We’re starting a new series featuring one of our strongest collecting areas: mining in north Idaho. North Idaho mines began operation in the late 1800s and were shut down and abandoned around the mid-20th century and were primarily underground metal mines that extracted mineral ore such as lead, zinc, silver,...
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A Book's Nature
![A Book's Nature exhibit [4]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/booksnature_1_th.jpg)
Books that roll, books that scroll, books that stretch! Painted, printed, cut, and more! Books both small and tall!
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It's Not That Easy
![A Book's Nature exhibit [1]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/186893397930_1_th.jpg)
Next week we have a new exhibit opening. So, this week we have been staging the exhibit, prepping the cases, cleaning the cases, and hanging part of the exhibit. It’s a lot of work, but is starting to come together. This afternoon we begin install, followed closely by a nap....
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Fascinating Flowers
Sometimes we get reference requests. Sometimes we can’t find what someone is looking for. Sometimes we discover incredible flowers we didn’t know could exist. Happy Flowery Friday
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Safety First!
Cat on dock
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Potatoes - A Way of Life
Oversized potato postcard
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Western White Trillium Bloom
Today’s Flowery Friday is a single trillium bloom. The western white trillium is the most widespread trillium in the western states, it can be found from the Pacific Northwest, into California, and inland to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
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Stranger Archives
It’s been exactly one month since Stranger Things 3 came out and these mining photos of a hoist room and ore grinding mill from Hercules Mining Company in North Idaho look strangely similar to the giant laser that the Russians use in Stranger Things 3 to reopen the gate to...
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Potato (the best vegetable)
![Oversized potato postcard [3]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/186655521384_0_th.jpg)
Today, we have some fun health facts for you courtesy of the Idaho Potato Museum! Did you know that potatoes are roughly 80% water? Or that a cooked 8-ounce potato only contains 100 calories? How about the fact that potatoes are naturally 99.9% fat free?1 Just a few reasons why...
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Philatelic Flowers
![Envelope stamps [2]](https://webpages.uidaho.edu/library/spec/harvester/objects/thumbs/ronnenberg_2_th.jpg)
This week several of us in the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives have been rehousing some materials from Herman Ronnenberg, a beer enthusiast from Troy, ID. It is not uncommon to come across correspondence when going through materials, but we found the perfect addition for Flowery Friday on...
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