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Lee M. Ford papers, 1878-1977
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Ford, Lee M.
- Title
- Lee M. Ford papers
- Dates
- 1878-1977 (inclusive)18781977
- Quantity
- 13 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- UPMC 46A (85:1-5); UPMC 46B (85:2-1)
- Summary
- Lee M. Ford was a businessman in Great Falls, Montana. His papers consist primarily of subject files (1878-1977) of his personal papers, and those of the Ford family, as well as records of the Ford Brothers Corporation. The files are primarily composed of general correspondence including letters concerning the sale of Charles M. Russell paintings. Also included in the collection are financial records (1914-1957), organizational records (1914-1924), and miscellany. (UPMC 46A 85:1-5; UPMC 46B 85:2-1)
- Repository
-
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Subject Files Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| / | [NOTE: for additional personal
correspondence of Lee and Shirley Ford see Miscellany folder 12] |
|
| 1 / 1 | Aircade (re Helena air show)
|
1964 |
| 1 / 2 | Allen, Martha |
1941-1965 |
| 1 / 3 | Allen, Mrs. Samuel |
1924-1926 |
| 1 / 4 | Altman, B. (re lamp and dress)
|
1959 |
| 1 / 5 | American Museum of Natural
History (New York) |
1929-1960 |
| 1 / 6 | American Pioneer Trails
Association |
1945-1965 |
| 1 / 7 | American Taxpayer League
|
1932-1934 |
| 1 / 8 | Antelope |
1932-1952 |
| 1 / 9 | Arabian Horses |
1961-1965 |
| 1 / 10 | Aronson, Hugo, Governor
|
1956-1963 |
| 1 / 11 | Arrow Peak Farm |
1915-1921 |
| 1 / 12-13 | Arrowheads |
1929-1954 |
| 1 / 14 | Artifacts, etc. |
1949-1961 |
| 1 / 15 | Ashby, Norma and Shirley
(Christmas letter) |
1964 |
| 1 / 16 | Ashby, Jack |
1965 |
| 1 / 17 | Augusta News (Mrs. "Lige" Louise
M. Hicks) |
1942-1975 |
| 1 / 18 | Babcock, Tim, Governor
|
1962-1963 |
| 1 / 19 | Battin, James |
1963-1964 |
| 1 / 20 | Battin, Babcock, Blewett
(campaigns) |
1964 |
| 1 / 21 | Battin for Congress |
1964 |
| 1 / 22 | Beatty, Guy |
1946-1958 |
| 1 / 23 | Bell, W.A. (re Ledgerwood land)
|
1924-1934 |
| 1 / 24 | Bets (re gambling) |
1928-1949 |
| 1 / 25 | Birch, Fred |
1946-1960 |
| 1 / 26 | Birds |
1949-1960 |
| 1 / 27 | Blankenbaker |
1940-1942 |
| 1 / 28 | Blood clot |
1955 |
| 1 / 29 | Bohemian Grove [re Bohemian
club] |
1952-1959 |
| 1 / 30 | Bonner, John W., Governor
|
1949-1950 |
| 1 / 31 | B ? (re a Highway Commission
controversy) |
1950 |
| 1 / 32 | Books |
1938-1969 |
| 1 / 33 | Brown, Barnum |
1929-1960 |
| 1 / 34 | Brown-Eyed Queen Mining Company
|
1896, 1927-1959 |
| 1 / 35 | Browning Hall of Fame
|
1932-1963 |
| 1 / 36 | Buck, Ballie (Belknap, Mont.)
