"With the closed-circuit system and the addition of a low power FM radio station from which application is being made to the FCC, the Department of Communications will be one of the most thoroughly equipped in the Northwest" Dr. William W. Snyder, Head, Department of Communications, Argonaut, Oct. 20, 1961A...
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Do we have to live with this?
Imagine the embarrassment… caught stealing a library book!
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Vandal Traditions
Vandal Traditions publication
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Random find of the day
Self-deprecating humor found in the midst of a folder of administrative correspondence from one of our university presidents’ collections. Happy Friday!
See that you cultivate 'sticktoitiveness'
Now that the first week of the Fall semester is coming to a close, I am posting a few wise words of wisdom and some important ‘don’ts’ for students to follow, found in the 1899/1900 University of Idaho student handbook.
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As the Semester Begins ...
So too does the University of Idaho Library’s first floor renovation project. From my view in our temporary Special Collections reading room in the basement, the chaos has been kept fairly to a minimum (although I’m sure some would disagree). All of the services that were on the first floor...
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Sunshine Superman
To honor my last post for the summer jazz series, (Fall semester starts on Monday!) I am including this digitized recording that was made from a reel-to-reel tape of Lionel Hampton & His Jazz Inner Circle’s rendition of a song titled Sunshine Superman. The International Jazz Collections (IJC) was formally...
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HB Goldfarb Letters
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H.B. Goldfarb letter
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Trumpets in the Garden
Doc Cheatham
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Summertime jazz fashion?
Ray Brown neck ties
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