Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Boiler Inspector's Office records
Scope and Contents
This collection is a sub-subgroup (Board) of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry records, RS 498. The Boiler Operator Program (formerly Boiler Inspector's Office) operates within the Professional and Occupational Licensing Bureau, which falls under the Employment Standards Division of DLI. Please see the primary finding aid for more
Montana Department of Labor and Industry records.
Records consist of licensing records for engineers (1891-1921), hoisting engineers (1915-1926), and traction engineers (1905-1928); financial records, including cash books (1893-1932), journals (1893-1897, 1919-1922), a ledger (1893-1896), and receipts (1937-1947); and a register (1891-1893) of licenses issued.
Dates
- Creation: 1891-1947
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 Boiler Inspector's Office was established by the 1889 Legislative Assembly to provide for the inspection of steam boilers and the licensing of steam engineers. In 1913 the Office was placed within the Dept. of Labor and Industry and in 1917 under the Industrial Accident Board's Bureau of Safety.
Extent
6 linear feet
Abstract
This collection is a sub-subgroup (Board) of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry records, RS 498. The Boiler Operator Program (formerly Boiler Inspector's Office) operates within the Professional and Occupational Licensing Bureau, which falls under the Employment Standards Division of DLI. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Labor and Industry records. These Boiler Operator Program's records consist of engineers' license records (including hoisting engineers and traction engineers), a register of licenses issued, and miscellaneous financial volumes.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by series.
Physical Location
119:6-6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information is available upon request.
Processing Information
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 498, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society Library and Archives catalog, and to follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Labor and Industry's various Divisions and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 498. Rather than reprocessing over 20 linear feet of DLI materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids and provide access to them via links in the primary finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.
- Title
- Guide to the Montana Boiler Inspector's Office Records, 1891-1947
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MHS 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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