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Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Mr. and Mrs. Garden Workshop papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0597
Summary

Includes correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, awards, and miscellaneous items of the Mr. and Mrs. Garden Workshop. Mostly, all of the above listed items were combined in scrapbooks.

Dates: 1954 - 1985

Penitentiary cornerstone collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0308
Summary

Contents of an 1870 cornerstone from a cellhouse building at the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary. Includes correspondence, lists of fraternal lodge members, various almanacs and newspapers, coins, seals and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1856 - 1870

Pinney, James Alonzo, papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0290
Summary

Correspondence, ledgers, date books, programs, and miscellaneous materials relating to the operation of the Columbia and Pinney theaters in Boise, Idaho; correspondence with family members.

Dates: 1870 - 1926

Potter P. Howard scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0350
Summary

Clippings concerning the business activities of Potter P. Howard in Boise, Idaho, and Boise's growth during his two terms as mayor, 1947-1951.

Dates: 1947 - 1951

Ralph Robinson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0753
Summary

Includes a savings passbook for the Boise City National Bank (1915); greeting cards; banquet programs; various receipts; and a pamphlet titled "The French Liquor Dealer's Guide" (1920).

Dates: 1902 - 1920

Richard C. Adelmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0508
Summary

Personal and business correspondence, financial records, and published reports, relating to Adelmann. Includes records of mining activities in Ada and Boise Counties, Idaho; records of the plumbing business in Boise, Idaho, and tobacco and liquor sales in Boise in the 1880s and 1890s; correspondence from Charles Ostner, Lilia Ostner Adelmann and William Albert Adelmann; and photographs of Idaho and Montana scenes.

Dates: 1882 - 1964

Ross Bates correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0990
Summary

Personal correspondence of Bates, of Boise, Idaho, to family members in Nebraska. Also includes two photographs.

Dates: 1913 - 1917

Territorial Capital collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0641
Summary

Photostat copies and typed transcriptions of legal documents regarding the removal of the Idaho territorial capital from Lewiston to Boise.

Dates: 1864 - 1866

Truman Joiner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0533
Summary

Records relating to the Boise-Stanley Highway Association and subject files relating to Truman Joiner's personal interests and civic activities in Boise, Idaho.

Dates: 1959 - 1968

Tuesday Musicale collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0611
Summary

Scrapbooks contain the club's cultural and fiscal activities, including membership lists, fiscal statements, momentos, newspaper clippings, and programs of music and dance events sponsered by the Boise Tuesday Musicale, and photographs of social events.

Dates: 1987 - 1993

Unidentified Boise wholesale produce company's account book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0579
Summary

Account book detailing sales to Boise area retailers and others by a Boise, Idaho wholesale produce company.

Dates: 1906 - 1907

United States. Post Office Dept. Post Office (Boise, Idaho) records (1912-1927)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1044
Summary

Describes post office expenses, including salaries for substitute carriers.

Dates: 1912 - 1927

Valentine's Day cards

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/1254
Summary

Collection contains Valentine cards from Boise, Idaho. One has a small fanfold of pictures of Boise structures and scenes. Cards were sent from Orville Miller.

Dates: 1911.