies in Wyoming and Montana
as a secretary and geophysical computer. She married Robert G. Hatfield in
1953; they had two children, Cynthia Ann and Mark Robert. From 1961 to 1989,
the family resided in San Jose, California, then returned to Kalispell,
Montana. Mrs. Hatfield became literary trustee for the Linderman family,
charged with all custodial care, which included finding a permanent repository
for the papers. She did extensive work in the papers, editing and preparing
Quartzville,
Wolf and the Winds,
Henry Plummer: A Novel,
The Iron Shirt,and
Big Jinny: The Story of a Grizzly Bear
for publication. Mrs. Hatfield has also exhibited the Linderman
collections at many locations across Montana.
John (Jack) Waller was born in 1940, and is a professional jazz
musician. He played in the Navy Band, then attended the Berklee College of
Music in Boston before playing extensively in New York City and San Francisco,
as well as many other locations around the United States. He lives in Bigfork,
Montana.
Linderman's heirs have worked to publish his unfinished works or to
reissue volumes out of print. Book-length works of Linderman published
posthumously include
Recollections of Charley Russell, H. G. Merriam, ed.
(1962),
Montana Adventure: The Recollections of Frank B.
Linderman, H. G. Merriam, ed. ([1968]);
Quartzville, Larry Barsness, ed. (1985); Wolf and the
Winds, Hugh A. Dempsey introduction (1986); and
Henry Plummer: A Novel (2000).
The Iron Shirt(2004).
Big Jinny: The Story of a Grizzly Bear(2005).
Other Descriptive Information
Essay: Frank Linderman's Work
By
William Bevis, Professor of English, The University of
Montana--Missoula1984 (Reprinted with permission of author,
1999)
"I had found a large map of the western states and territories, and
that night, for the hundredth time, I spread it upon the floor in my own room
to pore over it as I always had, flat on my belly. Long before this I had
decided where I wished to go, but now that my dream was coming true I needed to
be sure I had made no mistake in my choosing. I had to have unspoiled
wilderness, because I secretly intended to become a trapper. I remember that I
felt glad when the Flathead Lake country in northwestern Montana Territory
seemed yet to be farthest removed from contaminating civilization. I'd go as
straight as I could to Flathead Lake."
The year was 1885, and if the boy of 16 on the train west from Chicago
did not know that the West was going and gone, he would know it soon after he
arrived. Just the last few years, since 1883, had seen the barbed wire and
railroad arrive, the buffalo disappear and the starved Indians gather in
reservations. When Montana became a state in 1889, Frank Linderman agreed with
his trapping friend who said, "Now she's gone to hell."
Frank Linderman was one of a number of men, white men, who came from
the East to the West between 1865 and 1900 not so much to mine, or trap,
homestead or make a fresh start as to "see the West" before it was gone. Some
of these men, including Frederick Remington, Charley Russell, George Bird
Grinnell, James Willard Schultz and Frank B. Linderman would become important,
important because they saw, they cared and they reported what they had come to
see--the West before it was gone. Much of their work was done in Montana, and
many of them knew each other. Grinnell introduced Schultz's work, and
Linderman's first book,
Indian Why Stories (1915), was dedicated to Russell and
Grinnell and illustrated by Russell. Their work is even more important now than
when it was done and is beginning to receive the recognition it deserves.
Frank Linderman's work was varied: for a brief seven years he trapped
in his beloved wilderness near Flathead Lake, and as so often happens in
western history, those few years became a sort of golden age in his life by
which all else was measured. He married, became an assayer, then newspaperman,
then state legislator. In 1905 he moved to Helena and was Assistant Secretary
of State. But in his heart he really must have believed that he, like the
territory, was going to hell in that direction and after making some money
selling insurance, he moved, in 1917, to Goose Bay, Flathead Lake, to write. He
was forty-eight years old with a family, and he was not rich. The move was a
conscious and risky rejection of business and politics in favor of writing.
Between 1915 and his death in 1938 he published, among other books,
articles poems, five volumes of traditional Indian tales, two trapper novels (
Lige Mount and
Beyond Law), and two recorded Indian autobiographies, one
of Crow Chief Plenty-Coups, the other of Crow medicine woman Pretty-Shield.
Maxwell Perkins, editor of Hemingway and many others, said, "It would be hard
to write a better story than
Lige Mount"; the book deserves more study than we can give
it here. It is easy to see, however, that most of Linderman's work was on
Indians, and that is the work on which I wish to focus.
Frank Linderman worked on Indians, with Indians, for Indians. That is,
he faithfully recorded their tales and customs, he was their friend, and in
politics he did all he could to help, especially in establishing the Rocky
Boy's Reservation in north central Montana. Yet his name is hardly recognized
outside of Montana, and I would like for a moment to consider his place in our
knowledge of Indians and explain why I think he will soon be much more widely
known.
In what we now call Native American studies, which began as
sympathetic and accurate knowledge of Indians by Europeans and is now being
transformed by Indian scholars, there was a seminal period from about 1880 to
1930. During that time, from the Indians' losing the West to the death of the
last men and women who had ever known a pre-white West, much crucial work was
done. Linderman was one of the last of a whole host of whites who gathered
evidence and testimony during that time, when direct knowledge of the old was
still possible. From about 1930 to 1970, knowledge of Indians in both popular
and academic circles declined, as far as I can tell, and much was forgotten.
Since about 1970, a boom in Indian studies had produced fresh scholarship and,
among Indians, fresh politics, but surprisingly, much of that activity is
simply rediscovering how good the old work was, and now, how precious.
For instance, the Native American poetry translations by Natalie
Curtis and others at the turn of the century were excellent, and were printed
with interlinear translations of texts, comments by Indian informants, and
musical notations. By comparison, the new "Indian poetry" texts being printed
in 1970 had sloppy translations, no commentary, and no background information.
We not realize that the best we can do is reprint Curtis' 1907 book, informed
as it was by direct knowledge and accurate field work.
Another instance: In the 1950s Charley Russell was widely thought to
be a romanticist, a portrayer of the Wild West of movies and pulp fiction. That
is one reason Montana let his paintings leave the State. Now, however, we have
realized that his work is accurate and irreplaceable, and John Ewers, the
Blackfeet historian, has a Russell print hanging behind his desk at the
Smithsonian. Linderman, I am suggesting, was not only one of those men who came
West at a certain period with certain expectations, but like some of those
other men, he is beginning to be appreciated. Shultz' work on the Blackfeet is
gaining fresh recognition. Linderman's
Plenty-Coups came back into print through Bison Press in
1962,
Pretty-Shield in 1974. Frederic van de Water's assessment
of
Plenty-Coups in a 1931 letter to Linderman was prophetic:
"... not only a great book, ... one of those volumes ... too good for the
present, that is due to be 'discovered' by someone long after you and I have
died."
Those works by Linderman, Russell, Schultz and others have an accuracy
and passion, an urgency, that cannot be recaptured. Chief Plenty-Coups: "I have
not told you half that happened when I was young ... I can think back and tell
you much more of war and horse stealing. But when the buffalo went away the
hearts of my people fell to the ground, and they could not lift them up
again."
Up to this point I have said only that Linderman was one of several
men in the right time at the right place. But, of course, many had come West
aware that something was quickly passing, yet few left us such a legacy.
Grinnell and Russell and Linderman and others must each have had special
qualities that stamp their work. Frank Linderman had, as far as I can tell,
three qualities that made his own work what it was--indeed, made it
possible.
First, he was absolutely trustworthy. Hermann Hagedorn said, "When I
think of Frank, the quality that stands out above all others ... is his
integrity. He lived squarely and he thought squarely." Linderman's integrity
had several effects. It probably weaned him from politics, possibly from
insurance, and certainly put him in the unusual position of being trusted by
Indians: "... If my father came back and stood on one hill and I saw Frank
Linderman on another hill I would not go to my father. I would go to Frank
Linderman. You know I do not lie. This is the truth. --Day Child."
As a direct result of the Indians' trust in him from his first meeting
with the Flathead Red Horn until his death, Indians came to Linderman for help,
helped him, and finally offered to him, and to him only, their life stories. It
was not considered wise or good for a Crow Indian to speak of the dead, which
Plenty-Coups would have to do to tell his life story, nor did Indians often
trust white men to tell their story with a straight tongue. But finally
Plenty-Coups, said to Linderman, who was renowned in sign language: "You are my
friend, Sign-Talker. I know your heart is good. I will tell you what you wish
to know, and you may write it down." And when they had finished: "I am glad I
have told you these things, Sign-Talker. You have felt my heart, and I have
felt yours. I know you will tell only what I have said, that your writing will
be straight like your tongue, and I sign your paper with my thumb so that your
people and mine will know I told you the things you have written down."
Plenty-Coups would only speak, in other words, not to an
anthropologist but to a trusted friend. The first review of
Plenty-Coups in the
Chicago Tribune remarked that Linderman was "a 'creative
listener' in the sense that he understands deeply." Linderman's integrity,
then, his thinking squarely and deeply, put him in the position of knowing
Indians who would not speak openly to many white men, for there were few they
could trust.
A second quality that stamps his work is clarity. His keen mind, keen
judgment and care are evident in all of his writings. To the fine writer,
clarity is a matter even of style, of sound and rhythm: "Charley Russell was
the most lovable man I have ever known. My remembrances of our days and nights
together, alone in camps, and of his frequent visits in our home at Goose Bay
are highlights that brighten with passing years ..."
In every description, whether of nature or Butte, Indians or subways,
one feels the presence of an accurate and precise observer. And, of course,
that mind is keenly aware of its own limits: "I am convinced that no white man
has ever thoroughly known the Indian. ... I have studied the Indian for more
than forty years, not coldly, but with sympathy; yet even now I do not feel
that I know much about him. He has told me many times that I
do know him 'that I have felt his heart,' but whether this
is so I am not certain."
Linderman was clear about what he could know, and clear about his
ignorance.
The third quality that defines his contribution to us is humility. He
not only got us
to Plenty-Coups, but he then got
out of the way. That is, I think, a remarkable
achievement, and the greatest justification of Plenty-Coups' trust in him.
Consider for a moment Frank Linderman's position in 1929-30. He was not a paid
scholar or researcher or ethologist, nor was he seeking such a position. He was
very demoralized by the low sales of his writings for fifteen years; he had
written one novel in 1922, would soon write another, and was well aware that
novels, especially pulp novels, were the way to make money. Here was tremendous
material dumped in his lap. He had tried running the Kalispell Hotel for two
years and now was poor again at Goose Bay. His only claim to fame was an
honorary degree from the University of Montana at Missoula, but then, as now,
we didn't hand out much cash. Yet he never considered any selfish use of the
Plenty-Coups story; he was content to be the servant of the Crow tradition,
carrying Plenty-Coups' message to America, and to a remarkable extent he stayed
out of the book. His few appearances are graceful, sympathetic and
knowledgeable. His humility allowed him to commit to a project larger than
himself, and his publisher advised him directly that such important work often
could not be poured into commercial molds: "Frank, I hate to think of your
trying to learn 'knacks' or bags of tricks merely for the sake of pleasing
magazine editors. If you were a second-rater, that would be all right; but you
are a first-rater, and therefore I believe you have got to continue to be
yourself and do your own stuff, and if editors can't see it the way you write
it, it is so much the worse for them; and it is tough on you. But I think it
would be tougher on you to try to write in a way that is unnatural to you."
How many hack writers of 1930 are now forgotten, while we are just
beginning to remember Frank Linderman.
So these qualities--integrity, clarity and humility--gave birth to his
work and shaped its features. We have from Linderman not only testimony of
times now gone, but testimony and commentary of the finest kind. Just what we
can learn from what he said so well is the next task of the scholars, and we
are grateful that these archives give us the opportunity to do that work.
Linderman said in a letter of 1922: "It is hard for some of my friends
to believe that I feel it a duty to, in some way, preserve the Old West,
especially Montana, in printer's ink, and if I can accomplish a small part of
that duty I shall die content."
We hope he realized, before he died, that he had accomplished more
than a small part of his duty.
Content Description
This collection represents the productive and collective efforts of
Frank Linderman and his many careers as writer, politician, assayer, and Native
American ally and ethnographer. The correspondence and photographs are
especially extensive and represent his many important and significant friends
and acquaintances.
The collection also contains materials produced by Linderman's heirs,
largely his daughters, Wilda, Verne, and Norma. The collection also represents
well the continued efforts of his granddaughter, Sarah Jane Waller Hatfield.
The materials document the efforts of these family members to perpetuate the
memory of Frank Linderman through donations and loans of materials to and
displays at museums and publication or republication of his writings. Since the
literary efforts of the family are continuous throughout the twentieth century,
materials from the generations are not separated by series, but may be in
subgroupings; notations on the source and editorship are retained.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
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.
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. Copyright is managed by Sarah Jane Hatfield on behalf of the Linderman
heirs.
Preferred Citation :
[Name of document or photograph number], Frank Bird Linderman Memorial
Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The collection is divided into nine series:
Series I: Biographical, 1 folder, ca. 1919-1935
Series II: Correspondence, 1.75 linear feet, 1903-1985
Series III: Writings, 2.5 linear feet, 1911-1986
Series IV: Politics, 4 folders, 1918-1968
Series V: Memorabilia, 1 linear inch and oversize, 1911-1937
Series VI: Publications, 0.75 linear feet, 1885-1992
Series VII: Portfolios,7 oversize portfolios, 1885-1984
Series VIII: Photographs, 525 images, 2 linear feet and oversize,
1870-1985
Series IX: Artifacts, 81 objects, circa 1825-1940
Series X: Accession 2000-42, 0.5 linear feet, 1901-2001
Series XI:Accession 2001-11, 1.25 linear feet, 1886-1997
Series XII: Accession 2005-16, 1.5 linear feet, 1927-2005
Series XIII: Accession 2006-27, 1.0 linear feet, 1904-2001
Series XIV: Accession 2007-24, 1.5 linear feet, 1893-1999
Series XV: Accession 2008-33, 0.7 linear feet, 1905-1954
Series XVI: Accession 2011-40, 1 linear foot, 1916-1936
Custodial History :
The collection was largely in the possession of the Linderman family
until donation to the Archives.
Acquisition Information :
Frederic Van de Water donated sixty-one pieces of his correspondence
with Linderman to the University of Montana Friends of the Library in 1961. In
1963, Linderman's daughters, Norma Waller, Wilda Linderman, and Verne
Linderman, presented the original and edited manuscripts of
Recollections of Charley Russell to the Friends of the
Library. In 1967, the daughters presented 1500 pieces of Linderman
correspondence to the University of Montana Library through Professor Merriam
and the Friends of the Library. That same year, the Friends of the Library
purchased fifty-eight Linderman letters from Western Hemisphere Books and
Manuscripts. In 1968, the Linderman daughters again presented the Friends of
the Library with a collection of Linderman material. In 1984, Sarah Jane Waller
Hatfield, Linderman's granddaughter, and her brothers, James Waller, Richard
Waller, and John Waller, donated additional manuscripts and Native American
artifacts. This was augmented by additional donations by that same family group
in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and
2010.
Future Additions :
The Linderman heirs still hold a significant amount of additional
material that may be added to the collection in the future.
Processing Note :
The order of the original collection of Linderman papers--those
received between 1961 and 1968--was based largely on the arrangement given by
H. G. Merriam as he worked with them; the additions received from the family
and purchased were integrated into the collection. Materials that arrived after
1984 remained unprocessed until 1999. In that year, the collection was
augmented with the formerly unprocessed materials. The whole was re-described,
substantially rearranged into the first nine series, and rehoused. Some
photographs that had formerly been integrated into the Archives' general
photograph collection were replaced into this collection at the request of the
heirs.
With the exception of objects and textiles, materials donated from
2000 to present have been remained separated into new series identified by an
accession number which reflects the date of the individual donations. Many
folder descriptions in these new series follow specific phrasing from
inventories and appraisal documents provided by the donors. Objects and
Textiles were added to Series IX: Artifacts.
Separated Materials :
The following books arrived with Accession 2000-42 and were placed
into Special Collections: The Indian Sign Language by W.P. Clark, 1885; Mining
and General Telegraphic Code by Bedford McNeill, 1895; Practical Notes on the
Cyanide Process by Francis L. Boxqui, 1901; Notes on Assaying and Assay
Schemes, Pierre de Peyster Rickets, 1892; and A Manual of Practical Assaying by
John Mitchell, 1881.
