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Museum and Library & Archives reference room are closed for renovations. For more info, call (406) 444-2694.

Donor Giving from July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025

For more than 150 years, the Montana Historical Society has pursued our mission to preserve Montana’s past, share our stories, and inspire exploration, to provide meaning for today and vision for tomorrow. 

The donors listed below provided essential funding for MTHS programs so we can continue to meet our mission.

With our deepest gratitude, thank you.

Program and Mission Donors

Allied Steel
Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation
Linder-Gallogly Revocable Trust

A&E Design
Alive at Five
Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
Janice Hand and Rick Sanders
Kate Hansen
History Museum, Cascade County Historical Society
Humanities Montana
Drew Livesay
Montana Contractors Association
Mary Murphy
Louise Pfister and Barr Edward
Redd Center for Western Studies
Mike Shields and Opal Winebrenner
Mrs. Shirley Steele
Town Pump Charitable Foundation
Valley Bank of Helena
Nelson "Jerry" Weller
Wendy Beals Willson
Laurel and Howard Wilson
Arthur J. Wollam
Jackie Yamanaka and Patrick Williams

Donald Archibald
Vincent Bakke
Steven and Cynthia Baril
Bill Beecher
Robert K. Bergman
Thomas and Kathy Budewitz
Matthew Burbank
Richard A. Clary
Margaret Corcoran and James Madden
Arnold and Terri Dood
Darren Holzapfel
Don Johnson
Mark Johnson
Pamela and Donald Johnson
Connie Lord
Colleen Macdonald-Mason
Betty McCreary
Montana Capitol Restoration Foundation Endowment
Marilyn Olson
Katherine E. Pedersen
Patricia A. Polansky
Bob Rowe and Melanie Reynolds
Elizabeth Scanlin and Jeffery B. Anderson
Dan Scholes
Kate Spencer
Samuel Stone
Al and Shel Stoner
Jeanne W. Tweeten
Joseph Vavrovsky
Cory Vellinga
Jim and Stephanie Wallace
Bill and Kristy Whitsitt
Michael Wickes
Heidi and Clif Youmans

