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Robert Newell collection of biographical materials, including his 1868 diary

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Description: The volume includes transcripts of material about Robert Newell and the Nez Percé War of 1877. This material includes Newell's 1868 diary of his trip to Washington D.C. with several Nez Percé Indians including Lawyer, Jason, and Timothy, to negotiate a treaty. While in Washington, the group met with President Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Nathaniel G. Taylor. The diary also covers their overland trip back to Fort Lapwai, Idaho. There is also a typescript of a clipping regarding the unveiling of a bronze tablet dedicated to Robert Newell in 1931. Also present in the volume are typescripts of articles from the Lewiston Teller Extra from June 16-August 12, 1877, discussing the Nez Percé War
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Production date: 1863-1931.
Call number: mssHM 66240
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Robert Newell letter to Medorem Crawford

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Writing from Lewiston, Idaho, Newell writes of his duties as "Indian Agent," including the building of a mill, widespread repairs to existing buildings, and the construction of a school for the Indian children. He also reports of difficulties he has had with Washington (D. C.) concerning the Indian affairs.

mssHM 31275

Diaries of Thomas Judd [microform] : 1876-1908

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Microfilm of the diaries of Thomas Judd, covering the years 1876-1878 and 1906-1908. The first two diaries, dated 1876-1877 and 1877-1878, cover Judd's mission to Britain. The 1906 diary covers Judd's activities in La Verkin, his business trips around Washington County, and a trip to Las Vegas and California, including Los Angeles, Pasadena, several beaches, and Santa Catalina Island (where he took a glass bottom boat ride). The 1907 diary describes a second trip to California, including San Francisco, as well as Utah business activities, and the 1908 diary traces Judd's sea voyage from New York to Los Angeles. Portions of the diary are very faint and may be partially illegible.

MSS MFilm 00043

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Mary Olive Karr Gilkey diary

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The diary begins in October 1877 when Mary, at the age of 12, is in Tumwater, Washington on her way to Olympia; it is here that she decides that she is going to start keeping a diary. The diary then skips to July 1884 when Mary is a teacher in Scappoose, Oregon. She discusses her students, her feelings for a man she refers to as "C.J.," and her continuing effort to be a good Christian woman. In October she moves back to Forest Grove, Oregon to be with her family, the Karrs and Walkers. While there, she spends her time attending prayer meetings and catching up with her family. She also takes a trip to Portland where she attends a reception for a missionary friend; she briefly talks of becoming a missionary herself, but decides to return to school instead. The last entry is August 9, 1885, and Mary is back at home after deciding to leave school

mssHM 64595

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John S. Southworth diary of Colorado River trip

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The first volume (HM 74297) is Southworth's diary that he kept while on the river trip. The diary begins in Green River, Wyoming on June 20th and ends near Boulder City, Nevada on August 22. Southworth talks about the trip: the conditions along the river; the weather; the scenery passed; the people, ranches and animals along the route; and injuries among the group. There are also two newspaper clippings in the diary. The photograph album (HM 74298) contains over 400 black and white photographs taken on the river trip. There are several photographs of Monument Valley and two photographs of Native Americans. The photograph album also contains a newspaper clipping about Southworth and the trip.

mssHM 74297-74298

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Jean L. Shanklin diary

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Shanklin's diary begins August 26, 1902 as she is going to begin a teaching job in Nampa, Idaho. Jean talks about the other teachers, going to teaching meetings and conventions, attending church and lectures, the weather, trips home to Ohio for the summer and trips to Oregon and Washington. While on a trip to San Francisco, she visits Cooper Medical College and Lane Hospital and talks about her late uncle Elias Cooper. Shanklin wrote several times a year in her diary and her last entry is June 1, 1915.

mssHM 72321

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Western travel diary

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Travel diary by an unknown author documenting a train trip across the United States from Massachusetts to Yellowstone National Park and ending in Cleveland, Ohio. The diary is accompanied by a complete transcript.

mssHM 83423

Robert Newell collection of biographical materials, including his 1868 diary

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