Montana Statehood Centennial Commission and Office Records, 1982-1991
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montana Statehood Centennial Commission and Office
- Title
- Montana Statehood Centennial Commission and Office Records
- Dates
- 1982-1991 (inclusive)19821991
- Quantity
- 14 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- RS 2
- Summary
- This collection (1985-1991) consists of materials produced by the Montana Statehood Centennial Commission and Office during its preparations for centennial celebrations. Records include correspondence, license files, grant applications and agreements, financial records, minutes, subject files, newsletters, video and audio cassettes, clippings, and miscellany. [Video cassette tapes transferred to Photograph Archives.]
- 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 Note
The 1983 Montana Legislative Assembly passed Senate Joint Resolution 21 recognizing the approaching Montana Statehood Centennial and urging the governor to make recommendations to the 1985 Legislative Assembly on formal centennial observances. In response to this resolution, Governor Ted Schwinden appointed Lieutenant Governor George Turman to coordinate the official response. Turman concentrated on three areas: volunteer citizen involvement, interagency cooperation, and communication with other centennial states in the region. To encourage citizen participation, Turman created "The Eighty-Niners", a volunteer organization with local chapters around the state. The Eighty-Niners solicited suggestions concerning possible celebrations, published a newsletter, and its local affiliates sponsored many local events. The Centennial Commission sponsored several projects among which were the issuing of special Centennial license plates to finance grants for local projects; the Century Citizens Project, honoring Montanans who would be 100 years old by 1989; and the Centennial Acres Project, selling certificates of "ownership" in several State Parks and sites. The main focus of the work of the Centennial Office, however, became the licensing of officially sanctioned products, events, and projects. The Office received 1,068 applications for licensing, most of which were approved. These applications included museum exhibits, musical events, parades, rodeos, plays, pageants, tree plantings, art work, books, belt buckles, lapel pins, baseball caps, etc. Money from license plate sales funded a small number of grants to worthy projects. The Centennial celebration's grand finale was the Centennial Ball held in Helena November 11, 1989. The final event of the year-long celebration was the burying of a time capsule on January 23, 1990.
Content Description
Records include general correspondence (1984-1990), which is primarily outgoing correspondence, but also includes some incoming correspondence, interoffice memoranda, circular letters to the Centennial Commission members, and correspondence of lieutenant governors Allen Kolstad and Gordon McOmber. The bulk of the incoming letters were filed in the subject files. Case files include grant agreements, grant applications, and license applications. The grant applicants also appear in the license application files, but the numbering system is totally separate. There are indexes to all three sets of files to assist in locating the files. Indexes to the grant agreements and grant applications are only by number. Indexes to the license application are arranged by number, by applicant, by town, and by type of project. Financial records (1984-1990) include budget materials, audits, financial reports, and State Budget and Accounting System (SBAS) reports. Legal documents consist of contracts for services (1988-1989). There is a complete set of Commission minutes (1985-1990), including agendas, lists of license applications to be discussed, and related material. In addition there are minutes of the Archiving Committee. [Minutes also exist on cassette tape.] The subject file consists of relations with other states' centennial committees, files on the Centennial Acre program, files on the design of the centennial logo, brief biographical data on centenarians nominated as Century Citizens, writings by Northern Cheyenne students at Dull Knife Memorial College, centennial birthday cards sent in by school children, and files on proposed centennial events and products. Many of these last files expand on the materials submitted with the license application. There is an extensive clipping file, focusing primarily on the Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive, but also documenting a wide range of other centennial events. [Tapes of minutes, radio programs, etc. ......]
