Educational Cooperative Publishing Company of Montana records

Educational Cooperative Publishing Company of Montana records, 1937-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Educational Cooperative Publishing Company of Montana
Title: Educational Cooperative Publishing Company of Montana records
Dates: 1937-1967 (inclusive)
19371967
Quantity: 7 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number: MC 40 (collection)
Summary: The People's Voice was a weekly newspaper published in Helena, Montana, by H.S. "Cap" Bruce, and later by Harry L. Billings. Records consist primarily of general correspondence (1937-1966); and subject files (1930s-1960s) on a wide variety of topics, including Montana politics, farmers unions, labor, state government, and public utilities.
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

The People's Voice, a cooperative newspaper, was founded in 1939, by H.S. "Cap" Bruce with the backing of farm coop and labor leaders. Bruce, a veteran newspaperman, saw the need for an independent state-wide paper after the established press failed to report adequately on the 1937 state legislature's defeat of liberal measures. Bruce's newly formed Educational Co-operative Publishing Company bought a press and, in December 1939, began publication of The People's Voice . The Voice covered both local and national issues, taking strong stands on the issues of public power, protection of public lands, establishment of farmers' cooperatives, the abolition of capital punishment, minimum wage, and other labor union concerns. In spite of its small circulation, the paper's political influence was considerable. In November 1948, associate editor Harry L. Billings, assisted by his wife Gretchen, succeeded Bruce as managing editor. After Billings retired in 1968, Bennett Hansen took over the Voice's management, but financial difficulties forced the paper to cease publication shortly thereafter.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records include general correspondence (composed in part of incoming and outgoing correspondence without reciprocal response), pertaining to a wide range of political issues. The majority of correspondence during the period of Billings' editorship was arranged in the various subject files. There are also a few financial, legal, and organizational records of the company.

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

Arrangement

Arranged by series

Location of Collection

2:5-3

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

Separated Materials

Photographs transferred to Photo Archives. See inventory below for more information.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

General Correspondence Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 1	A.A. Alvord	1937
1 / 2	A (correspondents include Carl Ahlgreen; Anaconda labor unions; A.E. Anderson)	1937
1 / 3	M.K. Beadle	1937
1 / 4	Robert Brown	1937
1 / 5	Ernest Burns	1937
1 / 6	B (correspondents include Sam Bechtold; Edward Bloom; Harry Boullion; Carl Bowlds; Bozeman labor unions; A.N. Brooks; Butte Miners Union #1)	1937
1 / 7	Clarence Chamberlain	1937
1 / 8	E.W. Chapman	1937
1 / 9	O.F. Clarke	1937
1 / 10-11	C-D (correspondents include Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly; Clifford G. Cate; Tom D. Caverly; John Clark; F.L. Darland; Frank B. Dexter)	1937
1 / 12	Leif Erickson	1937
1 / 13	E (correspondents include Hugh Egan)	1937
1 / 14	Farmers Union (Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America)	1937
1 / 15	Farmers Union: local offices	1937
1 / 16	Farmers Union Central Exchange	1937
1 / 17	Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association	1937
1 / 18	Stanley J. Fenton	1937
1 / 19	Frank Finnegan	1937
1 / 20	F (correspondents include Farm Labor Council; Harrison J. Freebourn; L.D. French)	1937
1 / 21	W.S. Good	1937
1 / 22	G (correspondents include Frank A. Gallagher; J.B. Garrison; William E. Grove)	1937
1 / 23	H.H. Hess	1937
1 / 24-26	H-J (correspondents include O.K. Hansen; Hardin labor unions; Havre labor unions; Helena labor unions; Thomas Horsford; Oscar Horsford; W.G. Hunter; Art H. Jones)	1937
1 / 27	A.E. Kathan	1937
1 / 28	K (correspondents include J.G. Kalbus; Mrs. J.H. Keenan; E.R. Kindler; Chester Kinsey; Albert H. Kruse)	1937
1 / 29	Joe Larson	1937
1 / 30	Gonius Laursen	1937
1 / 31	L (correspondents include H.A. Lambert; Edward P. Leonard; Howard M. Lyman)	1937
1 / 32	Archie McLeod	1937
1 / 33	William McMurphy	1937
1 / 34	Mc (correspondents include M.A. McClain; George S. McKenna)	1937
1 / 35	Robert W. Mackie	1937
1 / 36	D.L. Manning	1937
1 / 37	James W. Masterson	1937
1 / 38	Ambrose G. Measure	1937
1 / 39	F.C. Metzger	1937
1 / 40	Lee Metcalf	1937
1 / 41	E.G. Miller	1937
1 / 42	George Monahan	1937
1 / 43	M (correspondents include Paul Mathis; Ted Maxwell; Mrs. Frank Meldrum; Sam W. Mitchell; George H. Montgomery)	1937
2 / 1	William J. Nelson	1937
2 / 2	N (correspondents include Edward J. Nichols; Northern Montana Beetgrowers' Association)	1937
2 / 3	Edward O'Byrne	1937
2 / 4	O (correspondents include S.W. Oliver; Curtis B. Owen)	1937
2 / 5	J.M. Peterson	1937
2 / 6	N.A. Peterson	1937
2 / 7	P.C. Peterson	1937
2 / 8	William J. Priest	1937
2 / 9-11	P-R (correspondents include G.E. Paulson; Pearl Assurance Company; William Poppler; R.H. Rebal; W.H. Reed; A.F. Robson; George W. Ruffcorn)	1937
2 / 12	John Severovic	1937
2 / 13	Bentley Sinclair	1937
2 / 14	Sam Spiegel	1937
2 / 15	Hays Starks	1937
2 / 16-17	S-T (correspondents include Mary Sathre; Melvin L. Schneider; Albert Simons; T.P. Taylor)	1937
2 / 18	United Mine Workers of America	1937
2 / 19-20	U-V (correspondents include U.S. Resettlement Administration; Joseph Vanek)	1937
2 / 21	E.J. Wight	1937
2 / 22	Charles H. Wolff	1937
2 / 23	W	1937
2 / 24	Form letter thanking subscribers to stock of company	1937
2 / 25	A.E. Anderson	1938
2 / 26	Robert Brown	1938
2 / 27	Ernest Burns	1938
2 / 28	B (correspondents include Graeme B. Baker; Arthur Beckstrom; F.E. Bergren; Peter Berimen; Blaine County Farmers Union; Patricia Brennan)	1938
