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Frontier and pioneer life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Orofino - Clearwater River

 Collection
Identifier: P1999-029
Content Description

Seven photographs of the Orofino area. Photographs include 1st judge at Pierce City, Clearwater river, lumbering, aerial view of Orofino, Orofino airfield, Orofino airport.

Dates: Existence: 1918 - 1933

Sister Mary Alfreda Elsensohn photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1975-228
Content Description

This collection contains 211 photographic prints and twelve photographic negatives related to Sister Elsensohn's work at the Historical Museum at Saint Gertrude's Academy and Convent in Cottonwood, Idaho. Subjects include Polly Bemis, Chinese immigrants in the Lewiston area, and Idaho County pioneers. This collection also contains many images of Saint Gertrude's.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1960

Sister Mary Alfreda Elsensohn photograph collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P1977-144
Content Description

This collection contains 34 black and white photographic negatives and 31 black and white photographic prints of locations in Idaho County, including Keuterville, Mount Idaho, and Kooskia. This collection also contains images of Idaho County residents and pioneers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1882 - 1947

Thomas Ranney journal

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0241
Summary

Ranney's journal of expenses and weather data while he worked for the Wells Fargo Co. across Idaho and the northwest.

Dates: 1866 - 1885

William Armistead Goulder manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0421
Summary

Recollections of a journey along the Oregon Trail with an emigrant train to Oregon in 1845. Accompanied by a typed transcription.

Dates: [after 1845].

William Taylor correspondence (1886-1890)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0294
Summary

Correspondence from William Taylor in Era, Alturas County, Idaho Territory to his brother R. M. Taylor, regarding his experiences as a miner; and letters from William Taylor, in Antelope, Blaine County, Idaho, to his brother Rich Taylor, regarding his experiences as a farmer.

Dates: 1886 - 1890