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Montana

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 713 Collections and/or Records:

Trout Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-316
Abstract

The Trout Mining Company produced manganese oxide for batteries. Records consist of scattered correspondence (1939-1951); payroll records (1956-1959), orders for equipment and supplies (1946-1953); production records, including a sample book (1958) for the Blaine Mine; reports; and miscellany, including field survey books (1936-1938).

Dates: 1933-1962

United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America, Local #88 (Anaconda) records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-194
Abstract

Records of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local #88 in Anaconda, Montana, consist of general correspondence (1890s-1950s); minute books (1889-1965); daybooks (1896-1964); membership dues books (1896-1965). Also included are records of Deer Lodge Local #1229; the Montana State Council of Carpenters; the national union; the Montana State Federation of Labor/Montana State AFL-CIO; the Montana Apprenticeship Council; and the Non-Ferrous Metals Council.

Dates: 1889-1967

United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Montana Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-165
Abstract

Records of the Montana Department of the United Spanish War Veterans consist of a minute book (1903-1935); convention proceedings; individual application forms; and printed material.

Dates: 1903-1950

United States. Bureau of Community Facilities Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-94
Abstract

These records of the U.S. Federal Works Agency's Bureau of Community Facilities consist of field files (1942-1945) for child care, recreation, and health care centers in Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, Lewistown, and Missoula, Montana.

Dates: 1942-1945

U.S. Bureau of the Census. Montana Territory records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-42
Abstract

These records of the U.S. Bureau of the Census consist of Montana Territory census enumeration sheets (1870) for three districts in Lewis and Clark County, including mortality, social statistics, agricultural production, and products of industry; and census enumeration sheets (1880) for eleven counties, including mortality, defective, dependent, and delinquent classes, and products of industry.

Dates: 1870-1880

U.S. Farm Security Administration records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-206
Abstract The U.S. Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. It took over the duties of the U.S. Resettlement Administration, making loans available to tenants and sharecroppers, and operating migrant farm labor camps. After the FSA was abolished in 1946 the U.S. Farmers Home Administration (FHA) continued this work. Records consist of subject files (1928-1956) concerning individual resettlement and irrigation projects in...
Dates: 1928-1956

United States Federal Power Commission Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-13
Abstract

These U.S. Federal Power Commission records consist of hearing materials in a case involving the failure of the Montana Power Company to apply for a license to operate its hydroelectric dams on the Missouri River and tributaries. Exhibits in the case (including steamboat logs, diaries, articles, clippings, etc.) sought to document whether the Missouri River was navigable above Fort Benton. [FPC Docket #IT-5840.]

Dates: 1821-1950

Crow Indian Agency Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-87
Abstract

This collection consists of seven letterpress books of outgoing correspondence (1877-1894) of Crow Indian Agents Lewis .H. Carpenter, George W. Frost, Augustus R. Keller, C.H. Barstow, Henry J. Armstrong, H.E. Williamson, and Moses P. Wyman. Includes reports and letters to the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs; minutes of meetings with tribal council; census; texts of treaties; inventories; accounts of events; and financial materials.

Dates: 1877-1894

United States War Production Board Helena District Office records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-239
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....
Dates: 1941-1946

U.S. Work Projects Administration records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-77
Abstract

These records (1935-1943) of the U.S. Work Projects Administration (WPA) in Montana consist of administrative materials; historic record surveys of county, state, and federal agencies and local service and church organizations; and writers' project materials, including correspondence, research files, interviews with pioneers, and drafts of articles and books including Copper Camp, Land of Nakoda, and Montana Almanac, 1941.

Dates: 1935-1943