Collection 2346 - Richard B. Roeder Papers, 1949-1995 :: Montana State University Library

Collection 2346 - Richard B. Roeder Papers, 1949-1995

Creator: Roeder, Richard B.

Provenance Note: Research notes and files, personal papers, photographs, and audiotapes created or collected by Richard B. Roeder were donated to Special Collections by his daughter Ellen Pfalzgraff of Calgary, Alberta in March 1996. A Swarthmore yearbook and a small amount of correspondence was also donated to Special Collections by Carroll College in May 1996. Papers collected by Roeder from the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention were donated in 1980 and initially assigned accession number 2072. These papers have been incorporated with this collection.

Historical Note: Richard B. Roeder was born in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania on August 23, 1930, the sixth child of Herman and Mary Roeder. Roeder attended local schools and one year of post-graduate study at Admiral Farragut Academy in New Jersey. He attended Swarthmore College as an undergraduate student, and graduated in 1953. Graduate study was at the University of Pennsylvania, were he received his Masters in History in 1957 and his doctorate in 1971. Roeder worked for the University of Montana School of Pharmacy and the Montana Legislative Council before receiving a teaching position at Montana State University (MSU) in 1962. His teaching career at MSU lasted for twenty-two years, retiring in 1984. Roeder continued to teach as an adjunct professor into the 1990s at Carroll College. Roader's research interest were primarily concerned with aspects of Montana history. With Michael Malone, Roeder edited three books on Montana history. Yet, his best known book is Montana: A History of Two Centuries, co-authored with Malone in 1976 and reprinted in 1991 with the addition of William Lang. Roeder also contributed articles or essays to Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Montana Law Review, The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, Montana Myths, and Montana and the West: Essays in Honor of K. Ross Toole. Richard Roeder's interests also included public affairs. He was appointed by the governor to the Constitution Revision Commission in 1969. Two years latter he won election as a delegate to the state's Constitutional Convention, were he served on the convention's Executive Committee and Committee on Style and Drafting. He also worked for the state's Lieutenant Governors's Office between 1984-1988. Roeder served on the editorial board of Montana: The Magazine of Western History, was as active participant with the Montana Committee for the Humanities, a citizen member of the Judicial Nomination Commission, and a member of the Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees. He twice won The Montana Award in the Humanities. Richard Roeder married Janet Merrill of Missoula, Montana in 1953. The couple had three children, Karin, Ellen, and Thomas. Roeder died on December 23, 1995 in Helena, Montana.

Content Description Note: The Roeder collection has been arranged in 13 series based mostly chronologically over his years as a student, teacher, public official, and researcher. The collection consists of notes taken as a student; personal, research, and business correspondence; teaching files; subject research files; Roeder articles and papers; bibliographies; lecture and conference tapes; and all the notes, readings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and general information associated with the 1972 constitutional convention. Roeder's interest in Montana history is reflected in his more extensive research on agriculture, early territorial history, women, homesteading, Indians, transportation, and lakes. Individuals that Roeder focused on include Thomas Carter, Grace Stone Coates, Joseph Kinsey Howard, James and Granville Stuart, Ella Knowles and Paris Gibson. The research on Gibson is particularly voluminous. The papers also include many notes taken from Montana newspapers during the territorial and early statehood period covering such topics as Gibson, politics and Montana's constitution. Roeder's own experience with constitutional issues from the 1970s compliments these early historical references and many of the clippings date from this period as well. Titles on the folders mostly duplicate titles used by Roeder. Papers in the original folders have generally remained under that folder's title, and as a result researchers are advised that particular subjects of interest may be found in more then one series.

Series 1	Swarthmore College 1949-1953
Series 2	University of Pennsylvania 1954-1957
Series 3	School of Pharmacy/Legislative Council 1957-1962
Series 4	Montana State University 1962-1984
Series 5	Lieutenant Governors's Office 1985-1988
Series 6	Adjunct Professor/Researcher 1988-1995
Series 7	Personal and Miscellaneous, ca. 1960-1995
Series 8	Teaching Files, ca. 1962-1992
Series 9	Audio-Cassette Tapes, n.d.
Series 10	Research Files, n.d.
Series 11	Research Note Cards, n.d.
Series 12	Constitutional Revision Commission 1969-1971
Series 13	Constitutional Convention 1971-1973

Series 1: Swarthmore College 1949-1953

Notes, exams, and papers from classes taken as an undergraduate student at Swarthmore College. Also in the series are a few newspaper clippings and Roeder's 1953 yearbook.

