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.

Roderick Sprague is a renowned American historical archaeologist and a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Idaho. This collection contains his personal papers.