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Davis, Parrott, Moulton, and Sage Family Papers, 1869-2006

Overview of the Collection

Title
Davis, Parrott, Moulton, and Sage Family Papers
Dates
1869-2006 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.75 linear feet, (5 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 118
Summary
Letters, obituaries, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, sound recordings and other papers of the Davis, Parrott, Moulton and Sage families, chiefly in Boise, Emmett and Twin Falls, Idaho; together with genealogical research by James Harlan Davis on the families and their ancestors. Early papers reflect pioneer life in late 19th century Idaho.
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
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Content Description

Letters, obituaries, clippings, memorabilia, photos, sound recordings, and other papers, of the Davis, Parrott, Moulton, and Sage families, chiefly in Boise, Emmett, and Twin Falls, Idaho; together with genealogical research by James Harlan Davis on the families and their ancestors. Early papers reflect pioneer life in late 19th-century Idaho. Includes microfilm of scrapbooks of James Theron "Ted" Davis (1895-1974) relating to his auto business and political and civic activities in Twin Falls, Idaho; and microfilm of correspondence (1942-1943) of his wife, Olive I. (Parrott) Davis. Other persons represented prominently include James Leroy Davis (1865-1944), George Samuel Parrott (1866-1938), Clayton Tiffin Moulton (1853-1929), and Pierpont H.B. Moulton (1817-1915).

Much of the collection consists of photocopies.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Davis, Parrott, Moulton, and Sage Family Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of James H. Davis, 1993.

Related Materials

The genealogy of the Davis family has been published in the book, The Davis Family, and Davisburg, Michigan, 1836-1996, by Marjorie J. Davis (Davison, Michigan, c1996)

