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Idaho Memorial Association collection, 1923-1924

Overview of the Collection

Title
Idaho Memorial Association collection
Dates
1923-1924 (inclusive)
Quantity
.25 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 5797
Summary
Promotional materials and correspondence about the Idaho Memorial Association who promoted and raised money for the Idaho War Memorial, now known as the Memorial Gymnasium on the University of Idaho campus.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Inlcudes copies of flyers and broadsides titled "Idaho War Memorial," materials for instructing workers on fundraising and to increase student interest, and correspondence and telegrams from donors and organizers. Multiple duplicates of the flyers and broadsides were removed.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Related materials may be found in MG 20, Idaho Memorial Building Association records.

Acquisition Information

Materials were removed from the collection on the Success Mining Company, MG 291, during processing, and were accessioned at that time (MA 1992-26).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Correspondence
    1 folder : Letters, postcards, telegrams, primarily from members of the Idaho Memorial Association committee. Also includes lists of potential supporters and elected officials and bulletins or informational materials about the Idaho Memorial Association.
    Dates: 1924
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Promotional Materials
    1 folder : "Idaho War Memorial flyers and broadsides; text of U of I Student Body President Talbot Jennings speech; "Selling the Idaho War Memorial" booklets and broadsides; November 14, 1924 issue of Wallace Press-Times Mining Review
    Dates: 1924
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2

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Subject Terms

  • Fund raising
  • War Memorials
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