Boise State University Special Collections and Archives
Raymond L. Givens Papers
MSS 152
0.25 linear feet
1 box
1933-1936
Typescript and published version of a research article on the early exploration and mapping of the Boise River Valley (Idaho); together with six letters by J. Neilson Barry on that topic and other notes.
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Raymond L. Givens (1884-1972) was a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1925 to 1954. He also served one term in the Idaho legislature (1919).
This collection consists of a research article and notes of Raymond L. Givens, plus six letters from J. Neilson Barry, all relating to the early exploration and mapping of the Boise Valley. Givens was particularly interested in the early names of the Boise River and its early designations as the Big Wood River and the Reid River. He studied maps and explorers' accounts, chiefly from the pre-settlement (pre-1863) era.
Justice Givens' research article was published in three installments of the
Idaho Statesman. The collection contains the typescript of Givens' article and the newspaper clippings (in photocopy form) from its printing in the Statesman.
Collection is available for research.
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Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson), 1870-1961
Boise (Idaho)
Boise River Valley (Idaho)
Boise local history
Authors, American
Boise
Expeditions and Adventure
Water and Water Rights
Raymond L. Givens: Biographical information
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Boise River article
1935
typescript
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Boise River article newspaper clips
1935-1936
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"Boise Jurist Traces Tale Through Records"
Idaho Statesman 29 Dec 1935
"Old Maps..." Idaho Statesman 5 Jan 1936
"Legend Which Connects Boise River with Bonneville Believed" Idaho Statesman 12 Jan 1936
Six letters by J. Neilson Barry
1933
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Notes: Excerpts from Fremont and Bonneville
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Notes: Miscellaneous excerpts
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Notes about maps
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Miscellaneous
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