NTDMG458 Guide to Sources Related to the History of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area Sources Related to the History of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area Laura Guedes, updated by Amy Thompson University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2013, 2019
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-22. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2019 Finding aid updated by Amy Thompson University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Sources Related to the History of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area Lee, Debbie (Deborah Jean), 1960- Baird, Dennis W. MG 458 5 cubic feet 5 bankers boxes 1896-1964 Photocopies of primary source documents relating to the history of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area. The original documents compiled in this collection are the property of the National Archives, the U.S. Forest Service, and other state and public agencies. English . Box 1 5

The papers and documents in this manuscript collection represent a portion of the intellectual output of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness History Project. Other components include a collection of photographs and maps, a large collection of oral history interviews (the transcriptions of which are included in these papers), and the creation of a website. The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness History Project was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and most work on the project was completed by mid-2013. The grant was awarded to Professor Debbie Lee, of Washington State University, and much of the filed archival research was completed by Dennis Baird, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho.

The bulk of the collection consists of photocopies of original documents and primary sources that remain the property of the National Archives, the U.S. Forest Service, and other state and public agencies. A few original documents are also included. The sources span the period between 1896 and c. 1964. It is the intention of the project's researchers that this will be a living and growing collection. Each document included in this manuscript group is carefully annotated as to provenance, with data provided as to document location and owner, record group, folder number, etc., along with the name of the collector and the date of collection for the project.

Several thousand hours were spent in the effort to locate a thorough and inclusive collection of primary source documents relating to the Selway country of Idaho and western Montana. Extensive research was done at these locations: National Archives (Washington D.C., College Park, Maryland, Denver, Colorado, and Seattle, Washington), the Library of Congress, and offices of the U.S. Forest Service located at Orofino, Fenn, Moose Creek, McCall, Salmon, Challis, and Grangeville, Idaho, as well as USFS offices in Missoula, Hamilton, and West Fork, Montana. Extensive research was also conducted at Ogden, Utah, and at the Idaho State Historical Society in Boise.

The majority of the records in this manuscript group are in the public domain, but the developers of this collection did not seek literary rights for the small number of non-official documents that are included. Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permissions for use.

The collection is open to the public. Researchers must use the collection in accordance with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.

Sources Related to the History of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area, MG 458, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

Original documents and primary sources are the property of the National Archives, the U.S. Forest Service, and other state and public agencies.

Donated by Dennis Baird in March 2013.

Processed in April 2013. MA 2016-09 added in 2019.

Digital copies of the photographs in Box 3, Folder 76 of this collection (Photos - Dick Walker Photograph Collection) were donated separately and can be found in MG 686 - Dick Walker Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area photographs, 1909-2020

