Montana Department of Livestock, Brands Enforcement Division records

Montana Department of Livestock, Brands Enforcement Division records, 1887-1985

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Montana. Department of Livestock. Brands Enforcement Division
Title: Montana Department of Livestock, Brands Enforcement Division records
Dates: 1887-1985 (inclusive)
18871985
Quantity: 8.5 linear feet
Collection Number: RS 500 (Formerly RS 209)
Summary: This collection is a subgroup (Division) of the Montana Department of Livestock records, RS 500. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Livestock records. The Brands Enforcement Division and its predecessor, the Montana Recorder of Marks and Brands, both functioned under the Montana Livestock Commission. As of 2024, the Brands Enforcement Division operates within the Department of Livestock. Records include general correspondence, primarily concerning cattle shipments and brand registration, case files, financial records, minutes, organizational materials, reports (including an unpublished brand book), and miscellany.
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions: Collection open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

In February 1865, the first Montana Territorial Legislature passed "An Act concerning marks and brands" which barred two people from using the same brand in any one county and required the registering of all brands with the county clerk. Brand registration was made a territory-wide requirement in 1872, under the Clerk of the Supreme Court. Beginning in 1877, registration was handled by the State Treasurer. The Board of Stock Commissioners was created in 1885. The Secretary of the Board was, ex officio, the Recorder of Marks and Brands, and had the power to hire stock inspectors for Montana and for selected out-of-state markets such as St. Paul, Minnesota. All stock shipped out of the territory had to carry a brand. In 1915, the inspection law was amended to require inspection whenever livestock was transported across county lines. Proceeds from the sale of cattle branded with other people's brands had to be turned over to the stock inspector for distribution to the brand owners. In 1917 the Board of Stock Commissioners and the Board of Sheep Commissioners were legally merged to form the new Livestock Commission.

For the next 12 years the Commission shared a secretary with the Montana Stockgrowers Association. In 1929, Paul Raftery was appointed as the Commission's first full-time executive officer, acting ex officio as Recorder of Marks and Brands. After Raftery's death in 1946, Ralph Miracle took over the position, followed by William G. Cheney in 1954. Under the executive reorganization of 1971, the Department of Livestock became the administrative arm of the Livestock Commission and the Livestock Sanitary Board. The functions of the Recorder of Marks and Brands were taken over by the new Department of Livestock's Brands Enforcement Division.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The bulk of the records consist of general correspondence (1919-1974) arranged at first by correspondent and subject, and after 1960 almost entirely by correspondent. Correspondence primarily concerns cattle shipments, law enforcement, brand registration, legislation, and relations with other states' law enforcement and livestock agencies and local stockgrowers associations. In addition, there are case files (1927-1973) concerning cattle thefts, marketing problems, and fee collection; financial records, including journals of receipts and disbursements (1887-1891) and livestock market shipping ledgers (1929-1966); scattered minutes of annual meetings, district and inspectors meetings, and meetings of other organizations on which the Livestock Commission held a seat; and reports, including annual reports (1935-1940, 1946-1949), monthly reports (1950-1960), and investigative reports. The reports also include an unpublished brand book (1984-1985) that is organized by geographic region; an index is included for each region. A miscellany series includes lists of brands, brand inspectors, lost and stolen cattle from Canada, North and South Dakota, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, and the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives. The Library & Archives does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by series.

Location of Collection

25:2-5

Processing Note

In 2024, the various collections of the Department of Livestock were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 500, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives catalog, and to follow best archival practices.

Collections from the Department of Livestock's Divisions and Boards that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 500. Rather than reprocessing over 50 linear feet of Livestock materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids and provide access to them via links in this central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the Content Note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information is available upon request.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

