oip_mss108.xml Guide to the Penelope Reedy Papers Reedy (Penelope) papers Cheryl Oestreicher Boise State University Special Collections and Archives 2013; updated 2023
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-25. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Boise State University Special Collections and Archives Penelope Reedy Papers MSS 108 9.75 linear feet 10 boxes 1941-1996 The Penelope Reedy Papers primarily contain correspondence, publications, writings, poetry, brochures, ephemera, and other materials related to her work as author and publisher of The Redneck Review of Literature and The Redneck Press. Also included is biographical information and some material related to her father, Ralph Warner Croner. English .

Collection is available for research.

Donated by Penelope Reedy in 1990. Additional correspondence donated by Charlotte Wright in 2001.

Penelope Reedy was born on June 5, 1947 in Everett, Washington. Upon graduating from Lake Stevens High School, she moved to New York City and took classes at New York University and Brooklyn College, studying fashion merchandising, English, and journalism. Reedy moved to Idaho in 1970, where she met her rancher husband and had four children. She helped organize and run a newspaper for Camas County, Idaho and was a stringer for the Times-News in Twin Falls and the Gooding County Leader. She later went back to school and received a B.A. in English from Marquette University.

She was the founder, editor, and publisher of The Redneck Review of Literature, an independent literary magazine published from 1975-1995. Rick Ardinger saw the journal as a descendant of Wild Dog, a magazine founded by Ed Dorn (Pocatello) in the early 1960s.

Reedy briefly lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she was a Program Director for Woodland Pattern Book Center. Throughout her career, Reedy's writings appeared in numerous magazines and journals including Idaho Farmer-Stockman, Ruralite, Mechanix Illustrated, Seventeen, Art Muscle, Crone Chronicles, Western American literature, and Texas Books in Review.

Penelope passed away in 2022.

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The Penelope Reedy Papers primarily contain correspondence, publications, writings, poetry, brochures, ephemera, and other materials related to her work as author and publisher of The Redneck Review of Literature and The Redneck Press. Also included is biographical information and some material related to her father, Ralph Warner Croner.

 American literature--20th century Arts Authors, American Literature Idaho Literature Little magazines Personal and Professional Personal Information 1 1 Education 1 2 Family Information 1 3 Personal Finances 1 4 Camas Writer's Workshop 1 5 College of Southern Idaho Literary Club 1 6 Western Literature Association 1986-1993 1 7 Article and Photography Guidelines 1 8 Personal Notes 1 9 Miscellaneous 1 10 Correspondence 1969-1995 1 11-32 Redneck Review 1 33 Redneck Review Articles 1 34 Grant Information 1 35 Redneck Receipts 1 36 Idaho Writer's League 1 37 Northern Lights 1 38 Idaho Farmer-Stockman 1 39 Sun Valley Magazine 1 40 The Family Food Garden 1 41 Photography 1 42 Commentaries 1 43 Journal Entries 1 44 Reviews 1 45 Poetry 