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Lloyd Jensen Collection on Vardis Fisher, 1914-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Lloyd Jensen Collection on Vardis Fisher
- Dates
- 1914-1990 (inclusive)19141990
- Quantity
- 2 linear feet, (4 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 269
- Summary
- Postcards (1953-1958) to Lloyd and Charlotte Jensen from Vardis and Opal Fisher; together with journal articles, essays, and newspaper columns by Fisher; a collection of autographed editions of Fisher's books inscribed to the Jensens, one that includes a handwritten sonnet; reviews of Fisher's books; book catalogs; newspaper clippings and other secondary works about him; and photos and other Fisher-related memorabilia, all collected by Jensen.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Lloyd Jensen Collection of Vardis Fisher materials at Boise State University constitutes an important resource for the study of Vardis Fisher and his writings. Included in the collection are approximately 50 postcards (1953-1958) to Lloyd and Charlotte Jensen from Vardis and Opal Fisher, written mainly from Europe, the Middle East, and New York City, during the Fishers' travels; together with journal articles, essays, and newspaper columns by Fisher; a collection of autographed editions of Fisher's books inscribed to the Jensens, one that includes a handwritten sonnet; reviews of Fisher's books; catalogs from used books dealers offering Fisher's works; newspaper clippings and other secondary works about him; and photos and other Fisher-related memorabilia, all collected by Jensen.
Vardis Fisher (1895-1968) was one of Idaho's most prolific authors. Best known for his historical novels, Fisher wrote or edited 37 books, including a volume of poetry, a collection of short stories, and the highly-praised Idaho state guide (1937). He also wrote more than 50 short stories and essays for magazines as diverse as Scribner's, Esquire, and Rocky Mountain Review, as well as numerous articles for Idaho newspapers. He was still an active writer at the time of his death.
The Lloyd Jensen collection forms part of the University's Idaho Writers Archive.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robert Lloyd Jensen was born July 24, 1914, at Joplin Montana, a son of Henry and Erma Jensen. The family moved to Gooding, Idaho, in 1917, and then to the Hagerman valley in 1925 to the Triple J Ranch at the north end of the valley bordered by the Snake River and Malad River. He graduated from Hagerman High in 1932 and was married to Erma Kiser in 1937. They operated Lloyd's Café in Hagerman from 1937 to 1944. They were divorced in 1944. After service two years in the Army Air Corps, he was discharged in 1946 and took over the Rock Lodge Motel and Store from his father. He lived there for 13 years with his family in the home he and his second wife Charlotte built on Billingsley Creek. In 1960 he moved to Elko, Nevada, where he owned and operated a Phillips 66 truck stop and café and was a building contractor. He then moved back to Hagerman in 1966. Charlotte died that same year. He was a real estate broker in the valley for 17 years. He married Mary Sullivan Knox in 1970. They ran Idaho State Bank and established two more branches, including the local bank in Hagerman. They were divorced in 1979. He married Alice Jewett in 1980 and they lived on Gridley Island, south of Hagerman, for over 10 years. He died October 7, 1990, survived by his wife Alice (deceased 2008), son Robert Jensen of Richland, Washington (deceased 2007); four daughters, Sidney Bokovoy of Hagerman; Kaye Jensen Nubel of La Quinta, CA; Charlotte Ray Triplet of Roseville, CA; and Joan Vliet of Hagerman.
It was always Lloyd Jensen's hope that one day Vardis Fisher would be acknowledged for his invaluable contributions to literature. It was this dedication that was the inspiration to assemble and donate the Lloyd Jensen Fisher Collection. Perhaps future generations will come to appreciate the unique wisdom, talents, and insights of Vardis Fisher.
Lloyd Jensen and Vardis Fisher were friends for over 30 years. They became friends shortly after Fisher moved to the Hagerman Valley in the early 1940's. Jensen owned the Rock Lodge north of Hagerman and built a home there on Billingsley Creek. They helped each other build houses and landscape them. They loved to argue with one another and share more than a drink or two. Over the years Lloyd Jensen collected several hundred books, pamphlets, post cards from Fisher, and other memorabilia. He was an avid reader and had read all of Fisher's books. Fans of Fisher often stopped by to buy and sell books, visit with him, and exchange stories. He collected Fisher books and memorabilia until he died in the fall of 1990 at age 76.
