70.0 linear feet (121 boxes and one map case
drawer)
Collection Number:
Mss 055
Summary:
Joseph M. Dixon was governor of Montana
(1921-1925) and served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-1907), the
U.S. Senate (1907-1913), and in the Department of the Interior; he was also a
national leader in the Republican and Bull Moose Parties. This collection
contains a large portion of his personal and professional correspondence files,
legal documents, financial records, campaign/political materials, photographs,
and personal effects.
Repository:
University of
Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Library Archives and Special
Collections
Funding for preparing this
finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic
Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was
provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
Joseph Moore Dixon was born at the Quaker enclave of Snow Camp, North
Carolina, in 1867 to Hugh Woody and Adaline Murchison Dixon. He was the third
of four children and their only son. The Dixons were Quakers who traced their
origins to England.
Dixon attended the Sylvan Academy and the New Garden Boarding School,
both Quaker institutions, then Earlham College in Indiana. He withdrew from
Earlham in 1888 and finished his education at Guilford College that spring. In
1891, he wrote a letter to Frank Woody, a first cousin of his father who
practiced law in Missoula, Montana, asking if he could assist and study law
with him. Woody accepted, and Dixon left North Carolina at the age of
twenty-four.
He began to read law with Woody and his two partners, Frederick C.
Webster and Joseph K. Wood. Dixon was admitted to the Montana bar in 1892 and
quickly became closely involved with Republican politics, elected as secretary
of the Republican county central committee that same year. He served in that
post until 1897.
Dixon was elected to the Montana legislature as a Republican in 1900.
Montanans elected Dixon to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1902
and 1904. While in the House, he introduced and passed the bill that opened the
Flathead Indian Reservation to white settlement. In 1906 the Montana
legislature elected him to the U.S. Senate. There, he dealt with issues of
interstate tariffs and unequal rail freight charges.
In 1912 he headed Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party and was
defeated in his bid for popular election to the U.S. Senate. Dixon and
Roosevelt had an affinity from their first meeting.
After Roosevelt's defeat, Dixon retreated to Missoula to focus on his
law practice and business affairs. His businesses were considerable. In 1900 he
acquired a controlling interest in the
Missoulian, Missoula's Republican newspaper. Between 1912
and 1917, when the paper was sold, he was vitally involved with the paper's
editorial policy and its editor, A.L. Stone as they engaged in a bitter battle
with the Democratic (and Amalgamated Copper Company-owned)
Missoula Sentinel. In 1909, with partner Charles L.
Cowell, he built the Dixon Block in downtown Missoula (the location of the
Western Montana National Bank), adding to his already considerable real estate
holdings in the area. He owned a dairy near Polson, Montana, and a farm near
Ronan, Montana, as well as some mining claims in Montana. After 1917, he
retired from politics and business and spent most of his time on his farming
interests. By 1919, he was ready to re-enter politics; he announced that he
would run for Governor of Montana against Burton K. Wheeler.
He was elected governor and served one term. While in office, he dealt
with the beginnings of drought and agricultural depression in the state, a
large deficit, continued to fight the Anaconda Copper Company (formerly the
Amalgamated Copper Company) and its control of the state, the state's system of
taxation, and the need for administrative reform. He clashed significantly with
fellow Republican Wellington Rankin. Throughout his tenure, he endured
unrelenting attacks from the Company-owned press and other Company allies.
Those attacks were perhaps most intense over the Frank Conley case.
Conley was the warden of the Montana State Prison at Deer Lodge from 1908 to
1921, when Dixon replaced him with M.L. Potter. Conley was also mayor of Deer
Lodge and a powerful man in Republican circles. Among other things, he used
convicts to break strikes in Butte and Anaconda, which earned him strong
Democratic support. Dixon appointed T.H. MacDonald to investigate allegations
of maladministration and misuse of state funds under Conley's administration.
Conley and his supporters quickly asked that the investigation be conducted by
the State Board of Prison Commissioners instead of by Dixon's private
investigator. When MacDonald handed his report to Dixon, he charged Conley with
misappropriating or misusing more than two hundred thousand dollars. C.B.
Nolan, Conley's attorney, fought bitterly for his client. Conley was ultimately
acquitted.
Dixon was not re-elected in 1924, losing to Democrat John E. Erickson.
He returned to Missoula and the ranch for his second retirement. He increased
his real estate holdings in Missoula, with purchase of more downtown properties
and the construction of a two-story building next to the Montana Building.
In 1929 he was appointed First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. He
had been under consideration for the Secretary post since his involvement with
the Bull Moose campaign. In 1930, he became vitally involved with a project to
develop water power on the Flathead Indian Reservation, with its accompanying
complex network of water rights.
He married Caroline M. Worden, daughter of prominent Missoulian Frank
Worden, in 1896. They had seven children: Virginia, Florence, Dorothy, Betty,
Mary Joe, Peggy, and Frank. Frank died shortly after birth.
Dixon died in May 1934 after a short battle with a serious heart
ailment.
Content Description
This collection contains a large portion of the correspondence files,
legal documents, financial records, campaign/political materials, photographs,
and personal affects of Joseph M. Dixon, with particular representation from
his public service in the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Montana Governorship, as
well as a national leader in the Republican and Bull Moose Parties.
Collection materials provide detailed insights into Dixon's personal
life, private political opinions and strategies, professional (both political
and business) relationships, and actions on behalf of commitment the early 20th
century's Progressive movement. Correspondence materials are particularly
revealing regarding Dixon's relationship with his wife, Caroline, and other
family members. During Joseph's years of public service, he and Caroline
maintained a prolific exchange. Caroline's letters not only kept Joseph
informed about child-rearing and household developments but offered her
knowledge and insights regarding political events throughout western Montana.
This collection also contains correspondence with numerous prominent Montana
and national political figures, among the most prominent being Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and
Herbert Hoover.
The breadth and resiliency of Dixon's political career was unusual,
and some of the reason for such are evidenced in this collection. The
correspondence and campaign material series provide detailed evidence of
Dixon's political strategies and subtle changes over time following the rise
and fall of the early 20th Century's progressive/reform movement. Dixon was a
central figure in Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Presidential campaign. These
collection materials provide detailed insights into the progressive/Bull Moose
movement in Montana; changes in Montana and national Republican-Democratic
Party dynamics resulting from the progressive movement; and Dixon's role in
promoting early 20th century natural and cultural resource conservation ideals
(ranging from federal land set-asides to massive irrigation/hydro-electric
projects, from species preservation to Native American assimilation/termination
of tribal trust responsibilities).
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.
Preferred Citation :
[Name of document or photograph number], Joseph M. Dixon Papers,
Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The
University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The collection is divided into fifteen series:
Series I: Personal and Biographical, 1772-1934, 0.25 linear feet and a
partial oversize box
Series II: Correspondence, 1883-1934, 37.25 linear feet
Subseries 1: General, 1883-1934, 29.75 linear feet
Subseries 2: Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1929-1933, 7.5
linear feet
Series III: Campaigns, 1902-1928, 0.5 linear feet and a partial
oversize box
Series IV: Clippings, 1848-1944, 8.0 linear feet and a partial
oversize box
Series V: Financial and Legal, 1885-1944, 1.0 linear feet
Series VI: Speeches and Writings, 1894-1932, 1.5 linear feet
Series VII: Printed Materials, 1876-1933, 2.25 linear feet and a
partial oversize box
Series VIII: Business Interests, 1882-1934, 0.75 linear feet
Series IX: U.S. House, Senate, and Undersecretary of the Interior,
1903-1933 and undated, 4 folders and 1 oversize folder of maps
Series X: Governor of Montana, 1913-1925, 5.0 linear feet
Subseries 1: General, 1916-1925, 1.0 linear feet
Subseries 2: Conley Case, 1913-1924, 4.0 linear feet
Series XI: Roosevelt Campaign, 1911-1913, 1.75 linear feet
Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1911-1913, 1.0 linear feet
Subseries 2: Campaign Materials, 1912, 0.75 linear feet
Series XII: Scrapbooks, 1894-1928, 6.0 linear feet and 1 oversize
box
Series XIII: Photographs and Drawings, 1837-1933, 159 items
Series XIV: Artifacts, undated, 0.5 linear feet
Series XV: Family Papers, 1850-1891, 0.25 linear feet
Custodial History :
The collection remained largely in the possession of the Dixon family
until donation to the Archives. Materials received anonymously in 1999 may have
been separated from the collection at some earlier date.
Acquisition Information :
Gift of the Dixon family, 1953 and 1975; a few printed materials
received from an anonymous donor, 1999.