 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Idaho and Mont.) Idaho--History Oral Histories Sources Related to the History of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area English. Airplanes-Post WWII 1948-1981 English. Box 1 1 Airports-Clearwater &Bitterroot Forests 1929-1956 English. 1 2 Archaeology & Cultural 1969 English. 1 3 Bear Creek (Diaries) 1925-1926 English. 1 4 Bitterroot Forest Reserve 1897 English. 1 5 Bitterroot Forest Reserve undated English. 1 6 Bitterrroot Forest- Library of Congress Manuscripts 2014 English. 1 7 GLO-Bitterroot Forest Reserve 1899-1903 English. 1 8 GLO-Bitterroot Forest Reserve 1903-1947 English. 1 9 Bridges and Trails-United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Selway National Forest 1926-1955 English. 1 10 Campbell's Ferry-Salmon River 1964-1978 English. 1 11 Buildings, R.S., Phones, etc… Selway National Forest- US Forest Service Missoula, MT 1910-1988 English. 1 12 Selway River Chronology - Many H. Williams 1812-1887 English. 1 13 Confidential Letters between Roy A. Phillips and Regional Forester, Evan W. Kelley 1933-1940 English. 1 14 United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service-Dams 1969 English. 1 15 Fire 1920-1941 English. 1 16 Fire 1926-1932 English. 1 17 Fire 1932-1936 English. 1 18 Fire 1955-1959 English. 1 19 Fish Lake 1934-1954 English. 1 20 Fishery 1960-1969 English. 1 21 Grazing 1906-1921 English. 1 22 Grazing 1922-1929 English. 1 23 Grazing 1909-1914 English. 1 24 History Miscellaneous 1909-1996 English. 1 25 Homesteads and Ranches 1946-1970 English. 2 26 Homesteads and Ranches 1916-2920 English. 2 27 Homesteads and Ranches 1906-1921 English. 2 28 Homesteads and Ranches 1915-1979 English. 2 29 Homestead Filings-Moose Creek 1916-1976 English. 2 30 Homestead Filings-Moose Creek 1921-1966 English. 2 31 Indians 1877-1901 English. 2 32 Inspections-Selway 1920-1938 English. 2 33 Inspections-Nez Perce 1922-1939 English. 2 34 Inspection-Bitterroot 1907 English. 2 35 Inspection-Lolo (Powell RD) 1920-1944 English. 2 36 Lookouts 1919-1963 English. 2 37 Lochsa River 1988 English. 2 38 Lost Horse 1983 English. 2 39 Lantz bar 1923-1965 English. 2 40 Magruder Corridor - Modern 2011 English. 2 41 Magruder Corridor 1915-1965 English. 2 42 Magruder Corridor 1965 English. 2 43 Magruder Corridor 1966-1968 English. 2 44 Magruder Corridor Fight 1968-1969 English. 2 45 Magruder Corridor Fight 1968-1969 English. 2 46 Maintenance-Agricultural and Environmental 1972 English. 2 47 Management 1930-1939 English. 2 48 Management 1940-1949 English. 2 49 Management Post WWII 1950-1959 English. 2 50 Moose C.R. Airfield From R-1 Historical Files, Seattle 1930-1957 English. 2 51 Management 1950-1959 English. 2 52 Management 1960-1969 English. 2 53 Management 1960-1969 English. 2 54 Management 1970-1979 English. 2 55 Management 1980-1989 English. 2 56 Maps 1923 English. 2 57 Marshall and Meadow Creek 1938-1994 English. 2 58 Doris Miener and Bud Moore 1966-2011 English. 2 59 Names and Placenames 1925-1958 English. 2 60 National Geographic-Rivers English. 2 61 Nez Perce News Piece 1910 English. 2 62 Northern Region News/Dot 1 Rull Relations to Selway 1921-1938 English. 2 63 Oral Histories 1970-1979 English. 3 64 Oral Histories 1970-1979 English. 3 65 Oral Histories 1980-1989 English. 3 66 Oral Histories 1980-1989 English. 3 67 Oral Histories 1980-1989 English. 3 68 Outfitters 1950-1964 English. 3 69 Packing 1929 English. 3 70 Penny Cliffs Dam 1963 English. 3 71 Personnel 1982 English. 3 72 Aerial Photos 1982 English. 3 73 Photos 1929-1935 English. 3 74 Photos 1925 English. 3 75 Photos-Dick Walker Photograph Collection 1928-1989 English. 3 76 LC-Pinchot 1896-1897 English. 3 77 Poppe, Sid 1904-1924 English. 3 78 Powell, Fire photo 1923 English. 3 79 Rivers 1960 English. 3 80 Reservoirs 1948-1962 English. 3 81 Primitive Area 1936-1940 English. 3 82 2/6 Proclamations and Executive Orders 1891-1931 English. 3 83 Reclassification 1940-1949 English. 3 84 Reclassification 1950-1959 English. 3 85 Reclassification 1950-1959 English. 3 86 Reclassification 1950-1959 English. 3 87 Reclassification 1950-1959 English. 3 88 Reclassification 1960-1969 English. 3 89 Reclassification 1960-1969 English. 3 90 Reclassification 1960-1969 English. 3 91 Reclassification 1960-1969 English. 