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Idaho for the curious

 Collection
Identifier: MG 121

Scope and Contents

This collection contains research notes and drafts for Conley’s book, Idaho for the Curious (1982). This collection contains a guide to history in a geographical contest. This collection contains important information about Idaho both from history and the present day. The structure of the collection is based on a series of essays about individual highways. This order system makes it useful for road trips.

Dates

  • Creation: 1982-1985

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Cort Conley, the author of Idaho for the Curious, was born in Berkeley, California. He earned a bachelor’s degree and Jurisprudence Doctorate from the University of California before moving to Idaho in 1972. During his professional life he was a house painter, book representative, forest fire lookout, river guide, writer, editor, publisher of books and literature director for the Idaho Commission on the Arts in 1998. Idaho for the Curious was his most popular book. He has also written "The Middle Fork and the Sheepeater War" and "Idaho Loners: Hermits, Solitaries, and Individualists". Conley moved to Idaho in 1972.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (2 document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains research files and manuscript draft of the book Idaho for the Curious by the Idaho author Cort Conley.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials were donated by Cort Conley in 1986.

Title
Guide to Idaho for the curious
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Olortegui.
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