Processing Note :
The portions of the collection that arrived in 1953 and 1975 were
originally processed as two separate collections, LC 55 and LC 61. Most
photographs were separated and placed with the archives general photograph
collection; some photographs remained unprocessed. Some printed materials and
books remained with the collection, but were not described or re-housed. In
2004, the collection was arranged into a single collection, Mss055. Portions of
LC 55 and LC 61, notably correspondence, were interfiled into one continuous
chronological sequence. Records relating to specific portions of Dixon's
political career were described as such, and personal materials were more
completely described. Processed photographs were re-united with the collection,
and the remaining unprocessed photographs were described for the first time.
Printed materials--mostly magazines, pamphlets, and books--were placed in the
library's general collection, Special Collections, or discarded, as
appropriate.
Separated Materials :
During 2004 processing, the following book was removed from the
manuscript collection and transferred to the Mansfield Library's Special
Collections area:
A. V. Dockery,
Black Bass and other Fishing in North Carolina. Also
during that processing, pamphlets not directly related to Dixon and his career
were separated to the Special Collection's Pamphlet Collection. Other materials
not directly related to the collection were discarded.
Additional Reference Guides :
A card file to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior correpondence
in Series II may be found in box 55.
Related Materials :
The Montana Historical Society holds Dixon's gubenatorial papers.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Personal and
Biographical, 1772-1934
0.25 linear feet and
partial oversize box
This series contains personal and biographical documents regarding
Joseph Dixon and members of his family. Materials include genealogical
information, marriage and birth records, some of Dixon's school notebooks,
historical information regarding the Dixon family in North Carolina and early
Montana, election certificates, and two other pieces: a stagecoach ticket
purchased by Dixon's father-in-law and a slave sale receipt from Alabama.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
1/1
Genealogy and
Biography, circa 1772-1934
and undated
1/2
Missoula and Montana
History, 1864-circa
1933
1/3
Student Papers and Notebooks
(North Carolina Friends School), 1882-1886
1/4
Students Papers and Notebooks
(Earlham College), 1886-1891
116OS/29
Student Notebook, 1885
116OS/30
Student Notebook, 1887
1/5
Personal Notebook, 1888
1/6
Dixon Family and
Quakerism, 1916 and 1921
1/7
Professional Societies and
Community Organizations, 1916-1934 and undated
1/8
Birth Certificate for Frank
Worden Dixon, 1912
1/9
Birth of Frank Worden Dixon,
Congratulations, February 1912
1/10
Stage Coach Ticket, Frank L.
Worden, 1878
1/11
Receipt, Slave Sale, Dallas
County, Alabama, January 1837
OS117/1
Appointments as Notary
Public, 1893, 1902, 1913
OS117/1
Certificate of Election: Missoula
County Attorney, 1894
OS117/1
Certificate of Election: State
Representative, 1900
OS117/1
Certificate of Election: U.S.
Representative, 1904
OS117/1
Certificate of Election: U.S.
Senator, 1907
OS117/1
Certificate of Election: Primary
Candidate for Governor, 1920
OS117/1
Certificate of Election:
Governor, 1920
OS117/1
Membership Certificate, Helena
Consistory No. 3, A. and A.S.R., 1921
This series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence from
Joseph Dixon's early adulthood until shortly before his death. These materials
include both personal and professional correspondence. This series provides
detailed insights into Dixon's personal life, private political opinions and
strategies, professional (both political and business) relationships, and
commitment to the early twentieth century's Progressive movement.
Correspondence between Joseph Dixon and his wife Caroline, as well as with
other family members, is particularly prevalent in this series, revealing much
about daily life during the early part of the century, childrearing, and the
roles family members played in Dixon's political career. This series contains
correspondence with numerous prominent Montanans and national political
figures. Among the most prominent correspondents include: Presidents Theodore
Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert
Hoover, as well as Joseph G. Cannon, Andrew Carnegie, William A. Clark, Asa L.
Duncan, Morton J. Elrod, John E. Erickson, John M. Evans, James R. Garfield,
John N. Garner, George B. Grinnell, Simon Guggenheim, A.B. Guthrie, J. Edgar
Hoover, William T. Hornaday, Harold Ickes, Hiram W. Johnson, Cornelius F.
Kelly, Conrad Kohrs, Robert M. LaFollette, O.M. Lanstrum, Frank B. Linderman,
S. Rae Logan, Frank O. Lowden, Charles H. McLeod, George W. Perkins, Gifford
Pinchot, Thomas C. Power, Charles N. Pray, Jeannette Rankin, Wellington D.
Rankin, John E. Rickards, Carl W. Riddick, John D. Rockefeller, J.H.T. Ryman,
Joseph D. Scanlan, A.L. Stone, Mrs. Granville Stuart, Thomas J. Walsh, Burton
K. Wheeler, and Frank L. Worden.
Materials in this series are divided into two subseries, general
correspondence spanning his adult life and correspondence from his tenure as
Assistant Secretary of the Interior during the Hebert Hoover Administration.
Gaps and sparse periods likely reflect poor preservation of these materials
rather than a significant reduction in Dixon's correspondence.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: General, 1883-1934
29.75 linear
feet
Materials in this series include incoming and outgoing
correspondence from Joseph Dixon's early adulthood until shortly before his
death, both personal and professional materials. Topics covered range from
Caroline Dixon's updates during Joseph's persistent travels to Congressional
discussions regarding proposed legislation; from business propositions to
constituents requesting special attention to matters of concern; from extensive
family exchanges (the Dixons and Wordens) to campaign strategy discussions with
fellow politicians. Materials in this subseries are particularly insightful
regarding the personal relationship between Joseph and Caroline Dixon. During
Joseph's years of public service, he and Caroline maintained a prolific
exchange. Caroline's letters not only kept Joseph informed about
child-rearing/household developments but offered her knowledge and insights
regarding political events throughout western Montana. Materials in this
subseries also provide unusual insights into the campaign strategy changes
precipitated by the 17th Amendment. Dixon first became a U.S. Senator in 1906,
following selection by the Montana Legislature. In 1928 he made a failed bid to
regain a U.S. Senate seat under the 17th Amendment's provisions for direct
election. Correspondence sequences in this series from the two different time
periods reveal tremendous changes in strategy and Dixon's personal beliefs
regarding the American political system.
