Digital History

Choose a collection below and click on the links to learn more and browse the digitized collection online. 

a tractor pulls a float in the shape of Idaho with a young woman seated on it

Dairy Days

The annual Dairy Days show celebrates Meridian's rich history as a dairy town. This is a collection of snapshots from the Dairy Days parade in 1950.

four horses pull a man in a wagon

Mayes-Gray

The Mayes and Gray families are among Meridian’s early settlers. The images in this collection range from 1890 to 1980 and are a wonderful snapshot into Meridian’s past.

a group of ladies gather at a table for a portrait

Occident Club

The Occident Club was a community service organization serving Meridian, Idaho from 1924-1996. The longest lasting legacy of the Meridian Occident Club is their creation of a Meridian public library. Beginning in 1924, the library grew under the club’s direction for fifty years.

Willett family poses in front of their auto bungalow

Willett Album

The Willett Family traveled from Bridgewater, Massachusettes to Meridian, Idaho in 1921 to visit their daughter, Hazel. Their six-week journey was unique in that they traveled cross-country by “auto bungalow” in a time when automobiles were not completely mainstream.

Two portrait images of Ardath Lillian Caldwell, graduate of Meridian High School Class of 1922, in addition to her scrapbook cover.

Girl Graduate Album

Ardath Lillian Caldwell was a graduate of Meridian High School - Class of 1922. This scrapbook documents various milestones and contains a rare insight into the life of a Meridian High School teen in the early 1920’s.

Digitization work was made possible by a SHARP Operations Grant through the Idaho Humanities Council.

Funding for this grant has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan.