Building the West (Mining Landscape Project) Collection

Building the West (Mining Landscape Project) Collection, 1953-1998

Overview of the Collection

Title: Building the West (Mining Landscape Project) Collection
Dates: 1953-1998 (inclusive)
19531998
Quantity: 3 linear feet, (3 boxes, 5 drawers of cassettes)
Collection Number: MSS 190
Summary: Field notes, tape-recorded interviews, sketches, slides, and other papers, documenting buildings, structures, architecture, and landscapes associated with mining and mining history in the Coeur d'Alene and Silver Valley regions of northern Idaho; together with photocopies of historical papers.
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

Field notes, tape-recorded interviews, sketches, slides, and other papers, documenting buildings, structures, architecture, and landscapes associated with mining and mining history in the Coeur d'Alene and Silver Valley regions of northern Idaho; together with photocopies of historical papers collected during the course of the project. Includes interviews and reminiscences of labor leader Peter Piekarski, with details of labor history in the region; photocopies of scrapbooks (1960-71) of Northwest Metal Workers Auxiliary; and newsletters and strike bulletins (1953-1977) from United Steelworkers and Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers locals.

This collection forms part of the Ethnographic Archive of the Intermountain West.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[item description], Building the West (Mining Landscape Project) Collection, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Assembled in 9 volumes (in 3 boxes). Plus 111 cassette tapes. An accompanying "User's Guide" was compiled by project staff.

Acquisition Information

Compiled in 1995 by faculty and students from Boise State University and the University of Utah and by local researchers for the Silver Valley Solidarity Committee. Transferred to the Special Collections Department by Professor Robert McCarl, Boise State University Anthropology Department, 2000. Additional papers donated by Pete Piekarski.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Interview MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Volume 1: Interview logs; Measured drawings
1	Volume 2: Transcripts of Hardrock Mining Culture conference; Interview transcripts; Administrative materials	1990
1	Volume 3: Interview transcripts
1	Volume 4: Interview transcripts
1	Volume 5: Interview transcripts (Pete Piekarski)
2	Volume 6: Interview transcripts, reminiscences (Pete Piekarski)

Scrapbook and Administrative MaterialReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
2	Volume 7: Northwest Metal Workers Auxiliary scrapbooks 1960-71 (photocopies); Administrative material	1960-71
2	Supplement: Partial duplication of volume 2, plus administrative material
2	Short vol 1: Abridged version of Volume 1, without oversize measured drawings and sketches

Workers UnionsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	1	Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union, Local 18: Newsletters	1954-1961
3	2	Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union: News bulletins	1953-1959
3	3	Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union, Local 18: Strike bulletins	1955-1960
3	4	Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union: Miscellaneous	1955-1960
3	5	United Steelworkers, Local 7854: Newsletters	1962-1977
3	6	United Steelworkers, Local 7854: Strike bulletins	1977
3	7	Mine-Mill vs. Steelworkers representation campaigns	1955-1962
3	8	Union songs, etc.
3	9	Miscellaneous labor publications

Volume 8: SlidesReturn to Top

At the end of this series there are unidentified slides, processing was not complete.