Box/Folder
1/12
1883-1895
1/13
January-August 1896
1/14
September-December 1896
2/1
January-June 1897
2/2
July-December 1897
2/3
January-April 1898
2/4
May-July 1898
2/5
August-September 1898
2/6
October-December 1898
3/1
January 1899
3/2
February 1899
3/3
March 1899
3/4
April 1899
3/5
May 1899
3/6
June 1899
3/7
July-August 1899
4/1
September-October 1899
4/2
October-November 1899
4/3
December 1899
4/4
1900-1901
4/5
January-March 1902
4/6
April 1902
4/7
May 1902
5/1
June 1902
5/2
July-September 1902
5/3
October 1902
5/4
November 1902
5/5
November 1902
5/6
December 1902
5/7
January 1903
5/8
February 1903
6/1
February 1903
6/2
March-August 1903
6/3
September-October 1903
6/4
November 1903
6/5
November 1903
6/6
December 1903
6/7
December 1903
7/1
December 1903
7/2
January 1904
7/3
January 1904
7/4
February 1904
7/5
March 1904
7/6
March 1904
7/7
April 1904
8/1
October 1904
8/2
1905
8/3
1906
8/4
January-March 1907
8/5
April 1907
8/6
May 1907
8/7
June 1907
8/8
July 1907
8/9
August-December 1907
8/10
January 1908
8/11
February 1908
8/12
March 1908
8/13
April 1908
8/14
May 1908
9/1
June 1908
9/2
July 1908
9/3
July 1908
9/4
July 1908
9/5
August 1908
9/6
August 1908
9/7
September 1908
9/8
September 1908
10/1
October 1908
10/2
November 1908
10/3
December 1908
10/4
December 1908
10/5
January 1909
10/6
February-April 1909
10/7
May 1909
10/8
June 1909
11/1
July 1909
11/2
August-September 1909
11/3
October-November 1909
11/4
December 1909
11/5
January 1910
11/6
January 1910
11/7
February 1910
11/8
February 1910
11/9
March 1910
12/1
March 1910
12/2
April 1910
12/3
April 1910
12/4
May 1910
12/5
June 1910
12/6
June 1910
12/7
August-December 1910
12/8
January 1911
13/1
February 1911
13/2
March 1911
13/3
April 1911
13/4
May 1911
13/5
June 1911
13/6
July 1911
13/7
August 1911
13/8
August 1911
13/9
September 1911
14/1
September 1911
14/2
October 1911
14/3
October 1911
14/4
November 1911
14/5
November 1911
14/6
December 1911
14/7
December 1911
15/1
January 1912
15/2
January 1912
15/3
January 1912
15/4
February 1912
15/5
February 1912
15/6
February 1912
15/7
March 1912
15/8
April 1912
15/9
May-June 1912
15/10
July 1912
16/1
July 1912
16/2
August 1912
16/3
September-October 1912
16/4
November 1912
16/5
December 1912
16/6
December 1912
16/7
January 1913
16/8
January 1913
17/1
February-November 1913
17/2
December 1913
17/3
January-March 1914
17/4
April-June 1914
17/5
July-September 1914
17/6
October-December 1914
17/7
January-June 1915
18/1
July-November 1915
18/2
December 1915
18/3
January 1916
18/4
February 1916
18/5
February 1916
18/6
March 1916
18/7
March 1916
19/1
April 1916
19/2
April 1916
19/3
May 1916
19/4
May 1916
19/5
June 1916
19/6
July 1916
19/7
July 1916
19/8
July 1916
19/9
August 1916
19/10
September 1916
20/1
October 1916
20/2
October 1916
20/3
November 1916
20/4
December 1916
20/5
December 1916
20/6
January 1917
20/7
January 1917
20/8
February 1917
20/9
March 1917
21/1
April 1917
21/2
May-December 1917
21/3
1918
21/4
January-May 1919
21/5
June-October 1919
21/6
November-December 1919
21/7
January-February 1920
21/8
March 1920
22/1
March 1920
22/2
March 1920
22/3
March 1920
22/4
April 1920
22/5
May 1920
22/6
June 1920
22/7
June 1920
22/8
July 1920
23/1
July 1920
23/2
August 2-15, 1920
23/3
August 16-23, 1920
23/4
August 23-26,1920
23/5
August 27, 1920
23/6
August 28, 1920
23/7
August 29-31, 1920
24/1
September 1-6, 1920
24/2
September 7, 1920
24/3
September 8-9, 1920
24/4
September 11-20, 1920
24/5
September 20-22, 1920
24/6
September 22-23, 1920
24/7
September 24-30, 1920
25/1
October 1920
25/2
October 1920
25/3
November 1-5, 1920
25/4
November 5, 1920
25/5
November 5, 1920
25/6
November 6, 1920
25/7
November 8, 1920
25/8
November 8, 1920
26/1
November 9-10, 1920
26/2
November 10-12, 1920
26/3
November 13-15, 1920
26/4
November 16, 1920
26/5
November 16-17, 1920
26/6
November 17-20, 1920
27/1
November 21-24, 1920
27/2
November 26, 1920
27/3
November 27-29, 1920
27/4
November 29-30, 1920
27/5
December 1-7, 1920
27/6
December 7-9, 1920
28/1
December 10-11, 1920
28/2
December 12-17, 1920
28/3
December 17-19, 1920
28/4
December 20-22, 1920
28/5
December 22-31, 1920
28/6
January 1-8, 1921
29/1
January 8-10, 1921
29/2
January 11-15, 1921
29/3
January 14-18, 1921
29/4
January 18-20, 1921
29/5
January 21-24, 1921
29/6
January 25-27, 1921
30/1
January 28-31, 1921
30/2
February 1-2, 1921
30/3
February 3-8, 1921
30/4
February 8-9, 1921
30/5
February 10-11, 1921
30/6
February 12-15, 1921
31/1
February 16-17, 1921
31/2
February 18-22, 1921
31/3
February 23-25, 1921
31/4
February 26-28, 1921
31/5
March 1, 1921
31/6
March 2-8, 1921
32/1
March 9-11, 1921
32/2
March 11-12, 1921
32/3
March 13-15, 1921
32/4
March 16-17, 1921
32/5
March 18-20, 1921
32/6
March 21, 1921
33/1
March 22-25, 1921
33/2
March 26-31, 1921
33/3
April 1-5, 1921
33/4
April 6-8, 1921
33/5
April 8-15, 1921
33/6
April 16-21, 1921
34/1
April 22-25, 1921
34/2
April 26-30, 1921
34/3
May 1-5, 1921
34/4
May 6-12, 1921
34/5
May 13-20, 1921
34/6
May 21-25, 1921
35/1
May 26-31, 1921
35/2
June 1-6, 1921
35/3
June 7-20, 1921
35/4
June 21-29, 1921
35/5
July 2-12, 1921
35/6
July 13-30, 1921
35/7
August 1-17, 1921
36/1
August 18-31, 1921
36/2
September 1921
36/3
October 1921
36/4
October 1921
36/5
November 1921
36/6
November 1921
36/7
December 1921
37/1
December 1921
37/2
January 1922
37/3
January 1922
37/4
February 1922
37/5
March 1922
37/6
March 1922
38/1
April 1922
38/2
May 1922
38/3
May 1922
38/4
June 1922
38/5
July 1922
38/6
July 1922
38/7
August 1922
38/8
August 1922
39/1
September 1922
39/2
October 1922
39/3
October 1922
39/4
November 1922
39/5
November 1922
39/6
December 1922
39/7
December 1922
40/1
December 1922
40/2
January 1923
40/3
January 1923
40/4
January 1923
40/5
February 1923
40/6
February 1923
40/7
February 1923
41/1
March 1923
41/2
March 1923
41/3
March 1923
41/4
March 1923
41/5
April 1923
42/1
April 1923
42/2
April 1923
42/3
May 1923
42/4
May 1923
42/5
May 1923
42/6
June 1923
42/7
June 1923
42/8
June 1923
42/9
June 1923
42/10
June 1923
42/11
July 1923
42/12
August 1923
42/13
August 1923
43/1
August 1923
43/2
September 1923
43/3
October 1923
43/4
November 1923
43/5
November 1923
43/6
December 1923
43/7
December 1923
44/1
December 1923
44/2
January 1924
44/3
January 1924
44/4
January 1924
44/5
February 1924
44/6
February 1924
44/7
February 1924
45/1
March 1924
45/2
March 1924
45/3
March 1924
45/4
March 1924
45/5
April 1924
45/6
April 1924
46/1
May 1924
46/2
May 1924
46/3
June 1924
46/4
June 1924
46/5
June 1924
46/6
July 1924
46/7
July 1924
46/8
July 1924
47/1
August 1924
47/2
August 1924
47/3
August 1924
47/4
August 1924
47/5
September 1924
47/6
September 1924
47/7
September 1924
48/1
September 1924
48/2
October 1924
48/3
October 1924
48/4
November 1924
48/5
November 1924
48/6
December 1924
49/1
December 1924
49/2
January-December 1925
49/3
January-June 1926
49/4
July-December 1926
49/5
January-August 1927
49/6
September-December 1927
50/1
January 1928
50/2
February 1928
50/3
March 1928
50/4
April 1928
50/5
April 1928
50/6
May 1928
50/7
June 1928
51/1
July 1928
51/2
July 1928
51/3
August 1928
51/4
August 1928
51/5
September 1928
51/6
October 1928
51/7
October 1928
52/1
November-December 1928
52/2
January-February 1929
52/3
March 6-18, 1929
52/4
March 18, 1929
52/5
March 18, 1929
52/6
March 19-20, 1929
52/7
March 20-21, 1929
53/1
March 21-23, 1929
53/2
March 23-29, 1929
53/3
April-July 1929
53/4
August-December 1929
53/5
1930
53/6
1931
53/7
1932
53/8
January-June 1933
54/1
July-December 1933
54/2
January-April 1934
54/3
May 1934
54/4
May 1934
54/5
June-December 1934
Subseries 2: Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, 1929-1933
7.5 linear feet
Materials in this subseries are Joseph Dixon's incoming and
outgoing correspondence from his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Interior
during the Herbert Hoover Administration. This correspondence primarily consist
of intra-departmental correspondence regarding public land management issues in
the American west, exchanges with members of the U.S. Congress regarding the
same, and requests from contractors holding leases on federal lands. Materials
in this subseries were released by the Department of the Interior to Joseph
Dixon and reflect the organization imposed upon them by Dixon's office staff
during his term in appointed office. Other items of correspondence from or to
Joseph Dixon, dating to this time period, exist in Subseries 1 of this Series
and are organized by year/month.