|
1932-1942 |
| 1 / 37 | Burks, F.M. |
1926-1964 |
| 1 / 38 | Buttrey Broadcast, Inc
|
1945-1950 |
| 1 / 39 | Campaigns (include
correspondence re Nixon-Lodge, and Nutter campaigns) |
1949-1964 |
| 1 / 40 | Campbell, Alexander |
1947 |
| 1 / 41 | Cartoons |
undated |
| 1 / 42 | Casals, Pablo (cellist)
|
1959 |
| 1 / 43 | Cascade, First State Bank of (re
stock) |
1931 |
| 1 / 44 | Cats |
1960-1961 |
| 1 / 45 | Cemetery (L.M.F. notations)
|
undated |
| 1 / 46 | Centennial |
1964 |
| 1 / 47 | Certificates, memberships
|
1915-1964 |
| 1 / 48 | Chicago |
1940-1963 |
| 1 / 49 | Chief Joseph |
1972-1977 |
| 1 / 50-54 | Christmas (buffalo, Christmas
parties, greetings, turkeys) |
1937-1945 |
| 2 / 1-2 | Clippings |
1896-1925 1937-1965 |
| 2 / 3 | Committees, etc., on which
L.M.F. served |
1924-1961 |
| 2 / 4 | Conrad, Fritz (Frederick)
|
1944-1964 |
| 2 / 5 | Coolidge, E.M. |
1940-1953 |
| 2 / 6 | Corey, Clark and Clara(?)
|
1953 |
| 2 / 7 | Corkscrew, misc. (staff
newsletter from Great Falls airfield??) |
1940-1942 |
| 2 / 8 | Couch, Ned, E.G. |
1909-1958 |
| 2 / 9 | Couch, Tom |
1927-1963 |
| 2 / 10 | Crosby, John |
1957-1961 |
| 2 / 11 | Crutcher (Wm. H. Crutcher -
Industries) |
1910-1951 |
| 2 / 12 | Currency (misprinted)
|
1929 |
| 2 / 13 | Cycads (cycadeoid plant)
|
1934-1952 |
| 2 / 14 | Dempsey (re Jack Dempsey-Tommy
Gibbons fight) |
1923 |
| 2 / 15-16 | Doctors |
1930-1964 |
| 2 / 17 | Dogs |
1942-1962 |
| 2 / 18 | Dundas, D.J. |
1946-1948 |
| 2 / 19 | Earthquake '06 |
1964 |
| 2 / 20 | Eglin Air Force Base, (Florida):
Firepower show |
1957 |
| 2 / 21 | Faegre, Mrs. Robert (Shirley)
|
1940-1964 |
| 2 / 22 | Fifty year anniversary (Montana
Bankers Association Club) |
1956-1963 |
| 2 / 23 | Fitzpatrick mining claim (sold
to Hasterlick) |
1887-1958 |
| 2 / 24 | Fletcher, Robert H. |
1937-1960 |
| 2 / 25 | Floweree Groves (includes letter
with biographical information re Dan Floweree) |
1924-1959 |
| 2 / 26 | Ford Brothers: "taxes"
|
1913,1927, 1952 |
| 2 / 27 | Ford Brothers: "West side lots"
|
1943-1953 |
| 2 / 28 | Ford Brothers: "Ford building
given to bank" |
1923-1924 |
| 2 / 29-31 | Ford Brothers: "Ford
Corporation" |
1932-1952 |
| 2 / 32 | Ford Brothers: "Woehner
Guarantee, 1939" |
1933-1939 |
| 2 / 33 | Ford Brothers: "Donovan vs.
Great Falls Bank et al" |
1936-1937 |
| 2 / 34 | "Ford Brothers" |
1943,1955 |
| 2 / 35-38 | Ford Brothers: "Ford
Building..." |
1914-1946 |
| 2 / 39-40 | Ford Brothers: "Taxes"
|
1943-1951 |
| 2 / 41 | Ford Brothers: "Ford Corporation
Financial Report" |
1949 |
| 2 / 42 | Ford Brothers: "Ford Corporation
1937 and 1938" |
1935-1939 |
| 3 / 1-2 | Ford Brothers: "Ford
Corporation" (includes taxes for 1943-1953) |
1935-1959 |
| 3 / 3 | Ford Brothers: "Misc."
|
1955-1958 |
| 3 / 4-5 | Ford Brothers: "Ford
Corporation" |
1941-1942 |
| 3 / 6 | Ford Brothers: "Chisholm loan"
|
1935 |
| 3 / 7-9 | Ford Brothers: "Ford
Corporation" |
1930-1932 |
| 3 / 10 | Ford Brothers: "(Contract for
deed, abstracts of title, Ford Brothers audit reports) |
1913-1937 |
| 3 / 11 | Ford Brothers: (Misc.)
