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John Corlett Papers, 1937-1974

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Corlett, John J., 1909-1999
Title
John Corlett Papers
Dates
1937-1974 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 197
Summary
John Corlett was an Idaho resident and reporter for the Idaho Statesman. The collection includes article clippings, published works, and correspondence.
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 open for research.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

John Corlett was an Idaho resident and reporter for the Idaho Statesman. He was the political editor for the Idaho Statesman and reported on every session of the Idaho Legislature from 1937 to 1975. After his retirement in 1975, the Senate passed a resolution recognizing him as "Senator Emeritus." He also served as the Idaho correspondent for the New York Times, Time Magazine, and Life Magazine. Corlett died in 1999 at age 90.

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Content Description

The collection includes clippings of Corlett's articles, speeches, other published works, research material, and correspondence. The best way to search for Corlett's columns is through the online Idaho Statesman digtal archive. The database is accessible for Boise State affiliates through Albertsons Library's website; Boise residents with a Boise Public Library card can also access the Statesman database through BPL's website. For unaffiliated patrons, visit Albertsons Library in person to access the Statesman database.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item description], John Corlett Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by John Corlett in 1988.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1952 May-1952 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1953 January-1953 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1953 May-1953 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1953 September-1953 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1954 January-1954 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1954 May-1954 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1954 September-1954 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1955 January-1955 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1955 May-1955 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1955 September-1955 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1956 January-1956 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1956 May-1956 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1956 September-1956 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 15
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1957 January-1957 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 16
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1957 May-1957 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 17
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1957 September-1957 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 18
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1958 January-1958 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1958 May-1958 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1958 September-1958 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 21
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1959 January-1959 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 22
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1959 May-1959 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 23
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1959 September-1959 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 24
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1960 January-1960 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 25
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1960 May-1960 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 26
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1960 September-1960 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 27
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1961 January-1961 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 28
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1961 May-1961 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 29
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1961 September-1961 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 30
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1962 January-1962 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 31
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1962 May-1962 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 32
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1962 September-1962 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 33
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1963 January-1963 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 34
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1963 May-1963 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 35
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1963 September-1963 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 36
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1964 January-1964 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 37
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1964 May-1964 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 38
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1964 September-1964 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 39
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1965 January-1965 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 40
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1965 May-1965 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 41
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1965 September-1965 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 42
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1966 January-1966 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 43
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1966 May-1966 August
    Container: Box 1, Folder 44
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1966 September-1966 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 45
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1967 January-1967 April
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1967 May-1967 August
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1967 September-1967 December
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1968 January-1968 April
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1968 May-1968 August
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1968 September-1968 December
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1969 January-1969 April
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1969 May-1969 August
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1969 September-1969 December
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1970 January-1970 April
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1970 May-1970 August