Box/Folder
55/1
A-F, Card file index to
correspondence in Series II, subseries 2, undated
55/1
G-O, Card file index to
correspondence in Series II, subseries 2, undated
55/1
P-Z, Card file index to
correspondence in Series II, subseries 2, undated
56/1
Appointments, April-June 1929
56/2
Appointments, June-October 1929
56/3
Appointments, October 1929-March 1930
56/4
Appointments, March 1930-November 1930
57/1
Appointments, November 1930-June 1931
57/2
Appointments, June 1931-January 1932
57/3
Appointments, January 1932-May 1932
57/4
Appointments, May 1932-April 1933
57/5
Battle of Guilford Courthouse,
Sesquicentennial, July 1931
57/6
Bitter Root Irrigation
District, April 1929-November 1931
57/7
Blackfeet Indians, April 1929-December 1932
57/8
Columbia Basin, May 1930
58/1
Congratulations, April 1929
58/2
Congratulations, April-June 1929
58/3
Congratulations on supposed
reappointment, March-April 1933
58/4
Cooke City Road, 1929
58/5
Guilford College, June 1930-March 1933
58/6
Family and
Relatives, April 1929-December 1930
58/7
Family and
Relatives, December 1930-April 1933
59/1
Flathead Indians, April 1929-November 1931
59/2
Flathead Indians, December 1931-December 1932
59/3
Indian Affairs, April 1929-June 1930
59/4
Indian Affairs, June 1930-December 1931
59/5
Indian Affairs, December 1931-January 1933
60/1
Indian Affairs, January-April 1933
60/2
Insane [dismissed general
correspondence], 1929-1930
60/3
Land matters, June-November 1929
60/4
Land matters, November 1929-April 1930
60/5
Land matters, April 1930-June 1931
60/6
Land matters, July 1931-April 1933
61/1
Forest Ranger Macnab
file, 1928-1929
61/2
Mineral Areas Syndicate
Limited, 1930-1931
61/3
General
Correspondence, April-June 1929
61/4
General
Correspondence, June-August 1929
61/5
General
Correspondence, September-December 1929
61/6
General
Correspondence, December 1929-April 1930
62/1
General
Correspondence, April-October 1930
62/2
General
Correspondence, October 1930-February1931
62/3
General
Correspondence, February-June 1931
62/4
General
Correspondence, June 1931-October 1931
63/1
General
Correspondence, October 1931-February 1932
63/2
General
Correspondence, February 1932-May 1932
63/3
General
Correspondence, May-August 1932
63/4
General
Correspondence, August-December 1932
63/5
General
Correspondence, December 1932-April 1933
63/6
Missoula Radio
Station, November 1931-March 1933
64/1
National Parks, April 1929-December 1931
64/2
National Parks, December 1931-April 1933
65/1
Oil and Gas, April 1929-November 1931
65/2
Oil and Gas, November 1931-March 1933
65/3
Pensions, June 1929-January1933
65/4
Political, April 1929-October 1931
65/5
Political, November 1931-September 1932
66/1
Political, September 1932-March 1933
66/2
Port of Charleston, 1928
66/3
Reclamation, April 1929-March 1931
66/4
Reclamation, April 1931-March 1933
66/5
Roosevelt Memorial Association,
Incorporated, 1932
64/3
Frank Rose Case, 1931-1932
66/6
School Matters, April-June 1929
66/7
Veterans Administration
Hospital, New York, 1932-1933
This series contains publicity materials relating to Joseph
Dixon's numerous political campaigns, a few sample ballots, and some election
analysis documents. These materials provide insights into campaign techniques
during the early 20th Century and document some of the changes in rural
progressive candidate campaigns as the movement began to mature and change from
the 1910s to the 1920s.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
67/1
Dixon and Other Republican
Candidates, 1902-1910
67/2
"Shall the Amalgamated Company
Rule the Republican Party in Montana?", 1912
67/3
Issue Statements, 1918
67/4
Dixon for Governor, 1920
67/5
Montana Republican Party
Materials, 1922
67/6
Dixon for Governor, 1924
67/7
Republican State Central
Committee Meeting, January 1924
67/8
Dixon for Senator, 1928
67/9
Dixon for Senator, 1928
67/10
Flathead County Voting List
(incomplete), undated
67/11
Montana State
Canvasses, 1908-1924
67/12
Ribbons, Buttons,
Pamphlets, 1916-1918 and undated
Map Case
MC III-3: Oversize Campaign
Posters, 1902-1928 and undated
OS117/3
Dixon for Governor
Posters, 1920-1921
OS117/4
Oversize Sample Ballots and
Election Returns, 1924-1928 and undated
OS117/8
Congratulatory Letter Following
Gubernatorial Election, Signed by Numerous Butte Voters, 1920
Materials in this series consist of newspaper and magazine
clippings, the majority documenting Joseph Dixon's political career. This
series also includes some materials relating to the Dixon family in North
Carolina and issues of interest to Joseph Dixon. Newspaper clippings in this
series are generally organized in large groups and are in poor condition.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
68/1
1894
68/2
1896
68/3
1900
68/4
1901
68/5
1901
68/6
1902
68/7
1903
68/8
January-June 1904
68/9
July-December 1904
68/10
1905
68/11
January-May 1906
68/12
June-August 1906
68/13
September-October 1906
69/1
November 1906
69/2
December 1906
69/3
January 1907
69/4
January 1907
69/5
January 1907
69/6
February 1907
69/7
March-July 1907
69/8
August-December 1907
69/9
1908
70/1
March-June 1909
70/2
July-November 1909
70/3
January-June 1910
70/4
September-December 1910
70/5
January-February 1911
70/6
January-February 1911
70/7
March 1911
70/8
March 1911
70/9
April-June 1911
70/10
July-November 1911
70/11
January-February 1912
71/1
March 1912
71/2
March 1912
71/3
March 1912
71/4
March 1912
71/5
April 1912
71/6
April 1912
71/7
April 1912
71/8
April 1912
71/9
May 1912
71/10
May 1912
71/11
June 1912
72/1
July-September 1912
72/2
October 1912
72/3
October 1912
72/4
October 1912
72/5
November 1912
72/6
December 1912
72/7
December 1912
72/8
1913-1915
72/9
1916
72/10
1917-1918
73/1
January-September 1919
73/2
October 1919
73/3
November-December 1919
73/4
undated and 1920
73/5
January-March 1920
73/6
April-July 1920
73/7
August-September 1920
73/8
October 1920
73/9
November 1920
73/10
November 1920
74/1
December 1920
74/2
January-February 1921
74/3
March 1921
74/4
March 1921
74/5
March 1921
74/6
March 1921
74/7
March 1921
74/8
March 1921
74/9
April-July 1921
75/1
Re: Conley Case, April-July 1921
75/2
Re: Conley Case, August-November 1921
75/3
Re: Conley Case, December 1921
75/4
Re: Conley Case, January 1922
75/5
Re: Conley Case, February-June 1922
75/6
August-September 1921
75/7
October-November 1921
75/8
December 1921
75/9
January 1922
76/1
February 1922
76/2
March-December 1922 and
undated
76/3
January 1923
76/4
February-December 1923
76/5
January 1924
76/6
February 1924
76/7
March 1924
76/8
April-June 1924
76/9
July 1924
77/1
August 1924
77/2
September 1924
77/3
September 1924
77/4
September 1924
77/5
October 1924
77/6
October 1924
77/7
October 1924
77/8
November 1924
77/9
December 1924
77/10
1925
77/11
1926
77/12
1927
78/1
January-March 1928
78/2
April-May 1928
78/3
June 1928
78/4
July 1928
78/5
July 1928
78/6
July 1928
78/7
July 1928
78/8
July 1928
78/9
July 1928
78/10
August 1928
78/11
August 1928
79/1
September 1928
79/2
September 1928
79/3
September 1928
79/4
September 1928
79/5
October 1928
79/6
October 1928
79/7
October 1928
79/8
November 1928
79/9
November 1928
80/1
November 1928
80/2
1928 and undated
80/3
1929
80/4
1930
80/5
1931
80/6
1932
80/7
1933
80/8
1934
80/9
1944
80/10
undated
81/1
1849-1920
81/2
1862-1941
82/1
1848-1895
82/2
"Cartoons and Comments,"
Puck, April 1912
82/3
"The Senator's Secretary,"
The Saturday Evening Post, April 1912
82/4
"The New Conservation,"
The Saturday Evening Post, December 1929
82/5
"The Rival Ringmasters of the
Republican Circus," Current Literature, June 1912
82/6
"Hoover Picks His Men,"
Review of Reviews, August 1929
82/7
"A Business Man's View of the
Progressive Movement," The American Review of
Reviews, April 1912
82/8
"Affairs at Washington,"
National Magazine, November 1909
82/9
"Our Thanks to Montana,"
The Eagle Magazine, November 1911
82/10
"Affairs at Washington,"
National Magazine, March 1907
82/11
"Affairs at Washington,"
National Magazine, August 1906
82/12
"Senator Dixon the Leader of the
Roosevelt Campaign," The Hampton
Magazine, May 1912
82/13
"Why the Nation Needs Theodore
Roosevelt as President," The Editorial
Review, April 1912
82/14
"Manufacturing Public Opinion:
The New Art of Making Presidents by Press Bureau," The
McClure's, July 1912
This series includes personal and business records documenting
Joseph Dixon's personal finances, property holdings, and legal associations.
