Idaho State Historical Society Digital Collections
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United States. Bureau of Public Roads records
No full textRecords relating to highway construction in Idaho. Includes project history notebooks, maps, traffic reports, information on Coeur d'Alene and Shoshone reservation roads, and approximately ten feet of photographs showing highway construction in all parts of Idaho, sites before construction, construction methods, workcamps, winter scenes, and accidents
Indian claims cases collection
No full textDockets for cases before the Indian Claims Commission involving petitions by the Northern Paiute Nation and bands thereof for lands on the Mono and Paviotso tracts, Nevada and California (1965); the Shoshoni Tribe of Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, et al, for determination of control of Shoshoni lands in Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, California, and Utah (1962); and the Paiutes of western Nevada for compensation on claims in the Paviotso tract (1959)
Samuel James Dunlap papers
No full textThis collection details Samuel Dunlap who was a miner, entrepreneur and businessman in Idaho. Correspondence, articles of incorporation, and stock certificates relating to the Thunder Mountain Gold Mining Company and the Home Mining and Milling Company, Ltd., companies served as Dunlap as director. Also included are receipts from S.J. Dunlap and Company, a Spokane Falls, Washington, meat supplier; newspaper clippings relating to the Thunder Mountain gold fields; and photographs of mining towns and activities
Association for the Humanities in Idaho records
No full textNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) general correspondence; correspondence of the Association for the Humanities in Idaho executive director, Rose Bowman, and regional correspondence; material relating to the 1974 national meeting of state directors, the state committee, the Western Center for Program Development of the NEH, public relations publications, and miscellaneous
Earl Herbert Swanson manuscript
No full textSeveral annotated drafts and master copy of The Snake River Plain, accompanied by photographs and correspondence regarding publication
Catholic Church newspaper abstract collection
No full textTranscriptions of newspaper articles concerning local Catholic Churches and activities from newspapers in Boise, Idaho City, Silver City, and Lewiston, Idaho
Mike Silva papers
No full textPersonal 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 (1973-1981); photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers relating to his civic activities
Benjamin Walker Oppenheim papers
No full textCollection includes both legal files and personal papers. The original acquisition of 7 ft. included legal files from Oppenheim's practice, 1937-1945; accounts from his law partnerships with Shadrach L. Hodgin, 1913-1927 and Jacob M. Lampert, 1920-1937; and other miscellaneous materials. The original acquisition is unprocessed. In 2003, 1.25 cu. ft. of additional materials related by Mr. Oppenheim and his family were donated by a granddaughter, Jane Miller Jacobsen. A preliminary inventory this material (boxes 8 and 9) is available
Dorothy Boyle film
No full textColor film of assorted western subjects, including Idaho scenes at Sun Valley, Alturas Lake, Redfish Lake, Shoshone Falls, and Ketchum. Several fishing, winter snow, and skiing scenes are included