Box 1: 1. American History; 2. American Literature; 3. Philosophy

Box 2: 1. Diplomatic History; 2. American Literature; 3. Newspaper Clippings; 4. 1953 Yearbook

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Series 2: University of Pennsylvania 1954-1957

Notes, papers, and exams from classes taken as a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, along with a small amount of personal correspondence.

Box 3: 1. Europe 1300-1500; 2-5. Late Middle Ages; 6-11. Europe Since 1815; 12-15. Europe Since 1870; 16-18. Diplomatic History

Box 4: 1. France; 2-3. Germany; 4. Europe; 5-7. Latin America Since 1810; 8-9. Latin America Since 1914; 10-11. Thought & Culture 1775-1820; 12-14. Thought & Culture 1820-1865; 15-16. Thought & Culture 1865-1900; 17. Thought & Culture 1900-1920

Box 5: 1-5. U.S. History to 1815; 6-12. U.S. History; 13-15. U.S. Social History; 16-18. U.S. Economic History

Box 6: 1-3. U.S. Political History; 4. Progressivism; 5. Misc. Notes; 6. Roeder Papers; 7. Correspondence

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Series 3: School of Pharmacy/Legislative Council

Mostly personal correspondence during a period when Roeder worked as a stockroom clerk at the University of Montana's School of Pharmacy in Missoula, and as a Research Associate with the Montana Legislative Council in Helena. Also included are research notes and a graduate paper written by Roeder on "Civil War and Reconstruction."

Box 7: 1. Correspondence 1957-59; 2. Legislative Council 1959-62; 3. Correspondence 1959-62; 4. Roeder Notes/Paper 1959-62

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Series 4: Montana State University 1962-1984

The bulk of this series is Roeder's correspondence during his time as a history professor at Montana State. Personal, business, and research related letters, memos and dated general information are chronologically arranged by years, and within the folders by days. The series also contains a copy of his dissertation titled, "Montana in the Early Years of the Progressive Period," positions Roeder applied for at Montana State, student letters of recommendation, and Montana State administration papers.

Box 8: 1. Applied for teaching Position; 2-9. Correspondence 1963-71; 10. Dissertation 1971; 11-14. Correspondence 1972-74

Box 9: 1-5. Correspondence 1975-79; 6. MSU Positions Applied For; 7-9. Correspondence 1980-82; 10. Correspondence - Dearborn River 1980-82; 11-13. Correspondence 1983-84; 14-16. Student Letters of Recommendation 1963-76

Box 10: 1-2. Student Letters of Recommendation 1977-84; 3-4. Administration 1963-86

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Series 5: Lieutenant Governors's Office 1985-1988

Roeder worked for the Lieutenant Governors's Office for three years as a Administrative Assistant. Personal, job, and research related correspondence make up most of this series, and has been arranged by year, and within the folders by days. Also included are folders on individual projects Roeder was involved with, such as Montana's Centennial and Constitutional Reform Debate.

Box 11: 1-10. Correspondence 1985-86; 11. Constitutional Reform Debate - October 1986; 12-17. Correspondence 1987-88; 18. Personnel; 19-21. Centennial Project

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Series 6: Adjunct Professor/Researcher 1988-1995

This period proved to be a prolific time as a writing for Richard Roeder. Nine of his published articles, essays, introductions, or forwards were printed during these eight year. The series reflects his short lived work as a historical consultant on the Arco Project. His interactions with Montana Center For The Book, his pieces for the Helena newspaper, "Quarries From Last Chance Gulch," and his interests in Swarthmore College are part of the series. Correspondence includes papers related to his personal, business, research, and general information interests. Roeder also applied for positions at Carroll Collage and Montana Historical Society during this time.