There was a time, after Fisher died and his wife Opal left their home in the Hagerman Valley and moved to Boise, that the home and its contents were being vandalized. Jensen worried about the manuscripts and books that were being neglected and destroyed and the importance of all this information to Fisher's legacy. He boxed up the items he was able to salvage and sent them to Opal in Boise in order that his friend's work could be saved for future generations.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[item description], Lloyd Jensen Collection on Vardis Fisher, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
See also: Vardis Fisher and Opal Fisher Papers
Mabel Clore collection on Vardis Fisher
Dorys Grover Papers and Collections on Vardis Fisher and Ernest Hemingway
Joseph M. Flora Papers and Collection on Vardis Fisher
George E. Brown, Jr. Correspondence with Vardis Fisher
Separated Materials
Lloyd Jensen collected multiple editions of most of Vardis Fisher's published works. Some were gifts from Fisher and his wife Opal; some Jensen purchased when they were published; others he acquired on the used book market. In 2008 Jensen's children donated the bulk of their father's Vardis Fisher book collection to Boise State University. The collection includes Jensen's complete collection of deluxe editions, books with personal inscriptions from Vardis and Opal Fisher, two books Fisher once owned, and other editions not previously represented in the holdings of the Boise State University Library.
A Bibliography of Books at Boise State University from the library of Lloyd Jensen: Lloyd Jensen (1914-1990), friend and neighbor of Vardis Fisher in Hagerman, Idaho, collected multiple editions of most of Vardis Fisher's published works. Some were gifts from Fisher and his wife Opal; some Jensen purchased when they were published; others he acquired on the used book market. In 2008 Jensen's children donated the bulk of their father's Vardis Fisher book collection to Boise State University. The collection includes Jensen's complete collection of deluxe editions, books with personal inscriptions from Vardis and Opal Fisher, and other editions not previously represented in the holdings of the Boise State University Library. Along with the book collection, the family also donated Lloyd Jensen's scrapbooks of postcards from Vardis Fisher, periodical issues containing writings of Vardis Fisher, and other research material, including books about Vardis Fisher and two books he once owned. Together the collections form MSS 269 in the Special Collections Department. Listed below are the books held by the Special Collections Department donated by the Jensen family out of Lloyd Jensen's private library. Vardis Fisher's inscriptions in many of them are now online; click on the highlighted word "inscribed" in the bibliographic entry to see them.
Deluxe editions:
Adam and the Serpent. 1947. Vanguard and Caxton. No 22 of 100, autographed.
April, A Fable of Love. 1937. Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 27 of 50, autographed.
Children of God. 1939. Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 24 of 100, autographed and inscribed.
City of Illusion. 1941. Caxton. No. 95 of 100, autographed.
Darkness and the Deep. 1943. Caxton and Vanguard. No. 42 of 100, autographed.
The Divine Passion. 1948. Vanguard and Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 15 of 100, autographed.
Forgive Us Our Virtues. 1938. Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 35 of 75, autographed and inscribed.
The Golden Rooms. 1944 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 22 of 125, autographed.
In Tragic Life. 1932. Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 14 of 25, autographed.
Intimations of Eve. 1946. Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 17 of 100, autographed.
The Island of the Innocent. 1952. Caxton. No. 7 of 100, autographed.
No Villain Need Be. 1936. Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 52 of 75, autographed.
Passions Spin the Plot. 1934. Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 43 of 75, autographed.
The Valley of Vision. 1951 Abelard Press. Deluxe edition. No. 1 of 100, autographed.
We Are Betrayed. 1935. Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 29 of 75, autographed.
Other editions of Vardis Fisher's works:
Darkness and the Deep. 1943. Vanguard Press. With dust jacket.
