Brown Bag Lunch Richard Gibson
October 29, 2015
Richard Gibson discusses Butte’s first Union–the Workingmens’ Union, which was established in 1878 and evolved into the Butte Miners’ Union.
Month: October 2015
Time Capsules
October 23, 2015
Time capsules. That is what our collections are. They show how Butte has changed, and they show how the Archives has changed. Over time, as we try to make our collections more available and useful, we change the way we arrange and catalog them and the way we store them. In 2007, we decided that … More Time Capsules
Perdita Duncan
October 16, 2015
“I learned at a very young age that I was a colored girl growing up in a white community and that my name was Perdita Duncan. After that nobody could crush me.” –Perdita Duncan, 1980 While cataloging the oral history of Perdita Duncan I fell in love with her family’s story. Perdita was born May … More Perdita Duncan
Brown Bag Lunch with Mike Stickney
October 14, 2015
Mike Stickney, Director of the Earthquake Studies Office at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, discusses Montana’s history of destructive earthquakes. Learn what past major earthquakes and small recent earthquakes can tell us about future threats and our current understanding of seismic hazards in Montana.
Welcome!
October 2, 2015
We were inspired to start a blog because during the course of any given day the Archives’ staff stumbles upon some truly amazing things that are too good not to share! We all have a different perspective and touch various parts of the collections and we hope this can be a fun learning experience for … More Welcome!
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