Box 12: 1-3. Arco Correspondence 1988; 4. Arco Work Diary 1988; 5. Arco Document; 6. RBR Research 1988-89; 7. RBR Research - Banking 1988-89; 8. Correspondence 1989; 9. Constitutional Symposium 1989; 10. Swarthmore Admission 1989-90; 11. Student Letters of Recommendation 1988-90; 12-16. Correspondence 1990-92; 17. Carroll College Job Application 1990; 18. Montana Historical Society Job Application 1992

Box 13: 1. Correspondence 1993-95; 2. Swarthmore Class Reunion 1993; 3-5. Montana Center For The Book 1990-94; 6. Quarries From Last Chance Gulch 1994-95

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Series 7: Personal and Miscellaneous, ca. 1960-1995

This series is somewhat of a catch-all for undated personal cards and letters, story and writing ideas of Roeder's, his personal biography and vita, wills, and photographs. There is also a folder of conferences he attended, awards he received, and reviews of his books.

Box 14: 1. Conferences - Awards - Reviews; 2. Misc. Correspondence; 3. Writings; 4. Stories; 5. Art/Drawings; 6. Photographs 1-14; 7. Biographical/Vita; 8. Wills

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Series 8: Teaching Files, ca. 1962-1992

The teaching files of Richard Roeder reflect over 30 years of historical information gathering and knowledge. Most of the files are from his years at Montana State. Yet Roeder taught at Carroll College, College at Great Falls, and the University of Montana as well. The series is arranged by the university and the name of the course taught. If the college name is not on the folder, the course was taught at Montana State. Information on each course may include a class syllabus, reading lists, course outlines, copies of exams, bibliographies, articles, newspaper clippings, and notes by Roeder. Research notes and lecture notes blend together. Course notes may also be found in the Research File Series, as research notes are in the Teaching File Series.

Box 15: 1. Misc. Syllabus; 2. History of Montana - Articles; 3. History of Montana - Outline; 4-6. History of Montana - Class Paper/Readings/Discussion Notes; 7. History of Montana - Maps/Population; 8-9. History of Montana - Misc. Bibliography; 10. History of Montana - Newspaper Clippings; 11-12. History of Montana - Notes; 13-17. History of Montana - Territorial Period; 18-19. History of Montana - Since Statehood; 20. History of Montana - Paper; 21. Trans-Mississippi Frontier

Box 16: 1. American Constitution - Class Outlines/Exams; 2. American Constitution - Newspaper Clippings; 3-6. American Constitution - Notes; 7. Constitutional History - Syllabus/Readings/Exams; 8. Constitutional History - Articles/Papers/Bibliography; 9-12. Constitutional History - Notes; 13. Progressivism; 14. Woman in Montana History - Outline; 15-18. Woman in Montana History - Lecture Notes; 19-21. Carroll - Early Western Civilization - Notes; 22-23. Carroll - Early Western Civilization - Outline/Syllabus/Exams

Box 17: 1. Carroll - Western Civilization - Syllabus/Exams; 2-4. Carroll - Western Civilization - Notes; 5. Carroll - Montana and the West - Syllabus; 6-7. Carroll - Intro to Latin America - Articles/Bibliography; 8. Carroll - Intro to Latin America - Notes/Newspaper Clippings; 9-10. Carroll - Intro to Latin America - Readings/Syllabus; 11. Carroll - Modern Latin America - Newspaper Clippings; 12-14. Carroll - Modern Latin America - Notes; 15-16. Carroll - Modern Latin America - Paper/Syllabus/Exams; 17-19. Carroll - Latin America - Articles/Bibliography; 20. Carroll - Catholic Church; 21. Carroll - 20th Century American History Notes/Syllabus; 22-23. Carroll - Trans-Mississippi West - Notes; 24. Carroll - Trans-Mississippi West - Syllabus

Box 18: 1-2. Great Falls - Montana Indians - Notes; 3. Great Falls - Montana Indians - Syllabus/Exams; 4. Great Falls - Montana Indians - Treaties; 5. Great Falls - Montana History - Syllabus/Readings/Exams; 6. Great Falls - West in American History - Notes/Syllabus; 7-8. U of M - Montana History - Readings/Notes

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Series 9: Audio-Cassette Tapes

The tapes offer a sample of Roeder's style of lecture and historical information on specific subjects. The rest of the tapes are from conferences or symposiums where Roeder presented, moderated, or taped for interest. These tapes are not entirely clear as to the date or even who may be speaking.

