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Bessie Olmstead Storms collection, 1912-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Storms (Olmstead), Bessie Pauline, 1912-2006
- Title
- Bessie Olmstead Storms collection
- Dates
- 1912-2008 (inclusive)19122008
- Quantity
- 7 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- MG 515
- Summary
- 4-H materials, correspondence, family genealogy information, photographs, and other items.
- Repository
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University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collections contains personal papers and keepsakes gathered throughout the life of Bessie Olmstead Storms. Storms graduated from high school in Plummer, Idaho, attended the University of Idaho and returned to Plummer to teach. Items in this collection include photos of Bessie Storms, a collection of genealogical information and historical family photos for the Olmstead family, Plummer High School Yearbooks, report cards, fair ribbons, professional papers relating to her career as a teacher, some materials pertaining to her involvement with 4-H and the local Grange, correspondence from her son Jim and diaries kept by Bessie from 1985 to 2002. There are letters and cards from family or former students in the collections as well as personal items including her will, death certificate and the guest book from her husband's funeral service.There are also cards sent to her son Jim or his family and papers from the planning of reunion for his 1957 graduating class from Plummer High School.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Bessie Pauline Olmstead was born October 22, 1912 in Meade County, South Dakota to Lora Lee and Edith Olmstead. She moved with her family to Idaho, eventually settling in Plummer, Idaho in 1918. As a youth she participated in 4-H conferences and programs. After graduating from Plummer High School, she attended the University of Idaho from 1931 to 1932. Here she was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, and when she finished school she had received her teaching certificate.
She taught in Plummer and in 1936 married William E. Storms. Bessie had taught in the Plummer School District for more than twenty years. In 1960, Bessie earned her BA in Education from University of Idaho. She was an active member in many civic and education organizations, serving as a member of the Grange for seventy-six years and a 4-H leader for twenty years. Bessie died on December 1, 2006 in Saint Maries, Idaho.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection had no known order. Items were arranged into subjects and then placed in alphabetical order.
Acquisition Information
In 2007, James Storms, son of Bessie Olstead Storms, donated materials (accession MA 2007-15). More materials were donated by him in 2018 (accession MA 2018-22).
Processing Note
During the processing stage, it was decided that the accessions MA 2007-15 and MA 2018-22 should be combined to create one comprehsenive collection for Bessie Olmstead Storms.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: 4-H, 1928Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Chicago Trip |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Eleventh Annual "Thos. E. Wilson Day" |
03 December 1928 |
| 1 | 2 | "Idaho" sign Includes announcement, souvenir program, banquet information, and two 4-H ribbons belonging to Bessie Olmstead.
|
undated |
| 1 | 3 | Keepsake Box Cardboard sign with "Idaho" printed on it. Handwritten names featured on back, including Bessie Olmstead.
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1928 |
| 1 | 4 | Miscellaneous |
1928 |
| 1 | 5 | National Live Stock Producers Association Banquet brochure for the International Live Stock Exposition and three pins.
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04 December 1928 |
| 1 | 6 | Ninth Annual Visit to International Harvester Company Includes announcement, program brochure, and pen.
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1928 |
| 1 | 7 | Seventh National Boys and Girls 4-H Club Congress |
04 December 1928 - 07 December 1928 |
Awards and Certificates |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 8 | Silver Clover Award |
04 March 1959 |
| undated | |||
Miscellaneous |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 10 | Glen Olmstead materials Includes a certificate and a newspaper clipping on his FFA award.
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| 1 | 11 | Hand Book |
undated |
| 1 | 12 | Photographs Includes a photograph of Norma Howe and Doris Griffith. Also includes a postcard of this image.
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1927 |
Textiles |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 13 | National 4-H Congress cap |
1934 |
| 1 | 14 | National 4-H Congress cap |
1935 |
| 1 | 15 | 4-H sash with pins |
undated |
II: CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 16 | Catherine L. Owens correspondence |
1980-1990 |
| 1 | 17 | Early correspondence |
1926-1932 |
Jim Storms correspondence |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 18 | Graduation cards from Jim Storms |
1957 |
| 1 | 19 | Jim Storms ticket and greeting cards Includes a Madrigal Club dinner ticket and a California Highway Patrol ticket.
|
1997 |
| 1 | 20 | Letters from Jim Storms to Bill and Bessie Storms |
1956-1999 |
| 1 | 21 | Letters from Jim Storms while living in Le Sueur, MN |
1961-1967 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 22 | Letters to Bill and Bessie Olmstead |
1943-1994 |
| 2 | 23 | Olmstead Family correspondence |
1957; undated |
| 2 | 24-25 | Sympathy cards For the passing of Bessie Olmstead Storms.
|
2006 |
III: Genealogy and ResearchReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Olmstead Family |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 26-28 | Olmstead Family Genealogy |
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| 2 | 29-36 | Olmstead Family History |
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| 3 | 37 | Olmstead Family History |
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| 3 | 38 | Olmstead Family Journal |
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| 3 | 39 | Olmstead Family Photographs |
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| 3 | 40 | Olmstead Parks |
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| 3 | 41 | Sagacity newsletters |
June/July 1991 |
Storms Family |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 42 | Storms Family History |
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Swinehart Family |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 43 | Swinehart Family History |
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IV: Personal PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 44 | Bessie Olmstead "Lincoln" essay and 2nd place award |
undated |
| 3 | 45 | Bill Storms materials Includes funeral service book and newspaper clippings.
