Socialist Party of Montana records, 1907-1950

This collection contains correspondence, subject files, financial records, organizational records, and more. The bulk of the general correspondence relates to the locals, and most of that material is from Bozeman and Missoula. The locals corresponded about organizing, elections, and financial problems. The remainder of the correspondence concerns "organizers- speakers," who traveled around the state, and the executive committee.

The subject files include material on Butte and Butte socialist Mayor, Lewis Duncan, the National Finnish Socialist Organization, the National Women's Committee of the Socialist Party, and the Party's relationship with the Montana State Federation of Labor (1929-1950). The organizational records include minutes of the state party and Butte local; and national party platforms, bulletins, and referenda. The reports are "organizers-speakers" reports on meetings conducted around the state and the nation; and reports of the state parliamentary committee. The printed material series includes miscellaneous copies of the Montana Socialist, published in Missoula in 1946.