A Goat for Azazel. 1956. Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 1 of 200, autographed. Dust jacket.
The Golden Rooms. 1944. Vanguard Press. Autographed. Dust jacket.
Intimations of Eve. 1946. Vanguard Press. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
The Island of the Innocent. 1952. Abelard Press. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
Jesus Came Again. 1956. Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 1 of 200, autographed. Dust jacket.
Magiche Terre del West [Tale of Valor. Italian]. 1963. Baldini and Castoldi. Dust jacket.
Mothers. 1943. Vanguard Press. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
Mountain Man. 1965. William Morrow. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
Mountain Man. 1967. Pocket Books. Paperback (1st printing)
Mountain Man. 1967. Pocket Books. Paperback (4th printing, 1972)
My Holy Satan. 1958. Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 1 of 200, autographed. Dust jacket.
The Neurotic Nightingale. 1935. Casanova Press. No. 122 of 300, autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
Odyssey of a Hero. 1937. Ritten House. First edition. No 29 of 50, autographed.
Passions Spin the Plot. 1934. Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Autographed. Dust jacket.
Peace Like a River. 1957. Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 1 of 200, autographed. Dust jacket.
Pemmican. 1956. Doubleday. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
Pemmican. 1976. Opal Laurel Holmes. Autographed and inscribed by Opal Fisher. Dust jacket.
Sonnets to an Imaginary Madonna. 1927. Harold Vinal. First edition. Handwritten sonnet in front cover. Dust jacket.
Suicide or Murder? The Strange Death of Governor Meriwether Lewis. 1962. Alan Swallow. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
Other Works Related to Vardis Fisher
Flora, Joseph. Vardis Fisher. 1965. Twayne Publishers. Dust jacket.
Rein, David. Vardis Fisher: Challenge to Evasion. 1938. Normandie House. Autographed and inscribed by Vardis Fisher. Dust jacket.
Uzell, Thomas H., editor. Short Story Hits 1933: An Interpretive Anthology. 1934. Dust jacket. Contains "The Mother."
West, Ray B., editor. A Country in the Mind. 1962. Contact Editions. First edition. Dust jacket. Contains "A Partnership with Death."
West, Ray B., editor. Rocky Mountain Reader. 1946. Dutton. First edition. Dust jacket. Contains an excerpt from Children of God.
Woodward, Tim. Tiger on the Road. 1989. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket.
Books that Once Belonged to Vardis Fisher:
Chaucer, Geoffrey. Chaucer's Prologue, Knight's Tale, and Nun's Priest Tale, edited by Andrew Ingraham. 1915. MacMillan. Autographed by Fisher and filled with his notes from his time at the University of Utah. [Kept with MSS 269]
Vizetelly, Frank H. The Preparation of Manuscripts. 1924. Funk and Wagnalls. Autographed by Fisher. [Kept with MSS 269]
Books by Vardis Fisher in the Special Collections Department:
Special Collections holds at least one edition of every book written or edited by Idaho author Vardis Fisher. Most of the books were acquired by donation and represent the collecting efforts of Mabel Clore, James P. Gossett, and Lloyd Jensen. The library acquired its single copy of The Caxton Printers In Idaho (1944) by purchase from Rosalie Sorrels in 1995. The dates in the left column represent, as well as can be determined, the publication date of the edition described. When enclosed in parentheses, publication dates were derived from sources other than the book itself (chiefly George Kellogg's bibliography in Western American Literature, 1970). The identification of first editions is sometimes difficult. If the book is explicitly labeled as a first edition, it is so noted in this list. The words (First edition) in parentheses indicate volumes which, in the judgment of the department, appear to be first editions, based on knowledge of the particular publishers' printing practices. The names (Clore), (Gossett), and (Jensen) indicate with which collection the particular volume was received; those books not so marked were purchased by the library at other times.
