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Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:

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

Marian Munro Frahm papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0041
Summary Scrapbook relating to an audit of the Idaho State Highway Bureau (1932-1936) and the 1938 general election; correspondence of Daniel Fitch Banks (1878-1955) relating to World War I, and items relating to his position as Idaho State Treasurer (1921-1928); postcards and photos of Idaho National Guard units (1910-1917); miscellaneous commercial advertisements, postcards and photographs depicting scenes and landmarks in Boise, Caldwell and many other Idaho and eastern Oregon communities;...
Dates: 1900 - 1948

Michael P. Malone, interviewer, typescripts

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0192
Summary

Interviews conducted by Malone for his book, "C. Ben Ross and the New Deal in Idaho" (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1970). Interviewees include Joe Williams, Myrtle Beatty, James H. Hawley, Jr., Calvin Wright, C. Ben Reavis, Robert Coulter, Chase A. Clark, John Corlett, Ethel K. Steel, Truman Joiner.

Dates: 1965

Mike Silva papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0441
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...
Dates: 1963 - 1981

Moses Alexander papers (1899-1932)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0477
Summary

Articles from Idaho and national Jewish newspapers regarding the candidacies of Alexander for Boise City mayor and governor of Idaho; clippings of obituaries for Alexander; and sample ballots.

Dates: 1899 - 1932

National Organization for Women. Treasure Valley Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0626
Summary

Organizational, operational and financial files for the National Organization for Women (NOW) Idaho and Treasure Valley Chapters. Also contains subject files on women's issues such as the Reproductive Rights Initiative (RRI), the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and newsletters.

Dates: 1979 - 1991

North Idaho Radiator (Firm : Lewiston, Idaho) newspaper

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1020
Summary

Portions of two issues of the Radiator (vol. 1, nos. 7 and 8) containing a list of the territorial officers and "an act to provide a Uniform System of Territorial and County Revenue, and for the Assessing and Collecting the Same."

Dates: 1865

Orval Hansen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0400
Summary

Congressional papers of Orval Hansen, United States representative from Idaho, 1969-1975.

Dates: 1965 - 1975

Parkinson, Samuel Rose, papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0297
Summary

Daily journal (1886-1901); account book (1864-1865); correspondence relating to Ezra Taft Benson's political activities and affiliations (1963).

Dates: 1864-1963.

Patrick A. McAchren papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0483
Summary

Correspondence, agency budget files, and working files of Patrick A. McAchren, a fiscal analyst for the Division of Financial Management, Idaho State Governor's Office. Also includes material concerning special studies relating to disabled services, local government infrastructure, and a term paper on land use planning in Idaho and California.

Dates: 1977 - 1983

Perry Swisher newspaper clippings

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0447
Summary

Newspaper clippings of Perry Swisher's column "The 38th Precinct" which appeared in the Idaho Observer, Pocatello; and other clippings related to Swisher's political career.

Dates: 1962 - 1965

Peter H. Cohn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0478
Summary

Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous files concerning the Great Depression of the 1930s in Idaho, and correspondence regarding the passage of Idaho state social security legislation.

Dates: 1935 - 1937

Peter Jackson Pefley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0620
Summary

A small collection of correspondence, poems, memorabilia and scrapbook relating to the Pefley family of Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1891 - 1971

Photocopies of Jacob Breid correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0372
Dates: 1916-1919.

Ralph Breshears papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0139
Summary

Primarily political, memorial, and commencement speeches of Boise, Idaho, attorney and chairman of the Idaho Code Commission, Ralph Breshears. Also includes notes, photographs, and memorabilia; newspaper clippings concerning C. Ben Ross; and legal papers relating to the Cruikshank Sheep Company of Idaho and the Mountain Home Sheep Company.

Dates: 1926 - 1961

Republican Party (Ada County, Idaho) voters guide

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1099
Summary

Lists polling places and Registers of Ada County and all Federal, State and Local positions.

Dates: 1918

Republican primary ticket

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0952
Summary

Ticket issued in Boise, Idaho, for unidentified election.

Dates: [191-]

Republican State Central Committee (Boise, Idaho) menu

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0751
Summary

Dinner menu from the Republican Lincoln Day banquet, Feb. 12, 1917, held at the Owyhee Hotel, Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1917

Republican State Central Committee (Boise, Idaho) scrapbook

 Item
Identifier: MS 2.01/30
Summary

Newspaper clippings concerning the campaign of Byron Defenbach, the record of Governor C. Ben Ross, Senator John Thomas, and other candidates.

Dates: 1932

Richard G. Rust manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0383
Summary

Recollections of the settlement of the Daniel Richard Hubbard family, farmers in Kuna, Idaho, about 1900. Includes several photographs.

Dates: 1979.