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Axel T. Nelson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0355
Summary

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."

Dates: 1866 - 1916

Charles P. McCarthy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0009
Summary

Includes two college notebooks dealing with property law (1901-1902); notes, pamphlets, financial papers and day books (1905-1909); correspondence including letters from W.E. Borah, D. Worth Clark, and C.C. Cavanah; legal papers (1909-1911) relating to Boise Cold Storage vs. O.S.R.R. Co., Boise City vs. Ada County (regarding road poll tax), and a grand jury investigation of the meat trust.

Dates: 1892 - 1912

Clinton DeWitt Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0267
Summary

Letters (in part transcriptions) from Smith to his family in Washington, D.C., regarding Idaho government and the relocation of the territorial capital from Lewiston to Boise; other family correspondence; newspaper clippings; and six Smith family photographs. Accompanied by a 1948 article about Smith.

Dates: 1862-1948.

Ernest Henry McAuley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0509
Summary

Business papers, including plans and specifications for the power plant at Hailey, Idaho, belonging to the Wood River Power Company (1916); Boise City ordinances; correspondence of Irvin E. Rockwell; photographs; a plan and planting guide for McAuley Park in Boise, Idaho; and a letter thanking McAuley for his stand against the Industrial Workers of the World in Boise.

Dates: 1912 - 1941

Fred Jason Babcock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0319
Summary

Political and personal papers (1930-1933); opinions of the Attorney General (1930-1932); and legal case files relating to the First National Bank of Caldwell; the Western Gold Corporation, Boise; the Rocky Bar Mining and Milling Company; and many other mining companies.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

John T. Morgan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0018
Summary

Collection includes political, business, and legal correspondence (1864-1890); legal opinions.

Dates: 1864 - 1899

League of Women Voters of Boise papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0386
Summary

The collection consists of organizational records from 1946-1980, as well as state and national materials. Also included are financial records, the League's work on education, water and environmental issues, foreign policy materials, local state and national government issues, including voter service materials. There are also materials on other subjects with which the League has been involved and various printed materials.

Dates: 1946 - 1980

Marian Munro Frahm papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0041
Summary Scrapbook relating to an audit of the Idaho State Highway Bureau (1932-1936) and the 1938 general election; correspondence of Daniel Fitch Banks (1878-1955) relating to World War I, and items relating to his position as Idaho State Treasurer (1921-1928); postcards and photos of Idaho National Guard units (1910-1917); miscellaneous commercial advertisements, postcards and photographs depicting scenes and landmarks in Boise, Caldwell and many other Idaho and eastern Oregon communities;...
Dates: 1900 - 1948

Mike Silva papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0441
Summary Personal and family papers (1968-1973); correspondence, reference material, and drafts of articles for Life Magazine, Careers Today, Playboy, Chicagoland, and Encyclopedia Britannica (1963-1968); business correspondence, reports and project studies relating to Silva's terms of office as Ada County Highway District commissioner (1974-1980) and Boise City councilman (1979-1981) ; miscellaneous papers relating to his work as Director of Special Projects for Boise Cascade Corporation...
Dates: 1963 - 1981

Potter P. Howard scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0350
Summary

Clippings concerning the business activities of Potter P. Howard in Boise, Idaho, and Boise's growth during his two terms as mayor, 1947-1951.

Dates: 1947 - 1951