Adam and the Serpent
1947 Vanguard and Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 19 of 100, autographed. (Clore) 1947 Vanguard and Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 22 of 100, autographed. (Jensen) 1947 Vanguard. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1961 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
April, a Fable of Love
1937 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. First edition. Doubleday dust jacket. (Clore) 1937 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Caxton dust jacket. (Gossett) 1937 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 27 of 50, autographed. (Jensen)
The Caxton Printers in Idaho: A Short History
1944 Society of Bibliographers
Children of God
1939 Harper & Bros. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1939 Harper & Bros. First edition. "Zane Grey" embossed on flyleaf. Dust jacket. 1939 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 24 of 100, autographed and inscribed. (Jensen) 1948 Uitgeversmaatschappij Elsevier. Gods eigen Kinderen (Dutch). Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. 1949 Editions de la Paix. Les faux anges (French). Paperback. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. 1958 Rizioli. Il Cielo si Chiude (Italian). Autographed. Dust jacket. (Clore
City of Illusion
1941 Harper & Bros. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. (Gossett) 1941 Caxton. First edition. No. 170 of 1000. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1941 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 95 of 100, autographed. (Jensen) 1941 Caxton. First edition, deluxe edition. An extra of 100. Autographed and inscribed. (Clore) 1951 Luis de Caralt. La ciudad de la ilusion (Spanish). First edition. Autographed. Dust jacket. 1982 ACE Charter. Paperback.
Dark Bridwell
1931 Houghton Mifflin. (First edition). Autographed. (Clore) 1952 The Wild Ones. Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Darkness and the Deep
1943 Caxton and Vanguard. Deluxe edition. No. 3 of 100, autographed. (Clore) 1943 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 42 of 100, autographed. (Jensen) 1943 Vanguard Press. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1960 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore) 1962 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore) The Divine Passion
1948 Vanguard. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1948 Vanguard and Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 15 of 100, autographed. (Jensen) 1959 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Forgive Us Our Virtues
1938 Caxton. (First edition). Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1938 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 35 of 75, autographed and inscribed. (Jensen)
A Goat for Azazel
1956 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 79 of 200, autographed. (Gossett) 1956 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 39 of 200, autographed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1962 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
God or Caesar: The Writing of Fiction for Beginners
1953 Caxton. (First edition). Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Gossett) 1953 Caxton. (First edition). Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Gossett) 1953 Caxton. (First edition). Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore)
Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West (by Vardis Fisher and Opal Laurel Holmes)
1968 Caxton. (First edition). Dust jacket. Autographed and inscribed. (Gossett) 1968 Caxton. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore)
The Golden Rooms
1944 Vanguard. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1944 Vanguard. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1944 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 22 of 125, autographed. (Jensen) 1944 Vanguard Press. Autographed. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1960 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Idaho: A Guide in Word and Picture (Federal Writers Project).
1937 Caxton. Library edition. 1937 Caxton. Library edition. Autographed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1950 Oxford University Press. (Clore)
The Idaho Encyclopedia (Federal Writers Project)
1938 Caxton. (First edition). 1938 Caxton. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore)
Idaho Lore (Federal Writers Project)
1939 Caxton. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore)
In Tragic Life
1932 Caxton. (First edition). Autographed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1932 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 14 of 25, autographed. (Jensen) 1944 Ensomhedens angst (Danish). Chr. Erichsens Forlag. Paperback. 1951 Pocket Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Intimations of Eve
1946 Vanguard. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1946 Caxton. Deluxe edition. No. 17 of 100, autographed. (Jensen) 1946 Vanguard Press. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1961 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
The Island of the Innocent
1952 Abelard Press. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. (Gossett) 1952 Abelard Press. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. (Clore) 1952 Abelard Press. First edition. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1952 Caxton. First edition, deluxe edition. No. ? of 100, autographed. (Clore) 1952 Abelard Press. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1960 Swallow Paperbook of Abelard first edition, 1952. Paperback. (Clore) 1961 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Jesus Came Again
1956 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 79 of 200, autographed. (Gossett) 1956 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 39 of 200, autographed. (Clore) 1960 Swallow Paperbook of Alan Swallow, 1956. Paperback. (Clore) 1962 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Love and Death: The Complete Stories of Vardis Fisher
1952 Doubleday. Autographed and inscribed. (Gossett) 1952 Doubleday. Autographed and inscribed. (Clore)
The Mothers
1943 Vanguard Press. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Gossett) 1943 Vanguard Press. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1943 Caxton and Vanguard. Deluxe edition. No. 3 of 100, autographed. (Clore) 1943 Vanguard Press. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1960 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Mountain Man
1965 William Morrow. (First edition). Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Gossett) 1965 William Morrow. (First edition). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1965 William Morrow. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1967 Pocket Books. Paperback (7th printing, 1973). (Clore) 1968 Pocket Books. Paperback (1st printing, 1967). (Jensen) 1972 Opal Laurel Holmes. Fourth printing. Dust jacket.
