Item: Mary Carey Papers, 1871-1950
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Finding Aid Title: Mary Carey Papers, 1871-1950
Finding Aid Collection Number: 0983
Date Range of Collection: 1871-1950
Creator of Materials: Carey, Mary Emerson
Content Description: The Mary Carey collection consists of one reel of microfilmed records which include images from an original account ledger from the Carey and O'Brien store, 1871-1893; a second ledger likely kept by Mary Carey's son, Nick, 1904-1913; a teacher's register from the Adobetown School District 3 in Madison County, 1895-1898; 15 images of the Carey family, friends, and the Adobetown Pioneer Store and Post Office. 26 original photographs of the Carey family and friends are also in the collection, and photocopies of newspaper clippings pertaining to the family. The photographs include images of Adobetown area cowboys breaking horses for Boer War service, ca. 1900. Photographs titles have been copied from information written on verso by either a member of the Carey family or MSU Library personnel.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv04528
Keywords: mary carey, ledger, education, montana post offices, boer war service, cowboys
Subjects: Montana and Histories of the American West
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