This collection contains military documents, letters, family documents, and photographs related to the military career of Major Patrick Collins. Included are original documents and photocopies of documents at the National Archives.

Contents of an 1870 cornerstone from a cellhouse building at the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary. Includes correspondence, lists of fraternal lodge members, various almanacs and newspapers, coins, seals and other memorabilia.

Correspondence, offical reports and special orders relating to Major Lugenbeel's military career which included service during the war with Mexico, establishment of Fort Boise, Idaho, in 1863 and duty as commandant at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Also copies of letters and reports, and newspaper clippings on Lugenbeel, collected by Norman B. Adkison.

Correspondence, ledgers, date books, programs, and miscellaneous materials relating to the operation of the Columbia and Pinney theaters in Boise, Idaho; correspondence with family members.

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

Letters from Boomer to W.H. Davison regarding life in early Boise, Idaho, including an attendance list of an old-timers meeting in 1890.

Includes a savings passbook for the Boise City National Bank (1915); greeting cards; banquet programs; various receipts; and a pamphlet titled "The French Liquor Dealer's Guide" (1920).

Personal and business correspondence, financial records, and published reports, relating to Adelmann. Includes records of mining activities in Ada and Boise Counties, Idaho; records of the plumbing business in Boise, Idaho, and tobacco and liquor sales in Boise in the 1880s and 1890s; correspondence from Charles Ostner, Lilia Ostner Adelmann and William Albert Adelmann; and photographs of Idaho and Montana scenes.

Personal correspondence of Bates, of Boise, Idaho, to family members in Nebraska. Also includes two photographs.

Includes a souvenir booklet commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the hospital (1919); agenda from a 90th year commemorative booklet (1984); and notes and clippings (1897-1928); Annual report of St. Alphonsus Foundation 1993-94.

Collection includes some photocopies.

Minutes, financial and membership records, scrapbooks, and subject files. Subjects include: Basques, Idaho's 50th Anniversary, John Cuddy, Oliver B. Slater, Jules Defoe, Fort Boise, Henry's Fort, and Christ Chapel.

Photostat copies and typed transcriptions of legal documents regarding the removal of the Idaho territorial capital from Lewiston to Boise.

Deed for land in Boise and a memorial address delivered at Logan's funeral at St. Michael's Church, Boise.

Letter from Regan, proprietor of the Idaho Hotel, Boise, to R. Z. Johnson, Boise, regarding maps of the Oro Fino mining district, the sale of the North Empire Mine, and comments on John Nugent. On the reverse of the letter is a note (of a later date) from Stanley B. Pottle of Boise to Fenn of Kooskia, concerning R. Z. Johnson.

Records relating to the Boise-Stanley Highway Association and subject files relating to Truman Joiner's personal interests and civic activities in Boise, Idaho.

Scrapbooks contain membership lists, fiscal statements, momentos, newspaper clippings, and programs of music and dance events sponsered by the Boise Tuesday Musicale, and photographs of social events.

Account book detailing sales to Boise area retailers and others by a Boise, Idaho wholesale produce company.

Off prints of the Senate, executive and miscellaneous documents relating to Idaho from the 40th to 49th Congress. Subjects include the Assay Office at Boise, reapportionment of the Territory of Idaho, treaty ratification regarding Fort Hall and Lemhi reservations, and seeking an additional justice position for Idaho.