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Montana Department of Planning and Economic Development records, 1935-1974
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montana. Department of Planning and Economic Development
- Title
- Montana Department of Planning and Economic Development records
- Dates
- 1935-1974 (inclusive)19351974
- Quantity
- 4 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- RS 305
- Summary
- These records (1935-1974) of the Montana Department of Planning and Economic Development and its predecessor the Montana State Planning Board consist of correspondence; minutes of both the Department and the Board; press releases regarding Big Sky; reports; speeches; subject files, including topics such as alcohol based fuel, anti ballistic missile areas, housing and economic surveys, forest economic surveys, mining, and city and county industrial development; a writing on the Gallatin Valley by Merrill Burlingame; miscellany; and clippings.
- Repository
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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
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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
The Montana State Planning Board was initially established by the 1934 Special Session of the Legislative Assembly as an ex-officio part of the State Water Conservation Board. In 1935 the Legislative Assembly established the State Planning Board in its own right. Although it was to be composed of the same members as the State Water Conservation Board, the Planning Board now had its own policies and directives. The Board was charged to use scientific knowledge and foresight to assist in "solving the complex problems of Montana, thereby effecting more immediate stabilization of the agricultural, livestock, mining and other industries of the state and bringing about more efficient, economic and fuller use of the manifold resources of Montana." The Board could appoint an advisory council of five citizens and was funded by the State Water Conservation Board. Due to a lack of funding from the Water Board, the Planning Board was basically inactive from 1941 until 1955. The 1967 Legislative Assembly abolished the State Planning Board and replaced it with the Department of Planning and Economic Development. This Department was governed by the Planning and Development Commission, which consisted of seven members appointed by and including the Governor. The Department was created to "promote, stimulate and encourage the planning and development of the economy of the state in order to provide for the social and economic prosperity of its citizens." They were to examine the development of industry, commerce, agriculture, labor and natural resoures. The Department continued in operation until 1974, when it was transferred to the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs as the Planning and Economic Development Division through the executive reorganization. The Planning and Development Commission was abolished at this time. A year later, in 1975, the Legislature again moved the Division to the Research and Information System Divsion in the Department of Community Affairs.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
These records consist of two groups; records of the Department of Planning and Economic Development and records of the Montana State Planning Board. The records of the Department of Planning and Economic Development consist of outgoing and general correspondence; minutes; press releases regarding Big Sky; reports, including the organizational structure of the department; speeches; subject files, including topics such s alcohol based fuel, anti ballistic missile areas, population statistics, economic and housing surveys, forest resources studies, medical facilities, mining, and industrial development in various cities and counties; a writing by Merrill Burlingame regarding the Gallatin Valley; miscellany; and clippings regarding Big Sky. The records of the Montana State Planning Board consist of general and interoffice correspondence; minutes; speeches; subject files, including topics such as mining and industrial development in various cities and counites; miscellany; and clippings regarding the activities and opinions of the board.