Calvin C. Clawson papers
Summary
Family and business correspondence; family photographs; photographs of mining properties and sites in the vicinity of Bonanza and Custer, Idaho; business records; diaries; autograph books; scrapbooks; artwork; greeting cards; invitations; business and calling cards; annotated books; and memorabilia. Most of the correspondence is to Czarina Clawson from family and friends, or family correspondence saved by her. Six pocket diaries record a journey through Yellowstone (1863).
Dates
- Creation: 1829 - 1939
Biographical Note
Clawson, his wife Czarina, and their son Llewellyn were active in mining enterprises, the newspaper business, politics, and community affairs around Bonanza and Custer, Idaho. They were assistant commissioners from Idaho for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.
Extent
3 Cubic Feet (6 document boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Topical
- American newspapers-Idaho-Bonanza-History-Sources.
- American newspapers-Idaho-Custer-History-Sources.
- Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.
- Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-Bonanza-History-Sources.
- Mines and mineral resources-Idaho-Custer-History-Sources.
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository