Digital Collections

Teton Peaks Scout Material
Boy Scouts of America
The International Boy Scouts were founded by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, a military hero from the Boer War in South Africa. When Baden-Powell found that many English boys were reading his manual on survival and stalking, he decided to rewrite the...
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Eric Walz Fall Semester 2003 Oral History Collection
World War, 1939-1945--Europe
Eric Walz is a faculty member in the History Department at BYU-Idaho. He teaches courses in Asian, American, and Industrial Age history. He also teaches an introductory History Research and Writing Course. The Oral history interviews in this...
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Flamm Funeral Home Records
Flamm Funeral Home; Idaho--History
This collection contains the records of the Flamm Funeral Home from 1917-1928. Records of the Flamm Funeral Home.
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Beal, Merrill Dee Papers
Beal, Merrill D., 1898-; Tempest, Phineus; Priest, Joel L. Trego, Byrd; Washburn, Serena J. McPherson, Murdoch; Ricks College; Idaho--History; Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho); Idaho. State College--History; Railroads--Idaho
Merrill Dee (Sam) Beal achieved special expertise in Pacific Northwest history. His published works include seven books relating to that subject. The book that Dr. Beal considered his valedictory was, ?I Will Fight No More Forever, Chief Joseph and...
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A. David Allen Papers
Mathematical physics; Physics--Study and teaching--Audio-visual aids
David Allen was instrumental in the development of many physical science, and math classes at Ricks College. He wrote a Physical Science Problem Guide, and taught 14,604 students over 34 years, during his career at Ricks. Professor Allen--s...
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History 300 Oral Histories
Oral History; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
The History 300 class at BYU-Idaho operates to prepare history students to become professional historians. This class focuses on History Writing and Research. As part of an ongoing project began in the fall of 2002, students in the History 300...
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Early Rexburg Commercial Papers
Rexburg (Idaho)--History
The Early Rexburg Commercial Papers Collection consists of hundreds of documents and business paraphernalia from the Rexburg area during the years from 1900-1930. The collection was cut and organized from an old deteriorating scrapbook in order to...
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Wood Funeral Home Records
Wood Funeral Home; Funerals
The Wood Funeral Home is in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This collection contains the records of the Wood funeral home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The records span from 1912-1942. This collection may be of value to genealogists and other researchers.
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Harold Forbush Oral Interview Transcriptions
Education--Idaho--Snake River Valley--History; Public schools--Idaho--Snake River Valley--History; Teachers--Idaho--Snake River Valley; Mormons--Education--Idaho--Snake River Valley
Harold Sanford Forbush was born on December 2, 1921, in the small community of Driggs, Idaho. He was the first son of his parents, Elmer and Blanche Forbush. At age eleven, Forbush lost his sight in a tragic hatchet accident, and he subsequently...
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Clyde Ormond Papers
Outdoor life; Natural history--Outdoor books
Williard Clyde Ormond was born in the small town of Clark outside of Rigby Idaho, on March 19, 1906. His parents were Enos and Nellie Rolfe Ormond and he grew up as the fifth boy in a family of seven children. He married Lucille Anderson and they...
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Robert Meikle Missionary Diary
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Mormon Church--Missions--New Zealand
Robert Meikle was born in Smithfield Utah in 1868. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in New Zealand form 1891-1894. He died in Teton Idaho in 1911. Robert MeikleÃ¢ÂÂs Missionary Diary is a source of...
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Leonard D. Cox Missionary Diary
Mormon Church--Missions--Southern States
Leonard Cox was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He served a mission in the Southern States Mission from 1898-1900. He lived in Orderville, Kane County, Utah. This Diary in five volumes covers the mission of Leonard D....
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Hugh Wright Papers
Rexburg (Idaho) First Ward--History
Hugh Wright was a prominent member of the Rexburg community. He served in many capacities within the LDS Church. From 1924- [1941] he served as a Bishop in the Rexburg First Ward. He was a witness to many of the events that shaped the early...
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Hugh Roberts Papers
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Mormon
Hugh Eugene Roberts was born on September 3, 1888, in the small city of Kanosh, Utah. Roberts moved to the Hibbard, Idaho, in his teenage years and married Mary Elvaire Hansen on February 14, 1914. In a tragic turn of events Mary died on February...
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Midwife Margaret Ann Galbraith Briggs Meng Collection
Midwifery
Margaret Ann Galbraith Briggs Meng was a midwife in the Upper Snake River Valley; This collection contains the physician records for the births of each child delivered by Margaret Ann Galbraith Briggs Meng.
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Henry Matthews Papers
Matthews, Henry; War--Economic aspects; Rationing, Consumer--United States; World War, 1939-1945; Trade regulation
Henry Matthews was born in Millville, Utah and raised in Preston, Idaho where his father worked as an automobile mechanic. Matthews graduated from Preston High School where he enjoyed studying theatre. In the 1960s Henry served a mission for the...
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Rexburg Irrigation Company Records
Rexburg Irrigation Company; Idaho--History; Rexburg (Idaho)--Agriculture, historical; Madison County (Idaho)--Agriculture, historical; Upper Snake River Valley (Idaho)--Agriculture, historical. Rexburg Irrigation Company--Records, historical;...
The minute books document nearly a century of the company's annual meetings, from 1890-1865, without a break. Although often short on details, the minutes give vivid descriptions of the problems that confronted the board of directors as it worked...
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Veldon Ray Hodgson Papers
Hodgson, Veldon Ray, 1922-; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Outer space--Exploration
Hodgson received training in physics and mathematics at the University of Utah, and then went on to become an engineer for RCA, and General Dynamics Astronautics where he tested the first ICBM?s. This work led to his assistance with the development...
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Oswald Christensen Diary
Christensen, Oswald; Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho); Oneida Stake Academy (Preston, Idaho); Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho)--History; Preston (Idaho)--History
Oswald Christensen was an instructor of carpentry at the Oneida Stake Academy in Preston, Idaho. He served in many capacities at the Oneida Stake Academy, including the social director. He spent about a decade in Preston, and then he accepted a...
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Elwood Walker Chambers Papers
Chambers, Eliza Ann McKee, 1854-1939; Chambers, Harold; Chambers, Hugh,1893-1962; Chambers, Joseph, 1845-1927; Chambers, Peggy Rose; Hansen, Coral Walker Chambers Whittle, 1895-1976; Howell, Jason Elihu, 1837-1876; Howell, Sarah Louisa, 1866-1939;...
Elwood Walker Chambers was born on September 12, 1916 in Marysville, Idaho. He lived an active life, first serving in the army of the Pacific during World War II and later during the Korean Conflict. He retired from military service in 1960 and...
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