Related Materials :
The Dartmouth College Library holds a holograph of Co-pee, one of the
stories contained in Linderman's book Kootenai why stories.
The Department of Special Collections at the University of California,
Los Angeles, holds a small collection of Linderman materials including
holograph and typescript manuscripts of several books and a galley proof.
The Montana Historical Society holds an assay book from Linderman's
business in Sheridan.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Biographical , 1919-1935
1 folder
This series consists of a single folder of biographical
information about Linderman, which includes a short handwritten biography in
Linderman's hand, a reply to a letter from the librarian at the University of
Montana--Missoula in 1935 listing his published works, and a data sheet from
Who's Who Among North American Authors. Other series,
most notably the Portfolios in Series VII, are also a valuable source for
biographical materials, and lists of Linderman's publications may be found in
the Spring 1938 issue of the
Frontier and Midland magazine (included in Series VI)
or in Linderman's autobiography,
Montana Adventure (1968).
This series contains the personal, professional, and literary
correspondence of the Linderman family. The correspondence is divided into two
subseries: Linderman's Correspondence, and Family Correspondence.
The first, and by far the most extensive, Subseries is Linderman's
produced and collected correspondence. Letters range from the routine to the
deeply informative. There are several folders of Linderman's exchanges with his
editors at Charles Scribner's Sons and the John Day Company that offer insights
into his creative and editorial process. There are especially complete groups
of correspondence with literary friends and associates, including Charley
Russell, Hermann Hagedorn, H. G. Merriam, and Frederick Van de Water. The
correspondence with Russell includes some explanatory notes added by Norma
Linderman Waller after his death. Correspondence with members of his family,
including his father and brothers, forms another significant group. Other
correspondents include many notable Americans and Montanans: Gifford Pinchot,
Joseph Dixon, George Grinnell, Paris Gibson, Edgar S. Paxson, and Theodore
Roosevelt. The series finishes with a group of correspondence from those
admiring his books, including children.
Subseries 2, the correspondence of Linderman's family mainly
consists of correspondence discussing the preservation of Linderman's memory
and sale or donation of his artistic and literary remains, including that with
historical agencies, publishers, editors, and auction houses. Most notable is
the correspondence with H. G. Merriam about the editing of
Recollections of Charley Russell and
Montana Adventure, with the University of Montana
regarding the Linderman Collection, and with the Museum of the Plains Indian in
Browning, Montana, about the extensive collection of Linderman artifacts housed
there. It also includes condolence notes sent after the death of Mr. and Mrs.
Linderman.
Within those groups, materials are arranged alphabetically by name
of correspondent or subject, as appropriate.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Linderman's Correspondence
Box/Folder
1/2
American Legion , 1923 and undated
1/3
American Legion Monthly
, 1931-1939
1/4
Atherton, Gertrude , 1922
1/5
Authors' Guild , 1931
1/6
Ayers, Roy , 1937
1/7
"A" , 1920-1928
1/8
Baghdigian, Bagdasar K.
, 1925 and undated
1/9
Baker, Marie Sweet , 1930-1931
1/10
Balfour, A.M. ("Shorty")
, 1905-1921 and undated
1/11
Bennett, Alden J. , 1903
1/12
Blodgett, George W.
, 1937-1938 and undated
1/13
Borein, Edward, undated
1/14
Borg, Carl Oscar , 1923-1930
1/15
Bray, Archie , 1919-1921 and undated
1/16
Bristol, C.L. , 1909
1/17
Brown, James M. , 1932-1935
1/18
Buffalo Bill Museum Association
, 1932
1/19
Byrnes, Owen , 1932
1/20
"B" , 1915-1939 and undated
1/21
Callaway, Llewellyn, L.
, 1903-1937
1/22
Cannon, C.L. , 1924-1931 and undated
1/23
Cheney, David , 1931
1/24
Clapp, Charles H. and Mary
, 1927-1935
1/25
Clapp, Moses E. , 1913
1/26
Coates, Grace Stone
, 1933-1938 and undated
1/27
Cobb, Irvin S. , 1928 and undated
1/28
Coburn, Walter , 1923 and undated
1/29
Coleman, Leo B. , 1916-1930
1/30
Conant, Luther , 1930
1/31
Coolidge, Grace , 1927-1930
1/32
Cooper, Colin Campbell
, 1923-1931
1/33
Crawford, Nelson A., undated
1/34
Curry, John A. , 1914
1/35
"C" , 1919-1936
1/36
Davies, A. Mervyn , 1933
1/37
John Day Company , 1929-1930
1/38
John Day Company , 1931
1/39
John Day Company , 1932
1/40
John Day Company , 1933-1938
1/41
DeCamp, R.E. , 1919-1935
1/42
Dengler, Paul L. , 1937
1/43
DeYong, Joe , 1916-1937
1/44
Dixon, Joseph M. , 1928-1933
1/45
"D" , 1915-1939
1/46
Edgerton, Ralph , 1922
1/47
[Editor], undated
1/48
Evans, L.O. , 1923
1/49
Faust, Leo , 1918
1/50
Fitzgerald, Brasil , 1933
1/51
Fletcher, Robert H.
, 1937
1/52
Ford, S.L. , 1918
1/53
"F" , 1920-1929 and undated
2/1
Gamble, John M. , 1923-1925
2/2
Gibson, Paris , 1914
2/3
Gibson, Theo , 1916
2/4
Goodkind, Edward A.
, 1930
2/5
Grafton, Edwin , 1927-1929
2/6
Great Northern Railroad (O.J.
McGillis) , 1929-1937
2/7
Grinnell, George B.
, 1914-1922
2/8
Guardian Life Insurance Company
, 1920-1923
2/9
Guie, Helster Dean , 1931
2/10
Guiterman, Arthur , 1929
2/11
"G" , 1921-1934
2/12
Hagedorn, Hermann , 1919-1927
2/13
Hagedorn, Hermann , 1928
2/14
Hagedorn, Hermann , 1929
2/15
Hagedorn, Hermann , 1930-1931
2/16
Hagedorn, Hermann , 1932-1938 and undated
2/17
Harrison, John Scott
, 1922
2/18
William S. Hart Company
, 1925
2/19
Harvey, O.M. , 1918
2/20
Hawley, Lee , 1918-1919
2/21
Hays, William , 1919-1920
2/22
Hebden, H.M. , 1921
2/23
Helena Chamber of Commerce
, 1920-1935
2/24
High, George M. Jr.
, 1921-1931
2/25
Hill, Frank , 1931-1934 and undated
2/26
Holter, Norman B. , 1921-1929
2/27
Hoover, Herbert , 1929
2/28
Horn, Ernest , 1927-1931
2/29
Hutchinson, Ernest, M.
, 1922
2/30
"H" , 1916-1935
2/31
Iowa State Teachers Association
, 1928
2/32
"I" , 1921-1930
2/33
James, Will , 1929
2/34
Johns, S.E. , 1916-1933
2/35
Junior Book of Authors
, 1934
2/36
Junior Literary Guild
, 1931-1932
2/37
"J" , 1916-1922
2/38
Kennedy, Charles Rann
, 1926-1930
2/39
Kessler, Charles N.
, 1919
2/40
Kimball, Marie Brace
, 1930
2/41
Knowles, C.G. , 1920-1921
2/42
Krieghoff, W.G. , 1916
2/43
"K" , 1914-1937
2/44
Lanstrum., O.M. , 1916-1927
2/45
Lednum, Edmund T. , 1932-1933
2/46
Lee, Link , 1922 and undated
2/47
Lewis, J.E. , 1921-1922
2/48
Linderman, Minnie , 1931
2/49
Linderman, Harry G.
, 1927
2/50
Linderman, Henry R.
, 1911
2/51
Linderman, James , 1916 and undated
2/52
Linderman, John , 1917
2/53
Linderman, P.J. , 1912-1916
2/54
Linderman, Roy E. , 1933
2/55
Lochrie, Elizabeth , 1936-1938 and undated
2/56
Lodge, Henry Cabot , 1918-1919
2/57
"L" , 1920-1931
2/58
McCormick, Washington J.
, 1920
3/1
McKelvie, Samuel R.
, 1924-1937 and undated
3/2
Marlowe, Thomas N. , 1918-1922
3/3
Masonic Orders , 1914-1936
3/4
Mehard, Churchill , 1924
3/5
Merriam, Harold G. , 1921
3/6
Merrill, H.R. , 1932-1934 and undated
3/7
Minnesota State Teacher's
College , 1928
3/8
University of Minnesota
, 1928
3/9
Monroe, J.B. , 1914-1933 and undated
3/10
Montana State University
(Missoula) , 1922
3/11
Montana Education Association
, 1927
3/12
Montana Federation of Women's
Clubs , 1934
3/13
Montana Historical Society
, 1931-1937
3/14
Montana Newspaper Association
, 1930-1933 and undated
3/15
Moore, Tom, undated
3/16
Morrison, P.A. , 1922
3/17
Moses, George H. , 1924-1931
3/18
Murgittroyd, William H.
, 1915-1937
3/19
Myers, Henry L. , 1917-1922
3/20
"M" , 1922-1930
3/21
Thomas Nelson and Sons
, 1922
3/22
North Dakota State Teachers
College , 1928
3/23
"N" , 1920-1931
3/24
Outlook Company , 1927-1929
3/25
"O" , 1927-1930
3/26
Paxson, Edgar S. , 1911-1915
3/27
Pictorial Review Company
, 1923-1930
3/28
Pinchot, Gifford , 1929
3/29
Plenty Coups, undated
3/30
Politics , 1904-1905
3/31
Politics , 1916
3/32
Politics , 1919-1920
3/33
Politics , 1924
3/34
Pray, Charles W. , 1929
3/35
George P. Putnam's Sons
, 1927
3/36
"P" , 1919-1932
3/37
Reiss, Winold , 1935
3/38
Ritch, John B. , 1933
3/39
Roosevelt, Theodore
, 1911
3/40
Rositer, R.W. , 1920-1930
3/41
Rossiter, H.D. , 1903
3/42
Russell, Charles M.
, 1913-1928
3/43
Ryman, J.H.T. , 1928
3/44
"R" , 1929-1932
3/45
Sarett, Lew , 1922-1928
3/46
Saturday Evening Post
, 1921-1931
3/47
Scheuerle, Joe , 1931-1937 and undated
3/48
Charles Scribner's Sons
, 1914-1917
3/49
Charles Scribner's Sons
, 1916-1917
3/50
Charles Scribner's Sons
, 1918-1920
3/51
Charles Scribner's Sons
, 1921
3/52
Charles Scribner's Sons
, 1922
3/53
Charles Scribner's Sons
, 1923-1924
3/54
Seltzer, Olaf C. , 1929
3/55
Sisson, E.O. , 1919-1921
3/56
Sloan, James J. , 1926-1927
3/57
South Dakota, Northern Normal
& Industrial School , 1928
3/58
Stanford, Harry , 1920-1922
3/59
Starz, Emil , 1924-1936
3/60
Stone, Arthur L. , 1930 and undated
4/1
Stoops, Herbert M. , 1930-1938 and undated
4/2
Stuart, Mrs. Granville
, 1919
4/3
Swetland, Manette , 1933 and undated
4/4
"S" , 1918-1933 and undated
4/5
Turney-High, Harry , 1933-1934
4/6
"T" , 1929-1937
4/7
Untermeyer, Louis , 1935
4/8
Van de Water, Frederic F.
(Harcourt, Brace, and Co.) , 1932-1938
4/9
Van de Water, Frederic F.
(Harcourt, Brace, and Co.) , 1932-1933
4/10
Vanity Fair , 1920
4/11
Wadsworth, O.F. , 1927-1930
4/12
Watt, James M. , 1905
4/13
Webster, Ralph E. , 1925-1930
4/14
Whicker, H.W. , 1937
4/15
White Elk, Valley , 1922
4/16
Who's Who in Literature
, 1928
4/17
Wiley, C.W. , 1917
4/18
Williams, Mrs. James
, 1906
4/19
World Book Company (Elmer
Green) , 1929-1937
4/20
"W" , 1919-1937
4/21
Unidentified , 1911-1932 and undated
4/22
Concerned with books
, 1914-1915
4/23
From children , 1923-1937
Subseries 2: Family Correspondence
Box/Folder
4/24
Dartmouth College , 1939
4/25
Death of Mr. and Mrs. Linderman
, 1938-1941
4/26
Charles Greenfield , 1962
4/27
Linderman Plains Indian
artifacts , 1938-1972
4/28
Frances Merriam , 1981
4/29
H.G. and Mrs. H.G. Merriam
, 1938-1972
4/30
Mountain Press , 1985
4/31
Harold Paulsen , 1961
4/32
Sale of Linderman manuscripts,
auction documentation , 1971-1981
This series documents Linderman's published writings, including
both those published before and after his death. Materials are divided into
four subseries: Published Books, Published Short Stories and Poetry, Notes, and
Writings of Others.
Published Books is the largest subgroup of the three. Formats
include original manuscript notes and typed drafts, and drafts with notes by
both Linderman and his daughters. For manuscripts published after his death,
materials include multiple typings of manuscripts, editorial corrections, and
copious notes about the original appearance of events or stories. The notes of
his granddaughter, Sarah J. Hatfield, are particularly detailed; copies of the
original envelopes in which each manuscript was housed, with her notes, are
included in every folder. She provides extensive information on the contents of
each manuscript, and often documents where original materials appear in the
final publication. As such, it represents not only his creative processes, but
the efforts of his heirs to publish his writings and perpetuate his memory. The
manuscripts for
Recollections of Charley Russell and
Montana Adventure, both edited by H.G. Merriam, are
included, with both Linderman's original and Merriam's editorial work
documented. Likewise, the work of Larry Barsness, editor of
Quartzville, is represented. Correspondence relating
to these projects may be found in Series II.
In Published Short Stories and Poetry, there are also notes for
and fragments of stories published on their own in periodicals. In addition,
there is a group of mimeographed copies of Linderman's poetry with notes on
their publication.
Linderman's Notes includes handwritten notes with story ideas, as
well as a very valuable group of small notebooks that seem to have served as
his field notes. They contain snatches of notes, particularly on Native
American language and customs. Other items are more difficult to classify and
include information copied from other sources with Linderman's notes on the
back.
Writings of Others contains correspondence and manuscripts not by
or addressed to Linderman that seems to have been collected as source
material.
The series is arranged chronologically by publication date of the
finished work; it is often not possible to date the manuscripts themselves.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Linderman's Published Books
On a Passing Frontier: Sketches from the
Northwest, 1920
Box/Folder
5/1
Typed carbon copies with some
long-hand editing notations by Wilda J. Linderman , [ca. 1920]
Indian Old-Man Stories: More Sparks from War Eagle's
Lodge-Fire, 1920
Box/Folder
5/2
Four pages of carbon copy of
the legend "How Skunk Helped the Coyote" , [ca. 1920]
Bunch-Grass and Blue Joint, 1921
Box/Folder
5/3
Type-written original and
carbon copies of collected stories , [ca. 1921]
Kootenai Why Stories, 1926
Box/Folder
5/4
Hand-written notes
, [ca. 1925]
5/5
First typed draft, with
hand-written notes by Frank Bird Linderman , [ca. 1925]
American: The Life Story of a Great Indian,
Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows, 1930
Box/Folder
5/6
Nine hand-written pages of
notes , [ca. 1930]
5/7
Typewritten pages of "The
Fight on the Little Big Horn" with hand-written notes , [ca. 1930]
Old-Man Coyote, 1931
Box/Folder
5/8
Handwritten notes and
typescript of stories , [ca. 1931]
Blackfeet Indians: Pictures by Winold Reiss,
story by Linderman , 1935
Box/Folder
5/9
"Out of the North," carbon
copy with hand-written notations by Frank Bird Linderman on Blackfeet Indians
, [ca. 1935]
Recollections of Charley Russell, H.G. Merriam,
ed. , 1962
Box/Folder
5/10
Original copy of unedited
manuscript , undated
5/11
My Recollections of Charley Russell,
handwritten pages and typescript by Wilda J. Linderman , undated
5/12
Carbon typed copy of
manuscript with editing marks by Wilda J. Linderman , undated
5/13
Copy of edited manuscript
with many hand-written editing notes by Dr. Merriam , 1962
5/14
Edited manuscript with H. G.
