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University Club guest dance book

 Collection
Identifier: MG 5083

Scope and Contents

Mostly recording attendance at dances, accompanied by a memoir by Abe McGregor Goff (Aug. 20, 1983) describing the history of the club.

Dates

  • Creation: 1922-1927

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Floyd W. Atkeson was the last president of the Univeristy Club. Atkeson was at one time Professor and Head of the Department of Dairy Husbandry. Abe McGregor Goff was an attorney and Republican politician who served one term as a congressman for Idaho. He played for Vandal football team and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records of attendance at dances held at the University Club. kept by Floyd W. Atkeson, the last president of the club and following his death in 1958 it was given by his widow Ferol Richardson Atkeson to Abe McGregor Goff. Goff was a former member of the club and included a memorir describing the history of the club on August 20, 1983.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Guest book: Kept by Floyd W. Atkeson, last president of the club, and after his death in 1957 or 1958 given by his widow Ferol Richardson Atkeson to Abe McGregor Goff, former member of the club.

Title
Guide to University Club guest dance book
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository