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Judith Shannon Paine Papers, 1978-1994

Overview of the Collection

Title
Judith Shannon Paine Papers
Dates
1978-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 linear feet, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 121
Summary
The Judith Shannon Paine Papers date from 1978 through 1994. The bulk of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence Paine received while editor of the small press magazines The Village Idiot and Delirium between 1987 and 1993. This correspondence often includes poetry and short story manuscripts, artwork, and chapbooks or literary magazines. The collection contains Paine's notebooks logging all submissions she received during this time. Additionally the collection includes some of Paine's own poetry as well as materials relating to her work as a substitute teacher, and a community correspondent for the Shoshone County News Press.
Repository
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

Collection is available for research.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Judith Shannon Paine is a writer, editor and publisher who settled in Harrison, Idaho in the mid-1980s with husband Richard, daughter Nancy and son Shawn.

In 1987 Paine's poetry chapbook The Lizard King was published by the Harrison-based imprint Mother of Ashes Press established by Joe M. Singer. She subsequently became editor of Singer's irregularly published literary magazine, The Village Idiot.

Paine founded her own literary magazine, Delirium, in association with Muggwart Press of Riverside, California in 1989 and remained editor of the publication until a fire stopped production in 1991.

Judith Paine was awarded the World of Poetry Press' Golden Poet award in 1985.

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Content Description

The Judith Shannon Paine Papers date from 1978 through 1994. The bulk of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence Paine received while editor of the small press magazines The Village Idiot and Delirium between 1987 and 1993. This correspondence often includes poetry and short story manuscripts, artwork, and chapbooks or literary magazines. The collection contains Paine's notebooks logging all submissions she received during this time.

