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Montana State University Library (MSU Library) is the academic library of Montana State University, Montana's land-grant university, in Bozeman, Montana, United States. It is the flagship library for all of Montana State University System's campuses. In 1978, the library was named the Roland R. Renne Library to honor the sixth president of the university. The library supports the research and information needs of Montana's students, faculty, and the Montana Extension Service.

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Twenty Years at Montana State College
(Montana State College, 1931) Herrick, Una B.
Provides a history of women's activities at Montana State College from 1910-1931. "In unfolding the awakening desires of our college women-desires which step by step, day by day, year by year, at last reached their fulfillment in increased numbers of women students, in carefully chosen vocations, and in effective organization she has, in a measure, painted a miniature of the whole woman's movement. Skillfully she has correlated woman's development at Montana State College with woman's development everywhere. The keynote of the woman's movement has been a desire for self-expression, an expression of self which would lead to real service to her fellowmen. It has been a golden thread which has wound in and out through every forward step in her advancement. The work of Dean Una B. Herrick at Montana State College merits the highest commendation. She has fulfilled a duty which she most sincerely and devotedly felt that she owed to the women students of Montana State College. She has laid broad and enduring foundations, which, however, altered and remodeled to suit changing conditions, will n ever crumble. The undergraduate women and the alumnae of Montana State College owe her the deepest gratitude."
Montana State College, 1893-1919 : a preliminary sketch
(Montana State College, 1943) Burlingame, Merrill
This brief sketch was prepared in 1943 at the time the Montana State College observed its 50th Anniversary. At that time each Department and organization was asked to prepare statement of its historical development, and this outline was prepared to provide information on major events in the early years.
Establishing Managment under the Taylor Grazing Act
(1981-06) Carpenter, F.R.
Editor's Note: In this historical issue of Rangelands we thought it appropriate to publish verbatim and in its entirety a talk the author gave in 1962 telling of his early work with the U.S. Grazing Service. It is in Ferry 'sown words and style. Those who knew him will recognize that it sounds just like him.
The Fighting Printers of Company E, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry
(1987-09) Scott, Kim Allen
Plague on the Homefront: Arkansas and the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918
(1988-12) Scott, Kim Allen
Body Lice
(Camp Chase Publishing Co., Inc., 1989) Scott, Kim Allen
Witness for the Prosecution: The Civil War Letter of Lieutenant George Taylor
(1989-09) Scott, Kim Allen
/X prosecutor must present the jury with evidence against the defendant which is believable beyond a reasonable doubt. Testimony based on hearsay or the recollections of a witness several years after the crime are always subject to damaging critique by the defense. To bolster a case based on a stale reminiscence, the prosecution may use corroborating evidence: the same story told by two different parties. However, if a sharp defense attorney can show that both sources are of equal antiquity, the corroboration strategy can still be easily defused. The best testimony for substantiating old stories is a witness deposition taken immediately after the crime was committed. The introduction of such evidence can confirm the truth of the dated accounts and win the case for the prosecution.
The Extinct 'Grass Eaters' of Benton County: A Reconstructed History of the Harmonial Vegetarian Society
(1991-06) Scott, Kim Allen
Comics and Candidates
(1992-09) Scott, Kim Allen; Parks, Susan
Some interesting changes occurred in Arkansas politics after World War II. Many Arkansas veterans had gained a different world view from their experiences and became impatient with the "politics as usual" they found on their return home. During the postwar years, former soldiers and sailors began to survey the state's governmental landscape, hoping to bring issues as well as personalities into the Arkansas political arena. Fresh developments in the communications media allowed these innovative office seekers to experiment with diverse means of reaching voters with their message. One of the new media developments, political comics, and the role those comics played in the Arkansas elections of 1948 and 1950 are the topics of this paper. We will begin by defining what we mean by "political comics," examine some of their characteristics, and then discuss their use during the postwar political contests in Arkansas.
Demonstrating the Obvious: Elementary School Programs for Reenactors
(Camp Chase Publishing Co., Inc., 1995) Scott, Kim Allen
Scientific Data and Social Science Data Libraries
(IASSIST, 1995) Barber, David; Zauha, Janelle
There is a vast amount of quantitative information available in electronic form. Social science data makes up less than half that amount. The other, larger half is scientific data. While university libraries have made a considerable investment in social science data, little has been done about scientific data. If administrators, librarians, or others believed that more attention should be paid to scientific data, one of the suggestions that might naturally arise is that social science data specialists should be involved. Though some common ground between these areas should be acknowledged, the existence of very substantial differences must also be recognized. Those differences are especially significant because coping with them will require an investment of staff and financial resources by the data library.
Whitewater: An archival angle
(1995-01) Scott, Kim Allen
As an archivist and special collections librarian I am sometimes asked, "What is the use of all that old stuff? Isn't it just kept for genealogists and stuffy guys in tweed jackets?" I usually answer with some defensive prattle about such material being the "memory of mankind" and try to appeal to the questioner's sense of patriotism; but lately I've been thinking that a good case for relevance can be based on contemporary events. If I can show that the material I care for is the same grist for the mill as that used by Geraldo and Limbaugh, perhaps I can convince those skeptical taxpayers that an archive is an exciting (not to mention necessary) function of a free society.
The Civil War in a Bottle: Battle at Fayetteville, Arkansas
(1995-09) Scott, Kim Allen
THE TERRIFYING MORNING of April 18, 1863, seemed like an eternity for Sarah Yeater as she cowered in a*damp Fayetteville cellar. Muffled sounds of rapid gunfire, shouting men, and jingling harnesses coming from the yard above caused Sarah to tremble violently as she hugged her three-year-old son Charley and stared wild-eyed at the other civilians who huddled with her in the darkness. Sick with ague and five months pregnant to boot, Sarah had ample reasons for trembling beyond the sounds of battle raging overhead, yet an additional shock to the young housewife's nerves was about to be cruelly delivered. As Sarah rose from her mattress to speak to her sister-in-law, Sallie, the cellar rang from the sudden concussion of an artillery shell. The missile shattered the jamb of the basement door, knocked down fragments of brick and mortar from the chimney in the kitchen above, and cracked in two a large iron kettle of lye that rested on the hearth. Choking with dust and screaming in terror, die helpless women and children saw the flash of the iron shell as it bounded rapidly into their midst and just as suddenly disappeared. Sarah could not have known it at the time, but the broken kettle in the kitchen had actually saved her and the others from certain death: the lye had miraculously extinguished the fuse an instant before the projectile dropped down to the refugees below.
Sense and Sensibility: Reenacting and the Authentically Correct
(Camp Chase Publishing Co., Inc., 1996) Scott, Kim Allen
Pursuing an Elusive Quarry: The Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas
(1997-03) Scott, Kim Allen; Burgess, Stephen
The Willson Brothers Come to Montana
(Montana Historical Society, 1999) Scott, Kim Allen
A Missing Piece of a Yellowstone Puzzle: The Tangled Provenance of the Cook-Folsom-Peterson Yellowstone Expedition Diary
(Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, 1999) Scott, Kim Allen
This essay attempts to unravel the complicated story of the 1869 Yellowstone area expedition of Charles W. Cook, David E. Folsom, and William Peterson. The first of three expeditions, this was the most successful exploration of the rumored wonders of what would be Yellowstone National Park. Though fire, neglect, mishandling and a disbelief of the wonders of the Upper Yellowstone Valley all threatened the manuscript from the expedition, this article pieces together the provenance of the Cook-Folsom--Peterson diaries.
A Journey to the Heart of Darkness
(Montana Historical Society, 2000) Scott, Kim Allen
Anatomy of a Lynching
(Gallatin County Historical Society, 2003) Scott, Kim Allen
The lynching of Z.A. Triplett and John W. St.Clair on February 1, 1873 is arguable the darkest episode in the history of Bozeman, and one of the more unsavory examples of vigilantism in Montana's extensive record of citizens who took the law into their own hands. As a brutal study in the application of extralegal justice, the Bozeman lynching offers details which allow an in depth examination of the incident, even though the town did its best to obfuscate the particulars as time passed.
The Importance of a Philosophy of Teaching Statement to the Teacher/LIbrarian
(Communications in Information Literacy, 2008) Zauha, Janelle
Statements of teaching philosophy are most commonly associated with regular teaching faculty outside the library. In this column, I will explore why librarians should also voice their philosophy of teaching, and how it can benefit their students, themselves, and their institution. I’ll also touch on resources for conceptualizing, writing, and using statements.