Content Description 13 black and white photographic prints with views of former Montana State Prison Warden Louis Boedecker as well as his collection of autographed portraits. Louis Boedecker was appointed by Montana Governor Frank Cooney to create and head the new Highway Patrol program in the 1930s. The collection includes: two views of Boedecker with other police and highway patrol chiefs in the Northwest; one view of Boedecker possibly campaigning in Butte, photo by C. Owen Smithers; and one photograph of...

Abstract This collection is a subgroup (Former Committee) of the Montana Department of Corrections records. The 11th Legislature created the Montana Prison Appraisal Committee in order to examine the possibility of purchasing the Montana State Prison property. The Council first met June 16, 1909 and adjourned October 1, 1909. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department...