Summary Correspondence and papers of Margaret Cobb Ailshie (1886-1959) and of Fanny Cobb, Lyon Cobb, and Calvin Cobb; also correspondence relating to the Lyon Company, Chicago, Illinois (1895-1929); letters from W.E. Borah; photographs of Boise, of Idaho, and of family members in Chicago; scrapbook related to the Cobb family and to the Haywood trial; partial copy of an intermediate version of Harry Orchard's autobiography (1907); joke edition of the Idaho Statesman (Boise) about Eva Hunt Dockery (1929).

Summary Personal correspondence (1968-1971); drafts and working papers for articles in the Intermountain Observer (Boise, Idaho); minutes, clippings, correspondence, and other records of the Idaho Farm Workers Services, Inc.; files concerning the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summary Letter between Johnson and Paul F. Schedler of Spokane, Washington; Sandor S. Klein of the Idaho Statesman; and Laurel E. Elam regarding the proposed publication in the Statesman of excerpts from Johnson's book, "Borah of Idaho."

Summary Scrapbook containing Idaho Statesman (Boise) newspaper clippings concerning Everett L. ("Shorty") Fuller and a move to recall Senator Glen H. Taylor. Includes originals and photocopy.

Summary Collection contains negatives (black & white, 3 in. x 4 in.), photoprints and scrapbooks that document various news stories. Some of the topics covered are the Idaho Emergency Relief Administration, construction of Boise Junior College, visitors to Boise, parades, buildings, and scenes. An inventory has been prepared and a selection of negatives has been scanned.

Summary "Henry" cartoon by Carl Anderson, regarding the 100th anniversary of the Idaho Statesman newspaper.

Summary Journals, cash books, job records, payroll ledgers, advertising records, city desk diaries, and subsidiary ledger sheets, of the publisher of the Idaho Statesman (Boise), together with samples of business correspondence, bills and receipts, bank statements, duplicate checks, employees' time cards, mail registers, and tax files. Also includes a scrapbook (1892-1902).