3 92 Roads 1919-1957 English. 4 93 Running Creek Ranch 1927-1940 English. 4 94 Save Upper Selway Committee 1954-1965 English. 4 95 Save Upper Selway Committee 1965-1969 English. 4 96 Primitive Area Roads and Trails 1920-1932 English. 4 97 Primitive Area Roads and Trails 1934-1963 English. 4 98 Salmon River Breaks Salmon Reclassification 1966-1971 English. 4 99 Salmon River Road 1933-1946 English. 4 100 Salmon River Road 1932-1941 English. 4 101 Salmon River Road 1936-1949 English. 4 102 Faces of Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness 2012 English. 4 103 Selway History Talk undated English. 4 104 Selway River 1960-1981 English. 4 105 Selway N.F. 1933-1954 English. 4 106 Selway N.F. 1920 English. 4 107 Selway River Floating Map 1963 English. 4 108 Shearer 1933-1970 English. 4 109 James Stuart 1904 English. 4 110 Timber 1954 English. 4 111 Wildlife Pre-1940 English. 4 112 Wildlife Pre-1940 English. 4 113 Wildlife Pre-1940 English. 4 114 Wildlife II 1940-Present English. 4 115 Wildlife II 1940-Present English. 4 116 Moose Creek Ranger District Historical Information Inventory and Review 1988 English. 4 117 Moose Creek Ranger District Historical Information Inventory and Review 1988 English. 4 118 Boundary Determination and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area- Clifford Wood Thesis 1972 English. 4 119 Mountains in every Direction-Teresa Sabol Spezio- A Thesis 2000 English. 5 120 Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area 2008-2009 English. 5 121 Oral Histories Interview- Dick Walker 1973 English. 5 122 Oral Historires Interview- Louie Bock 1988 English. 5 123 Oral Histories Interview- Gus Watts 1990 English. 5 124 Oral Histories Interview- Tom Hartman 1988 English. 5 125 Oral Histories Interview- Del Cox 1986 English. 5 126 Oral Histories Interview- George Robinette 1985 English. 5 127 Oral Histories Interview- Alen Slickpoo 1990 English. 5 128 Oral Histories Interview- Gertrude Maxwell 1990 English. 5 129 Oral Histories Interview- Robbin Johnson English. 5 130 Oral Histories Interview- Don Biddleson 1988 English. 5 131 Oral Histories Interview- Loyd Rupe 1976 English. 5 132 Oral Histories Interview- Emile Keck 1988 English. 5 133 Oral Histories Interview- Sarah Swett 2011 English. 5 134 Oral Histories Interview- Art Seamons 2013 English. 5 135 Oral Histories Interview- Marr Root 2011 English. 5 136 Oral Histories Interview- Joe Rimensberger 2011 English. 5 137 Oral Histories Interview- Jim Renshaw 2011 English. 5 138 Oral Histories Interview- Allen Renshaw 2011 English. 5 139 Oral Histories Interview- Bob Mutch 2011 English. 5 140 Oral Histories Interview- Bill Worf 2011 English. 5 141 Oral Histories Interview- Kameron Wagoner 2011 English. 5 142 Oral Histories Interview- Marge and Mark Tabor 2011 English. 5 143 Oral Histories Interview- Mark Bohrman 2011 English. 5 144 Oral Histories Interview- Dick Hulla 2011 English. 5 145 Oral Histories Interview- Warren Miller 2011 English. 5 146 Oral Histories Interview- Erick Melson 2011 English. 5 147 Oral Histories Interview- Rob Mason 2011 English. 5 148 Nez Perce Voices and Other Selway Stories- The Selway- Bitterroot Wilderness History Project English. 5 149 Oral Histories Interview- Penny Keck 2011 English. 5 150 Oral Histories Interview- Rachel Kaufman 2011 English. 5 151 Oral Histories Interview- Connie Saylor Johnson 2011 English. 5 152 Oral Histories Interview- Nels Jensen 2011 English. 5 153 Oral Histories Interview- Dave Aldrich 2011 English. 5 154 Oral Histories Interview- Anna Bengston 2011 English. 5 155 Oral Histories Interview- Ed Bloedel 2011 English. 5 156 Oral Histories Interview- Jean Renshaw Carroll 2011 English. 5 157 Oral Histories Interview- Vernon Carroll 2012 English. 5 158 Oral Histories Interview- Orville Daniels 2011 English. 5 159 Oral Histories Interview-Josh Dolezal 2011 English. 5 160 Oral Histories Interview- Dale Dufour 2011 English. 5 161 Oral Histories Interview- Mary Erikson 2011 English. 5 162 Oral Histories Interview- Bruce Farling 2011 English. 5 163 Oral Histories Interview- Dave Campbell 2011 English. 5 164 Oral Histories Interview- Sarah Walker 2010 English. 5 165 Oral Histories Interview- Dennis Baird 2013 English. 5 166 Oral Histories Interview- Jerry Hughes 2011 English. 5 167