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Rafe Gibbs papers

 Collection
Identifier: MG 350

Content Description

This record group contains a three volume corrected typescript of Gibbs' history of the University of Idaho and 2 books and many articles authored by him which were published in a variety of popular magazines. The latter formed part of an exhibit held at the university on May 14, 1989. Also included is an oversize framed photograph of Rafe Gibbs and Alfred Dunn, the artist who illustrated many of Gibbs' stories.

Each accession forms its own series. The stories in series II are arranged alphabetically by journal.

Dates

  • Creation: 1946-1984

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Edited typescript (3 vols.) of Beacon for Mountain and Plain, by Rafe Gibbs; and materials used as exhibits at a reception at the University of Idaho honoring Gibbs and illustrator Alfred Dunn, May 14, 1989, including printed copies of Beacon for Mountain and Plain (1962) and Beckoning the Bold (1976), magazines containing articles by Gibbs, and a frame (ca. 11"x22.5") containing portraits of Gibbs and Dunn with a narrative about their collaboration.

Title
Guide to Rafe Gibbs papers
Author
Sara Szobody
Date
2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository