Since July 2025, the University of Idaho Library’s Special Collections and Archives has seen a notable increase in patrons asking for information from the department’s Idaho Telephone and Business Directories collection. These patrons are “Downwinders,” or people who lived near nuclear test sites in the mid-20th century and subsequently developed...
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Rebecca Hastings
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Football film from October 30, 1925
On this day, October 30, in 1925, the University of Idaho football team faced an unfortunate loss of 7-51 against the University of Southern California. Thanks to the efforts of our predecessors, football films from historical games were preserved in Special Collections and Archives and made available online in the...
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Voices and Votes exhibition at the University of Idaho
Through October 3, 2025, the Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” is on display in the University of Idaho Library. The Latah County Historical Society collaborated with the U of I Library, the Idaho Humanities Council, and the League of Women Voters to ship and install the...
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Kibbie Dome 50th Anniversary Digital Collection
The Kibbie Dome 50th Anniversary Digital Collection was developed in recognition of the P1FCU Kibbie Dome’s 50th anniversary in 2025. It presents a selection of images and documents from the archival collections of the University of Idaho Library’s Special Collections and Archives, with a special emphasis on the Kibbie Dome’s...
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Political Buttons Digital Collection Launch
The Collection
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Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters
A new digital collection
The University of Idaho Library presents a new digital collection, the Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, which features the digitized correspondence of a Union soldier, Raycide Mosher, between January 15, 1864, and August 18, 1865. This digital collection seeks to make the The Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters collection, held...
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Senator James McClure Digital Collection
The Senator James McClure digital collection, developed in recognition of Senator McClure’s 100th birthday, includes a selection of materials from the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives that reflect the life and career of Senator McClure (1924-2011).
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The Snag
In the west foyer of the College of Natural Resources building stands an interesting figure: no mere dead tree, it is formally known as “the Snag.” The Snag is a 40-foot whitebark pine that died at some point long before it was harvested and brought to the University of Idaho...
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A Brief History of the University of Idaho Library Globe
Among the objects held by the University of Idaho Library is a 30-inch globe supported by a four-legged walnut base, currently located in the Library’s Data Hub (previously known as the Map Room). A little digging into Special Collections and Archives’ holdings has uncovered the origins of the globe, which...
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