Idaho Harvester

Posted on August 20, 2018

Today marks the 108th anniversary of the start of one of the largest forest fires in U.S. history, the Great Fire of 1910, which burnt 3 million acres in Northern Idaho and Western Montana in just 2 days. Hurricane-force winds pulled whole burning trees from the ground, roots and all,... [Read More]

Posted on August 16, 2018

Residence Hall move-in begins today! Welcome new and returning Vandals! Here in this 1962 photo, members of the Spurs and Intercollegiate Knights help Gail Cornell move into the dorms. [Read More]

Posted on August 10, 2018

Sorority and fraternity recruitment, known as Rush, continues on the University of Idaho campus. Potential new members are meeting and greeting those students already part of Greek Life on the UI campus at gatherings throughout the weekend not unlike students did at these parties hosted by the Delta Tau Delta... [Read More]

Posted on August 9, 2018

University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives tips our sun hat to farmers throughout the Palouse who are in the process of harvesting their wheat crop. Today’s modern combines use a different type of horsepower than the horse-drawn threshing machine seen in this photo from 1893. [Read More]

Posted on August 8, 2018

Registering for sorority rush, Forney Hall [02] [Read More]

Posted on August 4, 2018

The University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives congratulates former University of Idaho Vandal Jerry Kramer on his induction into the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. Kramer played for the University of Idaho from 1954 to 1957 where he was selected as an All-American. He was drafted by the Green... [Read More]

Posted on August 2, 2018

One of the many side businesses Henry L. Day was involved in was the Sunset Mercantile Company, a reorganization of the Sunset Brewery in Wallace, ID. Sunset Mercantile existed from 1934 to 1946, although their first beer, named ”Gem State,” was introduced in 1938. [Read More]

Posted on July 27, 2018

Today we say goodbye to our intrepid leader of Special Collections, Erin Stoddart as she embarks on a new journey at the University of Oregon. We will miss you Erin! We hope you will look back on your time at the University of Idaho Library with fondness and remember us... [Read More]

Posted on July 26, 2018

Today’s Archives Outdoors shows a group of University of Idaho College of Mines students, presumably on a field trip. Incidentally, one of our metadata listings for this image states they are at an exhibit, while another states they are at an adit, which according to Wikipedia is “(from Latin aditus,... [Read More]