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Archives related to: Clark, William Andrews, 1839-1925
| title | William Andrews Clark papers, 1867-1922 (SC 536) | repository | Montana Historical Society Research Center |
| description | William A. Clark (1893-1925), Butte, Montana, millionaire mining entrepreneur, was one of the famed "Copper Kings". This collection (1867-1922) consists of minor general correspondence, legal documents, and miscellany. Also included is a reminiscence, "Early Days in Montana". This collection contains six letters from William A. Clark (1895-1917); one letter to Clark (1917); a contract (1867); a certified copy of Clark's will (1922); a writing, "Early Days in Montana. Being Some Reminiscences Dictated by Senator William A. Clark and Biographical note: William A. Clark was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on January 8, 1839. He traveled with his family to Iowa in 1856 and attended college at Iowa Wesleyan University. In 1859-1860, he taught school in Missouri and, in 1862, traveled to Colorado to work as a miner. One year later, he left for Montana Territory, arriving in Bannack on July 7, 1863. He mined and operated general mercantile stores in Blackfoot City and Elk Creek. In later years, Clark had a bank in Deer Lodge and extensive mining investments in Butte. He was known as one of the "Copper Kings" and through the years waged a feud with Marcus Daly of Anaconda. In 1900, Clark was elected U.S. Senator from Montana. William A. Clark died in 1925. |
| extent | .1 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera Legal Papers Writings |
| access | RESTRICTION: Use of is restricted due to its fragile condition; a photocopy is available for research use. |
| record source | http://mtscprod.msl.mt.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=AlBWeF9IHR/MT-HIST/95790238/60/1180/X |
| acquisition information | D. Roscoe Nickerson; Butte, MT (portion of collection only); AC1972-58. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:51 |
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| title | Collection of papers related to Montana, 1833-1934 | repository | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library |
| description | Collection contains correspondence to and from William Andrews Clark, Thomas Francis Meagher, Wilbur F. Sanders, and Charles N. Kessler. The Kessler papers (series 2) make up the bulk of the collection. Manuscripts include mining claim location notices, legal documents, drawings in pencil and wash, a letter by Maximilian, Prince of Wied, and a ledger kept by James and Granville Stuart. Another ledger of Granville Stuart's provides a vocabulary of the Snake dialects. Other items include a Wells Fargo passenger register (1868), eighteen monthly ledger sheets of the Montana Central Railway, and an album of ninety-three signatures of members of the Montana constitutional convention. Subjects covered in the collection include the Blackfeet Indians, Kessler Beer, Fisk expeditions, Battle of Little Bighorn, Northern Pacific Railroad Co., mining, Joseph and Alexander Culbertson, and the Cook-Folsom exploration of the Upper Yellowstone Valley. Bio/History: William Andrews Clark, a US senator from Montana, was born on Jan. 8, 1839 in PA; went to MT in 1863 and engaged in mining, banking, and various mercantile pursuits; president, State constitutional convention (1884) and second constitutional convention (1889); Democrat, US Senate, 1899-1900 and 1901-7; died in NYC, Mar. 2, 1925. Charles N. Kessler was born in 1874; he and his brother, Fredrick, inherited the operations of Kessler Brewery in Helena, MT, from their father, Nicholas Kessler; Charles was an officer and founding member of the Montana State Brewers Assn. and was elected as a senator to the Montana Legislative Assembly in 1909 and 1911; he moved with his family to Los Angeles, CA, in 1923 and returned to MT in 1933; died in 1957. |
| extent | 549 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Legal Papers Financial Records Drawings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://catalog.library.ucla.edu/ |
| acquisition information | William Andrews Clark purchased Charles N. Kessler’s Montana collection in 1924. Kessler assembled the original collection, which is made up of not only The Montana Papers but also books, pamphlets, clippings, miscellanea, and photographs related to the history of Montana and the Northwest. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:55 |
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| title | William Clark, Jr. Papers 1931-1936 (SC 2328) | repository | Montana Historical Society Research Center |
| description | This collection consists of papers (1931-1936) of William Clark, Jr., son of William A. Clark of Copper King fame. The papers were created as part of a probate proceeding for the William Clark Jr. estate. The collection includes correspondence by Clark Jr. to George John Pale, the son the Clark family house keeper; an affidavit from George Pale regarding Clark's intention to adopt the boy; and copies of wills for William A. Clark, William Clark Jr. and William Clark III. In addition there is a report about the formation of the William Clark Jr. Library at the University of California, At Berkeley. Papers. 