oip_mss013.xml Guide to the Gladys Bowman Knight Papers Knight (Gladys Bowman) Papers Collection processed by Leslie Pass and Kent Randell Boise State University Special Collections and Archives 1975, 2012; updated 2023

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-13. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Boise State University Special Collections and Archives Gladys Bowman Knight Papers MSS 013 0.5 linear feet 1 box 1964-1979 Letters to the editor, chiefly on political topics; notes and writings by Knight about her father, Earl Wayland Bowman; and correspondence with Boise State University Library about her father's papers. English .

Letters to the editor, chiefly on political topics, written by Gladys Bowman Knight, the daughter of author Early Wayland Bowman. Also contains notes and published writings by Knight about her father and correspondence with Boise State University Library concerning donating her father's papers.

Gladys Bowman Knight, daughter of Earl Wayland and Elva Eldor (Moss) Bowman was born near Rich Hill, Missouri in February of 1899. She was later joined by two sisters and a brother. In 1901 the family moved to Idaho.

She grew up in Idaho attending schools at Council and Boise. After studying voice at Gooding College, Gladys Bowman Knight went to California where she continued her studies in voice. For several years she sang regularly on radio stations in the Los Angeles area.

She later married Leonard Randall Knight, a resident of Council and childhood sweetheart. He died in 1947. They had no children.

Mrs. Knight settled in Council, Idaho and wrote several booklets about her father. She had been a long time supporter of the Republican Party and maintained an active interest in local politics as well as community affairs. Mrs. Knight's letters to the editor were frequently seen in the Idaho Statesman. She died in 1983.

Collection is available for research.

Gifts of Mrs. Knight, Council, Idaho, 1974-1979.

Boise State University has the papers of Earl Wayland Bowman (MSS 4), the father of Gladys Bowman Knight. Many of the papers in this collection concern Gladys' recollections of her father and her dedication to preserving his memory.

[item description], Gladys Bowman Knight Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

Bowman, Earl Wayland, 1875-1952 Idaho--Politics and government Politics and government Literature Idaho Literature Politics and Politicians Photographs Book Reviews, Gladys Bowman Knight's writings about her father, Earl Wayland Bowman. 1967, 1972 1 1 Booklets, A Biographical Sketch of Earl Wayland Bowman : "The Rambling Kid," and Letters to the Editor 1967, 1970 1 2 Booklets, Memoirs of Early Wayland Bowman : "The Rambling Kid," and Vignettes by and about Earl Wayland Bowman 1971-1972 1 3 Correspondence regarding donating materials to Boise State College/Boise State University 1970-1979 1 4 Correspondence with Senator Frank Church regarding having a poem or other remembrance about Early Wayland Bowman (Gladys Knight Bowman's father) into the Congressional Record. 1967 1 5

A remembrance of Earl Wayland Bowman was added into the Congressional Record.

Correspondence, miscellaneous 1967-1972 1 6 Letters to the editor 1977-1980 1 7 Manuscripts 1 8-9 Miscellaneous commentary 1 10 Photographs 1 11 Scrapbook of letters to the editor 1964-1974 1 12