We are still using old tables from when the Library used to be in the Administration Building. Here they are being used by our peer tutors, a service that offers our students drop-in homework help. We need to update our furniture to provide a learning environment that fully prepares students...
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Have you seen Lionel Hampton's vibraphone?
Special Collections Reading Room
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Feeling nostalgic about your time at Idaho?
Gem of the Mountains Digital Collection home page
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Vandal Giving Day
Potato packing study
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First Football Team?
First football team
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Potato Empire
J.R. "Jack" Simplot
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See the Palouse at its best!
Train schedule
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Football and Potatoes
To kick off the University of Idaho football season, here is a photo of the 1940 team lined up to advertise New Sweden Idaho Potatoes. Our first game is at home against Montana State University on September 1st. Go Vandals!
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Getting Settled In
As the semester begins, I hope all the new and returning students are adjusting to college life. Special Collections’ staff have also been adjusting to our new Reading Room, moving in new technology and old favorites of ready reference materials. Special Collections has gone through a few moves throughout the...
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hydraulic potato bin piler
Hydraulic potato bin piler
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