Northern Montana Forestry Association records, 1907-1991

This series contains organizational and legal data produced by the association. It includes by-laws, constitution and amendments, officer and committee lists, membership lists and information on the dissolution of the Association. The Series also contains legal documents generated by and related to the association's business.

This series consists of general correspondence to and from the organization concerning routine matters of business, equipment, and fire reports.

This series consists of material generated and collected by the association on a variety of subjects. Materials include correspondence, reports, and accounts with various entities. Correspondents include the Anaconda Company, congressmen (including Mike Mansfield, Joseph Wheeler, and James Murray), the Glacier Park Company, the Great Northern Railroad Company, the Montana State Board of Forestry, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, the Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Forest Service. There are circular letters to members that address routine concerns of accounts receivable, fires suppressed per season. Subjects include the use of airplanes in fire detection, the celebration of Forest Protection Week, and publicity and public affairs. There are numerous letters to other forestry or forest protective agencies. There are also letters from individuals seeking employment with the association.

This series contains income tax statements, ledger accounts, payroll and wage scale information, and trial balance statements for the association. These provide information on members served, pay rates, prices for equipment and vehicles, employee names, telephone locations, and employee time records. There are additional financial notes and reports from the Northern Montana Forestry Association treasurer on the backs of several of the posters in Series XVI: Memorabilia.

This series consists of the minutes of the association annual Board of Directors meetings.

This series contains reports generated by the association, including annual, auditors committee, fire, daily service, time, and weather. Fire Reports include initial fire report from lookouts, fire diaries, and accounts of fire activities. Weather reports include fire weather forecasts, weather bulletins, correspondence about weather, precipitation diagrams, and monthly summaries; the USDA is the source of some of the weather data. It also contains the reports of the Chief Fire Warden. Reports titled "Clarke-McNary" refer to fire protection in the national forests. One folder labeled "fire lookouts" gives the names and locations of stations and of the men staffing them.