Montana Historical Society
Archives
RS 70
Montana Commission on
Reorganization of State Government
Montana Commission On Reorganization Of
State Government Records
1941-1953
3.5 linear feet of shelf space
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.)
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English
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.
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.
The collection is arranged by series.
Collection open for research.
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.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information is 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.
Montana Comission on Reorganization of State
Government
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Subject Files
1 / 1
Boards and agencies: Adjutant General
1951
1 / 2
Boards and agencies: Aeronautics Commission
1951
1 / 3
Boards and agencies: Apprenticeship Council
1952
1 / 4
Boards and agencies: Athletic Commission
circa 1941
1 / 5
Boards and agencies: Attorney General
1951
1 / 6
Boards and agencies: Auditor
1951
1 / 7
Boards and agencies: Bank Examiner
1951
1 / 8
Boards and agencies: Chiropractic Examiners Board
1951
1 / 9
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions)
1951-1952
1 / 10
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): School
for the Deaf and the Blind
1951
1 / 11
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Home
for the Senile Aged
1952
1 / 12
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): State
Industrial School
1951-1952
1 / 13
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Insane
Asylum
1951-1952
1 / 14
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions):
Orphans' Home
1951-1952
1 / 15
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions): Prison
1952
1 / 16
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions):
Soldiers' Home
1951-1952
1 / 17
Boards and agencies (Custodial Institutions):
Vocational School for Girls
1951
1 / 18
Boards and agencies (Education, Board of; includes
minutes)
1948-1952
1 / 19
Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions):
Eastern Montana College
1952
1 / 20
Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions):
Montana School of Mines
1952
1 / 21
Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions):
Montana State College, Bozeman
1951-1952
1 / 22
Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions):
Montana State University, Missoula
1951-1952
1 / 23
Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions):
Northern Montana College
1951-1952
1 / 24
Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions):
University of Montana Executive Office
1951
1 / 25
Boards and agencies (Educational Institutions):
Western Montana College
1951-1952
1 / 26
Boards and agencies (Embalmers and Funeral Directors)
1951
1 / 27
Boards and agencies (Equalization, State Board of)
1951-1952
1 / 28
Boards and agencies (Examiners, State Board of)
1951-1952
1 / 29
Boards and agencies (Fish and Game Commission)
1941-1952
1 / 30
Boards and agencies (Food Distributors, State Board
of)
1951
1 / 31
Boards and agencies (Forester, State)
1951-1952
1 / 32
Boards and agencies (Hail Insurance, State Board of)
1951
1 / 33-34
Boards and agencies (Health, State Board of)
1946-1953
1 / 35-37
Boards and agencies (Highway Dept.)
1950-1953
1 / 38
Boards and agencies (Highway Patrol)
1941-1952
1 / 39
Boards and agencies (Industrial Accident Board)
1950-1952
1 / 40
Boards and agencies (Labor and Industry, Dept. of)
1951
1 / 41
Boards and agencies (Liquor Control Board)
1948-1952
1 / 42
Boards and agencies (Livestock Commission)
1951
1 / 43
Boards and agencies (Milk Control Board)
1952
1 / 44
Boards and agencies (Nurse Examiners, State Board of)
1951
1 / 45
Boards and agencies (Oil Conservation Board)
1952
1 / 46
Boards and agencies (Park Commission, State)
1951
1 / 47
Boards and agencies (Poultry Improvement Board)
1952
1 / 48
Boards and agencies (Public Instruction, Dept. of)
1950-1951
1 / 49
Boards and agencies (Public Welfare Dept.)
1942-1952
1 / 50
Boards and agencies (Railroad Commissioners, Board
of)
1951
1 / 51
Boards and agencies (Secretary of State)
1951
1 / 52
Boards and agencies (State Lands and Investments,
Commissioner of)
1952
1 / 53
Boards and agencies (Treasurer, State)
1951
1 / 54
Boards and agencies (Unemployment Compensation
Commission)
1951
1 / 55
Boards and agencies (Veterans' Welfare Commission)
1950-1952
1 / 56
Boards and agencies (Vocational Rehabilitation
Bureau)
1951
1 / 57
Boards and agencies (Water Conservation Board)
1951
2 / 1
Commission on Reorganization (members'
correspondence)
1951-1953
2 / 2
Commission on Reorganization (subcommittee
assignments)
1951
2 / 3-4
Commission on Reorganization (meeting schedules and
agendas)
1951-1952
2 / 5
Commission on Reorganization (bills and resolutions)
1953
2 / 6
Commission on Reorganization (final report)
1953
2 / 7
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (audit and
analysis)
1950
2 / 8
Task forces: accounting and budgeting
(appropriations)
1951-1953
2 / 9-10
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (fee study and
recommendations)
1952
2 / 11
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (other states)
1952
2 / 12
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (report of
Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants)
circa 1952
2 / 13
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (task force
organization)
1951-1953
2 / 14
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (meeting
schedule)
1952
2 / 15
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (minutes)
1951-1952
2 / 16
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (proposed
legislation)
1953
2 / 17
Task forces: accounting and budgeting (final report)
1952
2 / 18
Task forces: agriculture (bills)
1953
2 / 19
Task forces: agriculture (final report)
1952
2 / 20
Task forces: executive organization (agency
descriptions)
1952
2 / 21-23
Task forces: executive organization (agencies, misc.)