Some materials in this series are closely related to the business records in
Series VIII. Researchers may be particularly interested in the tax records and
estate documents in this series as they reveal the diversity of Dixon's
investments and property holdings.
This series includes a portion of the speeches written/delivered
by Joseph Dixon over the course of his career. Most of the speeches in this
series are transcripts, though a few are original drafts that include Dixon's
notes for rewriting and/or last minute changes. Also included are several items
written by other authors about Joseph Dixon and his career achievements. The
series also contains a phonograph recording of Joseph and Peggy Dixon (his
youngest daughter) singing two folk songs.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
86/1
General, 1894-1908
86/2
General, 1909-1912
86/3
History of Dixon's Congressional
Career, 1903-1912
86/4
General, 1913-1918
86/5
Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial, February 1919
86/6
General, June and October 1919
86/7
General, 1920
86/8
General, January-March 1921
86/9
General, April-December 1921
87/1
General, circa
1921-1925
87/2
Montana Taxpayers
Association, 1922
87/3
General, 1922
87/4
General, 1923-1924
87/5
Farewell Speech, January 1925
87/6
General, 1926
87/7
Spokane Chamber of
Commerce, January 1927
87/8
General, January-June 1928
87/9
General, July-December 1928
87/10
General, 1929
88/1
Public Land States Governor's
Conference, August 1929
88/2
General, 1930-1931
88/3
Phonograph Recording of Joseph M.
and Peggy Dixon, March 1931
88/4
Assistant Secretary of
Interior, 1929-1931
88/5
General, 1932
88/6
General, undated
88/7
Notes on Duncan McDonald and John
C. Lesbon, undated
88/8
Poetry, by "Bitter Root Bill" and
Others, undated
88/9
Speeches of Others, 1902-1929
88/10
Notebook, Mining Claims and
Miner's Meetings, 1867-1872
This series includes magazine articles, event invitations,
ceremony programs, and general research files collected by Joseph Dixon over
the course of his career. The research files in this series provide insights
into Dixon's personal and professional interests. Most of the materials in this
series are invitations and programs documenting the diverse nature of events to
which Dixon was invited as a prominent Montana and national political figure.
Also included is a file of mementos from Dixon's numerous visits to the White
House as a Congressman and member of Herbert Hoover's Administration.
Additionally, this series includes a portrait of Mrs. William Clark (wife of
the Corps of Discovery co-leader) presented to Governor Dixon and a series of
reprints of Charles M. Russell paintings and sketches.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
88/11
Report on Organization of the
University of Montana, circa
1899
88/12
Report from the American Bison
Society, 1909
88/13
"Where the Montana Tax Dollar
Goes," Montana Taxpayers Association, 1926
88/14
Senate Report, Bitter Root Valley
Lands, 1890
88/15
"Taxation of Farm Lands," Richard
T. Ely, 1924
89/1
"The Constitution and God in Our
Government," Hester E. Hosford, 1924
89/2
"Peanut Politicians and Pens, An
'Owed' to 'Our Governor'" Harry Wilson, 1922
89/3
The
Inter-Mountain Educator, January 1921
89/4
Dedication Ceremony,
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, 1932
89/5
Progressive
Bulletin, 1912
89/6
Republican National Convention
Program, 1912
89/7
"Catching up with
Roosevelt", 1911
89/8
Resource Conservation, 1908
89/9
Program of Exercises, 1908
89/10
Saturday
Evening Post, November 1906
89/11
Mining
Review and Metallurgist, October 1906
89/12
"James Hunter", 1898
89/13
"An Address on the Revolutionary
History of Chatham County, North Carolina", 1876
89/14
Political Brochures, 1902-1923 and undated
89/15
New Era Club
Newsletter, 1922
89/16
National Popular Government
League, 1930
89/17
"The Mayflower's Log", 1929
89/18
Calling Cards, undated
89/19
Christmas Cards, 1908-1929 and undated
89/20
Funeral and Memorial
Services, 1904-1929
89/21
Congressional Record, 1920
89/22
Roosevelt Memorial
Association, 1924
89/23
Programs listing Dixon as a
speaker, 1905-1929
90/1
Republican Convention, 1916
90/2
Sample Stationery, undated
90/3
Invitations and
Programs, 1882-1925 and undated
90/4
Invitations and
Programs, 1884-1904
90/5
Invitations and
Programs, 1892-1933 and undated
90/6
Invitations and
Programs, 1905-1906
90/7
Invitations and
Programs, 1907-1908
91/1
Invitations and
Programs, 1909-1932 and undated
91/2
Invitations and
Programs, 1909-1913
91/3
Invitations and
Programs, 1913
91/4
Invitations and
Programs, 1918-1928
91/5
Invitations, Washington,
D.C., 1929
91/6
Invitations, Washington,
D.C., 1930-1933
91/7
Invitations,
Inauguration, 1929
92/1
Invitations,
Inauguration, 1933
92/2
Invitations and Programs, White
House, 1903-1909
92/3
Invitations and Programs, White
House, 1909-1911
92/4
Invitations and Programs, White
House, 1924
92/5
Invitations and Programs, White
House, 1929
92/6
Invitations and Programs, White
House, 1930
92/7
Invitations and Programs, White
House, 1931
92/8
Invitations and Programs, White
House, 1932-1933
92/9
Invitations and Programs, Hoover
Administration, undated
Materials in this series document aspects of Joseph Dixon's
business activities with particular representation from his law practice and
involvement with the Missoulian Publishing Company. Most of Dixon's law
practice records detail estate resolutions but also include some materials
regarding electrical power disputes in northwestern Montana. These latter
materials are particularly insightful when examined in conjunction with
legislative correspondence in Series II and in light of Dixon's efforts to open
non-Indian settlement and promote infrastructure development on the Flathead
Reservation. Some financial records associated with materials in this series
can be found in Series V.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
93/1
Law Business, Aylesworth
Estate, 1907-1914
93/2
Law Business, Joseph S.
Booth, 1898
93/3
Law Business, Cowell
Estate, 1933-1934
93/4
Law Business, Harriet Jordan
Estate, 1906-1911
93/5
Law Business, Ryman
Estate, 1926-1934
93/6
Law Business, Ryman and Wolf
materials, 1882-1921
93/7
Law Business, Steele, et. al. vs.
Donlan and Northwestern Development Company, 1909-1910
93/8
Law Business, Steele, et. al. vs.
State of Montana, Western Montana Power Company and Neill, 1910
93/9
Law Business, Court
Orders, 1889, 1902-1903
93/10
Missoula Creamery, Dairy Farm at
Polson, 1918
93/11
Financial Records, Dairy Farm at
Polson, 1917-1920, 1930-1931
93/12
Missoulian Publishing
Company, 1915-1920
93/13
Missoulian Publishing
Company, 1914-1918
94/1
Montana Antimony Mining and
Smelting Company, 1895-1909
Series IX: U.S. House, Senate, and
Undersecretary of the Interior, 1903-1933
4 folders and 1 oversize
folder of maps
Materials in this series relate to Joseph Dixon's federal public
service, including a small amount of background research for Congressional
proposals and maps documenting railroad rights-of-way in the Flathead Valley of
Montana. Most of the maps in this series correspond with Dixon's efforts to
establish a federal irrigation system in the Flathead Valley and on the
Flathead Reservation.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
94/4
Bills, Background
Materials, 1903-1914, 1924, 1933, and
undated
94/5
Fort Missoula, 1904
94/6
United States House of
Representatives Directory, 1904
94/7
Map, Buffalo Highway Proposal
(Glacier National Park to Galveston, Texas), undated
This series includes a portion of the administrative, legislative,
and legal documents generated during Joseph Dixon's tenure as Governor of
Montana. These materials provide insights into Dixon's policy goals and his
intentions for political reform. Dixon's short tenure as Governor was largely
marked by his attempts to implement corporate tax reform (primarily on the
mining industry) and to prosecute Frank Conley for misuse of state funds while
Warden of the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. The Conley Case materials are
one of the most extensive existing records of this significant event in Montana
politics, a turning point in the state's Progressive movement. Conley was
acquitted of all charges and Dixon's political opponents aggressively portrayed
the Governor as an egomaniacal partisan and a "Bolshevik" attempting to subvert
free enterprise in a state prison system.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: General, 1916-1925
1.0 linear feet
Materials in this subseries include administrative documents and
legislative bills/reports from Joseph Dixon's Governorship. These materials are
particularly insightful regarding Dixon's tax policies.