General Correspondence (by correspondent and subject)Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 1	A-C (correspondents include William Adkins, Bert Anderson, Phil Buckley, Levi J. Burd, W.H. Donald, Canadian cattle, Cascade County Attorney Leo C. Graybill, Council of State Governments meeting, Custer County Sheriff)	1936-1958
1 / 2	Big Horn County Attorney (Charles C. Guinn)	1938
1 / 3	Billings Livestock Commission Company	1936
1 / 4	Billings Livestock Commission Company complaints	1944-1947
1 / 5	Bounty fund (includes suit of Livestock Commission against Fish and Game Commission)	1930-1939
1 / 6	Bounty law	1938-1939
1 / 7	Charles P. Brenner, commissioner	1953-1957
1 / 8-9	Lyman Brewster, commissioner	1941-1958
1 / 10	H.A. Bruns, inspector	1937-1938
1 / 11	Cattle sales: Matt Lytle	1956
1 / 12	E.L. Dana Trust	1923-1926
1 / 13	A.R. Davis	1941-1942
1 / 14	Disabled American Veterans	1947
1 / 15	Jack Eaton	1940-1941
1 / 16	Estrays	1936-1954
1 / 17	Bert Goon bounty claims	1937-1938
1 / 18	Charles J. Hall	1949
1 / 19	Hamilton market: M.D. Lykins	1937-1943
1 / 20	Ralph Harrington (undercover detective for West Fork Stock Association; includes livestock theft at Cliff Lake)	1930
1 / 21	Floyd Hicks injury	1937
1 / 22	Fred Hirschy, commissioner	1947-1950
1 / 23-26	Horse sales: A-W, by owner	1943-1959
1 / 27	Indian reservations	1947-1958
1 / 28	Inspections	1949-1951
1 / 29	Inspectors file (includes testimony on livestock theft cases)	1933-1935
1 / 30	Inspectors file (correspondence with local inspectors Amand Hall, Jack Kiehl, C. Lay, P.L. Patton, W.A. Howard)	1944-1954
1 / 31	Peter Itcaina, commissioner	1947-1956
1 / 32	Mike Ketchian	1936
1 / 33	Joe E. King, commissioner	1956-1961
1 / 34	Charles Kirby, inspector	1937-1940
1 / 35-36	Legal (mostly re law enforcement, court cases, etc.)	1919-1954
1 / 37-38	Legislation	1937-1955
1 / 39	Legislation: hide law	1937-1939
1 / 40	Legislation: market permit (SB 85)	1953
1 / 41	Legislation: truck inspection law	1937-1938
1 / 42	Legislation: other states and federal government	1937-1953
1 / 43	Livestock tattoos (re American Poultry and Livestock Marketing Association program)	1939-1940
1 / 44	W.E. Lloyd and John Mainland shipment	1935-1936
1 / 45	William A. Lovell	1937
1 / 46	Mike Lutro	1937
1 / 47	M (correspondents include George Mennet, Clyde Milliron)	1937
1 / 48	Market inspectors	1943-1958
2 / 1-2	Market mixups	1946-1952
2 / 3	Market tallying	1957-1958
2 / 4	Clifford McNamara, commissioner	1947-1950
2 / 5	Meetings (re miscellaneous meetings attended by Livestock Commission staff)	1958
2 / 6	Mill levy taxes	1951-1955
2 / 7	Miller Land and Livestock Company	1937-1938
2 / 8	Missouri cattle theft	1955
2 / 9	Montana Agriculture and Livestock Council	1954
2 / 10-12	Montana Attorney General (re opinions and other matters)	1917-1954
2 / 13	Montana Governor	1937,1949
2 / 14	Senator James E. Murray	1937
2 / 15	National Livestock Brand Conference	1955
2 / 16	Ed O'Donnell	1934-1935
2 / 17	Omaha Livestock Exchange (re agreements)	1939
2 / 18	Proceeds of sales pending: Billings market	1936
2 / 19-26	Proceeds of sales pending: Chicago market	1923-1925, 1934-1938
2 / 27	Proceeds of sales pending: Great Falls market	1936-1938
2 / 28	Proceeds of sales pending: Miles City market	1936-1937
2 / 29	Proceeds of sales pending: Omaha market	1936-1944
2 / 30	Proceeds of sales pending: Sioux City market	1936-1938
2 / 31	Proceeds of sales pending: Spokane market	1936-1939
2 / 32-38	Proceeds of sales pending: St. Paul market	1928-1939
2 / 39	William G. Ragen, commissioner	1949-1959
2 / 40	"Railroad mixups"	1949-1952
2 / 41	Railroads (mostly re livestock killed by trains)	1944-1954
2 / 42	Regulations	1931-1955, undated
2 / 43	Wilfred E. Rumble, St. Paul, Minn.	1934-1937
2 / 44	Adolph Schaak, commissioner	1952
2 / 45	Southeastern Montana Counties Association	1939
2 / 46	Spokane, Wash. (re stockyards, cattle shipments, legislation)	1935-1938
2 / 47	St. Joseph, Mo. (re stockyards)	1935
2 / 48-49	St. Paul, Minn. (re stockyards, cattle shipments, legislation)	1935-1946
2 / 50	Armand W. Tonn, commissioner	1951-1957
2 / 51	Jack C. Toole, commissioner	1951-1952
2 / 52	Matt H. Tschirgi, commissioner	1947-1956
3 / 1	United States Fish and Wildlife Service (re predator control)	1947
3 / 2	United States Packers and Stockyards Act	1924-1945
3 / 3-4	United States Packers and Stockyards Division	1935-1949
3 / 5	C.K. Warren, commissioner	1946-1948
3 / 6	Weiller and Weiller, St. Paul, Minn.	1932
3 / 7	Western States Brand Conference	1950
3 / 8	Burton K. Wheeler	1937
3 / 9-10	Wyoming Stock Growers Association	1936-1944
3 / 11	Fred Yonkee	1940