|
1924, 1942 |
| 3 / 12 | Ford Brothers: "Ford
Corporation" |
1942 |
| 3 / 13 | Ford Family: "Tribune" (75th
Anniversary Edition) - Article by L.M.F. |
1959-1961 |
| 3 / 14 | Ford Family: "Articles by
L.M.F." |
1952-1955 |
| 3 / 15 | Ford Family: "Editorials by
L.M.F." |
1953-1957 |
| 3 / 16 | Ford Family: "L.M.F." (inc.
obituary clippings) |
1965 |
| 3 / 17 | Ford Family: "Will of L.M.F."
|
1930-1971 |
| 3 / 18 | Ford Family: "Mrs. Lee M. Ford"
|
1932-1963 |
| 3 / 19 | Ford Family: "Mrs. R.S. Ford
Embolism (includes Ford family burial site list, Sun River Cemetery)
|
1892,1941 |
| 3 / 20 | Ford Family: "Mrs. S.S. Ford
(Bessie)" |
1945 |
| 3 / 21 | Ford Family: Mrs. S.S. Ford
("Mar. 5, 1954 Newhart letter re assg. to Shirley Faegre") |
1943-1964 |
| 3 / 22 | Ford Family: (Misc.)
|
1928,1941 |
| 3 / 23 | Ford Family: "Ford, S.S."
|
1941 |
| 3 / 24 | Ford Family: "Data of visit to
Comptroller of Currency" |
1922-1927 |
| 3 / 25 | Ford Family: "Ford, S.S., Teton
Land Sale" |
1944 |
| 3 / 26 | Ford Family: "Ford, S.S., Teton
Land Co., Wergeland" |
1943 |
| 3 / 27-30 | Ford Family: "Ford, S.S."
(includes memorial, clippings, correspondence of Mrs. Ford) |
1906-1964 |
| 3 / 31 | Ford Family: "Saddles sale of
Highwood land, marriage of Rodgers boy - Aunt Gertrude's ward" |
1941-1942 |
| 4 / 1 | Ford Family: "Lee Ford
Historical - Ford Corporation" |
1956-1957 |
| 4 / 2 | Ford Family: "Robert Ford"
|
1888-1901 |
| 4 / 3 | Ford Family: "Misc. letters L.M.
Ford" |
1925-1958 |
| 4 / 4 | Ford Family: "Lee M. Ford Misc."
|
1923-1958 |
| 4 / 5 | Ford Family: (Misc.)
|
1927,1958 |
| 4 / 6 | Ford Family: "Democratic State
Central Committee" |
1924 |
| 4 / 7-11 | Ford Family: "Ford, S.S. (Mrs.)"
|
1946-1950 |
| 4 / 12 | Ford Family: "S.S. Ford
(Personal), Mollie's birth, Mrs. Phineas Henry's death, Barney Bolch hired at
Teton Ranch" |
1944 |
| 4 / 13 | Ford Family: "Ford S.S."
|
1938 |
| 4 / 14 | Ford Family: "Ford S.S." (S.S.
Ford's last letters) |
1945 |
| 4 / 15 | Ford Family: (Misc.)
