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The Ashton Herald. (Ashton, Idaho) 1919-1985

Identifier	18436454
Description	Began in 1919. Description based on: Vol. 23, no. 38 (Jan 8, 1942); Fremont County News Fishermans Breakfast started in 1955.

Whale Bone Scrimshaw

Identifier	ART.NAM.AD1881
Description	Scrimshaw is a form of folk art practiced by whalemen in the 19th and early 20th centuries (West). The name comes from the British slang "scrimshanker," meaning one who wastes time (Dorsey). Whaling voyages often lasted four years or more and the work of whaling was dangerous. The men were unable to work at night and they often waited long periods between whale sightings. So to fill the hours and relieve the boredom, they played cards or checkers, and wrote in personal journals, while those with an artistic bent did woodcarving, sketching, knotwork - and make scrimshaw. The taking of the whale provided scrimshanders, as makers of scrimshaw were called, with plenty of material. Sperm whales provided teeth, all whales provided bone, bowhead and right whales provided baleen (a flexible, black material found in their mouths). Walrus tusks were decorated by those who ventured into Northern waters, and scrimshanders also engraved designs on exotic wood and shells. They used crude sailing needles or pocket knives whose blades had been specially filed and sharpened, and the rocking movement of the ship, as well as the skill of the artist, produced drawings of varying levels of detail and artistry. Candles black, soot, or tobacco juice was used to bring the engraved design into view. While some works were purely decorative, many items made from these materials were intended for practical uses. These include napkin rings, canes, knitting needles, pie crimpers, jagging wheels (for cutting pastry), bodkins (for embroidery), swifts (yarn winders), and tools of all sorts for shipboard use (Frank). This example, dated 1881, is made of whale bone. It shows how a sperm whale would be cut up. The engraving is of high quality, with firm, dark lines, The yellow tone of the bone is because its age. The scrimshander also carved wooden plugs to hide the hollow interior of the bone. Engraved in the bone is a title, "Outline of a Sperm Whale Showing the Manner Of Cutting In," the date, and the city "Newport R.I.," and perhaps the ships name; "Brig Steel Warrior". *** Dorsey, James. Scrimshaw, as American as Jazz. World & I 32, no. 12 (December 2017): 2. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=f5h&AN=126711797&site=eds-live&scope=site. Frank, Stuart M. Curiously Carved. Magazine Antiques 180, no. 1 (January 2013): 194-203. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=f5h&AN=84977607&site=eds-live&scope=site. West, Janet. "Scrimshaw." Grove Art Online. 2003; Accessed 9 Mar. 2021. https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000077190.
Categories	Special Collections > History of Writing

The Handy-Volume Shakespeare. Vol. VII.

Identifier	BOK.ENG.AD1800s
Description	The seventh of the thirteen volume collection of Shakespeare's works published by Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. in London ("The Handy-Volume"). The pocket-sized design reflects the influence that Shakespeare's works had on the collective conscience of England and the wider world. To have the bard's words accessible became desirable for the general public instead of them only being accessible to the upper class. Therefore, pocket-sized editions of Shakespeare began to gain in popularity. This book has an impressive hand-drawn illustration on the fore-edge of a woman in Classical era clothing which can be seen by gently bending the pages height-wise towards the back cover. The Handy-Volume Shakspeare. AbeBooks.com. Accessed October 27, 2020. https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30301049132.
Creator	William Shakespeare
Categories	Special Collections > History of Writing

Circular of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Identifier	BX8651 .C4747 1877
Description	Young, Brigham. Circular of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ the Latter-day Saints. Young, John W.; Wells, Daniel H.. Salt Lake City, July 11, 1877. 10pp. 8vo. Pamphlet.
Creator	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Categories	Special Collections

