With our hand over our heart,University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives salutes the flag of the United States today, Flag Day. On June 14, 1777 the Continental Congress adopted a flag bearing 13 white stars on a circular blue background against 13 red and white stripes as the...
[Read More]
Donate Blood!
![Blood Drive [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/harvester/thumbs/174891970746_0_th.jpg)
The World Health Organization observes World Blood Donor Day June 14 to raise awareness of the importance of blood donation. The University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives notes the strong history of faculty, staff and student participation in blood drives and blood donation on the University of Idaho...
[Read More]
Laclede Mining Company
Mine to Mine
![Laclede Mine, Burke (Idaho), 1908 [01]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/barstock/barstock325.jpg)
The Laclede Mining Company was an ambitious endeavor that unfortunately netted very little profits. The property, consisting of 4 lode claims, was extensively developed between 1903 and the fall of 1916 or spring of 1917 but no commercial ore was found and the mine was shut down. Reorganizations of the...
[Read More]
Potato Popper
Potato popper
[Read More]
Imperial Mining Company
Imperial Mining Company ledger
[Read More]
going outdoors this rainy weekend?
Dreaming of going outdoors this rainy weekend? Travel through photos instead with Archives Outdoors! In October of 1977, Marcia Wells was the first coed to complete the map and compass test course on the first try.
[Read More]
Cover to Cover
advertising for genuine Idaho potatoes
The Great Tasting Potato
[Read More]
Content Warning: Immoderate Germination
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...
[Read More]
The largest map I’ve ever seen
uispecialcollections:
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!
[Read More]
Browse by Tag
4-H (14) Black history (11) Caxton Press (40) Christmas cards (13) Columbia River Basin (13) Halloween (15) Idaho (16) Jazz Festival (30) Lionel Hampton (30) Main Street (14) Mary Kirkwood (13) Peter and Donna Thomas (11) University of Idaho (28) Wallace (15) Wallace (15) agriculture (26) alumni (12) animals (34) artist books (13) athletes (17) botany (18) buildings (20) campus (52) campus recreation (20) dams (15) diversity (41) dogs (15) electricity (14) exhibits (43) farms (11) fashion (21) flowers (22) food (13) football (18) forestry (12) holidays (41) homecoming (17) humor (21) hydraulics (14) irrigation (15) jazz (50) juvenile fiction (11) letters (13) librarians (11) libraries (32) logging (13) mining (37) mountains (17) music (14) papermaking (11) pets (15) poetry (25) postcards (19) potatoes (66) rare books (69) science fiction (24) sheep (18) snow (19) sports (40) student clubs (18) students (50) summer (14) university concerts (15) university history (13) veterans (11) water (14) wilderness (27) winter (25) women (81) women's recreation (21)