Post written by Callie Galford, Special Collections Research Assistant
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Using directories to document Downwinder residence
Since July 2025, the University of Idaho Library’s Special Collections and Archives has seen a notable increase in patrons asking for information from the department’s Idaho Telephone and Business Directories collection. These patrons are “Downwinders,” or people who lived near nuclear test sites in the mid-20th century and subsequently developed...
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Football film from October 30, 1925
On this day, October 30, in 1925, the University of Idaho football team faced an unfortunate loss of 7-51 against the University of Southern California. Thanks to the efforts of our predecessors, football films from historical games were preserved in Special Collections and Archives and made available online in the...
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History in the Trees with Malcolm Furniss
Post written by Kate Morrison, Special Collections student staff member
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Idaho's Wildlife History Through Kenneth E. Hungerford Collection
Post written by Marwa Elsayed, recipient of the 2025 Gary E. and Carolyn J. Strong Special Collections Fellowship.
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Archives and Archaeology
Working Across Disciplines as a Strong Fellow
Post written by Ash Hunter, 2025 Gary E. and Carolyn J. Strong Fellow
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Priest River's Community Archive
The Marylyn Cork Priest River Historical Collection is the culmination of forty years of incubation. The origins of the physical collections were first developed in the 1980s by Richard Gregory with support from the Idaho Humanities Council. These efforts were expanded by local historian and writer Marylyn Cork, creating nearly...
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Preserving History
Reflections of a 2025 Strong Fellow
Post written by Marwa Elsayed, recipient of the 2025 Gary E. and Carolyn J. Strong Special Collections Fellowship.
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Voices and Votes exhibition at the University of Idaho
Through October 3, 2025, the Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” is on display in the University of Idaho Library. The Latah County Historical Society collaborated with the U of I Library, the Idaho Humanities Council, and the League of Women Voters to ship and install the...
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Reading Room Tour
Here at the University of Idaho’s Special Collections and Archives, we have a Reading Room available for patrons and researchers (whether they be students, faculty, or independent researchers) to access and scour through our specialized collections on the history and culture of Idaho and the University of Idaho. Since archival...
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