Arthur Rothstein. The Original Mine operates in the heart of a Butte neighborhood, June 1939. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection (LC-USF33-003115-M3).
The Washoe Stack, Anaconda, Montana, 1942. Photograph by R. I. Nesmith. Courtesy Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives, Helena (Lot 19 A1a).
Arsenic worker, Washoe Smelter, Anaconda, ca. 1942. Photograph by R. I. Nesmith. Courtesy Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives, Helena (Lot 19 A34).
While the Giant Sleeps, 1985, etching collage, 12 x 18". From Anaconda Reclaimed. © 1985 Joeann Daley.
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The
Honorable Pat Williams, Foreword
Patty
Dean, “Coming
Home to Butte and Anaconda: An Introduction”
Carroll
Van West, “The
Pit and the Stack: Decoding the Southwestern Montana Landscape”
Fredric
L. Quivik, “The
Industrial Undergirding to the Vernacular Architecture of Butte and Anaconda”
John
Mihelich, “What’s
Your Heritage Worth? Gallus Frames, Community, and Experience in Butte,
Montana”
Dale
Martin, “Maintenance
Base for the Copper Conveyor: The Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway and
Its Roundhouse and Repair Shops, 1914”
Photographs from “Report of Investigation of Sanitary Conditions in Mines, and of the Conditions Under Which the Miners Live in Silver Bow County,” 1908-1912, Patty Dean, introduction
Edward
B. Reynolds, “Anaconda: A Short Story,” edited and with an afterword,
“Context, Subjectivity, and the Built Environment at the Anaconda
Reduction Works,” by Matthew Basso
Brian Shovers, “Housing on the Urban Frontier: Multi-Family Building Forms in Butte, Montana, 1890-1916”
Patty
Dean, “Home
Furnishings in the Mining City of Butte”
Helen
Fitzgerald Sanders, “Redeeming the Ugliest Town on Earth” (from
The Craftsman, June 1907), Mary S. Hoffschwelle, introduction
Chere Jiusto, “Montana’s Smallest National Historic Landmark: The Burton K. Wheeler House”
Images
& Tales: A Portfolio of Butte & Anaconda Arts
A. Roger Whitacre, “Butte
& Anaconda Cemeteries: A Photo Essay”
B. Joeann Daley, “A
Tribute to Anaconda: Etchings & Collages”
C. Lisa Wareham, “Visionary
Butte: Photographs”
D. Edwin Dobb, “Dirty
Old Town: Addiction and Betrayal in the Mining City”
E. Dennice Scanlon, “The
Short Way Home”: Six Poems
F. Ron Fischer, “Manus
Dugan” & “The Tuna Fish Sandwich”: Two Stories
Ellen
Baumler, “The
End of the Line: Red-Light Architecture and Culture in Butte & Anaconda”
Patty
Dean, “The
Silver Bow Club of Butte: Architectural Gem in the Mining Metropolis”
Mary
Murphy, introduction, “Men
in Hats,” a photo essay
Kate
Hampton, “Equestrian
Oasis: The Anaconda Saddle Club”
Patty
Dean, introduction, “Queer
Spots In & Around Butte,” from the Anaconda Standard
A. “The
Assyrian Colony,” with contextual essay, “Assyrian Colony of
Butte,” by Benjamin Trigona-Harany
B. “Chinatown”
and “The Chinese Gardens,” with contextual essay, “The
Chinese in Montana,” by Christopher W. Merritt
C. “The
Cree Village,” with contextual essay, “Sundance in Silver Bow:
Urban Indian Poverty in the Shadow of the Richest Hill on Earth,”
by Nicholas Peterson Vrooman
Jon Axline, “Extra Tasty and Fried the Way You Like It!: Butte’s Historic Drive-in Restaurants”
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Vol. 3, No. 1,Spring 2009
Coming
Home: A Special Issue Devoted to the Historic Built Environment
& Landscapes of Butte and Anaconda, Montana
A Joint Publication of the Montana Preservation Alliance & Drumlummon Institute
This project was made possible through generous support
from the National Park Service Challenge Cost Share Program;
Humanities Montana, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities;
and
a National Park Service Preserve America Grant administered through the
State Historic Preservation Office, Montana Historical Society.