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society 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 Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Montana Department of Planning and Economic Development Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Outgoing correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 1 | Economic analyst |
1970-1971 |
General correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 2 | Big Sky of Montana |
1970 |
1 / 3 | Bureau of Business and Economic Research |
1967 |
Minutes |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 4 | Department of Planning and Economic Development |
1967-1972 |
Press releases |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 5 | Chrysler Corporation (re Big Sky of Montana) |
1970 |
Reports |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 5a | Annual report to the Governor |
1970-1971 |
1 / 5b | Departmental research program |
1971 |
1 / 6 | Economic Development Association of Eastern
Montana: committees plan of work |
undated |
1 / 6a | Objectives and plan of work |
undated |
1 / 7 | Organizational Structure and Functional Purposes |
1967 |
Speeches |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 8 | Big Sky news conference |
1970 |
Subject files |
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Box/Folder | ||
1 / 9-10 | Alcohol from grains |
1969-1970 |
1 / 11 | Anti ballistic missile area: economy |
1970 |
1 / 12 | AVCO feedlot - slaughter project |
1971 |
1 / 13-14 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: EDA application |
1970 |
1 / 15 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: application -
non-speculative covenant |
1970 |
1 / 16 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: road establishment
information (re project F20, US191 spur) |
1969-1972 |
1 / 17 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: Madison County letters |
1970 |
1 / 18 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: Big Sky / Chrysler
letters |
1969-1970 |
1 / 19 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: EDA letters |
1970 |
1 / 20 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: recommitment letters |
1970 |
1 / 21 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: EDA turndown letters |
1970 |
1 / 22 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: status |
1969-1970 |
1 / 23 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: land exchange (includes
report by Norman Schoenthal and Wilson Clark) |
1970-1971 |
1 / 24 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc.: road traffic and tax
study |
1970-1971 |
1 / 25 | Cities: Anaconda |
1970 |
1 / 26 | Cities: Billings |
1968-1969 |
1 / 27 | Cities: Bozeman |
1968-1972 |
1 / 28 | Cities: Broadus |
1970 |
1 / 29 | Cities: Butte |
1969-1973 |
1 / 30 | Cities: Chester |
1973 |
1 / 31 | Cities: Circle |
1971-1972 |
1 / 32 | Cities: Columbia Falls |
1969 |
1 / 33 | Cities: Columbus |
1968 |
1 / 34 | Cities: Conrad |
1969-1974 |
1 / 35 | Cities: Cut Bank |
1970 |
1 / 36 | Cities: Deer Lodge |
1971-1972 |
1 / 37 | Cities: Eureka |
1968, 1971 |
1 / 38 | Cities: Forsyth |
1972-1973 |
1 / 39 | Cities: Glasgow |
1969-1974 |
1 / 40 | Cities: Glendive |
1969-1972 |
1 / 41 | Cities: Hamilton |
1969-1972 |
1 / 42 | Cities: Havre |
1969-1971 |
1 / 43 | Cities: Helena |
1972-1974 |
1 / 44 | Cities: Helena (re potential air freight exports
from Montana) |
1973 |
1 / 45 | Cities: Judith Gap |
1972-1973 |
1 / 46 | Cities: Kalispell |
1970-1973 |
1 / 47 | Cities: Lewistown |
1967-1973 |
1 / 48 | Cities: Lewistown - radar base |
1972 |
1 / 49 | Cities: Libby |
1969-1971 |
1 / 50 | Cities: Lincoln |