Use of the Collection
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 Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
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General Correspondence
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Description: A-B (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1-3
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Description: Centennial colleagues and vendors (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
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Description: Centennial Commission members and staff (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
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Description: Centennial file memosDates: 1986-1988Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
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Description: Centennial States Caucus Coordinating Council (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1986-1988Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
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Description: Constitutional Connections CommitteeDates: 1986-1987Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
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Description: County Treasurers (re Centennial license plate sales)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
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Description: C (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10-11
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Description: Ken Dunham (re 1964 Centennial High School Band)Dates: 1984Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
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Description: D (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
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Description: Eighty-niner newsletterDates: 1987-1990Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
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Description: E (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 15
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Description: Dorothy FloerchingerDates: 1984-1988Container: Box/Folder 1 / 16
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Description: F-G (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 17-18
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Description: Emily J. Horswill (re novel)Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1 / 19
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Description: H (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 20-21
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Description: Inter-Agency Task Force for Centennial CoordinationDates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 1 / 22
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Description: I (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 23
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Description: Jon Jost (filmmaker re Vigilantes)Dates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 1 / 24
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Description: J (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 25
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Description: Allen KolstadDates: 1988-1991Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26
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Description: K (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 27
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Description: William H. Leininger Jr. (re planned pageant)Dates: 1985-1988Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
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Description: L (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 29-30
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Description: Gordon McOmberDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 1 / 31
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Description: Montana (includes Montana bankers, Montana Historical Society, Montana Institute of the Arts, Montana Journal, Montana Street Rod Association)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 32
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Description: Alice K. Montin (re "The Day God Made Montana")Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 1 / 33
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Description: M-Q (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 34-41
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Description: Rocky Mountain Association of FairsDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 1 / 42
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Description: R-V (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 43-47
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Description: Wally Byam Caravan Club International (Airstream trailer rally in Bozeman)Dates: 1986-1988Container: Box/Folder 1 / 48
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Description: W-Z (predominantly outgoing letters)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 1 / 49-50
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Description: Chronological file (re wind-up of affairs of Centennial Office business)Dates: 1989-1991Container: Box/Folder 1 / 51
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Case Files
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Description: Grant agreements #1-42 (list in first folder, several missing)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1-5
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Description: Grant application logDates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
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Description: Grant applications #1-122 (several missing)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7-25
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Description: Grant applications [no numbers]Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 26
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Description: License lists: applicants by numberDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 27
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Description: License lists: applicants by nameDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 28
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Description: License lists: applicants by cityDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 29
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Description: License lists: applicants by type of projectDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 30
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Description: License lists: sanctioned products by nameDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 31
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Description: License lists: sanctioned projects by cityDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 2 / 32