Box 19: 1. Side A & B - Lecture: Constitutional History; 2. Side A - Address: Church Service, January 7, 1975; 3. Side A - Lecture: Constitutional History; Side B - Misc. Lectures; 4. Side A - Misc. Lectures; Side B - Music; 5. Side A - Guest Lecture on John Dewey; Side B - Radio Spots from Delegate Election; 6. Side A - Lecture: Constitutional History; Side B- Lecture: Gordon Britten; 7. Side A & B Panel Discussion: Journalism and State Politics; 8. Side A & B Panel Discussion: State Government (tape is in rough shape); 9. Side A & B Panel Discussion: Constitutional Reform; 10. Side A & B Panel Discussion: Constitutional Reform; 11. Side A & B Conference: Politics in the 1930s and 40s; 12. Side A Conference: Politics in the 1930s and 40s; Side B Conference: Constitutional Reform and Overview of Constitution

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Series 10: Research Files, n.d.

This is by far the largest series of the Roeder collection. The Research Files are organized by subject in alphabetical order. Subjects include general titles, individuals, bibliographies, and projects. There primary focus is on Montana history and history of the American West. Aside from Roeder's notes, subjects may include articles with extensive underlining or marginalia, bibliographies, newspaper clippings, reviews, papers, reports, documents, video tapes, and booklets. Relatively recent articles without extensive underlining or marginalia were not kept except for the title page, and these were generally included as part of bibliographies. Roeder left many short notes on various sizes of paper reflecting ideas and thoughts that are throughout the research files. Papers in original folders were generally kept intact with their titles. Many of Roeder's historical writings and articles with different drafts are in this series under appropriate titles.

Box 20: 1-2. Agriculture; 3-5. Agriculture - Montana; 6. American History - Misc. Notes; 7-18. "Anaconda" - Manuscript; 19-23. Anaconda Mining Company; 24. Anaconda Standard Almanac; 25-29. Anaconda Standard - Newspapers (photocopied)

Box 21: 1. Archie Bay Foundation; 2-9. Arco; 10-12. Art & Artists; 13. Artists; 14. Artists - Montana; 15. Autio, Rudy; 16. Bibliography - Misc. Articles; 17. Bibliography - Misc. Books & Reports; 18. Bibliography - Misc. Library Searches; 19. Bibliography - Misc. New Yorker & Newspaper Articles; 20. Bibliography - Misc. U.S. History; 21. Bicentennial; 22. Bolles, Jason; 23-24. Bonesteele, Harry F.; 25. Braley, Berton; 26. Brinig, Myron

Box 22: 1-2. Brinig, Myron; 3. Brittan, Gordon; 4-5. Buffalo Commons; 6. Buildings - Historic; 7. Burlingame - Misc. Papers; 8. Burlington Northern; 9-11. Butte; 12. Butte - Roeder Article; 13-17. "Butte in Fiction" - Roeder Article; 18. Call, Hughie; 19-22. Campbell, Will; 23. Capital Punishment - Montana; 24-25. Carter, Thomas H. - Roeder Article; 26-28. Carter, Thomas H.

Box 23: 1-4. Centennial - Montana; 5. Clark Fork River Basin; 6. Clearman, Mary; 7-9. Coates, Grace Stone; 10-11. Coates, Grace Stone - Roeder Article; 12-14. Conservation History; 17-19. "Constitution in Historical Context" - Montana - Roeder Article; 20. Constitutional Amendments - Montana; 21-22. Constitutional Convention - 1889 Montana; 23-25. Constitutional Convention - 1972 Montana; 26-27. Constitutional Convention - 1972 Montana - Interviews/Roeder Thoughts

Box 24: 1. Constitutional Court Cases - Montana; 2-3. Constitutional Duty; 4. Constitutional History; 5. Constitutional History - Supreme Court; 6. Constitutional History - U.S.; 7. Constitutional Interpretation - Montana; 8. Constitutional Litigation - Montana; 9. Constitutional Speeches - Montana; 10-14. Constitutional Revision - Montana; 15-17. County History - Montana - Historical Briefings; 18. County History - Montana - Jordan; 19-26. County History - Montana - Lincoln

Box 25: 1-4. County History - Montana; 5. Courts; 6. Court Cases - Montana Reports; 7. Court Opinions - Montana; 8-10. Cowboys; 11. Cowboys - Roeder Introduction; 12. Criminal Law; 13. Daly, Marcus; 14-15. Dams - Fort Peck; 16. Dams - Montana; 17-19. Dearborn River; 20. Deerlodge, Montana; 21. Development and Growth - Montana/West; 22. Doig, Ivan; 23. Dude Ranching; 24-26. Economy - Montana; 27-29. Education - Montana

