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| Title | Elvina Moulton, 1878 |
| Description | Elvina Moulton (known as Aunt Viney) was a former slave born in Kentucky in September 1837. She is known as Boise, Idaho's first African American woman, arriving sometime in 1867 and working for a laundry business. She was also one of the original charter members of First Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. Moulton died at the age of 89 in Boise on February 5, 1917.
Photograph donated by First United Presbyterian. |
| Date | 1878 |
| Subject | African Americans; Boise (Idaho); Ada County; Women; Pioneers; Moulton, Elvina |
| Type | Photographs |
| Coverage | United States--Idaho (State)--Ada--Boise |
| Collection Source | Biography File |
| Identifier | 78-48.1 |
| Repository | Idaho State Historical Society
http://www.idahohistory.net/library_archives.html |
| Contributors | Washington State University Vancouver Information Services
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/vis/infoserv.htm |
| Project Identifier | wsuvp0363 |
| Physical Description | 5 in. x 7 in. |
| Format | Original images were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries. |
| Rights | To obtain a copy of this item, or request permission to publish, contact the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives, 2205 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise,ID. 83712-8250, 208-334-3356. |
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