Container(s)		Description
Box	photo
2	C001-001	Harwood's Drugstore
2	C001-002	Harwood's Drugstore
2	C001-003	Art Harwood's Residence
2	C001-004	Episcopal Church
2	C001-005	Episcopal Church
2	C001-006	Art Harwood's Residence
2	C001-007	View of Earle Street in Mullan
2	C001-008	View of Earle Street in Mullan
2	C001-009	Fin Gulch House
2	C001-010	Fin Gulch House
2	C001-011	Unidentified
2	C001-012-015	Fin Gulch Houses
2	C001-016-019	Women's Boarding House in Mullan
2	C001-020-023	Street in Mullan
2	C002-001-003	Street in Mullan
2	C002-004-017	Fin Gulch Houses
2	C003-001-002	Silver Dollar Bar, Mullan
2	C003-003-004	Older Houses in Mullan (4-sided)
2	C003-005-006	Pioneer Cemetery, Mullan
2	C003-007-008	Bob Blacketer's House, Mullan
2	C003-009-014	Morning Club, Mullan
2	C003-015-016	Morning Club Assembly Hall
2	C003-017	Morning Club Kitchen
2	C003-019	Morning Club Bowling Alley, Basement
2	C003-020	Morning ClubSnack Bar, Basement
2	C004-001	Recreation Room in Morning Club
2	C004-002	Morning Club Bowling Alley, Basement
2	C004-003	Morning Club Staircase
2	C004-004	Morning Club Recreation Room
2	C004-005	Upstairs Gallery in Morning Club
2	C004-006	Tom Working Upstairs in the Morning Club
2	C004-007	Carrie working on the main floor of the Morning Club
2	C004-007-040	Solum Diary Barn
2	C005-001	Solum Diary Barn
2	C006-001-002	Herb and Milo Solum
2	C006-003-004	Herb, Milo, and Edith Bolton
2	C006-005	Milo Solum
2	C006-006	Janice and Dorothy Solum
2	C006-008-009	Upstairs of Solum Dairy Barn
2	C006-010	Main Floor of Solum Dairy Barn (stall)
2	C006-011	Solum Dairy Barn (initials)
2	C006-012-017	Hecla Mining Company, above Burke
2	C006-018	View up the valley from Hecla
2	C006-019-020	Paulson Building, Riverside and Stevens, Spokane
2	C007-001-004	Paulson Building, Riverside and Stevens, Spokane
2	C007-005-006	unidentified
2	C007-007-008	East side of Corbin House, Spokane
2	C007-009-010	Front of Corbin House, Spokane
2	C007-011-012	Rear of Corbin House, Spokane
2	C007-013-015	Hecla Assay Office
2	C007-016-017	Hecla Bank Building
2	C008-001	Mill Samples
2	C008-002	Scales, Slag Cups, Fusion Cups
2	C008-003	Silver Beads
2	C008-004	Jim by Scales
2	C008-005-007	Atomic Absorption
2	C008-008	Wavelength Glass Tube
2	C008-009-010	Acid being cooked off
2	C008-011	Dried Samples
2	C008-012	Jim with Vein Samples
2	C008-013	Jim showing sample places on truckload
2	C008-014	Jim pointing at lead sulfate solution
2	C008-015-016	Jim with Slag and Oven
2	C008-017	Handful of Glass Slag
2	C008-018	Bone Ash Cups-Cupels
2	C008-019	Dirk, Jim, and Bob outside Hecla outside
2	C009-001	Olkonen House, Mullan
2	C009-002-007	Interior of Olkonen House
2	C009-008-009	Unidentified
2	C009-010-011	Drilling process from Wallace Museum
2	C009-012-013	Outside of Nabob Mill
2	C009-014	Jim Robbins and his book
2	C009-015	Green Flotation Device in Nabob
2	C010-001-002	Mining Equipment between Nabob Mine and Mill
2	C010-003	Tom and Student Drawing Nabob Mill
2	C010-004-007	View from the top of the Nabob Hill
2	C010-008	Nabob Mine opening
2	C010-009-012	YMCA in Kellog
2	C010-013-014	Braun Residence, Hill Road, Kellog
2	C010-015-017	Shotgun house in Kellog on East Cameron
2	C010-018-020	Aerials of Silver Valley
2	C011-001-018	Aerials of Silver Valley
2	C012-001-020	Aerials of Silver Valley
2	C013-001-007	Aerials of Silver Valley

Cassette TapesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
drawer
9001	Bob Carroll	1995
9001	John Vaughn and Lucille Hart Vaughn	1995
9001	Anne Greer	1995
9001	Ruth Hussa	1995
9001	Art Norlen	1995
9001	Carl Thompson	1995
9001	Vivian and William Hogan	1995
9001	Henry Koski	1995
9001	Bob Blacketer	1995
9001	Ben Palo and Howard "Bud" Britton	1995
9001	Dorothy Calkins	1995
9001	Imogene McKim	1995
9001	Jack Etherton	1995
9001	Bill Etheron	1995
9001	Jack and Jean Etherton	1995
9001	Edith Bolton, Dorothy Solum Caron, Herb Solum, Janet Solum, Milo Solum	1995
9001	Pete Piekarski	1995
9001	Bob Carroll	1995
9001	Steve Crnkovich	1995
9001	AV and Anne Greer	1995
9001	Luther Church	1995
9001	Ray White	1995
9001	Leo Hewitt	1995
9001	Horman Liepold	1995
9001	Byrd	1995
9001	Schultz	1995
9001	Corbeill	1995
9001	1988 Women's Auxillary	1995
9001	1970s Steel Worker's Meeting	1995
9001	Men Mining Money	1995
9001	Personal Holiday Hearings	1995
9001	McDaniel Hearing	1995
9001	H Nueyen Hearing	1995
9001	Alice Barnett Gilman, Flora Barnett, Dolly Parker	1995
9001	Evelyn Smith	1995
9001	Walt Almquist	1995
9001	Laura Olson, Ben Palo, and Howard "Bud" Britton	1995
9001	Della Braun	1995
9001	Ramona Arnold	1995

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Architecture
Gold mines and mining
Labor unions
Mines and Mineral Resources
Mining camps
Silver mines and mining--Idaho

Personal Names

Piekarski, Peter P.

Geographical Names

Coeur d'Alene (Idaho)

Form or Genre Terms

Photographs
Scrapbooks

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