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Description: License applications and licenses #1-15Dates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 2 / 33-46
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Description: License applications and licenses #16-140 [several missing]Dates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1-106
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Description: License applications and licenses #141-315 [several missing]Dates: 1987-1988Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1-167
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Description: License applications and licenses #316-510 [several missing]Dates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 5 / 1-192
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Description: License applications and licenses #511-700 [several missing]Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 6 / 1-192
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Description: License applications and licenses #701-925 [several missing]Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 7 / 1-221
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Description: License applications and licenses #926-1068 [several missing]Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 8 / 1-139
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Financial Records
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Description: Accounting systemDates: 1987-1988Container: Box/Folder 8 / 140
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Description: Accounts payableDates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 8 / 141
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Description: AuditsDates: 1988-1990Container: Box/Folder 8 / 142
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Description: Budget materialsDates: 1984-1990Container: Box/Folder 8 / 143
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Description: Eighty-Niner NewsletterDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 8 / 144
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Description: Encumbered fundsDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 8 / 145
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Description: Financial reportsDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 8 / 146
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Description: Financial reports: royalty on licensed productsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 8 / 147
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Description: Financial reports: sale of Centennial license platesDates: 1987-1988Container: Box/Folder 8 / 148- 149
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Description: Grants to counties: sale of Centennial license platesDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 8 / 150
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Description: ReceiptsDates: 1985-1988Container: Box/Folder 8 / 151- 152
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Description: ReceiptsDates: 1989-1990Container: Box/Folder 9 / 1-2
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Description: SBAS reportsDates: 1989-1990Container: Box/Folder 9 / 3-4
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Legal Documents
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Description: Contracts for servicesDates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 5
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Minutes
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Description: Meeting minutes, agendas, etc.Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 6-21
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Description: Archiving Committee minutesDates: 1990 FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 9 / 22
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Organization
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Description: Staff position descriptions, etc.Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 23
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Press Releases
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Description: Press releasesDates: 1983-1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 24-27
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Reports
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Description: "Celebrating the State's 100th Birthday: a Summary of Early Planning Efforts for Montana's Statehood Centennial in 1989"Dates: 1982 DecemberContainer: Box/Folder 9 / 28
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Description: "Statehood Centennial Planning," Lieutenant Governor George Turman to LegislatureDates: 1985 FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 9 / 29
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Speeches
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Description: Speeches given at Centennial events by Lieutenant Governor Allen Kolstad, Leo Ellingson, Mike Cooney, and unidentifiedDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 30
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Subject Files
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Description: Affiliates; '89ers chaptersDates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 31
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Description: "Appreciation Event"Dates: 1989 DecemberContainer: Box/Folder 9 / 32
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Description: Arts Committee (includes Montana Arts Council, Arts Committee of the Centennial Celebrations)Dates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 9 / 33
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Description: Arts Events inventory responsesDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 9 / 34
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Description: Background: 1964 Territorial CentennialDates: 1963-1964Container: Box/Folder 9 / 35
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Description: Background: 1976 American Revolution BicentennialDates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 9 / 36
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Description: Canada (re trade relations, Expo 86, etc.)Dates: 1984-1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 37
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Description: Catalog of official products (re production problems, etc.)Dates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 9 / 38
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Description: Centennial Acres (includes correspondence, contracts, design, legislation)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 9 / 39-42
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Description: Centennial Acres (includes order print-outs)Dates: 1985-1990Container: Box/Folder 10 / 1-10