1931-1936. .3 linear foot. This collection consists of papers of William Clark, Jr., created as part of a probate proceeding for the William Clark Jr. estate. The collection includes correspondence by Clark Jr. to George John Pale, the son the Clark family house keeper; an affidavit from George Pale regarding Clark's intention to adopt the boy; and copies of wills for William A. Clark, William Clark Jr. and William Clark III. In addition there is a report about the formation of the William Clark Jr. Library at the University of California, At Berkeley. Bio/History: William Andrews Clark, Jr. was born on March 29, 1877 in Deer Lodge, Montana, fourth of six children of William Andrews Clark and Kate L. (Stauffer) Clark. Kate died in 1893.William attended private schools in New York,. He got his law degree from University of Virginia in 1899, and then returned to Butte, Montana, passed the bar, and opened a law office. He served as president of two of his father's companies, the Elm Orlu Mining Company and the Timber Butte Milling Company. In 1901 William Jr. married Mabel Duffield Foster of Butte. She died in 1902 after giving birth to William's only child, William Andrews Clark, III. That son died in 1932 in an airplane crash. William Jr. married again in 1907 to Alice McManus Medin. They did not have any children.In 1928, three years after William A. Clark's death, William Jr. disposed of his father's Montana holdings and devoted his life to philanthropy. He lived principally in Los Angeles, though his official residence was in Butte, made frequent trips to France, and spent summers on Salmon Lake in Montana. He was a founder and patron of the Los Angeles Symphony and the William A. Clark Memorial Library.On June 14, 1934, William Andrews Clark, Jr. died of an apparent heart attack while at his summer place on Salmon Lake, Montana. |
| extent | .3 linear ft. |
| formats | Estate Papers Correspondence Legal Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://mtscprod.msl.mt.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=AlBWeF9IHR/MT-HIST/95790238/60/1180/X |
| acquisition information | Anonymous, April 5, 2002 AC2002-12 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:55 |
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| title | Paul Wayland Bartlett papers, 1887-1925. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence with family, artists, and others, 1887-1925; legal and financial documents, 1887-1925; printed materials, 1888-1925; sketches, drawings, and blueprints, undated 1916-1920; and certificates, 1915-1918. Correspondence consists of a chronological series, 1887-1925, containing letters and postcards from John White Alexander, Samuel P. Avery, William A. Clark, Frank Edwin Elwell, John Flanagan, Daniel Chester French, Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, Gorham Company, J. Scott Hartley, John LaFarge (undated), Charles Loring, Frederick MacMonnies, Charles Sprague Pearce, Auguste Rodin, Frederic Wellington Ruckstull, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and scattered letters from other nineteenth century artists regarding the execution of works, commissions, exhibitions and expositions in Paris and the United States, among them the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904) and the Exposition Universale (1899-1900), and Bartlett's illness and death in 1925. The remainder of the correspondence, arranged by subject, includes letters from Bartlett's father, Truman Howe Bartlett, 1899-1913, many written from Boston where he taught in the architecture department of MIT, or from New Hampshire where he kept a studio, and letters to Paul regarding his father's entry in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1925; correspondence with the American Club of Paris, 1903-1906, regarding Bartlett's membership; correspondence with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1905-1907 (some from Joseph Pennell) regarding exhibitions; correspondence regarding commissions, including Lafayette, McClellan, General Warren, Library of Congress and other statues; postcards from artists, 1892-1895; and miscellaneous letters. Legal documents relate to the Lafayette statue, 1900, and also include Bartlett's death certificate. Financial records, 1899-1922, consist of bank statements, checkbooks, bills and receipts for casting, photography, dues and rent. Clippings and a scrapbook deal with Bartlett's Lafayette statue. Other printed material includes articles on various Bartlett sculptures and other sculptors, exhibition catalogs, passes and announcements, yearbooks from the American Club of Paris, 1905-1909, and material from the American Art Association of Paris, including a 20 p. booklet by Bartlett giving the history of the group, and an invitation, 1906, to an auction to benefit the victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Also included are sketches by Bartlett and his father, undated and ca. 1913; oversized drawings, plans and prints for monuments, statues, and the Capitol ceiling, undated and 1916-1920; postcards depicting Bartlett's sculpture; and certificates from the National Academy of Design and the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Bio/History: Sculptor and portraitist; Paris, France and Washington, D.C. |
| extent | 5.0 linear ft. (on 4 microfilm reels) |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Literary rights retained by Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | A finding aid prepared by the Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. is available on reel 4899 and in AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming by the Tudor Place Foundation, Inc., 1994. The Tudor Place Foundation inherited the papers in 1994 with the estate of Armistead Peter III of Tudor Place. Peter III was married to Caroline, the daughter of Bartlett's wife by her first marriage to Mahlon Odgen-Jones. After Bartlett's death in 1925, Suzanne cared for his papers, and donated the bulk of them to the Library of Congress in 1954. The papers she retained passed on to Caroline, and at her death to Armistead Peter III. Location of Original: Originals returned to Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. after microfilming. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:55 |