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1970 September-1970 December
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1971 January-1971 April
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1971 May-1971 August
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1971 September-1971 December
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1972 January-1972 April
    Container: Box 2, Folder 16
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1972 May-1972 July
    Container: Box 2, Folder 17
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: Newspaper Career: Vita
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 19
  • Description: Newspaper Career: Applications and Correspondence
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 2, Folder 20
  • Description: Newspaper Career: Selective Service Cards
    Dates: 1944-1945
    Container: Box 2, Folder 21
  • Description: Newspaper Career
    Dates: 1966, 1969
    Container: Box 2, Folder 22
  • Description: Newspaper Career: Fair Trial - Guidelines
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box 2, Folder 23
  • Description: Newspaper Career
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 24
  • Description: Newspaper Career: Senate Candidacy
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  • Description: Newspaper Career
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26
  • Description: Newspaper Career
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  • Description: Newspaper Career: Column Photograph
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 28
  • Description: Newspaper Career: Obituary
    Dates: 1999
    Container: Box 2, Folder 29
  • Description: Correspondence (including Robert Smylie)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 30
  • Description: Correspondence (including Alben Barkley)
    Dates: 1946, 1951-1952, 1954
    Container: Box 2, Folder 31
  • Description: Correspondence (including Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Smylie, Herman Welker, Henry L. Day)
    Dates: 1955-1956, 1959
    Container: Box 2, Folder 32
  • Description: Correspondence (including Robert Smylie, Henry Dworshak)
    Dates: 1960-1962
    Container: Box 2, Folder 33
  • Description: Correspondence (including Frank Church, Barry Goldwater, Charles Halleck, Sylvester Treinen)
    Dates: 1963-1964
    Container: Box 2, Folder 34
  • Description: Correspondence (including Bob Gibb)
    Dates: 1965-1966
    Container: Box 2, Folder 35
  • Description: Correspondence (including Len B. Jordan, Raymond Moley)
    Dates: 1967-1968
    Container: Box 2, Folder 36
  • Description: Correspondence (including Sylvester Treinen)
    Dates: 1969-1970
    Container: Box 2, Folder 37
  • Description: Correspondence (including Dwight Jensen, Bob Packwood, Robert Smylie)
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 38
  • Description: Correspondence (including Steve Bly)
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 2, Folder 39
  • Description: Correspondence (including Bill Brock, Frank Church, Len B. Jordan, George Klein, Bob Packwood)
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 2, Folder 40
  • Description: Correspondence (including Frank Church, Morris Udall)
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 2, Folder 41
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 42
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 2, Folder 43
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 2, Folder 44
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 2, Folder 45
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Box 2, Folder 46
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box 2, Folder 47
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box 2, Folder 48
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 2, Folder 49
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box 2, Folder 50
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 2, Folder 51
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 52
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 2, Folder 53
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 2, Folder 54
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 2, Folder 55
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1975
    Container: Box 2, Folder 56
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: 1976
    Container: Box 2, Folder 57
  • Description: Speeches
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 58
  • Description: W. Lloyd Adams
    Dates: 1942-1955
    Container: Box 2, Folder 59
  • Description: W. Lloyd Adams
    Dates: 1960-1968
    Container: Box 2, Folder 60
  • Description: "The Wonderful One-Hoss Glen" - Poem by W. Lloyd Adams
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 61
  • Description: American Association for Higher Education
    Dates: 1970-1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 62
  • Description: Rocky Mountain Educational Laboratory
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box 2, Folder 63
  • Description: White House Conference on Education
    Dates: 1958
    Container: Box 2, Folder 64
  • Description: Subjects: Glen Taylor
    Dates: 1954, 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
  • Description: Subjects: Health Services
    Dates: 1966-1967
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2
  • Description: Subjects: Health Services
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3
  • Description: Subjects: Health Services
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • Description: Subjects: Political Elections and the LDS Church
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
  • Description: Subjects: American Bar Association
    Dates: 1959
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
  • Description: Subjects: W.B. Spofford, Jr; From the Files of the Committee on Unamerican Activities
    Dates: 1961-1965
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: Subjects: Reapportionment
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
  • Description: Subjects: Barry Goldwater
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9
  • Description: Subjects: Newspapers and Reporting
    Dates: 1964-1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 10
  • Description: Subjects: Republican's Governor's Conferences
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 3, Folder 11
  • Description: Subjects: Desert Land Entries
    Dates: 1965-1975
    Container: Box 3, Folder 12
  • Description: Subjects: Calvin E. Write
    Dates: 1965-1973
    Container: Box 3, Folder 13
  • Description: Subjects: Idaho Press Club
    Dates: 1966-1967
    Container: Box 3, Folder 14
  • Description: Subjects: Political Candidates: Financial Disclosure
    Dates: 1966-1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 15
  • Description: Subjects: State Government Reform
    Dates: 1966-1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 16
  • Description: Subjects: Frank Church: Recall
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box 3, Folder 17
  • Description: Subjects: Idaho Water Resource Board: Snake River Proposal