2 / 29	Clarence Chamberlain	1938
2 / 30	O.F. Clarke	1938
2 / 31	Communist Party of the United States of America, Butte District	1938
2 / 32	C (correspondents include Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly; Frank Cimrhakl [sp?]; Margaret Colton; Thomas C. Colton;	1938
2 / 33	Elmer Denaney	1938
2 / 34	H.O. Ekern	1938
2 / 35	Leif Erickson	1938
2 / 36	Farmers Union (Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America)	1938
2 / 37	Farmers Union: local offices	1938
2 / 38	Farmers Union Central Exchange	1938
2 / 39-40	F-G (correspondents include Farmers Union Elevator Company; Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association; Farmers Union Oil Company; Arlie Foor; Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen's Union #16)	1938
2 / 41	H.H. Hess	1938
2 / 42-45	H-L (correspondents include Mark Hampton; R.A. Harbo; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #122; International Union of Operating Engineers #377; J.B.C. Knight; Labor; Richard Lake; H.A. Lambert; Mina S. Lampell; Laundry Workers, Cleaners and Dyers #19; O.B. Lovely; Howard M. Lyman)	1938
2 / 46	D.L. Manning	1938
2 / 47	James E. Murray	1938
2 / 48	M (correspondents include M.A. McClain; George S. McKenna; Guy Miller; Montana Workers' Alliance; George H. Montgomery)	1938
2 / 49	Edward O'Byrne	1938
2 / 50	William J. Priest	1938
2 / 51-57	P-Z (correspondents include Donald C. Peterson; Bert Replogle; A.W. Ricker; John Severovic; H.S. Sylvester; Teton County Farmers Union; United Mine Workers of America; U.S. Farm Security Administration; Edith H. Wall; C.L. Waring; Joe Zuncich)	1938
2 / 58-59	A-B (correspondents include Walter Aitken; Minnie Beadle; Albert V. Bielles; Butte Miners Union #1)	1939
2 / 60	E.B. Coolidge	1939
2 / 61-62	C-E (correspondents include Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly; Community Hospital [cooperative hospital in Elk City, Oklahoma]; Cut Bank Pioneer Press; H.O. Ekern)	1939
2 / 63	Farmers Union (Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America)	1939
2 / 64	Farmers Union: local offices	1939
2 / 65	Farmers Union Central Exchange	1939
2 / 66	Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association	1939
2 / 67	F (correspondents include Farmers Union Market, Nashua; Farmers Union Oil Company; Federated Press news service; Arlie Foor)	1939
2 / 68	W.S. Good	1939
2 / 69-73	G-L (correspondents include Leo Garnet re events in Finland; Angeline Golubin; A.I. Harris; Helena Postmaster; Ben Hollenback; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Labor Defense enclosing poem by Kyle Pugh; Mrs. Lars Kalsta; H.A. Lambert; Jerome Locke)	1939
2 / 74	D.L. Manning	1939
2 / 75	James E. Murray	1939
2 / 76	M (correspondents include W.Y. Maloney; F.C. Metzger; Montana Farmers Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Montana Progressive Council; Montana State University Teachers Union)	1939
3 / 1	National Youth Administration (Richard Lake)	1939
3 / 2	Edward O'Byrne	1939
3 / 3-4	P-R (correspondents include Frank Polutnik; Red Lodge Workers' Alliance)	1939
3 / 5	Sam Spiegel	1939
3 / 6-11	S-Y (correspondents include Sheep Shearers' Union of North America #1; G.C. Threet; U.S. Farm Credit Administration; U.S. Farm Security Administration; United Mine Workers of America; Valier Cooperative Society; Thomas H. Wright; Yellowstone County Trades and Labor Assembly)	1939