1 46 Poetry Critique 1 47 English 191 - Poetry Class 1 48 Literature Course Papers 1 49 Untitled Writings 1 50 Titled Writings 1 51-54 Miscellaneous Writings 1 55 Miscellaneous Articles 1 56-57 Camas Writer's Workshop Journals 1978-1986 9 Camas Writers Workshop Publications 1976-1979 8 124-125 The Redneck Review Journals 1987-1995 8 Calendars 9 Audio Tapes 9 Edward Abbey Stamp 9 Ralph Warner Croner, Alaska 2 1 Ralph Warner Croner, Archery and Bowhunting 1960s 2 2 Ralph Warner Croner, Articles 9 Ralph Warner Croner, Boxing 1940 2 3 Ralph Warner Croner, Correspondence 1941-1957 2 4 Ralph Warner Croner, The Obidiah Clan of Munsons, 1637-1941 2 5 Ralph Warner Croner, Photographs 2 6 Ralph Warner Croner, Poetry 2 7 Ralph Warner Croner, Navigation School, Seattle 2 8 Ralph Warner Croner, Navy 1935-1957 2 9 Ralph Warner Croner, Postcards 9 Ralph Warner Croner, Shelly Croner 1966-1967 2 10 Correspondence Abbey, Edward 3 1 Ahrens, Jane 3 2 Alden, Jan M. 3 3 Aldrich, Hazel 3 4 Anderson, Peter M. 3 5 Anderson, Shea 3 6 Antler 3 7 Ardinger, Richard 3 8 Armitage, Sue 3 9 Asaoka, Yukie Groves 3 10 Attebery, Louis 3 11 Aubens, Kenneth E. 3 12 "A" 3 13 Baer, Elizabeth R. 3 14 Baer, Tom 3 15 Baker, David L. 3 16 Balch, Glenn 3 17 Barber, Dave 1 18 Barber, John F. 3 19 Bates, Milton 3 20 Bauer, Daniel 3 21 Baumgartner, Susan 3 22 Bean, Pat 3 23 Beer, Ralph 3 24 Belanger, JD 3 25 Bellavance, Lee 3 26 Bennick, Tom 3 27 Berger, Sidney E. 3 28 Bernard, Sidney 3 29 Berry, Eleanor 3 30 Beyers, Coralie 3 31 Bingham, Edwin 3 32 Blackburn, Alex 3 33 Blanchard, Florence (I) 3 34 Blanchard, Florence (II) 3 35 Blanchard, Florence (III) 3 36 Blanchard, Florence (IV) 3 37 Blanchard, Florence (V) 3 38 Blevins, Richard 3 39 Blew, Mary 3 40 Bodio, Steve 3 41 Boggs, Johnny D. 3 42 Bowen, Peter 3 43 Bowler, Aldrich 3 44 Bowler, Carolyn 3 45 Bowler, Dr. 3 46 Bradbury, Ray 3 47 Bradley, Thomas M. 3 48 Braga, Sandi 3 49 Brennecke, Steve M. 3 50 Bricker, Albert E. 3 51 Brower, Marilyn 3 52 Buckner, Sherman 3 53 Bukowski, Charles English. 3 54 Bunk, Steve 3 55 Burhit, Ronald 3 56 Burrows, Russell 3 57 "B" 3 58 Caesan, Judith 3 59 Cannon, Hal 3 60 Catenacci, ED 3 61 Cervantes, Eleonore 3 62 Charlie 3 63 Cheatham, Karlyn 3 64 Christian, Tom 3 65 Christy, Dave 3 66 Clark, Stephen D. 3 67 Clary, Jordan 3 68 Clayton, Lawrence 3 69 Cliff, Lora Lee 3 70 Cohen, Geri 3 71 Coiner, Tim 3 72 Collins, Richard 3 73 Contor, Jack 3 74 Contor, Zona 3 75 Cooley, Lisa 3 76 Corcoran, Denise 3 77 Cordes, Anne 3 78 Corrigan, Michael 3 79 Crew, Louie 3 80 Croner, Charles R. 3 81 Cross, Sarah L. 3 82 Cuelho, Art 3 83 Curtis, Nancy 3 84 "C" 3 85 Dalrymple, Terry 3 86 Daniel, Darrin 3 87 Danky, James P. 3 88 David, Gray 3 89 Davis, Kenneth 3 90 Davis, Robert Murray 3 91 Davis, Robertson 3 92 Day, George F. 3 93 Dennis, Janet 3 94 Dofflemeyer, John C. 3 95 Donnelly, Margarita 3 96 Dorsett, Lyle W. 3 97 Doyle, Robert 3 98 Drake, J. 3 99 Duffin, Brent 3 100 Duplis, Steven 3 101 Durham, Leslie Leek 4 1 Dural, Pete 4 2 "D" 4 3 Ellis, Nancie 4 4 Ellis, Ron 4 5 Elzea, Sue 3 6 Enbel, Bruce 4 7 Etulain, Richard 4 8 "E" 4 9 Fanselow, Julie 4 10 Ferraro, Paul 4 11 Fisher, M.F.K. 4 12 Fisher, Steve 4 13 Fong, Peter Warren 4 14 Ford, Karen 4 15 Fowler, Bret 4 16 Fraser, William G. 4 17 