Idaho State University

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, diaries/journals of summer work in Yellowstone Park (1930s to 1965), news clippings, pamphlets, some manuscripts of books and articles, lecture notes, etc. Topics included are: the Nez Perce Indians, "Beaver Dick" Leigh, Lewis & Clark, Old Oregon Trail etc.

Finding Aid

Series 1: Biographical Information

Box 1

Folder		Description
1		Biographical Information
2		Draft - Sixteen Years of Educational Endeavor in Idaho (part 2) Preparation for Life (part 1)
3		Draft - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 2) Teaching in High School in Idaho
4		Draft - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 3) 20 years at Ricks College
5		Draft - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 4) Launching Idaho State College 1-10
6		Draft - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 5) Yellowstone Park Summers 1-10
7		Draft - Sixty Years of Educational Endeavors in Idaho (preface and intro) 1-3
8		Final - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 1) 1-3
9		Final - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 2) 1-6
10		Final - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 3) 1-9
11		Final - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 4) 1-5
12		Final - Sixty Years in Idaho (part 5)

Box 2 Memoirs

Folder		Description
1		Draft - Yellowstone Memoirs (part 1)
2		Draft - Yellowstone Memoirs (part 2)
3		Draft - Yellowstone Memoirs (part 3)
4		Draft - Yellowstone Memoirs (part 4)
5		Distinguished Service Award to Merrell Beal from Ricks College, 1968
6		Item 1     U of I Commencement Address, 1971 Item 2     Correspondence re: Governor's Award, 1971 Item 3     U of I Commencement Program, 1971 Item 4     U of I brochures (2) 1970, 1971 Item 5     Newspaper clippings, 1971
7		Idaho Governor's Award 1970-1971

Box 3 Journals

Items		Description
Item 1		Journal: Inscription inside front page reads "This volume contains data recorded during Parks Summer Seasons from 1952 to 1959 in Yellowstone Park. It also contains journal material including ISC School Years from 1953 to 1951."
Item 2		Journal: Inscription inside front page reads "This volume contains journal entries comprehending college years from 1938-1959."

Box 4 Journals

Items		Description
Item 1		Small blue journal - Yellowstone Park Diary (journal) Summer, 1939, 1941, 1942
Item 2		Small blue journal - Pullman, WA: October 1942- June 16, 1942
Item 3		Green journal - Madison JC. 1962, 1963, 1964
Item 4		Green journal - 1 Yellowstone Park, 1964 and 1965
Item 5		Green journal - 2 M.D. Beal College, #2 ISC
Item 6		Green journal - 3 M.D. Beal, #3/ISU 1965-66, 1966-67
Item 7		Green journal - 4 Post ISU, 1967-1968 #IV

Box 5 Journals

Items		Description
Item 1		Green journal - 5 Post ISU, 1968-1969-1970
Item 2		Green journal - 6 Post ISU, 1970-1971-1972-1973
Item 3		Green journal - 7 Post ISU, 1973-1974-1975-1976
Item 4		Green journal - Book 8, 1976-1981
Item 5		Green journal - #9, 1981-1982, 1983-1984

Series 2 Family (includes some correspondence)

Box 6 Beal Family - Idaho

Folder		Description
1		Beal, M. David (son of MDB), miscellaneous documents, 1951, 1981
2		Beal, J. Burns and family, miscellaneous documents, 1968-1978
3		Miscellaneous correspondence, news clips, 1968-1975

Beal Family - Utah

Folder		Description
4		Miscellaneous family members, 1944-1963
5		Barbara Beal, 1967-1977
6		Beal, George A. and Melinda, undated
7		Beal, George Max and sons, Robert Max and George Max II, 1969-1971
8		Neil, Henry K. and family, undated
9		Beal, Richard (nephew), 1980-1984
10		Isaacson, Thorpe Beal, 1965-1971
11		Tuttle family, 1977-1980

Series 3 Correspondence

Box 7

Folder		Description
1		Business and miscellaneous, 1963-1984
2		Political, 1928-1974
3		General, 1964-1978
4		General, 1955-1985
5		Idaho Governor's Office and other government entities, 1941-1975
6		Idaho Historical Society, 1959-1980
7		Barry, Neilson J., 1943-1949
8		Barry, Neilson J., 1953-1959 and undated
9		Barry, Neilson J., undated material and maps - Lewis and Clark
10		Student recommendations by MDB, 1963-1982

