Small Manuscripts and Subject Files, 1878-2018

Overview of the Collection

Title
Small Manuscripts and Subject Files
Dates
1878-2018 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 linear feet, (3 boxes and 1 drawer)
Collection Number
MSS 323
Summary
The Small Manuscripts and Subject Files contains primarily single-item or subject-created collections.
Repository
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is available for research.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Small Manuscripts and Subject Files contains primarily single-item or subject-created collections.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[item description], Small Manuscripts and Subject Files, Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Albertson, Joseph A. funeral program 1993
Albertsons History - The Old "Jerry Whitsitt" Sixteenth Street Albertsons Gang 1963-1967 (5 part history) 1963-1967
Albertsons LLC 2013
Allen, Frederick letter discussing ranching on the Lost River between Challis and Blackfoot 1886
Anderson, Dee articles of a Boise Junior College alumnus that died during World War II's D-Day Invasion 1940-1944
Arrowrock Dam 75th Anniversary Program 1990
Balch, Elise campaign platform statement concerning her position on Boise Junior College 1960
Barker, Jim Cambodia, marathon, Vietnam 1986-2016
Batt, Governor Philip E. inaugural program 1995
Batt, Governor Philip E. "Centennial Idaho" song manuscript
Bicycles 1973
Bishop, Marilyn Darlene, Boise Junior College diploma 1953
Blackaller, Dwayne "Artifacts"
"Artifacts" is a paper that was written for Professor Tom Trusky's English class. Blackaller received cards, letters, and audio-cassette tapes from his birth father, a gay man named David Marcum that lived in San Francisco and died of AIDS. Also includes two programs from Blackaller's exhibition called "(...dad...)".
2003
Blue Cross of Idaho, history 1971
Bogus Basin by Double R Ranch Poster
Boise Area Economic Development Council: Target Industry Analysis: Executive Summary 1988
Boise Aviation Anniversary, Cyril C. Thompson memorabilia 1926-1974
Boise Aviation Anniversary, flight reenactment 1976
Boise Cascade
Boise Foothills Open Space Campaign 2001
Boise Junior College Association brochure, "Boise needs a Co-Educational Junior College." 1932
Boise Peace Quilt circa 1991
Boise Tower sales packet 2001
Borah, William E. letter to W.O. Watts of Twin Falls 1935
"Boys of Boise" coverage, excerpts from Seattle Gay News 1990s
Brady, Jerry: Jerry Brady for Idaho Governor campaign buttons, bumper stickers, and balloons 2006
Brassey, Dorothy Barbour reminiscences of Boise Junior College, Class of 1941
Burmaster, Orvis
Photograph and correspondence between Orv Burmaster and Carl Latta, who served together in the Marine Corps in 1945, about Burmaster's life working on ranches, working as a fire lookout, and operating a saw mill.
1946-1953, 2005
Carver, John A., 90th birthday celebration DVD 2008
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Chapin, Ellis photographs of Jantz/Ayers car accident (Idaho Statesman) 1948
Chapman, John J. (1894-1943) biography presented by Joan Chapman Cooney 1999
Chinese in Idaho student papers for Professor Glen Barrett's history classes. One on Idaho City includes a map of the city from "about 1884" color coded to indicate White and Chinese businesses. 1972-1976
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), Boise, public tours of new temple 2012
Clark, Charles A., former commander of Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Idaho
"Community College YES" special election voting literature 2007
Craters of the Moon National Monument, correspondence and photographs 1923-1924
Dam, Son, Vietnam memorabilia 1975
"Damned and Dead in Boise" By Lonnie Willis
Briggs, Manley (dnr)
Derr, Hattie (1905—1994), Idaho's first female State Senator
Durham, Neal, Canyon County photographs 1906-1907
Egyptian Theatre
Falconry Periodical Articles
