Idaho Harvester

Posted on November 18, 2020

Welcome to our new series, What’s Bugging You, where we highlight the vast research held in our collections on the pests and diseases plaguing Idaho forests. Some of the topics we will include are Tussock Moths, Pine Beetles, Blister Rust, and some of the chemicals and techniques used to combat... [Read More]

Posted on November 11, 2020

On this Veteran’s Day we cast a thought back to the Vandal cadets who have served our country. Both the Army and Navy ROTC students were prodigious creators of newsletters, which let us hear their experiences on campus in their own words. Particularly in the early years, the publications seem... [Read More]

Posted on September 13, 2020

Find King Spud at the Digital Library of Idaho [Read More]

Posted on August 20, 2020

Today, we are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. After a decades long struggle, the women’s suffrage movement saw the United States Congress grant women the right to vote. This momentous moment was a large step towards women’s equality in the country, allowing women to... [Read More]

Posted on August 19, 2020

In 1919, the University of Idaho became the first home west of the Rocky Mountains to the Suffolk breed of sheep thanks to a donation from the English Suffolk Sheep Society. The three ewes and two rams impressed breeders so much that Suffolk importation increased dramatically, and today it’s one... [Read More]

Posted on August 18, 2020

Even in this damaged image, you can see mask fashion hasn’t changed in the last century. Whether you’re going to work, like these people, or heading back to school, don’t forget your mask! [Read More]

Posted on August 12, 2020

This week’s photos feature women skiing! The first ever recorded ski jumping event was performed by a Norwegian woman named Ingrid Olavsdottir Vestby who is said to have “soared 20 feet” in Trysil, Norway in 1862.1 However, it wasn’t until 1990s when women were “first allowed to fully participate in... [Read More]

Posted on August 6, 2020

At 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945 the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Justified as a means to end the war in the Pacific, it killed 80,000 people instantly and over 200,000 total. It was followed three days later with another bombing in Nagasaki.  [Read More]

Posted on August 5, 2020

Volleyball was reportedly invented by William G. Morgan in 1895 just four years after the invention of basketball.1 This was how volleyball was introduced - facts and information about the game ↩ [Read More]