Scandinavian immigration to Montana spiked in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This document from 1894 establishes Christ's Independent Church of Scandinavians in Missoula, Montana. The church was located on Spruce Street, west of McCormick Street…
This article recounts a visit by two doctors to a "poor devil" known to Missoulians as "Chinaman Jim" and "Lee Kim." While the account is sympathetic to the man stricken with leprosy, the depiction of Chinese neighborhood in Missoula is less than…
Anthropologist Aaron Brien, the great-great-grandson of Shitchísh and Basáakoosh, holding up Shitchísh’s father’s war shield, which is held by the Chicago Field Museum.
Allen Company Store, French Gulch, Montana. Image shows the rear of the store and two loaded wagons. One wagon is pulled by a four-horse team, the other is pulled by four mules.
In 1923, the Montana State Legislature passed an Alien Land Law, one of many passed in the early 1900s. These laws were intended to prevent the ownership of land by immigrants, particularly Chinese and other non-white immigrant groups. California's…
Alaxchíiahush's thumbprint in "American: The Life Story of a Great Indian: Plenty-coups, Chief of the Crows," which signified that he approved the book.
Two children, Agnes and Theo, sit on a heifer in front of the door to what is probably a barn. A man stands in front of the cow. Glacier National Park, Montana.
Adams Store in Garnet, Montana. (Note from 1977: this building stood near to where the house occupied by the guard now stands). Six men seated in front of store.
Exterior of A. P. Johnston's second store in Superior, Montana. A group of people, including women and children, poses in the street in front of the store.
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we…