    Dates: 1967-1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 18
  • Description: Subjects: Idaho Constitution: Revisions
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 19
  • Description: Subjects: Primaries
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 20
  • Description: Subjects: Idaho Water Resource Board
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 21
  • Description: Subjects: Press Club Gridiron Script
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 22
  • Description: Subjects: George Hansen
    Dates: 1971-1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 23
  • Description: Subjects: Glen Wegner Campaign
    Dates: 1971-1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 24
  • Description: Subjects: Ada County Democratic
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 25
  • Description: Subjects: Press Club Gridiron Script
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 26
  • Description: Subjects: Democratic Platform
    Dates: 1972-1982
    Container: Box 3, Folder 27
  • Description: Subjects: Republican Platform
    Dates: 1972-1984
    Container: Box 3, Folder 28
  • Description: Subjects: State Computers Upgrade
    Dates: 1969-1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 29
  • Description: Articles: Various Publishers
    Dates: 1966-1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 30
  • Description: Speeches and Article Drafts
    Dates: 1954-1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 31
  • Description: Presidents Committee on Education Beyond the High School
    Dates: 1957
    Container: Box 3, Folder 32
  • Description: New York Times
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3, Folder 33
  • Description: Rocky Mountain Educational Laboratory
    Dates: 1968-1969
    Container: Box 3, Folder 34
  • Description: The Idaho Consortium
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 3, Folder 35
  • Description: Medical education Study Commission: Idaho Foundation for Medicine & Biology
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 36
  • Description: Speeches: Eugene C Dorsey
    Dates: 1965-1968
    Container: Box 3, Folder 37
  • Description: Hanford Landgon King, Jr. Episcopal Ordination
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 38
  • Description: Idaho Recreation and Parks Society Conference
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 39
  • Description: Sunshine Memorial Dedication Program
    Dates: 1974
    Container: Box 3, Folder 40
  • Description: Idaho Statesman Get-Acquainted Banquet
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box 3, Folder 41
  • Description: Western Union Telegraph Company Cable Rates
    Dates: 1891
    Container: Box 3, Folder 42
  • Description: Poems by Jim Ater
    Container: Box 3, Folder 43
  • Description: Speeches and Drafts
    Dates: 1967-1970
    Container: Box 3, Folder 44
  • Description: Gridiron Political Parady
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 45
  • Description: Idaho Water Resource Board/George L Crookham
    Dates: 1941-1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 46
  • Description: Idaho State Democratic Convention
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 47
  • Description: Frank Church Recall Efforts
    Dates: 1967
    Container: Box 3, Folder 48
  • Description: The Committee for the White House Conference on Education
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box 3, Folder 49
  • Description: Summary of State Legislation Affecting Higher Education in the West
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Box 3, Folder 50
  • Description: Report of the Governor's Conference on Young People's Development (Idaho, Governor Robert Smylie)
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box 3, Folder 51
  • Description: Federal - State Report for Idaho
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 52
  • Description: Treasure Valley Health Care Development Project
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 53
  • Description: Articles by Others
    Dates: 1964-1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 54
  • Description: Political Affairs Forum Remarks by Robert E Smylie
    Dates: 1966
    Container: Box 3, Folder 55
  • Description: "Legacy of Lincoln Still Lights the Way" by Orval Hansen
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 56
  • Description: Speeches at Len B. Jordan Office Building Dedication
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 3, Folder 57
  • Description: Articles and Drafts
    Dates: 1967-1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 58
  • Description: Correspondence (Including Steve Ahre and Margaret Ailshie)
    Dates: 1941-1973
    Container: Box 3, Folder 59
  • Description: Idaho Statesman Disaster Plan and Gannett Company Information
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 60
  • Description: Idaho Capital Savings and Loan Association Publication
    Dates: 1932
    Container: Box 3, Folder 61
  • Description: Vice President Lyndon B Johnson Visit to Twin Falls Municipal Bandshell Photograph
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 3, Folder 62
  • Description: Unidentified Photograph
    Container: Box 3, Folder 63
  • Description: Steve Symms Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
    Dates: 1973
    Container: Box 3, Folder 64
  • Description: Idaho American Bar Association (ADA) Criticism
    Dates: 1959
    Container: Box 3, Folder 65
  • Description: Untitled Essays and Speeches Related to Idaho
    Container: Box 3, Folder 66
  • Description: Interview with Kisygin, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 67
  • Description: Citizens Fact-Finding Committee on Farragut
    Dates: 1971
    Container: Box 3, Folder 68
  • Description: Research Materials: Basque and Spain
    Dates: 1968-1969
    Container: Box 3, Folder 69
  • Description: Idaho State University Ecumenical Ministry "The Uprising"
    Dates: 1972
    Container: Box 3, Folder 70
  • Description: Speeches by Others: Southwest Idaho Development Association Meeting by H.T. Nelson; Taxation by Confession by Calvin E Write; 1973- Republican State Convention by Richard L Hyneman; Boise Life Underwriters Association Banquet by Bill Roden; Presentation Mady to School Administrators in Boise by T E Roach; Statement by Governor Robert Smylie at Corps of Engineers Hearing; Address of Senator Frank Church Idaho Young Democrats State Convention; The Changin Role of the Businessman in Public Affairs by David E Lilienthal; Management's Critical Generation by Robert J Weston; C Ben Ross of Idaho: the Problems of a New Deal Governor by Michael P Malone; The World Still Moves Our Way by Eric Sevareid; This Moment is Your Life by Virgil M Young; Language as Behavior by John B Barnes; Untitled by Richard Charnock; Address by the Vice President Idaho Republican Dinner by Spiro Agnew
    Dates: 1955-1973
    Container: Box 3, Folder 71

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Subject Terms

  • Journalism

Geographical Names

  • Idaho

Occupations

  • Journalists
  • Politicians

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