Merriam's marks , [ca. 1962]
6/1
Typed carbon copy with
editing notations , 1962
Montana Adventure: The Recollections of Frank B.
Linderman, H.G. Merriam, ed. , [1968]
(also titled
My Camp Kettle Career)
Box/Folder
6/2
Five hand-written pages of
notes by Frank Bird Linderman for autobiography , undated
6/3
245 pages of original typed
manuscript with hand-written notations and additions by Frank Bird Linderman
, undated
6/4
245 pages of original typed
manuscript with hand-written notations and additions by Frank Bird Linderman
, undated
6/5
H.G. Merriam manuscript
, [ca. 1968]
Quartzville, Larry Barsness, ed. , 1985
Box/Folder
6/6
Story: "Lousey Hank," notes,
original and draft , undated
6/7
Story: "Partners," original
and draft , undated
6/8
Story: "Man from England"
, undated
6/9
Story: "Yong Sing"
, undated
6/10
Story: "Bohemian Club"
, undated
6/11
Story: "Killing in Keep Cool"
, undated
6/12
Story: "Bessie" , undated
6/13
Story: "Uncle Billy"
, undated
6/14
Story: [untitled]
, undated
6/15
Story: "Broncho Liz"
, undated
6/16
First typed copy with editing
marks by Wilda Linderman , undated
6/17
Typescript with editorial
notes by S.J. Hatfield , [ca. 1984]
7/1
Final typing by S.J. Hatfield
, [ca. 1984]
7/2
Page proofs, Mountain Press
, [1985]
7/3
Galleys (photocopy)
, [1985]
Wolf and the Winds, Hugh A. Dempsey introduction
, 1986
Box/Folder
7/4
Handwritten original draft
, undated
7/5
Handwritten original draft
, undated
7/6
"First Plan," typescript with
handwritten Frank Bird Linderman corrections , undated
7/7
Typescript with Frank Bird
Linderman corrections and additions , undated
8/1
Typescript, second typing,
with Frank Bird Linderman and Verne Linderman corrections and additions
, undated
8/2
Typescript by S.J. Hatfield
, 1981
8/3
Typescript by S.J. Hatfield
, 1981
8/4
Typescript with typesetter's
marks , [ca. 1986]
8/5
Typescript with typesetter's
marks , [ca. 1986]
8/6
Galleys , [1986]
Subseries 2: Linderman's Published Short
Stories and Poetry
Box/Folder
9/1
"A Dog's Life," original
typescript , [published 1930]
9/2
"Red Cloud," carbon of
typescript , [published 1933]
9/3
"Who Was This Soldier Chief?"
carbon of typescript , [published 1934]
9/4
"A Little Flier in Wool,"
carbon of typescript , [published 1938]
9/5
"Stuck to Win" [published 1938]
9/6
"Little Bear (Chief of the Cree
Tribe)" , undated
9/7
[Poetry], with notes on
publication , undated
Subseries 3: Linderman's Notes
Box/Folder
9/8
[Notes and research material]
, undated
9/9
[Linderman? Critique of
painting, "When Shadows Hint Death" or "The Sun's Warning,"] undated
9/10
[Notes on plaster casting]
, undated
9/11
[Notebooks on Native Americans]
, undated
9/12
[Notebooks on Native Americans]
, undated
Subseries 4: Writings of Others
Box/Folder
9/13
Photograph of ALS, Barnum Brown
to Dr. Alfred Smith , 1920
9/14
"Brief--Subject--Dupuyer,"
signed SML
9/15
John R. Barrows, review of Will
James
The Lone Cowboy, "Windy Jim" , undated
9/16
Hawkins, "Blair the Regular"
, undated
9/17
"An Incident in Dakota History"
, undated
9/18
Henry Sieben--Pioneer
, undated
9/19
"Staggerbear and Guzzlenot," by
James Stevens , undated
9/20
"Ten Men Red with Blood and
Dead" , undated
9/21
[Toast to Gov. Hauser]
, undated
9/22
"Verse of John Anderson..."
, undated
9/23
Stanley Vestal, biography and
color print of Sitting Bull , undated
This series contains a variety of items related to Linderman's
campaign for the United States Senate in 1918 and 1924, and includes campaign
materials, election records, and newspaper clippings. The last folder contains
photocopies of notes made by H.G. Merriam as he edited Linderman's manuscript,
Montana Adventure. Correspondence relating to
Linderman's political career, including his terms in the Montana legislature,
may be found in Series II under "Politics" and under the names of other
politicians with whom he corresponded.
This series contains a number of items collected by Linderman or
by his family members and closely resembles the types of materials in Series
VII: Portfolios. Contents include Linderman's membership card from the Osman
Temple, a 1911 menu from the Montana Club, and a copyright registration card
from 1933. There are also prints of artwork, including postcards and prints of
Charley Russell paintings and a print of O. C. Seltzer's painting,
Jerkline Freighter of Pioneer Days.
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
9/28
Montana Club menu , 1911
9/29
Act of May 1, 1920
9/30
State of Montana Hunting and
Fishing License , 1920
9/31
University of Montana bookstore
receipt , 1920
9/32
Membership card, National
Republican League , 1923
9/33
Copyright registration card,
photo, "The Old Flag," Library of Congress , 1933
9/34
The Centennial of the Beginning
of College Education for Women and of Coeducation on the College Level"
, 1937
9/35
[List] , undated
9/36
List No. 92 , undated
9/37
Membership card, Osman Temple
, undated
9/38
The Portrait Indispensable
, undated
9/39
[Sketch of lion signed "JSL"]
, undated
9/40
Postcards of Charley Russell
paintings , undated
15 OS/1
Print of "Jerkline Freighter of
Pioneer Days," by O.C. Seltzer , undated
This series contains published materials by, about, and collected
by Linderman and his family. The materials cover a wide range of subjects; most
are not annotated. There is a 1939 issue of the
Frontier and Midland featuring Linderman's writings
and a 1933 review of
Stumpy. Publications collected by Linderman include
those on mining and Native Americans. The largest group are those collected by
family members; many of these materials are pamphlets and other small
publications of the Museum of the Plains Indian. Most of these describe aspects
of Plains Indian history and culture, but do not seem to contain material
directly related to Linderman. There are also a few modern newspapers that have
articles about Linderman.
Materials are divided into four subseries: By Linderman, About
Linderman, Collected by Linderman, and Collected by Linderman Family. The last
two categories are determined by date and contents of the materials; there are
seldom annotations that offer any other documentation. Within these categories,
materials are arranged chronologically.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: By Linderman
Box/Folder
9/41
Frontier and Midland, Spring 1939 (Vol. 19,
no.3), featuring Frank Bird Linderman writings, not annotated
Subseries 2: About Linderman
Box/Folder
9/42
Brief review of "Stumpy," Fort
Worth Star-Telegram , 3/19/1933
Subseries 3: Collected by Linderman
Box/Folder
9/43
Photocopy of "The Kalispel
[sic] Country," from
The Century Magazine, April 1885
9/44
Saturday Globe, vol. 20, no. 40 , February 16, 1901
9/45
Carlos Sellerier.
Data Referring to Mexican Mining. Mexico: F.P.
Hoeck and Company , 1901
15 OS/6
The Mountaineer, 1905
10/1
Mines and Minerals, February 1906
15 OS/3
Sheridan Enterprise, 12/21/1906
10/2
"Preparing Democracy for
Peace," Charter Day Address, University of Montana Bulletin #208 , February 1918
10/3
"The War on the Yellowstone,"
National Parks Association , 1920
10/4
"Death of Charles Fenn,"
Helena Independent, 1923
10/5
Punch, March 21, 1928; July 17, 1929; July 31, 1929; September
18, 1929; September 25, 1929
15 OS/4
"The Buffalo and Early Buffalo
Hunters" , 8/27/1931
10/6
The Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco: Some
Notes of Introduction. San Francisco: Californians, Inc. , 1937
10/7
"General Scott Starts for West
to Take Talkies of Indians" , undated
United States. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Indians At Work, March 1938
10/11
United States. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Three Maps of Indian Country, ca. 1948
10/12
Golden Anniversary of the Class
of 1914, Helena High School , [1954]
10/13
Montana Institute of the Arts Quarterly, vol 12,
no 2 , Winter 1960
10/14
The Buffalo in Western American Art: An Exhibition from
the collections of the Glenbow Foundation. Calgary. Museum of the
Plains Indian , 1961
10/15
United States. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. The
Bison Drive of the Blackfeet Indians, Museum of
the Plains Indian , 1962
two copies
10/16
United States. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Museum of the Plains Indian, Archives
Division. Blackfeet Agency Archives.
Correspondence Relating to Affairs At Blackfeet Agency,
Montana, 1873-1910, 1962
10/17
Modern American Indian Art: An Art Exhibition from the
Collections of The Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Museum of the Plains
Indian, Browning , 1963
10/18
Frontier Times, January 1964
10/19
Edmund Carpenter,
Man and Art in the Arctic. Browning, Montana:
Museum of the Plains Indian , 1964
10/20
Helen West.
Meriwether Lewis in Blackfeet Country. Museum of
the Plains Indian , 1964
10/21
United States. Department of
the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
Bear Ceremonialism of the Kutenai Indians, 1966
10/22
Claude E. Schaefer.
Le Blanc and La Gasse Predecessors of David Thompson in
the Columbian Plateau. United States. Department of the Interior,
Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Museum of the Plains Indian , 1966
10/23
United States. Department of
the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
Development of the Museum of the Plains Indian and
Crafts Center in Browning, Montana, 1965-1970
15 OS/5
Kalispell Weekly News, October 16, 1985, vol.
97, no. 8. Frank Bird Linderman article on front page. , October 16, 1985
10/24
The Senior Go-Getter, vol. 2, no. 4 , June 1992
10/25
United States. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Life on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation Today, undated
10/26
United States. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Starvation Winter of the Piegan Indians,
1883-84, undated
10/27
United States. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Blackfeet As Raiders, undated
10/28
[Brochure from Sarah J.
Hatfield's art business advertising Frank Bird Linderman sculpture copies for
sale] , undated
This series contains seven portfolios of materials by, collected
by, and about Linderman that provide a useful biographical summary of
Linderman's accomplishments. The first two document his career chronologically
and contain photographs, letters, and memorabilia. The third documents his
published books and contains correspondence with editors, reviews, and
photographs, all arranged chronologically by the date of each book's
publication. The fourth portfolio contains numerous photographs, memorabilia
from Linderman's substantial involvement with the Masons, and prints of Native
American paintings. The fifth contains correspondence collected for and about
Linderman biographies, and also includes photographs of Linderman, sketches
written by his children, and Linderman's own biographical notes. This
correspondence is largely between scholars and Linderman's daughters. The sixth
consists of photographs from Linderman's research files and includes
miscellaneous historical pictures of Montana and surrounding states and images
of Blackfeet, Coast, Cree, Chippewa, Flathead, Kootenai, Pend'Oreille, Oklahoma
and Sioux Indians. The seventh is a group of photographs taken of displays of
Linderman Native American artifacts at the University of Montana's Mansfield
Library in about 1984.
The materials were arranged by Sarah J. Waller Hatfield,
Linderman's granddaughter, in the late 1970s and early 1980s in thematic
grouping; that order has been retained in its entirety by her request. Although
portions of the materials in this series date after Linderman's death and were
both produced and assembled by his heirs, the materials are mostly those
produced and collected by Linderman, and so remain in this series rather than
being intermingled with their genre categories. The only exception is the
photographs, which remain as duplicates in the scrapbooks but are listed
individually in Series VIII: Photographs.
Container(s)
Description
Volume
16 OS
Portfolio 1, Career , 1885-1927
17 OS
Portfolio 2, Career , 1927-1982
18 OS
Portfolio 3, Published Books
, 1920-1935
19 OS
Portfolio 4, Photographs,
Masonic memorabilia, prints of Native American paintings , 1904-[ca. 1920] and undated
20 OS
Portfolio 5, Correspondence,
Linderman biographies , 1904-1977 and undated
21 OS
Portfolio 6, Photographs from
Linderman files of Blackfeet, Coast, Cree, Chippewa, Flathead, Kootenai,
Pend'Oreille, Oklahoma and Sioux Indians; Miscellaneous Historical Pictures
, 1886-1937 and undated
This series includes still image materials produced and collected
by Linderman and his heirs and includes family portraits and snapshots, images
of early Western settlers (some of whom were Linderman's friends and
associates), images of Linderman displays at museums and other cultural
resource agencies, notable and important images of Native Americans in the
West, and a few photographs of forests and wildlife. The latter two categories
seem to have been collected mostly for the purpose of illustrating books and
other publications produced by Linderman. Many of the images were removed from
the portfolios in Series VI so that they could be listed individually. One
group of photos, "Buffalo Pictures," remains in its original album as the
photographs could not be safely detached.
Family portraits and snapshots include both formal and informal
images of Frank and Minnie Linderman, their daughters, and their grandchildren,
and date from about 1885 to the 1950s; there are photos of Linderman taken as
late as 1938. There are formal portraits of Linderman from his service in the
Montana legislature and other organizations, including the Masons. There are
images of various Linderman homes, notably the Goose Bay cabin, and businesses,
including the assay and newspaper office in Sheridan, Montana.
Images of early Western settlers and prominent Montana businessmen
and politicians include those of Duncan McDonald, Bob Vaughn, and W. H.
Murgittroyd, and Theo Gibson. There are numerous photos of artist and author
Charlie M. Russell. Other associates include Presidents Taft and Coolidge and
the literary critic Frederick Van de Water.
Native American images include those of well-known individuals,
including Plenty-Coups, Two-Comes-Over-the-Hill, Little Bear, Pretty-Shield,
and White Elk. Notable images of Native American customs include many
photographs of preparations for the Sun Dance and its accompanying gatherings.
There are also numerous images of Indian artifacts, some of which may be part
of Linderman's collections.
The forest and wildlife photographs are mostly those produced by
commercial photographers, including the Glacier National Park photographer
Hileman and the Forest Service photographer K.D. Swan. The wildlife photographs
are largely unidentified as to location and date, but the species pictured are
readily apparent. The forest photographs are well-identified and include
subject, forest, and date.
Images of Linderman collection displays include those at the
Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana; the Western Heritage Center
in Billings, Montana; and the Mansfield Library at the University of
Montana--Missoula.
Photographers represented include Linderman himself, Asahel
Curtis, Edward Curtis, K. D. Swan, the Glacier National Park photographer
Hileman, Morton J. Elrod, and Matthew Brady. Image formats include albumen
prints, negatives, and modern color prints on cartes-de-visite (in varying
sizes), postcards, and printing-out paper. Many of the Native American
photographs are hand-colored. A number of the photographs appear to be modern
reproductions of historic prints and are of variable image quality.
The photographs are arranged in their original order as dictated
by scrapbooks and other housings. This gives them some thematic arrangement,
but the researcher is advised to look at the listed photographs carefully to
find all items on a particular subject. Many of the photographs have
annotations on the back that have been transcribed in this finding aid; the
source of these annotations appears to be Linderman and his family members, but
the full provenance of these identifications and comments is largely
unknown.
Container(s)
Description
From Portfolio 1, Career
, 1885-1927
Box/Folder
11/1
007(VIII):1: Frank Bird Linderman at Oberlin
College , ca. 1885
11/2
007(VIII):2: Frank Bird Linderman at Oberlin
College , ca. 1885
11/3
007(VIII):3: Frank Bird Linderman and Samuel
E. Johns , 1890
11/4
007(VIII):4: Andrew "Shorty" Balfour
, undated
11/5
007(VIII):5: Frank Bird Linderman and Andrew
Balfour , undated
11/6
007(VIII):6: Andrew Balfour , undated
11/7
007(VIII):7: Red Pipe Mine , undated
11/8
007(VIII):8: Minnie and Frank Bird
Linderman, wedding portrait , 1893
11/9
007(VIII):9: Frank Bird Linderman in costume
for a play, Sheridan, Montana , [ca. 1890s]
11/10
007(VIII):10: Frank Bird Linderman in costume
for a play, Sheridan, Montana , [ca. 1890s]
11/11
007(VIII):11: Frank Bird Linderman and Minnie
Linderman in costume for a play, Sheridan, Montana , [ca. 1890s]
11/12
007(VIII):12: Minnie Linderman in costume for
a play, Sheridan, Montana , [ca. 1890s]
11/13
007(VIII):13: Frank Bird Linderman and Minnie
Linderman in costume for a play, Sheridan, Montana , [ca. 1890s]
11/14
007(VIII):14: Frank Bird Linderman on stage
in a play , [ca. 1890s]
11/15
007(VIII):15: Frank Bird Linderman and Minnie
Linderman in costume for a play, Sheridan, Montana , [ca. 1890s]
007(VIII):35: Linderman mules, no location
, undated
11/34
007(VIII):36: Linderman mules in a pack
string, no location , undated
11/35
007(VIII):37: Frank Bird Linderman and
Thunder Lodge at Broadwater. Frank Bird Linderman 2nd from left. Small format
with writing around the edges , ca. 1910
11/36
007(VIII):38: Thunder Lodge painted by Mrs.
Running Rabbit and Mrs. Buffalo Body at Broadwater , 1910
11/37
007(VIII):39: Frank Bird Linderman in front
of Thunder Lodge painted for him by Mrs. Running Rabbit and Mrs. Buffalo Body.
Frank Bird Linderman kneeling near lodge door in buck skins and a hat
, ca. 1910
11/38
007(VIII):40: Frank Bird Linderman and
Thunder Lodge Tipi at Broadwater, 1910. Frank Bird Linderman standing with
feathers and a rifle (original and enlarged copy)
11/39
007(VIII):41: Frank Bird Linderman and
Thunder Lodge Tipi at Broadwater, 1910. Frank Bird Linderman kneeling in Native
American style dress with a buffalo horn hat
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):42: Frank Bird Linderman and
Thunder Lodge at Broadwater, 1910. Frank Bird Linderman 2nd from left.
, 1910
11/40
007(VIII):43: Frank Bird Linderman looking
left, mustache, high collar and no glasses, 1962 copy of 8th Legislature
portrait , [ca. 1905]
11/41
007(VIII):44: President Taft in Helena
, undated
11/42
007(VIII):45: Teepee of Left Hand Boy, a
Rocky Boy's Indian , undated
11/43
007(VIII):46: Teepee of Left Hand Boy, a
Rocky Boy's Indian , undated
11/44
007(VIII):47: Lodge pitched for night, Rocky
Boy's. Belonged to Left Hand Boy, a Rocky Boy Indian. , 1932
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):48: Left to Right: Chief Little
Bear, Kinnewash, Bole, Secretary of Interior Lane, Jim Denney, Other Person,
Pat Raspberry and Frank Bird Linderman in front of Placer Hotel. Helena,
Montana. 1913 conference on securing land for Chief Little Bear and Tribe.
, 1913
11/45
007(VIII):49: Rainbow Hotel, Great Falls,
Montana. Banquet given by Frank Bird Linderman for Bob Vaughn on 80th birthday.
2nd from left, maybe Bob Vaughn. 3rd from left, Charles Marion Russell. 5th
from left, Theo Gibson (?), 6th from left, Frank B. Linderman.
11/46
007(VIII):50: George Armstrong Custer, Signal
Corps, USA. Robbins US History. Custer seated, seen waist up, copy photo
, [ca. 1870]
007(VIII):52: Algerian members, at Northern
Pacific Station giving an identifying hand shake. Pictured: Imperial Potentate
of UA, Dr. F.R. Smith, Ill. Potentate of Algeria Temple, John H. Hull,
(autographed by him on back), Helena, Montana , 1915
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):53: Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite, Helena, Montana, February 18, 1914. Degree Team, 15. Second Section,
February 18, 1914. William Dryburgh (Palace Guard), Julius Holzman (Master of
the Palace), A.I. Wahlgren (Master of Cavalry), E.D. Weed (King Kurash), N.P.
Walters (Master of Infantry), R.J. Lemert (Master of the Household), J.L. Dyer
(Palace Guard), Jacob Sultan (Beggar), Frank Bird Linderman (Zerubbabel).
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):54: Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite, Helena, Montana, February 18, 1914. Degree Team, 15. First Section,
February 18, 1914. Linderman standing with three other men. George H. Carlsley
(Master of Ceremonies), Frank Bird Linderman (Zerubbabel). E.C. Day (Ruler),
C.S. Haire (Junior Warden).
11/49
007(VIII):55: Lewis and Clark Centennial
group with backs to a brick wall, Helena, Montana , [ca. 1904]
11/50
007(VIII):56: Lewis and Clark Centennial
group with "natural" setting, (backdrop), Helena, Montana , [ca. 1904]
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):57: Large photograph of Masons on
the steps of a Masonic Temple, Frank Bird Linderman on the back row
, undated
11/51
007(VIII):58: Frank Bird Linderman and Minnie
standing together. Small photo, full body shot. Minnie is wearing a hat with a
feather, La Jolla, California., 1915-1916
11/52
007(VIII):59: Frank Bird Linderman small
photo set in a large frame, glasses, looking left, in Helena , [ca. 1905]
11/53
007(VIII):60: Frank Bird Linderman Large
format photo, full suit, looking straight on, angled right, in Helena
, [ca. 1910]
11/54
007(VIII):61: President Coolidge fishing, no
location , undated
11/55
007(VIII):62: "Cal Takes Ride in Lumber
Wagon" printed on photo, no location , undated
11/56
007(VIII):63: Frank Bird Linderman, Pres.
Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge posing for photos, cameras seen in the foreground,
no location , undated
11-57
007(VIII):64: Frank Bird Linderman and Mrs.
Coolidge in a wagon. Caption on back "What did you tell her to get this laugh,"
no location , undated
11/58
007(VIII):65: President and Mrs. Coolidge
washing gold at McKelvie's camp near Mystic, South Dakota. Rise photo
, undated
11/59
007(VIII):66: President and Mrs. Coolidge
panning gold at McKelvies, on back: "Frank Bird Linderman was there" undated
11/60
007(VIII):67: Mrs. Coolidge, posing in woods,
no location , undated
11/61
007(VIII):68: Coolidge fishing in Slate
Creek., undated
Rise
From Portfolio 2 Career
Box/Folder
11/62
007(VIII):69: Frank Bird Linderman, Santa
Barbara, California , 1938
11/63
007(VIII):70: Frank Bird Linderman, Santa
Barbara, California , 1938
11/64
007(VIII):71: Linderman artifact Collection
on display in his den at the Goose Bay home , undated
11/65
007(VIII):72: Linderman artifact Collection
on display in his den at the Goose Bay home , undated
11/66
007(VIII):73: Chippewa pad saddle, Linderman
Plains Indian Collection , undated
11/67
007(VIII):74: Living room of Goose Bay
Linderman home, 1938. Frank B. Linderman, Norma Linderman Waller, Sara Jane
Waller (Hatfield), Richard L. Waller, Roy O. Waller, James B. Waller, Minnie J.
Linderman , [ca. 1935]
11/68
007(VIII):75: Aerial photo of Goose Bay
, 1930s
Major Stevens
11/69
007(VIII):76: Aerial photo of Goose Bay
, 1930s
Major Stevens
11/70
007(VIII):77: Aerial photo of Goose Bay
, 1930s
Major Stevens
11/71
007(VIII):78: Aerial photo of Goose Bay
, 1930s
Major Stevens
11/72
007(VIII):79: Aerial photo of Goose Bay
, 1930s
Major Stevens
11/73
007(VIII):80: Aerial photo of Goose Bay
, 1930s
Major Stevens
11/74
007(VIII):81: Teepee painted by Mrs. Buffalo
Body and Mrs. Running Rabbit. Where Charlie Russell stayed when he visited the
Lindermans; lost in 1918 fire , undated
11/75
007(VIII):82: Teepee painted by Mrs. Buffalo
Body and Mrs. Running Rabbit --Charlie Russell slept here. Lost in 1918 fire
, undated
11/76
007(VIII):83: Frank Linderman and Minnie
Linderman at Goose Bay , 1937
11/77
007(VIII):84: Dorthea Hagedorn and Frank B.
Linderman, [on Flathead Lake?] , [ca. 1930]
11/78
007(VIII):85: Linderman Junior High School,
Kalispell, Montana , [ca. 1955]
11/79
007(VIII):86: Linderman Junior High School,
Kalispell, Montana , [ca. 1955]
11/80
007(VIII):87: Linderman Junior High School,
Kalispell, Montana , undated
11/81
007(VIII):88: Linderman Junior High School,
Kalispell, Montana , undated
007(VIII):92: Claude Schaeffer and Norma
Waller., outside Museum of Plains Indian, Browning, Montana , [ca. 1955]
11/86
007(VIII):93: Linderman Browning Exhibit,
Cree, Lives of the Crow, Museum of Plains
Indian, Browning, Montana , [ca. 1955]
11/87
007(VIII):94: Linderman Exhibit Plaque, no
location , undated
11/88
007(VIII):95: Linderman Goose Bay lodge
, undated
11/89
007(VIII):96: Billings, Montana , [1981]
11/90
007(VIII):97: Western Heritage Center sign
with the Linderman Collection, Billings, Montana , [1981]
11/91
007(VIII):98: Head dresses [at Western
Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/92
007(VIII):99: Linderman Collection items [at
Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/93
007(VIII):100: Head dresses [at Western
Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/94
007(VIII):101: Frank Linderman Collection sign
[at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/95
007(VIII):102: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/96
007(VIII):103: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/97
007(VIII):104: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/98
007(VIII):105: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/99
007(VIII):106: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/100
007(VIII):107: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/101
007(VIII):108: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/102
007(VIII):109: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
11/103
007(VIII):110: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
12/1
007(VIII):111: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
12/2
007(VIII):112: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
12/3
007(VIII):113: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
12/4
007(VIII):114: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
12/5
007(VIII):115: Frank Bird Linderman Collection
displays [at Western Heritage Center] , [1981]
12/6
007(VIII):116: Chippewa Chief Big Rock.
Holding a pipe. Standing with Crazy Boy, Great Falls, Montana (2 copies)
, 1916
From Portfolio 3 Published Books
Box/Folder
12/7
007(VIII):117: First photograph ever made of
Chief Big Rock (77), medicine man of Chippewa Indians, in front of lodge
furnshed by Charles M. Russell in 1916 on rear of lot of Theodore Gibson's 4th
Street and 4th Avenue property, Great Falls, Montana. Big Rock gave Frank Bird
Linderman origin and ancient customs, superstitions, traditions and religion of
Chippewa and used as basis of
Indian Old-Man Stories, 1920 , Undated photo
12/8
007(VIII):118: Chippewa Chief Big Rock. Full
shot of teepee and Big Rock., Great Falls, Montana, 1916 , Undated photo
12/9
007(VIII):119: Advertising window in
Murgittroyd's in Spokane, Washington , [1920]
12/10
007(VIII):120: Photo of a painting of Plenty
Coups, Jeanne Hamilton exhibit (Kalispell artist) , undated
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):121: Chief Plenty Coups at 80 on his
horse , [ca. 1920?]
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):122: Plenty Coups at Fort Custer,
1890. He was 30 (40?) Years old at the time.
12/12
007(VIII):123: Chief Plenty Coups of the Crow,
holding the book
American about Himself , [ca. 1920]
007(VIII):125: Pretty Shield, elderly,
straight on pose , undated
two copies
From Portfolio 5 Correspondence,
Linderman biographies
Box/Folder
12/16
007(VIII):126: Frank Bird Linderman modeling
Cree Chief Little Bear and description of the bust by Elmer Green , 1940
12/17
007(VIII):127: Frank Linderman, his father,
James Linderman, Charley Russell and Dr. Nash of Helena in the Pleasant Mary
Ann, trip down the Missouri , undated
From Portfolio 4 Photographs,
Masonic memorabilia, prints of Native American paintings
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):128: Weasel Tail , undated
22 OS
007(VIII):129: "Souvenir Collection, courtesy
N.P. Walters," W. Freeland Kendrick, Frank Bird Linderman, Edward Carson Day
(?), "Algeria Mosque," June 19, 1920, The New York Store, Helena, Montana
22 OS
007(VIII):130: Masons (?) standing on steps
outside building with Virginia City banner , 15
May 1904
22 OS
007(VIII):131: Two Guns White Calf
, undated
Box/Folder
12/18
007(VIII):132: "Early Day Mining," 3 scenes on
one sheet , undated
Box/Folder
12/19
007(VIII):133: 2 men standing at waters edge,
photo of painting , undated
22 OS
007(VIII):134: Shrine Band, Helena; Frank Bird
Linderman 3rd left - front row , undated
Box/Folder
12/20
007(VIII):135: John Allen, Joseph Smith, 106,
Hudson Bay trapper & John Gressler. Frank Bird Linderman handwriting on
back , undated
Box/Folder
12/21
007(VIII):136: Red Abbott , undated
22 OS
007(VIII):137: Frank B. Linderman's Lewis
& Clark pageant, Helena, Montana , undated
Box/Folder
12/22
007(VIII):138: The Standing Rock S.C. Major
McLanghelm & Sitting Bull , undated
Box/Folder
12/23
007(VIII):139: World War I Troop Ship, no
location , undated
007(VIII):140: "Medicine Wheel, Big Horn
Mountains, Wyoming; Believe it or Not Clipping about the medicine wheel"
, undated
22 OS
007(VIII):141: "The "Mystic Shrine" of a Race
extinct Medicine Wheel--Medicine Mt." Richard XT Ranch, Kirby, Montana."
, undated
22 OS
007(VIII):142: Leo Coleman & Dr. Hoyt
collection of heads: "Collection of heads belonging to Leo Cloeman and Dr.
Hoyt, Glasgow, Montana, 2 sets genuine locked horns" , undated
22 OS
007(VIII):143: Missouri River, Gates of the
Mountains , undated
22 OS
007(VIII):144: Elk hide painted by Chief
Washakie of Shoshone Tribe.
Frank Bird Linderman hand-written notations on back: "This
photo was taken from original painted elk hide painted to Chief Waskakieu of
the Shoshone Tribe. Chief W. was born 1804--died 1900 buried in Post Cemetary
Fort Washakie, WY."
22 OS
007(VIII):145: Mose Soloman, Joe Kipp, Bob
Mills, Henry Kennedy John Largent (alive in 1918), July 1866, taken at Sioux
City on way from Ft. Benton to St. Louis.
From Portfolio 6
Box/Folder
12/24
007(VIII):146: Duncan McDonald and his wife
, undated
12/25
007(VIII):147: Blackfeet, undated
Bloom Bros. Co., printed in Germany
12/26
007(VIII):148: "U.S. Indian agent, Mayor
Gaynor of New York, Horse Ghost, Spotted Eagle, Lour Dog, Grows Twice
(Blackfeet)," noted in Linderman's hand , undated
007(VIII):151: Chief Duck, wife and Grandchild
of Blackfoot Tribe, Canadian West
On back of postcard: "Dear Miss Lindy! At Banff we saw a fine
exhibition of Indians riding by the Stoney Indians of the Sioux. A lovely trip.
Best wishes, Frederick G. Bur--- [illegible], postmarked 7/27/1938"
12/30
007(VIII):152: small photo, unidentified
Native American, no location , undated
007(VIII):155: Sergeant James King, Indian
Scout U.S. Army 1871-1886, Served under General Custer, co. C, Sisseton, South
Dakota, 1937
Handwritten on back: "Full blood Sisseton-Wahpeton Siouxùborn
1850. Entered service as a boy of 15--at age 21 became a scout, accompanied
Custer west but was sent east with dispatches--had two horses shot from under
him and was wounded five times--speaks very little English."
12/34
007(VIII):156: Group of unidentified Native
Americans, portrait , undated
12/35
007(VIII):157: White Elk, from Oklahoma
, undated
Handwritten on back: "Had a beautiful singing voice."
12/36
007(VIII):158: Dr. and Mrs. White Elk, card to
Linderman, 1920.
