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Independence Day in Idaho

Posted on July 4, 2021

Happy Independence Day! Check out how North Idaho has celebrated July 4th throughout the years! [Read More]

Erin Geslani - 2021 Strong Fellow!

Posted on July 3, 2021

Local League of Women Voters Papers Processed [Read More]

Tags: students women projects processing

Local Issues Tackled by the League of Women Voters of Moscow

Posted on July 2, 2021

For the past 100 years, the League of Women Voters has been a national non-partisan organization fighting for voter protection and education within our democracy. With local leagues in all 50 states, members nationwide fight and advocate for their community on a number of local issues such as K-12 and... [Read More]

Tags: community organizations women education environment civic organizations

Private Aaron R. Gould

Posted on July 1, 2021

The year is 1940. World War II has been raging for a year, without the official involvement of the United States. This small fact, however, did not deter thousands of men and women from enlisting into the various branches of the Armed Forces. In fact, Nez Perce County of Idaho... [Read More]

Tags: WWII Indigenous Nez Perce Army Armed Forces Infantry military Nimi'ipuu

WWII Medals

Posted on June 30, 2021

While processing the Hays Family Papers, we learned that one of the Hays family members served in WWII and received the following medals. More information about the veteran will be provided as the collection is fully processed but for now, check out these medals! [Read More]

Tags: WWII military veterans war medals

Glossary of Quechua, Spanish, and English Languages

Diverse Collections

Posted on June 29, 2021

This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features a (mostly handwritten) glossary of Quechua, Spanish, and English languages from 1940. According to the Penn Language Center, “Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire and still spoken by approximately 8 million people throughout the Andes, is the most spoken indigenous language in... [Read More]

Tags: Indigenous history languages glossaries South America Spanish diversity

Atlases on 4th

Posted on June 28, 2021

According to the The Compact Atlas of Idaho “Idaho is not well known in the United States or the world and many Idahoans like it that way. Many on the east coast of the U.S still believe Idaho is really Iowa or Ohio. For those who know the name the... [Read More]

Tags: atlases maps exhibits

The Hispanic Profile Data Book for Idaho

Diverse Collections

Posted on June 25, 2021

Today’s edition of Diverse Collections features a state government publication, The Hispanic Profile Data Book for Idaho by the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs in 2004. The purpose of the report is as follows: [Read More]

Tags: Hispanic history diversity

Asian American Comparative Collection newsletter

Diverse Collections

Posted on June 18, 2021

This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the Asian American Comparative Collection newsletter, which is a quarterly newsletter about the Asian American Comparative Collection at the University of Idaho Laboratory of Anthropology. [Read More]

Tags: Asian history diversity

Other Faces, Other Lives - Asian Americans in Idaho

Diverse Collections

Posted on June 11, 2021

This week’s edition of Diverse Collections features the VHS documentary, “Other Faces, Other Lives: Asian Americans in Idaho.” In this documentary, eight Asian American families (specifically Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino) were interviewed and asked how they or their families came to Idaho. They were also asked about their experiences living... [Read More]

Tags: Asian history Chinese history Japanese history Filipino history diversity documentaries oral history

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