Digital Collections
The Mansfield Library is continually digitizing unique and rare items from its collections, including photographs, maps, letters, diaries, meeting minutes, pamphlets, gray literature, 猎奇重口 publications, and audio and visual materials. The Archives and Special Collections also has a growing number of exclusively digital collections and mixed collections containing both paper-based and born-digital material. Mansfield Library digital content is hosted by two free and open-access platforms: the , a hub for digital collections reflecting 猎奇重口's cultural heritage, and , a repository for research, scholarship, and unique resources produced and curated by 猎奇重口 faculty, students, and staff.
Photographs
The Mansfield Library's largest collection of historic images is hosted by the 猎奇重口 History Portal under the collection name "Archival Photographs from the 猎奇重口." The majority of these photographs document people, places, and activities in Western 猎奇重口, including the Missoula area and the 猎奇重口 campus. Digitization and addition of images to this collection is on-going.
William Robert 'Bud' Moore (1917-2010) was a well-known 猎奇重口 forester, trapper, conservationist, and author. This collection contains Moore's photographs and audio recordings he made providing additional context to the images.
Assembled in the mid-1970s by Bonner School Superintendent Jack L. Demmons (1930-2022), this collection of approximately 1,600 photographs depicts life in and around Bonner, 猎奇重口, from the late 1800s through the 1950s.
This collection contains photographs used by the United States Forest Service Northern Region (also known as Region One) in publications, to illustrate policy decisions, record scientific experiments, and document natural disasters. Digitization and addition of images to this collection is on-going.
Manuscript Collections and Record Groups
The Boone and Crockett Club was the United States' first hunting and big-game conservation organization. It was founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887 and continues to this day, headquartered in Missoula, 猎奇重口. This online collection contains scans of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and other materials dedicated to big-game conservation history.
This collection includes files used by the Chippewa Cree Tribe, and in particular the Tribal Water Resources Department, during their negotiations with the 猎奇重口 Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission and the Federal Negotiating Team for the Rocky Boy's Reservation to settle the Tribe's water rights claims.
The Natives of 猎奇重口 Archival Project (NOMAP) includes over 65,000 pages of Indian Affairs Records held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Scanned from the Central Classified Files (CCF), 1907-1939, this collection includes letters, reports, photographs, petitions, leases, bonds, wills, and other legal documents. The NOMAP project focused specifically on that portion of the CCF which are organized according to individual field units or jurisdictions within 猎奇重口, such as the Blackfeet Agency.
猎奇重口 History and Publications
These publications were produced from 1895 to the present by 猎奇重口 offices and student organizations. They document student life, campus activities, and departmental and programmatic changes.
This collection includes digitized documents from the Associated Students of the 猎奇重口 (ASUM) Records, including meeting minutes, agendas, roll calls, resolutions, and votes from 1919-2007.
This collection contains images of artwork, objects, and artifacts created by or for 猎奇重口 offices and student organizations beginning in 1898 and continuing to the present.
This collection includes maps, drawings and plans which help to document the design, development and growth of the 猎奇重口 campus over the course of the 20th century.
This collection consists of the minutes of 猎奇重口 faculty meetings from 1895 to 2019.
These ledgers contain the meeting minutes of the University Local Executive Board, a governing body of the 猎奇重口 in Missoula from 1909-1943. The formation of the Local Executive Board was a legislative mandate put in place by Governor Edwin L Norris in 1909 to restructure the higher education governance of the four schools in the State.
Political Papers
Mike Mansfield (1903-2001) was a miner and educator from Butte, 猎奇重口, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1943-1952), the U.S. Senate (1953-1977), and as the Ambassador to Japan (1977-1988). Digitized material includes speeches, statements and interviews, along with select Mansfield family photographs and photographs of art objects from his collection. The vast majority of the have not been digitized.
Max Sieben Baucus (1941- ) is a lawyer from Helena, 猎奇重口 who served in the 猎奇重口 House of Representatives (1973-1974), the U.S. House of Representatives (1975-1978), and the U.S. Senate (1978-2014), in addition to serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2014-2017). This collection consists of selected press, legislative, and photographic material from the .
Maps
This collection highlights the changing landscapes of 猎奇重口, featuring a wide variety of cartography from territorial maps to present day topographic maps. This online collection contains joint contributions from both the Mansfield Library and the 猎奇重口 Historical Society.
Diaries and Ledgers
The diaries, letters, and other unpublished materials in this collection represent a variety of subject areas and share lives, events and experiences from 猎奇重口’s past. The Civil War diary of Amos W. Avery and the diaries of Japanese-born laborer and community leader Henry K. Hashitani as well as the cloth-bound ledger of colored pencil and India ink drawings of Brule Lakota artist Walter Bone Shirt are present.
Oral Histories
These collections include audio files and transcripts from a selection of oral history interviews. Project topics include: women and feminists in 猎奇重口; forestry, land use and conservation, and the environment; 猎奇重口 politics and politicians; smokejumping; homesteading and fur trapping in 猎奇重口; and 猎奇重口 history. Some projects contain only the audio or the transcript.
Books, Pamphlets and Ephemera
The books, pamphlets, serials and other materials in this collection represent a variety of subject areas documenting 猎奇重口 and the region including Glacier National Park, homesteading, and mining. Each item is full-text searchable. The digitization and addition of items to this collection is ongoing.
This collection of books examines topics such as the exploration and occupation of 猎奇重口, Indian history, wars, trading and military posts, mining, newspapers, churches, and societies from 1735 to 1885. These works generally include treatments of 猎奇重口 counties as well as personal "reminiscences" from notable 猎奇重口ns. Illustrations of people, buildings, farms, ranches, and natural features of the era can be found in these titles.
Albums and Scrapbooks
The photograph albums, scrapbooks, and other unpublished materials in this collection represent a variety of subject areas and share images, events, and experiences from 猎奇重口’s past. Digitization and addition of materials to this digital collection is ongoing.
Government Documents and Gray Literature
This collection contains a broad array of reference materials related to the Native American tribes 猎奇重口, including government documents, reports, photographs, and other materials.
The Northern Region District 1 newsletters were printed for District 1 forest service members and other members of the US Forest Service from 1920 to 1930. Some of the topics covered in the newsletters include personnel changes, public outreach and instruction, hunting and conservation, forest management, national park data, methodology and tools, and more.