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Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Darwin L. Flaherty papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0636
Summary

Personal papers, correspondence and research material regarding origin of Reno, Nevada.

Dates: 1989 - 1995

Emily McCorkle FitzGerald papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0479
Summary

Correspondence, predominately from Fitzgerald to her mother, written in Lapwai or Boise, Idaho, and other locations in the Western United States.

Dates: 1871 - 1878

Emma G. Tate papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0138
Summary

Collection includes correspondence (1884-1911) of John P. Tate, Tate's husband and founder of Tate Insurance Agency and philanthropist; Tate and Gekeler families genealogical information; miscellaneous bills, receipts, deeds, etc. Financial records relating to the Alaska Building.

Dates: 1861 - 1967

Ernest Henry McAuley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0509
Summary

Business papers, including plans and specifications for the power plant at Hailey, Idaho, belonging to the Wood River Power Company (1916); Boise City ordinances; correspondence of Irvin E. Rockwell; photographs; a plan and planting guide for McAuley Park in Boise, Idaho; and a letter thanking McAuley for his stand against the Industrial Workers of the World in Boise.

Dates: 1912 - 1941

First weather report Boise City

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1510

Fleming Foods records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0622
Summary

The collection consists of three ledgers recording the 1918-1925 wholesale sales of Fleming Foods, Boise, Idaho to area merchants.

Dates: 1918 - 1925

Fred Jason Babcock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0319
Summary

Political and personal papers (1930-1933); opinions of the Attorney General (1930-1932); and legal case files relating to the First National Bank of Caldwell; the Western Gold Corporation, Boise; the Rocky Bar Mining and Milling Company; and many other mining companies.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

George Brumm papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0333
Summary

Correspondence relating to Brumm and his wife, Sarah; household bills and receipts of the Brumm family; correspondence and financial records of John Alden, son-in-law; and miscellaneous papers concerning the Gem Worker, a Pocatello-based labor newspaper for which Alden served as editor and business manager.

Dates: 1850 - 1917

Gertrude Bartell Hagler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0829
Summary

Family records, photographs and memorabilia of Hagler of Boise, and her father, William J. Bartell.

Dates: 1863 - 1953

Gladdon W. Hull papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0561
Summary

Scrapbook and assembled records, including photographs, advertising posters, clippings, correspondence, and other material relating to White City Park and the Natatorium in Boise, Idaho; post cards from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition; and material from the KFAU radio station at Boise High School in Boise.

Dates: 1908 - 1927

Henry A. Schnetzel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0539
Summary

Legal documents and papers including a Morris Hill Cemetery deed (1900), Boise County affidavit of assessment work (1900), State of Idaho brand certificate (1901), Ada County warranty deed (1904), Boise City Sewer District special assessment receipt (1906), and other items. Includes photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1911

Herbert F. Lemp papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0178
Summary

Includes a genealogy of the John Lemp family and estate documents and other papers of Herbert F. Lemp.

Dates: 1903 - 1930

Holcomb School papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1126
Summary

Collection contains a four page booklet marking the end of the school year at Holcomb School in Boise.

Dates: 1907.

I. S. Knox telephone directory

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1147
Summary

Collection contains an attorneys directory for Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1917

Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0628
Summary

Organizational records, financial records, yearbooks, convention material, and printed materials including journals of the national, state, district and individual clubs and organizations.

Dates: 1896 - 2004

Idaho Soldiers' Home cornerstone collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0425
Summary

Contents of an 1894 cornerstone at the old Idaho Soldiers' Home. Includes newspapers, photographs, subscription list for the Soldiers' Home, speeches, miscellaneous publications and memorabilia.

Dates: 1891 - 1894

International Association of Machinists. Local No. 1491 minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1041
Summary

Minutes of the executive council.

Dates: 1951 - 1955

James M. Lindsay papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0514
Summary

Correspondence, receipts, water and mining right notices of Lindsay and others.

Dates: 1897 - 1940

Jeannie L. Mace papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0525
Summary

A collection of items belonging to Mace, a French-born resident of Boise, Idaho. Mace was a masseuse in Boise, joined the United States Army in 1944, and served in the WAC and WAF until her death in 1953. Included are scrapbooks, photographs, brochures, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous memorabilia.

Dates: [1917?]-[1953?]

Jess Bradford Hawley papers (1907-1935)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0377
Summary By-laws, articles of incorporation, and minutes of meeting for the Hardwood-Glen Mining Co of Toronto, Canada (1907-1913); the Pittsburgh Gold Mining Co. of Boise, Idaho (1909-1913); the Lone Pine Mines Co., Boise (1922); the Idaho-Apache Silver Mining Company, Boise (1922); the Automatic Shu Fit Company, Boise (1927); Liberty Gem Mines, Inc., Boise (1929); record of loans made by High and Fritchman for Elizabeth G. Toole of Payette (1924-1926); stock ledgers for the Little Lost River Land...
Dates: 1907 - 1935