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Posted on February 1, 2018

With Valentine’s Day less than two weeks away University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives offers a book which can assist with drafting that perfect missive to your sweetheart. [Read More]

Posted on January 31, 2018

The Vandal Flying Club offered students and community members an opportunity to learn the art of flying inexpensively. According to the Gem of the Mountains yearbook, the organization was started in 1949. It was created with the purpose of helping licensed pilots with the cost of flying and to teach... [Read More]

Posted on January 26, 2018

Famed Science Fiction and Fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin and husband Charles made a brief stop in Moscow, Idaho on their way west. Here are three of her books from our recently acquired Science Fiction Collection. [Read More]

Posted on January 25, 2018

Happy Burns Night! The night of January 25 is celebrated in Scotland and by the Scottish at heart throughout the world to commemorate the life and work of Scotland’s National Poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). The first Burns supper was in 1801. More than 200 years later, good food and readings... [Read More]

Posted on January 25, 2018

The Hell Divers was an organization on campus that dated back to at least the 1930s. Based on photos the group was Co-ed as early as the 1950s. The Hell Divers had regular performances for the public, one of the major ones was their Mothers Day Water Show. [Read More]

Posted on January 19, 2018

A Blast from Vandal Past [Read More]

Posted on January 17, 2018

Aldrich Entomology Club Newsletter: “The club was founded during the fall semester of 1961 and owes its inception to Dr. W.F. Barr and Art Gittins. The purpose of the club is primarily to encourage graduate and undergraduate students and others interested in the field of entomology in the furtherance of... [Read More]

Posted on January 12, 2018

Aluminum record [1] [Read More]

Posted on January 2, 2018

Happy Birthday to the late great Isaac Asimov, born January 2nd, 1920. We have many works created by or related to him in our new science fiction collection, including a large assortment of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. In 1977 he lent his name to the magazine and wrote material... [Read More]