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Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 147 Collections and/or Records:

Ada County Republican Women's Club (Boise, Idaho) records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0324
Summary

Scrapbook of club activities (1938-1970); correspondence, articles and programs relating to the 1966 G.O.P. State Assembly; material regarding the National Federation of Republican Women; newspaper clippings dealing with Republican Party social activities in Idaho (1964-1969).

Dates: 1938 - 1970

Addison Taylor Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0022
Summary

Correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings and memorabilia concerning Smith's political life. Includes material relating to the Perrine Memorial Bridge (Twin Falls, Idaho), W.B. Heyburn, and George L. Shoup.

Dates: 1884 - 1955

Addison Taylor Smith typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0760
Summary

Transcription of telegrams and letters sent and received by the Idaho Congressional delegation at Washington relative to the labor troubles in Shoshone County, Idaho.

Dates: 1892

Alexander Kasberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0389
Summary

Legal case files, including work with the Mammoth Mine Corporation, Lewiston, Idaho, and R.G. Bailey; and subject files reflecting Kasberg's associations, his political activities, and the Anti-Saloon League of Idaho.

Dates: 1911 - 1937

August Rosqvist papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0086
Summary Chiefly files from Rosqvist service as secretary-treasurer of the Idaho Federation of Labor. Included is correspondence with American Federation of Labor officials and local union officers, material on labor legislation, pamphlets issued by the Federation, council minutes from the Pocatello Central Labor Union and the Building and Trades Council (for which Rosqvist also served as secretary), papers relating to national political issues such as the Progressive party, the American Peace...
Dates: 1915 - 1951; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1946

Axel T. Nelson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0355
Summary

Idaho territorial warrants (1866-1889); Boise and Idaho County warrants (1871-1886); Idaho territorial coupons; mining stock certificates, miscellaneous receipts and business cards; eleven books in Swedish language; advertising flyers and copies of Nelson's poetry; and memorabilia. Also includes "The Cost to the State of Idaho of the Haywood Trial" and "Haywood Trial, Closing Argument of W.E. Borah."

Dates: 1866 - 1916

Barzilla Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0166
Summary

Newspaper clippings concerning Barzilla Clark, and copies of 1930s radio speeches given by Clark, day planners from 1935-1938 and an array of photographs.

Dates: 1931 - 1938

Byron E. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0457
Summary

Political files from Johnson's bid as a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Included are subject files pertaining to his campaign organization; subject files pertaining to topical issues in the campaign; a clipping file of campaign news coverage; and canvass information.

Dates: 1970-1972

C.A. Bottolfsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0287
Summary

Certificates of election to the office of governor of Idaho, 1938 and 1942.

Dates: 1938-1942.

Calvin C. Clawson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0165
Summary Family and business correspondence; family photographs; photographs of mining properties and sites in the vicinity of Bonanza and Custer, Idaho; business records; diaries; autograph books; scrapbooks; artwork; greeting cards; invitations; business and calling cards; annotated books; and memorabilia. Most of the correspondence is to Czarina Clawson from family and friends, or family correspondence saved by her. Six pocket diaries record a journey through Yellowstone (1863)....
Dates: 1829 - 1939

Campbell, Margurite Allen, papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0276
Summary

Correspondence relating to Campbell's career (1944-1952); her service on the State Board of Education (1950-1961); and as chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho; and personal correspondence regarding her husband, Rollie, and their Circle C Ranch near New Meadows, Idaho.

Dates: 1944 - 1960

C.H. Lingenfelter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0063
Summary

Correspondence (1902-1912); scrapbook and other material relating primarily to Lingenfelter as U.S. Attorney for Idaho. Correspondents include Frank R. Gooding, William E. Borah, W.B. Heyburn and James F. Ailshie. Additional materials relate to Mrs. Lingenfelter and her involvement in the National Council of Mothers. Also included are photographs and memorabilia.

Dates: 1902 - 1949

Charles Benjamin Ross scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0096
Summary

Scrapbooks relating to Ross's terms as Governor of Idaho and one scrapbook of sympathy cards collected by his wife after his death.

Dates: 1931 - 1946

Charles Calvin Moore papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0204
Summary

Correspondence, legal documents, and other printed material. Certificate of marriage (1915) for Moore and Clara E. Wallon, certificate of election for office of lieutenant governor of Idaho (1920), and newspaper clippings pertaining to Moore's death.

Dates: 1915 - 1958

Charles Clinton Gossett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0402
Summary

Subject and correspondence files from Charles C. Gossett's term as U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1945-1947.

Dates: 1946 - 1947

Charles J. Munson scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0059
Summary

Newspaper clippings and letters relating to Munson's political career, particularly as the State Land Commissioner, and to Republican Party politics in North Idaho.

Dates: 1899 - 1909

Charles P. McCarthy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0009
Summary

Includes two college notebooks dealing with property law (1901-1902); notes, pamphlets, financial papers and day books (1905-1909); correspondence including letters from W.E. Borah, D. Worth Clark, and C.C. Cavanah; legal papers (1909-1911) relating to Boise Cold Storage vs. O.S.R.R. Co., Boise City vs. Ada County (regarding road poll tax), and a grand jury investigation of the meat trust.

Dates: 1892 - 1912

Charles Winkler scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0459
Summary

Newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items relating to the political affairs of Charles Winkler, Idaho state representative, 1951-1965, from Adams County.

Dates: 1955 - 1977

Chase A. Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0431
Summary

Primarily case files (1943-1964) relating to Chase A. Clark's service on the United States District Court in Idaho; also documents concerning Clark's law practice in Mackay, Idaho; and personal and business correspondence, clippings, political materials, and memorabilia. Included are arguments for the pardon of Harry Orchard and a photograph of an Indian baseball team from DeSmet, Idaho.

Dates: 1902 - 1964