My Holy Satan
1958 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 39 of 200, autographed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1958 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 79 of 200, autographed. (Gossett) 1960 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
The Neurotic Nightingale
1935 Casanova Press. No. 65 of 300, autographed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1935 Casanova Press. No. 122 of 300, autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Jensen)
No Villain Need Be
1936 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. First edition. 1936 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. First edition. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1936 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 52 of 75, autographed. (Jensen) 1955 Pocket Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Odyssey of a Hero
1937 Ritten House. Autographed. (Clore) 1937 Ritten House. First edition. No. 29 of 50, autographed. (Jensen)
Orphans in Gethsemane
1960 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. Dust jacket. No. 39 of 200, autographed. (Clore) 1960 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 79 of 200, autographed. (Gossett) 1962 For Passion, For Heaven (Vol. 1 of Orphans in Gethsemane). Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore) 1962 The Great Confession (Vol. 2 of Orphans in Gethsemane). Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore) Passions Spin the Plot
1934 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1934 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 43 of 75, autographed. (Jensen) 1934 Caxton, Doubleday and Doran. Autographed. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1935 Boriswood (British). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1952 Pocket Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Peace like a River
1957 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription printing. No. 79 of 200, autographed. (Gossett) 1957 Alan Swallow. First edition, special subscription edition. No. 39 of 200, autographed. (Clore) 1960 The Passion Within. Pyramid Books.
Pemmican
1956 Doubleday. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Gossett) 1956 Doubleday. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1957 Pocket Books. Paperback. (Clore) 1957 Kanadas guld (Danish). Chr. Erichsens Forlag. Paperback. 1956 Opal Laurel Holmes. Autographed and inscribed by Opal. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1956 Doubleday. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Jensen) 1958 Pemmican (German). Forum Verlag. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore)
Sonnets to an Imaginary Madonna
1927 Harold Vinal. 1927 Harold Vinal. Autographed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1927 Harold Vinal. Dust jacket. (Jensen)
Suicide or Murder? The Strange Death of Governor Meriwether Lewis
1962 Alan Swallow. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1962 Alan Swallow. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Jensen)
Tale of Valor
1958 Doubleday. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Gossett) 1958 Doubleday. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1960 Pocket Books. Paperback. (Clore) 1963 Magiche Terre del West (Italian). Baldini and Castoldi. Dust jacket. (Jensen)
Thomas Wolfe As I Knew Him and Other Essays
1963 Alan Swallow. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore)
Toilers of the Hills
1928 Houghton Mifflin. (First edition). Autographed. Caxton dust jacket. (Clore) 1945 Caxton. Dust jacket. (Clore)
The Valley of Vision
1951 Abelard Press. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1951 Abelard Press. Deluxe edition. No. 1 of 100, autographed. (Jensen) 1960 Alan Swallow. Swallow Paperbook. (Clore) 1961 Pyramid Books. Paperback. (Clore)
We Are Betrayed
