Nez Percé Indians-History-Sources.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Barton, Stoddard, Milhollin, and Lupton records
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).
Charles L. Williams papers
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.
E. Jane Gay papers
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."
Emily McCorkle FitzGerald papers
Correspondence, predominately from Fitzgerald to her mother, written in Lapwai or Boise, Idaho, and other locations in the Western United States.
Nez Percé Indian collection
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.
William F. Johnston correspondence
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.