Excerpt from Fifth Biennial Report of the Librarian of the Historical and Miscellaneous Department of the Montana State Library, 1899-1900 We trust its contents will enable you to see that through the untiring zeal and persistent effort of the Librarian, an excellent beginning has been made towards systemizing the mass of useful material, which had been accumulating for the past thirty-six years, but which for many reasons was unclassified and somewhat disorganized, when she entered upon her duties two years ago. The conditions would have daunted a less courageous spirit, but it has been a pleasure to note the change from week to week wrought by the painstaking hand whose taste, edu cation and experience has peculiarly well fitted her for the place. The state papers are kept scrupulously neat and orderly, easily found by the daily visitors; material for historical research obtainable in a few mo ments upon any subject represented upon its shelves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Fourth Biennial Report of the Librarian of the Historical and Miscellaneous Department of the Montana State Library, 1897-98 When the moderate expense of the Library, and its great value to our people is considered, we earnestly hope that it may be regarded worthy of your favorable recommendation for a generous support of its modest requests. It will be necessary to have, for the year 1899, $400 for the binding of the State papers, $600 for the publication of a volume, Contributions to the Historical Society, required by Section 2393, Political Code, and $500 for current expenses, and a like amount for similar purposes for 1900. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.