1935 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. First edition. Autographed and inscribed. Dust jacket. (Clore) 1935 Caxton and Doubleday, Doran. Deluxe edition. No. 29 of 75, autographed. (Jensen) 1936 Boriswood (British). Dust jacket. (Clore) 1953 Pocket Books. Paperback. (Clore)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Kaye Jensen and Vardis Fisher |
1964 |
| 1 | 2 | Lloyd Jensen and Archie Teater |
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| 1 | 3 | Lloyd Jensen and Vardis Fisher (Friends of Fisher subscription list) |
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| 1 | 4 | J.H. Gipson (Caxton Printers), Ervin Mueller, and Vardis Fisher |
1938-1939 |
| 1 | 5 | Lloyd Jensen and "Authors of the West" |
1974-1984 |
Book AnnouncementsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 6 | "Children of God" (Harper Prize) |
| 1 | 7 | "Gold Rushes and Mining Camps" |
| 1 | 8 | "In Tragic Life" announcement, reviews |
| 1 | 9 | "Testament of Man" Series |
Bookseller ListsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 10 | Lloyd Jensen |
1975-1990 |
| 1 | 11 | Casanova with preface by Vardis Fisher |
1933-1934 |
| 1 | 12 | Sage Books (Alan Swallow) |
1962 |
| 2 | 10 Paperback Novels by Vardis Fisher |
NewspapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 13 | "Vardis Fisher Says" newspaper column |
1951-1952 |
| 1 | 14 | Newspaper articles written by Vardis Fisher |
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| 1 | 15 | Newspaper articles about Vardis Fisher |
1968– |
Personalized materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 16 | Lloyd Jensen bookplates, Vardis Fisher writing tablet and address labels |
PhotographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 17 | Photographs of Vardis Fisher, Lloyd Jensen, and Fisher extended family |
ProgramsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 18 | Western Heritage Awards |
1966 |
| 1 | 19 | Writer's Conference (University of Utah, 1953) [signed] |
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| 2 | 1 | "Jeremiah Johnson" movie premiere program, tickets, oversize poster |
Postcard scrapbookReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 2-3 | Approximately 50 postcards to Lloyd and Charlotte Jensen from Vardis and Opal Fisher, written mainly from Europe, the Middle East, and New York City, during the Fishers' travels. |
1953-1958 |
Journals and other publications with articles written by Vardis FisherReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box | |
| 3 | "As Death is Lonely." Northwest Review 2 (Summer 1959): 71-79 |
| 3 | "Crime and the Great Society". A Way Out 23 (October 1967): 47 |
| 3 | "The Failure of Public Education in a Democracy". PNLA Quarterly 25 (January 1961): 102-110 |
| 3 | "Father and Son." Inland (Autumn 1959): 3-11 |
| 3 | "The Great Pemmican Hunt: Or, the Decline of the Wild West." Doubleday and Company Press Release (June 1956) |
| 3 | Printed handout on Fisher residence |
| 3 | "The Lingering Frontier". The Rotarian 108 (April 1966): 42-45 |
| 3 | "The Novelist and His Background". Western Folklore 12 (January 1953): 1-8 |
| 3 | "Postscript on Maturity." Inland (Winter 1960): 31-32 |
| 3 | "Shoshone Indian Ice Caves." Pamphlet |
| 3 | "The Storm". '47 The Magazine of the Year 1 (March 1947): 7-13. [inscribed and signed on cover by Vardis Fisher] |
| 3 | "Thousand Springs Valley". Scenic Idaho 7 (third quarter 1952): 8-11, 25, 34 |
| 3 | "Vardis Fisher Comments on His 'Testament of Man' Series". American Book Collector 14 (September 1963): 31-36 |
| 3 | "Vardis Fisher News." Caxton Printers, 1934
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| 3 | "The Western Writer and the Eastern Establishment". Western American Literature 1 (Winter 1967): 244-259. [inscribed and signed by Vardis Fisher, front cover signed by wife Opal]
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| 3 | The Glory of Our West: See the West in Natural Color with Famous Authors and Photographers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1952. [inscribed and signed on cover by Vardis Fisher]