Series 4 Publications

Box 8 Books/Manuscripts (includes correspondence relating to specific books)

Folder		Description
1		Authorship - general, 'Idaho Epics'- Idaho State Journal, 1964-1981
2		Bibliography-Beal publications, 1962-1984
3		Introductions and Forwards by M. D. Beal, correspondence, 1961
4		'History of Idaho' (book), newspaper clippings, book jackets, undated
5		'History of Idaho' correspondence, 1960
6		'History of Idaho State College' manuscript part 1
7		'History of Idaho State College' manuscript part 2
8		'I Will Fight No More Forever' correspondence, 1958-1984
9		'I Will Fight No More Forever' correspondence, book jacket, 1963-1973
10		'I Will Fight No More Forever' forward by Dutch Herman, undated
11		'Intermountain Railroads' (book), jackets, correspondence, news clippings, 1964-1978
12		'Intermountain Railroads' correspondence, 1966-1968
13		'60 Years of Educational Endeavors in Idaho, 1924-1984'
14		'Story of Man in Yellowstone' copyright, correspondence, book jackets, 1949-1976
15		'History of Southeastern Idaho', 'Utah Northern Railroad', book jackets, Correspondence, newspaper clippings, 1951-1985

Box 9 Books by Merrill Beal

Folder		Description
1		'Intermountain Railroads: Standard and Narrow Gauge'
2		'The Story of Man in Yellowstone'
3		'Henry Allen Beal and George Washington Bean, Pioneers of the Utah Frontier'
4		'A History of Southeastern Idaho'
5		'History of Idaho State College'
6		'The Snake River Fork Country'

Box 10 Articles

Folder		Description
1		Miscellaneous articles and publications, 1950-1976
2		Idaho articles, 1954-1976
3		'Bannock County nears 75th Birthday Anniversary', 1968
4		Cherish ISU, printed in ISU Alumni Bulletin, 1967
5		Bannock Stake on Zion, 1980
6		Non-Idaho, 1963 and undated
7		Non-Idaho, undated
8		Abraham Lincoln, 1981
9		Big Hole Basin, Montana and correspondence re: Montana Historical Society, 1974-1977
10		Brigham Young's Indian Policy (in Deseret News), 1937
11		Narrative on Mid-East Tour, 1974
12		'The Montana Vigilantes' (manuscript), undated
13		Staging of Celebrations constitutes antithesis of Rioting (essay), 1968
14		Tribute to Mormon Pioneers, undated
15		'Seeing Idaho' (magazine), 1937
16		Book Reviews by Beal and related correspondence, 1963-1979
17		Book Review, 'The Bannock of Idaho by Madsen, review by Bessie Beal and J. Swinney, 1958
18		Poetry by and about MDB and others, 1940-1976

Series 5 Research Files and Lecture Notes

Box 11 Lecture Notes

Folder		Description
1		Lecture/Tour notes, undated
2		Lecture notes for Bannock County and Pocatello, undated
3		Lecture notes/LDS, undated
4		Lecture notes, jokes, stories, Blue Books, undated
5		Lecture notes/LDS and Idaho Heritage, undated

Box 12 Research Files A - B

Folder		Description
1		Peter J. Albertson Journal, 1864-1869
2		Bannock County Historical Society (miscellaneous), 1963-1975
3		Bannock County Historical Society re: Museum, 1969-1973
4		Bannock County Historical Society re: Meetings, programs, 1974-1979
5		Bannock County Historical Society re: Trips, 1963-1983
6		Bannock County Historical Society re: Howard Mountain, 1983
7		Bannock County Historical Society re: Miscellaneous history, 1977-1981

Box 13 Research Files C

Folder		Description
1		Chief Joseph - Nez Perce articles Item 1 Big Hole Battlefield brochure Item 2 National Geographic, March, 1977 Item 3 The Georgia Review, June, 1982 Item 4 Montana Bi-Centennial-Golden Valley County Item 5 Idaho Yesteryears, Fall 1960, Winter 1959, Summer 1958, Fall 1965, Spring 1967 Item 6 'Hawks and Doves' by Eugene Tallmadge Wilson
2		Chief Joseph Autobiography as told by him
3		Chief Joseph Trail Ride, 1976, 1977
4		Chief Pocatello history, name, and documents, 1932-1958
5		Crime and Criminals re: Diamond Field Jack, 1901-1948
6		Crime and Criminals re: Miscellaneous, undated
7		Cultural Development re: Education 1956-1966
8		Cultural Development re: Education/Teachers, 1954-1968
9		Cultural Development re: Historical Societies and museums, 1937-1957
10		Cultural Development re: Journalism, 1975-1935
11		Cultural Development re: Libraries, 1961-1962
12		Cultural Development re: Miscellaneous, 1867-1959
13		Cultural Development re: Music, 1877-1961
14		Cultural Development re: Religion, 1934-1961

