Guide to the University of Idaho Museum Historical Reports 1979-1981
Cage 452

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
University of Idaho Museum
Title
University of Idaho Museum Historical Reports
ID
Cage 452
Date [inclusive]
1979-1981
Extent
2 containers., 2 linear feet of shelf space., 33 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Research reports and papers on pioneer life and farming in the Palouse prepared for a proposed "living history farm," the Palouse Hill Farm Museum.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 452, University of Idaho Museum Historical Reports. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The historical reports of the University of Idaho Museum resulted from research on a wide range of subject pertaining to the social history of the Palouse region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The reports formed the initial stages of an attempt by the University of Idaho Museum to "develop an outdoor branch concerned with the early history of the Palouse region." "The Palouse Hills Farm Museum," as it was tentatively named, was designed to illustrate farming as it existed in the region during the second decade of the 20th century, the pioneer settlement of the territorial period and "the farmtown relationship up to the first years of the Great Depression."

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Scope and Content

The historical reports of the University of Idaho Museum consist of research papers written on various topics concerning life and agriculture in the Palouse region.

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Arrangement

At the time of distribution the papers were arranged topically under such headings as "Farm Machinery/Animals," "Crops," etc. A group of oral history transcripts has been placed at the end of the collection.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The historical reports of the University of Idaho Museum were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in February 1982 (MS 82-05) by the University of Idaho through G. Ellis Burcaw, Director of the University of Idaho Museum.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • University of Idaho. Museum--Archives
Subject(s) :
  • Palouse Hills Farm Museum Project

Subject(s)

  • Frontier and pioneer life--Palouse Region (Idaho and Wash.)
  • Pioneers
  • Pacific Northwest History
  • Idaho
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Farm Machinery/Animals  3

box
1
box folder

Farm Animals, 1880-1930, by Ellen Borsdorf Gage  

1 1

Palouse Hills Farm Machines, 1890-1915, by Hal Douglas Carr 

1 1

Agricultural Farm Machinery on the Palouse, 1930, by Julie Longenecker 

1 1

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Crops  71

box
1
box folder

History of Crops in the Palouse, 1880-1930, by Selma Yocum 

1 2

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Farm House/Household Goods  4

box
1
box folder

Palouse Hills Farmstead Architecture, 1890-1915, Marvin Moore 

1 3

Furnishings of the Palouse Farmhouse in 1915, by Dorothy Dahlgren 

1 3

Household Machinery used on a Farm in 1915, by Marc Pence 

1 3

Palouse Hills Farmstead Household Goods, 1890-1915, by Mary Anne Davis 

1 3

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Seasonal Changes/ A Housewife's Duties/Gardens/Clothing and Textiles  75

box
1
box folder

Seasonal Difference in the Life of a Palouse Farmer in 1915, by Nancy Wilson 

1 4

Palouse Farm Family Holidays, Tim Malarchick 

1 4

The Duties of a Palouse Farmwife, by Ann Brookhyser 

1 4

Palouse Farm Garden and Its Uses, Beth Woog 

1 4

Palouse Hills Farmstead Clothing and Household Textiles, 1890-1915, by Susan Lehman 

1 4

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Immigration/Settlement  72

box
2
box folder

German Settlement in the Palouse, by Cindy Glassford 

2 5

European Immigration in the Palouse Country, by Richard Scheuerman 

2 5

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Miscellaneous Original Papers  10

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2
box folder

A Prospectus for the Development of a Living Historical Farm at the University of Idaho, by Nicholas L. Clark 

2 6

Living Historical Farms: A Philosophy of Education, by Nicholas L. Clark 

2 6

Craft Demonstration as an Interpretive Technique, by Steve A. Anderson 

2 6

Palouse Area Schools, 1890-1920, by Kacee Jackson O'Connor 

2 6

Furnishings of Rural Schools in the Palouse, 1915 & 1930, by Debbie Miller 

2 6

Nathaniel Williamson, Moscow Merchant, 1903-1920 by M. Alexis Rippel 

2 6

Moscow's Professional People During 1905 & 1930, by Melissa Heitland 

2 6

Poems, Plays, Music and Dance: 1900-1915, by Diane M. Becker 

2 6

Urban Culture Comes to Rural Towns: Entertainment in the Palouse, 1915 & 1930, by Deborah Gallacci 

2 6

Logging and Mining in Latah County in 1915 & 1930, by Allison La Sala 

2 6

Origins of the First Lutheran and Cordelia Lutheran Churches, by Kevin Ridenour 

2 6

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Oral History Transcripts  7

box
2
box folder

William Loney 

2 7

Thomas B. Keith 

2 7

Gainford Mix 

2 7

Grace Jain Wicks 

2 7

Francis Baumgartner 

2 7

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde 

2 7

Mr. and Mrs. Sampson 

2 7

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