uispecialcollections: "The wheat smut center of the world." That was the dubious distinction of the Pacific Northwest thirty years ago. It was a critical situation and one which threatened the very existence of the grain industry in this region. Through the concerted efforts of plant scientists, farmers, and commercial interests...
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The largest map I’ve ever seen
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This map from our Bunker Hill Mining Company Records Collection measures about 5 feet by 20 feet. The different colors show a different level underground, showing levels 9 through 17 in the Bunker Hill Mining Complex. Unfortunately the date is not known.
Vacation week reblog!
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To the spud and beyond!
uispecialcollections: Active apparently only in 1975, the Idaho Star Trek Club had at least 13 members. With brief mentions of a possible local chapter of a fan club in the 1980s and 1990s, and online interest just recently, there might still be some Star Trek fans out there on the...
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Kooskia Internment Camp
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In observance, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives shares photos from its photography collection featuring a hand-made scrapbook documenting some aspects of life in the Kooskia, Idaho Internment Camp where Japanese American men were forced to live during World War II...
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Humming Bird and Hercules
Humming Bird Mining Company
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Nellie Stockbridge
Nellie Stockbridge was a pioneering photographer.
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Happy Birthday Latah County, Idaho
We wish a Happy 130th birthday to Latah County on May 14. Latah County, located in Idaho’s northern panhandle, is home to the county seat of Moscow where the University of Idaho is also located. The first courthouse for the new county is shown here in 1889 just after construction...
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Commencement 2018
![University of Idaho's first commencement invitation. [51-48a]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/campus/thumbs/campus02139_th.jpg)
The University of Idaho is celebrating commencement this week on its campuses in Boise, Twin Falls, Coeur d’Alene, and Moscow with nearly 1500 students awarded degrees. The first University of Idaho commencement took place in 1896 with the celebration lasting several days.
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Brotherly Potatoes
This scene was used for a 1984 ad campaign for the Idaho Potato Commission, producing a television commercial and full-color illustration for a consumer magazine.
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Mother Goose Day
Cover to Cover celebrates Mother Goose Day. According to the Mother Goose Society the fictional character of Mother Goose was first associated with children’s stories in 1697 when Charles Perrault used the phrase in a published collection of eight fairy tales. Although the book was titled, (translated from French) Histories...
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