Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.

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Files include correspondence, clippings, minutes, reports, programs and newsletters related to Lydia Justice Edward's professional and personal life. The bulk of the material documents her political career as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives, 1982-1986 and Idaho State Treasurer, 1986-1998. Edwards was a member of the Governor's Lewis and Clark Trail Committee and this portion of the collection includes correspondence, minutes and reports related to that committee, 1993-1999.

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Newspaper clippings pertaining to Worthman's career in state government and politics.

Summary Scrapbook relating to an audit of the Idaho State Highway Bureau (1932-1936) and the 1938 general election; correspondence of Daniel Fitch Banks (1878-1955) relating to World War I, and items relating to his position as Idaho State Treasurer (1921-1928); postcards and photos of Idaho National Guard units (1910-1917); miscellaneous commercial advertisements, postcards and photographs depicting scenes and landmarks in Boise, Caldwell and many other Idaho and eastern Oregon communities;...

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Interviews conducted by Malone for his book, "C. Ben Ross and the New Deal in Idaho" (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1970). Interviewees include Joe Williams, Myrtle Beatty, James H. Hawley, Jr., Calvin Wright, C. Ben Reavis, Robert Coulter, Chase A. Clark, John Corlett, Ethel K. Steel, Truman Joiner.

Summary Personal and family papers (1968-1973); correspondence, reference material, and drafts of articles for Life Magazine, Careers Today, Playboy, Chicagoland, and Encyclopedia Britannica (1963-1968); business correspondence, reports and project studies relating to Silva's terms of office as Ada County Highway District commissioner (1974-1980) and Boise City councilman (1979-1981) ; miscellaneous papers relating to his work as Director of Special Projects for Boise Cascade Corporation...

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Articles from Idaho and national Jewish newspapers regarding the candidacies of Alexander for Boise City mayor and governor of Idaho; clippings of obituaries for Alexander; and sample ballots.

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Organizational, operational and financial files for the National Organization for Women (NOW) Idaho and Treasure Valley Chapters. Also contains subject files on women's issues such as the Reproductive Rights Initiative (RRI), the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and newsletters.

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Portions of two issues of the Radiator (vol. 1, nos. 7 and 8) containing a list of the territorial officers and "an act to provide a Uniform System of Territorial and County Revenue, and for the Assessing and Collecting the Same."

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Congressional papers of Orval Hansen, United States representative from Idaho, 1969-1975.

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Daily journal (1886-1901); account book (1864-1865); correspondence relating to Ezra Taft Benson's political activities and affiliations (1963).

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Correspondence, agency budget files, and working files of Patrick A. McAchren, a fiscal analyst for the Division of Financial Management, Idaho State Governor's Office. Also includes material concerning special studies relating to disabled services, local government infrastructure, and a term paper on land use planning in Idaho and California.

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Newspaper clippings of Perry Swisher's column "The 38th Precinct" which appeared in the Idaho Observer, Pocatello; and other clippings related to Swisher's political career.

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Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous files concerning the Great Depression of the 1930s in Idaho, and correspondence regarding the passage of Idaho state social security legislation.

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A small collection of correspondence, poems, memorabilia and scrapbook relating to the Pefley family of Boise, Idaho.

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Primarily political, memorial, and commencement speeches of Boise, Idaho, attorney and chairman of the Idaho Code Commission, Ralph Breshears. Also includes notes, photographs, and memorabilia; newspaper clippings concerning C. Ben Ross; and legal papers relating to the Cruikshank Sheep Company of Idaho and the Mountain Home Sheep Company.

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Lists polling places and Registers of Ada County and all Federal, State and Local positions.

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Ticket issued in Boise, Idaho, for unidentified election.

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Dinner menu from the Republican Lincoln Day banquet, Feb. 12, 1917, held at the Owyhee Hotel, Boise, Idaho.

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Newspaper clippings concerning the campaign of Byron Defenbach, the record of Governor C. Ben Ross, Senator John Thomas, and other candidates.