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News of Special Collections and Archives 2004
Thoreau Manuscript Recorded
October 2004 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in its series of "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. In this issue, a single manuscript leaf of Henry David Thoreau is shown being used as a talisman for a collector's editon of Thoreau's works. 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 include 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 link to a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 5500 entries from around the world. +++ F. Neely and Sons Garage Records Now Available
June 2004 The University of Idaho Library announces the availability on the World Wide Web of inventories of newly processed gifts of local business records. Recently added is the inventory of the records of F. Neely and Sons Garage. It can be found at <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/mg412.htm>. The material consists of financial statements, lists of accounts, payroll and social security records, Studebaker accounting manuals, and inventory stock records of a Moscow, Idaho, automobile service station. The historical manuscripts at the University of Idaho Library are supplemented by the 16,000 volumes of Idaho and Pacific Northwest history in the Day-Northwest Collection, the Idaho state documents collection of over 10,000 items, over 100,000 images in the Historical Photograph Collection, and other records of mining, lumbering, and insurance companies; banks, hospitals, and orphanages; personal papers of judges, doctors, lawyers, and journalists; and the University Archives. All are located in Special Collections and Archives, which is open from Monday through Friday, 8am to Noon, 1pm to 5 pm, except university holidays. Summer hours may vary. For more information about Special Collections at the University of Idaho Library see <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. +++ Digital Memories: Summer School at the University of IdahoJuly 2004 Special Collections and Archives at the University of Idaho Library announces a new installment in its series of "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. In this issue, an illustrated Northern Pacific Railroad publicity brochure praises the climate and educational opportunities at the University of Idaho's summer school in 1928. 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 include 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 link to a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 5500 entries from around the world. +++ Moscow District Camp Fire Girls Records Now Available
June 2004 The University of Idaho Library announces the availability on the World Wide Web of inventories of newly processed gifts of organizational records. Recently added is the inventory of the papers of local educational and recreational group, the Moscow District Camp Fire Girls. It can be found at <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/mg064.htm>. The material consists of financial statements, annual reports, committee reports, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence, summer and day camp materials, newsclippings, and candy sale reports. The historical manuscripts at the University of Idaho Library are supplemented by the 16,000 volumes of Idaho and Pacific Northwest history in the Day-Northwest Collection, the Idaho state documents collection of over 10,000 items, over 100,000 images in the Historical Photograph Collection, and other records of mining, lumbering, and insurance companies; banks, hospitals, and orphanages; personal papers of judges, doctors, lawyers, and journalists; and the University Archives. All are located in Special Collections and Archives, which is open from Monday through Friday, 8am to Noon, 1pm to 5 pm, except university holidays. Summer hours may vary. For more information about Special Collections at the University of Idaho Library see <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. +++ Coalition for Central America Records Now Available
June 2004 The University of Idaho Library announces the availability on the World Wide Web of inventories of newly processed gifts of organizational records. Recently added is the inventory of the papers of local civic group, the Coalition for Central America. It can be found at <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/mg405.htm>. The material consists of correspondence, newsletters, news clippings, minutes, financial reports, membership lists, and research materials of a Moscow area civic group formed to change U.S. foreign policy in Central America. The historical manuscripts at the University of Idaho Library are supplemented by the 16,000 volumes of Idaho and Pacific Northwest history in the Day-Northwest Collection, the Idaho state documents collection of over 10,000 items, over 100,000 images in the Historical Photograph Collection, and other records of mining, lumbering, and insurance companies; banks, hospitals, and orphanages; personal papers of judges, doctors, lawyers, and journalists; and the University Archives. All are located in Special Collections and Archives, which is open from Monday through Friday, 8am to Noon, 1pm to 5 pm, except university holidays. Summer hours may vary. For more information about Special Collections at the University of Idaho Library see <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. +++ B.F. Ellis Papers Now Available
June 2004 The University of Idaho Library announces the availability on the World Wide Web of inventories of newly processed gifts of personal papers. Recently added is the inventory of the papers of military attorney B. F. Ellis prepared by Marilyn (Tutti) Sandmeyer and Hilerie Scott. It can be found at <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/mg409.htm>. Financial support for the arrangement and description of the B.F. Ellis papers and photographs was provided by the Office of Trust and Investment. Burton French Ellis, a 1929 graduate of the University of Idaho, served as the Chief Trial Counsel for the Malmedy Massacre war crimes case after the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. He was born in Troy, Idaho on September 13, 1903 and died on December 29, 2000 at the age of 97. The records of Burton French Ellis span the years from his childhood and college days in the early 1900s to his death with the bulk of the material covering the years 1929-1998. Included in the collection are Ellis' business records, correspondence, military career papers, case files relating to the Malmedy Massacre and other war crime atrocities, University of Idaho memorabilia, photo albums, scrapbooks, loose photographs, motion picture film, slides, negatives, plaques and awards. The historical manuscripts at the University of Idaho Library are supplemented by the 16,000 volumes of Idaho and Pacific Northwest history in the Day-Northwest Collection, the Idaho state documents collection of over 10,000 items, over 100,000 images in the Historical Photograph Collection, and other records of mining, lumbering, and insurance companies; banks, hospitals, and orphanages; personal papers of judges, doctors, lawyers, and journalists; and the University Archives. All are located in Special Collections and Archives, which is open from Monday through Friday, 8am to Noon, 1pm to 5 pm, except university holidays. Summer hours may vary. For more information about Special Collections at the University of Idaho Library see <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. +++ William A. Roth Papers Now Available