3 / 12	A (correspondents include Walter Aitken; Allied Printing Trades Council; American Federation of Teachers; American Youth Congress re Emergency Peace Mobilization; Parker T. Anderson; Ella V. Archer)	1940
3 / 13	John W. Bonner	1940
3 / 14	B (correspondents include Charles Banderob; M.J. Beck; Peter Bokma; Brandtjen and Kluge re printing press; A.R. Brewer; O.A. Brotherman; Gottlieb Brummer; Butte Miners Union #1; L.L. Buchanan; Harry L. Burns)	1940
3 / 15	Paul Cannon	1940
3 / 16	E.B. Coolidge	1940
3 / 17-19	C-E (correspondents include Florence Cady; Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly; Thomas C. Colton; Walter P. Coombs; G.W. Crossley; F.L. Darland; Jasper DeDobbeleer; C.V. Dooley; I.E. Duncan; Hugh Egan; H.O. Ekern; Frank E. Ellsworth; Equity Cooperative Association of Harlem)	1940
3 / 20	Farmers Union (Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America)	1940
3 / 21	Farmers Union: local offices	1940
3 / 22	Farmers Union Central Exchange	1940
3 / 23	Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association	1940
3 / 24	Frank Finnegan	1940
3 / 25	Sam C. Ford	1940
3 / 26	F (correspondents include Farmer Labor Political Federation; Farmers Union Elevator Company; Farmers Union Live Stock Commission Company; Farmers Union Oil Company; Farmers Union Trading Company; Federal Labor Union #18741; Flathead Voters Council; Mary E. Friday)	1940
3 / 27	W.S. Good	1940
3 / 28	G	1940
3 / 29	H.H. Hess	1940
3 / 30-32	H-J (correspondents include Herbert H. Haight; Oscar Horsford; C.S. Horton; George E. Hurd; Idaho Public Utilities Commission; Bertina Johnson)	1940
3 / 33	[A.E.] Kathan-for-Governor Club	1940
3 / 34-35	K-L (correspondents include Kalispell Trades and Labor Council; J.C. Keenan; R.D. Kenney; The Kenosha Labor; Chester Kinsey; George J. Ladwig; Lake County Farmers Union Egg Cooperative; Richard Lake; H.A. Lambert; A.F. Lamey; Jerome G. Locke; Jens L. Larson; Howard M. Lyman)	1940
3 / 36	Mc (correspondents include John H. McGuffey; J.C. McIntire; J.E. McKenna)	1940
3 / 37	D.L. Manning	1940
3 / 38	Mike Mansfield	1940
3 / 39	F.C. Metzger	1940
3 / 40	James E. Murray	1940
3 / 41-42	M-N (correspondents include Montana Industrial Accident Board; Montana Licensed Liquor Dealers Association; Montana Progressive Club; Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Ruth Reardon; Margaret Nagle; A.L. Nicholls; Catherine Nutterville)	1940
3 / 43	Edward O'Byrne	1940
3 / 44	O (correspondents include Oscar L. Olvrud)	1940
3 / 45	J.M. Peterson	1940
3 / 46-47	P-R (correspondents include [West] Powell for Railroad Commissioner Club; Bert Replogle; Peter Rorvik; William W. Ruffcorn)	1940
3 / 48	Sam Spiegel	1940
3 / 49-51	S-U (correspondents include E.B. Shipman; W.H. Smith; J.T. Sparling; Spokane Bank for Cooperatives; J.L. Strong; Townsend National Recovery Plan; U.S. Agricultural Adjustment Administration; U.S. Post Office Dept.)	1940
3 / 52	Burton K. Wheeler	1940
3 / 53-54	W-Y (correspondents include Western Newspaper Union; Bon Whealdon; John Q. Wilson; Yellowstone County Trades and Labor Assembly; Frank W. Young)	1940
3 / 55	Unidentified and anonymous	1940
4 / 1-2	A-B (correspondents include Walter Aitken; Association for Maintenance of Free Enterprise in Montana; F.A. Banderob; Barber Telephone Company; Brandjen and Kluge; Stanley Brooks; Butte Youth Council)	1941
