Thomas L. De Freitas Papers, circa 1902-1951
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Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Thomas L. De Freitas Papers
- Dates
- circa 1902-1951 (inclusive)19021951
- Quantity
- 0.5 linear feet, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- MSS 137
- Summary
- Autobiography and other writings of De Freitas' life experiences, primarily in Nevada and Idaho, and his political and economic views.
- Repository
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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
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical Note
Thomas L De Freitas (also credited as Thome Luiz de Freitas) was a writer from the Azores, who moved to the United States as a teenager and lived in the American West. He published three of his plays through Gem State Rural (now known as Caxton Printers) in Caldwell, Idaho. Those plays were: Plot Against Plot, Pictures from Life, and Results of a Jest. De Freitas died in 1951.
Content Description
Autobiography (written in 1948) recording some of De Freitas' experiences as an immigrant sheepherder and buckaroo in Nevada and Idaho at the turn of the century, his early literary efforts, later life as a dairy farmer and millworker in Portland, Oregon, and his political and economic views; together with poems (mainly in Portuguese); an unpublished novel about German Americans set during World War I; stories set mainly on the Nevada frontier; and essays and letters to newspaper editors expressing his opinions on politics and economics. Collection consists entirely of photocopies.
Forms part of the Idaho Writers Archive.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
[item description], Thomas L. De Freitas Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Biographical notesContainer: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Published poems, 1986 anthology (in Portuguese)Dates: 1986Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Autobiographical pages in PortugueseContainer: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: AutobiographyContainer: Box 1, Folder 4-8
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Description: Novel: Builders of the EarthContainer: Box 1, Folder 9-12
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Description: Poems: Typewritten compilation (Portuguese, 37 p)Container: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: Poems: Morte Tragica? (Portuguese)Container: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Poems: To a Meadow Lark (missing p. 2)Container: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: Poems: Vago-Verdadeiro Sonho (Portuguese)Container: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: Poems: VariousContainer: Box 1, Folder 17-18
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Description: Stories: Circumstantial EvidenceContainer: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: Stories: Let's Quit KillingContainer: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: Stories: One Man's WomanContainer: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: Stories: Toilers of the EarthContainer: Box 1, Folder 22
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Description: Stories: An Untold Story (Toilers of the Earth, revised)Container: Box 1, Folder 23
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Description: Political lettersContainer: Box 1, Folder 24
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Description: Essay: LaborContainer: Box 1, Folder 25
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Description: Miscellaneous item (Portuguese)Container: Box 1, Folder 26
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Description: Incomplete itemsContainer: Box 1, Folder 27
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture
- American poetry--20th century
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Literature
- Poetry
- Poets, American
- Portuguese Americans
- World War, 1914-1918
Occupations
- Ranching
