Visitor's Guide

Visitors to Special Collections are always welcome although it is helpful if one writes or calls first. All inventories of manuscript and archival groups have been converted to electronic format and posted to the web site. The book collections and brief descriptions of the archival, manuscript, and historical photograph collections are available through the library's on-line catalog.

Special Collections is located on the first floor of the University of Idaho Library on Rayburn Street. It is open from Monday through Friday; for specific hours, closures, etc., see Hours. Parking on campus requires a permit, available from the Parking and Information Services office at 645 W. Pullman Highway. Specific directions and a map are available.

Established in 1889, before statehood, the University of Idaho is a publicly supported, comprehensive, land-grant institution offering a wide range of undergraduate programs. It is also the state's primary institution for graduate education and research. In addition to the Moscow campus, the university operates resident instructional centers in Coeur d'Alene, Boise, and Idaho Falls, as well as facilities for teaching, research, and service in Sandpoint, Parma, Caldwell, Kimberly, Tetonia, Aberdeen, Dubois, McCall, Clark Fork, and at Taylor Ranch, in the heart of the Idaho wilderness.

Motel and restaurant accommodations are available in Moscow and in nearby Pullman, Washington, located in the beautiful rolling hills of the Palouse Country. Both cities are served by Horizon Air at the Pullman/Moscow airport some eighty miles south of Spokane, Washington. Washington State University, a comprehensive land-grant university located in Pullman, is home to the department of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, which also holds primary source materials for research.