Montana Historical Society
Archives
RS 336_RS 498
Montana. Department of Labor
and Industry. Board of Massage Therapists.
Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Board of Massage
Therapists records
1968-1983
2.5 linear ft
This collection is a sub-subgroup
(Board) of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry records, RS 498. The Board
of Massage Therapists operates within the Professional and Occupational Licensing Bureau,
which falls under the Employment Standards Division of DLI. Please see the primary finding
aid for more Montana
Department of Labor and Industry records. These records of the Montana Board of
Massage Therapists, and its predecessors the Montana Board of Masseurs, and Montana State
Board of Massage Therapists, consist of subject files, including correspondence and
financial records, kept in alphabetical order by the originating office.
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The State Board of Massage Therapists was established in 1967 to regulate massage therapy.
The Board was composed of three massage therapists appointed by the Governor for three-year
terms and attached to the Department of Professional and Occupational Licensing. It was
required by law to hold at least one regular meeting each year. Serving as President of the
Board were Frank Presta (1972-1974) and Thomas Prewitt (1975-1981). The Board was terminated
on July 1, 1981, by the 1977 Sunset Law. As of 2024, the Board has been reestablished and
operates within the Department of Labor and Industry.
This collection (1968-1983) contains subject files of the Montana State Board of Massage Therapists,
including correspondence and financial records, kept in alphabetical order by the
originating office and maintained in this order.
The collection is arranged by series.
Collection is open for research.
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library & Archives and
makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission
must be obtained from the Library & Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases,
permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry were
integrated under one collection identifier, RS 498, in order to help facilitate access,
reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives catalog, and to
follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Labor and Industry's various Divisions and Bureaus
that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 498. Rather than reprocessing over 20 linear feet
of DLI materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those
collections/finding aids and provide access to them via links in the primary 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 scope and 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.
Massage therapy--Montana.
Masseurs--Montana.
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
Subject Files
1 / 1
"Administrative orders"
1974-1975
1 / 2
"Agenda / minutes"
1973-1980
1 / 3
"Applications not qualified or withdrawn"
1977-1979
1 / 4
"Applications, old"
1974-1976
1 / 5
"Applications pending"
1976-1981
1 / 6
"Board meetings, next" (re agenda and
notification)
1980
1 / 7
"Board members"
1972-1981
1 / 8
"Budgets"
1974-1983
1 / 9
"Complaints"
1972-1980
1 / 10-11
"Correspondence"
1973-1981
1 / 12
"Deceased file"
1969-1978
1 / 13
"Delinquent list"
1973-1974
1 / 14
"Deposits" (lists of license fee payments)
1976-1980
2 / 1
Forms (includes temporary permits, notice to licensees
of rule changes, letters of information, educational questionnaires, and blank
samples)
undated
2 / 2
"Governor's report"
1970-1980
2 / 3
"Justification file" (re statement of justification
for amendment of Board rules)
1975
2 / 4
"Law, current"
1974-1979
2 / 5
"Legal opinions"
1973-1979
2 / 6
"Legislative information"
1978-1981
2 / 7
"Legislature--recodification"
1973-1974
2 / 8
"List of current licensees"
1971-1981
2 / 9
"Masseurs/Vets-TIM's" (includes regulations and Red
Carpet Sauna membership (restricted))
1974-1976
2 / 10
"Montana Massage Board accounting, controller's
reports" (Board of Massage Examiners annual report)
1970
2 / 11
"Montana Massage Board applications for
license"
1968
2 / 12
"Montana Massage Therapists Association"
1976
2 / 13
"Montana School of Massage Therapy"
undated
2 / 14
"Newspaper clippings"
1976
2 / 15
"Office procedure" (re licensure and
renewal)
undated
2 / 16-17
"Frank Presta"
1973-1974
2 / 18
"Public participation"
1976
2 / 19
"Record retention"
1975
2 / 20
"Red Carpet, Billings"
1973-1976
2 / 21
"Red Carpet, Billings vs. Florence Dutton, Masseurs
and Masseuses" (re Montana vs. Red Carpet Sauna and Massage)
1973-1975
2 / 22
"Report to the Legislature; Sunset Review, Board of
Massage Therapists"
1980
2 / 23
"Revocation of license, letter"
1977
2 / 24
"Rules and regulations"
1974-1981
2 / 25
"Rule changes--APA"
1974-1978
2 / 26
"Rule, emergency"
1974
2 / 27
"Schools, approved"
1972-1981
2 / 28
"Temporary permits"
1976-1981
2 / 29
"Test failures"
(Restricted)
1974-1980
Miscellany
3 / 1-136
Applications for licenses, A-Z
1973-1977