Montana Department of Transportation, Outdoor Advertising Control (OAC) Program records,

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1 Montana Department of Transportation, Outdoor Advertising Control (OAC) Program records, Overview of the Collection Creator Montana. Department of Transportation. Title Montana Department of Transportation, Outdoor Advertising Control (OAC) Program records Dates (inclusive) Quantity 7 linear feet of shelf space Collection Number RS 422 Summary Collection is comprised of records documenting the work of the Outdoor Advertising Control Program, a division of the Montana Department of Highways and the Montana Department of Transportation, including: general correspondence, case files, reports, subject files, and miscellany. Repository Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives 225 North Roberts PO Box Helena MT Telephone: Fax: mhslibrary@mt.gov Access Restrictions Collection is open for research. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Historical Note The Montana State Highway Commission was created in 1913 by the state Legislative Assembly. The original Commission was composed of three members. In 1917 new legislation altered the organization of the Commission by authorizing the appointment of twelve members according to geographic highway districts. Membership was changed again in 1921 to three members appointed by the Governor and in 1941 to five members, also appointed by the Governor. In 1971 the Commission was renamed the Montana Department of Highways, created by Chapter 7 of the Executive Reorganization Act of 1971 and implemented by executive order of the Governor on December 16, The Department of Highways took over all but the advisory functions of the State Highway Commission. 1

2 By 1972, the Department consisted of seven divisions: the Legal Division, Personnel Division, Centralized Services Division, Engineering Division, Motor Pool Division, Gross Vehicle Weight Division, and the Maintenance Division. Each division was headed by an administrator. The Centralized Services Division, Engineering Division, Motor Pool Division, Gross Vehicle Weight Division, and the Maintenance Division were furthered sub-divided into bureaus, headed by Chiefs. In 1991, the Department of Highways became the Department of Transportation. The Montana Department of Highways Right of Way Bureau was given the responsibility, under the Montana Outdoor Advertising Act of 1971, to inventory signs along Montana's interstate and primary highways, license those which were legal, and remove those which were not legal. Content Description Records include correspondence, primarily with sign companies and individual sign owners; case files for permitted and non-permitted signs statewide; case files for legal actions; reports, including appraisers' progress reports, a legislative report, statistical reports on minority contractors, and a feasibility assessment; subject files on highway beautification, Outdoor Advertising Control, and other topics; and miscellany, including sign inventories, Federal Highway Administration manuals, and other materials. The Montana Department of Transportation series also includes documents relating to the Adopt-A-Highway program, Missoula Logo Signs, OAC Basin Creek, and Yellowstone Park signage. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana. Administrative Information Arrangement This collection is arranged by series. Location of Collection 41:4-2 Acquisition Information 2

3 Acquisition information available upon request Detailed Description of the Collection Montana Department of Highways, Outdoor Advertising Control Container(s) Description Dates Correspondence 1/1-7 Outdoor Advertising Control /8 District: Billings /9-11 District: Butte /12 District: Glendive /13 District: Great Falls /14 District: Missoula /15-19 General /20 Inquiries pending /21-22 Myhre Advertising /1-2 Myhre Advertising /3-6 National Advertising Company /7 Naegele Outdoor Advertising company /8 Newman Signs /9 Rainbow Sign Company /10 Randolph Sign Company /11 Sign Companies

4 Container(s) Description Dates 2/12 Snarr Outdoor Advertising /13 SOS Sign Company /14 St. Regis Sign Company /15 Time Outdoor Inc /16 Walford Electric Company /17 Western Neon /18 White Advertising International /19 Young Electric Sign Company /20-21 Federal Highway Administration /22-24 Private sign owners /25 Commercial electronic variable message signs 1990 Case Files 2/26-28 Active projects: City Ordinances, A-W /29-31 Legal action: Billings district /32-42 Legal action: Butte district /1-6 Legal action: Butte district /7-10 Legal action: Glendive district /11-23 Legal action: Missoula district /24-30 Permits (applications for, cancelled) (Carter- Fallon counties) /1-14 Permits (applications for, cancelled) (Garfield- Wibaux counties)

5 Container(s) Description Dates 4/15-16 Permitted signs, inactive (includes Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Flathead, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Missoula) 5/1-2 Permitted signs, inactive (includes Musselshell, Park, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, and Ravalli counties) 5/3-11 Non-permitted signs, removed (Beaverhead- Yellowstone counties) /12-14 Surveillance original forms: Billings-Missoula Districts /15-17 Surveillance (1988): Billings-Missoula districts Financial Records 6/1 Highway beautification cost estimates 1971 Legal Documents 6/2 Montana Outdoor Advertising Act 1971, /3 Legal counsel agreements & opinions , /4 Model for city resolution for regulating encroachments undated Reports 6/5 Appraisers progress reports (Billings, Butte, Glendive, Great Falls, and Missoula districts) /6 Department Of Transportation Feasibility Assessment /7 Federal Highway Administration reports /8 Legislative Report: a Statewide Plan for Highway Signing

6 Container(s) Description Dates 6/9 Minority contractors statistical reports /10 Report on Montana s OAC Program and the Restrictions Imposed By the Federal Government /11 Companies wishing to sell and miscellaneous Subject Files 6/12 Administrative rules of Montana /13 Basin Creek (Eckman) /14 Coalition for Scenic Beauty /15 Columbus Chamber of Commerce, I90 Exit /16-20 District R/W agent information (arranged by county) /21 Federal Highway Association /22 Highway beautification /23 Laws regulations /24 Legal action case summary (re: illegal signs) /25 Mom & Pop signs /26 Non-conforming signs /27 Operations: Scenic America Organization and Scenic Byways (Nat l Forest Service) /28 Outdoor Advertising /29 Permit / sticker information /30 Political signs & Real Estate signs ,

7 Container(s) Description Dates 6/31 Jack Ricker working files /32 Scenic byways /33 Signing committee /34 Statewide Outdoor Advertising Control /35 Workshops undated Miscellany 6/36 Billboard inventory /37 Control of outdoor advertising agreement: other states /38 Federal Highway Act: Indian reservations /39 Federal Highway admin manuals and directives /40 Handbook /41 Illegal signs: list submitted to legal /42 Junkyard administrative data /43 Manual for Classifying and Valuing Outdoor Advertising Devices /1 National reassessment inventory /2 Original forms & Sample letters /3 Rules and regulations: other states /4 Sign statistics /5 Signs erected before

8 Montana Department of Transportation, Outdoor Advertising Control Program Container(s) Description Dates Correspondence 7/6 Project # STPE 0002 (125) /7 OAC and Right of Way Bureau /8 Billings District /9 Butte District /10 Glendive District /11 Great Falls District /12 Missoula District /13 Federal Highway Administration /14 Motorist Information Sign Program /15 Motorist Information Sign Program /16 Miscellany Case Files 7/17 Legal Action, Butte District: Hall Outdoor /18 Legal Action, Butte District: Beaverhead and Gallatin Counties /19 Legal Action, Glendive District: Wibaux and Valley Counties Subject Files 8

9 Container(s) Description Dates 7/20 Adopt-a-Highway Program /21 Columbus Chamber of Commerce /22 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) /23 Logo Signs: Billings /24 Logo Signs: Missoula /25 Montana Power Company Education and Information Plans /26 Basin Creek (Eckman) /27 Non-conforming signs, FHWA /28 Public Involvement Handbook /29 Operations: Scenic Byways (Nat l Forest Service) /30 Primary OAC: Funding and Projects 1994 Miscellany 7/31 General File /32 General File /33 General File Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Roads Roads--Montana Signs and signboards--montana Transportation--Montana 9

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