Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek Family Papers

Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek Family Papers, 1894-1939

Overview of the Collection

Title: Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek Family Papers
Dates: 1894-1939
18941939
Quantity: .2 linear feet
Collection Number: Collection 532, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: The Abbott-Stuart-Matejeck Family Papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922, which show big teams at work plowing and harvesting; an interior view of the Matejcek saloon in Roundup, Montana, circa 1913; a view of the Overland School taken around the turn of the century.
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: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Edward C. (Teddy Blue) Abbott was born in England in 1860 and came to America where he learned the trade of the cowboy. He arrived in Montana in 1883 after helping drive a cattle herd from Texas. Teddy Blue eventually settled near Lewistown (Fergus County) Montana where he established his own ranch. He married in 1889 Mary Stuart, daughter of Montana pioneer Granville Stuart. The couple had nine children. One of their daughters, Mary Abbott, married Albert Matejcek and is the donor of this collection. Teddy Blue lived until 1939 and in that year published a book of his cattle driving days, We Pointed Them North; Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Mary Stuart Abbott died in 1967.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers consist of positive photocopies of business and personal papers collected or created by Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, Granville Stuart, and Mary Abbott Matejcek. In addition to the papers are copy photographs of originals owned by Mrs. Matejcek which pertain to the Abbott, Stuart, and Matejcek families, including: portraits of Teddy Blue, Mary Stuart Abbott, and their children; views of the Abbott ranch; portraits of several Stuart children; views of the Matejcek farm near Lewistown, taken by photographer Cook Reynolds, circa 1915-1922, which show big teams at work plowing and harvesting; an interior view of the Matejcek saloon in Roundup, Montana, circa 1913; a view of the Overland School taken around the turn of the century.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Business records, personal papers, and photographs pertaining to the Abbott-Stuart-Matejcek families of Montana were loaned for copying by Mrs. Mary Matejcek of Lewistown, Montana, in the fall of 1967.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 4

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Clippings and business papers about Mary Abbott Stuart, 1900-1939Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/1

Letters, hunting licenses, vehicle registration of E.C. Abbott, 1908-1909Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/2

Business papers, E.C. and Mary Abbott, 1890-1937Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/3

Copies of correspondence between Granville Stuart and James Fergus sent to E.C. Abbott by Oscar O. Mueller; songs written by E.C. Abbott; diary of E.C. Abbott, 1899Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/4

Abbott/Stuart photographs, #1-8Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/5

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	#1: E.C. Abbott	April 15, 1887
	#2: E.C. Abbott	August 23, 1930
	#3: Mary Stuart Abbott	circa 1960
	#4: Mary Stuart Abbott	circa 1960
	#5: Mary Stuart Abbott	April 11, 1965
	#6: Abbott family	1902
	#7: E.C. and Mary Stuart Abbott	circa 1910
	#8: Katie Abbott

Abbott/Stuart photographs, #9-14Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/6

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	#9: Bob Stuart	undated
	#10: Harry Stuart	undated
	#11: Irene Stuart	undated
	#12: Abbott ranch	undated
	#13: Turkey flock, Abbott ranch	undated
	#14: Overland School (Fergus County?)	undated

Matejcek photographs, #15-22Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/7

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	#15: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matejcek	July 5, 1920
	#16: Matejcek saloon, Roundup, Montana	circa 1913
	#17: Matejcek ranch, Fergus County
	#18: Albert Hruska on horse-drawn plow	circa 1910
	#19: Load of bundles at threshing time	circa 1910
	#20: Plowing	circa 1910
	#21: Frank Matejcek plowing at Coffee Creek	circa 1913
	#22: Frank Matejcek and hay crew at Coffee Creek	circa 1913

Matejcek photographs, #23-27Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/8

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	#23-27: Frank Matejcek disking on Piper Ranch	circa 1922

Negatives for images #1, 2, and 15-27Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/9

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Bars (Drinking establishments)-Montana-Roundup-Photographs
Farm life-Montana-Fergus County-Photographs
Ranches-Montana-Fergus County-Photographs
Schools-Montana-Fergus County-Photographs

Corporate Names

Overland School (Fergus County, Mont.)-Photographs

Family Names

Abbott family
Matejcek family
Stuart family

Geographical Names

Lewistown (Mont.)

Form or Genre Terms

Business records-Montana
Family papers-Montana-Fergus County
Photographs-Montana

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Abbott, E. C. (Edward Charles), 1860-1939 (creator)
- Abbott, Mary Stuart, d. 1967 (creator)
- Matejcek, Mary Abbott (creator)
- Reynolds, Cook (creator)
- Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918 (creator)
Family Names
- Abbott family (creator)
- Matejcek family (creator)
- Stuart family (creator)

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