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Joel A. Harrington papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0149

Summary

Scrapbooks, correspondence, and photographs relating to Harrington's travels and interest in frontier history. Subjects include the Alaska gold rush of the 1898; the Birch Creek massacre in Idaho in 1877; John Day (1741-1820), trapper for the Pacific Fur Company; and photographs of Western rodeos, ca. 1900.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896 - 1958

Extent

1.5 Cubic Feet (1 document box, 1 record box.)

Language of Materials

English

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

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