American Falconry, Volume 40 (Winter 2005) American Falconry, Volume 41 (Spring 2006) American Falconry, Volume 42 (Summer 2006) American Falconry, Volume 43 (Fall 2006) The Blue Darter: Annual Publication of the Georgia Falconry Association (2001/2002) The Blue Darter: Annual Publication of the Georgia Falconry Association (2004) The Blue Darter: Annual Publication of the Georgia Falconry Association (2005) Hawk Chalk, Volume 46, Number 1 (August 2006) Hawk Chalk, Volume 47, Number 3 (December 2006) National Geographic (July 1994) North American Falconers' Association Journal, Volume 45 (2006)
1994-2006
First Methodist Church Bulletin (October 11, 1953) 1953
Fisher, Bernard Francis, Congressional Medal of Honor memorabilia
Fisher, Vardis (Vardis Fisher autopsy report)
"Vardis Fisher: Hemingway's Strongest Critic" by Joseph M. Flora 1996
Fisher, Vardis We Are Betrayed letters that accompanied review copies 1934
Vardis Fisher Week Proclamation 1996-1997
Fitch, Harland E. letter to Mrs. Eloise Hamilton 1970
Gaming / Bingo. Coeur D'Alene Tribal Bingo Casino and Kootenai Tribal Casino.
Gann, Walter
Gerard, Morris. Memoir of his time as an American civilian contractor on Wake Island (1941-1945)
Hafer, Dick. Political cartoons of: the National Education Association, Governor John Evans, and Congressional candidate George Hansen
Three
1982, 1984
Harris, Gene funeral program 2000
Hayes, Edith, Rev. St. Michael Fackler 1984
Hayes, Marjorie Geddes, Conservation Materials
Marjorie Geddes Hayes, an Idaho conservationist, donated several small items related to conservation, including an essay on the Fall River Hydro Failure, an editorial and resolutions promoting conservation, and an article "Morphological Features of Small Streams: Significance and Function." Also included are photographs of Apollo 11 and Apollo 16.
1987-2001
Heglar, Clark historical reenactment, portrayal of Robert Limbert 1998
Hemingway, Ernest
Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, articles, Cuba colloquium, International Hemingway Conference, "Ernest Hemingway and the Modern Temper" Book League Monthly, "Notes Towards Future Hemingway Criticism" Gypsy
"Here's Boise" 1948
"Historic Houses: Hemingway in Idaho" Architectural Digest, by Jack Hemingway 1988
Holcolmb, A.A. (1850-1909) memoirs
Hudson, Helen notes on Vardis Fisher
Notes taken from lectures by Vardis Fisher when he was writer-in-residence at the College of Idaho in 1968.
Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial Guide
Idaho Department of Fish and Game 1987
Idaho First National Bank
Idaho Legisladies 1973-1974
Idaho Memorabilia (pins and iron-on patch)
Idaho Mining and Irrigation Company's Canal 1891-1892
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory 1977-2001
Idaho Nursing/St. Alphonsus - Jeanne Cooper 1950-2018
Idaho Songs
Idaho Statehood Centennial Calendar. Illustrated by Jack Carskaddon with images of "A Pictorial Look at the Ghost Towns of Idaho" 1990
disk
1 Idaho Statesman newspapers about John F. Kennedy's Assassination 1963
drawer
1 Idaho Statesman, commemorative 150th anniversary 2014
Idaho Territory First National Bank of Idaho 100 Dollar Bill Money Replica 1967
Idaho Tourism: Idaho City, Juliaetta and Kendrick, Kellogg, Montpelier, Oregon Trail, Pierce, Riggins, Sawtooth Wilderness Area, Shoshone Indian Ice Caves, Sun Valley, Wallace 1950-1990
drawer
1 Idaho Wine Commission
Idaho-Wyoming Thrust Fault Zone, Field Trip Guide 1975
drawer
1 Jaialdi 2015
Johnson, Roxie McMillan (1897-1985) 2001
Junior College Jamboree Committee minute book and clippings 1935
Koi & Goldfish Show
Klotz, Alden W. "Forty Years of History: Idaho State Health Department" 1985
The Lewis and Clark Trail 1962, undated
Livestock grazing. Seven Popular Myths About Livestock Grazing on Public Lands 1990
Lorraine, M.J. Correspondence about running the Columbia River in a raft to Wade Dauch 1930
Lucas, George L. letter to Jane I. Francis 1878
Making History in Ada County Award
Pamphlet for the 2006 award winner, J. R. Simplot.
2006
McKnight, Ed research about Doc Hisom 2010
Micron
Montadon-Fidelity Building