Box/Folder
94/8
Appointments for State
Government Positions, 1920
94/9
Investigation of Montana Common
School Funds, 1920
94/10
Proceedings of Montana State
Senate, H.B. 6, March 1921
94/11
Rules of the Montana State
Senate, 1923
94/12
Special Montana Senate
Investigation Committee, Oil and Gas Tax Bribery, 1921
95/1
Anaconda Company Holdings
Outside Montana, Taxes, 1921-1922
95/2
Bills, Background
Materials, 1921-1925
95/3
Bills, Background
Materials, 1921-1925
95/4
Bills, Background
Materials, 1921-1925
95/5
Board of Equalization
Materials, 1920-1922
95/6
Fiscal Statistics, 1921-1925
95/7
Newspaper Publishing
Bills, 1921-1925
95/8
General Fund
Account, 1921-1925
96/1
State Insurance, 1921-1925
96/2
Taxes, Background
Material, 1921-1925
96/3
Farm Taxes, 1921-1925
Subseries 2: Conley Case, 1913-1924
4.0 linear feet
This subseries contains legal forms, investigative reports,
collected documentary evidence, and court transcripts from the State of
Montana's attempts to convict Frank Conley of financial and administrative
malfeasance while serving as Warden of Montana's prison system from 1909 to
1921. Governor Dixon asserted a major role in pursuing prosecution of Conley
and faced heavy criticism from his political opponents. These materials
constitute one of the most comprehensive records of this court case and provide
insights into Dixon's intentions for political reform.
Box/Folder
96/4
Montana Prison Financial
Records, 1922-1924
96/5
Montana Prison Business Records
and Literature, 1920-1924
96/6
court Proceedings, 1922
96/7
Indexes to Court
Proceedings, 1922
96/8
Correspondence, 1913-1917
96/9
Correspondence, January-June 1921
96/10
Correspondence, July-December 1921
97/1
Correspondence, 1922
97/2
Correspondence, 1923
97/3
Correspondence, 1924
97/4
Prison
Correspondence, 1915-1916
98/1
Prison
Correspondence, 1912-1922
98/2
Business
Correspondence, 1912-1922
98/3
Complaint, 1921
98/4
First Cause of
Action, 1921
98/5
Second Cause of
Action, 1921
98/6
Third Cause of
Action, 1921
98/7
Fourth Cause of
Action, 1921
98/8
Fifth Cause of
Action, 1921
98/9
Sixth Cause of
Action, 1921
98/10
Seventh Cause of
Action, 1921
98/11
Eighth Cause of
Action, 1921
98/12
Ninth Cause of
Action, 1921
98/13
Tenth Cause of
Action, 1921
98/14
Eleventh Cause of
Action, 1921
98/15
Twelfth, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth, Cause of Action, 1921
This series includes correspondence and campaign materials
documenting Bull Moose Party activities during the 1912 national election.
Materials primarily concern Theodore Roosevelt's Presidential candidacy, but
also record some of the concerns and actions among party leaders to create a
larger and more lasting political organization than just a platform for
Roosevelt's presidential bid. These materials document party strategies;
methods for creating a unified support network among previously independent
voters, dissatisfied Republican Party members, and progressive-minded
Democrats; and lend insight into the political culture of the 20th century's
first, and very influential, third-party movement.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1911-1913
1.0 linear feet
This subseries contains incoming, outgoing, and internal
correspondence among the primary figures leading the Bull Moose Party's 1912
campaign, with particular emphasis on Theodore Roosevelt's bid for the U.S.
Presidency.
Box/Folder
105/1
January-December 1911
105/2
January 1912
105/3
February 1912
105/4
March 1912
105/5
March 1912
105/6
April 1912
105/7
May 1912
105/8
June 1912
105/9
July 1912
105/10
July 1912
105/11
August 1912
105/12
September 1912
105/13
October 1912
106/1
November 1912
106/2
November 1912
106/3
November 1912
106/4
November 1912
106/5
November 1912
106/6
December 1912
106/7
December 1912
106/8
December 1912
106/9
December 1912
106/10
January 1913
106/11
February 1913
Subseries 2: Campaign Materials, 1912
0.75 linear feet
Materials in this subseries include Bull Moose Party press
releases, internal memos, personal contact lists (potential party supporters),
one campaign contribution bank account book, and a declaration of support from
George C. Priestley, "the man who turned the trick in Oklahoma" for Theodore
Roosevelt in 1912. This declaration of support is printed on parchment.
Box/Folder
107/1
Roosevelt and the Bull Moose
Party, January-July 1912
107/2
Roosevelt and the Bull Moose
Party, August-September 1912
107/3
Roosevelt and the Bull Moose
Party, October-December 1912
107/4
Analysis of Election
Returns, 1912
107/5
Proposed
Legislation, 1912
107/6
Master List, Progressive Party
in Montana, 1912
107/7
Republican National Committee
Members, 1912
107/8
Greetings to Theodore Roosevelt
from the Oklahoma Bulletin, 1912
107/9
Account Deposits, 1912
107/10
Press Releases, March 1912
107/11
Press Releases, March 1912
107/12
Press Releases, March 1912
108/1
Press Releases, March 1912
108/2
Press Releases, April 1912
108/3
Press Releases, April 1912
108/4
Press Releases, April 1912
108/5
Press Releases, April 1912
108/6
Press Releases, May 1912
108/7
Press Releases, May 1912
108/8
Press Releases, May-July 1912
Map Case
OS/Map Drawer
Theodore Roosevelt with bear,
charcoal caricature by C.K. Berryman, 1912
This series contains 26 bound, newspaper clippings scrapbooks and
2 autograph books. Newspaper clippings in this series range widely from stories
about Joseph Dixon to his colleagues and business associates, and from
Republican Party and Bull Moose Party stories to articles about issues of
personal and professional interest to Dixon. Most materials in this series are
well documented for publication source and date; however, several overlap in
time and material indicating they likely were collected/compiled by more than
one individual. The autograph books in this series primarily contain signatures
from fellow members of Congress during Dixon's years in the U.S. House and
Senate but also include signatures from a few Administration officials and
prominent Americans.
This series contains photographs dating from the mid 1860s to 1933
and three drawings dating from 1837 to 1890. These images primarily document
Joseph Dixon's political career, his professional associates, prominent early
Missoulians (including Dixon's extended family), and Missoula buildings from
the 1890s through the 1910s. Some of the photographs document Hell Gate,
Missoula's Montana Territory predecessor community. This series also includes a
few photographs of other western Montana buildings. The images of prominent
Missoulians and buildings preserve rare images of great interest to Montana
historians.
Container(s)
Description
Box
photo_number
Photo Collection
72-0701
"Missoula Octopus," political
cartoon depicting Andrew B. Hammond and his business interests, circa
1890
Photo Collection
73-0065
Bird's eye view of Missoula,
Montana, drawing, 1884
Photo Collection
75-6013
Frank Woody posed in front of
Worden and Company store, Hell Gate [Missoula], Montana, 1895
Photo Collection
76-0023
"Worden & Company store,
Hellgate [Missoula], Montana, built in 1860. C.P. Higgins and F.L. Worden,
builders and owners, left to right, Judge F.H. Woody, first clerk and first
Postmaster, Missoula, Montana, and Col. E.S. Paxson, famous Montana
artist", circa
1910
Photo Collection
76-0027
Captain Christopher P.
Higgins, circa
1870
Photo Collection
76-0217
William H. Taft,
portrait, circa
1912
Photo Collection
76-0218
Main Street looking west,
Missoula, Montana, circa
1888
Photo Collection
76-0219
Flour mill and First National
Bank building, Missoula, Montana, circa
1890
Photo Collection
77-0037
Two wagon freighter pulled by six
horses in front of the Dickinson Store and Post Office on East Front St. Amos
Buck is driving and Will Cave is riding next to him, Missoula, Montana
Territory, 1870
Photo Collection
77-0047
300 trailing sheep, Powder River
badlands, Milestown, Montana, photo by L.A. Huffman, 1884
Photo Collection
77-0048
"Sheep by the Waterside, Big Dry,
Montana," photo by L.A. Huffman, 1906
Photo Collection
77-0133
Theodore Roosevelt and Joseph M.