4 / 3	E.B. Coolidge	1941
4 / 4-6	C-E (correspondents include Chinese Relief Committee; Communist Party of the United States of America, Montana District; Walter P. Coombs; Wayne Coster; Gordon Crandell; F.L. Darland; Gladys E. Erhard)	1941
4 / 7	Farmers Union (Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America)	1941
4 / 8	Farmers Union: local offices	1941
4 / 9	Farmers Union Central Exchange	1941
4 / 10	Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association	1941
4 / 11	Sam C. Ford	1941
4 / 12	F (correspondents include Farmers Co-op Oil and Supply Company; Farmers Union Education Service; Farmers Union Grain Company; Farmers Union Live Stock Commission Company; Farmers Union Oil Company)	1941
4 / 13	W.S. Good	1941
4 / 14-17	G-J (correspondents include P.J. Gilfeather; C.S. Horton; International Association of Operating Engineers #377; International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Committee on Cooperation; Berger Johnson)	1941
4 / 18	A.E. Kathan	1941
4 / 19-21	K-Mc (correspondents include Elia Kaneff; L.F. King; League for Efficiency in Government; Jerome G. Locke; Rose M. Lucero; Hobart McKean; George S. McKenna)	1941
4 / 22	Mike Mansfield	1941
4 / 23-24	M-N (correspondents include Molt Farmers Elevator Company; Northwest Cooperative Society)	1941
4 / 25	William J. Priest	1941
4 / 26-27	P-R (correspondents include Power Farmers Elevator Company; John Reagen re National Youth Administration programs; Peter Rorvik)	1941
4 / 28	Hays Starks	1941
4 / 29-32	S-V (correspondents include Joseph St. Marks; E.B. Shipman; Charles E. Smith; W.H. Smith; Southern Tenant Farmers Union; John Stahlberg; Harry B. Syverud; United Pension Movement of Montana; R.F. Vanek)	1941
4 / 33	Burton K. Wheeler	1941
4 / 34	W (correspondents include Western Newspaper Union; Bon Whealdon enclosing poem on Indians; S.P. Wilson)	1941
4 / 35	Unidentified and anonymous	1941
4 / 36	Frank Finnegan	1942
4 / 37	Charles P. Jacobsen	1942
4 / 38	William McMurphy	1942
4 / 39	James E. Murray	1942
4 / 40	M (correspondents include Daniel S. McCorkle re conditions at Warm Springs State Hospital; Montana Workers Alliance; also includes May Day flyer)	1942
4 / 41	Park County Trades and Labor Council	1942
4 / 42-43	V-W (correspondents include George B. Vaughan; George Wieglenda)	1942
4 / 44	Unidentified and anonymous	1942
4 / 45	Miscellaneous (correspondents include William Scallon; Jay Allen; Farmers Union Oil Company; J.M. Peterson; Raymond E. Graham; Jack C. Toole; Bruce Smith; H.S. Bruce resignation from Farmers Union News; R. Bailey Stortz; Lowndes Maury Jr.; Mrs. J. Poirier)	1943-1949
4 / 46	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Bernice Kingsbury; Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association; John Jarussi; Lewistown Daily News; Gladys Jones; Joseph S. Smollack; John Morton; B.W. McDowell; Henry Horowitz; George Meany)	1950-1954
4 / 47	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Perry S. Melton; Lee Metcalf; Farmers Union Central Exchange; Roland Renne; Virgil Buchanan; Miles Romney; A.L. Libre; Leland Olds)	1955
4 / 48	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Lorene McCarthy; Mondell Bennett)	1956-1957
4 / 49	Leonard Kenfield	1963
4 / 50	Miscellaneous (correspondents include Webb Sullivan; Lydia Sullivan)	1966

