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Wallace David Gillis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0011

Summary

Campaign correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to the political career of Wallace David Gillis. Correspondents include Addison T. Smith, John Thomas, and Fred Lukens.

Dates

  • Creation: 1928 - 1944

Biographical Note

Wallace David Gillis, 1878-1945, was a Twin Falls County Republican Representative in the Idaho Legislature in 1923 through 1928. He was Speaker of the House in the sessions of 1925 and 1927. Gillis graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1900, and he earned his LLB at the University of Washington in 1907. He moved to Filer, Idaho in 1920. He was elected Idaho Attorney General in 1928, and in 1930 he ran, unsuccessfully, for Governor of Idaho.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (1 document box, 1 oversize scrapbook.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Group

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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