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Alpha Grange (Cascade, Idaho) roll book
Collection consists of one roll book listing the members of the Alpha Grange, number 368. Included is a list of charter members and information about members, such as age, occupation, and dates of membership.
C. Ed Snider reminiscences
Recollections of farming in Boise Valley, Idaho in the 1930s and 1940s.
C. H. Jackson, Jr. letter : Tuscarora, Nevada, to Mrs. Albertina Nelson, Boise, Idaho
Relating the history of the Jackson ranch and farm near Orchard, Idaho.
E. C. Curtis of Idaho letter : Caldwell, Idaho, to W.C. McKenzie, New England, North Dakota
Relating family news and comments on farming.
Haacke, Don, papers
Research materials, primarily photocopies, used in the preparation of "History of the Clover Creek - King Hill area, Shoshone County, Idaho" (1980), prepared for the Bureau of Land Management.
Idaho Bean Commission
Two mounted photographs of agricultural scenes including harvesting grain with horse drawn equipment and a color farm scene. One mounted photograph of identified men receiving a film canister.
Idaho Federal Writers' Project collection
Correspondence, narratives, diaries, territorial documents, election returns, biographies, speeches, and published items relating to Idaho and Northwest history, 1836-1928.
Idaho State Grange
The Idaho State Grange collection consists of minute books, framed and non-framed certificates, awards and member lists. There is an accumulation of records from 96 non-active granges from across Idaho. The majority of the collection is the minute and financial books.
Idaho State Historical Society collection of Idaho related glass plates
Collection of glass plates of various agricultural and rural Idaho scenes.
M.C. Roberts papers
One letter to Stella Roberts, Corral, Idaho ; one letter to M. C. Roberts from Texarkana Texas from sister and one handbook with names and addresses of Boy Scouts of America Boise Council, 1924.
C.M. McBride papers
Family records inluding land and water titles, scrapbooks, and memorabilia; records relating to the founding of New Plymouth, Idaho; articles of incorporation for the Payette Valley Irrigation and Water Power Compay (1892); by-laws and minutes of meetings of the New Plymouth Fruit Company, Ltd.; advertisements of the New Plymouth Colony Co., Ltd.; newspaper clippings, articles, and historical sketches of New Plymouth.
Memoirs of Miles L. Hronek
Memoirs recount life in Nez Perce County, Idaho from the 1920s to 1942 concerning schooling, social events and farming.
Mynderse Van Hoesen, Some random notes of the Van Hoesen era at the Mes Orchards, Idaho
Nebraska Historical Society collection of Idaho related photographs
Miscellaneous Idaho life images from the "Nebraska" collection.
Nelle Tobias Collection
Twenty-one images that document the Charles C. Tobias family homestead in the Dead Horse Canyon area near the Snake River in Canyon County, Idaho. Photographs depict farming and ranching activities near the turn of the 19th Century in Southern Idaho.
O. M. Hale letter : Old Boise Soldier's Home, Boise, Idaho, to L.H. Stoddard
Concerning local agriculture.
Opal F. Brown photograph collection
This collection contains four black and white photographic prints and one photographic negative. Subjects include the fire station at Twin Falls, agricultural activities related to the Erle. H. Butler farm south of Hansen, Idaho, and the steamboat Lewiston. These photographs are reproductions of originals loaned to the Idaho State Historical Society in 1977.
Payette National Forest Cattle and Horse Growers Association
One small leather bound book of brands for members of the Payette National Forest Cattle and Horse Growers Association. Contains brands with placement.
Ruia Hurless letter
Collection consists of an original letter (2 p.), envelope, and typewritten transcript of the letter written by Ruia Hurless of Grand View, Idaho. The letter is dated 12 March 1913 and addressed to Irvin and Louis Weckesser of Sterling, Illinois. Ruia Hurless and her husband, C.L. Husless, were both school teachers in Grand View, Idaho. The letter describes the weather and crops grown in the area. She also reports on sturgeon fishing in the Snake River.
Thomas T. Johnston papers
Correspondence and financial and legal documents. Personal letters from Johnston to family members describing daily life in Idaho Territory; Ada County tax receipts; discharge papers from Idaho Volunteers following service in Nez Perce War; Johnston's personal account book; and a typed biographical sketch of Johnston (which uses the name T.T. Johnson). Photographs are also present.