Projects: #150 Square Dance Festival (Kalispell Square Dance Club) #151 History of the Fairfield Bench (Fairfield Library) #152 Rodeo championship (Butte Vigilante Saddle Club) #153 State Women's Golf Tourney (Butte Country Club) #154 Photographic history (Blaine County Bicentennial Comm.) #155 Indexing and editing Montana Constitutional Convention proceedings (Montana Con-Con Society) #156 Bicentennial Town Meetings (Institute of Cultural Affairs) #157 Restoration of Old Chamber Building (Billings) #158 Continuity and Change (Montana Tech Foundation) #159 Bicentennial bench project (Kalispell RSVP) #160 Bicentennial collection (Flathead County Library) #161 Move and preserve school house (Town of Plains) #162 History of Carter County (Carter County Genealogical Society) #163 Sale of American Flag (Scobey American Legion Auxiliary) #164 History of Daniels County (Daniels County Book Committee) #165 Starr School Indian Days Celebration #166 Preservation of Two Medicine Fight site (Cut Bank Boy Scouts), 1973-1976
Scope and Contents
This collection contains general correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent as well as by subject; financial records; legal documents; news releases; printed material; reports; subject files; and miscellaneous material of the Montana Bicentennial Administration. Included in the subject files is information on the county bicentennial committees, appointed by the county commissioners in each county to aid counties in their preparation for the bicentennial, and their activities. These files are arranged alphabetically by county. Also included is material on state bicentennial projects proposed and funded; Montana cities and towns qualifying as bicentennial communities because of their number of projects and activities; Montana projects of national significance (e.g. Lewis and Clark Memorial, Yellowstone Journey, Bikecentennial); commemorative items; as well as administrative, operational, and promotional files. Some correspondence is included in the subject files. Selected printed material, maps, photographs, sound recordings, and artifacts were transferred to the Library, Library Map Collection, Photo Archives, Archives Sound Recording Collection, and Museum respectively.
Dates
- Creation: 1973-1976
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 8 linear feet
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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PO Box 201201
Helena MT 59620-1201 United States
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