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Description: Centennial Acre I: Headwaters State ParkDates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 10 / 11
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Description: Centennial Acre II: Homestead (Roosevelt County)Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 10 / 12
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Description: Centennial Acre III: Bannack State ParkDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 10 / 13
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Description: Centennial Acre IV: Glacier Acre (Upper Thompson Lake)Dates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 10 / 14
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Description: Centennial BallDates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 10 / 15
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Description: Centennial flags (sold and borrowed)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 10 / 16
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Description: Centennial floatDates: 1989-1990Container: Box/Folder 10 / 17
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Description: Centennial granite (pieces salvaged from Capitol renovation)Dates: 1986-1990Container: Box/Folder 10 / 18
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Description: Centennial kick-off workshopDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 10 / 19
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Description: Centennial license places (includes correspondence, design, history of Montana license plates, refunds)Dates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 10 / 20-23
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Description: Centennial logo (correspondence)Dates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 10 / 24
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Description: Centennial logo (design contest entries #1-147: list in first folder)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 10 / 25-30
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Description: Centennial logo (design contest judging and finalists)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 10 / 31
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Description: Centennial Marketing Inc. (correspondence with Jack Beatty, legal, sales and royalty reports, belt buckles, lapel pins, etc.)Dates: 1987-1990Container: Box/Folder 10 / 32-33
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Description: Centennial properties (list of properties National Register properties and Centennial sites; arranged by county)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 10 / 34
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Description: "Centennial Sal" (hitch-hiking mannequin from Jefferson School, Helena)Dates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 10 / 35
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Description: Centennial time capsuleDates: 1989-1991Container: Box/Folder 11 / 1
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Description: Centennial video by North Country Media GroupDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 2
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Description: Century Citizen Project (includes correspondence, Lewistown ceremony)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 3-4
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Description: Century Citizen Project (lists by name, town, date)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 5
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Description: Century Citizen Project: A (includes Erminia Albertini, Emma Gilbert Albro, Ingeborg Alvstad, Jennie Sanders Anderson, Adrai Atkinson, Wallace Avrel)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 6
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Description: Century Citizen Project: B (includes Florence Carter Backus, Earl Bailey, Medora Baird, Essie Ballard, Mary Anna Barclay, James Barron, Eliza Bartlett, Laura Bartlett, Effie Amelia Bauer, Ella Louise Marr Beals, Anna Beniger, Selma Birk, Helen Blessing, Leona Bonnet Mary Bosckis, Nell Bowery, Edna Mowre Boyer, Celia Brenden, Agness Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Thomas Browning, William Buchholz, Meta Buller, Lorena Burgess, Orr Burgett, Joe Burke)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 7-9
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Description: Century Citizen Project: C (includes Vi Calmettes, Vera Alice Carkeet, Martha Carlson, Mina Carolus, Myrtle Carrico, Viola Chaffin, Selma Christiansen, Oline Christiansen, Christ O. Christiansen, Ella Churchill, Rosa Clark, Chester Clement, Eva Cleveland, Myrtle Clingingsmith, Harry Clocksin, Teresa Cobetto, Katherine Collier, Neil Conway, Callista Shay Conwell, Ina Louise Cook, John Reaves Cook, Elsie Cooley, Laura Crosby, Gertrude Crowley, Christine Crupper)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 10-14
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Description: Century Citizen Project: D (includes Betsy Jacobsen Dahl, Frances Darby, Jenny Bruna Datres, Elsie Davenport, Margaret Davis, Ray Dickerson, Dora Dickert, Frieda Kruse Dira, Alice Ditsworth, Alma Dolven, Ida Mae Douglas, Byron Downer, Charlotte Dresen, Tillie Vanous Duffy, Anna Dunbar, Idoniea Duntley, Bert Dye)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 15-17
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Description: Century Citizen Project: E (includes George Ebner, Barbara Edmonds, Amelia Eisele, Mabel Elliott, Edna Emary, Catherine Esplin, Genie Estell, Anfin Estrem, Jessie Estrin, Etta Evans)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 18
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Description: Century Citizen Project: F (includes Dirk Fabrick, William Farnum, Margaret Farrell, Hazel Akeley Fergus, Clyde Fickes, Margaret Foote, Ethel Beatrice Ford, Tina Wilkins Frey, Thea Fynskov)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 19
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Description: Century Citizen Project: G (includes Sadie Martin Goldberg, Anna Gookin, Goldie Thompson Grant, Katherine Grant, James Gratz, Phoebe Cuddles Grazier, Fern Gregg, Ruth Gregory, Emma Grindheim, William Grose, Mary "Grass Woman" Ground, Christine Gunter, Ella Nelson Gussenhoven, Eugenie Guyonnet)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 20-22
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Description: Century Citizen Project: H (includes Karen Hanson, Bernice Harkelroth, Freda Harkins, Adelaide Harms, Carrie Harrison, James Hartley, Margaret Harmann, Frank Heck, Selma Heck, Vic Hillstrom, Ina Buckmaster Hoblitt, May Busch Hodson, Otis Hoekema, William Hoffman, Jessie Holman, Dora Holmberg, Elizabeth Hopkins, Nina Horan, Esther Hough, Katie Huether, Tressie Hughes, Gertrude Humphrey)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 23-24
