Idaho Telephone and Business Directories
Scope and Contents
Various telephone and business directories from across Idaho. This is not a complete collection of every directories or phonebook that has been published. If you are interested in a year not listed, please contact libspec@uidaho.edu for more information. Some entries refer users to larger communities in the general proximity.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
29 Cubic Feet : (Cubic Feet may be off as this is a continuously growing collection. )
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Telephone and business directories for communities across Idaho.
Arrangement
The collection is listed in alphabetical order by community name. Smaller towns or communities often referred user to either the largest surronding community or county. The first series focuses on towns and their telephone directories and business directories. Business directories are listed following the telephone directories when they exist within the collection. The second series is for counties. The third series is just Idaho business directories.
Existence and Location of Originals
Telephone and Business directories for Moscow and the surrounding area can be found in the Special Collections Reading Room. Directories for other areas in Idaho and the Business Reference Directories are shelved in Cage 1 of Special Collections.
General
This collection is still growing. The list of directories maybe in correct or out of date.
- Title
- Guide to Idaho Telephone and Business Directories
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
- 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