Message on back: "Have been so busy I intended to write before
this. Sent you a magazine--hope you get it at G.B. Will be at the Helena Fair
all next week. Hope you are all fine. Write me there. All kinds of good wishes
for yourself and family. Sincerely yours, Dr. and Mrs. White Elk." Postmarked
9/11/1920
12/37
007(VIII):159: Mrs. White Elk, coastal Indian,
sitting on tree, portrait , undated
R.E. Marble, Glacier National Park, Belton,
Montana.
12/38
007(VIII):160: Unidentified Native American
, undated
12/39
007(VIII):161: Unidentified Native American
, undated
12/40
007(VIII):162: Chief Red Cloud, [ca. 1880s]
D. F. Barry (Superior, Wisconsin)
12/41
007(VIII):163: Chief Fire Cloud, , 1886
D. F. Barry photographer, at Standing Rock
12/42
007(VIII):164: Passeo, Kootenai chief, son of
Aneas, no location , undated
12/43
007(VIII):165: Joe Malta, Kootenai and
Pend'Oreille Indian, no location , undated
12/44
007(VIII):166: Joe Malta, Kootenai and
Pend'Oreille Indian, no location , undated
12/45
007(VIII):167: Joe Malta, Kootenai and
Pend'Oreille Indian, no location , undated
12/46
007(VIII):168: Kootenai artifacts, "bought
from Kootenai" , undated
12/47
007(VIII):169: Kootenai artifacts, no
identification , undated
12/48
007(VIII):170: Kootenai artifacts, no
identification , undated
12/49
007(VIII):171: Kootenai artifacts, no
identification [some are in Series IX] , undated
12/50
007(VIII):172: Komsah Ellen Marhia, Kootenai
, undated
007(VIII):196: Native Americans around
ceremony poles, unidentified , undated
12/75
007(VIII):197: Andrew Valler, half-breed Cree;
with Kootenai wife and two children , undated
12/76
007(VIII):198: Andrew Valler on
horseback, undated
12/77
007(VIII):199: Native Americans in front of
teepee within stockade, unidentified , undated
12/78
007(VIII):200: Group of Native Americans on
horses in ceremonial dress, unidentified , undated
12/79
007(VIII):201: Two Native Americans on horses
wearing capots, blurred photo, unidentified , undated
12/80
007(VIII):202: Group of Native Americans on
horses, unidentified , undated
12/81
007(VIII):203: Group of Native Americans on
horses, in town, unidentified , undated
12/82
007(VIII):204: Group of Native Americans on
horses in ceremonial dress, horses with bit bridles,unidentified , undated
12/83
007(VIII):205: Group of Native Americans on
horses in ceremonial dress, two wearing Flathead "dandy" style outfits with
foral and with front pieces and vests, unidentified , undated
12/84
007(VIII):206: Teepees on plain, unidentified
, undated
12/85
007(VIII):207: Teepee encampment on plain,
unidentified , undated
12/86
007(VIII):208: Group of Native Americans on
horses, ceremonial dress, unidentified , undated
12/87
007(VIII):209: Two Native American women on
horses, unidentified , undated
12/88
007(VIII):210: Group of Native Americans on
horses, ceremonial dress, unidentified , undated
12/89
007(VIII):211: Group of Native Americans
standing in front of teepee, unidentified , undated
12/90
007(VIII):212: "Bill and Lizzie Gird and
smoke" , undated
12/91
007(VIII):213: Group of Native Americans,
standing in front of teepee, unidentified, undated
12/92
007(VIII):214: Native Americans at gathering,
unidentified , undated
12/93
007(VIII):215: Child of S. Pierre, undated
12/94
007(VIII):216: Native Americans at gathering,
unidentified , undated
12/95
007(VIII):217: McDonaer Stable , undated
12/96
007(VIII):218: Native American man behind
bushes, blurred , undated
12/97
007(VIII):219: McDonaer ranch house
, undated
12/98
007(VIII):220: Native Americans at a gathering
12/99
007(VIII):221: Native Americans at a Sun Dance
, undated
12/100
007(VIII):222: Horse with travois, Native
Americans in background, in town, unidentified , undated
12/101
007(VIII):223: Two European Americans in
woods, unidentified , undated
12/102
007(VIII):224: Native American children, under
shelter, unidentified , undated
12/103
007(VIII):225: Pictures of raising Medicine
Man for Sun Dance ceremony, Kootenai , undated
12/104
007(VIII):226: Teepee encampment on Rocky
Boy's for Sun Dance , 1934
12/105
007(VIII):227: Teepee encampment on Rocky
Boy's for Sun Dance , 1934
12/106
007(VIII):228: Pictures of raising Medicine
Man for Sun Dance ceremony, Kootenai , undated
007(VIII):266: Native American man,
unidentified , undated
three copies
13/36
007(VIII):267: Woman and children in Sundance
lodge, unidentified , undated
two copies
13/37
007(VIII):268: Native American child,
unidentified , undated
two copies
13/38
007(VIII):269: Bear in woods, [Glacier
National Park?] unidentified , undated
13/39
007(VIII):270: Two tangled deer heads in snow,
[Glacier National Park?] unidentified , undated
13/40
007(VIII):271: Dinosaur bones, found near
Glacier [national park], unidentified , undated
13/41
007(VIII):272: Group of Euro-American men and
women in camp, [Glacier National Park?]unidentified , undated
[Morton J. Elrod photo?]
13/42
007(VIII):273: Euro-American man and two women
on lake shore, [Glacier National Park?] unidentified , undated
[Morton J. Elrod photo?]
13/43
007(VIII):274: Euro-American man with freshly
killed buck, [Glacier National Park?] unidentified , undated
13/44
007(VIII):275: Pack string, [Glacier National
Park?] unidentified , undated
13/45
007(VIII):276: Tent camp by lake, [Glacier
National Park?] unidentified , undated
13/46
007(VIII):277: Horses swimming creek, [Glacier
National Park?] unidentified , undated
13/47
007(VIII):278: Horses swimming creek, [Glacier
National Park?] unidentified , undated
13/48
007(VIII):279: Horse race, unidentified
, undated
13/49
007(VIII):280: Euro-American men and women by
train, unidentified [Linderman family in costume?], undated
13/50
007(VIII):281: Euro-American men and women by
train, unidentified [Linderman family in costume?], undated
13/51
007(VIII):282: "Young white pine planted in
old 1910 burn. Coeur d'Alene National Forest." , undated
K.D. Swan
13/52
007(VIII):283: White pine timber on Burnt
Cabin Creek sale area. Coeur d'Alene National Forest, undated
K.D. Swan
13/53
007(VIII):284: Logging cut-over land. Results
of poor brush disposal on lumber company land., undated
K.D. Swan
13/54
007(VIII):285: Larch, fir-type, state land
near Radnor, Montana. , undated
K.D. Swan
13/55
007(VIII):286: Results of Half Moon Fire on
North Fork Road near Bailey Lake, Flathead National Forest. , 1929
K.D. Swan
13/56
007(VIII):287: Logged-off land of lumber
company. , undated
K.D. Swan
13/57
007(VIII):288: South fork of Flathead road
near Dry Peak, before fire 1926. , undated
K.D. Swan
13/58
007(VIII):289: View of South Fork Road, after
the fire (Lost Johnny), Flathead National Forest, 1925
K.D. Swan
13/59
Photos 290: Painting,
Where the millions have gone, undated
J.H. Moser, National Museum
four copies
13/63
007(VIII):291: Painting,
Still Hunting Buffaloes on the Northern Range
two copies
Portfolio 7: Photographs of
Linderman Displays, Mansfield Library , ca.
1984
Box/Folder
13/66
007(VIII):292: Oil portrait of Linderman, J.
Hamilton, Kalispell. Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/67
007(VIII):293: Eagle wing fan on display.
Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the
University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/68
007(VIII):294: Buffalo bonnet on display.
Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the
University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/69
007(VIII):295: Two Indian headdresses on
display. Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library,
the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/70
007(VIII):296: Assayer's scale on display.
Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the
University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/71
007(VIII):297: Southwest corner of Montana
room with Linderman displays. Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/72
007(VIII):298: Artifacts on display (circular
beaded bag, quilled armlets, pipe, scabbard). Linderman display, Montana Room,
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula
, ca. 1984
13/73
007(VIII):299: Artifacts on display
(cradleboard, moccasins, rattle). Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and
Mike Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/74
007(VIII):300: Artifacts on display (Cree
dance rattle, Cree hammer). Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/75
007(VIII):301: Artifacts on display (Kootenai
flesher, fish line, powder horn, rattle). Linderman display, Montana Room,
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula
, ca. 1984
13/76
007(VIII):302: Parfleche and saddle on
display. Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library,
the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/77
007(VIII):303: Glass case with artifacts on
display (Linderman sculptures, academic hood, Masonic objects). Linderman
display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the University of
Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/78
007(VIII):304: South wall of Montana room with
artifacts on display (snowshoes, paintings, et. al.). Linderman display,
Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the University of
Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/79
007(VIII):305: Wooden case with Linderman
sculptures on display. Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/90
007(VIII):306: Southwest wall of Montana room
with Linderman objects on display. Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and
Mike Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/81
007(VIII):307: Artifacts on display
(typewriter, teepee, parfleche). Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and
Mike Mansfield Library, the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/82
007(VIII):308: Artifacts on display (backrest
et al). Linderman display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library,
the University of Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
13/83
007(VIII):309: Backrest on display. Linderman
display, Montana Room, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the University of
Montana--Missoula , ca. 1984
Loose Photographs
Box/Folder
13/84
007(VIII):310: "Sasatank, Kiowa Chief"
, undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/85
007(VIII):311: "Potawatomie Squaw"
, undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/86
007(VIII):312: "Wichita" , undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/87
007(VIII):313: "Bunhi, Queen of the
Cimaron", undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/88
007(VIII):314: "Boston Charley", undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/89
007(VIII):315: "Ute Squaw", undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson, 1849-1915"
13/90
007(VIII):316: "Capt. Jack", undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson, 1849-1915"
13/91
007(VIII):317: "Spotted Horse, The Indian in
charge of the band I chased about the country last fall" , undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/92
007(VIII):318: "Buffalo, three years old and
calf" , undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/93
007(VIII):319: "Ben Clark's squaw"
, undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/94
007(VIII):320: "Red Cloud, Sioux Chief"
, undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/95
007(VIII):321: "Rock painting" , undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/96
007(VIII):322: "Fort Lyon from across the
Arkansas, Large building on rt. hospital; row of buildings. On rt. of flag
staff, and on the end one of which two shutters (windows) can be seen
--officers quarters. Buildings to left of flag staff --soldiers barracks."
, undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
13/97
007(VIII):323: "Wichita Squaws" , undated
Collected by Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Anderson,
1849-1915
007(VIII):342: Garden Wall - Ants On Trail;
"Glacier National Park Views" , undated
Hileman (Kalispell, Montana)
13/117
007(VIII):343: View Of Flathead Lake (two
copies), Fred W. Wheaton (Kalispell, Montana) , [ca.1921]
13/118
007(VIII):344: Two foot wide crack, near Three
Forks, Montana , undated
13/119
007(VIII):345: Flathead Lake, undated
Hileman (Kalispell, Montana), Glacier Park Photo
Shop
two copies
13/120
007(VIII):346: Bad Rock Canyon, undated
Hileman (Kalispell, Montana), Glacier Park Photo
Shop
13/121
007(VIII):347: Cub Bears in Pine
Tree, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
13/122
007(VIII):348: Bear Grass, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
13/123
007(VIII):349: Stoners Dock, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
13/124
007(VIII):350: Man Feeding Cub
Bear, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
14/1
007(VIII):351: The Majestic King (bighorn
sheep), undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
14/2
007(VIII):352: Native American woman feeding
fawns, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
14/3
007(VIII):353: [Marten ?] caught in
trap, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
14/4
007(VIII):354: Doe with two fawns, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
14/1=5
007(VIII):355: Person feeding big horn
sheep, undated
Hileman, Glacier Park Photo Shop (Kalispell,
Montana)
14/6
007(VIII):356: Charlie Russell, 1914
Eklund.
14/7
007(VIII):357: Charlie Russell, 1927
Eklund.
14/8
007(VIII):358: Charlie Russell dressed as an
Indian
14/9
007(VIII):359: Bob Vaughn in a pioneer days
Sunday suit, 1916
Letter on back: "Friend Frank: I started on my life's journey
in Wales June 5th, 1836. June 14th, 1864, I reached Alder Gulch, Montana
Territory. June 5th, 1916 in Great Falls at Hotel Rainbow, enjoying this
banquet that you and Theodore are giving me on my eightieth birthday. I have no
words to express my appreciation of this testimonial of friendship. Your
friend, Bob Vaughan."
14/10
007(VIII):360: Theo Gibson, son of Sen. Paris
Gibson, 1915
Eklund (Great Falls, Montana)
Signed on front "Sincerely, Theo Gibson"
14/11
007(VIII):361: Charlie Russell's cabin at Lake
McDonald. Christmas card, "Thiri's Ariel View Service" (Polson, Montana)
, 1913
007(VIII):363: Charlie Russell and wife,
Nancy, holding child with writing on front that means "love Papa" , undated
14/14
007(VIII):364: Baby photo of Jack Russell, by
Marble Studio , undated
14/15
007(VIII):365: Charlie Russell, Sara Johns,
Frank Linderman, James B. Linderman, Dr. Nash, trip down the Missouri on the
Pleasant Mary Ann , 1913
14/16
007(VIII):366: Frank Bird Linderman's painted
lodge photo by Mannie Bay , 1918
14/17
007(VIII):367: Charlie Russell's home and
studio , undated
post card
14/18
007(VIII):368: Boulder with plaque inset for
Charlie Russell, plaque dated 1926 (Postcard) , undated
14/19
007(VIII):369: Photo of painting of Charlie
Russell , undated
14/20
007(VIII):370: Verne Linderman at Linderman
home, 524 W. Lawrence St., Helena , circa 1913
14/21
007(VIII):371: Will Miller at Linderman home,
524 W. Lawrence St., Helena, circa 1913
14/22
007(VIII):372: Charlie Russell at Linderman
home, 524 W. Lawrence St., Helena, circa 1913
14/23
007(VIII):373: Unidentified man at Linderman
home, 524 W. Lawrence St., Helena, circa 1913
14/24
007(VIII):374: Mr. and Mrs. C.M. and Nancy
Russell at Linderman home, 524 W. Lawrence St., Helena, November, 1913
14/25
007(VIII):375: Frank Bird Linderman and
Charlie Russell at Linderman home, 524 W. Lawrence St., Helena, November, 1913
14/26
007(VIII):376: "Saturday Afternoon at Home,"
Minnie Linderman and two daughters , circa 1913
14/27
007(VIII):377: Mrs. Nancy Russell , circa 1913
14/28
007(VIII):378: Mrs. Nancy Russell , circa 1913
14/28
007(VIII):379: Mr. and Mrs. Russell ready to
take train to Great Falls , November 1913
14/28
007(VIII):380: Daddy [Frank Bird Linderman]
and Charles Russell , circa 1913
14/29
007(VIII):381: Charlie Russell after operation
at Rochester, photo by Eklund , undated
14/30
007(VIII):382: Charlie Russell beating himself
at checkers , undated
14/31
007(VIII):383: Charlie Russell sitting in
front of a painting
14/32
007(VIII):384: Charlie Russell, Nancy, Mrs.
Baker (?) and F.B. Lindeman in front of car, [ca. 1914]
Message on back: "Hello: Do you remember the 4th of July 1914.
Wish for your success in Primary and also General Election. Your friend, Dr. D.
