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John E. Rees papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0021
Summary

Correspondence and notes relating to Idaho's Native American history; manuscript copies of "Western State Names of Indian Origin: Idaho Gem of the Mountains", "The Shoshoni Contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition", "Notes on Old Fort Lemhi" and "Arapaho Massacre Told in Petroglyphs" by Judge James L. Fuller, edited by Rees; and correspondence concerning Sacajawea.

Dates: 1917 - 1925

Marian Detwiler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0602
Summary Collection of 133 letters from Marian Detwiler, wife of Indian Field Service worker Phil Detwiler, to her family in Washington, D.C. between October 1928 and July 1932. The majority of her letters are from Fort Hall, Idaho and describe her experiences and travels through the area, interaction with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians, and her duties as a hostess for various Field Service visitors. Approximately one third of the letters are from Pine Ridge, South Dakota and the Crow...
Dates: 1928 - 1932

Massacre sites in Idaho collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0338
Summary

General information about Indian massacre sites; letters regarding the location and events of a massacre in Southern Idaho, and a short history of the Birch Creek Massacre by Alex Cruikshank.

Dates: 1925 - 1957

Miles Cannon manuscript [Otter Massacre]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0279
Summary

An account of the Elijah Otter massacre, Sept. 1860.

Dates: [19--].

Stanton G. Fisher papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0106
Summary

Correspondence (1889-1906); diaries (1875, 1877); autobiography (1888); scrapbook and newspaper clippings (1892-1915); also includes photographs; journals; notebooks; and manuscript, "Trail of a Gold Seeker, 1863."

Dates: 1875 - 1915