J. Hugo Aronson was governor of Montana (1953-1961) and served in Montana House of Representatives (1938-1944) and the Montana State Senate (1944-1952). The bulk of the collection consists of campaign/political materials, correspondence, speeches, press releases, subject files, reports, and scrapbooks concerning his two terms as governor. The collection also contains J. Hugo Aronson’s business and personal papers including financial documents, correspondence and subject material.

This collection contains materials from the Montana Department of Administration (1958-1996). This collection has been intellectually integrated into one Record Group, RS 493, to help facilitate access and reduce redundancy in the MTHS catalog. Please read the description carefully to determine which Subgroup (Division) pertains to your research needs.