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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection contains Mr. Artz's papers pertaining to his election campaign and his term as a delegate for the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection includes issues of the Associated Industries of Montana Bulletins from 1919 through 1923 and two of that organization's reports, from 1926 and 1930, on the Montana Old Age Pension Law. The Bulletins listed meeting times and agendas and discussed Montana and national political news, business trends and labor issues. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection contains papers from Earl Barlow's work at the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention for the inclusion of a clause recognizing the cultural heritage and education needs of the American Indian, his work encouraging the Montana Legislature's passage of the Indian Studies Act of 1973 and the Amendment of 1979, and related speeches. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | From 2005-2010, former Montana congressman Bob Brown conducted oral history interviews with a variety of political figures in Montana. The interviewees ranged from state legislators, lobbyists, attorneys and journalists, to Montana Constitutional Convention delegates and officials in administrative and financial branches of the Montana State government. A few highlights within the topics are Montana and the Anaconda Company, the recurring sales tax referendum, mining, elections, deregulation, and the legislative process over time. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection contains materials created by and compiled by Gardner Cromwell related to the activities of the 1971-1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. The collection shows the extensive and in-depth drafting and revision processes that occurred. It also provides information about Gardner Cromwell's role as a legal consultant to the convention and shows the numerous contributions and critiques he made on various proposals and drafts. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Joseph M. Dixon was governor of Montana (1921-1925) and served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-1907), the U.S. Senate (1907-1913), and in the Department of the Interior; he was also a national leader in the Republican and Bull Moose Parties. This collection contains a large portion of his personal and professional correspondence files, legal documents, financial records, campaign/political materials, photographs, and personal effects. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | The Donlan Family were early Missoula, Montana, settlers. The bulk of the collection contains materials Arthur Donlan collected about Missoula, Hellgate, and particularly Frenchtown, Montana,history from the 1850s to the 1970s. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Ellis Waldron was a professor of political science at the University of Montana-Missoula from 1951 to 1980. He also served as the dean of the graduate school from 1957 to 1961. He was an accomplished researcher and writer on the history of Montana politics and politicians, which is reflected in his research files. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Ron Erickson represented Missoula in the Montana State Legislature from 1998-2012. This collection contains materials related to his campaigns, proposed bills to the House and Senate from Erickson’s tenure, and voting reviews and approval ratings from various organizations. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | In this two page typed letter to her family, Florence Kerr Facey describes the 1923 Montana State Legislature, her committee appointments, introducing legislation, her seat location in the legislative chamber, and her living situation in Helena, Montana. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Harry Fritz was a professor of American history at the University of Montana in Missoula for forty years. He also served several terms in the Montana State Legislature in the 1980s and 1990s. This collection contains office files from Fritz's career at the university from the 1960s to 2000s as well as materials from his time as a state legislator including correspondence with constituents, campaign materials, and video of legislative events. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | James C. Garlington was a Missoula, Montana, attorney elected as a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. The collection consists of Garlington's papers from the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Harry Billings was a newspaper editor in Helena, Montana. The collection documents his allegations that the Montana Power Company took part in unfair actions, including rate increases, tax cuts, and overcharges. The materials were used by Russell L. Doty, Jr., in the course of his research for his master's thesis in political science at the University of Montana--Missoula. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection contains the papers Paul Hatfield generated and collected while serving in the U.S. Senate and as a Federal judge for the U.S. District Court in Montana. Materials include biographical records, correspondence, legislative and judicial documents, news releases, speeches, research materials, campaign memorabilia, memorials, and a copy of Hatfield's official Senate portrait. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Maggie Smith Hathaway was one of the first two women to serve in the Montana legislature and worked in education and child welfare in Montana. The collection contains scrapbooks and the manuscript for a book, Maggie and Montana, written by Harold Tascher. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection represents the productive and collective efforts of Frank Linderman and his many careers as writer, politician, assayer, and Native American ally and ethnographer. The correspondence and photographs are especially extensive and represent his many important and significant friends and acquaintances. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Mike Mansfield was a Butte, Montana, miner who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1943-1952), the U.S. Senate (1953-1977), and as the Ambassador to Japan (1977-1988). The collection consists of his congressional and unofficial ambassadorial papers, along with audio, moving image, and photographic materials, and a collection of art objects. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | From 1980-1981, Mary Murphy, working with Helen Bresler, conducted a series of labor history oral history interviews with a variety of Butte, Montana, working-class residents. The interviewees ranged from miners, grocers, waitresses, boarding house keepers to a blacksmith, union agent and nurse. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | The collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence during M. A. McClain’s service as the Missoula County Democrat in the House of Representative’s 26th Assembly, 1937-1939 in Montana. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection consists of materials collected by Joseph Meglen regarding the Mansfield for Senate Club and other political interests. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | John Melcher was a Montana congressman who served in the U. S. House from 1969 to 1977 and in the Senate from 1977 to 1988. Materials in this collection include bills introduced by Melcher, speeches, writings, press releases, constituent correspondence, photographs, moving images, and other documents. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Suzanne Pennypacker Morris is a homemaker and social activist in Missoula, Montana. The collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, organizational literature, clippings, and photographs from Suzanne Pennypacker Morris' Republican primary campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 and 1982. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | James E. Murray was a Montana Democrat who served in the U. S. Senate from 1934 to 1960. The collection contains the senatorial papers of Murray from 1934 until his retirement from office. The collection consists of general correspondence, legislative materials, speeches and writings, clippings, film, and photographs. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | William Barclay Napton was an attorney in Missouri; his sons Thomas and Wellington were early Montana settlers. This collection includes an edited typescript of William Barclay Napton's personal journal between the years 1825 and 1883; legal documents generated by or administrated by Thomas L. Napton and Wellington Napton during their years of Montana residence; as well as various legal documents and political papers with no obvious connection to the rest of the collection. |
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| Repository: | University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Harry T. Northey served as both a representative and senator for Montana between 1963 and 1974. Materials in this collection relate primarily to his civic and legislative activity; some personal materials are also included. |
