Summary Collection contains two volumes. The first is a photocopy of an original journal kept by Susie Foster. The second volume includes a transcript of the journal, a history of the Foster family by Olive Foster Clark, and photocopies of family letters and photographs. Susie Foster's journal begins with an entry in 1886 in Texas and then records family life in California, 1891 to 1898. The family left California for Lewiston, Idaho in 1898 where they lived before filing a claim on...

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Glen Lionberger's reminiscences of his life on the Northwestern frontier, from childhood at the turn of the century to 1967.

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Manuscript of life in Challis, Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Historical articles set in Oneida and Franklin counties, Idaho, including copies of "Jim Hayden's Mule," "Another Freight Outfit," "Oneida," "North of the Line," and "Wheels of Idaho, 1877." Also includes two black and white photos.

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Correspondence, predominately from Fitzgerald to her mother, written in Lapwai or Boise, Idaho, and other locations in the Western United States.

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Collection includes correspondence (1884-1911) of John P. Tate, Tate's husband and founder of Tate Insurance Agency and philanthropist; Tate and Gekeler families genealogical information; miscellaneous bills, receipts, deeds, etc. Financial records relating to the Alaska Building.

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Diary (Sept. 1887-June 1888), recording business and recreational activities of Fouch as store manager in Parma, Idaho; addresses commemorating Old Fort Boise monument (1927); correspondence concerning the early history of the Boise Valley.

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Script of "Owyhee Joe" written by H.P. Ashby of the Martell Dramatic Arts School to present to the Sons and Daughters of the Idaho Pioneers.

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Typescript of the 1862 journey from Iowa to Oregon, taken from the diary of Scott. Includes an account of the Massacre Rocks Massacre; notes by Alvin Zaring, a traveler in the same wagon trail, and information on Ezra Zaring, his son.

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Collection contains correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to Harry B. and Elizabeth Kinport.

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Typed transcriptions of personal letters written by a man, identified only as Harry, to his mother in Michigan relating his experiences as an early settler of the Henry's Lake area in Fremont County, Idaho.

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Comic book with cowboy hero named Idaho.

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Two small notebooks. The first, "A Journal From the River Platt to California Keep by James Oliverson," covers one month of a wagon trip, but gives no year. The second notebook, "Diary of James Oliverson," covers the period 1880-1882. Collection includes the originals, transcripts, and photocopies.

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Scrapbooks, correspondence, and photographs relating to Harrington's travels and interest in frontier history. Subjects include the Alaska gold rush of the 1898; the Birch Creek massacre in Idaho in 1877; John Day (1741-1820), trapper for the Pacific Fur Company; and photographs of Western rodeos, ca. 1900.

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History of the John Wood family of Pioneer, Idaho County, Idaho, after ca. 1850.

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A Story of William Munday, Jake Grossclose and Tom Hailey, Idaho pioneers, having been killed by Native Americans in Long Valley, near Cascade.

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Journal of an automobile trip from Boise to Baltimore, Maryland, and return (1915-1916); student sketch book of maps, photographs, membership card for a "Pioneer of Idaho Territory" and a postcard (1876), to S.G. Langmaid, Middleton, Idaho.

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Collection consists of a diary (1914-1919) by O.V. Allen and a family history of Elizabeth Klein a German immigrant who settled in Idaho in 1866. She was nicknamed Mother of the Meadows Valley.

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Reminiscence of early days in Lewiston, Idaho.