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Description: Century Citizen Project: I-J (includes Jim Ingram, Ellen Marie Irons, Caroline Jackson, Lillian Jamieson, Charles Jenkinson, Cora Johnson, Mary C. Johnson, Marie Ethel Johnson, Tina Stallcop Jones)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 25
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Description: Century Citizen Project: K (includes Lulu Kaiser, Mary Kanduch, Minnie Karnes, Edna Keenan, Ethel Keith, Lambert Kelley, James O. Kenyon, Rosina Kesler, Mattie Kinney, Esther Kircheis, Edith Kirgan, Jessie Kittleson, Tom Kjorlien, Emma Konopatzke, Sid Kornelis, Clarence Kuhl)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 26-27
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Description: Century Citizen Project: L (includes Jacob Lacher, Kathryn Marie Ladner, Jacob Laubscher, Mary Rodes Leaphart, Lilian Tucker Lear, Gertrude Leavens, Ethel "Zoe" Leckey, Oline Lee, John Lippert, Della Logan, Etta Mae McCamm Logan, Sara Lohn, Eva Lovelace, Margaret Low, Anna Ludeman, Edward Luger, Josephine Lykken)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 28-29
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Description: Century Citizen Project: M (includes Amelia Magnani, Maude Managhan, Karen Mang, Pierina Marchello, Elizabeth Marshall, Mathias Martinz, Antonia Mata, Roland Matthews, Mary Bacon Mattovich, Blanche Melaney, Goldie Metcalf, Marie Miller, Bessie Kerlee Monroe, Olga Muir, Alice Mundy, Stazzie Murr, Minnie Myerhaugen, Marie Myers)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 30-31
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Description: Century Citizen Project: Mc and Mac (includes Mary Eller McCann, Catharine Calk McCarty, Theresa McCoy, Julia Emily McDonald, William MacDonald, Florence McEachren, Mary Lavinia McEwen [includes correspondence and reminiscence], Emma McGowan, Frances Wright McIntosh, Esther McLachlan)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 32
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Description: Century Citizen Project: N-O (includes Iyo Saito Nagashima, Merle Nelson, Estelle Nestor, Mary Carey Nicholls, Clara Luan Nielsen [includes reminiscence], Ed Noble, Bertha Nygard, Ruth Gullekson Ofstedal, Sella Oksness, Jentoff Olson, Clarence Owens)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 33
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Description: Century Citizen Project: P (includes Alvina Pancake, James Patten, Anna Perrott, Arthur Perry, Mette Petersen, Leonard Peterson, Mathilde Peterson, Fred Pfeiffer, Petrina Pogreba, Julia Poirier, Anna Poole, Grace Metcalf Prigan, Lizzie Pritchett, Hattie Mae Proost, Elizabeth "Buff" Purdum)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 34
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Description: Century Citizen Project: Q-R (includes May Quaintance, Minnie Ragan, Amelia Rapp, Mary Reed, Jacob Renz, Lena Slager Rew, Romeo Richard, Ella Ross, Cora Rost, Oluf Roys, Mary Ruckman, Mary Rutter)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 35
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Description: Century Citizen Project: S (includes Ruth Sanders, Minnie Sassman, Vera Saveresy, Caroline Schlepp, Hazel Schmidt, Bertha Schnaidt, John Shaffner, Niza Shaw, Alvina Shea, Mary Sheets, Nellie Shelton, Cornelia Sherman, Esther Shoaf, Mattie Shook, Beulah Shore, Cora Stewart Siddens, John Klausen Simonsen, Jacob Skartved, Joesef Skryja, Dulcie Slee, Clara Smith, Edith Smith, Theodore Solland, Anna Wiprud Sollid, George Sollid, Emma Spahr, Percy Sparling, Willie Spaulding, Daisy Spint, Forrest Steen, Bill Stephenson, Dorothy Stewart, Jeannette Summers, Alice Susag, Ed Swingen)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 36-40
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Description: Century Citizen Project: T (includes Margaret Thomas, Julia Thompson, Thorval "Ted" Thompson, Jesse Trafton, Grace Trees, Dora Trotter, Elizabeth Tvaruzek, Sam Tweedy, Laura Tyler)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 41
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Description: Century Citizen Project: V (includes Aldo Vaira, Mary Van Gieson, Jacob Van Wechel, Maggie Vorhies)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 42
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Description: Century Citizen Project: W (includes Nina Waber, Helen Wagner, May Wiley Walters, Simon Warrington, Nelle Sadler Webb, Victor Weber, Bertina Dolven Weber, Letty Wesin, Louise Sueltz Wessel, Mary Wessel, Andrew Westerdale, Anna Westlake, Georgia Whipps, Olga Wigen, Mary Wilcox, Maybelle Wilcox, Frost Wilder, Winifred Williams, Viola Williams, Irene Geary Wilson, Clara Finsley Wise, Clara Wise, Clara Wolfinbarger, Frances Wollcott, Mary Wynne)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 43-46
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Description: Century Citizen Project: Y-Z (includes Robert Yellowtail, Harriet Young, Flora Zanto, Elizabeth Zigan Zimber, Pete Zimmer)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 47
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Description: City and county centennials (list)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 48
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Description: Commissioners (resumes, correspondence, etc.)Dates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 11 / 49
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Description: Constitutional Connections CommitteeDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 11 / 50
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Description: Contributions and donationsDates: 1985-1988Container: Box/Folder 11 / 51
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Description: Corporate sponsorshipDates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 52
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Description: Dull Knife Memorial College, Northern Cheyenne Reservation (includes essays by Rosella Killsnight, Lucille Big Fire, Paul Youngblood, Gail Tallwhiteman, Roserita Goodface)Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 11 / 53
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Description: "Fifty Ways to Mark Montana's Centennial"; "100 Ideas for Montana's 100th Birthday"; "Centennial Suggestions"Dates: 1985-1988Container: Box/Folder 11 / 54
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Description: First Bank, Helena (book project, contribution)Dates: 1984Container: Box/Folder 11 / 55
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Description: Governor's Inaugural BallDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 56
