This collection is a subgroup (Board) of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation records, RS 496. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation records.

Records include general correspondence (1891-1914) of State Land Agents and State Foresters concerning evaluation of lands, the selection of lieu lands, negotiations with the federal government, sales of land, and management concerns. Financial records include an audit of the Register of State Lands (1909) and receipts for state land selections (1908-1913 arranged by district U.S. Land Office). Legal documents include applications for lieu selections (1910-1911 arranged by county), applications for purchase (1909-1913 arranged by county), leases of agricultural, grazing, oil and gas, and other lands (1892-1922), expirations of leases (1903-1912), and timber permits (1902). There are also minutes (1893-1909); annual reports (1901, 1913-1924) of the Register of State Lands; and subject files on Capital Building bonds, forest fires of 1910, pine bark beetle, and the Red Rock Lake Irrigation Project. A final segment of the records, labelled Miscellany, consists of testimony in a legislative investigation of the Board of Land Commissioners (1909), and land lists, plat books, and tract books (all arranged by location).