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Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918

 Person

Biography

Granville Stuart (1834-1918) was a prominent rancher and historian in Montana.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Granville Stuart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1534
Scope and Contents

Collection includes information on the life of Granville Stuart, including diaries, correspondence, personal writings, sketches, photographs, and other materials. These items document his life from the 1860s to the 1910s. Also included in the collection are the papers of some of Stuart's relatives, including his brothers, James and Thomas, and his second wife, Allis Isabella Brown Stuart.

Dates: 1851-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Granville Stuart papers

Thomas Stuart correspondence, 1865

 Series — Box 14: Series 8; Series 9; Series 10; Series 12 [Barcode: 31197225554663], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 1534 Series 9
Scope and Contents

This series contains one letter from Sam Stuart to Thomas Stuart, who are both brothers of Granville Stuart. Sam wrote this letter in 1865, and described his military situation in Indiana, along with his future plans.

Dates: 1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1534, Granville Stuart papers

Joseph C. Walker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1461
Scope and Contents Collection includes histories, travelogues, correspondence, accounts of early settlers, a genealogical review and other genealogical information, and a chapter from Walker's memoirs. Tells of his travels, 1863-1865, family history and genealogy, Mountain Meadows Massacre, anti-Mormon sentiment in various localities, conditions in Iowa and Montana, an encounter with Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church members, origin of Montana place names, story of T.C. Everts' rescue during the...
Dates: 1864-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph C. Walker papers

Writings about Granville Stuart, 1901-1957

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1534 Series 12
Scope and Contents

This series is comprised of Granville Stuart's biography (1921) and his journals and reminiscences from his life in Montana, entitled Forty Years on the Frontier as seen in the Journals and Reminiscences of Granville Stuart: Gold-Miner, Trader, Merchant, Rancher, and Politician, published in 1925. Also included is one publication owned by Stuart, The Overland Stage to California, published in 1901.

Dates: 1901-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1534, Granville Stuart papers

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 12
Collection 2
 
Subject
Montana -- History 11
Montana -- Description and travel 8
Agriculture and Natural Resources 7
Ranching 7
Letters 5
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Autobiographies 2
Diaries 2
Helena (Mont.) -- History 2
Personal papers 2
Biographies 1
Certificates 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Expeditions and Adventure 1
Genealogies 1
Helena (Mont.) -- Description and travel 1
Immigration and American Expansion 1
Indians of North America -- Portraits 1
Iowa -- History 1
Montevideo (Uruguay) -- History 1
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 1
Notes 1
Overland journeys to the Pacific 1
Photographs 1
Pioneers -- Montana -- History 1
Scrapbooks 1
Sketches 1
Typescripts 1
Uruguay -- Photographs 1
Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
Wyoming -- History 1
Yellowstone National Park -- Description and travel 1
Yellowstone National Park -- History 1
Yellowstone National Park -- Photographs 1
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