Description
Since 2022, the Meridian Library District has been digitizing Meridian historical collections in an effort to preserve, document, and make available the history and culture of the area. You can browse the library's digital collections using this platform.
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Dairy Days Collection
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.
Girl Graduate Album
This scrapbook chronicles the senior year of Meridian High School graduate, Ardath Lillian Caldwell. The collection documents milestones in Caldwell's life in the early 1920s.
Mayes Gray Collection
The Mayes and Gray families are among the early settlers of Meridian, Idaho. The images in this digital collection range from 1890 to 1980 and are a wonderful snapshot into Meridian's past.
Meridian Library District History
The year 2024 marks 100 years of libraries in Meridian, Idaho. While the Meridian Occident Club ran the library from 1924-1974, in 1974 they turned over their library to the Ada County Commissioners to form the Meridian Library District. The Meridian Library District History collection looks at the past 50 years of MLD history. It cointains photographs and documents from past MLD scrapbooks, and a written 50 year history of MLD. The material on display provides insight into how MLD has served the residents of Meridian, Idaho.
Meridian Occident Club Collection
The Occident Club was a community service organization serving Meridian, Idaho from 1924-1996. Their longest lasting legacy is the creation of a Meridian Public Library. This collection contains digital scans of monthly club minutes, yearbooks, and photos.
Meridian Police Department
The Meridian Police Department collection looks at the history of law enforcement in Meridian and their contributions to the community over the years. The collection ranges from 1903 to current and includes an overview of Meridian marshal and police chiefs, development of community programs such as Police Activities League (PALs) and Citizens on Patrol, the opening of the K9 facility in 2006, and a special contribution of digital images from the Chief Gene Hiner scrapbook that was donated to the Meridian Police Department from his family.
Pine Street School & Meridian Elementary
The Pine Street School collection contains photos and documents pertaining to the history and historical renovation of the Pine Street School, as well as some materials from the nearby, and institutionally connected, Meridian Elementary School.
Willett Family Photo Album
The Willett Family traveled from Bridgewater, Massachusetts to Meridian, Idaho in 1921 to visit their daughter. This photograph collection documents their six-week cross-country journey in an auto bungalow.