Rollo P. Perkins diaries
Scope and Contents
Collection contains forest service diaries; it contains 52 volumes of the Forest Service Northern Region diaries and typed copies from Rollo Perkins employment with the Forest Service.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1967
Creator
- Perkins, Rollo P., 1905-1999 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Rollo Percy Perkins was born 30 August 1905 in Brule, Wisconsin to William and Emma Perkins. He married Helen Wells in 1934 in Post Falls, Idaho and they lived in Princeton, Idaho. He worked as a U.S. Forest Service ranger and Forest Supervisor before retiring in 1967. Perkins died 28 October 1999 in Soap Lake, Washington.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
52 volumes of the Forest Service Northern Region diaries and typed copies.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Rollo Perkins donated the diaries in 1984 along with the typescript which was a gift from the Latah County Historical Society.
Existence and Location of Originals
The typescript was gifted by the Latah County Historical Society. They have the original to the best of our knowledge.
- Title
- Guide to Rollo P. Perkins diaries
- 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