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Hamilton Scott reminiscences
Typescript of the 1862 journey from Iowa to Oregon, taken from the diary of Scott. Includes an account of the Massacre Rocks Massacre; notes by Alvin Zaring, a traveler in the same wagon trail, and information on Ezra Zaring, his son.
Harry B. Kinport papers
Collection contains correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to Harry B. and Elizabeth Kinport.
Helen Wilson Luzadder typescripts
Autobiographical sketches written on the subject's 91st and 92nd birthdays.
Henry's Lake collection
Typed transcriptions of personal letters written by a man, identified only as Harry, to his mother in Michigan relating his experiences as an early settler of the Henry's Lake area in Fremont County, Idaho.
Idaho Stampede!!
Comic book with cowboy hero named Idaho.
James Oliverson diaries
Two small notebooks. The first, "A Journal From the River Platt to California Keep by James Oliverson," covers one month of a wagon trip, but gives no year. The second notebook, "Diary of James Oliverson," covers the period 1880-1882. Collection includes the originals, transcripts, and photocopies.
Joel A. Harrington papers
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.
John W. Spencer manuscript
History of the John Wood family of Pioneer, Idaho County, Idaho, after ca. 1850.
Joseph McClurg Lyon reminiscences
Account of an 1889 journey of the Lyon family from Missouri to Oregon, and back to Idaho.
Kathryn L. Kahn reminiscences
A Story of William Munday, Jake Grossclose and Tom Hailey, Idaho pioneers, having been killed by Native Americans in Long Valley, near Cascade.
Langmaid, George W., papers
Journal of an automobile trip from Boise to Baltimore, Maryland, and return (1915-1916); student sketch book of maps, photographs, membership card for a "Pioneer of Idaho Territory" and a postcard (1876), to S.G. Langmaid, Middleton, Idaho.
Laura M. Trueblood collection of Oscar N. Trueblood photographs
This collection contains five black and white photographic prints showing the homestead of Oscar N. Trueblood in Black Canyon, near Caldwell, Idaho. Images include Trueblood's homestead shack, outbuildings, and several shots of Trueblood on horseback.
Levi S. Kimball homestead certificate and stock certificate
Nellie B. Parker reminiscences
Journal containing personal narratives, poems, and photographs relating to experiences in a mining camp at Valley View, Baker County, Oregon. The material was printed as a monthly newsletter under the title"The Roughnecks' Home Companion" by Nellie B. Parker for her family in Chicago, Illinois.
Omar V. Allen papers
Collection consists of a diary (1914-1919) by O.V. Allen and a family history of Elizabeth Klein a German immigrant who settled in Idaho in 1866. She was nicknamed Mother of the Meadows Valley.
Orofino - Clearwater River
Seven photographs of the Orofino area. Photographs include 1st judge at Pierce City, Clearwater river, lumbering, aerial view of Orofino, Orofino airfield, Orofino airport.
Richard H. Stockton papers
Biographical notes and newspaper clippings on Richard H. and Martha Stockton, Parma, Idaho.
Robert Dwight Leeper manuscript
Reminiscence of early days in Lewiston, Idaho.
Robert V. Thurston manuscript
A biographical sketch of Phila Anna Pence and her life in Oregon and in Payette, Idaho.
Ruth Gipson Plowhead manuscript
History and genealogy (with supplement) of the Gipson family of Boise and Caldwell, written by Ruth Gipson Plowhead (1877-1968).