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

This record series consists primarily of general correspondence of the various clerks of the Board of Examiners, reflecting the day-to-day activities of the staff in administering the Board's many responsibilities. The general correspondence (1897-1983) is arranged alphabetically by subject or Board function. Also included in this record series are financial records (1889-1920), consisting of account ledgers and journals (both arranged by agency account) recording the claims presented and audited by the Board, arranged by agency account showing the agency's appropriation, including claim number, dated filed, name of claimant, nature of claim, amount disallowed or allowed, date allowed, and amount expended; legal documents (1890); minutes (1897-1975), including a subject card index (1930-1975); reports (1898-1977, undated); and subject files (1927, 1962-1969) documenting the Board's review of claims against the state. This record series also includes miscellany, including lists of all Korean conflict honorarium claims, arranged by claim number. Artifacts, maps, photographs, and printed material have been transferred to the Museum, Library Map Collection, the Photograph Archives, and the Library respectively. In addition there is a Vietnam Veterans Bonus Division Subgroup which consists of general correspondence (1974-1976), reflecting the Division's legal and administrative activities; news releases (1974, undated); reports (1978); and miscellany, including lists of Montana Vietnam veterans (arranged by claim number), receiving the honorarium as well as information concerning the World War I Honorarium Adjusted Compensation Division payments.