Steve Aaberg
Gail Abercrombie
Crystal Alegria
Michael D. Archdale
Donald M. and Elizabeth A. Arendt
Kurt Armbruster
Norma Ashby Smith and Dwight Smith
Michael and Melissa P. Atkinson
Rocky Bailey
Larry Bair
James W. Baker
Curtis Ballew
Robert and Coleen Banderob
Dana A. Barbeau
Richard and Marilyn Barney
Evan Barrett
Beth Barry
Debby Beals Beartusk
Karyl Beattie
Al and Win Beaver
Barb S. Beck
Paul Bedell
Duane Behm
Raymond L. Bell
Bradley and Jennifer Bennett
Chuck Bentz
Daniel T. Berube
Roger L. Bidwell
Kenneth M. Bodner
Deen E. Boe
Genevieve E. Boguslawski
Sarah A. Bond
Barbara Boorman
Robert B. Borberg
Mark A. Born
Boy Scouts of America Troop 23
Margaret Bradley
Glenda and Stan Bradshaw
Thomas and Terry Bray
Mark Brennan
Patrick Brennan
Kim Briggeman
Bill and Carol Bronson
Peggy Brooks
Barbara R. Brown
G.R. Brown
Jan Brown
Robert M. and Claudia Brown
Anna Brumley
Wayne and Rena Bucher
Builders Exchange
Ronald H. Burch
Mike Burke
Roger R. Campbell
Gene S. Carlson
P. Carlson and R. Fitzgerald
Scott Carpenter
Jodi Carr
Paul Carroll
Judy M. Carter
Roberta Carter
John and Patricia Case
Janene Caywood and C. Milo McLeod
Roger and Judy Chadwick
Gary Chamberlain
Bert Chapman
Wendell and Debra M. Chibroski
Curt and Sue Chisholm
Betty M. Christensen
Michael R. Clark
Rodger E. Clingman
Milo Coladonato
Tom and Margaret L. Colvin
Gary J. Conner
Faye Creed
L. Dean Culwell
Kurt D. Cunningham
David and Julie Curd
Judith F. and Ronald Curtiss
Carol A. Dagenais
Roberta K. Dahl
Jon M. Dahlberg
Richard Dahlen
Bill and Sarah Dakin
Chris J. Dalton
Ed Darfler and Arynn Kain
Grace DeBoer
Thomas Delsman
Rick Devore
Roger Diesen
Dr. John Dimar
Marc Dingfelder
Ron Dinwiddie
Jeff Dong
William Dornbos
Kathy Douglas and Bill Staack
Karen Driessen
Martin R. Drivdahl
Al Dubbe
Della and Erik Dubbe
Lorri C. Dudley
Pamela and Stanley Duensing
Dale D. and Diane H. Duff
Stan and Becky Duffner
Janice R. Dunbar
Forest Dunning
Ken and Terry Egan
Christine D. Ellin
Janet Ellis and Jim Hansen
Judy and Jerry W. Elwood
Robert Engle
Connie Erickson
John L. Esp
Douglas Ezell
Karen Fairbrother
Scott Falkowski
Craig W. and Sarah Fanning
Esther and Paul Fantry
Maxine B. Ferguson
Ron and Valerie Fick
Paul N. Filicetti
Ray Flaherty and Lisa Larsen
Brian Frank
Mr. Jack Frantal
Rita Frasure
Michael Freenor
Wendy Frink
Ben Fulton
Kathy and Jesse Galland
Julie Gandulla
David Gans
Jess and Nicole Garfield
Marguerite Gasper
George Gaudet
Don Gemberling
Michael J. Gentry
Stephen and Linda Gerdes
Mr. Ronald M. Gerdrum
Julie Gibbs
Gary Giem
Pam Gill
Chris Gillette
Ann Gilmore
Lesley M. Gilmore and Robert Franzen
Beverly Gingg
A. Russell and Betty Ann Gjerde
Janet Going
Mark A. Good
William Goodwin
Weber Greiser and Mary Langenderfer
Scott Grieve
Elizabeth Grose
Barr and Colleen Gustafson
James and Patricia Habeck
Leilani Hadd
Peg Hagan
Barbara A. Haines
William Hale
Nancy E. Hall, Ph.D.
Larry W. Halverson
Jim Hamilton
Sharon and Ivan Hamilton
Ronald V. Hampa
Patricia E. Hanlan
Dayle Hardy-Short and Brant Short
Brian and Molly Harrington
Liz Harter
Todd Harwell
Shawn Hatton
Bob and Jane Hawks
Rick and Jane Hays
Sharon Hazen
Tasha Cedars Heatherton and Tony Heatherton
Patty Hebner
William F. Heinecke
Jon Heller
John H. and Kathryn Heminway
Don C. and Karen Henrikson
Mark Hensley
Donald Herzog
Debra D. and Michael T. Hiel
Ellen Hilde
Don Hinman
James H. Hodous
Michael V. Hoines
Joanne U. Holcomb
Dave Holestine
Mary Tyler and Patrick Holmes
Ruth Anne Holtz
Roger Hopkins
Jane Howard
Gene and Julie Huntington
John L. Hunziker
Sue Jackson
Patricia Jacobs
John Jacobsen
Donald P. and Kaye Jacobson
Janice A. Jamruszka-Wilson
Kyle Jansson
Gerald and Diane Jasmer
Nicci Jasmin and Rhett Oligmiller
Lewis Jenkins
Craig Jenneskens
Bob and Nell Johnson
Connie M. Johnson
Patrick Johnson
Pete and Mechille Johnson
Robert H. Johnson
Bill and Debbie Jones
Meghan and Lucas Jones
Tom Jones
A.W. Judson
Monica Jungster and Charles Brasen
Gary L. Kaiser
Sue Kancir
Bernice Karnop
Stephen and Cindy Keaster
Brian and Verlinda Keith
Deloris L. Kelly
Janet R. Kelly
Charles Kennedy
Bill Kenworthy
Connie Keogh
Patricia L. Kidder
Carrie Kiely
William R. Kirchhoff
Ernest Kleineick
Charlie and Marcia Knell
Matthew and Pat Knierim
Bruce Knudsen
Kent Koolen
Tom and Priscilla Korb
Maurine E. Kornfeld
Tom and Kate Kotynski
Ed Kraszewski
Steve and Sandy Kratville
Peter Kuhr
Gregory and Laureen Lackman
Dianne LaFever
Larry Lahren
Kirby Lambert and Becca Kohl
John Lambing
Arville Lammers
Mark and Sandra Larson
David W. Laughlin
Melinda and Edward Leas
Susan Leferink
Dee Lehfeldt
Robin LeNeve
Andrew Lennox
Mike Lepore
Stuart Lewin
Terry Lewis
William Lewis
Jamie Light
Timothy Light
B John and Barbara Losensky
John M. Love
Lorretta Lynde and Bob Fusie
Patrice and Michael MacDonald
David MacMullan
Steve and Sunny Ray Mandeville
Betty Lou Mandler
Dennis A. Mangold
Lyle Manley and Anna Miller
Ms. Bette A. March
James L. Marchwick
MC Marden
Gerald W. Marks
George Maruska
Larry Massa
Joe May
Donald K. McBride
Larry and Barbara McBride
Connie McCabe
Kevin McCarthy
Patrick T. McConville
Daniel McCourt
Marcia McCrum
Verlaine McDonald
Wyman J. McDonald
Sharon McGowan
Bruce E. McKee
Stephen and Shimi McKenzie
Ray F. McLaughlin
Sherry and David Meador
Judy Meadows
Mary Meissner
Alice Meister and George Baskin
Paige Merriam
Tara Meunier
Kirk Michels
Dallas and Janet Miller
Douglas Miller
Richard H. Miller
Clara Mitchell
Jodi Mitchell
Duane Moe
Lt. Col. Robert R. Moline
Catie Monks
John Mott and Elaine Spino
Fletcher and Karen Mulvaney
John Munsell
Harold Nelson
Ron and Roberta Nelson
Tylyn Newcomb
Robert and Ali Newkirk
Nestor and Lorraine Newman
Warren Neyenhuis and Peggy Tonon
Rita Raye Ng
James Nicholson, Jr.
Robert Nordquist
Rosa C. Nygaard
Randl and Catherine Ockey
Ken L. and Julie M. O'Dell
Gerald and Diana Ogren
George Oliveira
Billie Oliver
Lois Olsen
Charlotte Orr
Diane Osborne
Karen Oset
Marylane Pannell
Mary Pickett Parker
Tom and Connie Parker
Rodney Parr
Don Patterson
Lezlie Pearce-Hopper
Tom and Marilyn Pearson
John Pemberton, M.D.
Peter Petek, III
Fr. Dale Peterka
Susan and Randy Peterson
Terry J. Peterson
Gary Petrini
John S. Phillips
William Phillips
Denis and Barbara Pistoresi
Clifford A. Poindexter and Rebecca Poindexter Smith
Dianna M. Porter
Mary K. Porter
Becky and David Powell
Power Townsend Co.
Dan Powers
Bill Pratt
Dan and Pam Prebil
Gene and Kathy Prendergast
Michael and Jael Prezeau
Larry and Mary Putnam
Denise and Thomas Quinlan
Robert Quinton
Robert Raffety
Bev Ralls
Laird Reed
Allen Reel
Brent K. Rehm
Leon and Vera Remeniuk
Mr. Joe Ricketts
Julie Robbins
Bill Roberts
Catherine and Craig Roberts
Ken and Michele Robison
Tom and Judy Rolfe
R James Rollins
James Root
R. Heather Ropes
Shirley Rorvik
Kathy and Wylie Rucker
Robert J. Rummel
Sandy Runkel
Carolyn J. Ryffel
Thomas Salvagni
Deanne L. and Gayle L. Sandholm
Emelia Satre
Roshelle Satterthwait
Sue Sayer
Carolyn and Barry Scalise
Sally J. Schaeffer
Don and Irene Scheidecker
Frances Schisler
Mary E. Schlosser and Stewart Hazel
Joseph Schmoker
Richard F. Schroeckenstein
Larry G. and Debra Searight
Jerry R. Shanahan
David and Shirley Shane
Barbara Shea
Nick K. Shrauger and Elizabeth McCoy
William and Harlan Shropshire
John and Holly Silkman
Jay Simons and Shari Lorand
Tedra Skaar
W.L. Jack Slade
Thomas J. Slovarp
C. Spencer Smith
Douglas and Dawne Smith
Roger and Jeannette Smith
Kathleen Snodgrass
Nancy Sorensen
Robert Spady and Lorna Messerly
Terry Spear and Ann Dooling
David P. Spencer and Ellen Zazzarino
Wayne and Karin Stanford
Tyanna Starkel
Carol M. Stebbins
Harvey and Ila Steen
Ms. Laura Feyhl Steinmetz
Patty and Bob Stemsrud
Marjorie E. Stewart
Glen M. Stocking
Virginia Stocks
Gilles Stockton
Michelle A. Stosich
Robert A. and Patricia Strand
Samuel B. Sullivan
Vona Sundberg
Kate Supplee
Scott and Kathy Svee
John A. Sveen
Joseph T. Swindlehurst
John and Sue Talbot
Dennis Talkington
Betsy Tarrant
Annette Terry
Geraldine G. Tesarek
Charles Thomas
Jim W. Thompson and Margaret A. Dowling
Robert R. Throssell and Carolyn A. Clemens
Georgianna Thurber
Dick and Suzanne Thweatt
Linda Tippetts
James R. Tom Sr.
Treasure County Centennial-89ERS
Bruce Turner
Cindy and Jim Utterback
Sharon and Darrell Vallance
John Vanderhoof
Robert Van Iten
Sandra and Charles Van Riper
Carroll Van West and Mary Hoffschwelle
Terry Jo Vietor
John Vollertsen
Kathryn Walker
Stephen Wallace
Shawn and Linda Ward
Valarie Warehime
Carl Warren
Michael K. and Susan Webb
Gene Wegner
Rachel Weiss
Daniel B. Wells
Bruce Wendt and Claire Oakley
Dennis Wentz, M.D.
Cliff Wenzek
Chris Westergard
Ted and Sandra White
William White, III
Mardella Whitmore
Bette J. Wilkinson
James D. and Marilyn Williams
Mary H. Williams
Jeannine Willison
Harry I. Willmore
George R. Wilson
Sheena Wilson and John Ilgenfritz
Susan J. Wolff
Peggy Wood
Robert C. Wood, M.D.
Theo Yanzick
Joyce Young
Rocky and Mary Yuricic
Janelle Zauha
Rosemary Zettler
D.B. Zimmer
Bruce R. Zwang, C.P.A.

If you made a gift to one of the MTHS programs during this timeframe and do not see your name on this list, or you would prefer to remain anonymous, this oversight was completely unintentional.  Please contact us at 406-444-4713 immediately so we can get your name added, removed, or corrected. Thank you. 

To see a list of donors to the Montana Heritage Center, please visit the project webiste: MontanaMuseum.org

You can support our mission to preserve and share Montana's history by visiting our donation page.