Fraticelli, Yvonne 4 18 Fritz, Jane 4 19 Fromm, Pete 4 20 Frost, Helen 4 21 Fukuda, Shinku 4 22 Fuller, Kevin 4 23 "F" 4 24 Gallagher, Tess 4 25 Garm, Olaf 4 26 Gehrman, Gloria 4 27 George, Carolyn 4 28 Gernes, Sonia 4 29 (Aunt) Ginny 4 30 Gipson, Gordon 4 31 Givens, Jeanne 4 32 Glade, Jon Forrest 4 33 Glass, Jesse 4 34 Gold, Jerry 4 35 Gonzales, Dave C. 4 36 Greer, Barry 4 37 Gressley, Gene M. 4 38 Griffen, Larry D. 4 39 Griffin. Shaun T. 4 40 Grout, John 4 41 Guilford, Charles 4 42 "G" 4 43 Hadella, Paul 4 44 Hall, James K. 4 45 Hamill, Sam 4 46 Hansen, David 4 47 Hansen, John 4 48 Hansen, Reed 4 49 Hartenfeld, Jeff 4 50 Hartgen, Tiff 4 51 Haslem, Gerald 4 52 Hasselstrom, Linda 4 53 Haynes, Beverly J. 4 54 headley, Bob 4 55 Heineck, Janet 4 56 Hemesath, Jim 4 57 Hewberg, Marvin 4 58 Henry, Daniel 4 59 Hepworth, Jim 4 60 Hess, Karl Jr. 4 61 Hitesman, Eileen 4 62 Hoagland, Bill 4 63 Holm, Bill 4 64 Holthaus, Gary 4 65 House, Kristina 4 66 House, Tom 4 67 Howington, Robert 4 68 Hoyt, Don A. 4 69 Hughes, Peggy 4 70 Hussa, Linda 4 71 "H" 4 72 Inada, Lawson 4 73 "I" 4 74 Janssen, Sybal R. 4 75 Jeff 4 76 Jerry 4 77 Johnson, Penny 4 78 Jordan, Teresa 4 79 Joyce, Sara 4 80 Juskie-Nellis, Joan 4 81 "J" 4 82 Karp, Toby 4 83 Kaufman, Polly Welts 4 84 Kelly, Barb 4 85 Kempa, Rick 4 86 Kirchoff, E.J. 4 87 Kittredge, William 4 88 Knight, Arthur and Kit 4 89 Knight, Jane 4 90 Koch, Peter 4 91 Kogan, Steve 4 92 Kolpacoff, Victor 4 93 Komechak, Marilyn 4 94 Kondo, Kris and Shokan 4 95 Kortekaas, Joan 4 96 Koss, Nicholas 4 97 Kostelanetz, R. 4 98 Koubourlin, Kore 4 99 Kreillkamo, Anne 4 100 Kretz, Tom 4 101 Kuhn, Ricky and Mary 4 102 Kuo, Alex 4 103 Kyle, Roberta 4 104 "K" 4 105 Larmore, Phoebe 4 106 Larom, Rita 4 107 Lea, Luanne 4 108 Leek, Leslie Ann 4 109 Leek, Patricia 4 110 Lev, Donald 4 111 Lewis, Chris 4 112 Lewis, Lynn 4 113 Liebenthal, Jean 4 114 Linck, Chas. E. Jr. 4 115 Lindholdt, Paul 4 116 Lloyd, Hubert 4 117 Locklin, Gerry 4 118 Lokken, James 4 119 DeLoren 4 120 Ludwig, Horst 5 1 Lynn, Catherine 5 2 Lynskey, Ed 5 3 Lyon, Tom 5 4 Lyons, Stephen 5 5 "L" 5 6 MacLennan, Marcia and Ron 5 7 Maguire, Jim 5 8 Mansee, Steve 5 9 Marsden, Michael T. 5 10 Martin, Carol A. 5 11 Masarik, Al 5 12 Massad, Stewart 5 13 Matovich, Judy J. 5 14 Maughan, Jackie Johnson 5 15 Mayne, Marilyn 5 16 McAllister, Mick 5 17 McCain, Dave 5 18 McCarthy, Lois V. 5 19 McCalanahan, Tom 5 20 McDaniel, Wilma Elizabeth 5 21 McFarland, Ron 5 22 McGuire, Sherry 5 23 McKee, Louis 5 24 McKee, Richard 5 25 Mckernan, Mary 5 26 McNamee, Gregory 5 27 Mehrhoff, Charlie 5 28 Merrill, Jane 5 29 Miller, Errol 5 30 Milton, John 5 31 Minskoff, Alan 5 32 Moore, Bob 5 33 Moore, Todd 5 34 Moran, Kevin 5 35 Morris, Paul 5 36 Moskus, Charles D. 5 37 Munson, Gene 5 38 Murie, Martin 5 39 Mycue, Ed 5 40 "M" 5 41 Nash, Nancy 5 42 Natt, Rochelle 5 43 Neifert, Carla 5 44 Nichols, Hugh 5 45 Neilsen, Dan 5 46 Novogrodsky, Diane 5 47 "N" 5 48 O'malley, Trish 5 49 Osteen, Mark 5 50 "O" 5 51 Packard, William 5 52 Paine, Judith Shannon 5 53 Passanante, Joy 5 54 Peck, Barbara 5 55 Percy, Walker 5 56 Perly, R.G. 5 57 Perrin, Noel 5 58 Peters, Robert (Bob) 5 59 Petersen, Gwen 5 60 Peterson, Ralph 5 61 Petteway, Phyllis 5 62 Pettinger, Dean 5 63 Pettis, Margaret 5 64 Pirsig, Robert 5 