Political Campaigns

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This collection consists of papers (1966-1991) relating to Margaret Davis' activities as a member of the Committee on Appointive Judiciary, Women's Lobby Fund, Montana Committee for the Humanities, and the League of Women Voters for which she was a member of the national board; the preservation of historic buildings in Helena, Montana; and her bid for the state legislature in 1974.

Abstract This collection consists of records collected and created by John W. Bonner. Collection consists of scrapbooks (1929-1969) containing newspaper clippings regarding Bonner's work as Montana's Attorney General and Governor; and serving in the U.S. Army during the Second World War. Collection also includes family and general correspondence (1941-1945) between John Bonner and others, a campaign speech (1952), subject files (1936-1970)focusing on his work as Attorney General and Governor....

Abstract Wellington Rankin was a Helena, Montana, attorney, rancher, state attorney general, associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court, U.S. district attorney, and Republican national committeeman. He also ran unsuccessfully for Governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. This collection includes personal papers of Wellington Rankin and of several family members including Jeannette Rankin; political files; records of several businesses he owned; records of his ranch operations; and...

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Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) was a United States Senator from Montana who served from 1923 until 1946. This collection includes photographs of Wheeler, as well as his wife and children, but it primarily contains photographs taken of Wheeler's political and senatorial activities.