Idaho Harvester

Posted on October 19, 2017

UI Library newspaper section, then and now, from shortly after the building opened 60 years ago this month, to the newspaper storage area today. All historical Idaho newspapers have now been transferred to microfilm, rather than what looks like bound up in neat packages, while the current and previous months’... [Read More]

Posted on October 18, 2017

Things are getting pretty spooky around Special Collections as we continue our work on processing a large science fiction and fantasy collection! H.P. Lovecraft, The Lurking Fear and other stories. (New York, NY: Ballantine Books.1973.) H.P. Lovecraft, The Shuttered Room and other tales of horror. (New York, NY: Ballantine Books.... [Read More]

Posted on October 17, 2017

Tonight concludes the 70th annual Borah Symposium here at the University of Idaho. Originally known as the William Edgar Borah Outlawry of War Foundation, it was established at the University of Idaho in 1929 by a grant from Salmon Oliver Levinson, prominent Chicago attorney and prime mover for the Kellogg-Briand... [Read More]

Posted on October 16, 2017

Today Cover to Cover looks at the Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress written by James Planché from 1876-1879 and part of the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives rare book collection. Planché was a playwright but became known as an expert on historical costume after researching... [Read More]

Posted on October 13, 2017

In celebration of October’s designation as National Cookbook Month we are featuring Favorite Recipes of Moscow Ladies published in 1896. The book is part of the Day-Northwest Collection found in the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives. For Fall, we thought a couple of nice soup recipes would... [Read More]

Posted on October 11, 2017

The University of Idaho Library is celebrating 60 years in its own building this month. Before 1957, the Library was housed in the Administration Building for more than 5 decades. Why did the Library need its own building? Overcrowding was one reason! [Read More]

Posted on October 9, 2017

The University of Idaho Library celebrates 60 years in it’s own stand-alone building in October. Built in 1957, the Library opened its doors to students October 23rd and was officially dedicated Nov. 2. [Read More]

Posted on October 6, 2017

"Serpentine" bonfire [Read More]

Posted on October 4, 2017

Happy Homecoming Vandals! [Read More]