Baker"
14/33
007(VIII):385: Bird , undated
14/34
007(VIII):386: Bird , undated
14/35
007(VIII):387: Bird , undated
14/36
007(VIII):388: Chipmunk , undated
14/37
007(VIII):389: Lynx , undated
14/38
007(VIII):390: Bison , undated
14/39
007(VIII):391: Bison , undated
14/40
007(VIII):392: Bison , undated
14/41
007(VIII):393: Bison , undated
14/42
007(VIII):394: Bighorn sheep , undated
14/43
007(VIII):395: Goose nest , undated
14/44
007(VIII):396: Blue heron nest , undated
14/45
007(VIII):397: Christmas card of bison herd
with one albino, from Alice Frost , undated
14/46
007(VIII):398: Bear sitting on a log
, undated
14/47
007(VIII):399: Black bear and two cubs
, undated
14/48
007(VIII):400: Black bear and two cubs
, undated
14/49
007(VIII):401: Black bear and two cubs
, undated
14/50
007(VIII):402: Two cubs playing in a tree
, undated
14/51
007(VIII):403: One cub playing in a tree
, undated
14/52
007(VIII):404: Bear on a boulder , undated
14/53
007(VIII):405: Bear on a boulder , undated
14/54
007(VIII):406: Man feeding cub as mother
watches , undated
14/55
007(VIII):407: Man feeding cub as mother
watches , undated
14/56
007(VIII):408: Black bear --close up
, undated
14/57
007(VIII):409: Deer feeding on hay during
winter --close up , undated
14/58
007(VIII):410: Deer feeding on hay during
winter , undated
14/59
007(VIII):411: Deer feeding on hay during
winter , undated
14/60
007(VIII):412: Deer feeding on hay during
winter , undated
14/61
007(VIII):413: Ptarmigans , undated
14/62
007(VIII):414: Elk , undated
14/63
007(VIII):415: Antelope on the bison range
, undated
14/64
007(VIII):416: Porcupine , undated
14/65
007(VIII):417: Mountain goat about to be shot,
West Fork of the Teton River., undated
P.J. Ralston, Choteau, Montana
14/66
007(VIII):418: Little Bear, undated
14/67
007(VIII):419: Two-Comes-Over-The-Hill
, undated
007(VIII):420: Unidentified man , undated
14/68
007(VIII):421: Two-Comes-Over-The-Hill
, undated
14/69
007(VIII):422: Two-Comes-Over-The-Hill
, undated
14/70
007(VIII):423: Frank Bird Linderman portrait
, undated
14/71
007(VIII):424: Group of men, including Percy
Rabon, Frank Bird Linderman, Theo Gibson, Capt. Lanstrum, and Charlie Russell
, undated
14/72
007(VIII):425: Pretty-Shield as elder
, 1931
14/73
007(VIII):426: Kitty Deer interpreter to
Pretty Shield, March , 1931
two copies
14/74
007(VIII):427: Pretty Shield as elder
, 1931
14/75
007(VIII):428: Pretty Shield as elder, in
profile , March 1931
14/76
007(VIII):429: P.G. Morrison, 70 years
, undated
(discovered the Lewis and Clark Caverns)
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):430: Little Bear, Chief of Crees (2
copies); undated
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):431: Charlie Russell dressed as an
Indian , undated
Box
22 OS
007(VIII):432: Plenty Coups , undated
14/77
007(VIII):433: Mrs. Moffett , 1900
14/78
007(VIII):434: W.H. Murgittroyd , undated
14/79
007(VIII):435: Edward Carson Day , 12/25/1915
On front: "Fraternally yours, Edward Carson Day, 33 Sov, Grand
Insp Gen'l in Montana."
14/80
007(VIII):436: "Your Sincere Friend 8th and
9th Assembly, William McGinnis , undated
14/81
007(VIII):437: Will H. Murgittroyd, Christmas.
Spokane, Washington , 1930
14/82
007(VIII):438: J.D. Moffett , 1900
14/83
007(VIII):439: N.J. Brennan, 1913
Reed
14/84
007(VIII):440: "Early photo?" [mining
camp?]
A.M. Moore
14/85
007(VIII):441: Frank Bird Linderman, Charlie
Russell, and Chippewa Chief Big Rock in front of a lodge. , 1916
"One of first pictures ever taken of Big Rock after giving
origin, ancient customs, superstitions, traditions & religion of Chippewa
to Frank Bird Linderman and used in
Indian Old Man Stories, 1920"
14/86
007(VIII):442: Flag, June 1933
Old flag bearing Washington eagle and thirteen stars of
original colonies, owned by old Indian warrior, Loud Thunder, taken at last Sun
Dance that Frank Linderman attended on Rocky Boy's Reservation, held by (l-r)
Loud Thunder (Jim Gopher), Frenchman, and Linderman
007(VIII):442b: Camps and Country in and about
Badger and Birch Creeks near headwaters , undated
Box
23 OS
"Buffalo Pictures" album
Box
23 OS
007(VIII):443: Camps and Country in and about
Badger and Birch Creeks near headwaters , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):444: Camps and Country in and about
Badger and Birch Creeks near headwaters , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):445: Camps and Country in and about
Badger and Birch Creeks near headwaters , undated
23 OS23 OS
007(VIII):446: Loading a pack horse, near
Badger and Birch Creeks near head waters , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):447: Men in front of a cabin. Frank
Bird Linderman center, near Badger and Birch Creeks near head waters
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):448: Pack train, near Badger and
Birch Creeks near head waters , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):449: Hangman's tree near Helena.
Copy of 30 April 1870 photo. , 30
April 1870
23 OS
007(VIII):450: Charles Goodnight, owner of the
Goodnight buffalo herd. undated
23 OS
007(VIII):451: "War Cloud, king of the Corbin
herd, (New Port, New Hampshire ??)" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):452: "Buffalo, Kalispell Queen.
Trampled a dog to death defending her calf" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):453: "Cow and calf, Conrad herd"
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):454: "Tame buffalo cow being hand
fed" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):455: "Taming buffalo calves. Two in
halters being led" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):456: "Grazing buffalo with calf in
the grass" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):457: "Domestic cow nursing a buffalo
calf" , undated
007(VIII):466: "Dooly's Ranch house, Antelope
Island in the Great Salt Lake, built by Mormons over 20 years ago and used by
[illegible] to live in" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):467: "Yellowstone park herd on the
run" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):468: "A herder" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):469: "Buffalo in tall grass"
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):470: "Buffalo grazing on short
grass" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):471: "Buffalo cow up close"
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):472: Photo of a print "A Buffalo
Family" , undated
Mare Frank Bird Linderman rode in 1908 flood in Missoula to
Helena and the animal Charley Peytore rode up Savare River where he was killed
by Indians later in year. Winter scene in full tack
23 OS
007(VIII):475: Jack Monroe and "Red" Abbott,
with horses in winter, dog on saddle , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):476: Teepees. "Sky scrapers of other
days" , undated
Box/Folder
14/87
007(VIII):477: Eventide on the Fort Belknap
Reservation , undated
[Loose from scrapbook and placed in folder.]
Box/Folder
14/88
007(VIII):478: Robber's Roost near Sheridan,
Daly Ranch , undated
two copies [one in a
folder]
Box/Folder
14/89
007(VIII):479: Pete Daly of Robber's Roost
fame , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):480: Pack of wolfhounds around a
dead coyote , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):481: Hangman's tree near Laurin
, undated
two copies
23 OS
007(VIII):482: Logging in the Flathead. Horse
team with logs and loggers , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):483: Various people in Linderman's
Thunderlodge in Helena , [ca 1910]
23 OS
007(VIII):484: Various people outside
Linderman's Thunderlodge in Helena , [ca 1910]
23 OS
007(VIII):485: Two young girls in front of
Frank Bird Linderman's Thunderloge , [ca 1910]
23 OS
007(VIII):486: Linderman's Thunderlodge in
Helena , [ca 1910]
23 OS
007(VIII):487: People digging on an unknown
shore [Flathead Lake?] , undated
Box/Folder
14/90
007(VIII):488: Shore of an unknown lake.
undated
Box/Folder
14/91
007(VIII):489: Charlie Russell, Frank Bird
Linderman, James B. Linderman, Kreighoff at Kootenai lodge for a two week
hunting trip , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):490: Charlie Russell, Frank Bird
Linderman, James B. Linderman, Kreighoff, and others at Kootenai lodge. Posing
with an owl , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):491: Shore of an unknown lake
, undated
[Same as 488]
23 OS
007(VIII):492: Unknown lake , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):493: Unknown lake with boats
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):494: Charlie Russell, Frank Bird
Linderman, James B. Linderman, Kreighoff, and others at Kootenai lodge, posing
with an owl hanging from a tree , undated
Box/Folder
14/92
007(VIII):495: Charlie Russell, Percy, James
B. Linderman, S.J., and Frank Bird Linderman with deer carcasses , undated
[Two copies, one in a
folder]
23 OS
007(VIII):496: Fish hanging from a line
between two trees , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):497: Charlie Russell, Frank Bird
Linderman, James B. Linderman, Kreighoff, and others at Kootenai lodge
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):498: Linderman with rifle and
feather fan in Indian garb outside of Thunder lodge, Helena , [ca. 1910]
23 OS
007(VIII):499: Linderman feather fan in
blanket outside of Thunder lodge, ca 1910 in Helena. Broadwater , [ca. 1910]
23 OS
007(VIII):500: Unidentified creek near a ridge
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):501: Linderman ferry on the Flathead
river , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):502: Joe Scheuerle and wife,
autographed "yours truly" , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):503: "Gold Creek, where gold was
first struck in Montana--spot where gold was found is where man is standing"
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):504: Con Price, unidentified man,
Frank Bird Linderman, Kreighoff by stove, Charlie Russell seated , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):505: Dog pointing, "Lady Marion 779"
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):506: People on Rocky Boy's
Reservation , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):507: Chief Little Bear and two men
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):508: Photo of original vigilante
3-7-77 notice , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):509: Photo of hangman's tree,
Helena, Montana , undated
[Same as 449]
23 OS
007(VIII):510: Road to Newsome , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):511: Bridge across unknown river
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):512: Winter scene in Whitefish
country , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):513: Camp of Newsome , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):514: Unknown river , undated
23 OS
007(VIII):515: Eventide on the Fort Belknap
Reservation , undated
[Same as 477]
23 OS
007(VIII):516: Provincial Museum, Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada , [ca. 1890s]
23 OS
007(VIII):517: Blacktail mill and a snow slide
, undated
23 OS
007(VIII):518: Blacktail mill, Lincoln,
Montana, "All for want of Holy Water" , undated
Loose Photograph
Box/Folder
14/93
007(VIII):519: Dr. O.M. Lanstrum, Helena
, [ca. 1920]
In folder labeled "Famous
People"--Friends of Linderman
Box/Folder
14/94
007(VIII):520: Frederick Van de Water,
autographed portrait , 1934
14/95
007(VIII):521: Frederick Van de Water on porch
, 1934
14/96
007(VIII):522: Charles Kennedy, autographed
portrait , 7/30/1932
14/97
007(VIII):523: Edith Wynne Mathieson (Mrs.
Charles Kennedy), portrait in costume, photo by Alice Boughton , undated
007(VIII):525: Guisseppe Garibaldi,
autographed portrait, photo by Muray Studios, NY, NY , undated
Loose Photograph
Box/Folder
14/100
007(VIII):526: Plenty-Coups, Plain-Bull, and
Coyote-Runs [left to right].
Edward Curtis
On back of framed image in Frank Bird Linderman manuscript:
"Strange that Curtis should have selected these 3 who figure in American,"
signed "Frank Bird Linderman." "In picture from left to right. Coyote-Runs,
Plain-Bull, and Plenty-Coups--and the buffalo skull mentioned by (Frank Bird
Linderman) by [sic] me."
Photographs formerly in Archives
Photo Collection
Box/Folder
14/101
89-239 or 007(VIII):527: Montana Legislature with Frank
B. Linderman , ca. 1908
14/102
89-240 or 007(VIII):528: Portrait of Frank B. Linderman
, ca. 1908
14/103
89-241 or 007(VIII):529: Conference on securing land for
Chief Little Bear [Rocky Boy's Reservation]. Left to right: Chief Little Bear,
Kinnewash, Secretary of Interior Bole, Jim Denney, unidentified, Pat Raspberry,
Frank Linderman. Placer Hotel, Helena, Montana , ca. 1913
14/104
89-242 or 007(VIII):530: Sam Prickett and Frank
Linderman's burros , ca. 1900
14/105
89-333 or 007(VIII):531: Frank Linderman, Dr. Nash,
Charles Russell, James B. Linderman in canoe , undated
14/106
89-334 or 007(VIII):532: Plenty-Coups, Chief of Crow.
Fort Custer, Montana , ca. 1890
14/107
89-335 or 007(VIII):533: Lodge pitched for Frank
Linderman when he was the guest of the Native Americans for the Sun Dance
, undated
14/108
89-336 or 007(VIII):534: Frank Linderman in apron in
front of his newspaper office in Sheridan, Montana , ca. 1900
14/109
89-337 or 007(VIII):535: Frank Linderman's home in
Sheridan, Montana , ca. 1900
14/110
89-338 or 007(VIII):536: Frank Linderman's Chinook and
Assay Office in Sheridan, Montana , ca. 1900
14/111
90-84 or 007(VIII):537: Kootenai housing, location
unknown , ca. 1900
14/112
90-85 or 007(VIII):538: Frank Linderman in full Indian
dress, sitting in front of teepee , ca. 1926
Neg
90-86 or 007(VIII):539: Frank Linderman in full Indian
dress, standing in front of teepee , ca. 1926
Neg
90-87 or 007(VIII):540: Chippewa Chief Big Rock [left]
and Crazy Boy [right] in front of lodge furnished by Charles M. Russell on a
lot at the rear of Theodore Gibson's home, Fourth Street and Fourth Avenue in
Great Falls, Montana , ca. 1916
14/113
90-111 or 007(VIII):541: Raising of the Medicine Man for
the Sun Dance ceremony of the Kooenai tribe in Elmo, Montana , ca. 1910
Neg
90-169 or 007(VIII):542: S.S. Frank Linderman, photo
taken in July 1944, leaving Seattle, Washington, for Alaska and the Aleutians
, July 1944
14/114
90-172 or 007(VIII):543: Political cartoon about Frank
Linderman , ca. 1905
14/115
90-173 or 007(VIII):544: Political cartoon about Frank
Linderman , ca. 1905
14/116
92-67 or 007(VIII):545: Kootenai tribe at Elmo,
Montana, dance , ca. 1910
14/117
92-68 or 007(VIII):546: Raising Medicine Man at Sun
Dance ceremony, Kootenai at Elmo, Montana , ca. 1910
14/118
92-69 or 007(VIII):547: Kootenai dance, no location
, undated
14/119
92-70 or 007(VIII):548: Big Rock, no location
, undated
14/120
92-282 or 007(VIII):549: Letter, Charlie Russell to
Frank Linderman , 5
November 1917
14/121
92-350 or 007(VIII):550: Little Bear, Chief of the Cree
, undated
Neg
93-2482 or 007(VIII):551: Group photograph at Rainbow
Hotel, Great Falls , undated
Banquet given by Frank Linderman, Theodore Gibson for Bob
Vaugn's 80th birthday. Second from left: Bob Vaughn. Third from left: Charlie
Russell. Fifth from left: Theodore Gibson. Sixth from left: Frank
Linderman.
Neg
93-3243 or 007(VIII):552: Old flag, June 1933
Old flag bearing Washington eagle and thirteen stars of
original colonies, owned by old Indian warrior in background, taken at last Sun
Dance Frank Linderman attended on Rocky Boy's Reservation
Neg
93-3566 or 007(VIII):553: Old flag, June 1933
Old flag bearing Washington eagle and thirteen stars of
original colonies, owned by old Indian warrior, Loud Thunder, taken at last Sun
Dance that Frank Linderman attended on Rocky Boy's Reservation, held by (l-r)
Loud Thunder (Jim Gopher), Frenchman, and Linderman
Neg
94-4178 or 007(VIII):554: Chief Plenty-Coups , undated
Neg
94-4179 or 007(VIII):555: Pretty-Shield, Crow medicine
woman , 1931
Neg
94-3470 or 007(VIII):556: Linderman family in teepee
, undated
Neg
94-4371 or 007(VIII):557: Thunder Lodge, Linderman
family, painted 1910 in Helena, Montana. , Photo undated
Neg
94-4372 or 007(VIII):558: Two Linderman children in front
of Thunderlodge , undated
114/122
91-1 or 007(VIII):559: Two-Comes-Over-The-Hill,
Kootenai , undated
Neg
97-2 or 007(VIII):560: Charlie Russell, Frank
Linderman, Chief Big Rock , undated
Items L1 through L43 in this series are Native American artifacts
collected by Linderman during his lifetime. Objects include both everyday and
ceremonial items associated with men, women, and children. Tribes represented
include Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Flathead, Gros
Ventre. For detailed information on this portion of the Linderman artifact
collection, see Billy Kelly’s MA thesis,
Frank Bird Linderman Collection: A Study in Historic Material
Culture. The University of Montana (Missoula). Interdisciplinary
Studies Program, 1995.
