In November, a small group of Special Collections staff, other library employees, and some volunteers from the Latah County Historical Society worked to install a new exhibit on the 2nd floor of the library. It took all day, but at the end of the day, the “NEH On the Road”...
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Duke Silver joins Special Collections on April 1st!
The International Jazz Collection is growing! We are proud to announce the acquisition of the Duke Silver Collection.
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QED
Math Professor Elna Grahn
To wrap up Women’s History Month, we celebrate University of Idaho Math Professor Elna Grahn. Born Elna Hilliard in 1913, Elna received her both bachelors and masters in math from the University of Wisconsin. Elna joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, later the Women’s Army Corps, and served on active...
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Your Fallout Shelter Reading List
The Cold War coursework you probably never knew about
At the height of the Cold War, President John Kennedy endorsed the Community Fallout Shelter Program in the pages of Life Magazine. Many universities began teaching courses on fallout shelter design and analysis. There was a brief but intense interest in the construction of shelters, and even the U of...
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Idaho Black History Museum Newsletters
Diverse Collections
Today’s edition of Diverse Collections features a collection of newsletters from the Idaho Black History Museum. The museum is located at the St. Paul Baptist Church, which was Idaho’s first Black church, established in 1921.1
Viewpoint: The history of the Idaho Black History Museum ↩
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Fishing on the Banks of the Snake
At the high end of summer, many seek the cooling pursuit of piscatorial pleasures. These youngsters, with their net full of steelhead, were captured on glass by John B. Wilson, a professional photographer in Lewiston, Idaho, between 1915 and 1920. In the background can be seen a river steamer at...
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Steamboat a'Coming
Digital Memories
It was in 1880 that the age of steamboat travel in the Coeur d’Alenes of northern Idaho began. For over a decade steamboats formed a valuable link between the gold and silver mining region and the rest of the world as it quickly became apparent that the key to the...
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Idaho Trout
![Postcard of oversized fish [1]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/keithpetersonfish_1_th.jpg)
Today we have some fun fishing facts from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game! There several reasons why Idaho is a great fishing destination: Idaho has over 26,000 miles of rivers and streams Idaho has over 3,000 natural lakes Idaho has over 42 game fish species to catch1 Fishing...
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Gymnasium and Library
Digital Memories
![Gymnasium, University of Idaho interior with track sports and library shelves. [54-6]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/campus/thumbs/campus02319_th.jpg)
The alliance between athletics and academics, uneasy at best, is nowhere more exemplified than in this scene from the University of Idaho’s early history. In March 1906, fire of suspicious origin destroyed the primary building on the university campus, the Administration Building, holding offices, classrooms, and the library. When M....
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Women's History Month Exhibit
![Women's History Month Exhibit [1]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/whmexhibit_1_th.jpg)
Special Collections has a new exhibit up for Women’s History Month! The exhibit features Jennie Eva Hughes, the first Black woman to graduate from UI in the Class of 1899. It’s located outside the Special Collections Reading Room on the first floor of the Library. Be sure to check it...
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