This collection consists of the records of the Board of Public Institutions (1963-1965), Montana Board of Public Institutions (1965), and Montana Board of Institutions (1965-1979). The records consist of minutes books (July 1, 1963-July 10, 1967 and August 14, 1967-May 21, 1979) and an index to minutes (July 1, 1963-July 11, 1977).

This collection consists of Montana Department of Institutions records from the Pine Hills Correctional Facility (Miles City), State Vocational School for Girls (Helena), the Swan River Youth Forest Camp, the Women's Correctional Center (Warm Springs), and a digitized scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to Montana Department of Institutions.