donation of artifacts

The Museum gratefully accepts donations of artifacts and documents that have an historical connection to Bonner County. We also encourage you to contribute your family history related to Bonner County, which can take the form of an interview with a family elder, family documents, photographs, or a written history.  For more information regarding donations, ask about our donation guidelines.  Before you bring in your valued history, you will be asked to fill out our Temporary Custody Receipt and bring it in for review. If you have a photograph or document of historical interest, but would rather not donate it, we have the equipment to make copies so that your original can be returned to you.

Below is list of recognized items we would love to add to our collection.  This list is by no means exhaustive:
  • Sandpoint/Bonner County Directories from 1915, 1917-1922, 1924-1925, 1927-1947, 1949, 1951-1955, 1957-1958, 1960-1963, 1973, 1994, 2015, 2019, 2020 
  • Sandpoint High School Monticolas (yearbooks) from 1916-1919 (may be called the White Pine Song Book), 1925-1928, 1952, 1954-1946, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1992-1993, 1995, 1997, 2000-2022
  • Any issues of the Priest River High School yearbook, Clark Fork High School yearbook, or Lake Pend Oreille High School yearbook
  • Photograph of the Sandpoint Interurban Railway crossing Sand Creek on its own bridge
  • Clothing and textiles from all time periods of Bonner County History
  • Dishware 

bequests

Please contact your Certified Public Accountant for information about making a bequest to the Historical Society.