Box 14 Research Files D - H

Folder		Description
1		Education re: Miscellaneous, 1925-1958
2		Environment and Natural Resources: Hydroelectric power/Hells Canyon, 1954-1961
3		Environment and Natural Resources: Hydroelectric power, (misc.), undated
4		Environment and Natural Resources: Miscellaneous, undated
5		Fort Hall Item 1 Old Fort Hall - 1836-1920 (article) Item 2 Idaho Yesterday and Today - Old Fort Hall Item 3 Oregon Historical Society Quarterly, September 1957 and June 1957 Item 4 Fort Hall Script by Robert G. Waite, Ph.D., 1981 Item 5 Miscellaneous narratives, 1984
6		Fort Hall re: News clippings, articles, 1983-1984
7		Fort Hall re: Lecture notes, undated
8		Fort Hall re: 'Nathaniel Wyeth's Fort Hall' by Richard G. Beidleman, undated
9		Fort Hall re: Replica Consultant's Report, 1980
10		Fort Hall re: Replica miscellaneous, 1962-1981
11		Fort Hall re: News clippings, articles, 1935-1983
12		Fort Hall re: Replica meeting minutes, 1973-1984
13		Fort Hall re: Reservation and people, 1966-1975
14		Fort Henry re: Miscellaneous, 1927-1956
15		History re: U.S./West Bibliography

Box 15 Research Files I - M

Folder		Description
1		Idaho re: Miscellaneous, 1962-1970
2		Idaho Historical Society re: Historic Preservation Plan Sites, 1970
3		Indians re: Rosanne Abrahamson's Pow Wow, 1981 ('Birds')
4		Industry re: Miscellaneous, 1954-1961
5		Industry re: Idaho miscellaneous, 1953-1966
6		Industry re: Idaho mining, 1952-1963
7		Industry re: Idaho phosphate mining, 1949-1957
8		Industry re: Miscellaneous mining, 1926-1956
9		LDS Church re: Miscellaneous, 1845-1982
10		Lincoln, Abraham, 1957-1977
11		Miscellaneous, 1956-1971

Box 16

Nez Perce War of 1877-photocopies from microfilm (Table of Contents for boxes 16-20 Included) no folders, roll 1

Box 17

Nez Perce War of 1877-photocopies from microfilm, no folders, roll 2, 1-62

Box 18

Nez Perce War of 1877-photocopies from microfilm, no folders, roll 2, 63-92

Box 19

Nez Perce War of 1877-photocopies from microfilm, no folders, roll 3

Box 20

Nez Perce War of 1877-photocopies from microfilm, no folders, roll 4

Box 21 Research Files O - P

Folder		Description
1		Oregon Trail re: Miscellaneous, 1974
2		Pioneers re: Frontiersmen and explorers, 1856-1935
3		Pioneers re: Cattlemen, cattle, 1938
4		Pocatello re: Miscellaneous, pre 1900
5		Pocatello re: Miscellaneous, 1900-1949
6		Pocatello re: Miscellaneous, 1950-1985
7		Pocatello re: Annexation issue, 1950-1985
8		Pocatello re: Buildings (Stanrod, St. Anthony's, Meridell Park), 1970-1977
9		Pocatello re: Education, 1975
10		Pocatello re: ISU/Beal recognition, 1966-1980 (contains FERPA/Restricted)
11		Pocatello re: ISU/Beal retirement, 1966
12		Pocatello re: ISU miscellaneous, 1951-1970
13		Pocatello re: ISU/Library, Hemmingway Fund, 1968
14		Pocatello re: ISU/Library, miscellaneous, 1962-1968
15		Pocatello re: General, 1976
16		Pocatello re: Name, 1959-1967
17		Pocatello re: People, organizations, 1968-1978
18		Pocatello re: Pioneer Days and Centennial Celebration, 1982
19		Pocatello re: Railroad, 1975-1976
20		Pocatello re: Religion, 1973-1975
21		Portneuf re: Miscellaneous, undated

