Montana Historical Society
Archives
RS 5_RS 500
Montana. Department of
Livestock. Animal Health Division
Montana Department of Livestock, Animal Health Division
records
1974-1982
2 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. These records (1974-1982) of the Animal Health and Food Safety
Division (formerly named Animal Health Division) of the Department of Livestock consist of
general correspondence, interoffice correspondence, miscellany, and clippings. The
correspondence is arranged by the bureau that wrote or received the correspondence,
including the administration, Animal Health Division, Diagnostic Laboratory Bureau, Disease
Control Bureau, the Milk and Egg Bureau, and the staff attorney. Correspondence addresses
brucellosis, leptospirosis, pseudorabies, and various other diseases affecting
livestock.
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English
In 1971 the Livestock Sanitary Board, administered by the State Veterinary Surgeon, was
abolished and its functions transferred to the Board of Livestock. The Board of Livestock,
in turn, vested those functions in the Animal Health Division. The State Veterinarian became
the administrator of the new division. The Animal Health Division was charged with the
control and eradication of animal diseases and the prevention of the transmission of animal
diseases to humans. The Division had three Bureaus, the Diagnostic Laboratory Bureau, the
Disease Control Bureau, and the Milk and Egg Bureau. As of 2024, the Division name is Animal
Health and Food Safety Division.
These records consist primarily of general correspondence. The general correspondence is
arranged according to the bureau which received or created the correspondence. Within the
bureau it is arranged alphabetically by organization, topic, or bureau. The State
Veterinarian was the administrator of the division and the administration correspondence is
composed primarily of his records. The collection also includes interoffice correspondence,
miscellany, and clippings.
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 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.
Cattle--Diseases--Montana
Elk--Montana
Livestock--Inspection--Montana
Veterinarians--Montana
Montana
Agriculture
Ranching
Detailed Description of the Collection
General Correspondence
1 / 1
Administration: miscellaneous associations
1978-1981
1 / 2
Administration: cabinet meetings
1978
1 / 3
Administration: deputy state veterinarians
1978-1979
1 / 4-5
Administration: Diagnostic Laboratory
Bureau
1976-1979
1 / 6
Administration: Disease Control Bureau
1978-1979
1 / 7
Administration: Governor's Ad-Hoc Committee on
Agriculture
1978-1980
1 / 8
Administration: Department of Livestock
1978-1982
1 / 9
Administration: Livestock Industry Laboratory Study
Committee
1974-1980
1 / 10
Administration: meetings - miscellaneous
1978-1980
1 / 11
Administration: Milk and Egg Bureau
1979-1982
1 / 12
Administration: mini cabinet meetings [Governor's mini
cabinet]
1978-1980
1 / 13
Administration: Montana Livestock Markets
Association
1979-1982
1 / 14
Administration: Montana Pork Producers
Council
1978-1980
1 / 15
Administration: Montana Stockgrowers
Association
1979-1982
1 / 16
Administration: Montana Stockgrowers Association -
cattle health committee
1980
1 / 17
Administration: Montana Woolgrowers
Association
1978-1979
1 / 18
Administration: state departments
1977-1982
1 / 19
Administration: state departments -
Administration
1978-1982
1 / 20
Administration: state departments - Office of Budget
and Program Planning
1978-1980
1 / 21
Administration: state departments - Office of the
Governor
1978-1982
1 / 22
Administration: state departments - Office of the
Lieutenant Governor
1979-1982
1 / 23
Administration: United States Animal Health
Association
1978-1979
1 / 24
Administration: United States Animal Health
Association - Ad Hoc Epizootic Task Force Committee
1978
1 / 25
Administration: United States Animal Health
Association - Biologics Committee
1978-1979
1 / 26-27
Administration: United States Animal Health
Association - Brucellosis Committee
1976-1979
1 / 28
Administration: United States Animal Health
Association - Leptospirosis Committee
1976-1980
1 / 29
Administration: United States Animal Health
Association - Rabies Committee
1978
1 / 30
Administration: Veterinary Research Laboratory,
Montana State University
1978-1981
2 / 1
Administration: Veterinary Services, Animal Plant
Health Inspection Services, United States Department of Agriculture
1978-1980
2 / 2
Administration: Western States Livestock Health
Association and Intermountain Veterinary Medical Association
1978-1982
2 / 3
Administration: miscellaneous
1978-1982
2 / 4
Administration and Disease Control Bureau: Old West
Regional Commission
1978-1980
2 / 5
Animal Health Division: cattle - brucellosis
1978-1982
2 / 6
Animal Health Division: cattle - dipping vats
1974-1982
2 / 7
Animal Health Division: cattle - scabies
1975-1982
2 / 8
Animal Health Division: cattle - miscellaneous
diseases
1979-1982
2 / 9
Animal Health Division: equine infectious anemia
1979-1980
2 / 10
Animal Health Division: leptospirosos
1979-1982
2 / 11
Animal Health Division: sheep - miscellaneous
diseases
undated
2 / 12
Animal Health Division: miscellaneous species
1979-1980
2 / 13
Animal Health Division: staff meetings
1979
2 / 14
Animal Health Division: swine - miscellaneous
diseases
1978-1980
2 / 15
Diagnostic Laboratory Bureau
1979-1982
2 / 16
Disease Control Bureau
1979-1982
2 / 17
Disease Control Bureau: cattle - brucellosis
1978-1979
2 / 18
Disease Control Bureau: cattle - bi-monthly
brucellosis progress reports
1977-1979
2 / 19
Disease Control Bureau: cattle - scabies
1976-1979
2 / 20
Disease Control Bureau: cattle - scabies dipping vats
1978-1979
2 / 21
Disease Control Bureau: cattle - miscellaneous
diseases
1978
2 / 22
Disease Control Bureau: miscellaneous diseases
1978-1982
2 / 23
Disease Control Bureau: equine infectious anemia
1978-1979
2 / 24
Disease Control Bureau: leptospirosis
1978
2 / 25
Disease Control Bureau: live cattle and red meat
products imported
1977-1978
2 / 26
Disease Control Bureau: sheep - miscellaneous
diseases
1978
2 / 27
Disease Control Bureau: swine - pseudorabies
1977-1980
2 / 28
Disease Control Bureau: miscellaneous species
1978-1979
2 / 29
Disease Control Bureau: vaccine and biologics
1977-1979
2 / 30
Disease Control Bureau: weak calf syndrome - Old West
Regional Commission
1976-1979
2 / 31
Disease Control Bureau: miscellaneous
1978-1979
2 / 32
Elk from Wind Cave, South Dakota [re importation of
brucellosis positive elk]
1977-1980
2 / 33
Federal agencies [includes United State Department of
Agriculture]
1981-1982
2 / 34
Governor's Committee on Balanced Growth
1978
2 / 35
Livestock Conservation Institute
1977-1979
2 / 36
Meat inspection [re slaughter houses]
1979-1980
2 / 37
Milk and Egg Bureau
1977-1982
2 / 38
Montana Veterinary Medical Association
1980-1982
2 / 39
Northern Cheyenne Tribe [re imported elk]
1981
2 / 40
Rendering plants
1980
2 / 41
Staff attorney [includes opinions on bootlegging
milk, recodification of rules, and aerial hunting]
1979-1980
Interoffice Correspondence
2 / 42
Diagnostic Laboratory Bureau [re Dr. James Quinn]
1979
Miscellany
2 / 43
Board of Livestock by-laws and policy statement
undated
2 / 44
Department of Livestock affirmative action
plan
1981
2 / 45
Program missions, goals, and objectives
undated
Clippings
2 / 46
Dr. William Tietz, Montana State
University
1978