Summary

Newspaper clippings of Corlett's Idaho Statesman column "Politically Speaking" (1961-1971), and material regarding the proposed Hells Canyon Dam in relation to Pacific Northwest water resource development (1949-1967).

Summary Personal and family papers (1968-1973); correspondence, reference material, and drafts of articles for Life Magazine, Careers Today, Playboy, Chicagoland, and Encyclopedia Britannica (1963-1968); business correspondence, reports and project studies relating to Silva's terms of office as Ada County Highway District commissioner (1974-1980) and Boise City councilman (1979-1981) ; miscellaneous papers relating to his work as Director of Special Projects for Boise Cascade Corporation...