College and university campuses are a breeding ground for all things paranormal. The University of Idaho is no different. Ask any U of I student and they’ll tell you a tale about otherworldly whispers in darkened halls, and disturbing bumps in the night.
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Report on the Governor's Hispanic Initiative
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This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs Report on the Governor’s Hispanic Initiative, 1996.
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Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook
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This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features our Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook.
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Mountain Pine Beetle
What's Bugging You
One of the most destructive forest insects in western North America, mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus Ponderosae) will attack any pine species rather than a select few. In Idaho, timber production is a valuable commodity with sales of lumber alone well over $1 billion in 2018. In the late 1960s, it...
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Gracie (Bowers) Pfost Papers
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This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the Gracie (Bowers) Pfost Papers, 1950-1962. Pfost was Idaho’s first female member of Congress.
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The Card Catalogue Epilogue
In days of library past, before the age of computers, libraries housed information about their holdings in a card catalogue. These large wooden boxes with a million tiny drawers, held information about books, photograph, maps, and more. They could tell you the title, the author, the year of publication, their...
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Register of Indigenous People at the Nez Perce Agency
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This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the Register of Indigenous People at the Nez Perce Agency.
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Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs Management Report
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This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs Management for 2005-2007.
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Chinese on the American Frontier
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This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the book, Chinese on the American Frontier by Arif Dirlik and Malcolm Yeung.
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Lillie Mae Hermann Papers
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This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features our collection of Lillie Mae Hermann Papers.
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