Box 26: 1. Election - Montana 1974; 2. Election History - Montana 1956; 3-4. Election Returns - Montana 1958-74; 5. Emerson, Ralph W.; 6. Energy Development - Montana; 7-8. Environment; 9. Environmental Ethics; 10. Environmental History; 11-12. Ethnic History; 13-14. Ethnic History - Montana - African Americans; 15. Ethnic History - Montana - Chinese; 16. Ethnic History - Montana - Hutterites; 17. Ethnic History - Montana - Irish; 18. Ethnic History - Montana - Jews; 19. Ethnic History - Montana - Mennonites; 20. Ethnic History - Montana - Japanese; 21. Eugenics; 22-24. Exploration - Montana; 25-27. Federal Writers Project; 28. Federalism; 29. Fligelman, Frieda & Belle; 30. Folklife Project; 31. Fort Missoula

Box 27: 1. Gallatin Institute; 2. Ghost Towns - Montana; 3-14. Gibson, Paris; 15-16. Gibson, Paris - Roeder Article; 17. Gibson, Paris - Roeder Lecture Poster; 18. Glacier National Park - Roeder Book Review; 19-20. Governors Messages - Montana 1897-1901, 1918; 21. Governors State of the State Message - Montana 1881-1909; 22-26. Governors State of the State Message - Montana 1945-85; 27. Government - Commentary; 28. Guns

Box 28: 1. Hauser, Samuel T.; 2-5. Haynes, J. E.; 6. Helena, Montana - Capital; 7-8. Helena, Montana - Churches; 9. Helena Independent - Roeder Article; 10. Helena - Montana Club; 11. History - Article; 12. History - Roeder Misc. Notes; 13. History Department MSU; 14. History of Ideas - Article; 15-16. Homesteading; 17-20. Homesteading - Montana; 21. Homesteading - Montana - Roeder Book Review; 22-24. Homesteading - Montana - Woman; 25. Homesteading - Montana - Woman - Roeder Article; 26. Homesteading - West

Box 29: 1-4. Howard, Joseph Kinsey; 5-6. Howard, Joseph Kinsey - Roeder Article; 7. Howard, Joseph Kinsey - Roeder Book Review; 8. Howard, Joseph Kinsey - Roeder Paper; 9-11. Humanities; 12-14. Humanities - Montana; 15. Idaho History; 16-25. Indians; 26-27. Indians - Montana

Box 30: 1-9. Indians - Montana; 10. Indians - Wyoming; 11. Irrigation - Montana; 12. Karsmizki, Ken; 13-16. Knowles, Ella; 17-18. Knowles, Ella - Roeder Article; 19-22. Labor - Progressive Era Montana

Box 31: 1. Labor History - Montana; 2. Langford, Nathaniel Pitt; 3-8. Latin America; 9. Law; 10. Lawyers - Montana; 11-14. Legal History; 15-18. Legislation - U.S.; 19. Legislation - Montana; 20. Legislation - Montana Supreme Court; 21. Legislative Council - Montana; 22-24. Legislators - Montana; 25. Legislators - Montana - Roeder Writings; 26-29. Legislature - Montana 1865-1927; 30. Legislature - Montana/Idaho; 31. Linderman, Frank Bird; 32. Literature; 33-35. Literature - Montana

Box 32: 1-4. Literature - Montana; 5-6. Literature - Montana - Poetry; 7-10. Literature - Montana - Authors; 11. Literature - Montana Anthology; 12. Literature - West; 13. Local & Community History; 14-15. Local Government; 16-18. Local Government - Montana; 19-20. Louisiana Purchase Exposition; 21-23. MacLane, Mary; 24-26. Mansfield, Mike; 27. Masons - Montana; 28. McCorkle, Daniel; 29-33. Media - Montana

