A survey of Idaho fence types (with special reference to Owyhee County)
Scope and Contents
Physical report with digital copies of referenced images for a 1983 study on the types of fences used in Idaho.
Dates
- Creation: 1983
Creator
- Rikoon, J. Sanford (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Colleciton is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
J. Sanford Rikoon is a rural sociologist. In 2017, he was named the Dean of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri where he had previously been the Curators Professor of Rural Sociology. He Joined the University of Missouri in 1987 and had received his doctorate in ethnography and American studies from Indiana University in 1986. He previously worked with Judith Austin and the Idaho State Historical Society in 1991 with the publication of "Interpreting Local Culture and History."
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Survey studing fences used in Idaho.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Copy of the report was given to the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives for its repository by the Idaho State Historical Society.
Existence and Location of Originals
This collection is found in the Small Manuscripts area of Special Collections.
The original negatives for the photographs included in the collection can be found at the Idaho State Archives. The primary identification for ISA's collection is P1984-5-12.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital copies of the images were transferred from the Idaho State Archives were transferred in March 2025. These digital copies can be found on the Spec Drive: \spec\Processed Collections\Small Manuscript Groups\MG 5418 (Survey of Idaho fence types). Users should be able to locate specific images using Table C in the manuscript. The sheet number is indicated by the fourth number in the identifier (e.g. P1984-5-12.3.1-6 is contact sheet 3, images 1-6).
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to A survey of Idaho fence types (with special reference to Owyhee County)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
- Date
- 2025
- 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