Item: I. D. O'Donnell Papers, 1884-1947
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Finding Aid Title: I. D. O'Donnell Papers, 1884-1947
Finding Aid Collection Number: 1057
Date Range of Collection: 1884-1947
Creator of Materials: O'Donnell, I. D. (Ignatius Daniel), 1860-1948
Content Description: The I. D. O'Donnell papers include diaries, correspondence, business records, literary manuscripts, postcard albums, subject files, and photographs. The papers have been arranged by series according to document type. Correspondence includes letters from Montana State College, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, U. S. Reclamation Service, U. S. House and Senate Committees on Beet Sugar Industry, Montana Irrigation and Drainage Institute, and the Secretary of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane. O'Donnell received letters from Montana political leaders such as Under Secretary of the Department of Agriculture M. L. Wilson, U. S. Senators Thomas J. Walsh and Henry L. Myers, U. S. Representative John M. Evans, and Governors J. E. Erickson and F. H. Cooney. Manuscripts include articles on agriculture, livestock, and farm management, and the column "Hints from the Practical Farmer" written for the Reclamation Record, as well as manuscripts O'Donnell collected for research on topics such as alfalfa, birds, irrigation, sugar beets, dairy cattle, soil, weeds, ranch management, and hogs. O'Donnell also collected material on topics such as Billings and Montana history, various irrigation projects in Montana, and agriculture. The collection also contains business records from the Minnesota and Montana Land and Improvement Company, the Frederick Billings estate, and the Hesper Farm. The collection also contains postcards and travel brochures from O'Donnell's various travels.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv77932
Keywords: agriculture and ranching, prominent montanans, personal journals and diaries, historical photographs, alfalfa, birds, irrigation, beet sugar industry, cattle, soil, weeds, farm and ranch management, hogs, montana state college (msc), irrigation, drainage,
Subjects: Farm, Ranch Management, and Agriculture The People of Montana
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