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| title | Barringer Family Papers ca. 1812-1966 | repository | University of Virginia Library |
| description | The Barringer Family Papers comprise ca. 2,830 items (twelve Hollinger boxes and 1 oversize folder, 5.2 linear shelf feet), 1828-1963, consisting of correspondence, legal and financial documents, literary manuscripts, genealogical material, newsclippings, photographs and keepsake items, certificates and commissions, printed articles and pamphlets, monographs and broadsides. These papers pertain chiefly to Paul Brandon Barringer (1857-1941) and other members of his family, most notably General Rufus Barringer (1821-1895) and Victor C. Barringer (1828-1896). A few of these papers also pertain to T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his wife, Anna Morrison Jackson who were related to the Barringer family by marriage. Additional genealogical data exist for the following families: Brandon, Graham, Hannah, Massey, Morrison, Spragins, Washington, and Woodson. The bulk of the Barringer material consists of the personal papers of Paul Brandon Barringer professor of medicine and chairman of the faculty of the University of Virginia founder of the University of Virginia Hospital president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Virginia (presently Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), a member of the Virginia Board of Health and Virginia Board of Agriculture an inventor, and author on topics varying from family history to racial affairs. Little of this material illuminates his professional life with the exception of those documents associated with his tenure at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The chief focus of his papers is social and intellectual. Most of the correspondence in these papers deals with Barringer family affairs and personal matters concerning Paul B. Barringer. Topics include family illness, real estate dealings and other financial matters, speaking engagements, the American Negro, and occasionally, politics (especially Barringer's unsuccessful attempt to be appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture). Among the correspondents are: Edwin A. Alderman Harry F. Byrd John Armstrong Chaloner Lenoir Chambers William A. Clark Hugh S. Cumming Charles W. Dabney John Dalzell Josephus Daniels Noah K. Davis R. T. W. Duke E. C. Glass Carter Glass Armistead C. Gordon Hugh S. Johnson Fitzhugh Lee Andrew J. Montague R. Walton Moore John L. Newcomb Robert C. Ogden Lee S. Overman Thomas N. Page Thomas W. Page William L. Phelps John F. Rixey Albert Shaw C. Alphonso Smith Claude A. Swanson Benjamin R. Tillman J. Hoge Tyler Oscar W. Underwood Henry A. Wallace and John Sharp Williams. Among those corresponding with Paul B. Barringer concerning racial matters are: Lyman Abbott Frank P. Brent John W. Daniel H. B. Frissell Armistead C. Gordon Thomas W. Harrison Hilary A. Herbert Edgar G. Murphy Clarence Poe Charles D. Warner and Booker T. Washington. Additional correspondence includes editorial letters written by Paul B. Barringer which discuss political, civic and social issues. A small group of letters (11 items) contains typed and autograph documents by President Theodore Roosevelt chiefly concerning his visit to the University of Virginia in 1903. Correspondence from the nineteenth century also includes letters by Daniel Laurens Barringer (Congressman, North Carolina), Daniel Moreau Barringer (Congressman, North Carolina ; Minister to Spain), T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson (photocopies) and his wife, Anna (Morrison) Jackson and General Rufus Barringer who offers a detailed account of life as a Confederate prisoner of war at Fort Delaware, Delaware (ALS-Photostat). Other occasional references to Civil War news (especially during 1863) and to the sale, price and investment value of slaves also appear in some of these early letters. Letters dated from the 1870's include accounts of boarding school life (Bingham School, Mebaneville, North Carolina; Kenmore University School, Amherst Court House, Virginia; A. F. Seminary, Staunton, Virginia) by Paul B. Barringer and Anna Barringer. An important group of correspondence and related papers documents a series of investigations stemming from charges made by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association Welfare Committee against Paul B. Barringer while he was president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1907-1913). Included in these documents are newsclippings, affidavits, evidentiary exhibits, copies of formal charges and Barringer's replies to them, and printed matter regarding the investigation. An additional set of documents concerns charges made against R. J. Noell of the Radford State Normal School by the Radford Record (1913). The Barringer Family Papers also contain autograph and typescript notes and literary drafts, as well as printed articles and monographs, written chiefly either by or about Paul B. Barringer. Included are essays, memoirs and several printed monographs by Barringer, but most of the material comprises note