Box 33: 1. Media - Montana - Roeder Paper; 2. Media - Montana - World War II; 3. Metcalf, Lee; 4. Miles City, Montana; 5. Military History - U.S.; 6-9. Mining History; 10-11. Mining History - Montana; 12. Mining - Montana - Air Quality; 13. Mining - Montana - Coal; 14. Mining - Montana - Roeder Book Review; 15. Mining - Montana - Gypsum; 16-17. Mining - Montana; 18-20. Misc. Notes/Bibliography; 21. Montana - "What's Wrong" Forum; 22. Montana: 1st Edition - Chapter 7; 23-25. Montana: 1st Edition - Chapter 11; 26-27. Montana: 1st Edition - Chapter 14; 28. Montana: 1st Edition - Photographs 1-5

Box 34: 1. Montana: 2nd Edition - Bibliography; 2-3. Montana: 2nd Edition - Inserts; 4-5. Montana: 2nd Edition - Notes; 6. Montana Congressmen 1930s; 7. Montana Historical Society; 8. Montana History - Activism; 9-10. Montana History - Bibliography - Historical Society; 11-13. Montana History - Bibliography - Misc.; 14-15. Montana History - Bibliography - Montana Magazine; 16. Montana History - The Dry Times; 17. Montana History - Maps; 18. Montana History - Misc. Documents; 19. Montana History - Notes; 20-21. Montana History - People; 21-22. Montana History - Reading Notes; 23. Montana History - Reports/Documents; 24. Montana History - Postcards; 25. Montana History - Roeder Article; 26-27. Montana History - Unknown Manuscript; 28. Montana History - War Years

Box 35: 1-2. Montana History - War Years; 3. Montana History - An End To Innocence; 4. Montana Margins; 5. Montana Myths Project; 6. Montana Power Company; 7. Montana Study; 8. Municipal Reform - Montana; 9. Murray, James E.; 10-13. Natural Resources - Montana - Fish & Game; 14. Natural Resources - Montana - Forest; 15. Natural Resources - Montana - Forest Fires; 16. Natural Resources - Montana - Forest Products; 17. Natural Resources - Montana - Water; 18. New Deal; 19. New England Society; 20-22. Newspaper Research - Montana 1906-07

Box 36: 1. Newspapers - Montana - Great Falls Tribune; 2. Newspapers - Montana - Clippings Misc.; 3. Newspapers - Montana - Clippings Agriculture/Industry; 4. Newspapers - Montana - Clippings Environment; 5-6. Newspapers - Clippings Montana History; 7-8. Newspapers - Montana - Clippings Politics/Law; 9. Newspapers - Montana Eagle; 10. Newspapers - Montana - Propaganda; 11. Newspapers in Montana; 12. Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society; 13. O'Connell, Jerry; 14. Overland Trail; 15. Phillips, Paul; 16. Photography; 17-18. Plassmann, Martha E.; 19. Poindexter Collection; 20-23. Politics - Montana; 24-32. Politics - Montana - Post World War II; 33. Politics - Montana - Voting

Box 37: 1. Population - Montana; 2. Populism; 3. Prehistoric History; 4-5. Progressive Era - Montana; 6-11. Range & Cattle History - Montana/West; 12. Rankin, Jeannette; 13. Raymond, Sarah; 14-15. Reapportionment; 16. Religion; 17. Riel, Louis; 18. Rodeo; 19-21. Russell, Charles M.; 22-23. Russell, Charles M. - Roeder Paper; 24. Russell, Charles M. - Roeder Book Review; 25. Sanders, Wilbur Fisk; 26. Schultz, James Willard; 27. Schwinder, Ted; 28-29. Sheep - Montana/West; 30. Social History - Montana - Churches; 31. Social History - Montana - Education; 32. Social History - Montana - Ethnic

Box 38: 1-3. Social History - Montana; 4. Sportsmen - Montana; 5-6. Stuart, Granville; 7-8. Stuart, James - Fort Belknap; 9-14. Stuart, James - Fort Browning; 15-16. Stuart, James; 17. Tariffs - Montana; 18. Taxation - Montana; 19. Taxation - Montana 1920s; 20-22. Territorial Delegates - Montana; 23-24. Territorial Delegates - Montana - Roeder Article; 25-30. Territorial History - Montana

Box 39: 1-3. Territorial History - Montana; 4. Territorial History - Montana/West; 5-6. Timber Butte Mine; 7-10. Toole, Joseph Kemp; 11. Toole, Joseph Kemp - Roeder Paper; 12. Townly, A.C.; 13-25. Transportation; 26-27. Transportation - Montana