Court Papers Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4 / 51	Miscellaneous (includes notes and brief in State of Montana ex rel. Lewis and Clark County vs. State Board of Public Welfare re distribution of poor funds; notes on State of Montana vs. Alex Marck et al., re gambling)	1941, 1950

Financial Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4 / 52	Employee tax records (includes correspondence)	1947-1955
4 / 53	Miscellaneous (includes timekeeper's weekly report; inventory; cost of publishing)	1937-1955

Legal Documents Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4 / 54	Agreement with the Belgrade Journal to buy plant	1938

Organization Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4 / 55	Miscellaneous (includes annual report; statement of ownership; notice of meeting)	1940, 1952, 1954

Photographs and Printed Materials Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
4 / 56	List of photographs and printed material transferred to Photo Archives and Library respectively)

Subject Files Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
5 / 1	American Legion	1947-1952
5 / 2	Anaconda Company	1951
5 / 3	Roy E. Ayers investigation (includes testimony before Select Committee of Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assembly)	1939
5 / 4	Capital punishment	1951
5 / 5	Columbia Valley Administration (CVA)	1949-1951
5 / 6	Contribution drive	1955
5 / 7	Co-operatives	1947-1967
5 / 8	Frank R. Dryman murder case	1951
5 / 9-12	Elections (clippings: includes both state and national)	1940-1948
6 / 1-6	Elections (clippings: includes both state and national)	1948-1958
7 / 1-6	Elections (clippings: includes both state and national)	1958-1960
8 / 1-4	Elections (clippings: includes both state and national)	1964
8 / 5	Willard E. Fraser (includes correspondence, speeches, testimony before Missouri Basin Survey Commission, campaign literature, clippings)	1947-1952
8 / 6	Gambling (includes correspondence, clippings, petitions, court papers)	1947-1964
9 / 1	Gambling (clippings)	1947-1964
9 / 2	James Graham (deposition as Secretary of Socialist Party; obituary)	1909, 1951
9 / 3	John Hellman trial (re violation of anti-Communist Smith Act)	1956, 1958
9 / 4-7	Highway Commission investigations by Legislative House of Representatives (includes correspondence; House resolution; "Report of Examination, Montana State Highway Commission, December 31, 1958"; invitations for bids; transcript of hearing on state highway through Helena; hearing on alleged reprisals against Horace B. Williams; court papers; press releases; clippings)	1958-1960
9 / 8	Historical (includes donation of copies of Alfred Myers diaries to Montana State University; "The Government of Montana" by Thomas Payne)	undated
9 / 9	Hitler Bill (re HB 65 authorizing appointment and removal of state employees by Governor)	1937
9 / 10	John Birch Society (includes "The John Birch Society: a Soiled Slip is Showing," by Alan Cranston, re racism and anti-Semitism in the Society)	1966
10 / 1	John F. Kennedy assassination (clippings)	1963
10 / 2	Korean War and China (clippings)	1950-1951
10 / 3	Labor history (includes "Labor in America," term paper by John G. Billings; minutes of Montana State Federation of Labor conventions; Great Falls Typographical Union; Big Bill Haywood; "Labor Laws of the State of Montana")	1939-1956
10 / 4-5	Labor unions (includes correspondence from local unions; form letters)	1933-1953
10 / 6	Letters of opinion ("I love you too letters")	1948-1954
10 / 7	Liquor (includes "Survey of Liquor Problem in Montana," by Lucy T. McLemore; circulars by Montana Licensed Liquor Dealers Association; circular by Employees of Montana Liquor Control Board; court opinion; report of Special Investigating Committee of 26th Legislative Assembly; proposed bill to limit Liquor Control Board to wholesale business only)	1936-1955
10 / 8	Jerome G. Locke (re Montana MVA Association; Missouri Valley Authority; Livingston Enterprise; obituaries)	1952-1954
10 / 9	Marias River Irrigation Project (includes "The Marias Irrigation Project History," by W.T. Cowan; "The Big Water Gyp in Montana" re 160 acre limit on irrigated farms; Tiber Dam, etc.)	1904-1951
10 / 10	Harvey M. Matusow case (includes text of Matusow's affidavit withdrawing accusations against Clinton Jencks of Mine-Mill Union, re continued Communist Party membership)	1955
10 / 11	Miles City Star (re 1948 election)	1948
10 / 12	Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union (includes "A Review of Montana's 1947 State Legislature," by William Mason; Mine-Mill District #1; union election circulars' Clinton Jencks controversy; factional fight with Steelworkers Union; union publications)	1947-1956
11 / 1	Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union strikes	1951
11 / 2	Missouri Valley Authority [MVA] (includes correspondence with Jerome G. Locke; Regional Committee for MVA; clippings)	1944-1951
11 / 3	Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell court martial (includes "The Saga of Billy Mitchell," by Jack Pearl re military air power)	1956
11 / 4	The Montana Corporation (includes articles of incorporation; clippings)	1958-1959
11 / 5	Montana development (includes correspondence and other materials re Knowles Dam, Paradise Dam and Yellowtail Dam; speeches by E.O. Sowerwine; legislative bills; State Planning Board newsletters; clippings)	1958-1959