Box 22 Research Files R - Z

Folder		Description
1		Railroads re: U and N Monument (ISU campus), 1963-1964
2		Religion re: Prophet, 1928
3		South Dakota: Pamphlets, miscellaneous, undated
4		Territorial Centennial: Miscellaneous, 1962-1963
5		Territorial Centennial: Student papers (FERPA/Restricted), 1962-1963
6		Utah re: Utah Historical Society publication, 1965
7		Utah newspapers re: Deseret News, 1850 reprint
8		Utah newspapers re: Salt Lake Tribune, 1971 Centennial Edition
9		Yellowstone National Park re: Publications Item 1 Rules and Regulations, 1907 Item 2 Glimpses of our National Parks, 1941 Item 3 Songs of the Yellowstone Park Camps, undated Item 4 Camp Trails, 1953, 1955 Item 5 Trailside Notes, undated Item 6 Wilderness boating, undated Item 7 Bannock Indian Trail, 1964 Item 8 Brochures, 1966, 1974
10		Yellowstone National Park re: Publications Item 1 Yellowstone-Living Ecology, 1960 Item 2 Fountain Pot Trail, undated Item 3 American Journal of Science, 1954 Item 4 Birds of Yellowstone National Park, 1952 Item 5 Story of Old Faithful, 1961 Item 6 American Journal of Science, 1956 Item 7 Teton Valley News, August 1984
11		Yellowstone National Park re: Publications Item 1 Cubby in Wonderland, 1958 Item 2 Report of the Acting Superintendent, 1901 Item 3 Report of the Acting Superintendent, 1908 Item 4 Yellowstone National Park information, 1915 Item 5 Yellowstone National Park rates for Public Utilities, 1920 Item 6 Fountain Pot Nature Trail, undated

Series 6 Memorabilia

Box 23 Yearbooks

Items		Description
1		Annuals from Richfield, Utah High School, 1917, 1918
2		Annual from Sevier County, 1917, 1918 and 1919
3		Utonian, 1919
4		Utonian, 1922
5		Utonian, 1924

Box 24 Scrapbook

Items		Description
1		University of Utah Scrapbook, includes photos of friends, family, personal items, 1917-1924

Box 25 Idaho Yesterdays

Items		Description
1-19		Idaho Yesterdays, 1957-1982

Box 26 Miscellaneous Documents

Folder		Description
1		Maps of Lake Pend O'Reille, undated
2		Item 1 Program-Fort Hall Replica, 1981 Item 2 Program-Utah and Northern Monument, ISU, 2 photos, 1964
3		Item 1 Brochures (3) Fort Hall Replica, undated Item 2 'History of Idaho' by MDB, undated
4		Article reprinted from 'Industrial and Engineering Chemistry', November 1953
5		'History-Its Nature, Teachers, and Advocates' by MDB, 1952
6		Poetry by MDB, undated
7		'Yellowstone Canyon' by MDB, undated
8		Item 1 Dr. Henry Kennedy and Marie Peterson Neill biographical sketches by MDB Item 2 George Albert Beal biographical sketch by MDB, undated
9		Narrative of Mid-Tour by MDB, 1974
10		Fort Hall Replica documents, 1980
11		'I Will Fight No More Forever' documents, undated
12		The Idaho Press and Public Opinion, undated
13		Item 1 List of Published Works by MDB Item 2 Book jackets
14		Article-'Instructing the People: Recollections of William E. Borah' by MDB, undated
15		Miscellaneous Idaho Historical Society documents, undated
16		Brochure- Old Mission Park, undated
17		Program-ISC Jubilee, 1951
18		Western Political Quarterly, 1954
19		Intermountain Railroads promo, undated
20		Program-Inkom LDS Chapel, 1962
21		Newspaper clippings, 1966-1982
22		Idaho State Forrester, 1950
23		Idaho Bicentennial Reviews, 1974 and 1976
24		Photo-James Martineau, undated
25		The Professional Reviewer, 1962