General Correspondence Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
3 / 12	A-Al (correspondents include Mildred M. Aanerud, Charles Abbott, Geraldine Anderson, Curtis Adams, Robert F. Ahlgren, Robert Aiken, Aleutian Livestock Corporation, Elsie Albright, E.L. Alexander, Roy Alexander, Burleigh K. Allen, Alsask Processors)	1960-1974
3 / 13	Earl Adams	1961
3 / 14	Allen Smith Company (re publication of Livestock Laws of the State of Montana)	1963-1969
3 / 15	Am-Ay (correspondents include American Hereford Association, American International Charolais Association, Kent Anderson, Ira J. Andrews, Basil P. Andrikopoulos, Jess L. Angstman, Arabian Horse Registry of America, L.L. Armour, William Darrell Armstrong, A. Wayne Arnst, Cedor B. Aronow, Sam Austin)	1960-1971
3 / 16	American National Cattlemen's Association	1960-1967
3 / 17	American Quarter Horse Association	1965-1972
3 / 18-19	Ba-Be (correspondents include Bair Ranch, Forrest S. Baker, Mary W. Baker, Jack Ballard, Gary D. Banks, Bar Lazy B. Ranch, Elsie R. Barnes, Don Bartholomew, Leo Barthelmess, Ronald D. Bartsch, James F. Battin, Bear Paw Hereford Breeders Association, Beartooth Stock Association, George J. Becker, Edwin Beery, W.H. Bell, Belle Fourche Livestock Exchange, Lyman H. Bennett)	1960-1974
3 / 20	Beaverhead County assessor	1960
3 / 21	Bi-Bo (correspondents include J.E. Biebinger, Kenneth F. Biehl, Big Beef Hybrids International Company, Billings Livestock Commission Company, Bitter Root Valley Stockman's Association, Maysie Bingham, John W. Black, Blackfoot Valley Stockmen's Association, Frank E. Blair, Lewis Bollman, George Boltz, Manfred Bordasch)	1960-1974
3 / 22	Big Horn County Livestock Association	1960-1971
3 / 23	Robert O. Bischoff	1965-1966
3 / 24	Br-Bu (correspondents include James L. Brastrup, Paul E. Brenner, Burton Brewster, Dalton Brown, Meredith D. Brown, Gerald Brummer, Dan Buck, Harry L. Burns, Butte city pound)	1960-1974
3 / 25	Lyman Brewster	1960, 1971-1972
3 / 26	F.J. Burnside	1960-1961
3 / 27	Ca (correspondents include Campbell Farming Corporation, Lawrence Capra, Raymond G. Carkeek, James Carlile, M.J. Carney, Frank Castleberry)	1960-1974
3 / 28	California livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1974
3 / 29	Canadian livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1974
3 / 30	Carter County Sheep and Cattle Growers Association	1960-1974
3 / 31-32	Ce-Co (correspondents include Edward A. Celander, Steve Christian, Alex Christie, Citizens State Bank of Hamilton, Walter L. Clark, Mrs. Walt Coburn, Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee, Conrad National Bank of Kalispell, Ted Cooper, Kenneth Cope, Walter Cornwall, Ted Corontzos, George P. Cox)	1960-1974
3 / 33	Colorado livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1972
3 / 34-35	Cr-Cu (correspondents include Walter Crabtree, Patricia Cragg, Larry Crandall, Richard H. Crane, Leo J. Cremer Jr., Cross Brothers, Douglas M. Crowe, Robert T. Cummins, C.W. Curtis, Custer County officials)	1960-1974
3 / 36-37	D (correspondents include Dell Dague, John Dalimata, Orpha Dann, J.D. Daniel, Vivian W. Danielsen, Dawson County officials, Doug and Nancy Dear, Dean Decker, Mrs. A.B. DeCosse, Jerome DeFord, Arthur J. Desonia, Detroit Free Press, Diamond Whip Company, Lawrence Dickson, Howard R. Dove, Douglas R. Drysdale, Larry J. Dwyer)	1960-1974
3 / 38	E (correspondents include Eastern Power River County Livestock Protective Association, Ecological Consulting Service (Frank Dunkle), Economic Development Association of Eastern Montana, Matt L. Elgin, William Elliott, Perry Evans, Evers Ranch, Lewis E. Ewan)	1960-1974
3 / 39	Estrays	1961-1966
3 / 40	Fa-Fi (correspondents include Farm Journal, Farm Organizations and Commodity Groups, G.V. Feeley, Jessie Shaw Felsheim, Joe Fiedler, Gail Fitzpatrick)	1960-1974
3 / 41	Fallon County	1960-1963
3 / 42	Feedlot operators	1974
3 / 43	First National Bank and Trust Company, Helena	1961-1970
3 / 44	Fl-Fy (correspondents include W.R. Flowers, Foothills Livestock Association of Cascade County, R.B. Fraser, Fred J. Fritz, Lila Furnholmen)	1960-1974
3 / 45-46	Ga-Gu (correspondents include Gallatin Beef Producers Association, James O. Garden, Garfield County officials, Bill Gillin, Glacier Livestock Association, Stephen Granat, Granite County officials, Great Falls Livestock Market Center, Leo Green, Harvey Griffin, James F. Grotts, Earl Grow, Bert Guthrie)	1960-1974
4 / 1-2	Ha-Hi (correspondents include H. and H. Livestock Company, Charles Halverston, Jack L. Hanley, Earl Hansbury, Mrs. Floyd Hansen, R.C. Harken, Lew Harris, George D. Hart, John F. Haugan, Havre Livestock Commission Company, Godfrey Helm, Mrs. Dewey Hendrickson, Peter Jay Herrmann, Edna Hill)	1960-1974
4 / 3	Helicopter	1963-1964
4 / 4	Ho-Hy (correspondents include Holstein-Friesian Association of America, John Hoversland, Ben Huckins, Phil Huckins, William J. Huckins, Gladys Hudson, Walter B. Hughes, Charles V. Huppe)	1960-1974
4 / 5	I (correspondents include International Law Enforcement Co-ordinating Conference, inspectors memos, Iranian Embassy)	1960-1974
4 / 6	Idaho livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1972
4 / 7	Indian reservations	1960-1974
4 / 8	Ja-Ji (correspondents include Orville Jandt, Alice E. Jarvis, Jefferson County officials, Rubie Charles Jenkins, Art Jensen)	1960-1974
4 / 9	Jefferson County Cattlemen's Association	1967
4 / 10	Jo-Je (correspondents include Anton Johnson, Claude A. Johnson, Maryona Johnson, Evan H. Jones, Judith Basin County officials)	1960-1974
4 / 11	Judith Basin Livestock Association	1960-1974
