Manuscript Group 380

Francis V. Nonini, 1907-1996

Papers, 1926-1936
1.0 cubic foot

The records of Francis Nonini were originally part of the H. Robert Otness accession received in 1996. They were removed from that collection and processed as a separate manuscript group by Judith Nielsen in March, 1997.

BIOGRAPHY

Francis V. Nonini was born May 6, 1907 in Bayhorse, Idaho, to Custer County pioneers Victor P. and Domenica Nonini. He attended public school in Mackay, graduating from Mackay High School in 1925. He then attended the University of Idaho where he majored in geology and botany. After graduating in 1930 he began teaching general science and botany in the Moscow High School. He later earned a masters degree in education. During the summers he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Plant and Pest Control Division. In 1947 he was appointed principal of Moscow High School, a position he held until his retirement in 1962. He married Ruth Otness in 1934.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The papers of Francis V. Nonini span the years 1926 to 1936 and consist mainly of classroom notes and papers. They have been arranged alphabetically by course; the four papers are entered under Nonini and arranged alphabetically by title. The final item in the papers is a 3 ring binder on acrididae which contains colored photographs of the insects.

FRANCIS V. NONINI

INVENTORY

Box Folder Description Items

1	1	Biology notes, n.d.	2
	2	Botany: Experiments, n.d.	1
	3	Botany: Field trips, 1930	1
	4	Botany: Fungi, n.d.	1
	5	Botany: Lab work, n.d.	2
	6	Botany: Notebook, 1926-1936	1
	7	Botany: Notes, 1930	1
	8	Botany: Terminology, n.d.	1
	9	Chemistry 1: Quiz topics, 1929	1
	10	Chemistry 2: Quiz topics, 1930	2
	11	Chemistry 44, 1934	8
	12	Chemistry, Organic: Laboratory manual, 1934	1
	13	Class notes: Botany, n.d.	1
	14	Class notes: Botany, English, Geology, 1929	1
	15	Correspondence, 1930	1
	16	Ecology: Field trips, Summer 1935	1
	17	Education 241: Notes, 1931-1932	1
	18	English: Business correspondence, 1928	1
	19	Geography, n.d.	1
	20	Geology: Questions, n.d.	1
	21	Mycology (Botany 111): Reference notes, n.d.	1
	22	Nonini, Francis: Alder Creek mining district of the Mackay Region, Idaho, April 19, 1929	1
	23		Benefits of extra-curricular activities in the high school: social training and physical training development, March 20, 1929	1
	24		Earth creation and resultant stages (Philosophy 51), January 10, 1930	1
	25		Materialism (Philosophy 52), April 21, 1930	1
	26	Philosophy 1, n.d.	1
	27	Thompson, Richard M. A handbook and field key to the acrididae of the north central United States, 1963	1

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