Montana Stallion Registration Board Records
Scope and Contents
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.
This collection contains records of the Montana Stallion Registration Board including financial records (1909-1929); minutes (1909-1919) and miscellany including sample licenses, an employee surety bond; and blank stationery.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-1944
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Biographical / Historical
The Montana Stallion Registration Board was created by the state legislature in 1909 to verify and register pedigrees, examine stallions for soundness, pass upon certificates of veterinary examination, issue stallion license certificates, etc. The Board was composed of the president of the Montana Horse Breeders' Association, the state veterinarian, and the professor of animal husbandry at the Montana Experimental Station. The latter served as secretary and executive officer for the Board. The Stallion Registration Board was abolished in 1943, and its duties were transferred to the Montana Livestock Sanitary Board.
Extent
0.5 linear feet
Abstract
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 Stallion Registration Board, created in 1909 to license and regulate horse breeding, was abolished in 1943, and its duties transferred to the Livestock Sanitary Board. Records include minutes, financial journals, and sample license certificates.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by series.
Physical Location
119:5-2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information is available upon request.
- Title
- Guide to the Montana Stallion Registration Board records, 1909-1944
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MTHS Staff
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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