Abstract This collection is a sub-subgroup (Bureau) of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry records, RS 498. The Women's Bureau formerly operated within the Employment Relations Division (Employment Relations now operates within the Employment Standards Division). The Women's Bureau lost its funding in 1981. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Labor...

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The Montana ERA Ratification Council was formed to push for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. Records (1972-1987) include general correspondence; financial records; minutes; press releases; organizational materials; reports; speeches; and subject files, including materials on local Equal Rights Councils, legislative action, Women's Equality Day, Women's History Week, workshops; miscellany; and clippings.

Abstract The Montana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (originally the Montana Federation of Negro Women's Clubs) was a coordinating organization for local clubs of African American women around Montana. Records include minute books (1936-1952), correspondence, and reports of the Dunbar Art and Study Club, Great Falls; and miscellany reports and correspondence of the Phyllis Wheatley Club, Billings; Pearl Club, Butte; and the Pleasant Hour Club, Helena. Materials of the state federation include...

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These records of the Montana Historic Quilt Project consist of registration forms and photographs of historic quilts owned by those who live in Montana. The registration form describes the quilt and well as the quilt owner / quilter and his or her ethnic background.

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These records (1977-1999) of the Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee for Women (ICCW) consist of historical information; general correspondence; minutes, including minutes of sub-committees; organizational records; printed materials; reports; subject files, including topics such as legislation and Take Our Daughters to Work Project; miscellany; and clippings.

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The Montana International Women's Year Conference met in Helena in 1977. Records (1976-1977) include general correspondence, financial records, minutes, and organizational materials for the MIWY Coordinating Committee; minutes, reports, speeches, etc. for the conference; subject files for other committees and regional conferences; and clippings.

Abstract The Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Montana WCTU) was devoted to prohibition and other social reforms. The collection includes correspondence (1936-1976) of several state officials; constitution and minutes (1883-1971) of annual meetings; financial records (1883-1970s); membership books (1919-1960s); and printed material reflecting WCTU's national program and policies. Also included is a subgroup of records of the Kalispell WCTU locals, including correspondence, financial...

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This collection consists of board minutes (1985-2014), legislative files (1984-2013), correspondence and general administrative files, general subject files (1980s-1992), and financial records for the Montana Women's Lobby and it's predecessor the Women's Lobbyist Fund. Subject files include topics such as abortion, veteran's preference, Women's Lobby history, comparable worth, insurance, and taxation.

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Norman and Belle Winestine were residents of Helena, Montana. Belle Winestine's (1882-1985) papers include correspondence, writings (fiction, poetry, and non-fiction), a Jeannette Rankin subject file, and Fligelman family materials. Norman Winestine's papers (1911-1954) include correspondence, Montana Historical Society and Montana Institute of the Arts materials, and miscellany.

Content Description Includes 29 black and white photographic prints from the O'Brien family of Newlon, Montana. The collection includes views of the O'Brien family homestead, 1890 to 1910; a class photo with James and Ted O'Brien; James O'Brien with friends, circa 1905; a man with horses advertising an O'Brien Hardware store; the Sidney Hospital, circa 1906; Mrs. Margaret McBride, circa 1870; Mr. Siward on horseback, 1910s; views of unidentified men with horses; Gerald O'Brien, son of George and Bertha...