Abstract Albert Adair was employed in the Montana State Liquor Store No. 1 in Helena (1935-1941); served as an inspector for the Montana State Fire Marshall (1954-1957); was an insurance examiner for the National Board of Insurance Commissioners; and was elected a public service commissioner. Hugh Rogers Adair was employed as the Helena city attorney; and served as lieutenant governor under Roy Ayers (1937-1941); and as chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court. (1947-1957). Both brothers were...

Abstract Charles A. Bovey was a Montana legislator, Great Falls rancher, and collector of historic artifacts, records, and buildings. His interest in historic preservation eventually lead to his ownership and restoration of most of Virginia City, Montana, and the reconstruction of Nevada City. This collection consists of family correspondence; financial records (1944-1966), including Boveys' personal and ranch accounts; legal documents; subject files on Bovey's service in the Montana Legislature, and...

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James Brisbin, a Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, native, served as an Army officer in the Civil War and the Indian Wars, 1868-1891. He was stationed at Fort Ellis, Fort Assiniboine, Fort Custer, Montana Territory, and many other western forts. Brisbin was also a writer and publicist. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence (1860-1890), and writings (1850-1891) concerning the Army, the Indian Wars, the West, and Montana Territory.

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This collection consists of manuscripts and research notes by Virginia S. Burlingame concerning Johnny Healy, his life and family, mining around Florence, Idaho Territory, in the 1860s, Fort Whoop-Up and the whiskey trade, Fort Benton, Montana Territory, the Klondike gold rush and mining in Alaska; and a manuscript entitled "John Barr, River Pilot" by John Linton Struble (Virginia S. Burlingame's pen name).

Abstract A.L. Jordan was a Columbia Falls businessman and legislator. This collection consist of correspondence (1922-1930) primarily relating to A.L. Jordan's efforts to promote the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway; scattered financial records (1912-1935) including an account book (1935-1938) for Hartford Company insurance policies (presumably sold by Jordan), a sales receipt for A.J. Jordan Lumber Company, and home loan papers. The collection also contains two subgroups. A subgroup for the...

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Martin Maginnis (1841-1919) was a Democratic Montana Territorial Delegate to Congress from 1872 to 1882; a member of the 1889 Montana Constitutional Convention; and newspaper publisher. Papers (1864-1912) consist primarily of incoming correspondence concerning politics; and outgoing correspondence, court papers, legal documents, and a scrapbook. Incoming correspondence includes typescript copies.

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The Montana Department of Highways Butte District Office records contain correspondence of the District Engineer of the Butte District Office.

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Subject files of the Department of Highways Centralized Services Division

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Records of the Dept. of Highways Centralized Services Division (1971-1989) consisting of interoffice correspondence (1971-1988), minutes (1985-1989) of various divisional meetings, monthly activity reports (1987-1989); and subject files (1983-1989) concerning various task forces and information regarding the computer system.

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This collection is comprised of records documenting the work of the Communications Bureau of the Department of Highways, and includes general correspondence (1948-1978), interoffice correspondence (1950-1975), and subject files (1948-1980) relating to the Department's statewide communications system.