It's Banned and Challenged Books Week!

It’s Banned and Challenged Books Week! Cover to Cover looks at titles in our collections which have been banned or challenged. Our Stonewall Collection consists of books proposed for consideration for the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Awards (including winners and honor books) as representative of the stream of publishing... [Read More]

James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) is perhaps best known for his novel The Last of the Mohicans published in 1826. University of Idaho Library Special Collections has a collection of the complete set of his writings, known as the Author’s autograph edition, containing 33 volumes. It is limited to only 63... [Read More]

Sheep-a-week!

Sheep. University of Idaho. [204c-24]
#sheepaweek is back! Weekly posts of photos of sheep or sheep-related materials from our collections brought to you by the University of Idaho Library Special Collections. [Read More]
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Victoria (Vicki) E. Mitchell Science Fiction Collection

Preview image for Victoria (Vicki) E. Mitchell Science Fiction Collection
#scifidaho Introducing our newest large collection! This summer, Special Collections received a large personal collection of science fiction materials owned by University of Idaho alumna and long-time Moscow, ID resident Victoria (Vicki) E. Mitchell. Mitchell (along with her soon-to-be husband Jon Gustafson) was a member of the Palouse Empire Science... [Read More]