About the Montanan Yearbooks

The Montanan Yearbooks

What is it?

The Montanan yearbooks document nearly eight decades of what life was like on the Montana State University campus between 1906 and 1991. Each volume follows one school year and features photos, names and descriptions of that year’s students, clubs, sports, faculty, administration, as well as written works, artwork, current news stories and advertisements gathered by the Montanan editorial staff.

For the first years of the annual’s history, it was the job of the Junior class to create and assemble the yearbook. Often the yearbook wasn’t finished until the following school year, so there are discrepancies between the school year and the date on the cover. Starting in 1922, the Montanan was published by the Associated Students of Montana State College, now ASMSU. Also, in 1922, the date on the covers started to reflect the actual school year captured within. The 1991 Montanan was the last yearbook to be produced by ASMSU. With larger graduating classes and fewer people interested in purchasing the annual, the program was not sustainable.

This online collection was a collaborative project between the MSU Alumni Foundation and the MSU Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Montanan Yearbooks, Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT, [Item permalink or DOI]

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