Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees records, 1865-2006.

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Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees records, 1865-2006.

The Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees is the governing board of the Society. Records include correspondence with Society directors, files of individual board members, minutes, organizational records, reports, and miscellany. Records consist of miscellaneous correspondence (1874-1890, 1947); correspondence (1951-2006) with the Directors; files for individual Board members; minutes of the Board (1865-2003); organizational materials, including bylaws and the enabling act, lists of Board members, etc.; reports (1875-1920, 1934, 1955); and a subject file. There is a subgroup for long-time Board member Merrill Burlingame.

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Montana Historical Society. Board of Trustees

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On December 21, 1864 Francis M. Thompson introduced into the Territorial legislature, Council Bill 15 to incorporate the Historical Society of Montana, as a private organization. The purpose of the Society was "...to collect and arrange facts in regard to the early history of this Territory...." The bill was signed into law on February 2, 1865. The Society held its first organizational meeting later that month. Among the incorporators were Granville Stuart, H. L. Hosmer, C. P. Higgi...