Idaho State Capitol (Boise, Idaho)

Postcards mementos from the donor's grandfather's grocery store in Harrison, Idaho. His name was Benjamin Sylvester Lafferty and he came to the panhandle area around 1880. He was an Irish immigrant and his wife Wilhelmina Scheweekman was a German immigrant. They raised 7 children, one of whom was Albert Lafferty who had the tugboats on Coeur d'Alene until his death about 1957. Postcards are of Rathdrum, Harrison, and Idaho Falls, Idaho.

This collection contains stories from 22 individuals that vary in length from a paragraph to three pages.

Photographs from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library of President Dwight D. Eisenhower before the 1952 election on his campaign tour in Idaho.

The bulk of the photographs were taken by George Edward Tonkin around turn of the 20th.c. with (2) of Boise Valley scenic photographs taken in 1935 by George Edward Tonkin Jr.

Reports concerning the Idaho State Capitol building, Boise. Included are a report to Max Boesinger, administrator of Public Works, concerning restoration; a paper by J. Tourtellote, architect (1915); and a report on the old capitol heating plant (1974).

Photo negatives taken by Edward H. Maberly of the Idaho Capitol Building.

Prints of the Haywood Jurors from the 1907 Haywood Trial, Arrowrock Dam by Walter Lubken, Idaho Legislature in Territorial Capitol and Idaho Legislature on Capitol steps. No dates are provided.

Photographic prints of the restoration of the rotunda that was done in the 1940s by Gettle Decorating, Inc. Photographed by Ansgar Johnson.

Color digital photographs of the transport and transfer of former Governor Phil Batt's casket to the Idaho Capitol. An honor guard keeping watch while former Governor Batt lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda 9 March 2023 in Boise, Idaho.

Photographic slides of the painting process of the Idaho State Capitol after fire. June-July, 1992.

This black and white photographic print shows the stone cutting crew in front of the stone yard where the sandstone from Table Rock quarry was cut into blocks used in the construction of the Idaho State Capitol. Robert O. Murrie is the sixth man from the right.

A history of the Idaho State Capitol building and grounds.