Eli M. Oboler Library
Miscellaneous Manuscripts I Collection
MC027
Scope and Content
This collection is an "artificial" grouping of small manuscript collections which have been pulled together and filed by the author's name in order to simplify handling and filing. It consists of a number of articles, reminiscences, speeches, etc. about Idaho and Northwest history. Most items are one folder in length.
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Letter to S.E. Brady from James H. Brady - being the last written by Governor Brady from the State House in Boise before his term expired. |
| 2 | Address to the Pioneers of Idaho County given at Mount Idaho, Territory by Loyal P. Brown, 6/13/1888, presenting the history of Idaho |
| 3 | ... life in Idaho Territory by Laura Clara Coffin |
| 4 | Original Manuscript of CAMAS, AN HISTORICAL NOVEL with Addenda by Tracy Coker |
| 5 | Original Manuscript of CAMAS, AN HISTORICAL NOVEL with Addenda by Tracy Coker (pt. 6-8) |
| 6 | Original Manuscript of CAMAS, AN HISTORICAL NOVEL with Addenda by Tracy Coker (pt. 9 and epilogue) |
| 7 | "Tolo" Article concerning the Indian Woman Tolo and the Nez Perce War" by H.W. Cone |
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | "The Indian Sun Dance", by Ersal Cornelison - copy of a record in the summer of 1937 from Mrs. Julia Ballard, Bannock Indian at Fort Hall |
| 2 | "Fort Hall and its Indians" by Ersal Cornelison - Address delivered by Mrs. Cornelison, Fort Hall, Idaho, to the State Convention of Business & Professional Women's Club (6/2/37) |
| 3 | Journal of Charles Dalton for the years 1855-1856 concerning his experiences as a member of the Fort Lemhi Mission |
| 4 | Challis Chinook, paper edited by the Fire Dispatcher, Challis National Forest, Challis Idaho (1/15/37) |
| 5 | "Shoshone-Bannock News - a bulletin devoted to the interests of the Indians and staff of the Fort Hall Reservation (1941-42, incomplete) |
| 6 | Reminiscence of Charles Furey |
| 7 | Reminiscence of Charles Furey (incomplete) |
| 8 | Reminiscence of Charles Furey (originals) |
| 9 | Reminiscence of Charles Furey (incomplete) |
| 10 | Reminiscence of Charles Furey (originals) |
| 11 | Reminiscence of Charles Furey (originals) |
| 12 | Reminiscence of Charles Furey (incomplete) |
| 13 | "The Fort Hall Indian" by G. A. Gross - "Shoshone-Bannock Tevope" (Vols. 1-10, 1936) |
| 14 | "The Fort Hall Indian" by G. A. Gross - "Shoshone-Bannock Tevope" (Vols. 2-4, incomplete) |
| 15 | Financial statement re: resources and liabilities of Harkness, McCammon, Idaho and signed by H.O. Harkness |
| 16 | Life Among the Piutes, Their Wrongs and Claims by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (typed, unabridged copy) |
| 17 | Life Among the Piutes, Their Wrongs and Claims by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (typed, unabridged copy) |
| Folder | Description |
| 1 | Toll fares in 1869 from Corrine to Montana (intermediate stations included) as given By Henry E. Jenkins |
| 2 | Reminiscences, relating to the author's childhood in Sweden, his conversion to Mormonism, his journey to Logan, Utah, etc. by Olaf P. Johanson |
| 3 | Two articles by O.E. Kirkpatrick
1. First Mining Laws of the Leesburg Mining District 2. Methods of Pioneer Gold Mining in Leesburg, Idaho |
| 4 | Chart of supply points for Leesburg in 1866 with explanatory notes by O.E. Kirkpatrick |
| 5 | "John David Wood, Idaho Pioneer and Empire Builder" by O.E. Kirkpatrick |
| 6 | Material on James N. Lawrence (1813-1911), pioneer and saloon keeper in Boise, Idaho and on the Naked Truth Saloon in Boise by Charlton Laird |
| 7 | "The Prophecy of the Class of "60" relating the author's visit to a fortune teller in California in 1906. (Academy of Idaho) by Joseph Neilson |
| 8 | Days of Old Fort Hall (a drama) by Vio Mae Powell |
| 9 | Reminiscences (autobiography) by Francis Mylon Redfield |
| 10 | The Spaldings' Journey - 1935-1840 by Eliza Hart Spalding |
| 11 | "Special to Officers" - Stoddart & Co. |
| 12 | "Indian Troubles on the Sublette Cut-Off" by Leslie Sudweeks |
| 13 | Various information concerning stage fare and stage stations in Utah, Idaho and Montana, original appended to accession notes ... by Judge Swanner |
| 14 | Notes on John Colter, the discoverer of the area of which is now the National Park. Yellowstone, and the Colter Stone in the Grand Teton National Park - U.S. Interior Dept. |
| 15 | Documents of homestead and mining claim - U.S. Land Office |
| 16 | "Idaho's First Steam Engine" by Oran Whittacker |
| 17 | Letter to H.O. Harkness from P.L Williams re: Railroad's right-of-way |
| 18 | Description and two pencil drawings of the covered wagon in which the author crossed the plains in 1879 by Orah J. Wilson |