Montana City Directory Collection, 1890-1982

Overview of the Collection

Title
Montana City Directory Collection
Dates
1890-1982 (inclusive)
Quantity
269 volumes
Collection Number
2308
Summary
The Montana City Directory Collection consists of directories for various Montana cities. Cities represented in the collection are Anaconda, Billings, Butte, Columbia Falls, Dillon, Glasgow, Glendive, Great Falls, Hamilton, Hardin, Havre, Helena, Kalispell, Lewiston, Livingston, Miles City, Missoula, Sydney, and Whitefish. The collection is incomplete and not all years are available for each city listed.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Cities represented in the collection are Anaconda, Billings, Butte, Columbia Falls, Dillon, Glasgow, Glendive, Great Falls, Hamilton, Hardin, Havre, Helena, Kalispell, Lewiston, Livingston, Miles City, Missoula, Sydney, and Whitefish. The collection is incomplete and not all years are available for each city listed. Researchers are advised that directories for the city of Bozeman have been classified separately under F739.B6 A18.

The directories have been arranged in alphabetical order by town name, and thereafter chronologically.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Directories for selected Montana cities, primarily published by the R. L. Polk company, were collected by the Montana State University Library from a variety of sources over the span of several decades.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 April 9

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
Anaconda 1947, 1962, 1964-1965, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972-1978, 1980, 1984
Billings 1947, 1956, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1964-1967, 1971-1977, 1980-1981, 1985
Butte 1900, 1910-1918, 1925, 1927-1928, 1934, 1936-1937, 1939-1940, 1942, 1945, 1948-1949, 1952, 1954, 1961-1978, 1980, 1982
Dillon 1964
Glasgow 1962, 1964
Glendive 1949, 1964-1965, 1972, 1974
Great Falls 1899, 1923, 1927-1928, 1934, 1946, 1962-1963, 1965-1975, 1977, 1980-1981
Hamilton 1965
Hardin 1965
Havre 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971, 1973-1980, 1982, 1984
Helena 1883-1884, 1890-1897, 1889-1918, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1939-1942, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1956-1958, 1960-1979, 1986
Kalispell-Whitefish-Columbia Falls 1961-1962, 1964-1972, 1974-1979
Lewistown 1963-1964, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971-1972, 1976, 1984
Livingston 1946, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962-1963, 1965-1966, 1968, 1971, 1973-1974, 1976-1977, 1979, 1982
Miles City 1960, 1962, 1964-1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975-1976
Missoula 1922, 1927-1929, 1938, 1940-1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1952, 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1964-1982, 1987
Sidney 1964-1965, 1971

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Corporate Names

  • R.L. Polk and Co

Geographical Names

  • Anaconda (Mont.)-Directories
  • Billings (Mont.)-Directories
  • Butte (Mont.)-Directories
  • Columbia Falls (Mont.)-Directories
  • Dillon (Mont.)-Directories
  • Glasgow (Mont.)-Directories
  • Glendive (Mont.)-Directories
  • Great Falls (Mont.)-Directories
  • Hamilton (Mont.)-Directories
  • Hardin (Mont.)-Directories
  • Havre (Mont.)-Directories
  • Helena (Mont.)-Directories
  • Kalispell (Mont.)-Directories
  • Lewiston (Mont.)-Directories
  • Livingston (Mont.)-Directories
  • Miles City (Mont.)-Directories
  • Missoula (Mont.)--Directories
  • Sidney (Mont.)-Directories
  • Whitefish (Mont.)-Directories

Form or Genre Terms

  • Directories-Montana