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Description: Grants (includes finances, procedures, etc. of grants given by Centennial Office)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 57-58
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Description: Great Falls Centennial CommitteeDates: 1984Container: Box/Folder 11 / 59
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Description: "The Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive" (includes correspondence, proposal, insurance, brochures, etc.)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 60-62
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Description: "The Great Montana Centennial Sheep Drive"Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 63
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Description: Green Thumb Program (includes brochures, and hiring of Green Thumb workers by Centennial Office)Dates: 1986-1988Container: Box/Folder 11 / 64
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Description: Historical background and chronologiesDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 11 / 65
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Description: "Home Sweet Dome" (mock election for state capital site)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 66
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Description: Interagency Task Force for Centennial Coordination (includes correspondence and minutes)Dates: 1982-1986Container: Box/Folder 11 / 67
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Description: Last Spike Centennial (Northern Pacific Railroad)Dates: 1983Container: Box/Folder 11 / 68
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Description: Lewis and Clark Expedition / Centennial Coordinating CommitteeDates: 1984-1988Container: Box/Folder 11 / 69
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Description: Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage FoundationDates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 11 / 70
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Description: Liberty Day (Statue of Liberty restoration)Dates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 11 / 71
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Description: Local history (brief sketches of towns and counties; also includes 1910 forest fires and 1964 flood)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 11 / 72
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Description: Media contactDates: 1986-1988Container: Box/Folder 11 / 73
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Description: "Montana-Canadian Friendship Day"Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 11 / 74
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Description: Montana Centennial Organizing Conference and Vendor FairDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 12 / 1
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Description: Montana Centennial Sled Dog Race Circuit (Charles Van Hook)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 2
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Description: Montana Centennial StampDates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 3
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Description: Montana Centennial Wagon TrainDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 4
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Description: Montana Committee on the U.S. Constitutional SystemDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 12 / 5
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Description: Montana Community Foundation Inc. (includes constitution, bylaws, correspondence, related material)Dates: 1984-1987Container: Box/Folder 12 / 6
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Description: Montana Historical SocietyDates: 1983-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 7
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Description: "Montana in the Year 2089" (student essay contest)Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 8-9
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Description: The Montana Jefferson Meetings (re bicentennial of U. S. Constitution)Dates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 12 / 10
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Description: Montana Legislature (includes act creating Statehood Centennial Commission, centennial resolution, administrative rule changes, resolutions for past celebrations)Dates: 1925-1939, 1984-1985Container: Box/Folder 12 / 11-12
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Description: Montana Picnic in Central Park, New YorkDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 13
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Description: Mountain Bell '89ers chapter (includes membership and suggestions)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 12 / 14
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Description: National Capitol Christmas TreeDates: 1987-1988Container: Box/Folder 12 / 15
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Description: Native American involvement in CentennialDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 12 / 16
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Description: Northwest Centennial: Centennial States Caucus (includes minutes of annual meetings and related material)Dates: 1984-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 17
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Description: Northwest Centennial: Documents West ProjectDates: 1988-1990Container: Box/Folder 12 / 18
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Description: Northwest Centennial: IdahoDates: 1986-1990Container: Box/Folder 12 / 19
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Description: Northwest Centennial: North DakotaDates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 20-21
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Description: Northwest Centennial: South DakotaDates: 1985-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 22
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Description: Northwest Centennial: "Voyage of the Centennial Messenger" (school exercises to celebrate centennial in six-state region)Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 23
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Description: Northwest Centennial: WashingtonDates: 1983-1989Container: Box/Folder 12 / 24-26
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Description: Northwest Centennial: WyomingDates: 1985-1990Container: Box/Folder 12 / 27
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Description: Office inventoryDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 12 / 28
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Description: Other states: Arkansas SesquicentennialDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 12 / 29