1952
2 / 24
Task forces: executive organization (list of boards)
1952
2 / 25
Task forces: executive organization (proposed
legislation)
1953
2 / 26
Task forces: executive organization (final report)
1952
2 / 27
Task forces: higher education (general file)
1952
2 / 28
Task forces: higher education (minutes)
1952
2 / 29
Task forces: higher education (final report and
attached materials; additional material in OVERSIZE)
1952
2 / 30
Task forces: investments (proposed legislation)
1953
2 / 31
Task forces: investments (final report)
1951
2 / 32
Task forces: legislature (general file)
1952
2 / 33
Task forces: legislature (State of Washington
material)
1952
2 / 34
Task forces: legislature (bibliography)
undated
2 / 35
Task forces: legislature (proposed legislation)
1953
2 / 36
Task forces: legislature (final report)
1952
2 / 37-38
Task forces: personnel (general file)
1951
3 / 1
Task forces: personnel (Joint Merit System)
1951
3 / 2
Task forces: personnel (minutes)
1951-1952
3 / 3
Task forces: personnel (proposed legislation)
1953
3 / 4
Task forces: personnel (final report)
1952
3 / 5-6
Task forces: public welfare (general file)
1951-1952
3 / 7
Task forces: public welfare (Dorothy May Asbury,
"Study of Administrative Control of State Welfare Services in Montana" (M.A. thesis,
University of Montana)
1948
3 / 8
Task forces: public welfare (information from other
states)
1952
3 / 9
Task forces: public welfare (task force material)
1951
3 / 10
Task forces: public welfare (minutes)
1951-1952
3 / 11
Task forces: public welfare (proposed legislation)
1953
3 / 12-13
Task forces: public welfare (final report and
attached materials)
1951-1952
3 / 14
Task forces: purchasing and contracts (general file)
1951-1952
3 / 15
Task forces: purchasing and contracts (bibliography)
1951-1952
3 / 16
Task forces: purchasing and contracts (minutes)
1951-1952
3 / 17
Task forces: purchasing and contracts (proposed
legislation)
1953
3 / 18-19
Task forces: purchasing and contracts (final report
and attached materials)
1952
3 / 20
Task forces: retirement systems (general file)
1951-1953
3 / 21
Task forces: retirement systems (Public Employees
Retirement System (PERS))
1951
3 / 22
Task forces: retirement systems (Teachers Retirement
System)
1951-1952
3 / 23
Task forces: retirement systems (final report)
1952
3 / 24
Task forces: transportation and travel (general file)
1951
3 / 25-26
Task forces: transportation and travel (information
from companies and other states)
1951-1952
3 / 27
Task forces: transportation and travel (lists of
state vehicles)
1949-1951
3 / 28
Task forces: transportation and travel (report)
1941
3 / 29
Task forces: transportation and travel (proposed
legislation)
1953
3 / 30
Task forces: transportation and travel (final report)
1952
4 / 1
Addresses, lectures, speeches
1951-1952
4 / 2
Administrative materials
1951-1953
4 / 3
Balance of appropriation
1951-1952
4 / 4
Coates and McCormick, Inc. (public relations and
government research)
1952
4 / 5
Community Chest (charity)
1951-1952
4 / 6
Council of State Governments
1952
4 / 7
Daily journal (hand-written draft)
1951-1952
4 / 8-9
General organization of state government
1941-1943, 1951
4 / 10
Frederick B. Gillette
1951-1952
4 / 11
Helena Kiwanis Club
1952
4 / 12
Index (unidentified)
4 / 13
Indian affairs
1951-1952
4 / 14
Legislative Council
1953
4 / 15
Michigan government reorganization
1948-1951
4 / 16
Montana Conference on Social Welfare
1952
4 / 17
Montana Public Health Association
1951
4 / 18
Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants
1951
4 / 19
Montana Taxpayers' Association
1952
4 / 20
Newspaper clippings
1952
4 / 21
Offers to sell supplies to Commission
1942-1951
4 / 22
Prisons (other states)
1951-1952
4 / 23
Property inventories
1952
4 / 24
Public Health (other states)
1952
4 / 25
Requests for reports (sampled)
1953
4 / 26
Warrants drawn against Fund 522
1951-1953
4 / 27
Washington state government reorganization report
1952
Minutes
4 / 28-29
Minutes
1951-1953