Additionally the collection includes some of Paine's own poetry as well as materials relating to her work as a substitute teacher, and a community correspondent for the Shoshone County News Press.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Judith Shannon Paine Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Submissions and Correspondence: A-Z
    • Adams, Linda
    • Allen, J.P.
    • Amanda
    • Anderson, Emily
    • Anderson, Steve
    • Arden-Betke, Susan
    • Atkinson, Alan
    • Baker, Anne H.
    • Basiliere, Pamela
    • Bass, Claudette
    • Bateman, Mike
    • Bellacera, Carole
    • Bell-Valletto, Barbara
    • Bennett, Barbara
    • Benton, Pearl
    • Berkowitz, Johnathan M.
    • Binns, John
    • Blanco, Evangeline
    • Bottorff, William K
    • Bramhall, John
    • Brie (Brian?)
    • Buckwalter, James
    • Buffet, Josephine
    • Burchill, James V.
    • Burns, Cliff
    • Busailah, Reja-e
    • Cantu, Elizabeth C
    • Carol
    • Carrington, Penny
    • Carrino, Larry
    • Casey, Nuaia
    • Castleman, Dave
    • Cat
    • Cauchi, Patrick
    • Cennuto, Larry
    • Centrone, Rosie
    • Chandler, Joyce
    • Chavez, Loraine
    • Chester, Charlotte
    • Christian, Farley M
    • Cindy
    • Citizens Against Nuclear Weapons and Extermination
    • Cliff, Mike
    • Coan, Brian MacLeod
    • Congleton, Donna McKinley
    • Conroy, Rita
    • Cook, O'Bannon M.
    • Copeland, Bill
    • Corbett-Fiacco, Christopher
    • Cotolo, F. M
    • Cox, Sharon Eve
    • Croasmon, George
    • Crosby, Diane
    • Crutch, Chris
    • Curkendall, Jay
    • Curtis, John
    • Davis, Frederick B.
    • Davis, R.G.
    • Dean, Rev. Herman R
    • Deiker, Tom
    • Dennison, Matt
    • DeVaney, Peter
    • DeWitt, Jim
    • Diamond, Frank
    • Ditsky, John
    • Doernberg, Jerry
    • Dubbs, Chris
    • Dunn, Robert
    • Dusek, Karen H.
    • Emilie
    • England, Gerald
    • Engle, Lew G.
    • Erlich, P.S
    • Evans, Lynn
    • Fabian, R. Gerry
    • Farmer, Rod
    • Farrance, Rex
    • Feinberg, Amy-Beth
    • Fennel, James
    • Flinn, E.C
    • Flinn, Eugene
    • Flinn, Patricia
    • Floryanowich, Adolf
    • Forcht, Jonathan
    • Forgassy, Helen
    • Fuqua, Christopher S
    • Gee, Robin
    • Gendernalik, Al
    • Gholson, Christien
    • Gia
    • Gilmore, Kevin
    • Givson, Kevin
    • Glimmertrain
    • Gold, Ira
    • Goodman, Carol
    • Gotta Write Network LitMag
    • Gould, Kim Robert
    • Guertin, Davida
    • Guess, Shirley Strand
    • Guthrie, Donna W.
    • Hakes, Jana
    • Hall, Joan Joffe
    • Hanback, James R. Jr.
    • Hardin, Jeff
    • Harns, Skip
    • Hartley, James
    • Hattenhauer, Daryl
    • Hay, Richard F.
    • Hayes, John
    • Haynes, William P./Elliot
    • Healy, T.R
    • Heuebner, K.
    • Hewmann, Michael
    • Hidde, Jack
    • Hillhouse, Karin
    • Hodor, Timothy
    • Hogan, Wayne
    • Honigman, Carolyn
    • Hostetler, Jeffrey K.
    • Howe, Patricia
    • Hua, Li Min
    • Huth, Geof
    • Ianni, Denise
    • Isakson, Connie
    • Jackson, Fleda
    • Jacobson, Steven
    • James, Jeff
    • James, Tom
    • Jan
    • Jean
    • Jenkins, Diana R
    • Jespersen, Ruth
    • Johnson, Jean Youell
    • Johnson, Kent D.
    • Kahn, Maia
    • Kalmus, Morris A.
    • Kerbaugh, Jim
    • Kett, Paul (see Ianni, Denise)
    • Kincaid, Joan
    • Krehbial, Heather
    • Kretz, Tom
    • Kudisch, Pearl
    • Larry
    • Laughlin, Scott
    • Leake, Brent T.
    • Lenore
    • Lesemann-Elliott, Michael
    • Levinsky, Frieda L.
    • Levy, Janice
    • Lipscomb, Dell R.
    • Lipton, David A.
    • Livingston, James B.
    • Lock, Duane
    • Logue, Carol Jean
    • Lovelace, Robin
    • Luk, Steven (see Obvious Front)
    • Luking, Margaret
    • Lunday, Elizabeth Austin
    • Luttsel, Steven
    • Lyn
    • Mann, Allyson
    • March, Curtis
    • Margolis, Amy
    • Marhoff, Charlie
    • Marrs, John
    • Marshall, Lorne
    • Matthews, Geneva
    • Matzen, Richard Jr.
    • McAdam, William
    • McDade, Thomas Michael
    • McLean, William
    • Milardo, Michael
    • Miller, Rich
    • Mitchell, Timothy Allen
    • Morris, Bernard E.
    • Moses, Nora
    • Mycue, Edward
    • Necker, Bob
    • Neruda, Gabriel Monteleone (see Castleman, Dave)
    • Neville, Mark
    • Nicholsen, Michael Bent
    • Nicholson, Frank
    • Norris, Patrick A.
    • Novel and Short Stories Writers Market
    • Nutting, Ruth
    • Obvious Front
    • Ochoa, Jayne Claire
    • Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision
    • Ostanski, Gary A.
    • Palmeri, Anthony P
    • Palulis, Stephanie
    • Parham, Jeffrey
    • Passera, Bill
    • Perchik, Simon
    • Perr, G.E.
    • Perry, Lisa K.
    • Pete
    • Peterson, Robert O.
    • Petillo, Robert A.
    • Pjerrou, Joe
    • Porter, Karen
    • Prado, Holly
    • Proper, Stan
    • Purcussion Systems
    • Rampp, Charles
    • Rapposelli, Denise Marie
    • Redlake, Kevin
    • Reedy, Penelope
    • Richman, Elliot
    • Rosmus, Cindy
    • Ross, Stephen W.
    • Rudy, Dorothy
    • Russell, N.E.
    • Russo, Charles
    • Ruth
    • Ryan, Sam
    • SaFranko, Mark
    • Salaga, Jack
    • Sampson, Brent
    • Sanstad, David
    • Santow, Paul
    • Saraceno, Stephen
    • Sarahuac