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Description: Other states: Bicentennial of the U.S. ConstitutionDates: 1986-1988Container: Box/Folder 12 / 30-31
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Description: Other states: Bicentennial of the U.S. ConstitutionDates: 1986-1988Container: Box/Folder 13 / 1
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Description: Other states: Colorado Centennial / Bicentennial final reportDates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 13 / 2
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Description: Other states: Michigan Sesquicentennial reportDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 13 / 3
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Description: Other states: Tennessee Homecoming '86Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 13 / 4
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Description: Other states: Texas Sesquicentennial commemorative products listDates: 1985-1986Container: Box/Folder 13 / 5
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Description: Other states: Virginia Cultural Laureate AwardsDates: 1977-1981Container: Box/Folder 13 / 6
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Description: Other states: miscellaneousDates: 1983-1990Container: Box/Folder 13 / 7
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Description: ParadesDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 8
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Description: "A Passion for Peace" (Nadine Arlyn portrayal of Jeannette Rankin)Dates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 9
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Description: "Pillars of the Past" (St. John's Home Foundation)Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 10
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Description: President George Bush visit [photos]Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 11
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Description: Proclamation of statehood [photocopy]Dates: 1889Container: Box/Folder 13 / 12
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Description: Proclamations and resolutionsDates: 1987-1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 13
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Description: Product and project proposalsDates: 1984-1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 14
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Description: Products (approvals)Dates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 13 / 15
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Description: Projects: Blackfeet Country, by Pat Lawshe (re planned tourist brochures)Dates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 16
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Description: Projects: Eureka Community HallDates: 1986-1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 17
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Description: Projects: Music in Montana (re planned history of music in Montana)Dates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 13 / 18
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Description: Proposals: Montana Carriage CompanyDates: 1986Container: Box/Folder 13 / 19
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Description: Proposals: Mountain Visions (re planned slide shows)Dates: 1984-1986Container: Box/Folder 13 / 20
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Description: Proposals: Rolf Olson, Montana Outdoor Leadership Expedition videoDates: 1983Container: Box/Folder 13 / 21
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Description: Proposals: PS, a Partnership (Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith production of opera Pamelia)Dates: 1984-1987Container: Box/Folder 13 / 22
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Description: Proposals: Jo Ann Rachele, Folklife FestivalDates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 13 / 23
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Description: Proposals: Mona Vanek (history of Noxon)Dates: 1985-1987Container: Box/Folder 13 / 24
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Description: Proposals: Paul Wilson (Montana Atlas)Dates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 13 / 25
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Description: Red Lodge Grizzly Peak-a-Boos (can-can dancers)Dates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 13 / 26
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Description: Red Lodge Mountain Man RendezvousDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 27
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Description: Religious Heritage DaysDates: 1989-1990Container: Box/Folder 13 / 28
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Description: Requests for proposals: advertising and public relationsDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 13 / 29
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Description: Requests for proposals: processing Centennial Acres deedsDates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 13 / 30
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Description: Requests for proposals: video; miscellaneousDates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 31
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Description: Requests for proposals: video, North Country Media GroupDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 31
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Description: Willard Scott visit (NBC Today Show) [photos]Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 32
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Description: State and Territorial warrants (correspondence, orders, information re bounty warrants)Dates: 1985-1990Container: Box/Folder 13 / 33-34
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Description: State telephone book (Centennial theme on cover)Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 35
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Description: Students: Bozeman, Anderson School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 37
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Description: Students: Columbia Falls High School scrapbook (re "Echoes of the Past" play)Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 38
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Description: Students: Columbus Elementary School wagon projectDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 39
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Description: Students: Deer Lodge, Granville Stuart Elementary School (letters re President Bush visit)Dates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 40
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Description: Students: East Glacier schools logo entriesDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 41