Box 40: 1-8. Transportation - Montana; 9-19. Transportation - Montana U.S.#2; 20-22. Transportation - Montana - Unknown Manuscript; 23. Turner, Frederick Jackson; 24-26. Ubet - Roeder Book Introduction; 27-29. Urban Development; 30-31. Vigilantes & Violence - Montana/West

Box 41: 1. Vigilantes & Violence - Montana/West; 2. Walker, Mildred; 3-4. Walsh, Thomas; 5. Washington State Library; 6. Welch, James; 7-11. Western History - Bibliography; 12. Western History - Frontier; 13. Western History - Fur Trade; 14-15. Western History - Misc.; 16. Western History - Pacific Northwest; 17. Western History - Politics; 18-19. Wheeler, Burton K.; 20-23. Woman - Montana; 24-25. Woman - Montana - Roeder Paper; 26. Woman Suffrage; 27. Work; 28. Yellowstone National Park

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Series 11: Research Note Cards, n.d.

The Research Note Cards are organized by subject in alphabetical order. Subjects mostly include general titles and individuals. Many of the note cards are part of extensive newspaper research. The files are almost exclusively on aspect of Montana history and are focused mostly on research projects conduced by Roeder. This includes Paris Gibson, Montana Legislators, taxes, Ella Knowles, Joseph Kinsey Howard, and agriculture.

Box 42: 1-8. Agriculture; 9. Farmers Union; 10. Federation of Labor; 11. Governors Messages; 12-15. Howard, Joseph Kinsey; 16. Income Tax; 17. Knowles, Ella; 18. Montana Constitution Amendments; 19. Non-Partisan League; 20. Progressive Era; 21. Property Tax; 22. State Levies; 23. Stockgrowers Conventions; 24. Taxes - Agriculture; 25. Taxes - Banks/Insurance Companies; 26. Taxes - Board of Equalization; 27. Taxes - Education; 28. Taxes - Fish & Game; 29. Taxes - Freight & Railroads; 30. Taxes - Inheritance; 31. Taxes - Irrigation Districts; 32. Taxes - Licence Fees; 33. Taxes - Liquor; 34. Taxes - Misc.; 35. Taxes - Mines; 36. Taxes - Oil & Gas Industry; 37. Taxes - Woolgrowers; 38. Taxpayers Association

Box 43: 1. Gibson, Paris

Box 44: 1. State Subject File; 2. Legislators - House

Box 45: 1. Legislators - Senate - Notes; 2. Legislators - Senate

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Series 12: Constitutional Revision Commission 1969-1971

Roeder was appointed as one of four governors appointees on the sixteen member Constitutional Revision Commission in 1969. The series represents the memos, minutes, extensive readings, correspondence, committee meetings, the Commission's draft report, and notes that Roeder collected as part of his two year membership on the committee. Many of the readings have marginalia by Roeder.

Box 46: 1-3. Commission Memos/Minutes 1969; 4-10. Commission Readings; 11. Working Papers - Present & Proposed Provisions Comparison; 12-18. Commission Readings

Box 47: 1-3. Commission Readings; 4. State Conventions - Newspaper Articles; 5. Commission Correspondence; 6. Commission Notes; 7. Constitutional Revisions; 8. Constitutional Studies 1969-70; 9-10. Commission Report; 11. Commission Conference; 12. Constitutional Convention Steering Committee 1970; 13. Constitutional Convention Executive Committee 1970; 14. Commission Articles; 15. Convention Enabling Act; 16. Convention Enabling Act Analysis; 17. Constitutional Convention Court Case 1971; 18. Convention Preparation

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Series 13: Constitutional Convention 1971-1973

Roeder was elected to the Montana Constitutional Convention in the fall of 1971. The series represents most of many aspects that made up the convention for a delegate. Aside from his delegate duties, Roeder served on the Executive Committee and the Committee of Style and Drafting. The series includes papers and newspaper clippings of the primary and delegate elections; extensive reading material; general convention information; committee reports and proposed amendments to the constitution; convention studies, papers, and memorandums; correspondence; Committee on Style and Drafting Reports (CSD); delegate and resolution proposals to the constitution; drafts of the proposed constitution; convention proceedings; extensive collection of state newspaper clippings; and post-convention correspondence and related papers. Much of the readings and papers have Roeder marginalia. The series also includes delegate photographs and two journal books.

