Ron Erickson Papers,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Erickson, Ron (b. 1922) Title Ron Erickson Papers Dates (inclusive) Quantity 4.0 linear feet and 41 electronic files 3.13 gigabytes of digital material Collection Number Mss 912 Summary Ron Erickson represented Missoula in the Montana State Legislature from This collection contains materials related to his campaigns, proposed bills to the House and Senate from Erickson s tenure, and voting reviews and approval ratings from various organizations. Repository University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections Archives and Special Collections Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library University of Montana 32 Campus Dr. # Missoula, MT Telephone: Fax: library.archives@umontana.edu Access Restrictions Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula. Several electronic files were redacted during processing because they contained personal information. Redacted files are open for research; unredacted files are restricted. Access restrictions related to Personally Identifiable Information will be lifted 50 years from date of creation. Languages English Biographical Note Ron Erickson was born April 20, 1922 in Peoria, Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Bradley University in 1955 and his PhD from the University of Iowa in Erickson married his wife Nancy with whom he had two children: Terrell and Christine. Professionally, Ron Erickson worked in various research positions at the University of Texas from In 1961, Erickson accepted an Assistant Professor position at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York where he taught for five years. Following his time at Canisius College, Erickson taught as an Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Montana from While at the University of Montana Erickson also served as the Director of Environmental Studies from

2 Ron Erickson began his political career as a Democratic Party member in 1998 when he successfully won a seat in the Montana State House of Representatives. He held this seat from In 2009, Erickson ran for the Montana State Senate seat for Senate District 47 and won. He served as a state senator until his retirement in Content Description This collection contains Erickson's legislative files from his terms representing Missoula in the Montana House (District 93 from ) and Montana Senate (District 47 from ) and is divided into four series. The series include campaign materials, information on proposed bills, digital files concerning Erickson's legislative tenure, and approval ratings. Archives and Special Collections also holds four reel-to-reel tapes from Erickson documenting the inception of the Round River Wilderness Research Project out of Missoula in the 1970s, and several boxes of his subject and faculty files. These materials are currently unprocessed. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Non-exclusive copyright to Erickson's material is held by the University of Montana. Preferred Citation Ron Erickson Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Administrative Information Arrangement The processed portion of the Ron Erickson collection is divided into four series: Series I: Campaign Materials, , 1.5 linear feet Series II: Bills and Legislative Session Materials, , 2.0 linear feet Series III: s, , (3.13 gigabytes) Series IV: Ratings, , 0.5 linear feet Custodial History This collection was held by Ron Erickson until its donation to the University of Montana. Acquisition Information 2

3 The processed portion of this collection was donated to the University of MOntana by Ron Erickson in Additional unprocessed material was donated to the University in 2003 and Future Additions Processing Note The donor's original order was maintained for the physical files, though materials were refoldered during processing. files were pulled together and processed as their own series. files with personally identifiable information (PII) were redacted, with redacted copies described as part of Series III, electronic files. Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: Campaign Materials, linear feet This series contains scrapbooks, advertisements, filing forms, voter lists, surveys and other materials from Erickson's political campaigns as well as materials from his opponents' campaigns. The scrapbooks house campaign and election materials, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. arrangement reflects the donor's organization. Voters lists in this series have been restricted due to the personal nature of the information contained within the files. Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 1/1 Walking Sheet Summary /2 Erickson Flyers /3 Correspondence /4 John Parker - Primary Opponent /5 Financial Reports and /1 Voter Lists RESTRICTED 1998 and /6 Election Analysis 1994, 1998, 2000 and

4 1/7 Election Results 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006 and /8 Campaign Finance /9 Campaign Filing Forms 1998 and /10 Endorsements 1998, 2002 and /11 Senate Campaigns and /2 Voter Lists, Senate Runs RESTRICTED 2006 and /1 Correspondence 2006 and 2/2 Senate - Press /3 Senate Endorsements /4 Senate Campaign Filing forms /5 Senate Race, Westridge Creative /6 Great Falls, Montana, Talk 2010 Box 8 Scrapbook Scrapbook Series II: Bills and Legislative Session Materials, linear feet This series contains information on proposed bills to both houses of the Montana State Legislature. Included are Erickson s notes concerning various proposed bills, Erickson s Montana State House of Representatives and Montana State Senate personal voting logs, financial information related to various bills, and phone messages, voting information, s, photographs, and other files associated with Erickson s tenure in the Montana State Legislature. 4

5 arrangement reflects the donor's organization. Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 2/7 Session Press /8 House Tax Notes /9 House Tax Notes March - April /10 National Resources Committee Notes /11 National Resource Book /12 House Joint Resolution 39 - Economy Research Study 2/13 Co-sponsored Bills /14 HB 61 - Fire Assessment /15 HB /16 HB $100 Million in Infrastructure /17 HB Sequestration Loans /18 HB /19 HB Medical Marijuana /20 HB Growth Policy 2/21 HB Lottery and Affordable Housing 2/22 HB Bonding for Transportation 2/23 HB Major Facility Sitting Act /1 HB Coal Reclamation /2 HB Motorcycle Helmets

