This collection is a subgroup (Board) of the Montana Department of Livestock records, RS 500. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Livestock records.

The Montana Livestock Sanitary Board Records consist of general records from the Board, as well as records specific to two distinct programs overseen by the Board. The collection has been organized into four subgroups; three representing the records of the Board and its programs, and the fourth a listing of any items transferred to another program within the Montana Historical Society.

The Montana Live Stock Sanitary Board subgroup contains interoffice correspondence (1911-1922, 1957-1959) between the state veterinarian and other administrative officials and the field veterinarians around the state; general correspondence (1911-1922, 1956-1959) arranged into Montana correspondence, out-of-state correspondence, and topical correspondence; and outgoing circular letters (1913-1915, 1925-1929, 1957). This subgroup also includes financial records (1917-1968); legal documents (1922-1937); legislative materials (1957-1959); minutes of the Board (1956-1959); press releases (1959); annual reports (1919-1928); weekly field reports (1915-1918) of assistant state veterinarians; speeches and writings (1956-1959) of Dr. J.W. Safford and other Board employees; a subject file (1921-1961) on Bang's Disease, the State Laboratory Building Commission, and other topics; miscellany; and clippings.

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease subgroup contains general correspondence (1914-1915) documenting the successful efforts of the Board to combat the 1914 epidemic of this disease in Montana. The largest number of letters are with ranchers and homesteaders hoping to bring cattle and horses into the state and inquiring about quarantine regulations.

The Tuberculosis subgroup documents the Board's Tuberculosis Control Program during the 193Os. Earlier efforts to control this disease are partially documented in the general correspondence of the Montana Live Stock Sanitary Board subgroup. This subgroup contains general correspondence, legal documents, reports, and miscellany.

The Separations subgroup contains a list of the artifacts, maps, printed material, and photographs which have been transferred to the Museum, Library Map Collection, Library, and Photograph Archives respectively.