Eli M. Oboler Library
C.H. (Henry) Thomas Collection - Container Listing
MC053
Inventory of Boxes
Series 1 - Correspondence to Henry Thomas
Box 1
Folder Description 1 1863 2 1902 3 1903 4 1904 5 1905 6 1906 7 1907 8 1908 9 1909 10 1910 11 1911 12 1912 13 1913 14 1914 15 1915
Box 2
Folder Description 1 1916 2 1917 3 1918 4 1919
Box 3
Folder Description 1 1920 2 1921 3 1922 4 1923
Box 4
Folder Description 1 1924 2 1925 3 1926 4 1927 5 1928 6 1929
Box 5
Folder Description 1 1930 2 1931 3 1932 4 1933 5 1934 6 1935 7 1936 8 1937 9 1938 10 1939
Box 6
Folder Description 1 1940 2 1941 3 1942 4 1943 5 1944 6 1945 7 1946 8 1947 9 1948 10 1949
Box 7
Folder Description 1 1950 2 1951 3 1952 4 1953 5 1954 6 1955 7 1956 8 1957 9 1958 10 1959
Box 8
Folder Description 1 1960 2 1961 3 1962 4 1963 5 1964 6 1965 7 1966 8 1967 9 1968 10 1969 11 1970 12 1971 13 1972
Series 2 - Correspondence from Henry Thomas
Box 9
Folder Description 1 1918 - 1939 2 1940 3 1941 4 1942 5 1943 6 1944 7 1945 8 1946 9 1947 10 1948 11 1949
Box 10
Folder Description 1 1950 2 1951 3 1952 4 1953 5 1954 6 1955 7 1956 8 1957 9 1958 10 1959 11 1960 11 1961 11 1962 11 1963 11 1964 11 1965 17 1966 17 1967 19 1968 20 1969 21 1970-1972
Series 3 - Correspondence to/from Government offices and Universities
Box 11
Folder Description 1 Washington University, 1942-1964 2 Idaho State University, 1949-1971 3 Multiple Universities, 1907-1969 4 Smithsonian, 1968 5 United States Senate/Congress, 1905-1967 6 United States Veteran Bureau, 1922-1969 7 Department of the Interior, 1917-1962
Series 4 - Miscellaneous
Box 12
Folder Description 1 Taxes, 1919-1971 2 Insurance, 1919-1970 3 Receipts/Invoices, 1930-1972 4 Gas bills, 1969-1972 5 Power bills, 1965-1971 6 Phone bills, 1969-1971 7 Brand registration, registration papers for a horse, livestock contract with R.R. 8 Thomas Family Tree and Henry Thomas Birth Certificate 9 Legal documents: Court summons, water agreement, land disputes, 1915-1940 10 Application for employment, undated
Series 5 - Bank Statements
Box 13
Folder Description 1 1912-1927 2 1934 3 1935 4 1936 5 1937 6 1944 7 1945 8 1946 9 1949
Box 14
Folder Description 1 1950 2 1951 3 1952 4 1953 5 1954 6 1955 7 1956 8 1957 9 1958 10 1959
Box 15
Folder Description 1 1960 2 1961 3 1962 4 1963 5 1964 6 1965-1966 7 1967-1968 8 1969 9 1970 10 1971
Series 6 - Memorabilia
Box 16
Folder Description 1 Cassette tapes (4) Thomas Family interviews, 1978 and 1980 2 War Ration Books (3), 1944 3 Business cards, licenses, i.e. fishing, drivers, etc., 1954-1967 4 News clippings, most undated, 1943-1950 5 Advertisements, notices, promotional material, undated
Box 17
Folder Description 1 List of books donated to Idaho State University 2 Traveler's checks (3) $40.00 3 Redeemable stamp books i.e. green, gold 4 Plain book covers 5 Journals (2) black; 1 dated 1910, 1 undated 6 Handy Book of Blotters 7 Address books (2) 8 Pocket calendars (6) 3 undated, 3 dated 1959, 1960, 1961 9 Brown leather check book cover 10 Checks books (20) 1935-1962
Series 7 - Greeting Cards
(The material in this series have been loosely sorted, the material is not in folders and has not been removed from envelopes.)
Box 18
Box 19
Box 20
Box 21
Box 22
Series 8 - Oversized material
This series consists of (1) folder containing a Conservation Program for Henry Thomas and an Aerial map, 1958