Dixon from New York Herald, March 1, [1912]
Photo Collection
78-0273
Original Missoulian office, built circa 1871, pencil sketch by
Charles Shaft, Missoula County clerk, Missoula, Montana, circa
1880s
Photo Collection
78-0305
Crow Indian Delegation, includes
Chief Plenty Coos and Senator Joseph M. Dixon, Washington, D.C., 1909
Photo Collection
79-0072
Julia Grant Higgins (Mrs. C.P.
Higgins), undated
Photo Collection
79-0073
Lucretia Miller Worden (Mrs. F.L.
Worden), undated
Photo Collection
81-0420
W.B.S. Higgins, undated
Photo Collection
81-0421
Mrs. W.B.S. Higgins, undated
Photo Collection
82-0007
Mary Bushman (last on right), 4th
of July Flathead Dance, St. Ignatius, Montana, 1906
Photo Collection
82-0158
Worden and Company Store,
Missoula, Montana, 1884
Photo Collection
82-0159
Lucretia Miller
Worden, undated
Photo Collection
82-0160
Helen (left) and Hilda (right)
Higgins, portrait, undated
Photo Collection
82-0161
Captain C.P. Higgins,
portrait, undated
Photo Collection
82-0162
Horace Worden, undated
Photo Collection
82-0165
Ronald Higgins, son of Captain
Higgins, portrait, undated
Photo Collection
82-0166
Henry O. Worden, portrait, {photo
by J.M. Ingalls}, undated
Photo Collection
82-0167
Frank L. Worden,
portrait, 1893
Photo Collection
82-0168
Lucia Laura Worden, [1884]
Photo Collection
82-0169
Louise M. Worden (Bradley),
portrait, photo by R.J. Dusseau, undated
Photo Collection
82-0170
Ruth Worden, portrait, 1903
Photo Collection
82-0171
Caroline Worden (Dixon),
portrait, photo by Shively, undated
Photo Collection
82-0192
Corner of Higgins and Main
Street, Missoula, Montana, 1894
Photo Collection
84-0076
Governor Joseph M. Dixon with
Will Aikin, private secretary and Mary McMullan, Helena, Montana, same as
55(XIII):63, circa
1922
Photo Collection
84-0077
Joseph M. Dixon, undated
Photo Collection
88-0092
Theodore Roosevelt at Missoula,
Montana, 1912
Photo Collection
88-0093
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Dixon and
family, 1921
Photo Collection
88-0103
Joseph M. Dixon,
portrait, undated
Photo Collection
89-0144
Officers of the 7th Infantry who
fought the "Battle of the Big Hole," against the Nez Perce Indians on August 9,
1877, undated
Photo Collection
89-0237
Joseph M. Dixon at the dedication
of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Here he is greeted by two
Blackfeet princesses, June 18, 1932
Photo Collection
89-0238
Executive Office at the White
House during the Hoover administration, Nov. 25, 1931
Box/Folder
119/1
Northern Pacific Railway
Photos/Dining Car Service Menus, undated
Box/Folder
119/2
Yellowstone Park Photograph
Album, photos by Haynes, undated
Box/Folder
119/3
Joseph M. Dixon, Photograph
Plates, undated
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):1
Frank H. Woody, portrait, 76
years old, undated
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):2
Lucretia Miller Worden,
portrait, undated
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):3
Lucretia Miller Worden,
portrait, undated
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):4
Frank L. Worden, undated
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):5
Residence of Lyman Powers, where
Frank L. Worden lived as a boy, 1614 Fifth Ave., Troy, NY, [1891]
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):6
[Granary], shows horse and
buggies outside, undated
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):7
Joseph M. Dixon, portrait,
Earlham College, 1887
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):8
(Left to right) Baby carriages,
Caroline W. Dixon, Lucina W. Sterling, Lucretia N. Worden, at Francis L. Worden
house on Pine Street, Missoula, Montana, Fall 1897
Box/Folder
119/4
55(XIII):9
Joseph M. Dixon, as young
man, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):10
Hugh W. Dixon, father of Joseph
M. Dixon, engraving, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):11
Hugh W. Dixon, father of Joseph
M. Dixon, portrait, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):12
Nora Dixon Royall,
portrait, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):13
Alice Louise Dixon, portrait, age
2 1/2 years, North Carolina, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):14
Mr. And Mrs. Alpheus White, North
Carolina, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):15
Flo White (Edwards), portrait,
North Carolina, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):16
Building, drawing, [Guilford
College, 1837]
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):17
Marble marker for site of first
Cane Creek Meeting House (which burned down), Cane Creek Cemetery, Alamance
County, North Carolina, undated
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):18
Monument for John Alan, pioneer
school teacher, Cane Creek Cemetery, Alamance County, North
Carolina, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):19
Monument for John Newlin and Mary
Pyle, North Carolina pioneers, [Cane Creek Cemetery, Alamance County, North
Carolina], undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):20
Grave marker for Simon Dixon,
Cane Creek Cemetery, Alamance County, North Carolina, undated
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):21
Interior of present meeting
house, Cane Creek, Alamance County, North Carolina, 1930
Box/Folder
119/5
55(XIII):22
Picnic dinner at the Cane Creek
Meeting House and Cemetery, the marker for Hugh W. and Flora Murchison Dixon
(Joseph M. Dixon's parents) is indicated in the background, Alamance County,
North Carolina, undated
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):23
Tintype of Henry and Caroline
Miller, Lucretia M. Worden's mother and father, undated
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):24
Agnes Hughes Lamb,
African-American woman, portrait, Missoula, Montana, circa
1880s
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):25
President Duniway and family,
portrait, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, circa
1910
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):26
Two unidentified women on a
horse, unidentified man stands nearby, logs and buildings in the
background, undated
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):27
Francis Fox Jumis, Montana
cowpuncher, in cowboy dress holding gun, dog at feet, undated
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):28
[J.J. Johnsrud],
portrait, undated
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):29
Residence of state senator A.W.
Miles, Livingston, Montana, Fall 1924
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):30
Joseph M. Dixon pictured with
unidentified people, inscribed, "From Miss Henrietta Kessels, Valier, Montana,
June 1922."
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):31
Unidentified group of
children, undated
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):32
Indian Commissioner France E.
Leupp and Joseph M. Dixon, 1908
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):33
Polson Rapids, 1908
Box/Folder
119/6
55(XIII):34
Group of men in front of new
white bus, Mammoth Hotel, Yellowstone National Park trip, 1930
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):35
New Chicago, buildings later
moved to Drummond, Montana Territory, circa
1870
Dixon building and Office supply
building, shows Stop 'N Shop, Barnett Optometrists, Missoula,
Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):41
Office Supply Company, Missoula,
Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):42
Dixon building, shows Barnett
Optometrists, Bureau of Printing, Famous Highlander Beer, Broadway Hamburger
Shop, Motor Supply Company, Missoula, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):43
Joseph M. Dixon with unidentified
group of Native Americans, undated
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):44
Joseph M. Dixon with group of
Native Americans at Farm Bureau picnic, Culbertson, Montana, July 1922
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):45
Joseph M. Dixon with group of
Native Americans at Farm Bureau picnic, Culbertson, Montana, July 1922
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):46
Crowd at Farm Bureau picnic,
Culbertson, Montana, July 1922
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):47
Joseph M. Dixon with Chief Big
Foot, Farm Bureau picnic, Culbertson, Montana, July 1922
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):48
Joseph M. Dixon with Chief Big
Foot, Farm Bureau picnic, Culbertson, Montana, July 1922
Box/Folder
119/7
55(XIII):49
Joseph M. Dixon with Chief Big
Foot, Farm Bureau picnic, Culbertson, Montana, July 1922
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):50
Marshal Fuch of Switzerland,
portrait, with inscription to Governor Joseph M. Dixon from Victor Day (Fuch's
escort while in Montana), Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, 1921
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):51
Delegation of Flathead Indians,
with description, Washington, D.C., January 1889
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):52
Teddy Roosevelt on whistlestop
tour, image in shape of a moose head, Big Timber, Montana, Sept. 7, 1912
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):53
W.R. Jarvis, H.G. Wolking,
Charles Jarvis, Nelson Story, Jr., J.L. Slattery, Joseph M. Dixon, Judge Rapp,
taken at home of W.R. Jarvis by G.J. Pattison, October 1920
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):54
W.R. Jarvis, H.G. Wolking,
Charles Jarvis, Nelson Story, Jr., J.L. Slattery, Joseph M. Dixon, Judge Rapp,
taken at home of W.R. Jarvis by G.J. Pattison, October 1920
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):55
Three unidentified
men, undated
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):56
Dr. O.M. Laustrom (left),
Governor Joseph M. Dixon (right), undated
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):57
[Joseph M. Dixon at picnic with
unidentified group of men], undated
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):58
Vice President Fairbanks, Joseph
M. Dixon, and other men under a tent, undated
Box/Folder
119/8
55(XIII):59
Lieutenant Governor Bud Story
(left) and Joseph M. Dixon (right) standing at a "Montana/Wyoming"
sign, June 20, 1924
Negative
Unidentified woman in what
appears to be a nurse's uniform, undated
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):61
State Executives Attending
Governors' Conference on Law Enforcement, called by President Coolidge,
Washington, D.C., Oct. 20, 1923
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):62
Montana State Capitol Building,
Helena, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):63
Governor Dixon, Will Aiken
(private secretary), Mary McMullan (secretary), Helena, Montana {same as
84-76}, circa
1922
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):64
Group of politicians and wives,
taken on front porch of Senator Carter's residence, with
description, August 1903
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):65
(Left to right) W.B. Acker, chief
clerk of Interior Department, administering the oath of office to Joseph M.
