Eldridge family papers
Content Description
Compiled family history photocopies and publications, scanned photographs and research, handwritten journal, homestead logs. Related to family homestead located in North Fork, Idaho, on the Salmon River, circa 1887-1913.
Dates
- Creation: 1560-2017
Biographical / Historical
Gail Cheever (donor) conducted genealogical research on her family and compiled information into two publications over 25 years. These papers contain the following materials in handcopy and/or USB drive: 1) Assorted Eldridge family portraits, photographs, and artifacts, 1560-2017 (USB drive) 2) English roots Eldred - Eldridge - Eldredge, 1561-1635 (USB drive) 3) Colonial Eldredge’s of Chatham, Massachusetts and Daggett Line on Martha's Vineyard, 1696-1800 (USB drive) 4) Eldredge family of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1800-2009 (USB drive) 5) Eldridge homestead documents, 1884-1918 (USB drive) 6) Lydia Eldridge's photograph albums, 1911-1922 (USB drive) 7) Eldridge homestead dovetailed, Square log, 1887-2017 (USB drive) 8) Handwritten journal of Lydia Eldridge's motor car road trip, Idaho to California, 1920 (original) 9) Cheever photographs of Eldridge homestead property, 1998-2017 (taken by Gail and Dennis Cheever, USB drive) 10) Felton Diamond F Ranch, part of the Old Eldridge homestead, 1998-2017 (USB drive) 11) Geery family archive (USB drive) 12) Book: Ancestry of the Eldridge family, Their Ancestors and Descendants (USB and paper copy) 13) Book: The Eldridge family: Pioneers of the North Fork (USB and paper copy)
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (Compiled family history photocopies and publications, scanned photographs and research, handwritten journal, homestead logs) : 1 Hollinger box
2.54 Gigabytes (1 USB drive inside box)
Language of Materials
English
Topical
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid to MS 0965 Eldridge family papers
- Author
- Erin Stoddart
- Date
- 2025-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository
