Traveling Trunks - Lewis and Clark

Lewis & Clark Traveling Trunks

Idaho State Historical Society
610 North Julia Davis Drive
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208-334-2120 X 15
Fax: 208-334-4059
Contact: Jason Gray
Email: jason.gray@ishs.idaho.gov

Content Description: Trunks and parfleches available for rental:
Lewis and Clark Traveling Trunks. For grades 4-12. Focuses on the journal writing, plant identification, and map-making activities of the Corps of Discovery's trip through Idaho. Articles in the trunk are replicas of items actually packed by Lewis and Clark for their trip west. Nez Perce Trunk. Items in the trunk demonstrate Nez Perce life before contact and include beautifully decorated parfleches and other handmade items donated by the Nez Perce Tribe.

Logistical Information: The Lewis and Clark Trunk and the Nez Perce trunk can be borrowed for up to two weeks, and the cost is $50.00 each. ISHS will pay shipping to and from. A Certificate of Liability is required for lease of the One of a kind Nez Perce trunk. Call 334-2120 for details.

Trunk of Discovery
110 Lemhi Backroad
Salmon, ID 83467
208-756-2798 (home)
208)-756-5400 (work)
Contact: Terry Whittier
Email: Terry_Whittier@blm.gov

Content Description: Trunk of Discovery includes four separate and complete learning modules: Critter Kit, Lost Plants, Rock Hounds, Flight Bag. Logistical Information: No fee

Lewiston City Library
428 Thain Road
Lewiston, ID 83501
Phone: 208-743-6519
Contact: Randy Smith
Email: rsmith.lew@valnet.org

Content Description: Several trunks, containing replicas of materials used on or encountered during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, may be checked out. Trunk topics include animals, medicine, and construction. Contents of trunks have been cataloged (Kit 197.804); catalog record can be accessed through electronic card catalog: http://valnet.wash-id.net Logistical Information: No fee except if shipped.

Kamiah School District
Route 1, Box 720
Kamiah, ID 83536 Contact: Amy Woods
Phone: 208-4080 or 4057
Email: ajwoods@kamiah.org

Logistical Information: Lewis & Clark Trunk is available only within Kamiah School District. No fee.

Lewis & Clark Interpretive Association
4201 Giant Springs Road
Great Falls, MT 59405
Contact: Karen Rickert
Phone: 406-453-6248
Email: portagecache@montana.com

Content Description: Available for rental: Lewis and Clark Educational Trunk. For elementary grades. Includes books, transparencies, plant press, sewing kit, firebox, powder horn, buckskin, time line, hat, animal hides, curriculum manual, and more.

Logistical Information: Cost is $25.00 plus shipping to and from; shipping averages $25.00 each way. Shipped in large plastic storage container.

Montana Science Institute
7653 Canyon Ferry Road
Helena, MT 59602
Phone: 406-475-3638
Fax: 406-475-3871
Email: msi@mt-science.org
Contact: Gil or Marilyn Alexander

Content Description: Available for rental: Plants and People, Lewis & Clark for K-3 is a 12-lesson primary trunk with an interdisciplinary curriculum. Includes books, pictures, maps, posters, compasses, telescopes, audiocassettes, plant specimens, and more.

Logistical Information: Shipping to and from plus $150.00 refundable deposit.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clarkston Natural Resources Office
100 Fair Street
Clarkston, WA 99403
Phone: 509-751-0244
Contact and Presenter: Craig Rockwell
Email: Craig.S.Rockwell@usace.army.mil

Content Description: Lewis & Clark Discovery Box focuses on the Army's role in the Expedition. Suitable for all ages. Logistical Information: Available only with Presenter. No fee.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dworshak Dam Visitor's Center
P.O. Box 48
Ahsahka, ID 83520
Phone: 208-476-1297
Contact and Presenter: Deb Norton
Email: Deborah.A.Norton@usace.army.mil

Content Description: Lewis & Clark Trunk. Suitable for all ages. Includes child-size uniform; artifact replicas, such as sextant, quill set, dry ink, resource book, journal, users' guide, and more. Logistical Information: Available only with Presenter. No fee. Trunk is a footlocker with wooden sides.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4147 Ahsahka Road
P.O. Box 18
Ahsahka, ID 83520
Phone: 208-476-4591
Fax: 208-476-3252
Contact: Susan Sawyer or Megan Johnson
Email: susan_sawyer@fws.gov

Content Description: Natural History of Lewis and Clark. For middle school grades. Includes period clothing, Indian trading games, animal pelts and tracks, tools, reference books, posters, models, lesson plans, and more. Logistical Information: Rental period up to one month, normally two weeks. No fee to use, borrower pays return shipping costs. Trunk is large athletic trunk with wheels. Permanent home is Columbia Gorge Discovery Center.