Dixon of Montana, the new Assistant Secretary of Interior and Secretary of
Interior Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, March 30, 1929
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):66
(Left to right) W.B. Acker, chief
clerk of Interior Dept., administering the oath of office to Joseph M. Dixon of
Montana, the new Assistant Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Interior Dr.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, March 30, 1929
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):67
(Left to right) W.B. Acker, chief
clerk of Interior Dept., administering the oath of office to Joseph M. Dixon of
Montana, the new Assistant Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Interior Dr.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, March 30, 1929
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):68
Joseph M. Dixon, new Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, at his desk after the swearing in
ceremony, March 30, 1929
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):69
Joseph M. Dixon, new Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, at his desk after the swearing in
ceremony, March 30, 1929
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):70
Joseph M. Dixon,
portrait, 1933
Box/Folder
119/9
55(XIII):71
Joseph M. Dixon,
portrait, 1933
Box/Folder
119/10
55(XIII):72
Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital,
Hamilton, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/10
55(XIII):73
Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital,
Hamilton, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/10
55(XIII):74
High school building (with gym
and auditorium), Hamilton, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/10
55(XIII):75
High school building (with gym
and auditorium), Hamilton, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/10
55(XIII):76
Grade and high school building,
Corvallis, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/10
55(XIII):77
Thornton Hospital, Missoula,
Montana, {photo by McKay}, undated
Box/Folder
119/10
55(XIII):78
St. Patrick's Hospital addition,
Missoula, Montana, undated
Box/Folder
119/11
55(XIII):117
James H.T. Ryman, 1876
Box/Folder
119/11
55(XIII):118
James H.T. Ryman, circa
1910
Box/Folder
119/11
55(XIII):119
Gustavus A. Wolf and James H.T.
Ryman, in front of the Wolf and Ryman office, Missoula, Montana, circa
1890
119/11
55(XIII):120
Joseph Dixon,
portrait, circa 1933
photo_number
55(XIII):79
Main Street, shows oxen and
wagons, Miles City, Montana Territory, photo by L.A. Huffman (color
tinted), 1880
photo_number
55(XIII):80
Elk's Club Corner, Missoula,
Montana Territory, 1889
photo_number
55(XIII):81
Looking east on Front Street,
Missoula Mercantile Company on the left, Missoula, Montana
Territory, undated
photo_number
55(XIII):82
J.M. Lucy and wood burning
locomotive at Missoula, Montana Territory, 1883
photo_number
55(XIII):83
Looking east on Front St. from
Higgins Ave. Building at right occupied by Judge Woody, Clerk of Court and
agent for Huntley's Express, undated
photo_number
55(XIII):84
Store fronts on West Main St.,
left to right: [delivery man], Henry Worden, Mr. Triby, George Higgins, John
Hart, Sambo (African-American man) Missoula, Montana Territory, 1889
photo_number
55(XIII):85
Members of Worden family sitting
on large boulders, circa
1895
photo_number
55(XIII):86
"Dixon Day," house covered in
patriotic decorations with people sitting on porch, Missoula,
Montana, May 17, 1904
photo_number
55(XIII):87
Dixon Mill, painting, North
Carolina, undated
photo_number
55(XIII):88
Worden residence, 312 East Pine
Street, Missoula, Montana, undated
photo_number
55(XIII):89
Marcus Daly, portrait, undated
photo_number
55(XIII):90
Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of
U.S. House of Representatives, portrait at podium, 1905
photo_number
55(XIII):91
U.S. Vice President Charles W.
Fairbanks, portrait, with inscription to Senator Joseph M. Dixon, March 4, 1909
photo_number
55(XIII):92
President Herbert Hoover,
portrait, with inscription to Joseph M. Dixon, May 20, 1931
photo_number
55(XIII):93
President William Howard Taft,
portrait, with inscription to Joseph M. Dixon, January 16, 1908
photo_number
55(XIII):94
Joseph M. Dixon, C.R. Manchester,
J.H. Gregory, D.H. Schultz, and O.K. Davis, Roosevelt Pre-Convention
Headquarters Organization, Washington, D.C., 1912
photo_number
55(XIII):95
Farewell Missoulian Dinner, Freud
Farga, John Lear, Joseph M. Dixon, and Guy Wieher, April 29, 1917
photo_number
55(XIII):96
Montana Delegation to the
Republican National Convention, includes Joseph M. Dixon and others, Hotel
Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, June 15, 1932
photo_number
55(XIII):97
[Group of politicians' wives],
includes Mrs. Hoover, Washington, D.C., names identified, 1932
photo_number
55(XIII):98
The Secretary of Interior and
Staff, December 12, 1932
photo_number
55(XIII):99
Cabinet members, includes First
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joseph M. Dixon, circa
1932
photo_number
55(XIII):100
Montana Senator portraits,
Eighteenth Legislative Assembly, 1923
photo_number
55(XIII):101
Panoramic view of Missoula,
Montana, tinted postcard, undated
photo_number
55(XIII):102
William McQuist,
portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):103
Ann Woodman, portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):104
Jack Slack, portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):105
Kate Higgins McCormick (Mrs.
William J. McCormick), portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):106
William J. McCormick, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):107
Margaret Miller Allerton (Mrs.
William J. Allerton), portrait as young girl, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):108
Carolin Bittner-Miller Kline
(Mrs. P.J. Kline), portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):109
Francis L. Worden,
portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):110
Lucina Worden Sterling (Mrs. F.T.
Sterling), portrait as young girl, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):111
W.H.H. Dickinson,
portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):112
[Amos Buck], portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):113
J.P. Reinhard,
portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):114
Captain and Mrs. Crapo,
portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):115
Judge F.H. Woody,
portrait, circa
1860s
photo_number
55(XIII):116
Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of
U.S. House of Representatives, portrait, with inscription to Joseph M.
Dixon, 1905
This series contains numerous items collected by or presented to
Joseph Dixon over the course of his public career. Most items commemorate or
recognize Dixon for his public service and were presented by fellow
politicians, civic groups, fraternal organizations, or business associates.
This series also contains some personal effects such as his eyeglasses, wallet,
and a leather carrying case for business cards. Materials in this series,
considered in relationship with collection documents, present a wide-ranging
perspective on Joseph Dixon's life and interests.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
118/1
Decorative Flowers sent to
Virginia and Florence Dixon by President Theodore Roosevelt, undated
118/2
U.S. Presidential
Seals, undated
118/3
Various Badges, 1921 and undated
118/4
Masonic Badges, Convocation,
Missoula, 1911
118/5
Miscellaneous Cards,
Passes, undated
118/6
"Dixon Day Ribbons", 1904
118/7
Plate from Senate Office
Door, 1913
118/8
Various Pins and
Medallions, undated
118/9
Hand forged nails from Dixon
Mill, Snow Camp, North Carolina, undated
Hugh W. Dixon was Joseph Dixon's father. This series contains some
of his personal correspondence and a ledger from his Snow Camp, North Carolina,
business. W.W. Dixon was an attorney in Butte, Montana; it is unclear why his
correspondence book is in with Joseph Dixon's papers. The ledger in this series
records business transaction for Stafford, Clark, and Dixon--a rural community
and agricultural supply operation.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
108/9
Hugh W. Dixon,
Correspondence, 1850-1862
108/10
W. W. Dixon,
Correspondence, 1891
108/11
Stafford, Clark, and Dixon
Ledger, Snow Camp, North Carolina, 1850-1855
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