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| 3 | Ingraham, Andrew. Chaucer's Prologue, Knight's Tale, and Nin's Priest Tale. New York: Macmillan Company, 1915. [inscribed and signed on cover by Vardis Fisher, filled with his handwritten notes]
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| 3 | "Salmon River Mines." Idaho Yesterdays 6 (Spring 1962): 40-48. [contains notes by Vardis Fisher]
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| 3 | Swallow, Alan. "On the Testament of Man." Inland (Autumn 1959): 25-28
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| 3 | Taber, Ronald W. "Vardis Fisher: New Directions for the Historical Novel." Western American Literature (Winter 1967): 285-296. [front cover signed by Fisher's wife, Opal] |
| 3 | Vizetelly, Frank H. The Preparation of Manuscripts for the Printer. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1905. [inscribed and signed by Vardis Fisher] |
Journals and other publications with articles written about Vardis FisherReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box | |
| 4 | Arrington, Leonard J. and Jon Haupt. "The Mormon Heritage of Vardis Fisher." Brigham Young University Studies 18 (Fall 1977): 27-47 |
| 4 | Authors of the West Bookseller and Catalog. Dundee, Oregon. [Catalog numbers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] |
| 4 | Carmer, Carl. "Passionate Traders (Pemmican)". Saturday Review (June 23, 1956): 16 |
| 4 | Chatterton, Wayne. "Vardis Fisher: The Frontier and Regional Works." Western Writers Series, Boise State University (1972) |
| 4 | Crandall, Allen. Fisher of the Antelope Hills. Manhattan, Kan.: The Crandall Press, 1949 |
| 4 | Fisher, Opal. "Vardis Fisher Memorial". The Cabellian 3 (Autumn 1970): 25-27 |
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| 4 | Flora, Joseph M. "Vardis Fisher and Wallace Stegner: Teacher and Student". Western American Literature 5 (Summer 1970): 121-128 |
| 4 | Foote, Ellis. "The Unholy Testator". American Book Collector 14 (September 1963): 9-12 |
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| 4 | Holmes, Opal Laurel. "Once in a Wifetime". American Book Collector 14 (September 1963): 13-14 |
| 4 | Holmes, Opal Laurel. "Vardis Fisher was Not a Mormon." Press release, 1979 |
| 4 | Hutchens, John K. "One Thing and Another". Saturday Review (August 10, 1968): 31 |
| 4 | "Idaho Individualist". Arts and Sciences (Spring 1962): 9-12 |
| 4 | "Idaho Individualist". MD (Medical Anthropology) 5 (November 1961): 143-146 |
| 4 | Kellogg, George. The Bookmark. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Library, 1965 |
| 4 | Margarick, P. "Vardis Fisher and His Testament of Man". American Book Collector 14 (September 1963): 20-24 |
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| 4 | McConnell, Virginia. "Alan Swallow and Western Writers." South Dakota Review 5 (Summer 1967): 88-97 |
| 4 | Milton, John R. Three West: Conversations with Vardis Fisher, Max Evans, Michael Straight. Vermillion, S.D.: Dakota Press, 1970 |
| 4 | Offutt, Andrew. "Orphan With a Gun" |
| 4 | Swallow, Alan. "Alan Swallow Interviews Vardis Fisher on his Testament Series" |
| 4 | Swallow, Alan. "Poetry of the West." South Dakota Review (Autumn 1964): 77-87 |
| 4 | Taber, Ronald W. "Sacagawea and the Suffragettes: an interpretation of a myth". Pacific Northwest Quarterly 58 (January 1967): 7-13 |
| 4 | Taber, Ronald W. "Vardis Fisher and the Idaho Guide: Preserving Culture for the New Deal". Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 59 (April 1968): 68-76 |
| 4 | Taber, Ronald W. "Vardis Fisher: March 31, 1895-July 9, 1968". Idaho Yesterdays 12 (Fall 1968): 2-8 |
| 4 | Vardis Fisher: A Critical Summary With Notes on His Life and Personality. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1939 |
| 4 | "The Western Novel: A Symposium". South Dakota Review 2 (Autumn 1964): 19-23 |
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- Swallow, Alan, 1915-1966
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Erin Passehl
2010; updated 2024
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