Archives and Special Collections holds rich published and unpublished materials documenting the history of the Missoula area.
Examples of published materials include city directories, the Missoula Sentinel newspaper (1912-1962), promotional pamphlets created to encourage settlement in Missoula and the Missoula Valley, and a large number of maps and books about the region. All our books and maps, and most of our pamphlets and oral histories, have been cataloged; records are available by via OneSearch.
Unpublished materials include historic records of and . Records of prominent businesses and organizations include the Missoula Mercantile (found in the papers of and and the . The manuscript collections of a number of individuals and families provide extensive information about Missoula through the years, as do a number of oral history collections. Architectural drawings of Missoula residences and business buildings can be found in the records of . Significant collections of Missoula-area photographs can be found in the collections of , and . Additional information about relevant unpublished materials from Archives and Special Collections documenting Missoula and the Missoula area can be found by keyword searching or browsing in the database.