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Ada County Courthouse Employees
Large color photoprint of the Ada County Courthouse employees from 2001. All employees are identified.
Addison Family Album
Album of photographs of Addison family, Boise area, ca 1920.
Aerial Photograph of Boise River and Boise Junior College
One black and white aerial photograph of the Martha Johns homestead. Also features the Boise River, Boise Junior College, and the Roundhouse Restaurant
Albert L. Harle diaries
Summaries of the author's life up to 1945, including accounts of various illnesses, military experience in World War I, and employment in the Boise, Idaho, area; and journal entries 1965-1980. The contents of the two volumes are nearly identical.
Aleta Sales Pottenger
Photos and other material related to Aleta Pottenger's time at Borah High School and her participation in Miss Boise and Miss Idaho Pageants during her time at Boise State University. Also includes notes to Aleta from Edith Miller Klein.
Alexander F. Rossi maps
Three hand-drawn maps of the A.F. Rossi sawmill, drawn by Rossi.
Alexander Family Photographs
Images of the 11th Governor of Idaho, Moses Alexander and the Alexander family.
Allen B. Eaton papers
Correspondence concerning National Recovery Administration activities in Idaho; letters from James P. Pope; paper regarding the Boise Library Board, of which Eaton was a member; articles concerned with national politics in the 1940s, and miscellaneous photographs and personal papers.
Alma Grosshans Daniel photographs
(5) loose pages from a photo album. Images depict family photos of Boise, crossing the Snake River on ferry to Hagerman Valley, and the Red Cross in Kimberly, etc.
Altrusa Club of Boise records
Questionaires, clippings, financial and membership records, publications, scrapbooks, slides, and manuscript draft for the Altrusa Club's compilation of abbreviated biographies of Idaho women, published in 1979.
American Red Cross. Boise Chapter records
Three volumes of record books, minutes of the Red Cross Boise Chapter meetings; including annual reports.
Andrew Garber records
Drafts, research notes, clippings, journal articles, subject files, and other records assembled by Garber and Dan Popkey for the Idaho Statesman Centennial Magazine (Boise), July 1, 1990.
Arrowrock Dam and Riverside Store
Two photographic prints of Arrowrock Dam from September, 1936 and one photographic print of the Riverside Store and owners in Boise, Idaho in 1935.
Artesian Water and Land Improvement Company document
Consent of stockholders agreeing to an increase in capital stock.
Arthur Hart collection
Topical research materials gathered by Arthur Hart for various projects - Arid Club, aviation, baseball, Basque Museum & Cultural Center; International Baque Cultural Center, Morrison Knudsen Company, Boise Police, Chinese, Idaho photographers.
Arthur L. Baker reminiscences
"The Mill Pond Island" by Arthur L. Baker, and "The Old Horse Collar Manufacturing Building" by Mary Baker, about old south Boise.
Axel T. Nelson collection
Idaho territorial warrants (1866-1889); Boise and Idaho County warrants (1871-1886); Idaho territorial coupons; mining stock certificates, miscellaneous receipts and business cards; eleven books in Swedish language; advertising flyers and copies of Nelson's poetry; and memorabilia. Also includes "The Cost to the State of Idaho of the Haywood Trial" and "Haywood Trial, Closing Argument of W.E. Borah."
Benjamin Sylvester Lafferty postcard collection
Postcards mementos from the donor's grandfather's grocery store in Harrison, Idaho. His name was Benjamin Sylvester Lafferty and he came to the panhandle area around 1880. He was an Irish immigrant and his wife Wilhelmina Scheweekman was a German immigrant. They raised 7 children, one of whom was Albert Lafferty who had the tugboats on Coeur d'Alene until his death about 1957. Postcards are of Rathdrum, Harrison, and Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Bill Bach and George E. Tonkin photographs
This collection consists of the work of two Idaho photographers, George E. Tonkin and William Bach. The collection was given to the historical society by Mr. Bach.
The collection was divided between the two photographers:
Box 1 - 10, George Tonkin:
Box 1 - 8, negatives, gelatin dry plate
Box 9 - 10, prints
Box 11 - 13, William Bach:
Box 11 - 12, prints
Box 13, negatives, acetate