Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Thain White Papers
Cage 125
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Thain White Papers
- ID
- Cage 125
- Date [inclusive]
- 1959-1971
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear feet
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- A collection of articles and research notes of Thain White relating to Flathead Lake.
Preferred Citation note
The suggested citation for the collection is: [Item Description] Thain White Papers Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA
Biographical/Historical note
Thain White, proprietor of Flathead Lake Lookout, Lakeside, Montana, ("Population 5 -- 2 peeps, 2 dogs, 1 cat"), turned his tourist museum on the shores of Flathead Lake into a consuming interest in the local history of his area. Since Flathead Lake has been the center of both Indian and white occupation and exploration, he uncovered much information useful to scholars outside the area. Lacking library resources, he spent considerable time in the field going over the ground of the earlier explorers. Backing this up with as much information and research as he was able to procure by mail, he (sometimes in collaboration with others) produced a lengthy series of brief articles on aspects of the history of western Montana. Many remained unpublished, available only in manuscript. A few were produced in mimeograph form in small quantities in order to make them more available to students and scholars.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
https://libraries.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open and available for research use. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Thain White donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries between 1961 and 1973.
Processing Information note
Jan Brzoska processed this collection in August, 1973.
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Indians of North America -- Idaho -- History.
- Kootenai Indians -- History.
- Montana
- Native Americans
- Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877.
Collection Inventory
Box | Folder | |||
Letter from Harry Stanford of Kalispell concerning a few trading posts in Montana. May 9, 1926 4 pp manuscript - (photocopied). |
1 | 1 | ||
Tipi Rings in the Flathead Lake Area, Western Montana October, 1959 8 pp typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations |
1 | 2 | ||
Seven Tipi Rings on the Frenchman River September, 1960 8 pp typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 3 | ||
Steamboat Bill, "Vessels and History of Flathead Lake," Summer, 1970, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 92-101. Typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 4 | ||
Medicine Rock September, 1960 20 p. typescript (carbon) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 5 | ||
A Search for the Site of Sitting Bull; where he spent the First Winter In canada After the Custer Massacre September 29, 1960 13 p. typescript Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 6 | ||
The Clearwater Battlefield - The Nez Perce War, 1877 (a preliminary survey) September 29, 1960 49 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteBy Gordon L. Pouliot & Thain White Illustrations Photographs |
1 | 7 | ||
The Possible Site of the Rains Scouting Party Tragedy - Nez Perce War, 1877 September 29, 1960 59 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteBy Gordon L. Pouliot & Thain White Illustrations Photographs |
1 | 8 | ||
An Artifact From the Location Where J. M. Dunn was Murdered by an Indian in September 1889 1962 9 p. typescript (carbon) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 9 | ||
Relies from the Big Hole Battlefield, August 9-10, 1877 March, 1962 88 p. manuscript (photocopied) & typescript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 10 | ||
Artifacts From the Battle of the Rosebud, June 17, 1876 circa 1962 45 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 11 | ||
Artifacts from the Bear's Paw Battlefield, September 30-October 5, 1877 circa 1962 205 p. manuscript (photocopied) & typescript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
1 | 12 | ||
Some observations at the Site of Fort C. F. Smith, 1866-1868 1962 33 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 13 | ||
Relics From the Bear's Paw Battlefield - Book Two circa 1962 84 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 14 | ||
"Duncan McDonald Letter on Nez Perces War of 1877," The New Northwest, December 27, 1878, No. 26, p. 2, c. 5/6. 4 p. typescript (photocopied) |
2 | 15 | ||
Battle of Wolf Mountains, January 8, 1877 - A Visit to the Site in 1963. 15 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 16 | ||
Biography - Captain William Logan circa 1963 12 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations |
2 | 17 | ||
Relics From Misery Hill - Nez Perce War 1877 circa 1966 14 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 18 | ||
Crow Rock circa 1966 16 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 19 | ||
A Visit to Chimney Coulee 1967 11 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 20 | ||
Two Blackfeet Indian Burials: John Don't Go Out and Four Horns circa 1967 19 p. manuscript (photocopied) & typescript (carbon) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 21 | ||
A Brief History of the Steamboating on Flathead Lake in Western Montana, and Roster of Flathead Lake Steamer etc.., 1883-1951 1967 19 p. typescript |
2 | 22 | ||
Bone Pickers 1968 19 p. manuscript (carbon) Scope and Contents notePhotographs |
2 | 23 | ||
Second Visit to Chimney Coulee 1968 41 p. manuscript Scope and Contents noteIllustrations |
2 | 24 | ||
A Study of the Lithograph "Flathead Lake, Looking Southward" In Pacific Railroad Reports & Surveys, 1853-1854 1968 27 p. manuscript Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 25 | ||
A Study of a Few Indian Burials 1968 33 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 26 | ||
"Buffalo Soldiers" in the Flathead Valley 1890 1969 23 p. typescript Scope and Contents notePhotographs |
2 | 27 | ||
A Few Livestock Brands Used on the Reservations in Montana by Indian and White Before 1900 1970 55 p. typescript Scope and Contents notePhotographs |
2 | 28 | ||
A Few Photographs on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, 1970. Taken by Ernest White in 1907, compiled by Thain White. 6 p. typescript (carbon) Scope and Contents notePhotographs |
2 | 29 | ||
An Examination of Digging Sticks and Handles Used by Indians 1970 25 p. typescript Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 30 | ||
A Few Relics from the Rifle Pits of the Yellowstone Wagon-Road & Prospecting Expedition 1874. Rosebud Site. circa 1971 12 p. typescript (carbon) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 31 | ||
Fort Conrad undated 27 p. manuscript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 32 | ||
Partial List of Military Posts, Forts, Fur Posts, Trading Posts, Houses & a Few Other Names Such as Towns & Settlements of the Earlier Era of Montana undated 77 p. manuscript (photocopied) |
2 | 33 | ||
Kutenai Message Service, n.d. by Carling I. Malouf and Thain White 1 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteFlathead Lake Lookout Museum #1 |
2 | 34 | ||
The Origin of Archaeological Specimens on the West Shore of Flathead Lake: The Origin of Pictographs 1953 7 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteby Carling I. Malouf and Thain White Edited by Gillett Griswold Flathead Lake Lookout Museum #2 |
2 | 35 | ||
Recollections of Lasso Strasso undated 8 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteby Carling I. Malouf and Thain White Flathead Lake Lookout Museum #3 |
2 | 36 | ||
Firsts Among the Kutenai undated 3 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteBy Babtise Mathias as told to Carling I. Malouf and Thain White. Flathead Lake Lookout Museum #4 |
2 | 37 | ||
The Lakeside Occupation Site (Site 24FH2) and An Archaeological Site at Swan Lake (Site 24LA6) undated 5 p. typescript (mimeo); Scope and Contents noteEdited by Gillett Griswold Flathead Lake Lookout Museum #5 Illustrations |
2 | 38 | ||
Sheep Herders Dictionary of Blackfeet Indian Words undated 8 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteBy Harold Prouty as told to Thain White Flathead Lake Lookout Museum #6 |
2 | 39 | ||
The Battle Pits of the Koyokees undated 20 p typescript (mimeo); Scope and Contents noteFlathead Lake Lookout Museum #7 Illustrations |
2 | 40 | ||
Scarred Trees - Flathead Lake Lookout Museum #8 undated 17 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
2 | 41 | ||
Kutenai Pipes undated 11 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteFlathead Lake Lookout Museum #9 Illustrations; Photographs |
2 | 42 | ||
Early Kutenai History undated 7 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteby Carling I. Malouf and Thain White Flathead Lake Lookout Museum #10 |
2 | 43 | ||
Kutenai Place Names of the Flathead Lake Region in Northwestern Montana undated 6 p. typescript (mimeo) Scope and Contents noteFlathead Lake Lookout Museum #11 |
2 | 44 | ||
Miscellaneous |
2 | 45 | ||
Meuti Site circa 1963 4 p. typescript (photocopied) Scope and Contents noteIllustrations Photographs |
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Photograph of steamboat Ocklahama and a windjammer (1900-1910) December 21, 1965 |
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Postcard from Thain White December 11, 1964 Scope and Contents noteU.S. battleship passing under San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. |
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Notes for corrections and inserts by Thain White. |
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Big Game Perches (stands). Compiled by Thain White. [1974]; 36 p. typescript (carbon) illus. |
3 | 46 | ||
The 1974 Visit to Chimney Coulee. [by Thain White] 1974. pp. 97-124. typescript, illus. |
3 | 47 | ||
An Early Crossing at Dayton Creek: West Shore of Flathead Lake, Montana. 38 p. typescript (carbon), illus. |
3 | 48 | ||
Another Visit to Chimney Coulee (third) 1974 15 p. typescript (carbon) illus., bibliography. |
3 | 49 | ||
Cantonment Jordan, second and third visit, May, 1975. [1975] 25 p. typescript (carbon) illus. Scope and Contents noteAlso: Preliminary excavations to determine the location of Cantonment Jordan, reported by Alex Bourdeau et al., May 17, 1975. pp. 1-10 (lacking pp. 7-9) typescript (photocopy) |
3 | 50 | ||
A Search for Cantonment Jordan Established by Captain John Mullan, 1859. By D. Hampton & T. White. 1974 12 p. typescript (carbon) illus. |
3 | 51 | ||
A Study of an Old Trail that may be a Portion of the Northern Nez Perce Trail that Lewis and Clark used in 1805 and 1806. August, 1975 11 p. typescript plus maps (carbon and photocopy) |
3 | 52 | ||
Some Explorations at Chimney Coulee. June 1975. [35] p. typescript, (carbon) illus. |
3 | 53 | ||
Lewis and Clark's Trail. Exploration of a Segment of the Northern Nez Perce Trail. September 1975. 14 p. typescript illus., facs. (carbon and photocopy) |
3 | 54 | ||
A study of some of Fort Owen window glass. February, 1976 7 p. typescript (carbon) illus. |
3 | 55 | ||
The Billings home-stead window glass comparison to Fort Owen window glass. February, 1976 2 p. typescript (carbon) illus. |
3 | 56 | ||
[Stage lines in Montana: notes] undated 9 l. typescript (carbon) |
3 | 57 | ||
Abstracts of passengers and way bills [from an unidentified station ledger] undated 7 p. typescript (carbon) |
3 | 58 | ||
Thunder Mountain (Copied from Idaho Yesterdays, 8:4 (Winter 1964-1965) 22 and Idaho Historical Society Reference Series No. 20 (January 1966) 3 p. typescript (carbon) |
3 | 59 | ||
Gold, stage stations, robbery and history: a story as told by my parents, by Thain White. 1971 33 p. typescript (carbon) |
3 | 60 | ||
[A stage coach scrapbook: photos, records, maps and other papers] Compiled by Thain White 1976 approximately 100 items |
3 | 61 | ||
A study of a few Indian canoes, by Thain White 1976 approx. 140 p. illus. typescript (carbon) |
3 | 62 | ||
Sixty years later, [by Thain White] 1978. approx. 25 p. illus., typescript (carbon) |
2 | 63 | ||
Howse House: an historic and archaeological study, by A. Barry Braunberger and Thain White 1962 approx. 90 p. illus., maps. typescript (photocopy) |
3 | 64 | ||