Item: Bud Lilly papers, 1926-2008
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Finding Aid Title: Bud Lilly papers, 1926-2008
Finding Aid Collection Number: 2528
Date Range of Collection: 1926-2008
Creator of Materials: Lilly, Bud
Content Description: The Bud Lilly papers consist of biographical and genealogical materials, correspondence, organization papers, literary productions, business records, photographs and motion picture film all created or collected by Lilly in the course of his life and business career. Among the personal biographical and genealogical materials are documents that represent Lilly's military service and family life, including a letter he describing a visit to Hiroshima, Japan shortly after the detonation of the atomic bomb in World War II. The correspondence series includes letters generated in the conduct of Lilly's business interests as a store owner and fishing guide. Among the authors represented are Roderick Haig-Brown, Tom McGuane, Curt Gowdy, Lee Wulff, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The series of organizational papers includes communications and documents from a wide variety of sportsman's and environmental groups. The newspaper clipping series contains in chronological order a selection of articles dealing with Lilly or his family. A series of documents representing literary productions contains materials that directly relate to Lilly's three published monographs and numerous journal articles, again presented chronologically. Business records document the financial, legal, and social activities of Lilly's store, outfitting activities, and consulting work. The photographs have been arranged under broad subject headings assigned by Lilly and sequentially numbered.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv84368
Keywords: bud lilly, hiroshima japan devastation, world war ii naval records, fishing literature, montana trout unlimited, genealogy and family histories, western fly fishing, trout and salmonid fishing, trout and salmonids, environmental conservation groups
Subjects: Trout and Salmonids Prominent Montanans
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