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Collection contains records of the Montana Territorial Legislative Assembly (12th: 1881) including correspondence with Governor Benjamin Potts and with T.C. Power; reports of county expenses, of State Law Library, State Auditor, and Code Commission; committee report on HB 6 re Silver Bow County; and petitions.

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Collection contains the records of the Montana Territorial Legislative Assembly (13th: 1883) including correspondence with Governor John Schuyler Crosby; and petitions.

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Collection contains the records of the Montana Territorial Legislative Assembly (14th: 1885) including the annual message from the Governor; general correspondence; bills re the construction of Lewis and Clark County courthouse, the establishment of Valley County, and organizing and regulating the militia (National Guard); members' financial accounts; reports to the Legislature by the Orphan's Asylum, the Penitentiary, and the World's Fair Commission; and petitions.

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Collection contains the records of the Montana Territorial Legislative Assembly (16th: 1889) including correspondence; members' financial accounts; reports to the Legislature by the Auditor and Treasurer; a subject file on a Missoula County contested election; petitions; rules; and miscellany.

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This collection consists of board minutes (1985-2014), legislative files (1984-2013), correspondence and general administrative files, general subject files (1980s-1992), and financial records for the Montana Women's Lobby and it's predecessor the Women's Lobbyist Fund. Subject files include topics such as abortion, veteran's preference, Women's Lobby history, comparable worth, insurance, and taxation.

Abstract Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973, was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She served two nonconsecutive terms in the House of Representatives: 1917-1919 and 1941-1943. Rankin was a suffragist, pacifist, and progressive social reformer. As congresswoman she voted against declaration of both world wars. The collection (1912-1972, bulk 1916-1942) consists primarily of correspondence and subject files from Rankin's congressional office. The bulk of materials are from her first term. Some...

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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.

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....

Abstract Burton K. Wheeler (1882-1975) was U.S. Senator from Montana from 1923 to 1946. Papers include biographical materials; general correspondence (1910-1972, but primarily 1939-1940); campaign materials (1924-1946); speeches (1923-1959); clippings (1916-1971); transcripts of interviews; drafts of his autobiography; a childhood reminiscence; writings; press releases; printed material of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee investigation (1936-1942) of the nation's railroads; etc. Subject...

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The Women's Helena for the Capital Club was a Helena, Montana, based organization promoting the establishment of Helena as the state capital of Montana. Records (1894) include incoming correspondence; county lists; a record book containing correspondence, financial reports, speeches, resolutions, clippings, and broadsides; and miscellany.