Over the last year, Special Collections staff has embarked on a massive shifting project. Prompted by a desire to utilize our space more efficiently, and make more space for incoming materials, we began shifting our largest book collection, the Day-Northwest Book Collection. Consisting of over 24,400 individual titles, it took...
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Center for Native American Development Records
Diverse Collections
This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features our collection of The Center for Native American Development Records.
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Metadata Cleanup
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Sometime we work with metadata that is especially messy! Below are some dates from a spreadsheet that generated our HistPhoto database.
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Folder Support
Re-Purposing for Preservation
When archival collections are donated to us, they are received in various levels of order or disarray. Our job is to rehouse the materials into safe storage containers, organize them, and then describe them, so researchers can find what they are looking for. Often the rehousing process can lead to...
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Samuel Chan Papers
Diverse Collections
This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features our collection of Samuel Chan Papers.
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Snakes of Idaho on Display
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A new exhibit has been installed on the 2nd floor of the library. Snakes of Idaho a photograph exhibit on loan to the University of Idaho from Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University will be on display through September. Featuring photographs taken by Dr. Charles “Chuck” Peterson,...
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Black Pioneers - Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier
Diverse Collections
This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the book, Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier by John W. Ravage.
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Corlann Gee Bush Papers
Diverse Collections
This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features our collection of Corlann Gee Bush Papers.
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Independence Day in Idaho
Happy Independence Day! Check out how North Idaho has celebrated July 4th throughout the years!
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Erin Geslani - 2021 Strong Fellow!
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Local League of Women Voters Papers Processed
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