1969-1971 |
1 / 51 | Cities: Missoula |
1970-1973 |
1 / 52 | Cities: Plentywood |
1971 |
1 / 53 | Cities: Polson |
1969 |
1 / 54 | Cities: Ronan |
1971 |
1 / 55 | Cities: Roundup |
1970-1973 |
1 / 56 | Cities: Shelby |
1967-1973 |
1 / 57 | Cities: Sidney |
1969-1974 |
1 / 58 | Cities: Terry |
1971-1972 |
1 / 59 | Cities: Thompson Falls |
1972 |
1 / 60 | Cities: Troy |
1973 |
1 / 61 | Cities: West Yellowstone |
1970-1973 |
1 / 62 | Cities: Whitefish |
1971-1972 |
1 / 63 | Cities: White Sulphur Springs |
1970-1972 |
1 / 64 | Counties: Beaverhead |
1971-1972 |
1 / 65 | Counties: Big Horn |
1972-1973 |
1 / 66 | Counties: Blaine |
1968-1973 |
1 / 67 | Counties: Broadwater |
1969-1973 |
1 / 68 | Counties: Carbon |
1967-1972 |
1 / 69 | Counties: Carter |
1971-1972 |
1 / 70 | Counties: Cascade |
1971-1973 |
1 / 71 | Counties: Chouteau |
1969-1970 |
1 / 72 | Counties: Custer |
1968-1973 |
1 / 73 | Counties: Daniels |
1969-1974 |
1 / 74 | Counties: Deer Lodge |
1970 |
1 / 75 | Counties: Fallon |
1970-1973 |
1 / 76 | Counties: Flathead |
1972-1974 |
1 / 77 | Counties: Glacier |
1969-1970 |
1 / 78 | Counties: Hill |
1969-1972 |
1 / 79 | Counties: Judith Basin |
1973 |
1 / 80 | Counties: Liberty |
1972 |
2 / 1 | Counties: Madison |
1969-1971 |
2 / 2 | Counties: Meagher |
1969 |
2 / 3 | Counties: Mineral |
1969 |
2 / 4 | Counties: Yellowstone |
1969 |
2 / 5 | Data: population and housing for Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 1965-1969 |
1969 |
2 / 6-7 | Districting (OVERSIZE: BOX 1) |
1969 |
2 / 8 | Economic Development Association of Eastern Montana
(OVERSIZE: BOX 1) |
1968-1971 |
2 / 9 | Economic survey: Madison County |
1970-1971 |
2 / 10 | Forest industries and lands |
1971-1972 |
2 / 11-12 | Forest resources study (includes lumber report) |
undated |
2 / 13 | Forest survey: USFS |
1970 |
2 / 14 | Freight rates and transportation |
1969-1970 |
2 / 15 | Havre - Hill County planning |
1967-1970 |
2 / 16 | Hogs |
1972 |
2 / 17 | Housing surveys |
1972 |
2 / 18 | Housing surveys: Carbon County |
1971-1972 |
2 / 19 | Housing surveys: Deer Lodge |
1971-1972 |
2 / 20 | Housing surveys: Great Falls (OVERSIZE: BOX 1) |
1970-1971 |
2 / 21 | Housing surveys: Havre (OVERSIZE: BOX 1) |
1971 |
2 / 22 | Housing surveys: Missoula (OVERSIZE: BOX 1) |
1970-1971 |
2 / 23 | Housing surveys: Sidney |
1972 |
2 / 24 | Hydroponics |
1971 |
2 / 25 | Income |
1971 |
2 / 26 | Indian tribal councils: Montana |
1969-1970 |
2 / 27-28 | Indians (OVERSIZE: BOX 1) |
1967-1973 |
2 / 29 | Industrial development |
1971 |
2 / 30 | Integrated cattle feeding and slaughtering |
1971 |
2 / 31 | Medical facilities in Montana |
1972 |
2 / 32 | Micone's Furniture and Mattress Company, Butte |
1970 |
2 / 33 | Mining: general information |
1967-1970 |
2 / 34 | Mining: clay |
1970-1971 |
2 / 35 | Mining: coal |
1970-1972 |
2 / 36 | Mining: gypsum |
1969 |
2 / 37 | Mining: lime |
1968-1969 |
2 / 38 | Mining: silica |
1968-1970 |
2 / 39 | Mining: travertine |
1969-1970 |
2 / 40 | Mining: vermiculite |
1972 |
2 / 41 | Mining: zinc |
1972 |
2 / 42 | Montana municipal population |
undated |
2 / 43 | Oil industry |
1972 |
2 / 44 | Pacific Northwest River Basin Commission |
1971-1972 |
2 / 45 | Pollution |
1970 |
2 / 46 | Population |
undated |
2 / 47 | Power |
1970, undated |
2 / 48 | Rangeland improvements |
1970-1971 |
2 / 49 | Resource inventory: Sweet Grass County |
1971 |
2 / 50 | Smith River |
1968-1970 |
2 / 51 | Sulfur dioxide recovery |
1970-1972 |
2 / 52 | Sunflowers |
1972 |
2 / 53 | Unemployment |
1972 |
2 / 54 | Water and land |
1970-1972 |
2 / 55 | Water resources |
1969-1970 |
2 / 56 | Yellostone Park: area economics |
1971-1972 |
2 / 57 | Miscellaneous |
1969-1970 |
Writings |
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Box/Folder | ||
2 / 58 | Gallatin Valley sketch by Merrill G. Burlingame |
undated |
Miscellany |
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Box/Folder | ||
2 / 59 | Organizational chart |
1971 |
2 / 60 | State Housing Program goals and objectives |
