Abstract These records (1935-1974) of the Montana Department of Planning and Economic Development and its predecessor the Montana State Planning Board consist of correspondence; minutes of both the Department and the Board; press releases regarding Big Sky; reports; speeches; subject files, including topics such as alcohol based fuel, anti ballistic missile areas, housing and economic surveys, forest economic surveys, mining, and city and county industrial development; a writing on the Gallatin...

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....