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Department of Reclamation photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1965-165
Content Description

Framed photographs from the Department of Reclamation. Images include Milner dam, Sand Springs, Salmon River Canyon and Blue Lakes Ranch.

Dates: 1900

Erwin D. Sias papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0615
Summary

Illustrated account of a 1930 Salmon River float trip made by Sias, accompanied by a videotape made from 16mm film taken on the trip.

Dates: 1981

Leo G. Thompson photograph albums

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: P1968-086
Content Description

Photograph albums of Leo G. Thompson. Thompson was an engineer for the Idaho State Highway Department and was Ada County Engineer when the W.P.A. built the Bureau of Reclamation building on Fairview near the old fairgrounds. Thompson died in 1963. The album contains pictures of army life, construction and logging. Pictures are mainly along the north and south highway.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905 - 1914

Montana Historical Society's Idaho File

 Collection — Box: 1977.2
Identifier: P1977-074
Content Description

This collection contains twelve black and white photographic prints from the Montana Historical Society's Idaho file. Subjects include the Snake River, the Salmon River, and Fort Lemhi.

Dates: 1890 - 1941

Rupert Shaw negative collection

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: P1962-019
Content Description

Collection of negatives of Idaho scenes taken in period ca. 1910-1920. Includes mining camps, mountain country, etc. Photographs taken by Rupert Shaw.

Dates: 1910 - 1920

Salmon River Diversion plan

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1089
Summary

Collection contains a one page summary of the Salmon River Diversion plan.

Dates: 1932

Salmon River tunnel project

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1419
Summary

Collection consists of one bound typescript report prepared for August George Liebmann by Walter Hovey Hill, civil enginer, with a supporting letter by A.J. Wiley, consulting hydraulic engineer. The Salmon-Snake River power project as proposed by Mr. Liebmann would construct a dam on the Salmon River and divert water through a tunnel to the Snake River for the production of hydropower.

Dates: 1929

Sister Alfreda Elsensohn's collection of Polly Bemis photographs

 Collection
Identifier: P1962-044
Content Description

Photographs of Polly Bemis and Charlie Bemis at home.

Dates: 1850 - 1933

Sylvan Hart papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0464
Summary

Includes correspondence, a draft of "800 Assorted Yarns" and other materials.

Dates: 1969 - 1973

United States. Bureau of Reclamation records (1904-1961)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0486
Summary

Records relating primarily to the Minidoka and Payette-Boise Reclamation projects in Idaho, together with scattered items concerning Ira B. Perrine, Salmon River diversions, American Falls Reservoir, the Twin Falls North Side Project, and the Idaho Irrigation Company project.

Dates: 1904 - 1961; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1940