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Identifier	FileMS0001-01
Description	Historical Scrapbook for the Rigby LDS Seminary, 1982-1984. Teachers and people noted include Brother and Sister Ringle, Brother Wilkes' class, Brother Lee's class, Brother Barnes' class. A notable inclusion is the two-page Rigby Seminary Annual History essay. Color photos (3x4) are also included. Images available in BYU-Idaho Special Collections & Archives
Creator	Rigby Seminary Council
Date	1984-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Identifier	FileMS0001-02
Description	Annual history of the Rigby LDS Seminary
Creator	Rigby Seminary Council
Date	1983-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Identifier	FileMS0001-03
Description	Letter from Janet Frank to a Rigby Bishop, January 3, 1983
Creator	Rigby Seminary Council
Date	1983-01-03
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Identifier	FileMS0001-04
Description	Graduation Exercises of the Rigby Seminary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Creator	Rigby Seminary Council
Date	1983-05-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Identifier	FileMS0001-05
Description	Rigby High School Graduating Class of 1984 announcement for Kathleen May Rogers
Creator	Rigby Seminary Council
Date	1984-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Identifier	FileMS0001-06
Description	Handwritten dance royalty
Creator	Rigby Seminary Council
Date	1983-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Identifier	FileMS0001-07
Description	News Clippings about Rigby Baseball
Creator	Rigby Seminary Council
Date	1983-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

"Dozens of Cousins" as written by ourselves

Identifier	FileMS0002
Description	'Dozens of Cousins' as Written by Ourselves--Descendants of Albert Zollinger, Sr. (1849) & Verena Elliker Ruegg. compiled by Guy C. Meyers and Katherine Meyers. 30 pages on 8.5x11 paper, Zollinger Family Record essay, 3 pages. Family group sheets with biographical data and short family history essays. Written June 9, 1968.
Creator	Meyers, Guy C.
	Meyers, Katherine Z.
Date	1968-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Albert Zollinger, Jr. & Marie Graf Family Book of Remembrance by their children

Identifier	FileMS0003
Description	Albert Zollinger Jr. & Marie Graf Family Book of Remembrance (by their children). 116 pages on 8.5x11 paper. Printed December 1952. Contains biographical essays, family groups sheets, and black and white photo copies of photos.
Creator	Meyers, Katherine Z.
Date	1952-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Gruwell Family Histories

Identifier	FileMS0004
Description	Family group sheets and pedigree charts of the Gruwell Family. Histories of Gruwell families that include Illinois and Iowa settling, Mormon conversion/persecutions, travelling through the Utah Territory, early settling of Marsh Valley, Idaho, one individual used to own the land where Ricks College stands, and settling of Colonia Diaz in the Mormon Colonies of Mexico. 120 pages on 8.5x17 pages.
Creator	Bake, Nila Gruwell
	Bake, Blaine R.
Date	1964-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

People's Railroad Committee Meeting Minutes

Identifier	FileMS0005
Description	Minutes of the People's Railroad Committee, Rexburg, ID, 1899. Photocopies of original. "Peoples Railroad Committee" chaired by Thomas E. Ricks. Includes documentation of efforts to get financial and popular support for a railroad from the Snake River to the North Fork of the Teton River, including a Depot site in Rexburg. Also included is a map of Rexburg, ca. 1903, that depicts the railroad, depot site, and some land ownership (including that of Jacob Spori).
Creator	Peoples Railroad Committee
Date	1899-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Lesson for May, 1984, Preserving Pioneer Relics