6 3/3 HB Affordable Housing /4 HB Resident Tax Relief /5 HB 573 and Impact Fees Schools /6 HB Oil, Gas, Infrastructure 3/7 HB Capital Campaign /8 HB Waters Edge /9 Senate Tax Notes Second Half /10 Senate Tax Notes /11 Senate Tax Notes Continued /12 Notes /13 Energy and Telecommunications Notes /14 Energy and Telecommunications Notes /15 Local Government Notes /16 Local Government Record Notes /17 Co-sponsored Bills /18 SB 5 3/19 SB 6 3/20 SB 9 - Transportation Bonds 3/21 Senate Joint Resolution 10 3/22 SB 36 - Waters Edge 3/23 SB 60 - State Fund

7 3/24 SB 66 - Sequestration 4/1 SB 71 - Orphan Share fund and 4/2 SB Elderly Homeowners Tax Credit and 4/3 SB California Tailpipe Standard 2009 and 4/4 SB 191, 192 and , 2013 and 4/5 SB /6 SB 368 4/7 SB /8 SB Landlord/ Tenant and 4/9 SB Medical marijuana Revision /10 SB Capital Gains /11 Bill Drafts /12 SB 11 and and 4/13 SB and 4/14 SB 94 - Water' Edge s /15 SB Charter Service /16 SB /17 SB and 7

8 4/18 SB /19 SB /20 SB /21 SB Medical marijuana /1 Co-Sponsor /2 61st Legislative Session Review /3 Legislative Session Review /4 House of Representatives Individual Voting Log 5/5 House of Representatives Individual Voting Log 5/6 House of Representatives Democratic Caucus Individual Voting Log /7 End of Legislative Session Summary /8 HB Impact Fees /9 HB Metal Mine Reclamation /10 HB /11 HB /12 Erickson Bills /13 HB /14 HB /15 HB /16 HB /1 HB 59 - Impact Fees

9 6/2 HB 61 - Fire Assessment /3 HB 70 - Retirement /4 HB /5 HB /6 HB Transportation /7 HB /8 HB A Bad Environmental Bill /9 HB /10 House Joint Resolution 38 6/11 HB 580 and /12 58th Legislative Session Summary /13 HB 58 6/14 HB 59 6/15 HB /16 HB 230 6/17 HB Points /18 HB /19 HB Car Rental Tax /20 HB Cigarette Tax /21 HB Affordable Housing /22 HB Medical Marijuana

10 6/23 HB Transportation and Local Growth Policy 6/24 HB Destination Montana /25 HB Water's Edge /1 HB Sales Tax /2 HB Senator Jeff Mangan /3 Recycled Glass 2003 Series III: s, linear feet This series contains phone and web messages concerning proposed bills in the Montana State Legislature, legislative voting records, information on Ron Erickson s proposed bills, digitally saved news articles related to Erickson s legislative session activities, photographs, and a video discussing medical marijuana legislation. During processing, phone and web message files with personally identifiable information (PII) were redacted. The redacted files are available with PII removed. The original files have been restricted. Container(s) Description Dates _file Phone Messages RESTRICTED 2011 Phone Messages RESTRICTED 2011 Web Messages RESTRICTED 2011 Web Messages RESTRICTED 2011 Phone Messages PII Removed 2011 Phone Messages PII Removed

11 Web Messages PII Removed 2011 Web Messages PII Removed 2011 Flake Votes 2009 Decisive Votes 2009 General Voting List 2009 Floor Votes 2011 Sponsored Bills 2009 Beartooth NBC Education 2011 Missoulian Medial Marijuana Repeal 2011 NBC Medical Marijuana Repeal 2011 Talk of the Town Medical marijuana Repeal 2011 WMC profile 2011 YouTube-Oppose Medical Marijuana Repeal 2011 Billings Gazette-GOP Energy Policy 2011 Billings Gazette-Septic System

12 KPAX-Death Penalty 2011 Flathead Beacon-Wading Boots 2011 CNBC-Business Tax 2011 Helenair-State Tax Collection 2010 Digital Images Press Photos Digital Image Senate Democrats Digital Image Public Library Photo 2011 _file Medical Marijuana Video 2007 Series IV: Ratings, linear feet This series contains various voting reviews and approval ratings of the Montana State Legislature from newspapers, interest groups, think tanks, and a variety of other organizations. s have been arranged chrnonlogically. Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 7/4 Ratings /5 Ratings /6 Ratings /7 Ratings /8 Ratings

13 7/9 Ratings /10 Ratings /11 Ratings /12 Ratings /13 Ratings 2017 Names and Subjects Personal Names : Erickson, Ron (b. 1922)--Archives Form or Genre Terms : Scrapbooks Finding aid prepared by Patrick Swart 2019 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: