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Moscow Renaissance Fair collection

 Collection
Identifier: MG 583

Content Description

This collection contains the records of the Moscow Renaissance Fair. The collection contains various types of media including documents, photos, slides, and newspapers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1977 - 2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

The Renaissance Fair has been a long-standing community event held the first weekend of May. In 2023, the Fair celebrated its 50th year in East City Park. There are rumors that the Fair has its roots in the Blue Mountain festival of the early 70s, but according to Jim Prall, one of the last remaining original organizers, the Fair came first with Blue Mountain as a featured event. When the Fair and the University of Idaho decided that Blue Mountain was not an event that either entity wanted to be associated with, the fair was better established as an event that was more family oriented. In 2006, Marsha Schoeffler produced a film called “Moscow Renaissance Fair, The Movie.” For more history on the Fair, see clips from the film featuring Jim Prall and Bill London on their website: http://www.moscowrenfair.org/index.html.

Extent

2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Organization documents, letters and correspondence, flyers, newspapers, photos, slides, negatives, buttons, and cards.

Arrangement

The information was received in various accessions with differing arrangements, thus a thematic order sorted chronologically was imposed on the items during processing.

Bibliography

Moscow Renaissance Fair. (n.d.). Welcome!. Moscow Renaissance Fair. http://www.moscowrenfair.org/index.html.

Processing Information

This collection is a combination of multiple accessions: MA 2000-24; MA 1996-29; MA 1996-21 (Box 1, Box 2 missing); and MA 1993-37 (part). The processing of this collection was done by KT Turner, 2023 NWA Archivist-in-Residence.

Title
Guide to Moscow Renaissance Fair collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding Aid prepared by KT Turner, 2023 NWA Archivist-in-Residence.
Date
2023
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