Microfilm copies of the genealogies are available at: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. The original scrapbooks of James Theron Davis are located at the Twin Falls Public Library, Twin Falls, Idaho. The original correspondence of Olive I. Davis is located at the Idaho State Historical Society Library, Boise, Idaho.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Information about the collection
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Color slides
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Sound recordings (compact disc)
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Boise directory entries, Davis and Parrott
    Dates: 1901-1943
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Twin Falls directory entries, Davis and Parrott
    Dates: 1936-1974
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: James Harlan Davis
    Dates: 1930-2004
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: James Theron Davis
    Dates: 1895-1974
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Photographs
    Dates: 1896-circa 1960
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8a-c
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Auto agency: Weiser
    Dates: 1928-1929
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Auto agency: Nampa
    Dates: 1930-1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Auto agency: Twin Falls
    Dates: 1933-1964
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Biography
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12a-c
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Bus line, Twin Falls
    Dates: 1941-1950
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Description: James Theron Davis: City commission, Twin Falls
    Dates: 1955-1958
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Death
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 1, Folder 15
  • Description: James Theron Davis: National Guard
    Dates: 1921
    Container: Box 1, Folder 16
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Residence, Twin Falls
    Container: Box 1, Folder 17
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Surplus store
    Dates: 1948
    Container: Box 1, Folder 18
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Twin Falls
    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Wedding
    Dates: 1920; 1971
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20a-b
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Wife: Olive Parrott Davis
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Wife: Olive Parrott Davis Correspondence
    Dates: 1942-1943
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2a-c
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Death
    Dates: 1969-1970
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Wife: Olive Parrott Davis: Photographs
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4a-b
  • Description: James Theron Davis: Wife: Martha Schorzman Snyder
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: James Theron Davis: World War I
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: James Theron Davis: World War I: Photographs
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: James Theron Davis: World War II
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: James Leroy Davis (1866-1944)
    Dates: 1910; 1943
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: James Leroy Davis: Photographs
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: James Leroy Davis: Children: Group photos
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: Harvey LeVern Davis
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: Marjorie Davis Tate
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13
  • Description: Harry Donald Davis
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • Description: Agnes Davis Johnson
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15
  • Description: Alice Davis Harley
    Container: Box 2, Folder 16
  • Description: James Leroy Davis: Death
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 2, Folder 17
  • Description: James Leroy Davis: Wedding
    Dates: 1894
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: James Leroy Davis: Wife: Leora Sage Davis
    Container: Box 2, Folder 19
  • Description: James Leroy Davis: Wife: Leora Sage Davis: Photographs
    Container: Box 2, Folder 20
  • Description: James Harvey Davis (1827-1911)
    Dates: 1903-2001
    Container: Box 2, Folder 21
  • Description: James Harvey Davis: Wife: Isabell Irwin Davis
    Container: Box 2, Folder 22
  • Description: Cornelius Davis (1791-1857)
    Dates: 1991-1998
    Container: Box 2, Folder 23
  • Description: Cornelius Davis: Wife: Agnes Winfield Davis
    Container: Box 2, Folder 24
  • Description: Andries Davis (1759-1850)
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  • Description: Isaac Davis (1668-1712)
    Dates: 1996
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26
  • Description: Christoffel Davits (1615/16-1680)
    Dates: 1975
    Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott (1866-1938)
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Aloha Apartments, Boise
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Children Group photos
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3
  • Description: Harlan Parrott
    Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • Description: Grace Parrott
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
  • Description: William Ernest Parrott
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
  • Description: Samuel Richard Parrott
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Cigar store, Boise
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Correspondence
    Dates: 1908-1922
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Death (1938)
    Dates: 1929; 1938
    Container: Box 3, Folder 10
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Falks Store, Idaho (Payette County)
    Container: Box 3, Folder 11
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Residences, Boise
    Container: Box 3, Folder 12
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Wedding (1895)
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 13
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Whitney, Oregon
    Container: Box 3, Folder 14
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Wife: Melinda Moulton Parrott
    Container: Box 3, Folder 15
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Wife: Melinda Moulton Parrott: Photographs
    Container: Box 3, Folder 16a-b
  • Description: George Samuel Parrott: Wife: Melinda Moulton Parrott Death
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 3, Folder 17
  • Description: William Parrott (1823-1906)
    Dates: 1914; 2003
    Container: Box 3, Folder 18
  • Description: Eugene Parrott
    Container: Box 3, Folder 19
  • Description: Imogene Parrott Frank
    Container: Box 3, Folder 20
  • Description: Ella Parrott Marble
    Container: Box 3, Folder 21a
  • Description: Samuel Watts Parrott (1797-1879)
    Dates: 1879; 2004-2006
    Container: Box 3, Folder 21b
  • Description: Clayton Tiffen Moulton (1853-1929)
    Dates: 1900
    Container: Box 3, Folder 22
  • Description: Clayton Tiffen Moulton: Children
    Container: Box 3, Folder 23
  • Description: Clayton Tiffen Moulton: Children: Group photographs
    Container: Box 3, Folder 24
  • Description: Amanda Moulton Knouse
    Container: Box 3, Folder 25
  • Description: Larcena Moulton Portlock
    Container: Box 3, Folder 26
  • Description: Dollie Ernestine Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 27
  • Description: Pierpont Desire Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 28
  • Description: Estella Rose Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 29
  • Description: George Leon Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 30
  • Description: Cornelia Moulton Tupper
    Container: Box 3, Folder 31
  • Description: Blaine James Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 32
  • Description: Victoria Moulton Paine Utley
    Container: Box 3, Folder 33
  • Description: Florence Moulton Hutchison
    Container: Box 3, Folder 34
  • Description: Gladys Moulton Harkelroade Sill
    Container: Box 3, Folder 35
  • Description: Theophilas Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 36
  • Description: Alice Moulton Schiewe
    Container: Box 3, Folder 37
  • Description: William Marechal Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 38
  • Description: Clayton Tiffen Moulton: Death
    Dates: 1929
    Container: Box 3, Folder 39
  • Description: Clayton Tiffen Moulton: Residence: Emmett
    Container: Box 3, Folder 40
  • Description: Clayton Tiffen Moulton: Wife: Sarah Marechal Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 41
  • Description: Pierpont Moulton (1817-1915)
    Dates: 1869; 1911
    Container: Box 3, Folder 42
  • Description: Pierpont Moulton: Children: Group
    Container: Box 3, Folder 43
  • Description: William Andrew Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 44
  • Description: Jonathan Moulton
    Container: Box 3, Folder 45
  • Description: Pierpont Moulton: Correspondence
    Dates: 1884
    Container: Box 3, Folder 46
  • Description: Pierpont Moulton: Death
    Dates: 1915
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1
  • Description: Pierpont Moulton: Wife: Nancy Jane Martin Moulton
    Container: Box 4, Folder 2
  • Description: Noah Moulton (Sr. and Jr.)
    Container: Box 4, Folder 3
  • Description: John Moulton (Sr. and Jr.)
    Container: Box 4, Folder 4
  • Description: Sage genealogical research
    Container: Box 4, Folder 5
  • Description: Harry W. Sage (b. 1847)
    Dates: 1905; 1983
    Container: Box 4, Folder 6
  • Description: Harry W. Sage: Wife: Sarah Hibbard Sage
    Container: Box 4, Folder 7
  • Description: Daniel Sage (b. 1809)
    Container: Box 4, Folder 8
  • Description: Daniel Sage: Children: Elnora Sage Ellis
    Container: Box 4, Folder 9
  • Description: Daniel Sage: Wife: Eliza Wood Sage
    Container: Box 4, Folder 10
  • Description: Ransom Sage (1779-1852)
    Dates: 1985-1986
    Container: Box 4, Folder 11
  • Description: Daniel Sage (b. 1756)
    Dates: 1905; 1929
    Container: Box 4, Folder 12
  • Description: John Sage (1667/68-1750/51)
    Dates: 1911
    Container: Box 4, Folder 13
  • Description: David Sage (1639-1703)
    Dates: 1910
    Container: Box 4, Folder 14
  • Description: James Theron Davis (1917-1974): Medical claims for military service
    Dates: 1919-1995
    Container: Box 4, Folder 15
  • Description: James Theron Davis (1917-1974): Medical claims for military service
    Dates: 1919-1995
    Container: Box 4, Folder 16
  • Description: Davis-Parrott-Moulton-Sage Genealogy, compiled By Jim Davis
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Notebook: Davis
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Notebook: Davis
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Notebook: Parrott
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Notebook: Moulton
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Notebook: Davis-Losee-Erwin Cousins (association news)
    Dates: 1936-
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Microfilm: Personal Scrapbook of J. Ted Davis (James Theron Davis)

    Volumes 1 and 2 on one reel of positive microfilm, 35mm. Original books located at Twin Falls Public Library.

    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Microfilm: Negative reel of above, 35mm.
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Olive I. Davis: Correspondence, chiefly with her husband, J. Ted Davis.
    1 copy: negative, 16mm

    Original letters located at Idaho State Historical Society Library (MS 2/404).

    Dates: 1942-1943
    Container: Box 5

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Subject Terms

  • Automobile dealers
  • Frontier and pioneer life

Personal Names

  • Davis, James Leroy
  • Davis, Olive I.
  • Moulton, Clayton Tiffin
  • Moulton, Pierpont H.B.
  • Parrott, George Samuel

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks


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