Born in 1873, Ben Bush was enlisted as Sergeant in Company D of the First Regiment of Idaho Volunteers in the Philippine Insurrection, on May 1st, 1898. He received two medals, and was mustered out on September 25, 1899.
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The 1974 World’s Fair in Spokane
Logging Day April 21, 2015
In anticipation of Logging Day at the University of Idaho Library tomorrow, April 21, 2015, UI Special Collections is celebrating all things wood. We have selections of plates from Hough’s American Woods showing samples of the types of lumber commonly forested in North Idaho:as well as cruise books and diaries...
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The largest map I’ve ever seen
This map from our Bunker Hill Mining Company Records Collection measures about 5 feet by 20 feet. The different colors show a different level underground, showing levels 9 through 17 in the Bunker Hill Mining Complex. Unfortunately the date is not known.
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Happy Vandal Friday!
Today is the first of our two Vandal Fridays this year, welcoming incoming freshmen to get acquainted with University life. It’s an exciting time for UI Library Special Collections to help family members connect with previous generations of Vandals, through our yearbook collection the Gem of the Mountains, and historical...
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May I Have This Dance
Idaho - The Live Wire State
In continuation of the celebration of the first annual Idaho Day on March 4th, I’m posting this 1920 Clason’s Idaho Green Guide, which boasts Idaho’s abundant electricity at the time.
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Joe Williams arrangements
Ev'rybody Wants To Be Loved (By Someone)
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A New Social Order?
“Each individual who desires to contribute to bringing about better conditions of living, should try to interest other individuals and organizations in Relatism and its objective of creating a modernized world, so that the principles it represents can continue to grow until they become the basis of a new and...
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Happy National Handwriting Day!
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Personal letter
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