11 / 6-7	Montana Industrial Health Committee (re drive to cover silicosis and other industrial illnesses under Workmen's Compensation Act; includes correspondence, proposed legislation, petitions, clippings; also includes "Directory of Labor Organizations in Montana"; history of Farmers Union Oil Company; Constitution and By-laws of International Brotherhood of Bookbinders #101; brochure on Educational Co-operative Publishing Company of Montana)	1952
11 / 8	Montana power development (re Columbia Valley Administration, power transmission lines, public power, hydro-electric dams, Rural Electric Association; includes correspondence, speeches, minutes)	1946
11 / 9	Montana State Dept. of Labor (re bill creating Dept. of Labor as separate entity)	1951
11 / 10	Montana State Laboratory Building [Cogswell Building] (to house laboratories of Highway Commission, Water Conservation Board, Board of Health, Food and Drug Division, Industrial Hygenic Division, Sanitary Engineering Division, and Livestock Sanitary Board)	1946
12 / 1	Montana State Training School and Hospital, Boulder (includes minutes of Governor's Committee on Mental Health; The Roundup, May, 1951; clipping on overcrowding)	1951, 1953
12 / 2	Montana State University, Missoula (re controversy with Montana Kaiman; speech at Charter Day Convocation)	1949-1950, 1966
12 / 3	Montana State University, Missoula: drinking (clippings)	1955
12 / 4	Montana State University, Missoula: equestrian class	1957
12 / 5	Montana State University, Missoula: family housing project	1954
12 / 6	Montana State University, Missoula: Dr. James Ford resignation as Dean of School of Journalism	1954-1955
12 / 7	Montana State University, Missoula: miscellany	1954
12 / 8	Montana State Federation of Labor (includes proceedings; resolutions; reports; correspondence with affiliated unions; financial records; legislative summaries)	1912-1957
12 / 9	Montana State Federation of Labor: essay contest (topic "Do We Need Labor Unions in a Democracy?")	1948
12 / 10-11	Montana State Federation of Labor: Executive Board (includes report, correspondence, resolutions, minutes)	1928, 1946-1951
12 / 12	Montana State Federation of Labor: nominations	1950, 1952
12 / 13	Montana. Subversive and Un-American Activities, Interim Committee to Investigate	1948-1951
12 / 14	James E. Murray	1948-1951
12 / 15	National Youth Administration	1940
12 / 16	Nurse licensing	1952
12 / 17	James F. O'Connor	1940
12 / 18	Oil issues (primarily correspondence with other states; also includes transcript of hearing on natural gas prices, 1955; court cases; proposed legislation)	1952-1956
13 / 1	Oil issues (printed material)	1951-1955
13 / 2-3	Paradise Dam (correspondents include Committee for Paradise Dam, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, John R. Garber, Frances Logan; also includes printed material, articles, etc.)	1957
13 / 4	Peace (includes excerpt from letter from Jeannette Rankin re World Pacifist Conference in India; article by Andre Fontaine "Raise Your Boy To Be a Soldier")	undated
13 / 5	Power producers (re Production for Use Committee)	1929-1944
13 / 6	Public power projects	1949-1950
13 / 7	Public utility districts	1957-1959
14 / 1	Public utility districts (printed material)	1957-1959
14 / 2	Railroad mergers (printed material)	1960
14 / 3	Rural Electrification Administration contract wages	1948-1950
14 / 4	Red Lodge coal char plant (re production of coal by-products by Koal Krudes Company; also includes "Results of Continuous Coal Charring Operations," by John W. Goodenbour [MS thesis, Montana State College])	1955-1956
14 / 5	William Scallon (printed material)	undated
14 / 6	Technical Engineers and Architects, Association of	1945-1946
14 / 7	Treasure State Industries, Inc.	1958-1959
14 / 8	United States. Securities and Exchange Commission	1958
14 / 9-10	Voting techniques: Legislative session (printed material and roll calls)	1957

Writings Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
14 / 11	Drafts of People's Voice articles by others	1940-1941, 1953

Miscellany Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
14 / 12-13	Miscellaneous (includes legislative bills, legislative expenses, minutes of Montana Progressive Council meeting, Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association resolution, circulars, cartoon)	1935-1950

Clippings Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
14 / 14	Miscellaneous (includes items from Missoula Times; statement of Finnish Workers Federation on Soviet "mutual assistance pact"; "Report of Special Investigating Committees of the 26th Legislative Assembly")	1939, 1958, undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agriculture--Societies, etc.--Montana
Electric power--Montana
Electric utilities--Montana--Law and Legislation
Labor and laboring classes--Montana
Newspaper publishing--Montana
Petroleum industry and trade--Montana
Public utilities--Montana--Regulation
Strikes and lockouts--Copper mining
Trials (murder)--Montana
Universities and Colleges--Montana
Veterans--Societies, etc

Corporate Names

Educational Cooperative Publishing Company of Montana (creator)

Geographical Names

Butte (Mont.)--Industries--Mines and mineral resources
Helena (Mont.)--Periodicals
Helena (Mont.)--Politics and government
Marias River Valley (Mont.)
Red Lodge (Mont.)

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