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Idaho-History-Sources.

 Subject
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Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Autobiography of Glen C. Lionberger

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0567
Summary

Glen Lionberger's reminiscences of his life on the Northwestern frontier, from childhood at the turn of the century to 1967.

Dates: 1900 - 1967

Charlotte M. Abbott papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1057
Summary

Family history, collected through newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1898 - 1992

Frederick Thomas Dubois manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0089
Summary

An autobiography of Dubois and a history of Idaho edited by Leland Stanford Conness, a National Press Club correspondent.

Dates: [ca. 1922] - [not after 1930].

Idaho Federal Writers' Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0070
Summary

Correspondence, narratives, diaries, territorial documents, election returns, biographies, speeches, and published items relating to Idaho and Northwest history, 1836-1928.

Dates: 1935 - 1939

Idaho Territorial documents collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0367
Summary

Warrants, handbills, advertisements, franked envelopes, and miscellaneous papers from Idaho's territorial period, collected by Harry C. Stewart.

Dates: 1864 - 1889

Idaho Writers League records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0387
Dates: 1937 - 2005

J. Neilson Barry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0003
Summary Material consists of correspondence with Idaho State Historical Society officials Gertrude McDevitt, H. J. Sweeney, and Merle Wells from 1932 to 1959 regarding Idaho territorial history, Pacific Northwest fur trade and routes. The correspondence includes historical notes and information about Idaho place names and events, various maps and notes relating to the routes of Lewis and Clark, Pacific Northwest fur trade routes, and the locations of Fort Reed, Fort Henri, and Fort Nez Perce. Also...
Dates: 1932 - 1959

Jocelyn Taylor Orr papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1144
Summary

Collection contains six letters from Jocelyn Taylor from 1920 to her family and one to the Idaho State Historical Society.

Dates: 1923-1993.

John Hailey reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0424
Summary

Hailey's memories of the early development of the state of Idaho and his own life story.

Dates: [19--].

King Hill tax case

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1208
Summary

A full statement of the settlement of the King Hill Tax Case.

Dates: [ca. 1920].

M. S. Carter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1146
Summary

Collection contains letters from M.S. Carter to Elizabeth M.J.

Dates: 1878-1992.

Merle W. Wells papers [on Idaho Indians]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1124
Summary

Collection contains an essay on Idaho Indians.

Dates: 1990.

Moses Alexander papers (1876-1987)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0335
Summary This collection provides information about Alexander's two terms as mayor of Boise, his family and his business. Five mayoral and gubernatorial scrapbooks contain letters, proceedings and newspaper clippings. Family materials include tax and estate records, correspondence and certificates. The collection also includes fiscal and tax records of the various stores in the Alexander's chain and blueprints for commercial buildings.For Moses Alexander's gubernatorial papers, see: AR...
Dates: 1876 - 1987

Proposal for the establishment of the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1137
Summary

Collection contains a proposal to establish the museum.

Dates: 1988.

Scottish Studies Program. North Idaho College papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1193
Summary

Collection contains essays, excerpts from books and pamphlets pertaining to Scottish peoples in Idaho.

Dates: 1993.

Terry Prater papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1113
Summary

Collection contains a statement regarding happiness on the job.

Dates: 1940.

Thomas Blaine Donaldson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0088
Summary

Thanksgiving proclamation (1879) of Idaho Governor Mason Brayman; samples of Idaho and Oregon territorial and state seals; letter (1873) to President U.S. Grant from the governor of Missouri regarding U.S. Supreme Court justices; a handbill for a patent medicine; and miscellaneous correspondence, affidavits, and certificate.

Dates: 1862 - 1893

United States. Congress. House of Representatives records (1871-1886)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1231
Summary

Off-prints of House executive documents and reports from the 42nd to 49th Congress. Subjects include Nez Perce Reservation; Boise Basin Bed-Rock Fluming Co.; Bannock Indian Treaty; Fort Hall and Lemhi Reservations and annexation of a part of Idaho Territory to Washington Territory.

Dates: 1871-1886.

United States. Congress. Senate records (1869-1882)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1232
Summary

Off prints of the Senate, executive and miscellaneous documents relating to Idaho from the 40th to 49th Congress. Subjects include the Assay Office at Boise, reapportionment of the Territory of Idaho, treaty ratification regarding Fort Hall and Lemhi reservations, and seeking an additional justice position for Idaho.

Dates: 1869-1882.

Vic and Dorine Goertzen collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0744
Dates: ca. 1950s-1980s and unknown.