Content Description: Fin Bin - All About Fish. For grades K-12. Includes fisheries-focused lesson plan/guidebook with specific unit on Corps of Discovery, resource tools, books, models, puppets, samples, games, and more. Logistical Information: Free delivery or shipping within 50 mile radius of Dworshak Fisheries Complex. Two-week loan period but may be extended with request made in advance. Trunk is a large plastic storage container with wheels and handles. Content Description: Of Fish and People. For middle school grades. Offers eight specific activities and includes handmade tribal fishing tools, preserved specimens, artifacts, resource books, posters, lesson plan curriculum guide, and more. Logistical Information; Available April-July. Permanent home is Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Cannot be shipped. No fee.

John W. Fisher
25216 Arrow Highline Road
Juliaetta, ID 83535
Phone: 208-843-7159
Email: jwfisher@starband.net

Content Description: Fisher makes Lewis and Clark presentations in historically accurate uniform using trunks and chests on 11 topics: animals of the Expedition; botanical specimens collected or noted by the Expedition; geological specimens from Great Falls, Montana to Astoria, Oregon; medical chest with drugs and instruments; food and cooking gear; Private Shannon's personal gear; Sergeant Gass's woodworking tools; the captains' gear; Indian trade goods; Indian artifact replicas. Suitable for all ages. All but one collection is contained in a period-correct pine box stained with red iron oxide. Logistical Information: Cost for a presentation is $100 plus expenses, which includes a historically-clothed presenter and one to two collections for up to two hours. For schools and civic groups, cost may be covered through the Clearwater-Snake Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Committee's Speakers Bureau, 208-935-7636, cslcbc@camasnet.com

Development Workshop, Inc.
555 West 25th Street
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Phone: 208-524-1550
Fax: 208-523-3148
Contact: Gerry Hodges
Email: hodg@dwinc.org

Content Description: Discovery Boxes are red cedar trunks that include replicas of items the Corps of Discovery took on their journey, as well as items they found on the journey. Included are books, users' guide, flag, sextant, music CDs, videos, plant press, buttons, quills, elk sinew, poster, map, teaching resources, and more.

Logistical Information: Available for purchase only.

Jefferson Expansion National Memorial
11 North 4th Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
Phone: 314-655-1600
Website: www.nps.gov/jeff

Content Description: Available for rental: Lewis & Clark Traveling Trunk. For elementary grades. Based on Patrick Gass's experiences with the Expedition. Items include dried berries, sinew, beaver pelt, maps, videos, books, tanned buffalo hide, drawings, and more. Logistical Information: Rental period is from the eighth day to the 21st day of the month. Fee of $35.00 includes shipping.

Fort Clatsop National Memorial
92343 Fort Clatsop Road
Astoria, OR 97103-9197
Phone: 503-861-2471, ext. 422
Fax: 503-861-4428
Website: www.nps.gov/focl/education

Content Description: Three trunks available for rental:

Fort Clatsop Explorers: For grades third-fifth or sixth-eighth. Focuses on daily life for the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their winter stay at Fort Clatsop in 1805-06. Includes hands-on activities, resource guide, replicas, clothing, period trade items, videos, posters, and more. The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scientific Discovery and the Impacts of Change. For grades third-fifth or sixth-eighth. Includes replica and modern scientific equipment, resource guide, books, posters, and more. Offers students an opportunity to learn about the natural scientific observations from the Expedition and the impacts of the changes that have occurred over the past 200 years. Who Were the Clatsops? For grades third-eighth. Uses the journals of the Expedition to learn about the Native American peoples - Clatsop and Chinookan. Includes replica artifacts, hands-on activities, resource guide, videos, posters, and more. Logistical Information: Rental period is 15-18 teaching days (not including weekends) plus shipping time. Rental fees determined by shipping zone. Park ships to borrower via United Parcel Service, and borrower returns to park via United Parcel Service at own expense.


Welcome Route in Idaho Native Peoples Points of Interest Events Plan Expedition Resources Maps and Images Links Contact Us Free Publications	Lewis & Clark Traveling Trunks Idaho State Historical Society 610 North Julia Davis Drive Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208-334-2120 X 15 Fax: 208-334-4059 Contact: Jason Gray Email: jason.gray@ishs.idaho.gov Content Description: Trunks and parfleches available for rental: Lewis and Clark Traveling Trunks. For grades 4-12. Focuses on the journal writing, plant identification, and map-making activities of the Corps of Discovery's trip through Idaho. Articles in the trunk are replicas of items actually packed by Lewis and Clark for their trip west. Nez Perce Trunk. Items in the trunk demonstrate Nez Perce life before contact and include beautifully decorated parfleches and other handmade items donated by the Nez Perce Tribe. Logistical Information: The Lewis and Clark Trunk and the Nez Perce trunk can be borrowed for up to two weeks, and the cost is $50.00 each. ISHS will pay shipping to and from. A Certificate of Liability is required for lease of the One of a kind Nez Perce trunk. Call 334-2120 for details. Trunk of Discovery 110 Lemhi Backroad Salmon, ID 83467 208-756-2798 (home) 208)-756-5400 (work) Contact: Terry Whittier Email: Terry_Whittier@blm.gov Content Description: Trunk of Discovery includes four separate and complete learning modules: Critter Kit, Lost Plants, Rock Hounds, Flight Bag. Logistical Information: No fee Lewiston City Library 428 Thain Road Lewiston, ID 83501 Phone: 208-743-6519 Contact: Randy Smith Email: rsmith.lew@valnet.org Content Description: Several trunks, containing replicas of materials used on or encountered during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, may be checked out. Trunk topics include animals, medicine, and construction. Contents of trunks have been cataloged (Kit 197.804); catalog record can be accessed through electronic card catalog: http://valnet.wash-id.net Logistical Information: No fee except if shipped. Kamiah School District Route 1, Box 720 Kamiah, ID 83536 Contact: Amy Woods Phone: 208-4080 or 4057 Email: ajwoods@kamiah.org Logistical Information: Lewis & Clark Trunk is available only within Kamiah School District. No fee. Lewis & Clark Interpretive Association 4201 Giant Springs Road Great Falls, MT 59405 Contact: Karen Rickert Phone: 406-453-6248 Email: portagecache@montana.com Content Description: Available for rental: Lewis and Clark Educational Trunk. For elementary grades. Includes books, transparencies, plant press, sewing kit, firebox, powder horn, buckskin, time line, hat, animal hides, curriculum manual, and more. Logistical Information: Cost is $25.00 plus shipping to and from; shipping averages $25.00 each way. Shipped in large plastic storage container. Montana Science Institute 7653 Canyon Ferry Road Helena, MT 59602 Phone: 406-475-3638 Fax: 406-475-3871 Email: msi@mt-science.org Contact: Gil or Marilyn Alexander Content Description: Available for rental: Plants and People, Lewis & Clark for K-3 is a 12-lesson primary trunk with an interdisciplinary curriculum. Includes books, pictures, maps, posters, compasses, telescopes, audiocassettes, plant specimens, and more. Logistical Information: Shipping to and from plus $150.00 refundable deposit. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Clarkston Natural Resources Office 100 Fair Street Clarkston, WA 99403 Phone: 509-751-0244 Contact and Presenter: Craig Rockwell Email: Craig.S.Rockwell@usace.army.mil Content Description: Lewis & Clark Discovery Box focuses on the Army's role in the Expedition. Suitable for all ages. Logistical Information: Available only with Presenter. No fee. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dworshak Dam Visitor's Center P.O. Box 48 Ahsahka, ID 83520 Phone: 208-476-1297 Contact and Presenter: Deb Norton Email: Deborah.A.Norton@usace.army.mil Content Description: Lewis & Clark Trunk. Suitable for all ages. Includes child-size uniform; artifact replicas, such as sextant, quill set, dry ink, resource book, journal, users' guide, and more. Logistical Information: Available only with Presenter. No fee. Trunk is a footlocker with wooden sides. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4147 Ahsahka Road P.O. Box 18 Ahsahka, ID 83520 Phone: 208-476-4591 Fax: 208-476-3252 Contact: Susan Sawyer or Megan Johnson Email: susan_sawyer@fws.gov Content Description: Natural History of Lewis and Clark. For middle school grades. Includes period clothing, Indian trading games, animal pelts and tracks, tools, reference books, posters, models, lesson plans, and more. Logistical Information: Rental period up to one month, normally two weeks. No fee to use, borrower pays return shipping costs. Trunk is large athletic trunk with wheels. Permanent home is Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Content Description: Fin Bin - All About Fish. For grades K-12. Includes fisheries-focused lesson plan/guidebook with specific unit on Corps of Discovery, resource tools, books, models, puppets, samples, games, and more. Logistical Information: Free delivery or shipping within 50 mile radius of Dworshak Fisheries Complex. Two-week loan period but may be extended with request made in advance. Trunk is a large plastic storage container with wheels and handles. Content Description: Of Fish and People. For middle school grades. Offers eight specific activities and includes handmade tribal fishing tools, preserved specimens, artifacts, resource books, posters, lesson plan curriculum guide, and more. Logistical Information; Available April-July. Permanent home is Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Cannot be shipped. No fee. John W. Fisher 25216 Arrow Highline Road Juliaetta, ID 83535 Phone: 208-843-7159 Email: jwfisher@starband.net Content Description: Fisher makes Lewis and Clark presentations in historically accurate uniform using trunks and chests on 11 topics: animals of the Expedition; botanical specimens collected or noted by the Expedition; geological specimens from Great Falls, Montana to Astoria, Oregon; medical chest with drugs and instruments; food and cooking gear; Private Shannon's personal gear; Sergeant Gass's woodworking tools; the captains' gear; Indian trade goods; Indian artifact replicas. Suitable for all ages. All but one collection is contained in a period-correct pine box stained with red iron oxide. Logistical Information: Cost for a presentation is $100 plus expenses, which includes a historically-clothed presenter and one to two collections for up to two hours. For schools and civic groups, cost may be covered through the Clearwater-Snake Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Committee's Speakers Bureau, 208-935-7636, cslcbc@camasnet.com Development Workshop, Inc. 555 West 25th Street Idaho Falls, ID 83402 Phone: 208-524-1550 Fax: 208-523-3148 Contact: Gerry Hodges Email: hodg@dwinc.org Content Description: Discovery Boxes are red cedar trunks that include replicas of items the Corps of Discovery took on their journey, as well as items they found on the journey. Included are books, users' guide, flag, sextant, music CDs, videos, plant press, buttons, quills, elk sinew, poster, map, teaching resources, and more. Logistical Information: Available for purchase only. Jefferson Expansion National Memorial 11 North 4th Street St. Louis, MO 63102 Phone: 314-655-1600 Website: www.nps.gov/jeff Content Description: Available for rental: Lewis & Clark Traveling Trunk. For elementary grades. Based on Patrick Gass's experiences with the Expedition. Items include dried berries, sinew, beaver pelt, maps, videos, books, tanned buffalo hide, drawings, and more. Logistical Information: Rental period is from the eighth day to the 21st day of the month. Fee of $35.00 includes shipping. Fort Clatsop National Memorial 92343 Fort Clatsop Road Astoria, OR 97103-9197 Phone: 503-861-2471, ext. 422 Fax: 503-861-4428 Website: www.nps.gov/focl/education Content Description: Three trunks available for rental: Fort Clatsop Explorers: For grades third-fifth or sixth-eighth. Focuses on daily life for the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their winter stay at Fort Clatsop in 1805-06. Includes hands-on activities, resource guide, replicas, clothing, period trade items, videos, posters, and more. The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scientific Discovery and the Impacts of Change. For grades third-fifth or sixth-eighth. Includes replica and modern scientific equipment, resource guide, books, posters, and more. Offers students an opportunity to learn about the natural scientific observations from the Expedition and the impacts of the changes that have occurred over the past 200 years. Who Were the Clatsops? For grades third-eighth. Uses the journals of the Expedition to learn about the Native American peoples - Clatsop and Chinookan. Includes replica artifacts, hands-on activities, resource guide, videos, posters, and more. Logistical Information: Rental period is 15-18 teaching days (not including weekends) plus shipping time. Rental fees determined by shipping zone. Park ships to borrower via United Parcel Service, and borrower returns to park via United Parcel Service at own expense.