May 2004 The University of Idaho Library announces the availability on the World Wide Web of inventories of newly processed gifts of personal papers. Recently added is the inventory of the papers of Kendrick, Idaho publisher and printer William Alan Roth prepared by Melanie Reid. It can be found at <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Manuscripts/mg411.htm>. Newspaper owner and printer William Alan Roth was born in Lewistown, Illinois, on June 16, 1931. He graduated from high school in McCammon, Idaho, and attended Southwest Missouri State College. In 1950 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served in Scotland. He moved to Genesee, Idaho and with his parents bought the Genesee News in 1954. After his father's death, Roth and his mother bought the Kendrick Gazette in 1968. They created the Gazette News for the two communities. In the early 1970s they moved to Kendrick, Idaho. His mother retired in the mid '70s and died in 1990 at the age of 84. Due to health issues Roth retired from the newspaper business for several years but he continued to run the print shop. Later he sold the Gazette News to the Whitman-Latah Republic. Roth re-established the Kendrick Gazette after heart bypass surgery and the Republic's failure in 1987. He sold the paper in 1998 to the Latah Eagle, though he continued to work on commercial printing jobs until his death in May 2000. As the owner of an old fashioned printing press Roth expanded his activities into a literary venture called Two Magpie Press. In addition to booklets and poetry broadsides, Two Magpie Press published a little magazine called aag-aag!, which only lasted two issues. Stanley Kunitz, Robert Bly, Ron McFarland, Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, Michelle Higgins, and Carolyn Gravelle are only a few of the well-known writers published by Two Magpie Press. The papers of William A. Roth span the years 1971 to 2000, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1981 to 1985. Included in the collection are examples of publications, a personal letter, copy of a short story with cover letter, booklets of poetry, printed photographs from the 1900s, stationary/letterhead, poster announcements, and brochures. Also included are press products, a photograph, the little magazine aag-aag!, and articles pertaining to Roth and his business. The historical manuscripts at the University of Idaho Library are supplemented by the 16,000 volumes of Idaho and Pacific Northwest history in the Day-Northwest Collection, the Idaho state documents collection of over 10,000 items, over 100,000 images in the Historical Photograph Collection, and other records of mining, lumbering, and insurance companies; banks, hospitals, and orphanages; personal papers of judges, doctors, lawyers, and journalists; and the University Archives. All are located in Special Collections and Archives, which is open from Monday through Friday, 8am to noon and 1pm to 5pm, except university holidays. Summer hours may vary. For more information about Special Collections at the University of Idaho Library see <http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>. +++ Digital Memories: A Lonely CabinApril 2004 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. Documenting early recreation involves scouring letters, diaries, and photograph albums for tantalizing fragments and incomplete clues. A photograph of four youthful friends re-enacting a now iconic western scene by "holding up" an isolated cabin is just one example of this intriguing genre. 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 include 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 link to a massive geographical guide to repositories of primary source materials. The latter now contains over 5500 entries from around the world. +++ Marilyn Sandmeyer Joins StaffApril 2004 The Special Collections and Archives Department of the University of Idaho Library is pleased to welcome Marilyn Sandmeyer to the staff as the Library Specialist in charge of the Manuscripts and Archives Collections. Ms. Sandmeyer brings a diverse and varied background in her experience with archives and manuscript collections, as well as exhibit work through her past employment at UI Special Collections, Washington State University, the Boise and Lewiston YWCA's, and the Latah County Historical Society. She was appointed City Historian for the town of Kendrick, Idaho and maintains historical photograph collections, various record groups and participates in building renovation projects. She is currently completing an MA degree in anthropology and most recently was employed as a project manager at the Laboratory of Anthropology at the U of I. 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. +++ Randy Smith Joins StaffFebruary 2004 The Special Collections and Archives Department of the University of Idaho Library is pleased to welcome Randy Smith to the staff as the Library Specialist in charge of the Manuscripts and Archives Collections. Randy joins us from Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections unit where he has been working part-time since 2001 as Special Projects Cataloger. Before joining WSU, Randy was Archives Librarian at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. He has also worked with the rare book collection at Spokane Public and with university archives at Eastern Washington University. 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. Subsequently, Mr. Smith has left the University of Idaho Library for other opportunities. +++ Digital Memories: Idaho Song of 1864January 2004 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. This issue features an early Idaho song. In 1864, the gold discoveries in Idaho prompted a gold rush and a national interest in Idaho. In response, a Chicago music publisher issued an illustrated song sheet about going to Idaho to seek one's fortune. 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 include 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 5250 entries from around the world. +++ |