65 Ploss, Penny 5 66 Pochurek, James 5 67 Poniewoz, Jeff 5 68 Potts, Charles 5 69 Preston, Scott 5 70 Probart, Judy 5 71 Proctor, David 5 72 Prolo, Ken 5 73 Puett, Lake 5 74 Puglisi, Steve 5 75 Pugmire, Steve 5 76 Pyle, Tom 5 77 "P" 5 78 "Q" 5 79 Rawlins, Chip 5 80 Reagan, Jim 5 81 Reagan, Roselee 5 82 Redneck, Gilbert (Sr.) 5 83 Reed, Mary E. 5 84 Reedy, Edward 5 85 Reedy, James 5 86 Reedy, Jim 5 87 Reedy, Katie 5 88 Reedy, Tom 5 89 Reedy, Trish 5 90 Reeve, David 5 91 Reid, Art 5 92 Reilly, Jon 5 93 Rember, John 5 94 Riedel, Mike 5 95 Robinson, Nancy 5 96 Rodenberger, Lou H. 5 97 Ronald, Ann 5 98 Rosewell, John 5 99 Ross, Jeanette 5 100 Roush, Jan E. 5 101 Roy, Susan 5 102 Rybus, Tom 5 103 "R" 5 104 Sale, Rick 5 105 Sapp, Gregg 5 106 Scarecrow 5 107 Scheese, Don 5 108 Schein, Marie M. 5 109 Scollon, Ron 5 110 Scollon, Suzie 6 1 Scriever, Mary 6 2 Silva, Joan 6 3 Silver, Shirley 6 4 Sims, Robert 6 5 Sinclair, Connie 6 6 Singer, Joe M. 6 7 Sinkler, Rebecca 6 8 Siporin, Ona 6 9 Skaug, Charlie 6 10 Slaymaker, Bob 6 11 Sloan, Jay 6 12 Solan, J.C. and June 6 13 Slohen, Marge 6 14 Sluder, Sue 6 15 Smith, Pat 6 16 Smith, Valerie 6 17 Snedden, Lois 6 18 Speer, Laurel 6 19 Speryer, Bob 6 20 Springer, Rick 6 21 Stafford, Kim 6 22 Steffin, Beth O. 6 23 Stegner, Wallace 6 24 Stephenson, Shelby 6 25 Stephenson, T.R. 6 26 Stevens, Debrie 6 27 Stone, Ann 6 28 Stovall, Linny 6 29 Streng, Rod 6 30 Stuart, Jane 6 31 Studebaker, Willliam 6 32 Studholm, Doug 6 33 Sullivan, Jim 6 34 Sunderland, Barbara 6 35 Swenson, Karen 6 36 Swetnam, Ford 6 37 Swetnam, Susan 6 38 Symms, Steve 6 39 "S" 6 40 Tamez, Margo 6 41 Tanner, Jane 6 42 Taylor, Harvey 6 43 Terra, Richard 6 44 "T" 6 45 Toyama, Jean 6 46 Trusky, Tom 6 47 Tucker, Kris 6 48 Vail, Jean M. 6 49 Valez, Peterson 6 50 Vaughn, Michael J. 6 51 Vaughn, Ned 6 52 Vilas, Diana 6 53 Virta, Alan 6 54 "V" 6 55 Wachtin, Steve 6 56 Wada, Wes and Linda 6 57 Waitts, Fileman 6 58 Waldman, Ken 6 59 Walsh, Dennis 6 60 Walsh, Mary Ellen 6 61 Walters, Paul 6 62 Ward, Betsy 6 63 Watson, Ron 6 64 Weber, Mark 6 65 Weiss, Steve 6 66 Welch-Parenteau, Amy 6 67 Welsh, Lawrence 6 68 Westbrook, Max 6 69 Wheeler, Dorothy 6 70 Whitehead, John 6 71 Widener, Judy 6 72 Wild, Peter 7 1 Wild, Peter (II) 7 2 Williams, Terry Tempest 7 3 Willson, David A. 7 4 Wipple, Dan 7 5 Wolf, M. Danell 7 6 Wolter, Ralph 7 7 Wondra, Janet 7 8 Wood, Bill 7 9 Woodhead, David 7 10 Woods, Suzanne 7 11 Workman, Barbara L. 7 12 Worsencroft, Don 7 13 Worsencroft, Edith 7 14 Wright, Charlotte 1986-1996 7 15-25 Wyndham, Harold 7 26 "W" 7 27 Young, Karl 7 28 Young, Phyllis 7 29 Yvanne (Aunt) 7 30 "Y" 7 31 Zaizyski, Paul 7 32 Zepeda, Ray 7 33 Zirinsky, Driek and Michael 7 34 "Z" 7 35 Unknown 7 36-37 Ahsahta Press 7 38 Alaska Quarterly Review 7 39 Altrusa Club of Boise 7 40 American Heritage Center 7 41 The American Humanities Index 7 42 American Literary Review 7 43 American Ranger Incorporated 7 44 American West Publishing Company 8 1 The Antioch Review 8 2 The Association For the Humanities in Idaho 8 3 The Atlantic Monthly 8 4 Avant Garde 8 5 Baby Talk 8 6 Baker and Taylor Books 8 7 Better Homes and Gardens 8 8 Blue Mesa Review 8 9 Boise Magazine 8 10 Boise Public Library Foundation, Inc. 8 11 Boise State University 8 12 Bowling Green