Box 27 (Formerly MSS 223) Constructing the Lander Trail

Folder		Description
1		Constructing the Lander Trail by Peter T. Harstad, 1966
2		Item 1 Settlement of the American West by Joan M. Chandler (workshop pamphlets) Item 2 Yellowstone poems by MDB, undated
3		'Reminiscences of Oscar Sonnenkalb, Idaho Surveyor and Pioneer' edited by Peter T. Harstad, 1972 (3 copies)
4		Item 1 'Chief Joseph's People and Their War' by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., 1964 Item 2 Playbill-'Indians' Iowa Community Center, 1980
5		Miscellaneous publications and pamphlets Item 1 Economic Imperialism in the Early Pacific Northwest, 1940 Item 2 Hubert Howe Bancroft, Historian of Western America, undated Item 3 We Shall Gladly Teach, 1956 Item 4 Multiple Choice Questions: A Close Look, 1963 Item 5 Idaho Made the Desert Bloom, 1944 Item 6 Oral History Research Office, 1961-1962 Item 7 A Walking Tour of Historical Downtown Lewiston, undated Item 8 Settlement of the American West for Teachers, 1971
6		Item 1 Historians Handbook, 1964 Item 2 The Turner Thesis, 1956 Item 3 Falsifiers of History

Box 27 (Formerly MSS 224)

Folder		Description
7		'Snake River Fork Country' by Samuel M. Beal, 1935 (14 copies)
8		Family documents, undated
9		Poems about Yellowstone Park-NPS, undated
10		Railroad Magazines (3), December, February, May, no year
11		Popular Mechanics, 1954
12		Idaho Governors and Legislators, undated
13		American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions, undated
14		Tourist information, undated

Box 27 (Formerly MSS 225)

Folder		Description
15		'Snake River Fork Country' by Samuel M. Beal, 1935 (14 copies) Item 1 Exploration Unlimited by R.D. Burroughs, 1953 Item 2 Old Oregon Trail by Walter E. Meacham, 1948 Item 3 American Adventure by Robert H. Fletcher, 1945 Item 4 Lewis and Clark in Beaverhead County by Frank Harmon Garver, 1913 Item 5 Lewis and Clark (Washington State Historical Society, undated Item 6 Notes on the Oregon Trail, Bulletin # 27, 1930 Item 7 The Old Oregon Trail (The Old Oregon Trail Association), 1924 Item 8 Route of the Oregon Trail in Idaho (Idaho Dept. of Highways), 1963
16		Postcards, undated
17		Article re: Story of Bannock Stake of Zion by MDB, undated
18		Memorial Addresses given by MDB, undated
19		Material on the French Revolution, undated
20		Essays re: LDS: A Dynamic Church, undated
21		Miscellaneous essays by MDB, undated
22		Essays from long ago by MDB, undated

Box 28 (Formerly MSS 226) Idaho and the Nez Perce War

Folder		Description
1		letters to/from Hatley (Appaloosa Horse Club), 1961-1977
2		News clippings re: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce, undated
3		Correspondence re: Nez Perce research and publication prospects, 1959-1960
4		Contract and related material re: Nez Perce Society, 1958-1960
5		Profession correspondence on Nez Perce Project, 1959-1963
6		Correspondence re: 'I Will Fight No More Forever', 1960-1964
7		Miscellaneous trail ride data, 1976-1977
8		Chief Joseph Centennial Ride-1977 by MDB
9		General Information re: Big Hole, undated
10		Correspondence and related material re: Nez Perce War, 1959-1962
11		Article-Banishment of the Nez Perce, 1934
12		Material related to Idaho and the Nez Perce War, undated

Box 28 (Formerly MSS 227) Nez Perce Collection

Folder		Description
13		U.S. Forest Service material on Nez Perce Trail, 1977-1978
14		Photos of Beal, undated
15		Magazine-Appaloosa News (12 issues), 1961-1976
16		Correspondence re: Trail Ride, 1977-1978
17		Miscellaneous Trail Ride material, 1977-1978
18		Rules and Regulations of 1978 Chief Joseph Appaloosa Trail Ride

Box 29 (Formerly MSS 228) Nez Perce Collection

Folder		Description
1		Item 1 Sketches of Copenhagen Canyon-Bingham City, Utah, undated Item 2 Brochures-(2) Big Hole Battlefield
2		Material from the National Archives on Big Hole and Chief Joseph, 1877
3		Correspondence and related material re: Big Hole Battlefield, chasing hostile Indians, and miscellaneous documents, 1937-1977
4		Big Hole Battlefield history, 1967-1977
5		Introduction to and 'The Story of the Big Hole National Battlefield' by MDB, undated
6		'History of Montana's Big Hole Basin' by MDB, undated
7		Photos, postcards and related material re: Big Hole Battlefield and Wisdom, Montana, undated
8		Big Hole Battlefield Management Plan, undated
9		Biography of Nez Perce War, 1877

