Item: Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Records, 1871-1942
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Finding Aid Title: Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company Records, 1871-1942
Finding Aid Collection Number: 0536
Date Range of Collection: 1877-1942
Creator of Materials: Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company
Content Description: The Castle Mountain Records consist of general correspondence, printed materials, legal documents, land and livestock papers, and organizational and financial records. Series have been assigned according to activity and function. General correspondence were kept primarily by ranch managers and refer to ranch operations and business. Printed Materials contains published documents collected by the Castle Mountain Cattle and Sheep Company. A number of these articles refer to the history and/or accomplishments of the Donahoe family and their ranch. The Livestock and Land series contains official certificates and registers for cattle and sheep as well as legal documents such as land deeds and mining claims. The ranch's Organizational Records contain articles of incorporation and company by-laws, stock share certificates and minute books for both the Castle Mountain Ranch and the Butte Brewing Company. Employee Records refer to insurance records for employee liability and Social Security filings. Employee names and payroll ledgers have been placed in the following series of Financial Records. Financial Records contains ledgers, account books, tax returns and banking records. The managers of the Castle Mountain Ranch collected documents significant to financial records, such as correspondence, receipts and relevant newspaper clippings, and placed them in yearly files labeled "Accounts."
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv18240
Keywords: agriculture and ranching, historical and personal scrapbooks, personal journals and diaries, cattle, sheep, livestock, deeds, castle mountain cattle and sheep company
Subjects: Montana Agriculture and Ranching
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