Item: Zales N. Ecton Papers, 1947-1953
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Finding Aid Title: Zales N. Ecton Papers, 1947-1953
Finding Aid Collection Number: 1069
Date Range of Collection: 1947-1953
Creator of Materials: Ecton, Zales N. [Zales Nelson], 1898-1961
Content Description: The Ecton Collection contains information pertaining to Ecton's position as a U.S. Senator. Within this collection are nineteen series that follow closely to the original order put together by Ecton and his staff. The contents section and the series description of this finding aid provides a more thorough breakdown of each series. In general, the collection covers political issues at a state and national level. The topics range from correspondence, reclamation, communism and socialism, agriculture and the Brannon plan, and political opposition. There is also information dealing with other important governmental figures of the time: Senator Joseph McCarthy, General Douglas MacArthur, and others. The collection offers an overview of political history from 1947-1953.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv66134
Keywords: prominent montanans, politics, politicians, reclamation, communism, socialism, agriculture and ranching, congressional record, natural resources, valley authorities, republican party, native americans, communism, socialism, taft-hartley act, public works,
Subjects: The People of Montana
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