undated |
2 / 60a | Various histories |
undated |
2 / 60b | Census tabulations; memo re State Agency- Model
City Assistance Study (Ac2009-17) |
1971 |
Clippings |
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Box/Folder | ||
2 / 61 | Big Sky of Montana, Inc. |
1970 |
Montana State Planning Board Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 1 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Montana Power
Company, Senator John Stennis; also includes open letters to Montanans interested in
industrial development) |
1952-1962 |
Interoffice correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 2 | Planning Board, Advisory Council, Director |
1955-1962 |
Minutes |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 3-4 | Montana State Planning Board |
1935-1967 |
Organization |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 5 | Purpose and operation statement; list of members |
undated |
Reports |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3 / 5a | State Comprehensive Planning |
1967 |
Speeches |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 6 | David K. Hartley: "What's New in Planning for Small
Cities" |
1959 |
3 / 7 | Perry F. Roys: "The Effect of Taxation on Industry" |
1958 |
3 / 8 | E. O. Sowerwine: "Planning Montana's Industrial
Future"; miscellaneous speeches |
1959-1960 |
Subject files |
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Box/Folder | ||
3 / 9 | Cities: Anaconda |
1957-1966 |
3 / 10 | Cities: Billings |
1955-1967 |
3 / 11 | Cities: Bozeman |
1958-1964 |
3 / 12 | Cities: Butte |
1956-1966 |
3 / 13 | Cities: Chester |
1961-1963 |
3 / 14 | Cities: Choteau |
1963 |
3 / 15 | Cities: Circle |
1957-1959 |
3 / 16 | Cities: Columbia Falls |
1958-1963 |
3 / 17 | Cities: Columbus |
1956-1966 |
3 / 18 | Cities: Conrad |
1959-1965 |
3 / 19 | Cities: Cut Bank |
1963-1964 |
3 / 20 | Cities: Deer Lodge |
1957-1965 |
3 / 21 | Cities: Eureka |
1957-1966 |
3 / 22 | Cities: Fairfield |
1956-1960 |
3 / 23 | Cities: Forsyth |
1957 |
3 / 24 | Cities: Glasgow |
1958-1967 |
3 / 25 | Cities: Glendive |
1955-1967 |
3 / 26 | Cities: Hamilton |
1956-1965 |
3 / 27 | Cities: Havre |
1956-1964 |
3 / 28 | Cities: Helena |
1956-1966 |
3 / 29 | Cities: Hingham |
1967 |
3 / 30 | Cities: Kalispell |
1956-1967 |
3 / 31 | Cities: Lewistown |
1955-1967 |
3 / 32 | Cities: Libby |
1958-1964 |
3 / 33 | Cities: Lincoln |
1963-1967 |
3 / 34 | Cities: Missoula |
1956-1961 |
3 / 35 | Cities: Philipsburg |
1963 |
3 / 36 | Cities: Plentywood |
1962-1965 |
3 / 37 | Cities: Polson |
1957-1963 |
3 / 38 | Cities: Poplar |
1956, undated |
3 / 39 | Cities: Ronan |
1955-1965 |
3 / 40 | Cities: Roundup |
1956-1965 |
3 / 41 | Cities: Shelby |
1960-1966 |
3 / 42 | Cities: Sidney |
1956-1966 |
3 / 43 | Cities: Sunburst |
1957-1962 |
3 / 44 | Cities: Three Forks |
1956-1965 |
3 / 45 | Cities: Troy |
1957 |
3 / 46 | Cities: Whitefish |
1955-1966 |
3 / 47 | Cities: White Sulphur Springs |
1957-1966 |
3 / 48 | Cities: Wolf Point |
1961-1967 |
3 / 49-50 | Counties: Beaverhead (includes application for
assistance in developing a resource conservation and development project plan) |
1963 |
3 / 51 | Counties: Big Horn |
1959-1967 |
3 / 52 | Counties: Blaine |
1956-1965 |
3 / 53 | Counties: Broadwater |
1957-1963 |
3 / 54 | Counties: Carbon |
1956-1963 |
3 / 55 | Counties: Carter |
1960-1961 |
3 / 56 | Counties: Cascade |
1959-1965 |
3 / 57 | Counties: Chouteau |
1959-1964 |
3 / 58 | Counties: Custer |
1956-1966 |
4 / 1 | Counties: Fallon |
1958-1965 |
4 / 2 | Counties: Fergus |
1959 |
4 / 3 | Counties: Flathead |
1964 |
4 / 4 | Counties: Garfield |
1962-1966 |
4 / 5 | Counties: Glacier |
1959-1960 |
4 / 6 | Counties: Hill |
1964-1967 |
4 / 7 | Counties: Jefferson |
1960-1966 |
4 / 8 | Counties: Judith Basin |
1963-1964 |
4 / 9 | Counties: Liberty |
1964 |
4 / 10 | Counties: Lincoln |
1965 |
4 / 11 | Counties: Madison |
1955-1964 |
4 / 12 | Counties: Meagher |
1965 |
4 / 13 | Counties: Mineral |
