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Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

John Cuddy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0170
Summary

Financial records (1868-1902), of the Cuddy Flour Mill and Mercantile store established in 1868 by Cuddy and Edwin Tyne at Rush Creek, Idaho, and at Salubria, Idaho, in 1874. Also included is correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and memorabilia of the Cuddy family members relating to family life and activities at Salubria, the University of Idaho, and Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1868 - 1956

John Jedlick papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0390
Summary

Financial records of Jedlick's Boise Cigar and Tobacco Company, which include sales, collection, and account books. Also included is material pertaining to the Cosmopolitan Club of Boise and the Midway Bar of Boise, E. Williams, proprietor.

Dates: 1903 - 1915

John Martin Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0044
Summary

American Anti-saloon League correspondence and scrapbook (1906-1917); minutes of meetings (1905-1908); miscellaneous clippings relating to League activities and prohibition.

Dates: 1900 - 1917

John R. Hart papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0520
Summary

Personal property, photographs, postcards, clippings and memorabilia concerning the Hart family of Boise, Idaho, including material from Hart's military career in China (1918) and from Hawaii (1932).

Dates: 1917 - 1932

John T. Morgan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0018
Summary

Collection includes political, business, and legal correspondence (1864-1890); legal opinions.

Dates: 1864 - 1899

Joseph M. Downs papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0374
Summary

Personal correspondence (1911-1945); photographs, educational and fraternal memorabilia; programs from the First Presbyterian Church (1928-1929), First Methodist Episcopal Church (1923), and the First Baptist Church (1919-1964), all of Boise, Idaho; physician's daybook and journal (1885-1896, 1 vol.).

Dates: 1911 - 1964

Juanita Hormaechea scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0432
Summary

Predominately newspaper clippings about the Euzkaldunal Organization, Oinkari Basque Dancers, and various social, civic, and charitable activities of the Basques in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada. Some correspondence and programs are also included. Contents are copies from Hormaechea scrapbook.

Dates: 1928 - 1965

Julius W. Brose papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0416
Summary

Correspondence; autobiography; photographs; picture postcards of many Boise, Idaho, scenes; yearbooks of the Kuna (Idaho) Improvement Club (1920-1939), the Women's Betterment Club (Emmett, Idaho), and the Women's Study League (Pocatello, Idaho); memorabilia; a personal account book (1907-1918); and an account book for the Hillcrest Irrigation District, Boise, Idaho (1913).

Dates: 1889 - 1939

Katherine Vernon Tennyson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0610
Summary

Memorabilia from Tennyson's teenage years in the 1950's and 60's including local and high school newspapers, fliers from dances, musicals and dramatic productions, sporting events and Job's Daughters activities.

Dates: 1952 - 1966

Lafayette Cartee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0376
Summary

Letters from Cartee to his daughter (1865-1867); memorabilia of Cartee's family; wedding announcement of Carrie Cartee and Fremont Wood.

Dates: 1865 - 1941

Langmaid, George W., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0267
Summary

Journal of an automobile trip from Boise to Baltimore, Maryland, and return (1915-1916); student sketch book of maps, photographs, membership card for a "Pioneer of Idaho Territory" and a postcard (1876), to S.G. Langmaid, Middleton, Idaho.

Dates: 1876 - 1916

League of Women Voters of Boise papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0386
Summary

The collection consists of organizational records from 1946-1980, as well as state and national materials. Also included are financial records, the League's work on education, water and environmental issues, foreign policy materials, local state and national government issues, including voter service materials. There are also materials on other subjects with which the League has been involved and various printed materials.

Dates: 1946 - 1980

Lewis W. Gowen record book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0119
Summary

Record of sermons, funerals, marriages and baptisms.

Dates: 1864 - 1935

MaBelle Meholin letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0631
Summary

Collection of letters dated 1903-1913 from MaBelle Meholin of Boise to Hazelle Armstrong of Butte, NE. In these letters she descibes her life as a teenager referring to activities and events in Boise.

Dates: 1903 - 1913

Marian Munro Frahm papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0041
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;...
Dates: 1900 - 1948

Marion K. Fox papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0336
Summary

Diaries and work logs (1917-1920) kept by a lineman, foreman, substation operator, and dispatcher for the Idaho Power Company; correspondence and miscellaneous material relating to the Boise Valley Traction Company and the Idaho Traction Company; family photographs and memorabilia.

Dates: 1922 - 1942

Mary McGinley Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1163
Summary

A map and a statement describing residents of South Boise prior to 1907.

Dates: 1992.

Mike Silva papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0441
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...
Dates: 1963 - 1981

Mina C. Faris reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0803
Summary

Reminiscences of Faris about the early years of her marriage to Fred Faris and an account of how the railroad came to Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1973

Minnie Priest Dunton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0613
Summary

Several handwritten speeches, letters, scrapbooks, photographs and other personal records of Dunton's community involvement. Significant material regarding Rebekah lodges, suffrage issues, including correspondence with Sen. Borah, and several signed letters of recommendation from Boise lawyers and other prominent citizens.

Dates: 1885 - 1920