Idaho Historical Society Chairman Martain Stinnett (Documentary Photo #ff342): It should really come as no mystery why the University of Idaho would restrict access to precious historical documents. Such things are fragile, and not just anyone with a frivolous purpose should be allowed to handle and possibly damage them. |
Borah moved to Idaho when he was twenty-six in 1891, and opened a law practice on Main street next to what is now the Egyptian Theater. He later became a prosecuting attorney. As a defense lawyer, he didn't find much success, losing fifty-seven of his seventy-two criminal cases. When I discussed this project with a friend of mine from Borah High School, she told me that the U of I has his collected papers. On hand in the University of Idaho Library's Special Collections are a series of Borahs scrapbooks and correspondence. Even though Im a student at the University, the library staff wouldnt let me view any of it. You can see what is supposed to be contained in the collection, a master inventory, but not the actually contents. Evidence at the site: none. |