Idaho State University

Scope and Content

This collection is a grouping of small manuscript collections which have been pulled together; the source and/or the author are not known for many items. It consists of articles, reminiscences, speeches, etc. about Idaho and Northwest history.

Box 1

Folder	Description
1	Early Settlers in Salmon by Clara Bates
2	Short autobiography by Brigham Dunn
3	Reminiscences of F. W. Monteith (Frances Whitman Monteith)
4	Three short biographies - authors unknown
5	Letter concerning the discovery of Columbia River by Spaniard Heceta and early trading posts in the Northwest from Barry J. Neilson
6	Letter to unknown addressee describing the seal of the Hudson's Bay Company from Thomas Nelson
7	First irrigating ditches and first irrigation case by Isaac E. McDougall
8	Names of towns and cities derived from names of early settlers by E.E. Calvin
9	"Abstracts of Salmon River Paper" a study of the topography of Central Idaho - author unknown
10	Paper on the Birch Creek Massacre during the Nez Perce War of 1877 - author unknown
11	"Volunteer survivor recalls battle with Indians east of Cottonwood" by Henry C. Johanson
12	"Birch Creek" an article on incidents in the Nez Perce and the Bannock Wars by W. C. Smith
13	"The Misfortunes of Joseph: A view of the Nez Perce War" (pt. 1 and 2) by Edmund Morrison
14	Copy of a letter to PR Information, Salmon Idaho, about historical incidents that occurred near Wallace Ranch in Panther Creek, Idaho, from F.W. Godden
15	"Historical Facts about McCall" - author unknown
16	Early Medicine in Idaho (parts 1 and 2) by Dr. Samuel D. Allison
17	Early Medicine in Idaho (parts 3 and 4) by Dr. Samuel D. Allison
18	Early Medicine in Idaho (part 5) by Dr. Samuel D. Allison
19	Idaho Topography, attachments: Manuscripts and sorted according to subjects - authors unknown
20	Idaho Prehistory - author unknown
21	Mines and mining in Idaho - author unknown
22	Rural Economy - author unknown
23	Local History - author unknown
24	Historical Legends - author unknown
25	Historical Legends - author unknown
26	Historical Legends - author unknown
27	Beliefs and Customs - author unknown
28	Tall Tales - miscellaneous - authors unknown
29	Epitaphs - miscellaneous - authors unknown
30	Folk Poetry - authors unknown
31	Local history, topography and folklore fragments - author unknown

 

Box 2

Folder	Description
1	Four short stories by J. Whitta Stinson
2	Chapter of a novel on a California theme - author unknown
3	"Idaho's recent progress and future possibilities" by Gwenn Johnston
4	"Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains" - author unknown
5	Letter to C.A. Bottolfsen, Arco, Idaho, listing North American Indian women noted in history, from the Smithsonian Institution
6	History, topography, population and present management from Fort Hall Indian Reservation
7	The Shoshone and Bannock Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation - author unknown
8	"To all Indian Mothers and Young women on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation" an appeal to Indian women to participate in ... by F.A. Gross
9	"Information regarding the Fort Hall Indian Reservation" by F.A. Gross
10	A paper on the history of Fort Hall - author unknown
11	Fort Hall Sun Dance by Dorothy Nichols
12	Official publication of the Pocatello CCC District - Pocatello Chieftain
13	Twelfth Biennial Report of the Trustees of the State Historical Society, 1929-1930
14	List of names, addresses and dates or arrival of former pioneers in Pocatello who can to "No More Frontier" in 1932 - author unknown
15	Extract from addresses made by George H. Smith August 20, 1915 at a celebration of the new Pocatello passenger station
16	Appeal to UISB, faculty members for cooperation in improving the moral atmosphere surrounding the youth of Pocatello by Pocatello Ministerial Association
17	Report on Peace Meeting at Pocatello, Idaho, Armistice Day, 1936 by Alexander W. Gross
18	Local political propaganda. Leaflet undersigned "Pocatello Ripley"
19	Two political speeches by Senator Atlee Pomerene, 1932
20	"A letter, purporting to have been written by Jesus Christ and handed from the Hebrew language"
21	Homing pigeons (with bibliographical note)
22	Extract from "The Cave Culture of Arkansas" by W. M. Walker
23	Copy of "Further Investigations on Evidence of Early Man in Florida" taken from Exploration and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution
24	"An Indian Conversation in Sign Language" by G. Mallery
25	Article on prehistoric sites on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, fragment of "Challis Chinook" - Sheepeater Indians
26	Nine holders of Mining Claims on the bank of the Snake River. Petition of Governor W.H. Wallace, Idaho Territory concerning the abandonment of mining claims because of threat of hostile Indians.
27	Certificate for George West (porter) from the Great Northern Railway, 1882
28	The Idaho Education Association Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2/20/37
29	A logging contract with Eugene Allmann from Cloquet Lumber Company
30	National Youth Administration, Boise, Idaho, consisting of Shoshones, Bannocks and Sheepeaters, taken in July 1886
31	Letter to G.H. Curtis, secretary of State, Boise, Idaho to persons interested in Idaho Territorial ...
32	"History of Idaho" - outline of a work on the history of Idaho - author unknown
33	Five sketches of early settlers in Malad, Idaho - artist unknown
34	"Thumb-nails of Idaho History" nine sketches of historical incidents and characters in Idaho by Glenn Balch
35	References and excerpts by one and the same hand from miscellaneous publications and manuscripts concerning Idaho history - authors unknown
36	"The Literary Significance of Lincoln" by Robert A. Hume - aired on KSEI Radio
37	"Snakes" by Victor E. Jones - aired on KSEI Radio
38	"What Forestry offers to Youth of Today" by Ralph R. Wilson - aired on KSEI Radio
39	"Important Investigations into the Stratosphere" by Steven R. Meadows - aired on KSEI Radio
40	"Food Poisoning" by Dorothy D. Faris - aired on KSEI Radio
41	"Vocational Choices" by Walter C. Shipley - aired on KSEI Radio

Box 3

Folder	Description
1	"An ideal Method of Reducing a Speech to a Brief: Illustrated by a Brief of Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America" by James W. McCandless
2	The Work Plan, A method of Attack for the Solution of a Problem by Analysis by William Iler Crane
3	The Work Plan, A method of Attack for the Solution of a Problem by Analysis by William Iler Crane
4	Service Programs of the First Congregational Church, Pocatello, for May 17, 23, 26, 1937 and May 15, 1938
5	Menu of the Arcade Café, Dawson, Yukon Territory
6	The Eight Ball, Vol. I, No. I, 9/1953 (first issue of the Fort Hall Indian Agency Newsletter)
7	Letters to Miss Deloorez Bartlett and Mr. A.W. Bartlett, Menan, Idaho from Mrs. Ennice Bartlett
8	A relation, in four parts, of the history of Shoshoni and Bannock tribes, topography treatise with the government, churches and school system and general progress
9	"Charles Coulson Rich, Pioneer Builder of the West" by John Henry Evans
10	"Dreamers they were, those pioneers" by John Cradlebaugh