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Idaho Writers in Place Interviews, 1992-1993

Overview of the Collection

Title
Idaho Writers in Place Interviews
Dates
1992-1993 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 144
Summary
Video-taped interviews with Idaho authors and poets made during the production of the documentary film Idaho Writers in Place, which aired on Idaho Public Television (1994).
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 available for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Content Description

This collection contains forty (40) 3/4-inch video cassettes consisting chiefly of interviews with Idaho authors and poets, made during the preparation of the documentary film, Idaho Writers in Place, aired by Idaho Public Television in January 1994. Selected passages from the interviews were interwoven into the film. Also included is a VHS of the one-hour documentary itself, which was written and narrated by Keith Browning. Interviewees include Margaret Aho, Rick Ardinger, Kim Barnes, Mary Clearman Blew, Bruce Embree, Leslie Leek, Ron McFarland, Patrick McManus, Neidy Messer, Steven Puglisi, William Studebaker, Ford Swetnam, Robert Wrigley, and Harald Wyndham.

Forms part of the Idaho Writers Archive.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Idaho Writers in Place Interviews, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Professor Alan Lifton, University of Idaho, who produced the the documentary, 1995.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Margaret Aho (3 tapes)
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 1-3
  • Description: Rick Ardinger and Limberlost Press (1 tape)
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 4
  • Description: Kim Barnes (2 tapes)
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 5-6
  • Description: Kim Barnes and Robert Wrigley (2 tapes)
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 7-8
  • Description: Mary Clearman Blew (3 tapes)
    Dates: 1992 November 12
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 9-11
  • Description: Mary Clearman Blew with horses (1 tape)
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 12
  • Description: Leslie Leek (2 tapes)
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 13-14
  • Description: Ron McFarland (2 tapes)
    Container: Box 1, Cassette 15-16
  • Description: Patrick McManus (4 tapes)
    Dates: 1993 April 16
    Container: Box 2, Cassette 17-20
  • Description: Neidy Messer (2 tapes)
    Dates: 1993 March 15
    Container: Box 2, Cassette 21-22
  • Description: Clay Morgan (3 tapes)
    Dates: 1993 March 16
    Container: Box 2, Cassette 23-25
  • Description: William Studebaker (5 tapes)
    Dates: 1993 March 14
    Container: Box 2, Cassette 26-30
  • Description: William Studebaker (2 tapes)
    Dates: May 20, unknown year
    Container: Box 2, Cassette 31-32
  • Description: Robert Wrigley (2 tapes)
    Container: Box 3, Cassette 33-34
  • Description: Joint interview with six Pocatello-area poets ("Southern Idaho Fugitives")
    • Ford Swetnam
    • Bruce Embree
    • Steven Puglisi
    • Leslie Leek
    • Margaret Aho
    • Harald Wyndham
    Container: Box 3, Cassette 35-37
  • Description: Fly fishing scenes (1 tape)
    Container: Box 3, Cassette 38
  • Description: Idaho Fish and Game (nature, landscapes, wildlife) (2 tapes)
    Container: Box 3, Cassette 39-40
  • Description: VHS copy of the documentary (recorded off television)
    Container: Box 3, Cassette 41

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Subject Terms

  • Authors, American
  • Literature
  • Poetry
  • Poets, American

Personal Names

  • Aho, Margaret

Corporate Names

  • Idaho Public Television

Form or Genre Terms

  • Oral histories
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