4 / 12-13	Ka-Ky (correspondents include Dean L. Keil, Kendrick Cattle Company, S. Clark Kennett, Howard Kent, George Kilian, John Kolstad, Mrs. E.M. Kluver, Jacob Krug, Charles Kyd)	1960-1974
4 / 14	Isabelle Killenbeck	1966-1972
4 / 15	Elias Kluck / Phil Messer	1960
4 / 16-17	La-Le (correspondents include L and L Livestock Company, Lacey Herefords, Dorothea Lande, Brandon Russell Lane, John LaTray, Carroll W. LaVanway, O.E. Lee and Company, Leffingwell Stock and Guest Ranch, R.E. Leo)	1960-1974
4 / 18	George E. Lenz	1963-1969
4 / 19	Li-Ly (correspondents include Ethel M. Lidstone, Grant N. Lipelt, Livestock Marketing Congress, Livestock Protection Agency of Montana, Mibra E. Lloyd, H.A. Lund, Millard T. Lund)	1960-1974
4 / 20	Arthur A. Link, North Dakota state legislator	1968
4 / 21	Dennis Lorang	1963-1964
4 / 22	Thelma Lowe, Cardston, Alta. (re cattle rustling)	1965
4 / 23	James P. Lucas	1963-1971
4 / 24-26	Ma-Mi (correspondents include Madison County officials, Malta Chamber of Commerce, Donald R. Marble, John Matovich, Wilma Mayer, F.B. McCann, Margaret P. McClendon, Jack McDonald, Arthur E. McLeish, Gordon McOmber, Wallace D. McRae, Meagher County Livestock Association, John Melcher, G.P. Menard, Rose Smith Meyers, Medland Claims Service, Mid-West Live Stock Commission Company, Miles City Saleyards Company, Ralph Miracle, Missoula County officials)	1960-1974
4 / 27	Meagher County Attorney (John Potter)	1966
4 / 28	Minnesota livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1972
4 / 29	Mo-My (correspondents include Olga K. Monkman, W.R. Moser, Charles F. Moses, G.D. Mullendore, Mungas Brothers)	1960-1974
4 / 30	Montana Adjutant General	1963-1969
4 / 31	Montana Attorney General (includes Law Enforcement Conference)	1963-1974
4 / 32	Montana Beef Performance Association	1963-1970
4 / 33	Montana Board of Pardons	1963-1971
4 / 34	Montana Cattlemen's Association	1960-1972
4 / 35	Montana Commission on Local Government	1974
4 / 36	Montana Cooperative Extension Service	1960-1974
4 / 37	Montana Cow Belles (re brand books)	1962-1963
4 / 38	Montana Department of Administration (includes summary of 1974 Public Forums)	1969-1974
4 / 39	Montana Department of Fish and Game	1960-1974
4 / 40	Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences	1968-1974
4 / 41	Montana Environmental Quality Council	1972-1974
4 / 42	Montana Farm Bureau Federation	1960-1973
4 / 43	Montana Farmer-Stockman	1960-1961
4 / 44	Montana Farmers Union	1972
4 / 45	Montana Feed Manufacturers and Dealers Association	1970
4 / 46-48	Montana Governor	1960-1974
4 / 49	Montana Governor: "U.S. Department of Agriculture and the State of Montana Cooperating to Serve Montana"	1974
4 / 50	Montana Governor's Crime Control Commission	1969
4 / 51	Montana Highway Commission / Montana Department of Highways	1965-1974
4 / 52	Montana Highway Patrol	1962-1969
4 / 53	Montana Historical Society (includes records management survey of Livestock Commission)	1968,1972
4 / 54	Montana Horse Racing Commission (includes annual report)	1965-1968
4 / 55	Montana Law Enforcement Academy	1962-1975
4 / 56	Montana Legislature / Montana Legislative Council	1961-1971
4 / 57	Montana Livestock Commission	1961-1974
4 / 58	Montana Livestock Markets Association (Robin MacNab, secretary; includes minutes)	1961-1974
4 / 59	Montana Livestock Sanitary Board	1961-1973
4 / 60	Montana Outfitters and Dude Ranchers Association	1970-1971
4 / 61	Montana Public Employees Association	1961-1971
4 / 62	Montana State Advertising Department	1962
4 / 63	Montana State Planning Board / Montana Department of Planning and Economic Development	1963-1972
5 / 1	Montana State Prison	1963-1971
5 / 2	Montana State Rural Areas Development Committee	1973
5 / 3	Montana State University, Bozeman	1969-1974
5 / 4-6	Montana Stockgrowers Association (Ralph Miracle, Mons L. Tiegan, secretaries)	1960-1974
5 / 7	Montana Territorial Centennial	1964
5 / 8	Montana Water Resources Board	1968-1971
5 / 9	Montana Wool Growers Association (Everett Shuey, David A. Smith, secretaries)	1960-1974
5 / 10	Montana Workmen's Compensation Division	1972
5 / 11	Montana (A-W)	1960-1974
5 / 12	Montana (state agencies, A-S)	1960-1974
5 / 13	Na-Ni (correspondents include National Bison Range, National Hide Association, Paul Nepine, Henry Nesbit, Quentin Newton, Norris Nichols)	1960-1974
5 / 14	Nebraska livestock and law enforcement agencies	1959-1972
5 / 15	Nevada livestock and law enforcement agencies	1959-1970
5 / 16	New Mexico livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1963
5 / 17	No-Ny (correspondents include Mrs. E.M. Noffsinger, Northeast Montana Angus Breeders Association, Robert Nutting, L.M. Nye, Morris Nygaard)	1960-1974
5 / 18	North Central Montana Stockgrowers Association	1960-1973
5 / 19	North Dakota livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1974
5 / 20-22	North Dakota Stockmen's Association (Millard T. Lund, chief brand inspector)	1960-1974
5 / 23	Northwest Cattlemen's Association, Inc.	1965
5 / 24	O (correspondents include Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, Dean O'Leary, Oppenheimer Industries Inc., Leo Overfelt)	1960-1974
5 / 25	J. Jack O'Keefe	1964-1965
5 / 26	Oregon livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1973
5 / 27	Out-of-state investigations	1962-1968
5 / 28	Pa (correspondents include Pacific Hide and Fur Depot, Mel Palin, Paluck's Shop)	1960-1974
5 / 29	Park County	1960-1974
5 / 30	Pe (correspondents include Peavey Company, Herman R. Peterson, Robert Peterson, Rodney M. Peterson, David L. Pewitt)	1960-1974
5 / 31	Penn-66 Shopping Center, Inc. (re 66 Ranch)	1963
