1. UI Library owns complete historical holdings on microfilm for Idaho; few others:
   1. Idaho newspapers on Microfilm at http://db.lib.uidaho.edu/news/microfilm.php3
   2. New York Times, 1851-present
   3. London Times, 1914-present
   4. Washington Post, 1955-2000
2. WSU Library has complete Washington holdings and holdings for many other newspapers on microfilm; need to search the WSU library catalog, Griffin, at http://griffin.wsu.edu/search/ for exact holdings.
   Washington State Union List of Newspapers on Microfilm is useful for determining exact titles. It’s on reserve here at:
   Reserve Z6945.M634 1991   
3. Newspapers online:
    See the Electronic News section of the UI library’s “Recommended Websites” at http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/internet/index.shtml.
   Especially:
   
   1. Archiver Unbound
      
   2. U.S. News Archives on the Web

Special Collections & Archives at http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Personal and organizational records and university archives, rare books, manuscripts, and historical photographs.

U. S. Government Documents at http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/govdoc/gov_docs_ui.shtml
As a full depository library since 1907, the University of Idaho library automatically receives all federal government publications.  Use the library catalog or GPO Access to identify government documents 1976-present.
Before 1976:

1. Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of the United States
   Government Publications, 1900-1971.  Call #:    Ref/Doc GP 3.8X:Subject
   
2. Monthly Catalog of the United States Government Publications. 1895-present.
   Call #    Ref/Doc GP 3.8 and Ref/Doc GP 3.8/8
   
3. Cumulative title index to United States public documents, 1789-1976.
   Call #  Ref Docs. GP 3.8x:Title
4. Serial Set Index.  1789-1969.  Call # Ref/Doc GP 3.7X
   Publications issued by Congress are compiled in the Serial Set.

1. Use Advanced Search
2. Useful terms to add to your search:
1. Sources
2. Narratives
3. Autobiography
4. Memoirs
5. Interviews
6. Diaries
7. Letters
8. Manuscript
9. Papers
3. Broader search terms (will get many items which are secondary sources)
1. History
2. Biography
4. Can be used to find records, archives and manuscripts in Special Collections and to find government documents since 1976.

UI Library Publications at http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/publications/index.htm includes:

1. McBeth Sisters Website at http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/mcbeth/index.htm, missionary teachers to the Nez Perce during the late 19th century.
2. Two other historical documents on the Nez Perce transcribed to the web.
3. The University of Idaho Library: A Checklist of Publications at http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/libbib.htm, several containing original primary source material on the early history of Idaho.

Washington State University Library
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) at http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm contains a number of collections which include information about Idaho as well as Washington and the rest of the Pacific Northwest.

Directory of Genealogical and Historical Societies in the U.S. and Canada. On Reserve in the library at Reserve CS44.D57 1994.

Most historical maps owned by UI are in Special Collections (incl. USGS)
PNW map digitizing project: www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmaps.html

Digital Collections

Using Primary Sources on the Web at http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/ is a useful guide.

1. Repositories of Primary Sources at http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html. More than 5000 links to archives, libraries, and other places.
2. Subject Collections of the Internet Public Library at http://www9.ipl.org/div/subject/.  Do a search for “digital collections” for a list of over 300 collections.
3. American Memory at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html contains a number of digital collections from the Library of Congress.
4. Washington State Digital Library Resources at http://digitalwa.statelib.wa.gov/index.htm.