and draft fragments. Anthropology, race, religion and theology are the predominant topics in these writings. Other subjects, including economics, history, medicine, prohibition and biography, are also represented. Additional authors include General Rufus Barringer and Daniel Moreau Barringer. A separate group of documents (104 items) contains drawings, legal papers, printed specifications and patent certificates ( United States of America Canada Great Britain) for a fire extinguisher which Paul B. Barringer invented. Among the miscellaneous items within these papers are documents referring to the University of Virginia Michel Ney (Marshal of France) (1769-1815), and Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-). Miscellaneous financial documents include receipts of Victor C. Barringer General Rufus Barringer and Paul B. Barringer accounts from Paul B. Barringer 's ophthalmology practice, canceled checks, and bank statements and utility accounts compiled during Paul B. Barringer 's tenure at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Certificates commissions and licences (many oversize) awarded to Paul B. Barringer and Nannie (Hannah) Barringer include his license to practice medicine in Virginia (1890). Engravings and numerous photographs depict various family members and " Gravel Hill " a home in Charlotte County, Virginia. In addition, these papers contain numerous newsclippings pertaining to the Barringer and Morrison families in Virginia and North Carolina and three theater broadsides featuring Edwin Booth in leading roles. Bound volumes, which include a commonplace book of General Rufus Barringer Paul B. Barringer 's case book, and a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the "Negro question," are also included. Photographs of interest include Robert E. Lee with former Confederate generals at White Sulphur Springs, 1869 and Dr. Paul Barringer and Dr. William Mann Randolph in a buggy at "the Corner," 1906. Biographical Note Rufus Barringer of Cabarrus Co., N.C., a Confederate officer. Repository: Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Collection Number: 2588, -a, -b, -c, -d, -e, -g |
| extent | ca. 3000 items |
| formats | Personal Papers Correspondence Legal Papers Financial Records Subject Files |
| access | There are no restrictions. |
| record link | http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu00575.document |
| record source | http://search.lib.virginia.edu |
| finding aid | http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu00575.document |
| acquisition information | The Barringer Family Papers were given to the Library by various members of the Barringer family between 1937 and 1981. Accession #2588-b, 2588-c, 2588-d |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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| title | Papers of William Alexander Lambeth, 1915, 1923-1928, Accession #3380-f | repository | University of Virginia Library |
| description | Armistead Churchill Gordon, 1855-1931, sends an introduction to Lambeth for Bobby Mainfort, Bessie Green Hearn Alderman, 1881-1959, requests information on President Alderman's faculty friends, William Andrews Clark, 1839-1925, invites the Lambeth's to New York, and William A. Clark, 1877-1934, mentions a trip to New York. Lambeth writes to Frederick W. Scott about his book. Location Special Collections SC-STKS Call #: MSS 3380-f |
| extent | 6 items |
| formats | Typescript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://search.lib.virginia.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:13 |
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| title | Exhibition of paintings from the collection of Honorable William A. Clark [electronic resource] : comprising some of the best examples of the four great masters, Rousseau, Corot, Cazin, Monticelli. | repository | Frick Art Reference Library and Brooklyn Museum |
| description | Digitized catalog of a 1920 exhibition of paintings from the collection of Honorable William A. Clark: comprising some of the best examples of the four great masters, Rousseau, Corot, Cazin, Monticelli (Lotos Club, New York, NY). |
| extent | 1 online resource ([8] p.) |
| formats | Electronic Resource Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | No restrictions on access copy. Unrestricted online access |
| record link | http://nyarc.org/digital_projects/gilded_age/31072002255059.pdf#view=Fit |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991002070059707141 |
| acquisition information | Documenting the Gilded Age exhibition checklists and pamphlets digital project at Frick Art Reference Library and Brooklyn Museum |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Paintings from the collection of Senator W.A. Clark [electronic resource]. | repository | Frick Art Reference Library and Brooklyn Museum |
| description | Digitized catalog of an exhibition held Jan. 10-12, 1907 (Union League Club, New York, NY). |
| extent | 1 online resource ([7] p.) |
| formats | Electronic Resource Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | No restrictions on access copy. Unrestricted online access |
| record link | http://nyarc.org/digital_projects/gilded_age/31072002256453.pdf#view=Fit |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991002075149707141 |
| acquisition information | Documenting the Gilded Age exhibition checklists and pamphlets digital project at Frick Art Reference Library and Brooklyn Museum |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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