Legislative Committee: includes reports, legislative bills, clippings, and correspondence from black residents of the state re a wide variety of issues of concern including civil rights bill of 1938; also includes report of Community Council Inter-Racial Committee), 1938-1968
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence (1924-1971); minutes (1951-1972); convention reports (1922-1972); Claudia Bivens Scholarship records (1951-1972) including reports, correspondence, and clippings regarding scholarship recipients; legislative committee records (1938-1968) including reports, legislative bills, correspondence regarding state civil rights legislation. In addition to state federation records, the collection contains National Association of Colored Women's Clubs; Northwest Region Colored Women's Clubs material (1923-1970) including clippings, minutes, correspondence, and convention programs and reports; and records of the Phyllis Wheatley club of Billings, the Pearl Club of Butte, the Dunbar Art and Study Club of Great Falls and the Pleasant Hour Club of Helena.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1968
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.5 linear feet
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
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