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The Montana Commission on Post-Secondary Education was created by the 1973 Legislative Assembly to study the needs and status of post-secondary education in Montana. Records include agendas, correspondence, news releases, reports, a subject file on Montana State University (Bozeman), and public hearings statements.

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This collection is comprised of records of the Montana Council on Vocational Education records and contains correspondence (1986-1996), reports (1970-1996), minutes (1969-1996), council members (1981-1997), and subject files (1969-1997).

Abstract These records (1893-1971) of the Montana State Board of Education, the policy making body of the state's school system and ex-officio Board of Regents for the University System, consist of minutes (1893-1971), including resolutions, financial reports of the Board, the school for the deaf and blind, and vocational schools, graduation lists, proposed legislation, and correspondence; reports (1895, 1951-1961); and miscellany, including a register of certified teachers (1895-1922). These records...

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The Montana Study was a sociological project, conducted by the University of Montana under funds provided by the Rockefeller Foundation. Records include correspondence (1943-1954), conference materials, local study group records, minutes, reports, speeches and writings, and miscellany. (Photocopies of records at various institutions)

Abstract Thomas C. Power (1829-1923) came to Montana Territory in 1866 and established a successful mercantile and transportation network in and around Fort Benton serving miners, military posts, Indian tribes of the region, and local residents. In partnership with others he developed a transportation network of steamboats along the Upper Missouri as well as overland stage and freight routes. He moved his corporate headquarters to Helena in 1878 and had an interest in politics that paralleled his...