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Byrne, Clawson, Virgil families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 026
Scope and Contents The Byrne, Clawson, Virgil Families Papers consist of correspondence, land deeds, high school reunion programs, receipts and invoices, funeral ephemera, business documents, sports books, photographs, and postcards to, from, and relating to the Byrne, Clawson, and Virgil families of Boise, Idaho and Morris County, New Jersey and the collateral and descendent families of Hodgin, Gibson, and Howland. The papers relate primarily to Sarah Topping “Sallie” Clawson (1856-1928) and to her children...
Dates: 1876-2023; Majority of material found within 1880-1960
Found in: Collections

Cordelia and William Onweiler papers

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Identifier: MS 031
Scope and Contents This collection contains bumper stickers, photographs, and audiovisual materials from Bill and Cordelia Onweiler’s political and public service in Boise, Idaho during the 1950s-1970s. Special emphasis is placed on the development of Boise’s Greenbelt. The collection also includes a printed manuscript titled “Billy Goes to War” that Bill Onweiler wrote about his service in the United States National Guard during World War II. The collection contains digital reproductions of images and...
Dates: 1898-1970
Found in: Collections

Eby family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 012
Scope and Contents

This collection contains postcards, photographic prints of downtown Boise, an American Legion pamphlet, newspaper clippings, a copy of the Grapevine Newsletter, Village News, and Old West Newspaper from Time Magazine. The material was collected by the Eby's while living in Boise.

Dates: after 1900-1982
Found in: Collections

Irving Warren Hart II papers

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Identifier: MS 094
Scope and Contents This collection documents Irving Warren Hart Jr.’s career as Editor of The Idaho Statesman for 13 years and as Chief Information Officer of the Selective Service System from 1940 to 1954. It also contains personal material including manuscripts, vital records, and family photographs. A significant topic represented in this collection is the first peacetime draft lottery which occurred in 1940, prior to U.S. entry into World War II. Also represented in the collection are two editions of The...
Dates: after 1900-1983, ; Majority of material found within 1929-1954
Found in: Collections

Meffert family collection

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Identifier: MS 014
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photographs of the Meffert family and Daughters of the Nile newspaper scrapbook.

Dates: ca. 1920-1950
Found in: Collections

Pelton family papers

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Identifier: MS 065
Content Description

This collection contains digital surrogates of a scrapbook and photographs documenting the activities of Nora Oliver and Archie Henry Pelton during their time living in Ustick, Idaho. The scrapbook contains receipts, postcards, and other documents that belonged to A.H. Pelton. The photographs are of the Ustick Mercantile, the Pelton's business.

Dates: 1905-1938
Found in: Collections

Wilch family papers

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Identifier: MS 008
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, cards, photographic prints and negatives, advertisements, bills, and ephemera. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence and cards addressed to Mary dated between 1942-1968. A significant portion of the correspondence is from 1956, when Mary’s mother Edith and sister Hazel traveled to Chicago. Correspondents include Edith McCarthy, Hazel McCarthy, William McCarthy, Mrs. Kenneth Lingley, Blanch McCarthy, and Frank "Tex" Branning.

Dates: 1920-1970; Majority of material found in 1942-1968
Found in: Collections

Wilcox family scrapbooks

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Identifier: 2018.24
Content Description

This collection contains two scrapbooks of black and white photographs including images of Boise, Idaho, Salt Lake City, ocean-scapes, mountain-scapes, studio portraits, and candid images of the family on vacation.

Dates: ca. 1920
Found in: Collections