Topical research materials gathered by Arthur Hart for various projects - Arid Club, aviation, baseball, Basque Museum & Cultural Center; International Baque Cultural Center, Morrison Knudsen Company, Boise Police, Chinese, Idaho photographers.

Collection contains research correspondence with Washington State Historical Society regarding his book, "Camera Eye on Idaho: Pioneer Photography 1863-1913."

Collection contains negatives (black & white, 3 in. x 4 in.), photoprints and scrapbooks that document various news stories. Some of the topics covered are the Idaho Emergency Relief Administration, construction of Boise Junior College, visitors to Boise, parades, buildings, and scenes. An inventory has been prepared and a selection of negatives has been scanned.

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.

The bulk of papers of the Walter Chatfield Collection represent his years at the at Gooding College in Richfield Idaho, 1927-1931. Photographs, correspondence, journals and books document his time and coursework while a student.