Box 29 (Formerly MSS 229)

Folder		Description
10		Magazines-(4) Appaloosa News, 1977-1978
11		Photographs (14) Bear Paw's
12		The Story of the Battle of Bear's Paw, undated
13		News clippings and related material re: Bear's Paw Battle
14		Correspondence re: The Academy of New Church, 1973
15		Correspondence (copies) from L.V. McWhorter, 1937
16		Material on Chief Joseph, undated

Box 29 (Formerly MSS 230) Miscellaneous

Folder		Description
17		Miscellaneous material on the American Revolution, undated
18		Miscellaneous material on political figures, undated
19		Item 1 Rolled-Geological timeline of Idaho Item 2 Chapter Outline for the American Nation History, undated Item 3 Crazy Horse Sculpture Postcards
20		History 122, U.S. since 1865 Bibliography
21		Student papers (Restricted/FERPA) and miscellaneous documents, 1950-1978
22		Miscellaneous material and American Frontiersman-Barkdull, Hugh, Thomas Jefferson
23		Miscellaneous historical material and world's largest painting (Getttysburg), undated
24		Item 1 Phonograph records (2) Literary Reading, History 122 Item 2 U.S. since 1865 bibliography and miscellaneous material on Herbert Hoover
25		Miscellaneous reports and articles on LBJ, Andrew Jackson and Jefferson, undated
26		Magazine article on JFK, undated
27		'Crossing the Lolo Trail', Public Domain Flow History, undated
28		Miscellaneous political material, 1971-1972

Box 30 (Formerly MSS 230A) Research Files-Miscellaneous

Folder		Description
1		Item 1 Article-'The Trail of Blood', undated Item 2 Miscellaneous material on Richard Nixon, 1974
2		Miscellaneous material on National Parks, Pearl Harbor, presidents, population
3		Theodore/Franklin Roosevelt, Railroads, John Randall, Redwood National Park
4		Alfred Smith biography, San Francisco Nob Hill, Santa Fe Trail, Secretary of War (Lincoln's), Sigmund Weiss book list, Supreme Court, Stevens, Sumner, Statue of Liberty, Stevenson, Stagecoach, etc.
5		Tests, Truman, Zachery Taylor, John Tyler
6		Hagerman Fossil Horse Quarry pamphlets, UPRR miscellaneous, Congressional Record, 1936, Benefits to Veterans

Box 30 (Formerly MSS 230B) Research Files-Miscellaneous

Folder		Description
7		WWII, Woodrow Wilson, Wendell Wilkie, Webster, Women, Washington
8		Lecture folder, bibliographies, miscellaneous
9		Miscellaneous student material and seminar notes
10		Miscellaneous notes and research material

Box 30 (Formerly MSS 231) Research Files-Miscellaneous

Folder		Description
11		Photographs-Chief White Bird, Yellow Wolf, Chief Peopeo Tholekt
12		Photographs-Fort Fizzle, Fort Missoula
13		Photographs-Big Hole Battlefield, miscellaneous
14		Photographs-Major Edward Mc Conville, General Nelson Miles, Captain J. H. Hubble, Scout S. G. Fisher, Scout Luther 'Yellowstone Kelly' Miles
15		Photographs-Miscellaneous Big Hole Battlefield, Ranger Merrill D. Beal
16		Photographs-5x7 unlabeled
17		Publications: Item 1 Indian Braves and Battles, 1967 Item 2 Society of Montana Pioneers, 1958 Item 3 Jacob Horner and the Indian Campaigns, 1942
18		Publications: Item 1 Research Studies of the State College of Washington, 1958 Item 2 ISU Journal of Arts and Letters, 1969 Item 3 Pamphlet: Big Hole Battlefield National Monument, undated
19		Publications: Item 1 The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 1936 and 1958 Item 2 Map of Beaverhead National Forest, undated
20		Miscellaneous information on the book and film, 'I Will Fight No More Forever'
21		Miscellaneous photographs of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce

Box 31 (Formerly MSS 232) Oregon Trail-Pamphlets-Miscellaneous

Folder		Description
1		Proposal to move Ricks College, undated (3) copies
2		Route of the Oregon Trail in Idaho, undated (2) copies
3		Item 1 The Oregon Train, 1974 (5) copies Item 2 Final Environmental Statement on the Oregon Trail Proposal, 1975
4		Item 1 Map Supplement-Oregon Trail Study Report, 1975 Item 2 The Oregon Trail.A potential Addition to the National Trails System, 1975
5		Item 1 Department of Interior Environmental Statement, 1975 (draft) Item 2 Idaho Historical Sign Program, undated
6		Report (draft), photo, cover letter re: Oregon Trail Study, 1974
7		Oregon Trail Study Meeting, 1973
8		Court Case #79-1097 State of Idaho vs. Rear Admiral Roland G. Freeman, III and the National Organization for Women, 1981
9		Historical Resource Study-Historic Sites Along the Oregon Trail, 1973
10		Miscellaneous material on Louisiana Purchase/Lewis and Clark, undated

Box 31 (Formerly MSS 233) The Salmon River Mission

Folder		Description
11		Salmon River Mission photographs, most undated, 1931
12		Salmon River Mission Thesis data, 1855-1955
13		Salmon River Mission and Abstract by Merrill Beal, 1950-1967
14		Bannock Stake Historical Sketch
15		Salmon River Mission Thesis and notes, 1854-1953
16		Salmon River Mission journals, early 1800's
17		Correspondence and related material re: Salmon River Mission, 1980

Box 32 (Formerly MSS 235) Miscellaneous

Folder		Description
1		Miscellaneous material on Madison River Canyon earthquake, 1959
2		Correspondence and related material re: Snake River Project, 1964-1971
3		Idaho Bicentennial, 1976
4		Correspondence and related material re: Elizabeth Walmsley Palmer Monument, 1974
5		Idaho Nomenclature/South Idaho's names
6		Ricks College 'Eighty Years' 1888-1968
7		Idaho Yesterdays, 1963 and 1957
8		A Tribute to Mrs. Merrill D. Beal, 1980
9		Publications Item 1 Faculty/Staff Publications, 1967 Item 2 Rendezvous, Spring 1967 Item 3 The Professional Reviewer, 1962 Item 4 ISU Alumni, December 1967
10		Miscellaneous articles by MDB, 1957-1975
11		Distinguished Service Award from Ricks College, 1977
12		Autobiography of Fred Dubois, typescript, undated
13		Proposed move to Ricks College, 1957

Box 32 (Formerly MSS 248) Speeches/Talks

Folder		Description
14		Talk outlines, undated
15		America, Hope of the World, 1973
16		Easter, The Atonement, undated
17		The True Church, 1973
18		LDS Culture, undated
19		Peace on Earth, undated
20		Book of Mormon, 1973
21		Unusual Aspects of Mormonism, undated
22		LDS re: Government, undated
23		Joseph Smith (Era), undated
24		LDS Church History, 1938
25		The Creation, 1970
26		Miscellaneous, undated
27		LDS Heritage, undated
28		Mormons re: Idaho Culture, undated

Box 33 Miscellaneous

Folder		Description
1		Term papers from students (Restricted/FERPA), 1960
2		Publications Item 1 Faculty/Staff Publications, 1967 and 1969 Item 2 Rendezvous, 1967 Item 3 Instructing the People by MDB (2 copies), undated Item 4 ISC Professional Review, 1962 Item 5 LDS Inkom Chapel Dedication program, undated Item 6 Fort Lemhi Dedication Monument program, (2 copies), undated Item 7 Downtown Pocatello Historical Walking Tour brochure, undated Item 8 Old Fort Hall Replica brochure, undated Item 9 ISU Bulletin, 1967
3		News clippings re: Beal, 1963-1973
4		News clippings re: Beal, 1968
5		Correspondence, articles, news clips, phonograph record re: Mormon Church and Negroes, 1947-1969
6		Correspondence from LDS Church Leaders, 1942-1979
7		Correspondence re: LDS Church Historical Arts Committee, 1974-1976
8		Peter Albertson's Journal (copy), 1886
9		Miscellaneous correspondence and related material, 1956-1970

Box 34 Beaver Dick Collection

Folder		Description
1		Miscellaneous notes and letters-History of Teton Valley, 1862-1938
2		Photographs/Beaver Dick and family, undated
3		Photographs/Beaver Dick and family, undated
4		Manuscript? Life and Labor in the Old South, 1932
5		Beaver Dick: Collection of Stories, 1864-1946
6		Letters and Diary pages, 1893-1938
7		Newspaper articles and pages of Book 2, 1945-1979
8		Correspondence and Introduction re: 'The Honor and the Heartbreak' (An Historical Biography of Richard (Beaver Dick) Leigh, 1982