Items L44 through L81 include printing plates from Linderman’s
businesses, publishing, and political campaigns and clothing worn by Linderman
and family members such as Masonic aprons and hats, vests, kimonos, and opera
gloves. It also includes a few items of memorabilia such as a cigarette holder
and a painting by Montana artist, Tom Moore.
Container(s)
Description
box-item
L10
Blackfeet parfleche, painted
rawhide , undated
L11
Blackfeet parfleche, painted
rawhide , undated
L30
Crow parfleche, painted rawhide
, undated
L02
Assiniboine war bull bonnet
, undated
L13 a,b
Blackfeet beaded strips from
leggings , undated
L15 a,b
Cheyenne beaded moccasins
, undated
L16 a,b
Cheyenne beaded moccasins
, undated
L23 a,b
Cree otter skin and eagle feather
collar , circa 1825-1885
L12 a,b
Blackfeet beaded strips from
shirt , undated
L19
Chippewa beaded leggings on blue
wool , undated
L20
Chippewa beaded vest , undated
L08
Blackfeet beaded belt with brass
studs , undated
L14 a,b,
Cheyenne beaded baby moccasins
, undated
L18
Cheyenne war bonnet with beaded
band , undated
L33 a,b
Crow beaded armlets with shell
ornaments , undated
L34 a,b
Flathead women's beaded leggings
, circa 1900
L1 a,b
Assiniboine beaded legging strips
, undated
L03
Assiniboine eagle wing fan
, undated
L04
Blackfeet beaded leather pouch
, undated
L06 a,b,c
Blackfeet medicine bag, unborn
buffalo calf pouch , undated
L21
Chippewa beaded arm band
, undated
L26
Cree beaded deerskin pouch
, undated
L28
Cree wolf war bonnet , circa 1890
L29 a,b
Crow quilled armlets , undated
L32
Crow beaded knife scabbard
, undated
L35
Flathead fish line with horse
hair line and metal hook , circa 1885-1938
L41
Kootenai rattle, deerskin thongs
and hoofs , undated
L42
Kootenai shell bracelet
, undated
L05
Blackfeet sweet grass braid, undated
L17
Cheyenne berry necklace, undated
L36 a,b
Gros Ventre black stone pipe and stem, undated
L39
Kootenai flesher, made of moose horn, undated
L40
Kootenai flesher, made of elk horn, undated
L43 a,b,
Sioux stone pipe bowl and stem, undated
L09
Blackfeet powder horn, buffalo horn, undated
L25
Cree hand ornament, buffalo hoof and beaded
stick, undated
L31
Crow rawhide rattle made of buffalo scrotum, undated
L37
Iroquois roach head with porcupine quills, undated
L44 a,b,
Sioux red catlinite stone pipe and bowl, undated
L24
Cree hammer with rawhide handle, undated
L38
Kootenai back cradle of beaded deerskin, undated
L07
Blackfeet back rest, willow and sinew, undated
L22
Cree buffalo bonnet, circa 1885
L27
Cree women's buffalo hide saddle, circa 1900
L45 a,b,c,d
Four printer plates mounted on wood blocks, circa 1921
L46 a,b,c
Three printer plates, unmounted, circa 1921
L47
Cigarette holder in black case, undated
L48
Montana Savings Bank deposit stamp, undated
L49
Stone net sinker, undated
L50
Black hat with hatpin, circa 1940
L51
Black and white linen middy blouse, circa 1905
L52
White linen knickers, undated
L53
Black and white handmade women's swimsuit, circa 1915
L54
Burgundy red floral crepe kimono, undated
L55
Burgundy red floral silk kimono with lace
trim, undated
L56
Black crepe dress, circa 1936
L57
Beige button and buckle wool felt spats, circa 1917
L58
Off-white high collar net liner worn under a
blouse, undated
L59
Cream colored silk scarf, undated
L60
Dark green knit wool leggings, circa 1890
L61
Tan silk fabric from dress worn by Norma Linderman
Waller to the Governor's Ball in Helena, Montana, circa 1908
L62
Beige pleated chiffon collar tirmmed with
lace, undated
L63
Elbow length white lace opera gloves, undated
L64
Elbow length black lace opera gloves, undated
L65
Off-white and gold mesh high collar , 1895
L66
Black taffeta sash, circa 1910
L67
Pink taffeta sash, circa 1910
L68
Four crocheted baby hats, circa 1895
L69
Light blue and cream colored cotton Masonic
apron, circa 1920s
L70
Royal blue velvet, cream color fabric, and brocade
Masonic apron, circa 1920s
L71
French Canadian Voyageur Red River sash, undated
L72
Six printer plates, undated
L73
Black derby hat worn by Linderman for Eighth and Ninth
Montana legislatures, circa 1903
L74
Honorary 33rd degree Masonry hat, undated
L75
Wine felt Algeria Fez, undated
L76
"Pain" moccasins sent by Frank B. Linderman to his
eldest daughter, circa 1933
L77
Grey-blue vest with cinnamon colored velvet raised
design, undated
L78
Honorary doctorate hood from the University of
Montana, 1927
L79 a-g
Clothing worn by Linderman for Eighth and Ninth Montana
legislatures, circa 1905
L80
Glass fragment from the 8th Montana legislature's
clock, circa 1903
L81
Painting of Native American man by artist, Tom Moore,
Hamilton, Montana, undated
This series includes a membership certificate, a few folders of
correspondence, a couple of writings by Linderman, miscellaneous notes,
personal accounts records, issues of his daughters’ high school’s newspapers,
yearbook and a few photos.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
25/1
National Geographic Society
membership certificate, 1929
25/2
Carl Link, correspondence,
brochures, and photos, 1937-2001
25/3
Prints by Carl Link,
signed, 1937-1938
25/4
Handwritten copy of the
introduction to
Indian Why Stories, circa 1915
25/5
A Calender of Historic Events in
the State of Montana (in 1913) by Frank B. Linderman, 1913
25/6
Miscellaneous notes, circa 1904
25/7
Miscellaneous
notebook, undated
25/8
Two brochures about art exhibits
in Santa Barbara, California, including works of Charlie Russell, 1925-1927
25/9
Check register, 1911-1912
25/10
Cash accounts
notebook, 1901-1904
25/11
Cash accounts
notebook, 1905-1911
25/12
Accounting ledger, 1935-1937
25/13
Helena Public Schools notebook
with lists of book titles and authors, undated
25/14
The Nugget, a Helena High School publication,
Helena, Montana, 1910-1911
25/15
The Nugget, a Helena High School publication,
Helena, Montana, 1912-1914
25/16
The Vigilante, a Helena High School yearbook,
Helena, Montana, 1918
25/17
Photos of steer hides with Teddy
Roosevelt's brand and one inscribed with a poem by Frank B.
Linderman, undated
25/18
Miscellaneous photos and a
brochure, undated
25/19
Two photos of Beaver Head, a
Flathead Indian, undated
This series includes a short story, four drafts of
Henry Plummer, and some miscellaneous items mostly
reflecting Linderman’s businesses, his social activities and interactions with
two other authors.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Writings
Box/Folder
26/1
"Boy and his Wife"
manuscript, undated
26/2
Henry Plummer notes, letters, and
research, 1909-1998
26/3
Henry Plummer, original typed manuscript, pages
1-180, circa 1922
26/4
Henry Plummer, original typed manuscript, pages
181-364, circa 1922
26/5
Henry Plummer, carbon copy, pages
1-180, circa 1922
26/6
Henry Plummer, carbon copy, pages
181-364, circa 1922
27/1
Henry Plummer, proof, pages vii-125, undated
27/2
Henry Plummer, proof, pages 126-221, undated
27/3
Henry Plummer, master copy with edits, pages
1-175, 1997
27/4
Henry Plummer, master copy with edits, pages
176-358, 1997
Subseries 2: Miscellaneous
Box/Folder
27/5
Photos of Robber's
Roost, undated
27/6
Stationery samples from Frank
B. Linderman's businesses and political campaigns, 1897-1920
27/7
Germania Life Insurance
notebook, undated
27/8
Two Germania Life Insurance
notebooks stamped with "Frank B. Linderman, State Agent, Helena,
Mont.", circa 1921
27/9
Burgundy leather notebook with
scattered notes, undated
27/10
Frank B. Linderman, National
Bank of Montana account book, 1910-1914
27/11
Webster notebook with
handwritten notes about Latin vocabulary words, undated
28/1
Andrew's Souvenir, Facts and
Figures Selected from "Look Within", 1886
28/2
Standard Monitor of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free,
and Accepted Masons of Montana, inscribed by Frank B.
Linderman, undated
28/3
Constitution, House Rules, Officers and Members of The
Montana Club of Helena, Montana, 1910
28/4
The Battle of the Little Big Horn by Wallace
David Coburn with a note from Coburn to Linderman and a photo of the two
men, circa 1936
28/5
The Making of Maryland by Elmer Green with a
note from Green to Linderman, 1934
39 OS/3
Two views of pueblos near
Hualpi, Arizona, done by Butte photographer Wittick, circa 1908
This series includes drafts of
Big Jinny published in 2005,
Henry Plummer published in 2000, and
The Iron Shirt published in 2004. It also includes a
small amount of research materials and copies of two letters regarding
The Iron Shirt, one from Charles M. Russell and one
from Charles Scribner’s Sons. Some of the drafts list names of the Linderman
family members who contributed to the editing process, including Linderman
himself, his daughters, Wilda and Verne, his granddaughter, Sarah Waller
Hatfield, and her husband, Robert G. Hatfield.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
29/1
Big Jinny, typed manuscript, undated
29/2
Big Jinny, typed manuscript, 1927
29/3
Big Jinny, typed manuscript with color
illustrations by Elizabeth Lochrie, undated
29/4
Henry Plummer, typed manuscript with editing,
pages 1-149, undated
29/5
Henry Plummer, typed manuscript with editing,
pages 150-363, undated
29/6
The Iron Shirt, handwritten manuscript, pages
1-80, undated
30/1
The Iron Shirt, handwritten manuscript, pages
81-160, undated
30/2
The Iron Shirt, handwritten manuscript, pages
161-235, undated
30/3
The Iron Shirt, first typed draft, pages
1-275, undated
31/1
The Iron Shirt, second typed draft, pages
1-211, undated
31/2
The Iron Shirt, third draft, computer print out,
pages 1-215, undated
31/3
The Iron Shirt, final draft, computer print out,
pages 1-216, undated
This series includes correspondence regarding
American, The Life Story of Plenty-Coups, Chief of the
Crows;
Big Jinny;
Indian Why Stories;
Indian Old Man Stories;
Wolf and the Winds;
Quartzville and
Recollections of Charley Russell. The series also
holds some unpublished Indian legend manuscripts like those included in
Indian Why Stories, notes about stories related in
Montana Adventure, reviews of
American, The Life Story of Plenty-Coups, Chief of the
Crows, and a miscellaneous assortment of photos of the Lindermans and
family friends.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Correspondence
Box/Folder
32/1
Correspondence regarding
American, The Life Story of Plenty-Coups, Chief of the
Crows, 1945-2001
32/2
Correspondence regarding
copyright infringement and
American, The Life Story of Plenty-Coups, Chief of the
Crows, 1963-1965
32/3
Balfour, A.M.
("Shorty"), 1921-1924
32/4
Correspondence regarding
Big Jinny, 1904-1937
32/5
Correspondence regarding
Big Jinny, 1938-2003
32/6
Correspondence from David C.
Andrews of the Piegan Storyteller James Willard Schultz Socienty, 1983-1985
32/7
Brian Dipple correspondence
regarding biography of Linderman and other writings, 1979-1996
32/8
Dyck, Paul, 1972-1985
32/9
Correspondence regarding
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge
Fire, 1916-1970
32/10
Dean Edward Johnson art,
correspondence, photographs, and articles, 1980-1990
32/11
Poindexter, Everton George and
Helen Poindexter, 1918-1941
32/12
Handwritten draft of letter to
Charles Russell regarding illustrations for
Indian Old Man Stories, 1919
32/13
Western Union wire from
Linderman to Charles Scribner's Sons regarding Charles Russell and other
possible illustrators for
Indian Old Man Stories, 1919
32/14
Correspondence regarding
More Kootenai Stories, 1940
32/15
Correspondence with Mountain
Press Publishing Company regarding
Quartzville, 1983-2000
32/16
Rankin, James B., 1936-1942
33/1
Correspondence regarding
Recollections of Charley Russell, 1954-1963
33/2
Correspondence regarding
Wolf and the Winds, 1937-1988
33/3
Miscellaneous correspondence
with publishers, 1936-1962
Subseries 2: Writings
Box/Folder
33/4
Handwritten manuscript of "Why
Children Lose their Teeth," an Indian legend published on page 37-48 of
Indian Old-Man Stories, undated
33/5
Handwritten manuscript of "Why
Our Sight Fails with Age," an Indian legend published on pages 27-34 of
Indian Old-Man Stories, undated
33/6
Handwritten manuscript of "Why
the Weasel is White," an Indian legend published on page 59-68 in
Indian Old-Man Stories, undated
33/7
Six unrelated handwritten lines
beginning "…birds in lodge" followed by manuscript titled "Chickadees" later
published as "How the Ducks Got Their Fine Feathers" on pages 17-23 of
Indian Why Stories, undated
33/8
Handwritten manuscript pages
from "How the Ducks Got Their Fine Feathers" published on pages 17-23 of
Indian Why Stories, undated
33/9
Handwitten manuscript of "Old
Man's Treachery" published as page 121 of
Indian Why Stories, undated
33/10
Untitled manuscript although
berry story became part of "Why Indians Whip Buffalo Berries from the Bushes"
published on pages 178-197 of
Indian Why Stories, undated
33/11
Handwritten notes for Baker's
Battle at Marias and Battle of Cypress Hills,
Montana Adventure, undated
33/12
Handwitten notes about Slippery
Springs,
Montana Adventure, undated
33/13
Handwritten notes about buying
the Sheridan County Chinook newspaper in 1887,
Montana Adventure, undated
33/14
Handwritten notes about
Yellowstone Expedition of 1863 as told to Linderman around 1889,
Montana Adventure, undated
33/15
Introductory ad for
Wolf and the Winds, 1986
33/16
Introduction to
Wolf and the Winds by Hugh A.
Dempsey, 1986
33/17
"Frozen Water" manuscripts,
later in
Wolf and the Winds, undated
33/18
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Coyote and Trout", circa 1925
33/19
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Deer's Tail", circa 1925
33/20
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Greedy SkinKoots", circa 1925
33/21
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "How the Fox Held the Big Rock", circa 1925
33/22
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Fire" or "How the Frog Woman Saved Fire", circa 1925
33/23
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "How the Frog Woman Saved Fire", circa 1925
33/24
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "How the Mountain Rat Got His Bad Smell", circa 1925
33/25
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Kootenaba", circa 1925
33/26
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Skinkoots", circa 1925
33/27
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Skintoots and Bluejay", circa 1925
33/28
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Skintoots and the Clouds", circa 1925
33/29
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Skintoots and Prairie Chickens", circa 1925
33/30
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Skintoots Marrying First", circa 1925
33/31
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Why the Beaver's Tail is Flat", circa 1925
33/32
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Why the Squirrel is White Around the Eyes", circa 1925
33/33
Notes for unpublished Indian
legend titled "Why Whitefish…", circa 1925
33/34
Notes for various unpublished
Indian legends, undated
Subseries 3: Miscellaneous
Box/Folder
33/35
Reviews of
American, The Life Story of Plenty-Coups, Chief of the
Crows, 1930
33/36
Photos of Frank Bird Linderman,
Norma Linderman and Andrew M. Balfour, circa 1920
33/37
Scrapbook of family friends
including the Poindexters, Irene Budd, Julia Edgerton, Gretchen Horton, Ted
Burgess and Archie Bray, undated
This series includes a small group of correspondence some of
which is from or related to O.M. Lanstrum, the contract doctor for the Drum
Lummon Mine in Marysville, Montana. Also included are drafts of stories
published in
Fur, Gold and Grass;
Indian Why Stories;
Old Man Coyote;
Quartzville, and some serial publications and drafts
of unpublished stories, some Marysville mining stories intended for a
publication tentatively titled "The Doctor and I Stories." The series also
holds materials related to the provenance and research for a Kentucky Rifle
purported to have belonged to Captain William Clark, a few photos, and some
issues of the Helena High School newspaper,
The Nugget.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Correspondence
Box/Folder
34/1
Letter from Dr. O.M.