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| 3 | 46 | Career materials Restriction on use.
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1933-1998 |
| 3 | 47 | Day book and notebook |
1957; undated |
| 3 | 48 | Deeds and Claims |
1916; 1951; 1953; 1969 |
| 3 | 49-51 | Diaries |
1964-2001 |
| 3 | 52 | Education Restriction on use.
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1920-1968 |
| 3 | 53 | Glen and Virginia Olmstead materials Includes photographs and a funeral service booklet for Glen Olmstead.
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1945-2002 |
| 4 | 54 | Idaho State Historical Society materials |
2001-2003 |
| 4 | 55 | Keepsakes Includes photographs of Fred Sego, Denise Scott, Lee Olmstead, Beverly Frost, George Olmstead, Charles Beaudveau (?), Cynthia Owens, Tracy Ludlow, Rebecca, and Kerry Owens,
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| 4 | 56 | Land Title Documents |
1930; 1947; 1951 |
| 4 | 57-59 | Ledgers 5 financial ledgers and cash record books.
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1942-1998 |
| 4 | 60 | Legal papers Restriction on use.
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| 4 | 61 | Memorial book For the passing of Bessie Olmstead Storms.
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2006 |
| 4 | 62 | Memory book For the Class of 1972.
|
1972 |
| 4 | 63 | Miscellaneous |
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| 4 | 64 | Newspaper clippings |
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| 4 | 65 | Obituary for Bessie Olmstead Includes Bessie Olmstead's obituary and various newspaper clippings.
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2006 |
| 4 | 66 | Palouse Magazine |
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| 4 | 67 | Patrons of Husbandry Grange certificate |
29 March 2005 |
| 4 | 68 | Plays and pageants |
1934; 1960 |
Plummer, Idaho materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 69 | Brochures and Pamphlets |
1916-1990 |
| 5 | 70 | Miscellaneous |
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| 5 | 71 | Plummer Grange 273 scrapbook |
1953 |
| 5 | 72 | Plummer High School Class of 1957 Reunion Materials belonging to Jim Storms.
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2007-2008 |
| 5 | 73 | Plummer High School papers |
1920-1950 |
| 5 | 74-75 | The Elsquitut yearbook Plummer High School yearbooks.
|
1922-1968 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 76 | University of Idaho materials Includes 1999 football game ticket and pins on a black velvet sash.
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1926-1931; 1999 |
| 5 | 77 | World War II related materials Includes war ration books.
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Travel |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 78 | Grand Coulee Dam trip |
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| 5 | 79 | Postcards |
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| 5 | 80 | Tour to North Carolina |
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| 5 | 81 | Travel Photographs |
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V: Pins and RibbonsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 82 | Benewah County Fair ribbons |
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| 5 | 82 | Boy and Girls Club Fair ribbons |
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| 5 | 82 | Buttons and pins |
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| 5 | 82 | Idaho Junior Short Course button |
1929 |
| 5 | 82 | Name tag |
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| 5 | 82 | Palouse Empire Fair ribbons |
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| 5 | 82 | State and Canadian pins |
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| 5 | 82 | Washington State Grange visitor pins |
June 1949 |
VI: Printed Photographs and NegativesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Miscellaneous |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 83 | Miscellaneous Family photos |
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Olmstead Family |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 84-85 | Olmstead Family negatives Includes image descriptions and contains the names of various family members.
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| 6 | 86 | Olmstead Family photographs Includes the names of various family members.
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Plummer High School |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 87 | Plummer class photos |
1930 |
| 6 | 88 | Plummer High School yearbook pictures |
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Storms Family |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 89 | Storms Family photos |
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VII: Scrapbooks, 1971-1998Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 90 | Scrapbook |
undated |
| 6 | 91 | Scrapbook |
1971 |
| 6 | 92 | Scrapbook |
1972 |
| 7 | 93 | Scrapbook |
1973 |
| 7 | 94 | Scrapbook |
1974 |
| 7 | 95 | Scrapbook |
1977 |
| 7 | 96 | Scrapbook |
1978 |
| 7 | 97-99 | Scrapbook |
1979 |
| 7 | 100 | Scrapbook |
1982 |
| 7 | 101 | Scrapbook |
1983 |
| 7 | 102 | Scrapbook |
1985 |
| 7 | 103 | Scrapbook |
1998 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- 4-H clubs
- Awards
- Correspondence
- Fairs
- Genealogy
- Travel
- University of Idaho
Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody.
2023
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