The contents of manuscript collection MS 474 (Arthur H. Hays) were transferred to MS 574 in 1995. The collection now contains 6 boxes, box- 1-4 personal papers and photographs, box 5 - Kuna history and box 6 - oversize photos.
Streets; Stores & shops;Automobiles; City & town life; Cityscapes; Cityscape photographs; Buildings; Business districts;
North 8th Street. Left: Union Pacific Ticket Office, Jensen-Graves Stationary, Wonderbar (beer), Falk Mercantile, Idaho Hardware. Right: Capital Cleaners, Mercanafe Cafe (211 N. 8th), First Federal Savings and Loan.
Civil War, Solider's Home, Presbyterian Church, Missouri, Montana, Idaho, President McKinley, Republican Ticket, Territorial Politics, U.S. Military
Manuscript collection for Colonel Peter R. Dolman (born 1833, died 1904). Dolman was married twice with 3 children. He fought in the U.S. Civil War for the Missouri Volunteers, and was a "Progressive" Montana Politician. The Collection includes...
One photocopy of Smith's 1908 original diary with a typed transcript. The diary was written on a prospecting trip in Northern Idaho and Montana from July to November 1908. Robert Bush Smith was born on a farm in Big Flats, New York in 1882. As a...
Mining; Prospecting; Forms (Documents); Meetings; Ore industry;
Collection of documents, letters and assessments, pertaining to Triumph Mining Company. These documents cover the different mining claims owned by the Triumph mine and discusses the differences between the mine with the same name from the 1880s.
Personal letter concerning experiences during the Thunder Mountain, Idaho, gold rush. Describes a prospecting trip that began in Meadows, Idaho and the ways that the trail was outfitted with gear and essentials. Describes the types of food and the...
Mining; Forms (Documents); Certificates; Stock certificates; Money;
Stock certificates for the Grey Eagle, Silver City Mining and Milling Company and the May Queen Mining Company of Silver City; also includes prospectus for the May Queen Mining Company.
Letter written to a friend from Bolton, Idaho describes family, and life in a mining town. Describes dancing, skating, parties, sleighing and snow in Deer Creek area. Describes the process of buying stock in the mining company and says to, "help a...
Legal documents, bills of sale, claims, and notices concerning mining operations at Churchill's Bar, Gold Hill, Dry Gulch, Elk Creek and Grey Back Gulch in the Boise Basin mining district, Idaho Territory.