MONTANA: A Paper Trail

dec 16, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Collector and historian Thomas Minckler spent a half century gathering 19th and early 20th century letters and documents, vintage photographs, rare books, and paintings. He is sharing those collections in his new book Montana: A Paper Trail.

Western Americana specialist Nathaniel Des Marais, wrote of the 10,000-plus items: “Make no mistake, this is the finest gathering of Montana source material ever brought together.”

Minckler’s decades of researching and contextualizing items in his collection uncovered innumerable valuable insights on Montana and the history of the northern plains. Each artifact’s unique paper trail reveals a journey that contributes to the fascinating story of Montana

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