|
1950-1951 |
| 4 / 16 | Fox, Chas. J. |
1949-1958 |
| 4 / 17 | Gad, A.A. |
1960-1961 |
| 4 / 18 | Gordon, Bob |
1962-1964 |
| 4 / 19 | Gough, Newell |
1960-1969 |
| 4 / 20 | Great Falls Realty (bank
statements and check stubs) |
1931-1959 |
| 4 / 21 | Great Northern R.R. Co. &
C.M. St. P & P.R. Co. agreements |
1938-1952 |
| 4 / 22 | Gun, double barrel |
1956 |
| 4 / 23 | Heisey (Heisey Company,
Wholesale Grocers) |
1927-1935 |
| 4 / 24 | Horses, LMF, personal
|
1935-1950 |
| 4 / 25 | Indians |
1929-1964 |
| 4 / 26 | IXL Consolidated Mining Company
|
1864-1895 |
| 4 / 27 | Kerman, George |
1951-1965 |
| 4 / 28 | Kumpf, Jack F. |
1946-1953 |
| 4 / 29 | Livestock Pavilion (includes old
Montana bank letterheads) |
1920, undated |
| 4 / 30 | Livestock Pavilion, Montana
|
1929-1926 |
| 4 / 31 | Long Investment Co. |
1939 |
| 4 / 32 | Lowry, Goodrich |
1955-1964 |
| 4 / 33 | M (re mining claims, medicine
bundles and wheels buffalo traps, fossils and stone artifacts) |
1925-1955 |
| 4 / 34 | Manning Gold Scales (includes
correspondence with W.M. and Gertrude Manning re Indian artifacts and antique
china) |
1932-1947 |
| 4 / 35 | McClanahan (correspondence to
Sue McClanahan from Selia Page and Loudie Phillips) |
1878 |
| 4 / 36 | McLellan, Pauline |
1955-1962 |
| 4 / 37 | Meadow Lark Country Club. (Orig.
Receipt of Lee M. Ford) |
1919 |
| 4 / 38 | Meadow Lark Country Club
|
1947-1962 |
| 4 / 39 | Meadow Lark Country Club
(beginning) |
1925-1959 |
| 5 / 1 | Memberships |
1919-1923 |
| 5 / 2 | Montana Livestock Loan Co.
|
1934-1936 |
| 5 / 3 | Montana Magazine |
1959 |
| 5 / 4 | Montana Society of Natural
History |
1936-1941 |
| 5 / 5 | Newcomen (The Newcomen Society
of England) |
1942-1953 |
| 5 / 6 | Nixon, Richard |
1960-1961 |
| 5 / 7 | Nutter, Donald, Governor
|
1961-1962 |
| 5 / 8 | N.W. Banco (re Bancorporation
and an affidavit re A.R. Pardue) |
1929,1956 |
| 5 / 9 | North Bench Land Company and
Highwood Bank |
1927-1938 |
| 5 / 10 | O'Day, R.S. "Dick" and Gertrude
O'Day |
1960-1964 |
| 5 / 11 | Park Commissioner (Great Falls)
|
1921-1931 |
| 5 / 12 | Party invitations |
1938-1955 |
| 5 / 13 | Personal oil leases |
1924-1929 |
| 5 / 14-18 | Pigeons |
1924-1964 |
| 5 / 19 | Poetry |
undated |
| 5 / 20 | Poetry: permission to use
|
1962-1963 |
| 5 / 21 | Remodeling (Letters of
congratulations on bank) |
1948 |
| 5 / 22-24 | Retirement (L.M.F.) |
1945-1963 |
| 5 / 25-26 | Rifles |
1942-1959 |
| 5 / 27 | Ringland, Mrs. Joe F. "Rebecca"
|
1939-1963 |
| 5 / 28 | Rogers Memorial Fund (Will)
|
1931-1936 |
| 5 / 29 | Royce, Ralph (Letters)
|
1944-1963 |
| 6 / 1 | Russell, C.M.: Estate of
|
1927 |
| 6 / 2 | Russell, C.M.: Letters of
|
undated |
| 6 / 3-6 | Russell, C.M.: Miscellaneous
|
1929-1962 |
| 6 / 7 | Russell, C.M.: for J.F. Ringland
|
1955-1957 |
| 6 / 8-9 | Russell, C.M.: Jerk Line (sale
of Russell Painting) |
1934-1962 |
| 6 / 10 | Russell, C.M.: Trigg-Russell
Memorial newspaper clippings |
1950-1963 |
| 6 / 11 | Russell, C.M.: Trigg-Russell
Gallery, C.M. Russell Paintings |
1957-1960 |
| 6 / 12 | Russell, C.M.: Trigg-Russell
Memorial Foundation |
1951-1955 |
| 6 / 13 | St. Paul School Alumni
|
1930-1955 |
| 6 / 14 | Salad dressing, G.N. Ry., Chef
|
1947 |
| 6 / 15 | Samuel, A.J. |
1886-1904 |
| 6 / 16 | Sheep |
1907-1934 |
| 6 / 17 | Sheep's Head |
1915-1965 |
| 6 / 18 | Simpson, John, Capt. (includes
biographical sketch of John C. Ford) |
1914-1962 |
| 6 / 19 | Slogan: "There is no substitute
for experience" |
1947-1951 |
| 7 / 1 | State highway (includes
correspondence and records of Ford as Highway Commissioner) |
1947-1950 |
| 7 / 2 | Stocks, Northwest
Bancorporation, etc. |
1931-1955 |
| 7 / 3 | Stocks: L.M.F. (personal)
|
1930-1963 |
| 7 / 4 | Sun River Cemetery (maps-plans,
includes check stubs of Great Falls Natl. Realty) |
1918,1948- 1949 |
| 7 / 5-6 | Sun River Cemetery Association
|
1944-1966 |
| 7 / 7-9 | Sun River Cemetery |
1950-1959 |
| 7 / 10 | Sun River Sun |
1959, UNDATED |
| 7 / 11 | Thomas, Myles (Opinions from H/W
attorney re Montana Highway Patrol) |
1949-1950 |
| 7 / 12 | Tusler, Montana - Prehistoric
deposits |
1945 |
| 7 / 13 | "Uncle" letter |
1942 |
| 7 / 14 | [University of Utah?]
|
1968 |
| 7 / 15-16 | W [Wallace, William?]
|
1924-1930 |
| 7 / 17 | Wallace, William. Sr., Cle Elum
|
1929 |
| 7 / 18-20 | Wallace Investment Company
|
1924-1930 |
| 7 / 21 | Western Drilling Company
|
1929-1930 |
| 7 / 22 | [Western Petroleum Exploration,
personal oil lease?] |
1923 |
Organizational Records Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 1 | Choteau Petroleum & Gas:
Corporation record |
1920-1923 |
| 8 / Vol. 1 | Ford Brothers: Corporation
record |
1914-1924 |
Financial Records Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 2-3 | Ford Brothers: Ledgers
|
1915-1923 |
| 8 / Vol. 2 | Ford Brothers: Real estate book
|
1915? |
| 8 / 4 | Ford Building: Trial balance
(includes balance sheets and operating statements) |
1919-1925 |
| 8 / 5 | Ford Corporation: Checkbook
stubs |
1943-1957 |
| 8 / 6 | Great Falls National Realty
Company: Bank statements and checks |
1926-1949 |
| 9 / 1 | Great Falls National Realty
Company: Stock certificate book |
1918-1937 |
| 9 / 2 | Great Falls National Realty
Company: Tax returns |
1918-1940 |
| 9 / 3 | Unidentified ledger |
1914-1915 |
| 9 / 4 | "Stagecoach Mary", original
story and screenplay (re Mary Fields) |
undated |
Miscellany Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9 / 5 | (Misc. including legal papers
for Brown-Eyed Queen Mining Company) |
1910-1959 |
| 9 / 6 | (Abstracts of title)
|
1897-1930 |
| 9 / 7 | (Photocopy of Affidavit re post
mortem of Jesse James) |
undated |
| 9 / 8 | Soo Line Railroad: Safety rules
|
1951 |
| 9 / 9 | Montana Stockgrowers
Association: (Typescript of minutes of organizing meeting in 1880; biographical
reminiscence re early "Social Activities", and other historical writings)
|
undated |
| 9 / 10 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 9 / 11 | Misc. data re Ford Corporation,
Great Falls National Realty Company, and Great Falls National Bank |
undated |
| 9 / 12 | "Personal Letters" (General
correspondence of Lee Ford including letters with Shirley Ford) |
1929-1949 |
| 9 / 13 | Misc. certificates and legal
documents, most are re Erich Intze of Great Falls. All documents are in German.
|
1899-1912 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Businessmen--Montana--Great Falls.
Personal Names
- Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926.
Geographical Names
- Great Falls (Mont.)--Commerce.
Preliminary finding aid prepared by
MHS staff
2007
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