1960-1964 |
4 / 14 | Counties: Ravalli |
undated |
4 / 15 | Fertilizers |
1960-1964 |
4 / 16 | Forest products |
1959-1965 |
4 / 17 | Forests: lodgepole pine (includes minutes) |
1960 |
4 / 18 | Forests: Pulp and Paper Research Institute of
Canada |
1957-1960 |
4 / 19 | Fort Peck District (includes minutes from Fort Peck
Reservoir Inter-Agency Council meetings) |
1955-1964 |
4 / 20 | Freight rates and transportation |
1954-1962 |
4 / 21 | Fur industry |
1965-1966 |
4 / 22 | Handicrafts |
1960-1963 |
4 / 23 | Highways |
1958 |
4 / 24 | Hydroponics |
1960 |
4 / 25 | Indian Tribal Councils |
1957-1963 |
4 / 26 | Indians |
1956-1965 |
4 / 27-28 | Industrial development (includes Montana Industrial
Development Clinics) |
1954-1960 |
4 / 29 | Mining: general information |
1957-1964 |
4 / 30 | Mining: asbestos |
1955-1960 |
4 / 31 | Mining: bentonite |
1961-1966 |
4 / 32 | Mining: clay |
1938-1945 |
4 / 33-34 | Mining: coal (includes Forstron Coal Company,
Roundup) |
1960-1965 |
4 / 35 | Mining: Coal Research Council |
1966 |
4 / 36 | Mining: gypsum |
1960-1962 |
4 / 37 | Mining: Inter-American, Ltd. |
1964 |
4 / 38 | Mining: iron |
1957-1965 |
4 / 39 | Mining: lead, silver, and zinc |
1960-1965 |
4 / 40 | Mining: lime |
1957-1965 |
4 / 41 | Mining: lime market survey |
1965-1966 |
4 / 42 | Mining: magnesium |
1965-1966 |
4 / 43 | Mining: manganese |
1957 |
4 / 44 | Mining: mining activities |
1963-1965 |
4 / 45 | Mining: National Western Mining Association |
1964 |
4 / 46 | Mining: petroleum |
1965-1966 |
4 / 47 | Mining: phosphate |
1956-1967 |
4 / 48 | Mining: rare earth ore |
1965 |
4 / 49 | Mining: sodium sulfate |
1964, undated |
4 / 50 | Mining: stone quarries |
1963-1964 |
4 / 51 | Mining: talc |
1965-1967 |
4 / 52 | Mining: thorium |
1965-1966 |
4 / 53 | Mining: tungsten |
1962 |
4 / 54 | Mint |
1965 |
4 / 55 | Mustard |
1959-1962 |
4 / 56 | Peat |
1961 |
4 / 57 | Petrochemical industry |
1958 |
4 / 58 | Potatoes |
1960-1961 |
4 / 59 | Pollution |
1956-1959 |
4 / 60 | Power |
1956 |
4 / 61 | Public lands (re transfer of public domain lands to
the state and to public ownership) |
1963 |
4 / 62 | Research |
1958-1963 |
4 / 63 | Safflower |
1958-1966 |
4 / 64 | Sheep |
1961 |
4 / 65 | Soybeans |
1964 |
4 / 66 | Sugar industry |
1964-1965 |
4 / 67 | Tanneries |
1965 |
4 / 68 | Tourist industry |
1963 |
4 / 69 | Water resources |
1957-1965 |
4 / 70 | Wool |
1959-1964 |
Miscellany |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4 / 71 | List of maps, photographs, and printed material
transferred to Library map collection, Photo Archives, and Library respectivelly |
|
4 / 72 | Miscellaneous (includes Montana Community
Development Conference program; Survey of Zoning in Montana, 1957; "How Fabulous
were Montana's Fifties"; "How Many Gunnery Ranges;" "1959-A Review of Montana's
Growth"; minutes of Urban Planning meetings; Montana Resource Data sheet; summary of
city planning meeting in Great Falls; SBA research grants) |
1956-1960 |
4 / 73-74 | Miscellaneous (includes minutes, reports, articles
of incorporation of Association of Montana Planning Boards, Great Falls City-County
Planning Board plan, subdivision regulations, "Statement on Indian labor", etc.)
(AC2009-18) |
1958-1959 |
4 / 75 | Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission
minutes |
1936 |
Clippings |
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Box/Folder | ||
4 / 76 | Miscellany (re state planning, industrial
development, activities and opinions of State Planning Board) |
1955-1967 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clay mines and mining--Montana
- Coal mines and mining--Montana
- Economic development--Montana
- Guided missile bases--Montana
- Highway planning--Montana
- Housing--Montana
- Industrial promotion--Montana
- Industry and state--Montana
- Lime industry--Montana
- Lumber trade--Montana
- Mines and mineral resources--Montana
- Ski resorts--Montana
Geographical Names
- Montana--Commerce
- Montana--Politics and government