Day Northwest (Day-NW) Book collection
Scope and Contents
More than 29,000 titles which feature Idaho as a topic, subject or setting, published items on the history, culture, peoples, environment, etc. of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest, items authored by University of Idaho professors, non-UI theses and dissertations with an Idaho topic.
In general catalog under Day-NW but shelved separately is Day-NW Engergretson. This is collection focuses on fly-fishing. It is made up of two separate donations, MA 2012-14 (Duke Parkening Collection) and MA 2011-27 (David Engerbretson Papers). It was given the prefix of Day-NW because the catalog used at the time wouldn’t allow any more collections to be added. They were shelved separately due to space constraints. To search the collection, please visit Day-NW Engergretson Fly-Fishing Book Collection.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1800s - Present
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Named after U of I Regent Jerome J. Day, whose donated collection of western Americana was the basis for creating this collection. This now includes any published item with Idaho as a topic, subject or setting, published items on the history, culture, peoples, environment, etc. of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest, items authored by University of Idaho professors, non-UI theses and dissertations with an Idaho topic. Material types include books, periodicals, media, and reports. To see a list of mpas, please contact University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.
To look for publications, patrons should search by using the library catalog/.
A list conisisting of a majority of the Day-NW materials can be found using this Day-NW search in the library catalog which was queried by Special Collections Staff.
Extent
29,709 items (This is a continually growing collection, so item count may be off.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Book collection named after U of I Regent Jerome J. Day, whose donated collection of western Americana was the basis for creating this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
This collection is located in Special Collections and Archives. To search for publications, visit the Library catalog at https://www.lib.uidaho.edu.
Cultural context
Geographic
- Bitterroot National Forest (Mont. and Idaho)
- Clearwater National Forest (Idaho)
- Coeur d'Alene National Forest (Idaho)
- Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
- Northwest, Pacific
- Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel -- Photographs
- West (U.S.)
Topical
- Books
- Books and reading
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Copper Mines and Mining
- Environmental Activism
- Environmental Conditions
- Forest Conservation
- Forest ecology -- West (U.S.)
- Forest fires
- Forest fires -- Idaho
- Forest fires -- Prevention and control -- Idaho -- History -- Sources
- Forest insects
- Forest insects -- West (U.S.)
- Forest management -- United States
- Forest products -- Research -- Idaho -- History -- Sources
- Forest products -- Research -- Washington (State) -- History -- Sources
- Forestry Journalism
- Forestry and Forest Products
- Forestry and Forestry Products
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Gold Mines and Mining
- Idaho
- Indigenous peoples
- Labor History
- Lead Mines and Mining
- Oregon
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Pacific Northwest History
- Travel
- Title
- Guide to Day Northwest (Day-NW) Book collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody.
- Date
- 2024
- 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