Identifier	FileMS0006
Description	Booklet published by the Daughter of Utah Pioneers titled. "Preserving Pioneer Relics." From a larger work, "An Enduring Legacy," pages 373-412.
Creator	Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Date	1984-05-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-01
Description	Postcard sent to Arthur Porter featuring Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1898
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1898-10-22
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-02
Description	Postcard sent to Arthur Porter in Geneva featuring cyclists and train, 1898
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1898-11-21
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-03
Description	Postcard sent to Arthur Porter in Geneva featuring dogs pulling a cart, 1899
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1899-02-13
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-04
Description	Postcard sent to Arthur Porter in Neuchatel featuring sailboats on a lake, 1899
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1898-04-13
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-05
Description	Postcard sent to Arthur Porter in Geneva featuring Glattfelden, 1898
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1898-10-05
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-06
Description	Calling card from the Swiss-German mission featuring Joseph Smith
Creator	Swiss Mission
Date	1898-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-07
Description	Card with Christmas Greetings, 1915 from Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Dalby
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1915-12-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-08
Description	Letterhead for the Standard Printing and Publishing Company
Creator	The Standard Printing and Publishing Company
Date	1900-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-09
Description	Calling card for the candidacy of Arthur Porter, Sr. to the Idaho State Senate
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1954-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-10
Description	Life sketch of Arthur Porter, Jr.
Creator	Unknown
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-11
Description	Oneida Stake Academy letterhead with faint blue writing.
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1900-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-12
Description	Arthur Porter journal containing notes from his mission and botanical specimens.
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Date	1898-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Identifier	FileMS0007-13
Description	Cover of the Christmas edition of the Student Rays, Ricks Academy, Rexburg, Idaho
Creator	Porter, Jr., Arthur
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The Story of Jacob Henry Flamm, 1837-1913

Identifier	FileMS0008
Description	Typescript of Jacob Henry Flamm's life as written by Allen B. Wright.
Creator	Wright, Allen B.
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Early Idaho Personalities Speech

Identifier	FileMS0009
Description	Early Idaho Personalities, written by Leonard J. Arrington. A speech given at the Annual Banquet of the Idaho State Historical Society, held in Rexburg, Idaho. Includes a cover letter. Arrington sent Ricks College President Bruce Hafen a copy of a talk he gave. Arrington was a director of the historical department for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Creator	Arrington, Leonard J.
Date	1979-03-03
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Old Oregon Trail--The World's Most Historical Highway

Identifier	FileMS0010
Description	Photocopy of a government publication of "The Old Oregon Trail--The World's Most Historical Highway." Remarks of Hon. Addison T. Smith of Idaho in the House of Representatives. Originally printed in a larger publication from January 13, 1925.
Creator	Smith, Addison T.
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Westward Ho But Without A Wagon

Identifier	FileMS0011
Description	Typescript of "Westward Ho But Without A Wagon," by Nelle Dawson
Creator	Dawson, Nelle
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-01
Description	A section of newspaper dated September 12, 2013, with an article titled "Meeting a Prophet" by Kenneth J. Brown. This article talks about the day Heber J. Grant came to the new church building. The newspaper is an issue of Upper Valley LDS Life.
Creator	Upper Valley LDS Life
Date	2013-09-12
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-02
Description	13 8.5x11 sheets of The 4th Ward Building "A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God", compiled by Douglas S. Ladle.
Creator	Ladle, Douglas S
Date	1988-04-24
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-03
Description	2 8.5x11 pages of the Dedicatory Service program that took place on March 17, 1935.
Creator	Christensen, Oswald
Date	1935-03-17
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-04
Description	4 8.5x11 black and white copies of a picture of the 4th ward building.
Creator	Rexburg 4th ward
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-05
Description	2 8.5x11 program of the Hammond Organ from Tuesday, June 29, 1987.
Creator	Rexburg 4th ward
Date	1937-06-29
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-06
Description	1 8.5x11 black and white copy of the around the block parade from July 22, 1959.
Creator	Unknown
Date	1958-07-22
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-07
Description	Single 8.5x11 sheet of a black and white copy of the dedication program for the new addition of the 4-6 ward on Sunday, January 5, 1969.
Creator	Rexburg 4th ward
Date	1969-01-05
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Identifier	FileMS0012-08
Description	Black and white copy on a sheet of 8.5x11 of an article titled "Church Addition Ceremonies are Set For Sunday".
Creator	Unknown
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Know Your Tetons

