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Idaho Telephone and Business Directories

 Collection
Identifier: IDTELE

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.

Related Materials

Non-Idaho Telephone and Business directories can be found in NIDBUS.

University of Idaho Directories can be found in UG 139.

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 The list of directories maybe in correct or out of date.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