Montana Historical Society
Archives
RS 209_RS 500
Montana. Department of
Livestock. Brands Enforcement Division
Montana Department of Livestock, Brands Enforcement Division
records
1887-1985
8.5 linear feet
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reports (including an unpublished brand book), and miscellany.
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English
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.
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.
The collection is arranged by series.
Collection open for research.
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.
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.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information is available upon request.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Agriculture and state--Montana
Cattle brands--Montana
Cattle stealing--Montana
Livestock--Marketing--Montana
Predatory animals--Control--Montana
Rustling--Montana
Livestock--Inspection--Montana
Wild horses--Montana
Alberta
Crow Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation (Mont.)
Saskatchewan
Mount Haggin Ranch (Mont.)
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Agriculture
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
General Correspondence (by correspondent and
subject)
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
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
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
6 / 42
Financial statements
1933-1934, 1945-1949
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
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
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
6 / 54
Montana Peace Officers' Association Warning Bulletin
1960
6 / 55
Montana State Bureau of Criminal Identification and
Investigation Division Bulletin
1966-1967
Reports
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
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
Vol. 3-4
Personnel file (includes lists of local brand
inspectors, market inspectors, their places of assignment, etc.)
1930s- 1978
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
8 / 22
Miscellaneous (re work of Livestock Commission, brand
history, cattle marketing, etc.)
1935-1971