5 / 32-33	Ph-Pu (correspondents include Lester Phillippi, Phillips County Livestock Association, Waldo K. Phillips, Placer Hotel, Pondera County officials, Pony Palace, Ralph S. Potts, Powder River County officials, C.H. Powers, Prairie County officials, Gertrude Prescott, Alton Price, John D. Price, J.C. Printy)	1960-1974
5 / 34	Q (correspondents include Quarter Horse Breeders Markething Association)	1961-1965
5 / 35	Ra (correspondents include Rahr and Hamilton, Lou Raisler, Ramshorn Outfitters, Wellington Rankin, Howard Raser, Ravalli County officials, Dennis Raymer)	1960-1974
5 / 36-38	Railroads (re cattle killed by trains, shipping problems, etc.)	1960-1974
5 / 39	Re-Ri (correspondents include Red Cross, Calvin C. Reddig, Edward J. Redle, Eloise Reed, Marvin and Judy Reid, Philip L. Reynolds, Richland County officials, Arnold Rieder, Robert Riley, Kenneth Rinker)	1960-1974
5 / 40	Remington Rand (re microfilming of brand records)	1961
5 / 41	Ro-Ry (correspondents include Byron L. Robb, Robert J. Roder, Donald E. Ronish, Henry G. Ronish, Rosebud County officials, Ben Ross, Lee Ross (encloses brochure on U.S. Soldiers Home), Warren Ross, Arthur H. Roth Jr., Morris J. and Alice M. Royan, Leo E. Ryan)	1960-1974
5 / 42	Sa-Sc (correspondents include J.N. Sanborn, Tom J. Scalese, Frank Schoonover, Albert Schwend, Scott Land and Livestock Company, John P. Scott (encloses postcard of his Scottish Highland steer pulling wagon))	1960-1974
5 / 43	F.T. Saylor, commissioner	1961-1973
5 / 44	Se-Si (correspondents include Henry Seibert, Kathryn Senecal, Mrs. D. Seymour, Richard Sheridan, Walter Sill, Silver Bow Emergency Aid Committee (during 1960 miners' strike), Bob Sirrine)	1960-1974
5 / 45	Security agreements (correspondence with banks re their responsibilities under Uniform Commercial Code)	1964-1967
5 / 46	Sioux City Stock Yards / Sioux City Livestock Exchange	1960,1973
5 / 47-48	Sl-Sp (correspondents include H.D. Smiley, Carl M. Smith, Charles Smith, Lyle J. Smith, Robert Snodgrass, John D. Snyder, Mrs. Marvin Solberg, Arthur Sorley, South St. Paul Commission Company, Southeastern Montana Livestock Association, Spotted Bear Resort)	1960-1974
5 / 49-50	South Dakota Stockgrowers Association	1959-1974
5 / 51	St-Sw (correspondents include Stalcup Ranches, Harold K. Stewart, Mrs. Orvin Sundby, Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Sutter Jr., Marian C. Swensen)	1960-1974
5 / 52	Sweetgrass County	1961
5 / 53	Ta-Te (correspondents include Tanners' Council of America, H.W. Tappe, Florence D. Taylor)	1960-1974
5 / 54	Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association	1961-1970
5 / 55	Th-To (correspondents include Royce E. Tillett, Tobacco Valley Stock Association, Richard D. Tooke, Torpey Cattle Company, Touraine-Hendrix)	1960-1974
5 / 56	Toole County	1960-1962
5 / 57	Tr-Tw (correspondents include Willard F. Trask, Arthur R. Triplet, Mrs. Matt H. Tschirgi, John L. Tunnicliff, J.A. Turnage, Earl Tuttle, Pansy Twitchell, William Twohy)	1960-1974
5 / 58	U (correspondents include United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, University of Montana School of Forestry)	1963-1972
5 / 59	United States Agricultural Research Service / United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	1971-1973
5 / 60	United States Bureau of Land Management (includes Pryor Mountains wild horse herd)	1965-1973
5 / 61	United States Department of Agriculture. Statistical Reporting Service	1967-1971
5 / 62	United States Department of the Interior (re use of poison for non-predatory animal damage control)	1972
6 / 1	United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)	1960-1974
6 / 2-4	United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (includes report "Population trends of carnivorous mammals in 1080 station areas" by Weldon B. Robinson)	1960-1972
6 / 5	United States Internal Revenue Service	1962,1967
6 / 6-8	United States Packers and Stockyards Division / Administration (includes file on deferred payment regulations)	1960-1973
6 / 9	United States Water Pollution Advisory Board	1961
6 / 10	United States (miscellaneous agencies)	1960-1973
6 / 11	Utah livestock and law enforcement agencies	1961-1973
6 / 12	V (correspondents include Valentine Hereford Ranch, P.J. VanAlstyne, Spike Van Cleve, Robert C. Vasser, Don Venable, Louis Verch, Eddie Vertz, George Vowell)	1960-1974
6 / 13	Valley County Livestock Association	1961-1972
6 / 14	Wa (correspondents include Wagner, Garrison & Abbott, Mrs. John Walton, Henry Wansick, D.V. Ware)	1960-1974
6 / 15	Charles Waite	1960-1962
6 / 16	Washington livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1971
6 / 17	We (correspondents include J.C. Webber, Victor Weinmeister, L. & E. Wertheimer, Western Bank, Western Horseman, Western States Brand Conference)	1960-1974
6 / 18	Western Montana Stockmen's Association	1960-1974
6 / 19-20	Wh-Wr (correspondents include Edna Wheat, Wheatland County Stockgrowers, Fred C. Wiese, Henry Wiese, Clair A. Willits, Walter G. Willoughby, Fred S. Willson, Dola N. Wilson Jr., Jimme L. Wilson, Willard Wilson, Winnecook Ranch Company, Winnett Livestock Association, W.H. Winsor, Robert C. Winters Sr., Florence E. Wogoman, Manfred R. Wolfenstine, Woodcock Land and Cattle Company, Fred Wratislaw)	1960-1974
6 / 21	Wyoming livestock and law enforcement agencies	1960-1973
6 / 22-23	Wyoming Stock Growers' Association	1960-1973
6 / 24	Wyoming Wool Growers' Association	1964
6 / 25	Y-Z (correspondents include Robert G. Yates, Yellowstone County officials, Robert Yellowtail Sr., Kenneth A. Yerger, Lyman M. Young, Marshall E. Young, Wilbert A. Zahn, C.L. Zook)	1960-1974
6 / 26	Yellowstone Boys' Ranch	1962-1973
6 / 27	Yellowstone National Park	1960

