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Montana Commission On Reorganization Of State Government Records , 1941-1953

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montana Commission on Reorganization of State Government
Title
Montana Commission On Reorganization Of State Government Records
Dates
1941-1953 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.5 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number
RS 70
Summary
The Montana Commission on Reorganization of State Government was an investigatory commission appointed by Governor John W. Bonner, to determine possible structures for the state government of Montana. Records include minutes (1951-1953); correspondence with state boards and agencies; and minutes, research files, and reports of the various task forces set up by the commission. (Same as SMF 27, but records were rearranged sometime after filming.)
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library and Archives
Montana Historical Society, Library and Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 406-444-2681
Fax: 406-444-5297
mthslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

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.
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Historical Note

The Montana Commission on Reorganization of State Government was an investigatory commission established by the 1951 legislature to study the structure of Montana government and to recommend changes. The Commission's four members were appointed by Governor John W. Bonner. After reporting to the 1953 legislature the Commission ceased to exist.

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Content Description

Records include minutes (1951-1953) of the Commission; subject files (1941-1952) divided into boards and agencies, arranged alphabetically; commission files (1951-1953), consisting of correspondence, committee assignments, meeting agendas, and reports; task force files (1950-1953) arranged by function, such as accounting, investments, personnel, etc.; and miscellaneous subject files, including studies of other states' structures, consultant files, public interest group files, etc. The agency files include some study materials produced by an earlier commission: the Governor's Committee on Reorganization and Economy.

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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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by series.

Location of Collection

19:1-3

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information is available upon request.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

  • Subject Files

    • Description: Boards and agencies: Adjutant General
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies: Aeronautics Commission
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies: Apprenticeship Council
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies: Athletic Commission
      Dates: circa 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies: Attorney General
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies: Auditor
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies: Bank Examiner
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies: Chiropractic Examiners Board
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): School for the Deaf and the Blind
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Home for the Senile Aged
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): State Industrial School
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Insane Asylum
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Orphans' Home
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Prison
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 15
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Soldiers' Home
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 16
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Vocational School for Girls
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 17
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Education, Board of; includes minutes)
      Dates: 1948-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 18
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions): Eastern Montana College
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 19
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions): Montana School of Mines
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 20
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions): Montana State College, Bozeman
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 21
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions): Montana State University, Missoula
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 22
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions): Northern Montana College
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 23
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions): University of Montana Executive Office
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 24
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions): Western Montana College
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 25
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Embalmers and Funeral Directors)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 26
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Equalization, State Board of)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 27
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Examiners, State Board of)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 28
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Fish and Game Commission)
      Dates: 1941-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 29
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Food Distributors, State Board of)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 30
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Forester, State)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 31
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Hail Insurance, State Board of)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 32
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Health, State Board of)
      Dates: 1946-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 33-34
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Highway Dept.)
      Dates: 1950-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 35-37
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Highway Patrol)
      Dates: 1941-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 38
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Industrial Accident Board)
      Dates: 1950-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 39
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Labor and Industry, Dept. of)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 40
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Liquor Control Board)
      Dates: 1948-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 41
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Livestock Commission)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 42
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Milk Control Board)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 43
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Nurse Examiners, State Board of)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 44
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Oil Conservation Board)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 45
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Park Commission, State)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 46
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Poultry Improvement Board)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 47
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Public Instruction, Dept. of)
      Dates: 1950-1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 48
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Public Welfare Dept.)
      Dates: 1942-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 49
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Railroad Commissioners, Board of)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 50
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Secretary of State)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 51
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (State Lands and Investments, Commissioner of)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 52
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Treasurer, State)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 53
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Unemployment Compensation Commission)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 54
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Veterans' Welfare Commission)
      Dates: 1950-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 55
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Vocational Rehabilitation Bureau)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 56
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Boards and agencies (Water Conservation Board)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 57
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Commission on Reorganization (members' correspondence)
      Dates: 1951-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Commission on Reorganization (subcommittee assignments)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Commission on Reorganization (meeting schedules and agendas)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 3-4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Commission on Reorganization (bills and resolutions)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Commission on Reorganization (final report)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (audit and analysis)
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (appropriations)
      Dates: 1951-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (fee study and recommendations)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 9-10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (other states)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (report of Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants)
      Dates: circa 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 12
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (task force organization)
      Dates: 1951-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 13
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (meeting schedule)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 14
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (minutes)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 15
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 16
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: accounting and budgeting (final report)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 17
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: agriculture (bills)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 18
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: agriculture (final report)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 19
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: executive organization (agency descriptions)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 20
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: executive organization (agencies, misc.)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 21-23
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: executive organization (list of boards)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 24
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: executive organization (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 25
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: executive organization (final report)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 26
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: higher education (general file)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 27
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: higher education (minutes)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 28
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: higher education (final report and attached materials; additional material in OVERSIZE)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 29
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: investments (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 30
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: investments (final report)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 31
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: legislature (general file)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 32
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: legislature (State of Washington material)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 33
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: legislature (bibliography)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 34
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: legislature (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 35
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: legislature (final report)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 36
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: personnel (general file)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 2 / 37-38
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: personnel (Joint Merit System)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: personnel (minutes)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: personnel (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: personnel (final report)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: public welfare (general file)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5-6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: public welfare (Dorothy May Asbury, "Study of Administrative Control of State Welfare Services in Montana" (M.A. thesis, University of Montana)
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: public welfare (information from other states)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: public welfare (task force material)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: public welfare (minutes)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: public welfare (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: public welfare (final report and attached materials)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 12-13
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: purchasing and contracts (general file)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 14
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: purchasing and contracts (bibliography)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 15
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: purchasing and contracts (minutes)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 16
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: purchasing and contracts (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 17
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: purchasing and contracts (final report and attached materials)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 18-19
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: retirement systems (general file)
      Dates: 1951-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 20
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: retirement systems (Public Employees Retirement System (PERS))
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 21
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: retirement systems (Teachers Retirement System)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 22
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: retirement systems (final report)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 23
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: transportation and travel (general file)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 24
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: transportation and travel (information from companies and other states)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 25-26
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: transportation and travel (lists of state vehicles)
      Dates: 1949-1951
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 27
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: transportation and travel (report)
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 28
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: transportation and travel (proposed legislation)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 29
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Task forces: transportation and travel (final report)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 30
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Addresses, lectures, speeches
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Administrative materials
      Dates: 1951-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Balance of appropriation
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Coates and McCormick, Inc. (public relations and government research)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Community Chest (charity)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Council of State Governments
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Daily journal (hand-written draft)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: General organization of state government
      Dates: 1941-1943, 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 8-9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Frederick B. Gillette
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Helena Kiwanis Club
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Index (unidentified)
      Dates:
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 12
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Indian affairs
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 13
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Legislative Council
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 14
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Michigan government reorganization
      Dates: 1948-1951
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 15
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Montana Conference on Social Welfare
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 16
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Montana Public Health Association
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 17
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 18
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Montana Taxpayers' Association
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 19
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Newspaper clippings
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 20
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Offers to sell supplies to Commission
      Dates: 1942-1951
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 21
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Prisons (other states)
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 22
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Property inventories
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 23
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Public Health (other states)
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 24
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Requests for reports (sampled)
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 25
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Warrants drawn against Fund 522
      Dates: 1951-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 26
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Washington state government reorganization report
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 27
      Location: Subject Files

  • Minutes

    • Description: Minutes
      Dates: 1951-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4 / 28-29
      Location: Minutes

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Corporate Names

  • Montana Comission on Reorganization of State Government

Finding aid prepared by MHS Staff
2004

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