Reminiscences of Faris' work as an engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad, Idaho Division.

Personal and business records concerning Manson, of Pocatello, and the Oregon Short Line Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. Includes diaries, correspondence, photographs of Idaho railroad scenes, railroad passes, and brochures concerning schedules, pay, benefits, and regulations. Also includes an oil painting and information concerning "The Sphinx of Idaho" a natural rock formation in Power County, Idaho.

Correspondence and certificates.

Collection consists of one bound set of rail and ballast charts (blueprints) showing the profile of the Oregon Short Line Railroad fron Granger, Wyoming to Huntington, Oregon. "Chief Engineer's Office Salt Lake City, Utah. June 1913. Corrected to July 1915." Includes distances. "Drawing No. 18658."

Railroad clearance card and orders issued from the Minidoka, Idaho, station.

List (1910) of suggested names for Idaho stations on the Oregon Short Line Railroad; financial documents (1924) relating to the location and construction of Union Pacific depot at Boise, Idaho; speeches and register (1925) commemorating the arrival of the first mainline train to Boise.