Manuscript letter from Smith Davis to Alex Watts, regarding mining, politics, and business conditions in Billings, Montana.

Oral history interview with John E. Dulin conducted by Nancy Budrow from November 10 to December 16, 1990. Dulin was a chemistry teacher at high schools and colleges in Oregon, Washington, and California.

Oral history interview with John N. Etchart conducted by Michael O'Rourke from August 8, 2002, to May 26, 2004, as part of the Northwest Power Planning Council Oral History Project. Etchart represented Montana on the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, from 1993 to 2000.

Promotional pamphlet from the Great Northern Railway about the state of Montana, 1913.

John Watermelon Redington (1851-1935) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and moved west in 1877. He served as a U.S. scout in the 1870s and 1880s during conflicts with the Nez Perce. Collection includes a typescript, "Scouting in Montana," 16 pages, circa 1870-1879; correspondence; and Elinor Meacham Redington reminiscences.

Gustavus Sohon (1825-1903), a German immigrant, was employed by the U.S. government between 1852 and 1863 as an illustrator and cartographer of explorations of the Rockies and Pacific Northwest. Collection consists of eight tinted lithographs of scenes of the Midwest, primarily Montana, done for the U.S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report, 1854-1855.

Three pen and watercolor sketches by the English explorer, trader, and geographer David Thompson (1770-1857), depicting: "Mountains South of Saleesh of Flathead Lake, Montana," "Rocky Mountains, East of the head of the Columbia River, B.C.," and "Nelson Mountains, West of the head of the Columbia River, B.C."