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Letter from the John Deere Plow Company regarding use of non-union labor in construction of their Boise facility; numerous business cards of individuals in the construction trade; directory of trade and labor unions in Boise (1908).

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List of the costs of labor to build a steel bridge near Caldwell, Idaho.

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Oversize record drawing of the Boise Diversion Dam rolling logway, on the Boise River, Ada County, Idaho.

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Reminiscences on the modes of travel, farm labor, fish and game, and road construction in Idaho between 1912-1925.

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Bids submitted to Houghton, Seattle, Washington, architect of the Pinney Theater in Boise, Idaho for interior work on the theater.

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Relating to construction of a house for Episcopal Bishop J.B. Funsten in Boise, Idaho.

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Photocopies of Olmsted's business files concerning actual or potential landscaping projects in Idaho. Included are files on the Hayden Lake Improvement Company, Coeur d'Alene; University of Idaho, Moscow; and the C.C. Anderson residence, Boise.

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Analytical list of costs in building a house in Boise, Idaho.

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Correspondence, reports, and photographs relating to the construction of the Idaho state capitol and the U.S. Post Office in Boise. Additional papers relate to the Boise Symphony Orchestra, the Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Company, Idaho Title & Trust Company, and include reports on the construction of State Capitols in Colorado, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Wisconsin.

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Bid for construction of the Deaf and Blind School in Gooding, Idaho. Also includes a check to Governor J.H. Brady by Storey and Murphy, Contractors, Boise, Idaho.

Summary Correspondence, minutes, business records, reports, dues records, agreements, subject files, and memorabilia of the Idaho State Federation of Labor (1938-1959); Boise Building and Construction Trades Council (1939-1964); Boise Central Trades and Labor Council (1917-1957); Carpenters and Joiners No. 635, Boise (1941-1965); Sheet Metal Workers No. 213, Boise (1957-1970); Painters, Decorators and Joiners No. 477, Boise (1902-1961); Electrical Workers No. 291, Boise (1942, 1950); and the...

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Includes log books (1938-1954); correspondence (1938-1956); and charts, receipts, diagrams and photographs.

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Advertising brochure describing the firms expertise in school building construction.

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Project bids for residential, commercial, and government structures in Boise and other Idaho communities (1920-1937); correspondence, photographs, journal records and job records; weekly time books (1936-1981); architectural drawings and sketches. The majority of the records relate to the business of J.O. Jordan and J.O. Jordan and Son, Boise, Idaho.

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Copies of circulars and memoranda sent to field foremen and clerks from the main office of Morrison-Kundsen Company in Boise, Idaho.

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The collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, and other materials associated with the sternwheeler, "Steamer Jean." Also included is a scrapbook assembled by Lucille Brister, who worked for some time as a cook on the Steamer Jean.

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Correspondence; financial and legal documents; specifications for construction of Galloway house, Weiser, Idaho; newspaper clippings regarding Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Branstetter, pioneers of Orofino, Idaho; and an 1899 issue of Freedom, a newspaper published in the Philippines.

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Revision of the first floor plan for the proposed National Guard Armory, Boise, Idaho, prepared by Tourtellotte and Hummel, architects.

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Road maintenance and traffic control manuals; climatological data for Idaho (1934-1949); Works Progress Administration specifications and plans for Boise Municipal Airport improvements; and photographs of Works Progress Administration roadway and canal construction projects in Ada and Canyon counties, Idaho.