Records include interoffice correspondence (1958-1980) among the officers and board members of the Conference; correspondence with the local unions (1953-1984), correspondence with the international union (1959-1984), and general correspondence (1955-1984) with the Montana State AFL-CIO and others. Among the major correspondents are Stanley E. Thurston, Breen J. Hamry, Konrad E. Braaten, Fred W. Richards, Ben T. Melugin, Harry L. Billings, Sam Butler, Edwin R. Wakefield, Bernard Kempa, Frank E. Winkler, and Donald R. Schmit. In addition, there are financial records, consisting of financial reports (1956-1984) of the secretary-treasurer, local union dues payments (1960-1977), and other items. There are scattered contracts of local unions including Billings, Great Falls, Bozeman, and Miles City. There are convention minutes (1953-1984), including resolutions passed and convention programs. Organizational records include constitutions and bylaws for the conference and for the Billings and Butte local unions; delegate reports, and lists of local unions. There are annual reports (1952-1956), reports of the secretary-treasurer (1966-1968), a report of the president (1973?), and reports from local unions. Subject files include legislation, the Montana Farmer-Labor Institute, the Montana Mechanical Clinic, the Montana United Labor Council, and the Rocky Mountain Labor School. In addition there are miscellaneous other materials including a history of the Montana Typographical Conference by Harry L. Billings, writing contest entries, and brochures from a variety of organizations on a variety of issues. There is a small subgroup of records of the International Typographical Union. Included are convention proceedings (1956, 1961); printed material; and a subject file on a proposed merger of ITU with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1984-1985.