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The Argonaut digital materials

 Collection
Identifier: UG 130

Content Description

This collection contains more than 35,000 born-digital photographs and documents received from The Argonaut student newspaper. Not all photographs taken by the Argonaut staff were used in publication. Includes raw and edited files.

Dates

  • Creation: 2000-2017

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

The Argonaut is the University of Idaho student newspaper produced by Student Media in the Department of Student Involvement. It was first published in 1898. Now, the Argonaut publishes daily to their online edition, while continuing to print limited special issues.

Extent

236 Gigabytes (35,332 files, 1,361 folders) : nef, jpg, pdf, doc, tif files

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Born-digital photographs and documents received from The Argonaut student newspaper.

Arrangement

When this collection was recieved the files were first arranged into folders by date. Upon processing this collection, it was decided that subject folders would replace the date folders in order to provide researchers with contextrual information. The folders are arranged in alphabetical order. Some folders contain sub-folders to help narrow the scope. The number of files within a given subject folder then determined whether they were organized into folders according to date.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Please note this collection contains pdfs, docs, jpgs, tiffs, nef, psd and other file formats that may need required software to view.

Existence and Location of Originals

The access files of the digital materials in this collection are located on the Archive drive. Folder path: Processed Collections\University Groups\UG 130 (The Argonaut digital materials/data/Objects/Subjects. Contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives for access or questions.

Related Materials

The Argonaut Archive digital collection provides access to over 6,500 issues of the Argonaut from 1898 to 2021 in PDF format. For current articles, please visit the Argonaut. The electronic files for issues from 1898 - 2010 were created by digitizing the microfilm copies held by University of Idaho Library.

The University of Idaho Argonaut photographs, 1980-1989 consists of photographs of the University of Idaho campus, student life, university events, staff and faculty taken throughout the 1980's by photographers for the U of I student run newspaper The Argonaut. Some of this collection has been digitized and is available to view.

Other Descriptive Information

Materials in this collection may contain images, language, or other content that may be offensive or disturbing. These materials are a product of a time and place in history and should be viewed within their historical context. To maintain historical accuracy, the materials appear as they were originally created to serve as historical evidence of the social mindsets, occurrences, behaviors, and norms of their time. They do not reflect the current views of the University of Idaho. For more information about how we treat materials with offensive or disturbing content, please see the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Offensive Content Policy.

Title
Guide to The Argonaut digital materials
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