State University 8 13 Brennan Books 8 14 Camas County Library Board 8 15 Chiron Review 8 16 College of Southern Idaho 8 17 Colorado Review 8 18 Columbia University in the City of New York 8 19 Comstock Editions, Inc. 8 20 Confluence Press, Inc. 8 21 Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines 8 22 Council of Literary Magazines and Presses 8 23 CutBank 8 24 Department of Defense 8 25 Department of Employment 8 26 The D.H. Lawrence Review 8 27 Dream Garden Press 8 28 The Family Food Garden 8 29 The Feminist Press 8 30 Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers 8 31 Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment 8 32 Gardens for All 8 33 Gem State Writer's Guild 8 34 Graywolf Press 8 35 Hanging Loose Press 8 36 Harpers 8 37 Hidden Paradise Ranch 8 38 High Country 8 39 High Country News 8 40 Idaho Assocations of American Mothers, Inc. 8 41 Idaho Commission on the Arts 8 42 Idaho Council of Teachers of English 8 43 Idaho English Journal 8 44 Idaho Farmer-Stockman 8 45 Idaho Library Association 8 46 Idaho Personnel Commission 8 47 Idaho Public Television 8 48 Idaho State Historical Society 8 49 Idaho State Library 8 50 Incredible Idaho 8 51 Ingram Periodicals Inc. 8 52 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 8 53 KMTV 8 54 Kootenai County History Project 8 55 Let's Talk About it 8 56 Life and Health 8 57 Lutheran Church of America 8 58 Lutheran Fourm 8 59 Magic Valley Arts Council 8 60 Magic Valley and Mini-Cassia Reading Council 8 61 Magic Valled Young Authors 8 62 Marquette University 8 63 Medical Dimensions 8 64 Modern Language Association of America 8 65 National Endowment for the Humanities 8 66 National Geographic Magazine 8 67 National Review 8 68 New Earth Review 8 69 New Mexico Humanities Review 8 70 New Mexico Magazine 8 71 The New York Times 8 72 The New York Times Book Review 8 73 Northern Lights 8 74 Northwest Review 8 75 Organic Gardening and Farming 8 76 Owl Creek Press 8 77 Pacific Northwest Synod 8 78 Palouse Journal 8 79 Parabola 8 80 Peregrine Smith Books 8 81 Phi Theta Kappa 8 82 Poets House 8 83 Poets and Writers 8 84 Popular Culture Association 8 85 Primavera 8 86 The Progressive 8 87 Quest 8 88 Red Deer College Press 8 89 The Retreat House of the Redeemer 8 90 Rocky Mountain Magazine 8 91 Rodale Press, Inc. 8 92 Ruralite Services, Incorporated 8 93 Salmon Junior High School 8 94 Salmon Public Library 8 95 Sans Serif, Inc. 8 96 The Saturday Evening Post 8 97 Seventeen Magazine 8 98 Sigma Tau Delta 8 99 Sanpdragon 8 100 State Board of Education 8 101 The Sun 8 102 Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanitaries 8 103 The Times-News 8 104 Universal Press Syndicate 8 105 The University of Chicago 8 106 University of Idaho Cooperative Extension Service 8 107 University of Notre Dame 8 108 University of Utah, Marriott Library 8 109 Upper Access Book Publishers 8 110 Vanity Fair 8 111 Vermont Bean Seed Company 8 112 Vermont Council on the Humanitaries and Public Issues 8 113 The Village Voice 8 114 Western American Literature 8 115 Western Literature Association 8 116 Wheeler Photography 8 117 William Movies Agency 8 118 Willow Springs Magazine 8 119 Words of Wisdom 8 120 The Wormwood Review 8 121 Writer's Digest 8 122 WSU Press 8 123