Case Files Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6 / 28	John Akers case	1936-1938
6 / 29	W.O. Bohart vs. Alvin Songer and Montana Livestock Commission	1938-1941
6 / 30	Dexter Galbreath vs. A.E. Armstrong	1941
6 / 31	C. Giarrantani case	1939-1942
6 / 32	Greenough Ranch case (Recluse, Wyo.)	1973
6 / 33	Alonzo Hanson vs. Paul Raftery, as Recorder of Marks and Brands	1941
6 / 34	Herbert H. Harmon vs. Industrial Accident Board	1944
6 / 35	Buster Hughes case, Big Timber	1942-1944
6 / 36	Mike Kerr case (re Miles City Sale Yards)	1945
6 / 37	William Nuber vs. Levi Burd, et al. d/b/a Montana Livestock Commission	1937-1938
6 / 38	Brian O'Connell case	1943
6 / 39	Rosebud County case (re C.A. Farnum and Undersheriff O'Donnell)	1938
6 / 40	State, ex rel. D.V. Ervin vs. C.K. Warren, et al. as Livestock Commission	1948-1949
6 / 41	Dave Yegan cattle theft case	1927-1933

Financial Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6 / 42	Financial statements	1933-1934, 1945-1949
Volume
Vol. 1-2	Livestock market shipping ledgers (lists owner, shipping point, cattle or horses shipped, brand, and net proceeds)	1929-1966
Vol. 5-6	Receipts and disbursements (includes index)	1887-1891