Identifier	FileMS0013
Description	An article describing the majesty of Idaho's Grand Teton mountains. L.G. Biddulph gives a geologic and historical description of the three main peaks, and then gives an account of several Rick's College sponsored trips up the mountain, one of which included President Romney, on July 16, 1927.
Creator	Biddulph, Lowell George
Date	1956-01-16
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Some Recollections of the Formation and Early History of Teton County, Wyoming

Identifier	FileMS0014
Description	Photocopy of a typescript speech given at the dedication of the Teton County Courthouse in 1963, "Some Recollections of the Formation and Early History of Teton County, Wyoming." Given by E.N. Moody.
Creator	Moody, E.N.
Date	1963-11-09
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

The Settlement and Adaptation of the Japanese People in the Rexburg Area

Identifier	FileMS0015
Description	Typescript paper written by Diane Yamasaki for a class, Composition and Reading 112, in 1971. Research paper written about the Japanese People in the Rexburg Idaho area. Includes several short quotes from oral histories conducted by Yamasaki with local Japanese Americans.
Creator	Yamasaki, Diane
Date	1971-03-23
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

A Brief History of Fremont County, Idaho Schools from 1880-1990

Identifier	FileMS0016
Description	Photocopy of an essay written by Garnot C. Bricoff, "A Brief History of Fremont County, Idaho Schools from 1880-1990." The essay includes maps and images and some handwritten notes.
Creator	Bricoff
	Garnot C.
Date	1990-01-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Eagle Rock History

Identifier	FileMS0017
Description	Photocopy of a typewritten paper. "Eagle Rock History" written by the Historian of the Eagle Rock Daughters of the American Revolution, Eldora Choemaker Keefer.
Creator	Keefer, Eldora Shoemaker
Date	1933-10-01
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Stillman Pond Biography

Identifier	FileMS0018
Description	Biographical sketch of 1847 Utah Pioneer, Stillman Pond, and his family. Typewritten pages inside a blue cover.
Creator	Pond, Leon Young
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Autobiography of William M. Allred

Identifier	FileMS0019
Description	Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography of William M. Allred. Written from memory by the author.
Creator	Allred, William M.
Date	1885-01-25
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Elmer Curtis Peter Life Sketch

Identifier	FileMS0020
Description	Life sketch of Elmer Peter Curtis. The paper includes information about his grandparents, parents, spouse, children and grandchildren.
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

Alexander Spence Leatham Life Sketch

Identifier	FileMS0021
Description	Typescript of a life sketch read at Alexander Spence's funeral services by Thelma Hansen. It includes information about his parents, spouse and children.
Creator	Hansen, Thelma
Date	1968-08-23
Categories	Manuscripts > File MS

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The Ashton Herald. (Ashton, Idaho) 1919-1985

Whale Bone Scrimshaw

The Handy-Volume Shakespeare. Vol. VII.

Circular of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

Rigby LDS Seminary Scrapbook

"Dozens of Cousins" as written by ourselves

Albert Zollinger, Jr. & Marie Graf Family Book of Remembrance by their children

Gruwell Family Histories

People's Railroad Committee Meeting Minutes

Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Lesson for May, 1984, Preserving Pioneer Relics

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

Arthur Porter, Jr. Papers

The Story of Jacob Henry Flamm, 1837-1913

Early Idaho Personalities Speech

Old Oregon Trail--The World's Most Historical Highway

Westward Ho But Without A Wagon

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

The 4th Ward Building: A Historical Monument to People Serving Their God

Know Your Tetons

Some Recollections of the Formation and Early History of Teton County, Wyoming

The Settlement and Adaptation of the Japanese People in the Rexburg Area

A Brief History of Fremont County, Idaho Schools from 1880-1990

Eagle Rock History

Stillman Pond Biography

Autobiography of William M. Allred

Elmer Curtis Peter Life Sketch

Alexander Spence Leatham Life Sketch

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