General correspondence (1959-1964); project files (1958-1959). Includes material on the "Nez Perce Gold Case" and correspondence, minutes, and other records relating to the Idaho State Board of Engineers (1947-1962).

Letters and photographs concerning Fort Lapwai, Idaho, and the Nez Perce Indians; also a letter (1984) from John Williams giving a biography of his father, Charles Williams. Includes photographic negatives.

Drafts of two works by Clifford M. Drury."A Concise History of the Whitman-Spalding Mission" and "Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Indians, 1896-1876"; correspondence, transcriptions and research notes on Marcus Whitman, Henry Harmon Spalding, Rev. Samuel Parker, the fur trade of the Pacific Northwest, and the Nez Perce Indians; clippings and reviews relating to Drury's work.

These papers contain original, typescript, and copies of letters written by E. Jane Gay during her residence on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho, 1889-1892. Also included are notes and marginal notes. The recipients of the correspondence are not specifically identified but research indicates the original letters were sent to family and friends in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. The collection represents the working copy of a manuscript entitled "Choup-nit-ki."

Correspondence, predominately from Fitzgerald to her mother, written in Lapwai or Boise, Idaho, and other locations in the Western United States.

Programs from a Presbyterian church camp held annually for the Nez Perce Indians at Talmaks, Vollmer, and Craigmont, Idaho. Also contains newspaper clippings and articles about the Nez Perce Indians and a photograph album of the Talmaks meeting, including a photo of Henry Spalding's cabin.

Manuscript drafts, proofs, and photographs used for Gulick's book, Chief Joseph Country.

Newspaper clippings; summaries of legislation; correspondence with the superintendent of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Frell M. Owl; programs from celebrations and conferences; and articles by Lovell; all concerning American Indians.

Notes, collected research materials, and drafts of Brown's "Flight of the Nez Perce." Includes photocopies and microfilm of primary sources.

The collection includes Nez Perce Sketch Book (Nez Perce Cash Book); Nez Perce stories as told by Nez Perce to Captain Warner; one letter to President Arthur from John B. Neil (copy).

Claims for just compensation of previously ceded lands. "Before the Indian Claims Commission - Charles E. Williams, Joseph Redthunder, and Harry Owhi as representatives of the Nez Percé Tribe, Petitioners v. The United States of America, Respondent."

Miscellaneous items, including correspondence from J.A. Harrington and George F. Brimlaw, and typed transcriptions of telegrams and letters to George L. Shoup and others, regarding Nez Percé Indians.

Letters between William Johnston, editor of the Lewiston Morning Tribune and W.D. Eberle, Boise, Idaho. Topics include appropriations for the Children's Commission and the Territorial Centennial Commission, and Spalding, Idaho, as an economic and social center for the Nez Perce.