Online Collections
Here are a few of the digitized and online collections in the Latah County Historical Society collection.
View the pieces in the LCHS Art Collection, linked below.
The oral histories linked below are available through the University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. These digitized audio recordings together with their indexes and transcripts provide over 300 detailed recollections of life from the early 20th century. These oral histories were first conducted and collected in the mid-1970s by the Latah County Historical Society
Digitized Photos
Some of our photos can be found at Google Arts & Culture, linked below. We also have a number of photos of unidentified people. Please browse and see if you can help us identify them.
Native American Collections
Before white settlers, Latah County was home to the Nimiipuu, Coeur d'Alene, and Palus peoples. LCHS only has a few items related to the native history of Latah County.
Adair Collection
Ione Adair grew up in Moscow in the historic home at 110 S. Adams Street, known by most as the McConnell Mansion. She enjoyed adventure and as a young woman attempted to establish a homestead claim in northern Idaho, near present-day Avery. She was there in the summer of 1910 when an enormous wildfire erupted. Her journal and letters home from that time period provide valuable insight into her experiences as a woman in a frontier space as well as with the "Big Blowup" that changed forest management throughout the nation.
Rick Jones Negative Collection
Rick Jones’ interest in photography began during his time working at Hodgins Drugstore in 8th grade. By high school, Jones put his talents to use for Moscow High School’s yearbook and paper, the Wocsomonian. In addition to the high school’s publications, Jones’ work could also be found in local newspapers and television. His photography journey continued while attending the University of Idaho. Pictures of life on campus were published in the university yearbooks, The Argonaut, and Idaho Engineering. After graduating from college in 1956, Jones enlisted in the Air Force and retired in 1978. Jones then spent his time operating two pharmacies in Spokane until he retired in 2003. The photos within the collection span from 1948-1956.