Abstract

George H. Hill (d. 1922) was a Helena, Montana, businessman and executor of the Samuel T. Hauser Estate. Collection (1885-1936) deals mostly with the mining industry, and includes general correspondence, financial records, legal documents, subject files, miscellany. It includes subgroups for George H. Hill (1885-1929), Florence Child Hill (1907-1936), and the Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company (1906-1921).

Abstract The Helena, Montana, district office of the United States War Production Board was established in June 1942 to coordinate production of minerals and other materials for World War II. Records primarily consist of general office correspondence of district manager Oscar A. Baarson; Mining Division correspondence of mining technical advisor William M. Manning and subject files on mine operators in Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, and Wyoming; and general correspondence of salvage coordinator E. J....