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Collection consists of correspondence and other items of Sidney Edgerton and members of his family. Collection contains letters (1863-1887) written by Sidney Edgerton, Montana's territorial governor, his wife, and other family members concerning their wagon trip across the plains in 1863; frontier life in Bannack, Mont., including the vigilante movement; and early political developments. There is also a scrapbook of biographical clippings. Family members represented include Mary Wright Edgerton, Martha Edgerton Plassmann, and Wilbur Fisk Sanders.

Emily Meredith was a pioneer resident of Bannack, Montana Territory. Her papers consist of a reminiscence entitled "By wagon from Bannack City to the Bitter Root Valley [1862-1863]"; a letter (April 30, 1863) to her father describing living conditions in Bannack; miscelleous writings; and biographical materials from her college alma mater, Hamline University of Michigan., This collection consists of a handwritten volume of reminiscences by Emily Meredith, including a recollection of a wagon trip from Bannack City to the Bitterroot Valley in 1862 (undated), and two stories entitled "The Miners Meeting" (undated), dealing with the same period; a typescript copy of a reminiscence by Emilv Meredith (undated), "The Annual Buffalo Hunt of the Nez Perces"; "Reminiscences of Frederick A. Meredith and Emily R. Meredith by their daughter, Ellis Meredith" (undated); a letter from Emily Meredith to her father (April 30, 1863) re her experiences in Montana; an unaddressed and unsigned letter (September 6, 1863) describing the Merediths' trip from Bannack to the Bitterroot Valley; and a certificate of appointment (1867) as notary public for Frederick A. Meredith. (Small Collection 288)