Box 35 Beaver Dick Collection

Folder		Description
1		Correspondence, photographs, article in Scribner's Monthly re: The Ascent of Mount Hayden, photographs, 1899-1970, original Scribner's Monthly, 06/1873
2		Beaver Dick-The Honor and the Heartbreak (manuscript)
3		Miscellaneous news clipping re: Beaver Dick and others, 1945-1978
4		Miscellaneous correspondence re: Beaver Dick, 1980-1982
5		Article on Beaver Dick by MDB, undated

Box 36 and 37 Miscellaneous Documents/Background Research
(This box contains newspaper clippings, articles, brochures, pamphlets, papers with alphabetical dividers. Most undated and not necessarily in exact alphabetical order.)

Folder		Description
1		A-Articles, news clippings
2		Bannock and Bonneville Counties
3		Boise
4		William Borah
5		C-Articles, news clippings
6		C-Miscellaneous
7		D-Articles
8		E-Miscellaneous
9		F-Miscellaneous
10		Franklin, Idaho
11		I-Articles, news clippings
12		Indians
13		Idaho, Academy of
14		Idaho-Miscellaneous
15		K-Miscellaneous
16		L-Miscellaneous
17		Lemhi Indian Reservation
18		Massacre Rocks
19		M-Miscellaneous
20		N-Miscellaneous
21		O-Miscellaneous
22		Oregon Trail
23		P-Miscellaneous
24		R-Articles, news clippings
25		Railroad
26		Sacajawea
27		Stanrod House
28		Stuenberg
29		S-Miscellaneous
30		T-Miscellaneous
31		Transcontinental Railroad
32		V-Miscellaneous
33		W-Miscellaneous
34		XYZ-Miscellaneous

Box 38 Miscellaneous Documents

Folder		Description
1		Chapter 1-The Natural Environment
2		Chapter 9-Border of Empire-Fort and Boise
3		Chapter 5-Fort Henry
4		Lecture-Overland Explorations/Astorians Double Across Idaho
5		Trappers and Montana
6		David Thompson and the Northwesterners
7		The Eagle Screams
8		Ada County
9		Bingham County (Blackfoot)
10		Bannock Stake-Gentile Valley, Grace, Idaho
11		Bear Lake County
12		Blaine County
13		Bonneville County/Idaho Falls
14		Boise County and Boise Stake of Zion
15		Butte County/Custer County
16		Caribou
17		Cassia County/Burley
18		Custer County
19		Counties A-S
20		Counties C-W
21		Camas County
22		Canyon County
23		Elmore County
24		Fremont County/St. Anthony
25		Franklin County
26		Jefferson County/Rigby
27		Lincoln County/Shoshone County
28		Lemhi County
29		Minidoka Area
30		Marsh Valley/Portneuf River
31		Oneida County/Oneida Stake/Malad
32		Owyhee County
33		Teton Basin/Teton County
34		Twin Falls Area
35		Raft River Area
36		Shelley
37		Montana
38		Battle of the Little Big Horn/Custer's Battlefield
39		Oregon
40		Utah
41		Washington
42		Wyoming
43		Chapters from History of Idaho
44		Marler, George/Honorary Doctorate Degree
45		Territory of Idaho Act
46		Western Idaho Settlers

Box 39 Miscellaneous Documents

Folder		Description
1		Miscellaneous publications and Idaho/Nevada Travel Guides Item 1 BYU Studies Vol. XII (2) copies, 1971 Item 2 Reasons Why Industry likes Idaho, undated Item 3 Wagon Southwest, 1943 Item 4 Laucks Prospectors Guide, undated Item 5 Idaho Trails, undated Item 6 Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 1972
2		Life and Travels of Lewis Warren Shurtliff, 1871
3		The Salmon River Mission by Samuel M. Beal, undated
4		Account of the Mormon Attempt to Buy Fort Hall, undated
5		Interview with George F. Shoup, undated
6		Miscellaneous, undated
7		Neilson Barry maps, undated
8		David Thompson Map/Fort Henry, undated
9		Phonograph record re: Book review, undated
10		Clark's maps, 1807