Idaho Foxfire Project collection

Collection — Container: Box 1-2

Identifier: MG 520

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Booklets, newsletter and other materials prepared by students and teachers from the University of Idaho College of Education Media Center.

Dates

Creation: 1983-1994

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

The Foxfire Project was created by an English teacher at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Northeastern Georgia in 1966. Students conducted interviews and gathered stories from their families and neighbors in order to learn about the pioneer days in Appalachia. The Foxfire Project spread to other schools throughout the country with the goal of compiling and reinvigorating local tradition and history. This collection comprises student-generated journals from the Northwestern U.S. There are interviews with a number of Idaho residents, including elders from the Nez Perce tribe in Lapwai, Idaho.

Extent

.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of materials from the Firefox Project, a project that encourages students to collect and publish stories from older individuals in their lives.

Arrangement

There was no original apparent arrangement of materials, so the collection is organized into Calendars, Journals (3 separate files), Teaching Materials, and Student Stories/Work.