The Montana Historical Society Research Center has two reference rooms, one where you access and view materials from the Archives and Library collections and the other where you access and view materials from the Photograph Archives collection. The Library/Archives reference room has over 195 linear feet of vertical files organized under alphabetically arranged categories: Biographical and Topical. The Photograph Archives reference room has Photographer Files that contain information about Montana photographers and photographic studios arranged alphabetically by the name of the photographer or the studio. The vertical and photographer files are used by researchers at every level of interest and academics and have been maintained for decades. They represent a very traditional form of information collection and maintenance, but also offer an invaluable and irreplaceable source of Montana History for researchers.
Biographical Files, listed under surnames, contain data pertaining to personalities. While the files begin with the contemporary personality Phillip Aaberg, they include historical personages and family names from Cromwell Dixon and Robert Yellowtail to Peter Zortman.
Topical Files address thousands of subjects, beginning with Abortion in Montana and concluding with information on the town of Zurich, MT. The files contain pamphlets, newspaper clippings, correspondence with staff, articles, historical sketches, and countless other informational materials.
Photographers Files are listed alphabetically under the surnames of the photographers or the names of the photographic studios. They contain information about Montana photographers and photographic studios, including the dates and towns in which they operated. The files begin with information on the photographer A.S. Addis and end with information about the Yaw Photo Shop in Great Falls.
Biographical Files
Biographical A-B - Biographical C-D - Biographical E-F -Biographical G-H - Biographical I-J -Biographical K-L
Biographical M-N -Biographical O-P - Biographical Q-R - Biographical S-T - Biographical U-Z
Topical Files
A-B - C-D - E-F - G-H - I-J - K-L - M-N - O-P - Q-R
S-T - U-Z
Photographer Files
Photographers A-L - Photographers M-Z
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