Box 48: 1. Delegate Primary; 2-3. Delegate Election; 4. Pre-Convention Information; 5. Opening Ceremonies; 6. Delegate Nametags; 7. Convention Introduction; 8. Drafting Manual; 9. General Information; 10. Resource File; 11. Convention Directory; 12. Convention Clerical Manual; 13. Convention Rules; 14. Montana Constitution - Workbook; 15. Committee on Style & Drafting; 16. Executive Committee; 17. Executive Committee Reading

Box 49: 1. Executive Committee Testimonies; 2-5. Executive Reorganization; 6. Local Government; 7-8. State Legislatures; 9. Bill of Rights; 10. State Legislatures; 11. Public Lands; 12. Ombudsmen; 13. Public Health, Welfare, & Industry; 14. Environment; 15-16. Judicial; 17. Attorney General; 18. Railroad Commission; 19-20. Finance

Box 50: 1. Taxation; 2-3. Education; 4-10. Convention Studies 1-12

Box 51: 1-5. Convention Studies 13-17; 6-8. Occasional Papers 1-3

Box 52: 1-3. Occasional Papers 5-6; 4-12. Convention Memorandums 1-10; 13-15. Correspondence November - December 1971

Box 53: 1. Correspondence December 1971 (undated); 2-7. Correspondence January - March 1972; 8. Convention Journals; 9. Convention Misc. Notes; 10. Constitutional Amendment (CA) - Suffrage & Elections Committee Proposal; 11. CA - Constitutional Revision Committee Proposal; 12. CA - Legislative Committee Proposal; 13. CA - Executive Committee Proposal; 14. CA - Judiciary Committee Proposal; 15. CA - Natural Resources & Agriculture Committee Proposal; 16. CA - Revenue & Finance Committee Proposal; 17. CA - Bill of Rights Committee Proposal; 18. CA - Public Health, Welfare, Labor, & Industry Committee Proposal; 19. CA - Education & Public Lands Committee Proposal; 20. CA - Local Government Committee Proposal; 21. CA - General Government Committee Proposal

Box 54: 1. Committee on Style and Drafting (CSD) - Suffrage & Elections; 2. CSD - Constitutional Revision; 3. CSD - Legislative; 4. CSD - Executive; 5. CSD - Judiciary; 6. CSD - Natural Resources & Agriculture; 7. CSD - Revenue & Finance; 8. CSD - Bill of Rights; 9. CSD - Public Health, Welfare, Labor, & Industry; 10. CSD - Education & Public Lands; 11. CSD - Local Government; 12. CSD - General Government; 13. CSD - "Compact With The United States"; 14. CSD - Final Report; 15. Public Information Committee Report; 16. Convention Schedules; 17-25. Delegate Proposals to Constitution; 26. Proposed Resolutions to Constitution; 27. Executive Committee Amendment; 28. Delegate Voting; 29-33. Rough Draft of Constitution

Box 55: 1-3. Rough Draft of Constitution; 4. Deletions From Constitution; 5. Proposed Constitution; 6. Different Formats of Proposed Constitution; 7. Proposed Constitution - A Critical Look; 8-19. Convention Proceedings - November 29, 1971- March 24, 1972; 20-23. Convention News Clippings - January 20 - March 19, 1972; 24-27. Roeder's Newspaper Clippings - November 21, 1971- January 28, 1972

Box 56: 1-18. Roeder's Newspaper Clippings - January 29, - September 26, 1972

Box 57: 1-2. Post-Convention Correspondence - April 1972; 3. Court Case Against Committee - April 1972; 4-5. Post-Convention Correspondence - May 1972; 6. Convention News Clippings - April - May 1972; 7-8. Post-Convention Correspondence - April - June 1972 (undated); 9. Roeder's Schedule - May - June 1972; 10-12. Post-Convention Correspondence - June 1972 - March 1973; 13. Convention Archival Inventory; 14. Video - "The Montana Constitution"; 15. Constitutional Society Citizen's Forum 1982; 16. Constitutional Society Citizen's Forum 1992; 17. Convention Photographs 1971 1-2, 16-17; 18. Delegate Photographs 1971-1992 3-15

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