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Boise (Idaho)-Commerce-History-Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander F. Rossi maps

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0614
Summary

Three hand-drawn maps of the A.F. Rossi sawmill, drawn by Rossi.

Dates: 1897

Artesian Water and Land Improvement Company document

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0334
Summary

Consent of stockholders agreeing to an increase in capital stock.

Dates: [189-?].

Boise Chamber of Commerce records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0394
Summary

Minutes, correspondence, reports, and other material relating to activities of the chamber and the Boise, Idaho, business community.

Dates: 1900 - 1976

Charles Himrod papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0513
Summary

Records of a general merchandise store in Boise, Idaho. Included are journals (1885-1887, 1889-1890); daily account books (13 vols., 1889-1891); and a letterpress book and a book of invoices received (1891).

Dates: 1885 - 1891

Clair Jewell Wescott papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0474
Summary

Correspondence, certificates, clippings, and other ephemera relating to business and civic affairs in Boise, Idaho; also items relating to government service and activities with Boise organizations.

Dates: 1945 - 1961

D. W. Peterson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0345
Summary

Account books of a carpentry business in Boise, Idaho (6 vols.); membership information for unidentified organizations in Boise and by-laws of the Carpenters and Joiners Local No. 331, Boise (2 vols.).

Dates: 1867 - 1899

Donald S. Whitehead postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0095
Summary

This collection consists of approximately 400 postcards to and from Boise, Idaho, businesses between 1885 to 1903. Cards provide information about Boise business activity and emphasize presidential portraits and profiles.

Dates: 1885 - 1903

Harry C. Parnell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0228
Summary

Receipts from Boise, Idaho, businesses; paid checks drawn on the Boise City National Bank.

Dates: 1899 - 1908

Henry P. Dick papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0144
Summary

Bank statements and account books for the Second Avenue Junk Company, Pocatello, Idaho; bank statements of Reeves Wholesale Company, Boise, Idaho; census marshal's reports for Ada County (Idaho) School District No. 12 (1938-1945); and cards and photographs.

Dates: 1901 - 1953

J. F. Martin records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0173
Summary

Case files from a brief period of Martin's law career. Cases includencluding Associated Oil Company vs. Community Associated Gasoline Company, and State of Idaho vs. Idaho Contracting Company.

Dates: 1935 - 1941

James G. Morris papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0523
Summary

Financial records (1937-1956) of the Hyde Park Grocery in Boise, Idaho, owned by James Morris until Dec. 1944 and thereafter by A.K. Cloninger; records of the Hyde Park Gardens (ca. 1940-ca. 1947); and records of the Morris Gardens (ca. 1947-ca. 1956).

Dates: 1937 - 1956

Lyon Cobb receipts

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0683
Summary

Receipts from Boise business firms.

Dates: 1906 - 1907

Ole and Otto Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0156
Summary

Financial and legal documents, real estate contract, insurance policies, and Boise and Ada County tax receipts for Ole and Otto Johnson, two Boise tailors.

Dates: 1910-1933.

Pearl Zanger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0501
Summary

Personal papers from the Zanger family, including a letter of appointment of Mrs. Pearl Zanger to the position of deputy clerk of the U.S. District Court; receipts from Lemp's Dry Goods Store and the Booth Furniture Company, Ltd., Boise; a report card from Saint Joseph's Parochial School, Boise; and various Boise business cards.

Dates: 1903 - 1914

W.E. Pierce & Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0108
Summary

Business correspondence, journals, ledgers and other records of this Boise, Idaho, real estate firm. Records pertain to other Pierce interest include the Empire Gold Mining Company, Ltd; Pierce Suburban Syndicate, Ltd; Idaho Building Co.; Snake River Power Co.; Boise Hotel Co.; Idaho Orchards Co.; Owyhee Farms Co.; Link's Business College and the Battle Creek Sharp Company. Correspondents include James Lane, James H. Brady, F.R. Gooding, E.H. Dewey, W.E. Borah, L.H. Cox, J.M. Haines.

Dates: 1890 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1925