These records (1973-1984) of the Montana Department of Community Affairs Research and Information System Division and its predecessor, the Department of Intergovernmental Relations, Planning and Economic Development Division consist of general correspondence (1974-1981); financial records (1978-1981); legal documents (1977-1979); reports (1974-1981), including for Montana counties, cities and towns entitled "Local Government Finances Raw Data by Year"; subject files (1973-1984), regarding industry in several cities and counties, the Flathead River Basin Economic Study, mapping, mining, and maps of the 1980 census; and miscellany. (RS 390).

These records consist of reports (1974-1980) by the Montana Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Intergovernmental Relations, the Department of Highways, the Economic Development Task Force, the Coal Board, the Montana Economic Opportunity Office, and the City of Helena, concerning the various components of Montana's economy, and proposals to influence the direction and type of economic development.