Minutes Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6 / 43	Annual meetings	1941
6 / 44	District meetings (notes, etc.)	1953-1957
6 / 45	Inspectors meeting	1962
6 / 46	Montana Agriculture and Livestock Council	1959-1962
6 / 47-48	Montana Governor's Ad Hoc Committee of Farm Organizations and Commodity Groups	1972-1974
6 / 49	Montana Livestock Commission	1961

Organization Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6 / 50	Bylaws	1917,1957
6 / 51	List of Livestock Commission personnel	1954
6 / 52	Organizational chart and district maps	1945,1974, undated
6 / 53	"Resume of laws, regulations and duties of the Livestock Commission"	circa 1969

Printed Material Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6 / 54	Montana Peace Officers' Association Warning Bulletin	1960
6 / 55	Montana State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation Division Bulletin	1966-1967

Reports Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
6 / 56	Activity report	1974
6 / 57-60	Annual reports (earlier published reports cataloged in library collection)	1935-1940, 1946-1949
OVSZ1 / 1-3	Brand book: Central Montana (unpublished, includes index)	1984-1985
OVSZ1 / 4-6	Brand book: Eastern Montana (unpublished, includes index)	1984-1985
OVSZ2 / 1-3	Brand book: Eastern Montana (cont.) (unpublished, includes index)	1984-1985
OVSZ2 / 4-5	Brand book: Eastern Montana II (unpublished, includes index)	1984-1985
OVSZ3 / 1-2	Brand book: Eastern Montana II (cont.) (unpublished, includes index)	1984-1985
OVSZ3 / 3-6	Brand book: Western Montana (unpublished, includes index)	1984-1985
6 / 61	Federal Bureau of Investigation reports re Mt. Haggin Ranch cattle theft	1967-1968
6 / 62	Governor's Committee on Reorganization and Economy survey and report on Livestock Commission	1941
7 / 1	Market report	1947,1955
7 / 2	Montana Department of Agriculture Advisory Council on Rodents and Rabid Skunk Control interim report	1973
7 / 3-5	Monthly reports to Governor	1950-1960
7 / 6-7	Stock Inspector D.V. Erwin reports on investigations	1933,1936- 1939,1944