    • Savin, Jaques
    • Savona, Dave
    • Scaretta, Tony
    • Schuler, Ruth Wilders
    • Scott, Kevin
    • Scott, Michael
    • Shakur, Abdul O.
    • Shandon, Jack
    • Sheridan, Mike
    • Sieben, Kenneth J.
    • Singer, Joe
    • Sjoblom, John
    • Skinner, Brian
    • Smith, Jody
    • Snyder, Walter (See Jesperson, Ruth)
    • Soldo, John
    • Somers, Jeffrey
    • Stancich, Chris
    • Steven
    • Stevens, Don
    • Stockard, Don (see also Cauchi, Patrick)
    • Strader, Janet
    • Subraman, Belinda
    • Sullivan, Jim
    • Summer, David
    • Swan, Marc
    • Swanson, James L.
    • Swope, Mike
    • Thompson, Janine
    • Thomsen, Halvard J.
    • Townsend, Cheryl
    • Trudel, Robert
    • Trumpet, Joseph
    • Tumable, Elkion
    • Turner, Jeffrey H.
    • Turner, Steph
    • Underwood, Robyn B.
    • Ursus Press
    • Van Cleve, Luther
    • Vandeloecht, Michael
    • Vardamis, John L
    • Vinci, Carol J.
    • Wadley, Gwen
    • Waldman, Mitchell
    • Walter, Clayton K.
    • Wareham, Marion J.
    • Weinrich, Dan
    • Weiss, Sigmund
    • Wells
    • West, Rex Alan
    • Whitehead, John
    • Whiting, Nathan
    • Widener, Judy
    • Wilmarth, Richard
    • Wilson, Ian Randall
    • Wilson, Sue
    • Woods, Linda
    • Wootlen, Ian
    • Wright, Glenn
    • Zeigler, R.J
    • Ziemba, Patricia A.
    Dates: 1986-1994
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1-37
  • Description: The Village Idiot: Submission Cover Letters
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 1, Folder 38
  • Description: Delirium: Submission Cover Letters
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box 1, Folder 39
  • Description: Notebooks: Log of Village Idiot and Delirium Submissions
    Dates: 1987-1993
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1-6
  • Description: Notebooks: Personal, General
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Kootenai Jr./Sr. High School
    Dates: 1985-1993
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Idaho High School Activities Association
    Dates: 1991
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Manuscript: The Village Idiot, Civilian Casualties
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Mother of Ashes Press: Publications
    Dates: 1987-1992
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: Mother of Ashes Press/Joe Singer: Printed Materials
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: The Village Idiot, Civilian Casualties
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13
  • Description: The Village Idiot, The Family Magazine (vol. 1 no. 2)
    Dates: circa 1980
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • Description: The Village Idiot, Poetic Justice Edition
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15
  • Description: Delirium Vol. 1 Issues 2 and 3
    Dates: 1990-1991
    Container: Box 2, Folder 16
  • Description: CAN WE Newsletter/The Village Idiot
    Dates: 1986 November 24
    Container: Box 2, Folder 17
  • Description: The Printer's Devil (Mother of Ashes Press)
    Dates: circa 1986
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: Life and Times (Mother of Ashes Press) Vol. 1 no. 1 and no. 2
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Box 2, Folder 19
  • Description: The Village Idiot, Learning to Laugh
    Dates: 1986 April 1
    Container: Box 2, Folder 20
  • Description: The Village Idiot, Watching the Rocks Change Sections 1-8
    Dates: 1986-1987
    Container: Box 2, Folder 21
  • Description: Writer's Digest Books Market Verification
    Dates: 1990-1991
    Container: Box 2, Folder 22
  • Description: The Village Idiot Letterhead
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Box 2, Folder 23
  • Description: Outgoing Correspondence
    Dates: 1979-1993
    Container: Box 2, Folder 24
  • Description: Judith Shannon Paine Poems and Writings
    Dates: 1981-1993
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  • Description: Rainbow Books, Poetry Competition Winners
    Dates: 1983
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26
  • Description: Animation Workshop
    Dates: 1978
    Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  • Description: Chamber of Commerce Minutes
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box 2, Folder 28
  • Description: "New Kid on the Block," Shoshone County News Press
    Dates: 1993
    Container: Box 2, Folder 29
  • Description: Writer's NW
    Dates: 1991-1993
    Container: Box 2, Folder 30
  • Description: The Judson Jerome Memorial Compilation of Light and Humorous Verse
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 31
  • Description: Dog River Review, Vol. 8 No. 1
    Dates: 1989
    Container: Box 2, Folder 32
  • Description: Urban Glyphics by Vincent Obregon
    Dates: 1990
    Container: Box 2, Folder 33
  • Description: Rhyme for The Times by Jeff Campbell
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Box 2, Folder 34

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Subject Terms

  • American literature--20th century
  • Arts
  • Authors, American
  • Literature
  • Poetry
  • Poets, American

Form or Genre Terms

  • Little magazines
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