Lanstrum, 1919
34/2
Correspondence, photo,
clippings and other information regarding Dr. O.M. Lanstrum, 1910-2006
34/3
Letters to Wilda and Verne
Linderman from Charles Rann Kennedy, 1938-1939
34/4
Letter to Verne Linderman from
Ethel Bret Harte, 1956
Subseries 2: Writings
Box/Folder
34/5
"Fur" manuscript for
Fur, Gold and Grass, undated
34/6
"Gold" manuscript for
Fur, Gold and Grass, undated
34/7
"Grass" manuscript for
Fur, Gold and Grass, undated
34/8
Fur, Gold and Grass edits, memo and
letter, circa 1937
34/9
"The Coyote Person Makes the
World" published in
Indian Why Stories, undated
34/10
"Oldman and the Pin-Tail
Grouse" published in
Old Man Coyote, undated
34/11
"The Stone Medicine Arrows and
Lost Boy" published in
Old Man Coyote, undated
34/12
"Meeting Plenty Coups" first
published in the 2002 edition of
American which was retitled
Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows, circa 1893
34/13
Outline and manuscript for
"Bessie", published in
Quartzville, circa 1921
34/14
"Bill Taylor and Jack Williams
Caught in a Snow Storm" published in
Quartzville, undated
34/15
Outlines and manuscripts for
"Bronco Liz" and "The Call of the Greenhorn," published in
Quartzville, circa 1921
34/16
"The Killing in Keep Cool" and
"The Kratke Mystery" published in
Quartzville, circa 1921
34/17
Outlines and manuscripts for
"Lousey Hank" and "Lousy Hank," published in
Quartzville, circa 1921
34/18
Outline and manuscript for "Man
from England," published in
Quartzville, circa 1921
34/19
"Luck" manuscript published in
American Legion Monthly as "A Little Flyer in
Wool", February 1938, circa 1921
34/20
"A Dog's Life" published in
The Frontier, 1930
34/21
Manuscripts published in the
Masonic Bulletin, undated
34/22
"Charley Russell, Cowboy
Artist" manuscripts, published in
The Outlook, 1927
35/1
"Bashful Peebles"
manuscripts, undated
35/2
"Bill Bailey" outline and
manuscripts, circa 1927
35/3
"Chicken"
manuscripts, undated
35/4
"The Crew of the Tuscan"
synopsis and manuscripts, circa 1920
35/5
"Dirty Dick and Samson, a
Cowboy Bible Story" manuscripts, undated
35/6
"A Foot Race on the Flathead"
manuscripts, circa 1900
35/7
"Highgraders"
manuscripts, circa 1921
35/8
"The Hypnotist"
manuscripts, undated
35/9
"Idioma"
manuscripts, undated
35/10
"The Killing of Red Rannaghan"
manuscripts, undated
35/11
"A Matter of Distinction"
intended for inclusion in "Doctor and I Stories," outline and
manuscripts, circa 1924
35/12
"Maverick Money"
manuscripts, undated
35/13
"Partners," "The Partners," and
"The Secret of Keep Cool," same story with different titles intended for
inclusion in "Doctor and I Stories," outline and manuscripts, circa 1921
35/14
"Pete Hardy and Rocket" outline
and manuscripts, circa 1921
35/15
"Poker, Ponies and A Girl"
manuscripts, undated
35/16
"Rattlesnake Jake and Charley
Fallon" manuscripts , undated
35/17
"Ruse at Empire" outline and
manuscripts, circa 1921
35/18
"Sale of Hidden Treasure Mine"
manuscripts, undated
36/1
"Silver Shoes"
manuscript, undated
36/2
"A Sneak Lead"
manuscripts, undated
36/3
"The Stranger" intended for
inclusion in "Doctor and I Stories," outline and manuscripts, circa 1921
36/4
"Swede Sam's Luck" and "Swede
Slim's Luck," same story with different titles intended for inclusion in
"Doctor and I Stories,", outline and manuscripts, circa 1921
36/5
"Yong Sing" outline and
manuscripts, circa 1921
Subseries 3: The Kentucky Rifle
Box/Folder
36/6
Materials related to provenance
and research about the Kentucky Rifle purported to have belonged to Captain
William Clark (Inventory pages 1-4), 1919-1999
36/7
Materials related to provenance
and research about the Kentucky Rifle purported to have belonged to Captain
William Clark (Inventory pages 5-7), 1905-1998
36/8
Materials related to provenance
and research about the Kentucky Rifle purported to have belonged to Captain
William Clark (Inventory pages 8-13) , 1992-1998
36/9
Materials related to provenance
and research about the Kentucky Rifle purported to have belonged to Captain
William Clark (Inventory pages 14-19) , 1998-1999
36/10
Slides of many details of the
Kentucky Rifle, undated
Subseries 4: Miscellaneous
Box/Folder
36/11
Schnitzmeyer photography of
"The Narrows," Flathead Lake, Montana, 1921
36/12
Taylor photograph of the public
school in Sheridan, Montana, undated
36/13
Helena Montana High School
newspaper
The Nugget, volume 13, number 1, 1917
36/14
Helena Montana High School
newspaper
The Nugget, volume 13, number 3, 1918
36/15
Helena Montana High School
newspaper
The Nugget, volume 13, number 5, special
edition, 1918
36/16
"Crow Legend for Lodge Lining
and Spring Boy" and "The Twin Boys," Wilda J. Linderman's revisions of stories
by Frank B. Linderman, undated
This series includes unpublished stories, many written around
1905, and some stories published in a Montana newspaper, the
Whitefish Pilot, and in a University of Montana
literary journal,
The Frontier and Midland. It also includes a story
written by a friend, a review, a couple of letters, and two photos.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Writings
Box/Folder
37/1
"Brinkman and Joe Butch Set
Afoot in 1873 in the Teton" manuscript, undated
37/2
"Brinkman's Horse Stealing and
Buffalo Jumping Over Him" manuscripts, undated
37/3
"Did You Ever Look Right into
the Muzzle of a Cocked '45?" manuscripts, undated
37/4
"Dutch Fred and Spanish Joe"
manuscripts, undated
37/5
"A Fishing Story" and two
"Uncle Billy Sayings" manuscripts, 1905
37/6
"A Fish Story on Camas Creek"
manuscripts, undated
37/7
"Hank Stanford Telling about
Being in Whoop-Up Country" manuscripts, undated
37/8
"How Badly Have You Been
Scared" manuscripts, undated
37/9
"It's a Winchester, Model 1886"
manuscripts, undated
37/10
"Jim and the Burro" manuscripts
based on "Jimmy Stoner Jackass" by Jack Monroe" , undated
37/11
"Lafe Turner and Suzette"
manuscripts, undated
37/12
"Learning a Trapper's and
Hunter's Art" autobiographical manuscripts, undated
37/13
"Mike, Stories of a Trapper's
Dog" manuscript with handwritten edits, undated
37/14
"Mike, Stories of a Trapper's
Dog" manscripts, undated
37/15
"Missions"
manuscripts, 1905
37/16
Mounted police story
idea, undated
37/17
"My Old Kentucky and other
Rifles" original manuscript with handwritten edits by H.G. Merriam and Norma L.
Waller, undated
37/18
"My Old Kentucky and other
Rifles" manuscripts, undated
37/19
"Piegan Jack Tells a Story"
manuscripts, undated
37/20
"The Pinto Cayuse"
manuscripts, circa 1905
37/21
"Spitzer Calvary and Royal
Mounted Police at Fort Hamilton, Whoop-Up Trail Post" manuscripts, undated
37/22
"Strikin' It Big"
manuscript, circa 1905
37/23
"A Thoroughbred"
manscripts, circa 1905
37/24
"Uncle Billy as an Expert"
manuscript, circa 1905
37/25
"Uncle Billy's Cabin and 65
Years Gatherin'" and "Merits of Arbitration" manuscripts, circa 1905
37/26
"Uncle Billy's Blacksmith Shop"
manuscripts, circa 1905
37/27
"Uncle Billy on Mournful
Fellows" manuscripts, circa 1905
37/28
"Yankee Bar"
manuscripts, circa 1905
38/1
"The Highlanders" published in
Quartzville, undated
38/2
"The Bogie in the Box"
published in
The Frontier, 1931
38/3
"Christmas in a Blizzard"
manuscripts with Joe De Yong illustrations, published in the
Whitefish Pilot, 1916
38/4
"Partners" (Red Abbott et. al.)
manuscripts, published in
The Frontier and Midland, 1933
38/5
"Partners (Black George)"
manuscripts published in
The Frontier and Midland, 1934
38/6
"The Story of the Magical Key"
manuscript published in the
Whitefish Pilot, 1916
38/7
"Through a Telescope"
manuscripts published in
The Frontier, 1931
38/8
"Two Anecdotes (Strange
Companions)" manuscripts published in
The Frontier, 1928
Subseries 2: Writings by Others
Box/Folder
38/9
"Jimmy Stoner Jackass"
manuscripts by Jack Monroe, undated
38/10
"A Whoop-Up Country Preview" by
Paul F. Sharp, published in
Montana: The Magazine of Western
History, 1954
Subseries 3: Miscellaneous
Box/Folder
38/11
Henry Stanford stories, letter,
and obituary, 1918-1944
38/12
Envelope addressed from
Linderman to Herbert M. Stoops, undated
39 OS/1
Panoramic photo of group of
people on the bank of Flathead Lake, near Polson Point of Rock,
Montana, circa 1915
39 OS/3
Taylor photograph of Helena
High School graduating class, Verna Linderman is fifth from the left in the
second row, 1915
This series includes notes, drafts, lectures, letters, poems,
published and unpublished stories, legends and copies of articles. The subjects
are various aspects of Native American life for tribes including Crow,
Flathead, Gros Ventre, Kootenai, Sioux, Blackfeet/Piegan, Chippewa, and Cree.
Most of the original materials were written by Frank Bird Linderman but a few
are written by his daughters, Wilda J. Linderman and Verne Bird Linderman.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Miscellaneous notes and
writings
This sub-series includes Crow, Flathead, Gros Ventre, Kootenai,
and Sioux related stories, lectures, legends, poems, and letters by Frank Bird
Linderman and his daughters, Wilda J. Linderman and Verne Bird Linderman from
around 1920-1936.
Box/Folder
40/1
Preface to The Passing
Americans, undated
40/2
Stone Arrow Point
Makers, 1936
40/3
Picture Writing on Rocks
Throughout Montana, 1931
40/4
Stone Piles in
Northwest, 1934
40/5
The Other People, 1934
40/6
The Indian's Bow and
Arrow, circa 1931
40/7
His Wealth, undated
40/8
"Indian Girls" poem by Verne
Linderman, circa 1921
40/9
Last Indian address/speech
given by Linderman, circa 1929
40/10
"On the Passing of the North
American Indian," poem by Verne Linderman, undated
40/11
Pipe Ceremony, 1929
40/12
Sign Language, 1933
40/13
Erecting a Teepee, circa 1928
40/14
Name of the Almighty Among the
Indians, circa 1930
40/15
God Making the
World, undated
40/16
The Indians' Twenty-third Psalm
Translation, undated
40/17
How I Got the Storeis of Plenty
Coups and Pretty Shield, circa 1935
40/18
Tobacco Seed and Tobacco Seed
Planting Notes, undated
40/19
Chief Plenty Coups "thumb
print" signed leter to Linderman, circa 1929
40/20
Quoted from Carson-Cornish,
Founders of Freedom in America. Crow Chief
Plenty Coups statement at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 1921
40/21
Pretty Shield's Sun Dance
Story, 1934
40/22
How Flathead Indians Got Their
Horses, 1937
40/23
Billy Bent Looks and
Listens, undated
40/24
Billy Bent and the Shadow
People, undated
40/25
Billy Bent and Good Voice and
the Echo People, published in
Indian Old Man Stories, 1920
40/26
Walks Backward's Henry Rifle
(brother of Good Voice), undated
40/27
Skintoots and More Kootenai
Legends, drafts and correspondence, undated
40/28
Sioux Indian stories "Ever Hear
of Red Cloud?", 1931
Subseries 2: Blackfeet/Piegan
Stories
This sub-series includes Blackfeet/Piegan stories written by
Frank Bird Linderman around 1900-1938.
Box/Folder
40/29
Memo regarding Sept. 26, 1895
sale of Blackfeet Indian mountain lands , undated
40/30
Poem titled "Countless Snows
the Oldman Wandered", undated
40/31
Oldman and Whiteman, undated
40/32
Napa Kills the Toad, undated
40/33
Why Ducks and Geese Shed
Feathers, undated
40/34
Why All Mice Look
Alike, undated
40/35
Why Skunk is Striped and Has a
Bad Smell, undated
40/36
Napa Kills Fish-Thing
People, undated
40/37
Oldman Turns into a
Swan, undated
40/38
Untitled Notes a) Great Spirit
Manitou Got Angry at Oldman and b)Pinto Horse, undated
40/39
Untitled Notes c) About Owls,
Butterflies and Eagles, undated
40/40
Untitled Notes d) Shooting
Stars and e) Spirit that was Rock, undated
40/41
Night Friend and
Two-Fires, undated
40/42
Winds at Gunsight Pass and Why
Chipmunk's Back is Striped, undated
40/43
Last Buffalo Skin
Lodge, undated
4044/
Listen!, undated
40/45
Aisomoye, undated
41/1
Broken-Nose, undated
41/2
Out of the North, undated
41/3
Piegan Marriage Ceremony in the
Old Days, undated
41/4
Pecunnie Names of the Months of
the Year, undated
Subseries 3: Chippewa and Cree
Stories
This sub-series includes lectures and Chippewa and Cree stories,
legends and customs told to Frank Bird Linderman by Chippewa Medicine men, Full
of Dew and Big Rock, Chippewa Chief Rocky Boy, and Cree Chief Little Bear from
1916-1935.
Box/Folder
41/5
My Injins, the Chippewa and
Cree, speech, 1924
41/6
The Red Men of Montana's
Mountains and Plains, speech , 1935
41/7
"Manitou God of the Red Men,"
featured in
Great Falls Leader, 1916
41/8
Handwritten Chippewa Story
Notes, told to Linderman by Chippewa Medicine Man Big Rock, 1916
41/9
Handwritten Chippewa Story
Notes, told to Linderman by Chippewa Medicine Man Big Rock, 1916
41/10
Legends, Stories, Facts and
Preliminary drawing of Chippewa Pipe Ceremony as told to Linderman by Chippewa
Medicine Man Big Rock, 1916
41/11
Handwritten Storie Notes as
told to Linderman by Chippewa Medicine Man Full of Dew, undated
41/12
Handwritten notes about a
crossbow as told to Linderman by Chippewa Medicine Man Full of Dew, undated
41/13
"The Chippewa Crossbow,"
published in
Frontier & Midland, 1931
41/14
Chippewa Chief Rocky Boy Story
#1, undated
41/15
Chippewa Chief Rocky Boy Story
#2, undated
41/16
Chippewa Chief Rocky Boy Story
#3, undated
41/17
Pete Baker and about Chippewa
Chief Rocky Boy, undated
41/18
"Who Was this Soldier Chief"
published in
The American Legion Magazine, 1934
41/19
Cree Chief Little Bear's Story
of His Great Grandfather, undated
41/20
Cree Chief Little Bear's
Opinion of What Becomes of All People, and All Animal Kind, undated
41/21
What Cree Chief' Little Bear's
Dad Did, undated
41/22
Left Hand (Cree) - Master
Liar, undated
41/23
Pete LeBeau, undated
41/24
Crooked Horns Talks to Buffalo
Bones a) Little Shell, undated
41/25
Crooked Horns Talks to Buffalo
Bones b) Little Shell, undated
41/26
Crooked Horns Talks to Buffalo
Bones c) Aged Indian Talks to Buffalo Bones , undated