Miscellany Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
7 / 8	Ad Hoc Committee of the Western Agricultural Economics Research Council statement to western governors on intensification	1974
7 / 9	Appointments and bonds of stock inspectors, detectives, etc.: B-W	1929-1944
7 / 10	Association lists	1961-1964
7 / 11	"Bar One Bar Tallies"	1953
7 / 12	Blank forms (examples of types of forms used)	1950-1964
7 / 13	BLS cattle (memorandum book)	1944-1945
7 / 14	"Board" (miscellaneous information on Livestock Commission; see also "Save")	1940s- 1950s
7 / 15	Brand information (sample materials for assistance in filing brand applications, inspecting, etc.)	1949-1951
7 / 16	Brand inspection survey	1973
7 / 17	Burlington Northern reports on cattle killed	1973
7 / 18	Butcher and hide buyer lists	1952
7 / 19	Canada: Alberta list of livestock dealers	1967
7 / 20-21	Canada: Alberta lists of strayed and stolen cattle and horses	1960-1963
7 / 22-25	Canada: Saskatchewan brand lists	1960-1963
7 / 26	Colorado: lists of strayed and stolen cattle and horses	1962-1963
7 / 27	Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations: brand lists	1947-1948
7 / 28	Instructions to district inspectors on legal procedure	1949,1958
7 / 29	Instructions to stock and market inspectors	1932-1954
7 / 30	Intrastate permits	1967
7 / 31	List of territorial laws concerning livestock	1864-1876
7 / 32	Livestock inspection statistics	1953
7 / 33	Local inspection surveys	1952
7 / 34-35	Miles City Livestock Auction market reports	1960-1964
7 / 36	Montana deputy state veterinarian lists	1961
7 / 37-46	Montana livestock markets sale statistics	1960-1970
7 / 47	Montana Livestock Sanitary Board regulation 36 (re sanitary conditions at public sale yards)	1947-1953
7 / 48	Nebraska: brand inspector lists	1964
7 / 49-50	North Dakota: brand lists	1960-1963
8 / 1	North Dakota Stockmen's Association: brand inspector lists	1960-1972
8 / 2	North Dakota Stockmen's Association: lists of strayed and stolen cattle and horses	1960-1962, 1969
8 / 3	North Dakota Stockmen's Association: market lists	1960-1971
8 / 4	North Dakota Stockmen's Association: stock inspection reports	1960-1963, 1967
8 / 5	Oregon: lists of strayed and stolen cattle and horses	1962
Volume
Vol. 3-4	Personnel file (includes lists of local brand inspectors, market inspectors, their places of assignment, etc.)	1930s- 1978
Box/Folder
8 / 6	Publication material (includes manuscripts and correspondence for proposed articles)	1947-1952
8 / 7	Regional Sylvatic Rabies Conference program	1974
8 / 8	"Save" (miscellaneous information on Livestock Commission; see also "Board")	1939-1954
8 / 9	Slaughterhouse list	1967
8 / 10	South Dakota: brand lists	1963-1968
8 / 11	South Dakota: inspector lists	1966, 1969
8 / 12	South Dakota: lists of strayed and stolen cattle and horses	1960-1963, 1967-1968
8 / 13	South Dakota: market lists and reports	1964-1971
8 / 14	South Dakota: no brand baby calf lists	1965-1971
8 / 15	Suspect brand lists	1949-1952
8 / 16	Suspect vehicle lists	1954
8 / 17	"Tips for witnesses"	1964
8 / 18	Truck permits	1937-1939
8 / 19	United States Bureau of Biological Survey, "Facts about Snakes"	undated
8 / 20	United States Fish and Wildlife Service airplane hunting summaries	1960-1962
8 / 21	Washington: lists of strayed and stolen cattle and horses	1960-1962

Clippings Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
8 / 22	Miscellaneous (re work of Livestock Commission, brand history, cattle marketing, etc.)	1935-1971

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agriculture and state--Montana
Cattle brands--Montana
Cattle stealing--Montana
Livestock--Inspection--Montana
Livestock--Marketing--Montana
Predatory animals--Control--Montana
Rustling--Montana
Wild horses--Montana

Geographical Names

Alberta
Crow Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Mount Haggin Ranch (Mont.)
North Dakota
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Saskatchewan
South Dakota
Wyoming

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