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Description: Students: Florence Elementary School birthday cards and thank yousDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 42-43
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Description: Students: Fort Peck School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 44
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Description: Students: Glasgow, Irle School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 45
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Description: Students: Glendive, Washington School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 46
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Description: Students: Harrison School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 47
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Description: Students: Havre, Cottonwood School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 48
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Description: Students: Kremlin-Gildford Elementary School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 49
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Description: Students: Madison County schools birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder OvFd / 1
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Description: Students: Missoula, Hawthorne School birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 50
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Description: Students: Oakley family birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 51
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Description: Students: Polson Middle School RC Cola logoDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 52
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Description: Students: unidentified schools birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 13 / 53
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Description: Students: unidentified schools birthday cardsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 1-2
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Description: SuggestionsDates: 1982-1988Container: Box/Folder 14 / 3
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Description: Television production on northwest region (proposed)Dates: 1985Container: Box/Folder 14 / 4
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Description: Time capsuleDates: 1990Container: Box/Folder 14 / 5
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Description: Trademark registration and permission to use state sealDates: 1984-1987Container: Box/Folder 14 / 6
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Description: United States Constitution bi-centennialDates: 1987Container: Box/Folder 14 / 7
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Writings
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Description: "The Bright Side of Montana's Centennial", by Tom DaubertDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 14 / 8
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Description: '89ers mailing list sign-ups [scattered]Dates: 1984-1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 9-10
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Miscellany
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Description: Certificates of recognition issuedDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 11
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Description: Licensing form lettersDates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 12
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Description: Licensing rules and formsDates: 1986-1987Container: Box/Folder 14 / 13
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Description: Lists: appreciation certificatesDates: 1990Container: Box/Folder 14 / 14
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Description: Lists: booksDates: 1990Container: Box/Folder 14 / 15
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Description: Lists: Centennial Commission membersDates: 1985-1990Container: Box/Folder 14 / 16
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Description: Lists: status reports on productsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 17
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Description: Lists: Montana Historical Society library and museum (items sent to)Dates: 1990Container: Box/Folder 14 / 18
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Description: "Notable Montana Events since 1889" (compiled by Historical Research Associates)Dates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 14 / 19
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Description: "Your Classroom and the Montana Centennial," by Larry Anderson, Helena High SchoolDates: 1988Container: Box/Folder 14 / 20
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Clippings
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Description: re "Boots and Saddles," (Bill Leininger pageant re George Armstrong Custer)Dates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 14 / 21
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Description: Centennial BallDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 22
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Description: Great Montana Centennial Cattle DriveDates: 1988-1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 23-30
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Description: Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive: Meagher County News special editionsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 31
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Description: Great Montana Centennial Sheep DriveDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 32
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Description: Great Montana Centennial Swine DriveDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 33
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Description: President George Bush visit to HelenaDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 34
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Description: Wagon trainsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 35
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Description: Miscellaneous (includes articles on Centennial Commission, on local events, on background, and on related topics)Dates: 1984-1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 36-47
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Description: Other states' celebrationsDates: 1989Container: Box/Folder 14 / 48
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Aged--Montana
- Art
- Cattle drives--Montana
- Centennial celebrations--Montana
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana
- Rodeos--Montana
Geographical Names
- Missouri Headwaters State Park (Mont.)
- Montana--Centennial celebrations, etc.
