The Moses Alexander Collection

• enacting statewide prohibition
  
• rallying Idaho around Woodrow Wilson's call to enter World War I
  
• christening the U.S.S. Idaho, dedicating Arrowrock Dam, and attending the opening of the Dalles-Celilo Canal
  
• supporting the Women's Suffrage movement
  
• dealing with labor unrest in Idaho's logging and mining camps
  
• building state infrastructure
  
• supporting irrigation and farming projects
  
  

Additional topics of interest include:

• Democratic Party
  
• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
  
• Carey Act matters and the State Board of Land Commissioners
  
• Judaism
  
• M. Alexander Inc. (Alexander's clothing store)
  
  

The Moses Alexander Collection is an exemplary collection of this American success story. The 80 cubic feet of material sheds light on the role Moses Alexander played in shaping Idaho's business, political, and religious communities.

A PDF version of the printed guide to collection is available. Please click here (5,003 kb) for the guide and here (16 kb) for the addendum. The guide contains the complete archival record of Alexander's gubernatorial material (AR 2.0011) as well the manuscript collection of items from various family members and M. Alexander Inc. (MS 335). The collection includes:

• original and carbon copy correspondence
  
• telegrams
  
• newspaper clippings
  
• speeches
  
• photographs
  
• video
  
• scrapbooks
  
• fiscal records
  
• court proceedings
  
• assorted printed material - blueprints, maps and certificates which are supplementary to the correspondence
  
  

Material dates from 1876-1987.

Please contact ISHS for additional information.