Governor Norman Willey Papers
Scope and Contents
The Governor Norman Willey Papers contains 1 box with 19 folders that include ingoing and outgoing correspondence, proclamations, telegrams and other miscellaneous papers. The papers include considerable correspondence relating to the labor problems in the Coeur d'Alene mining area, and information pertaining to the World's Columbian Exposition for the year 1891. The collection provides a view into the administrative activities throughout Governor Willey’s tenure.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1892
Biographical / Historical
Norman Willey was Idaho's second governor and took office in 1890. Willey was born in 1838 in New York and went west to California in 1858. Before moving to the Territory of Idaho he lived in California, mining for gold. He moved to Idaho when he heard of a gold rush in the area, and ended up settling there in Warren. He served a few terms in the territorial legislature and became President of the Council in 1879. When Idaho became a state, Willey was nominated as Lieutenant Governor in 1890, and later that year became Governor. His term in office was relatively calm, though there was some controversy over choosing Idaho's senators and a mining crisis in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, which involved a union strike against the mineowners. Willey left office in 1893 after failing to be nominated again. He died in California in 1921.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (One document box)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Finding Aid for AR2/2 Governor Norman Willey Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Mindy Wade
- Date
- 10/25/24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Government Records Repository