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News of Special Collections and Archives 2002
Digital Memories: Ootheca Wolleyana
October 2002 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is the tragic account of the loss, to cultural terroism, of twenty-two colored lithographs from a four volume "catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs, begun by the late John Wolley." The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on Senator Borah's bid for the presidency, Sir Walter Scott's Heart of the Midlothian, and Idaho's non-laureate Poet. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 5000 entries from around the world. +++ Checklist of Library Publications
September 2002 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces the availability of The University of Idaho Library: A Checklist of Publications. This is a comprehensive list of monographs, serials, series, electronic publications, and other items prepared by library staff and faculty as contributions to the world of scholarship. Beginning forty years ago, the library has sought to enhance its holdings and to describe its collections through the compilation of lists, bibliographies, and scholarly works. While some have focused on the holdings of Special Collections, other aspects of the library's materials have also been highlighted. Changing technologies have enlarged the scope of the publications program; in addition to web exhibits, librarians have initiated electronic journals available to an international audience and compiled historic visual data onto CD-ROMs. +++ Digital Memories: Muddy Roads
July 2002 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is an illustrated summary of highway construction in Latah County south of Moscow. The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on Senator Borah's bid for the presidency, Sir Walter Scott's Heart of the Midlothian, and Idaho's non-laureate Poet. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 4900 entries from around the world. +++ Summer (and Other) Hours Reduced
May 2002 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces that recent budget cuts and staff vacancies require a slight reduction in the hours that the reading room is open for research. Beginning May 20, 2002 and continuing through August 23, 2002, the Special Collections Reading Room will be open from 7:30 am to Noon and from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. In addition, there may be times during the day when access is further reduced. Additionally, regular hours during the school year will be similarly reduced. The reading room will be open from 8:00 am to Noon and from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Circumstances may required unannounced closures at other times. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. +++ Digital Memories: The Idaho Poet
April 2002 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is an account of the self-published 200 Poems by the Idaho Poet. Author, Editor and Printer. Published in the early 1920s, 200 Poems is a combination of lyrical descriptions of the western landscape with heartfelt pleas for the reform of capitalism. The unknown author, the self-proclaimed "Idaho Poet," writes of his own experiences as a migrant laborer across the mines and farms of the Pacific Northwest. The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on Senator Borah's bid for the presidency, Sir Walter Scott's Heart of the Midlothian, and photographs relating to the Nez Perce Indian War are also available. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains nearly 4900 entries from around the world. +++ Digital Memories: The University of Idaho Seal
January 2002 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in the Webpage "Digital Memories." Digital Memories focuses on historic artifacts, documents, photographs, and books from the holdings of Special Collections and Archives. This is a changing showcase of highlights from our collections. The most recent addition to the series is an account of the varied appearance of the University of Idaho Seal, originally designed in 1908 by a history instructor in the University's prep school. The Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library includes those materials that, because of subject coverage, rarity, source, condition, or form, are best handled separately from the General Collection. The several "collections" housed in this department include the Day-Northwest Collection of Western Americana, Rare Books, Idaho Documents, Sir Walter Scott Collection, Ezra Pound Collection, Caxton Collection, University of Idaho Theses, Historical Maps, Historical Photograph Collection, and Personal Papers and University Archives. "Digital Memories" can be accessed through the URL <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. Previous editions, on Senator Borah's bid for the presidency, Sir Walter Scott's Heart of the Midlothian, and photographs relating to the Nez Perce Indian War are also available. Also at this site is information about Special Collections and its holdings, archival and manuscript descriptions and inventories, and a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 4800 entries from around the world. +++ |
