Abstract This collection is a subgroup (Board) of the Montana Department of Administration. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Administration records. The Montana State Board of Examiners was responsible for settling claims for expenditures of state agencies and claims against the state. Records (1889-1983) consist of correspondence, account ledgers and...

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The Montana Trust and Savings Bank was organized in Helena, Montana, in 1913, by Thomas A. Marlow. Records (1914-1931) include correspondence, financial records, and miscellany.

Abstract Cornelius Nolan (1855-1922) was a Helena, Montana, attorney in partnership with Thomas J. Walsh; Democratic Party leader; and mining investor. Papers include outgoing correspondence (1888-1896); general correspondence (1902-1932); court papers (1906-1920); financial records (1887-1923); legal documents (1891-1916), and clippings (1897-1922), covering the activities of the law firms of Nolan and Bean; and Walsh, Nolan and Scallon. There are subgroups for Cornelius' wife Harriet Shober Nolan...

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Chattel Mortgage documents, loan documents, and receipts between Portland Cattle Loan Company and Montana ranchers in the preceding years to the US involvement in WWI. These Chattel Mortgages detail the tremendous growth of financing for ranches on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, the Big hole Basin, Helena Valley and other areas of Montana as shortages in European food supply accelerated the need for increased beef production from Western stock producers. (1912-1917)

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Collection consists of 2 manuscript volumes written by Richard Hanners. Volumes 1 and 2, entitled "From Superstar to Superfund: The History of a Northwest Montana Aluminum Smelter," detail the history of the Anaconda Company's aluminum smelter on the Flathead River in Columbus Falls, Montana. The manuscript was written in 2020.

Abstract D.W. Slayton (1862-1927) was a Lavina, Montana, sheep rancher; owner of Slayton Mercantile Company; investor in the Lavina State Bank and the Citizens State Bank of Roundup; member of the Fergus County Board of Commissioners; state legislator; and unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1920. Collection consists of diaries (1884-1889, 1907-1917, 1928-1934) kept by Slayton, his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ellis Slayton, and their son Daniel E. Slayton; and correspondence (1883-1924) among the...

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This small collection contains materials pertaining to Stephan J. Reardon, Second Lieutenant in World War I, including correspondence, official military documents (including a promotion certificate and honorable discharge), and a marriage certificate. Dates range from 1917-1931, with the bulk of materials ranging from 1917-1919.

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These University of Montana System records (1915-1958) consist of general correspondence, subject files, budgetary materials, and scrapbooks from the Chancellor and the Executive Secretary offices.