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Cloah Sebastian Cowling collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0691
Summary

This collection contains the contents of two scrapbooks of clippings and other research materials related to Idaho history. An unbound copy of Cowlings memoir of living in Idaho, "The Land of Sunrise Mountains" is included with research materials interleaved in the text. A third scrapbook contains obituaries of pioneers, friends, and relatives collected by Cloah Sebastian Cowling. The author prepared a partial handwritten index to the obituaries.

Dates: 1925 - 1973

Franklin R. Coffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0521
Summary

Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings concerning Franklin R. Coffin, Henrietta Coffin Holbrook, and Lucius Ray Holbrook, all of Boise, Idaho. Also includes biographical information, speeches and one letter. Speeches concern Florence, Warren and Idaho City, Idaho, and the dedication of the Idaho buildings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

Dates: 1890 - 1920

Henry F. Samuels papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0567
Summary

Correspondence; Teton Coal Co. stock certificate; "Report of Idaho Cokoal Co"; various letterheads; state platform of the Progressive party of Idaho; newspaper clippings; and typewritten biography of Samuels, resident of Wallace, Idaho.

Dates: 1863 - 1951

Lena Proud papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0621
Summary

Court exhibit items against Lena Proud for procurement of abortion. Includes day journals and loose notes taken from the journals.

Dates: 1926 - 1952

Mae Scott Worthman scrapbook

 Item
Identifier: MS 2.01/19
Summary

Newspaper clippings pertaining to Worthman's career in state government and politics.

Dates: 1902 - 1914

Mamie Mercer Mink Morrow reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0731
Summary

Dictated and transcribed memoirs of life in southwest Idaho and Boise.

Dates: 1977

Merle W. Wells papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0481
Summary

Personal and professional papers of former Idaho State Historical Society historian and archivist Dr. Merle W. Wells. Wells worked for the State Historical Society from 1956 to 1986. He was well known throughout Idaho, and the west, for his expertise. Among his research areas were Idaho territorial politics and mining history.

Dates: 1918 - 2000

Moan family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1417
Summary

Collection consists of items related to the Patrick Moan family.

Dates: 1893-1919.

Olive De Ette Jenson Groefsema scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0541
Summary

Includes a general history of Basques and their immigration to Idaho; biographies of Basques in Idaho; and newspaper articles and photographs.

Dates: [19--]

William Judson Boone diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0004
Summary

Typescript of Boone's diary recounting his experiences as a minister and as the first president of the College of Idaho, and describing commonplace occurances in Caldwell, Idaho.

Dates: 1891 - 1935

Windle family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0572
Summary

Collection includes biographical information, correspondence, legal papers, and photographs. All pertain to extended Windle family which includes Coates, Osborn, Mickelsen, Wilcox, and Youtsler.

Dates: 1900 - 1969