Correspondence, business records, and Idaho Militia records. Including Civil War letters by and to Shearer while in a Union prisoner of war camp at Fort Delaware, Maryland, reports of battles in the Nez Perce War, 1877, and the Sheepeater War, 1878-1879.

Partial reminiscences of a "Mr. Jones," a stagecoach driver in the Wood River, Idaho, Silver City, Idaho, and Nevada area in 1867-1978. Includes stories of mining in Idaho and the Bannock Indian War. Includes original and typescript.