Item: Rodney Wallace Page family papers, 1881-1927
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Finding Aid Title: Rodney Wallace Page family papers, 1881-1927
Finding Aid Collection Number: 2545
Date Range of Collection: 1881-1927
Creator of Materials: Page, Rodney Wallace
Content Description: The Rodney W. Page papers consist of letters and legal documents. Most of the letters were written in 1881-82 by Rodney and his wife, Sarah, from Osceola County, Michigan, to their son, Arthur, in Montana Territory. These letters describe family news, local weather conditions, religious admonishments, and questions regarding the state of affairs in Montana and the preparations for the family's move to the territory. Additional letters by Rodney's daughter, Elvira, to her daughter Mary, describe some farming and ranching activities in Madison County, Montana along with family news. Two legal documents complete the collection. These items concern the sale and management of cattle by Rodney in the early twentieth century. The documents in this collection have been individually calendared.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv01171
Keywords: rodney w. page, personal letters, ida page, sarah peters page, harry redfield, elvira page redfield, livestock management, religion, montana history
Subjects: Montana and Histories of the American West
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