Mormons: "The Danites," "Counterfeiting Among Mormons" (1859), "Letter from Utah Territory" (1873)
Morrison-Knudsen Company Reports
Music Week 1948-1949
Map Case
11 Naked Mole Rats Posters
The Naked Mole Rats was a small Boise underground arts group, which produced two posters, both of which satirized then-U.S. Representative Helen Chenoweth: "Top Ten Things Helen Chenoweth Would Do for a Vote" (1994); and "Our Lady Chenoweth" (1995). Also included is a 1998 campaign poster for Laura Rogan-Wilson for Ada County Coroner, which was not produced by the Naked Mole Rats. The posters were donated by Nicole LeFavour in 2000.
1994-1995
Neil, John B. letter nominating James L. Onderdonk 1883
Northwest Liberal Arts Coalition nude art exhibition 2001
Onweiler, Bill, photos with Governor Smylie, Frank Church, Len Jordan, Green Belt plan
Oregon Trail Tourism
Orofino Lumberjack Days (Clearwater County) Parade with Cecil Andrus photographs and article
Six snapshot photographs of Cecil Andrus participating in the 1991 Orofino Lumberjacks Days parade taken by Gregory Muhonen as well as the September 1991 issue of The Deliverer, published by Marvel Muhonen, with an article about the parade. Also includes 1993 signed letter from Andrus to Harvey Grasser. Donated by Harvey Grasser's daughter, Mary Jackson, in 2023.
1991-1993
Pacific Island Employees Foundation, Inc., correspondence and chronology, Wake Island during World War II 1945
Photograph Album of Idaho
Photo album contains images of Boise, Idaho, and Utah, including personal photographs, images of mountains of and recreation areas as well as color postcards.
1907-1917
Political Buttons: Frank Church, William Borah, Democratic Party, Robert Smylie, Cecil Andrus, David Leroy, Jim McClure, George Hanson
Pollock, Sharon regarding play about Nell Shipman (Moving Pictures) 2004
Renk, Eldred (includes a copy of "American Neutrality and its Preservation" by Frank Church and Edlred Renk from 1939) 1937-1966, 1998
Ringside Review programs
Ringside Review issues for wrestling at Bronco Stadium on July 13, 1953, and for wrestling at Riverside Arena on January 25, 1954. Distributed by Tex Hager.
1953-1954
"Rough Country" by Dana Gioia broadside (printed by The Limberlost Press, 2003) 2003
Sawtooth Mountains photographs
Simplot, J.R. Range magazine article 1998
Smylie, Governor Robert address regarding water, Hells Canyon Dam, and the Columbia Basin 1951
Snowmobiling in Idaho
Special Olympics, 2009 World Winter Games
Spofford, William B. speech at the dedication of Subal Theater 1968
Sternling, Jennifer actress portraying Nell Shipman 1993
Stock Certificates: Adams Bond & Share, Inc.; Gem State Petroleum Company; Greater Idaho Corporation; Pumice Inc.; Idaho Investment Corporation; Mineral Hill Uranium Exploration Co.; Mountain States Oil & Gas Company; Northwest Lumber Processing Co.; Owyhee Mining Company; Rubydale-Lee Mines, Inc.; Salmon River Uranium Development, Inc.; United uranium, Inc.; Weiser Gas and Petroleum Company
Sun Valley Bald Mountain Ski Poster
Map Case
11 Symphony No. 61 by Alan Hovhaness for the 25th Anniversary of the Boise Philharmonic
Telephone Creek film re-publication
Trueblood, Ted 1950s
Ugly Duckling Press 2012
Map Case
11 U.S. West/Bell Telephone Bumper Sticker "Buckle Up, Idaho!" undated
Idaho Governors and Senators
Ward, Fritz "Hiking Up Quaking Asp" 2002
Went, Roy and Ralph Hansen correspondence regarding the Deseret Alphabet 1979
Western Idaho Community Action Program, Inc. Emmett, Idaho budget 1970
White, Compton campaign letter 1968
Wildlife Society Idaho Chapter, "Impact of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act on Idaho" 1969
Wilson Price Hunt Party memorial celebration 1952
Women and Children's Alliance
Wright, Darryl, National Guard and Army soldier in Iraq
Zamzow, Carmalita (1897-2001) biographical sketch, aged 104 years 2001

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Corporate Names

  • First National Bank of Idaho
  • Idaho First National Bank

Geographical Names

  • Idaho