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Frontier and Pioneer Life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Day Northwest (Day-NW) Book collection

 Collection
Identifier: UIDAYNW
Abstract

Book collection named after U of I Regent Jerome J. Day, whose donated collection of western Americana was the basis for creating this collection.

Dates: circa 1800s - Present

Herb McDowell oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: MG 490
Abstract

Ten cassettes containing oral history interviews of early residents of the areas around Warren, Idaho and Culdesac, Idaho conducted by Herb McDowell. The interviews discuss early life in the areas and include some recounts of Native Americans, as well as Polly Bemis and other Chinese Americans living in and around Warren, Idaho.

Dates: 1964-1997

Palouse Hills Farm Museum Project records

 Collection — Carton oversize plots
Identifier: MG 108
Abstract

Reports, maps, and photographs relating to the planning of the proposed Palouse Hills Living History Farm Museum.

Dates: 1971-1981

Priest Lake Museum Association Oral History Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: MG 158
Abstract

This collection contains the histories of pioneers to the Priest Lake area, spanning over fourteen interviews. Collected for the Priest Lake Museum, they exist to preserve the thoughts, memories, and lives of early settlers.

Dates: 1983