NTDMG624 Guide to the Kenton Bird Papers Kenton Bird Papers Finding Aid prepared by Ariana Burns University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2024
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-30. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Kenton Bird Papers Kenton, Bird, Professor Emeritus MG 624 7 cubic feet 1958-2023 Papers of journalist and University of Idaho Professor Emeritus Kenton Bird. English .

This Collection combines MA 2024-11; MA 2014-22; and MA 2019-38.

Materials donated by Kenton Bird in 2014; 2019; 2024 (MA 2024-11; MA 2014-22; and MA 2019-38.)

Course materials for various subjects, newsletters, papers, minutes/agendas for a variety of groups both on/off campus. Collection of Daily Idahonian pieces and editorials he wrote. Bunker Hill newsletter and booklets. Also ephemera from campus events.

Collection is open for research

FOR PHOTOS: Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

FOR DOCUMENTS: Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Related materials may be found in MG 145 History of Journalism papers; MG 405 Coalition for Central America Records; MA 2024-09 Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium.

Professor Emeritus Kenton Bird was a journalism student at the University of Idaho in the mid 1970s. Nearly 50 years later, he was a professor of journalism at the UI School of Journalism and Mass Media. He was director of the School from 2003 to 2015 and director of General Education from 2015 to 2017. Bird earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the UI, where he was editor of the Argonaut. He later completed an M.Ed. in journalism history from University College, Cardiff, Wales, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Washington State University.

Before pursuing an academic career, Bird was a reporter and editor of newspapers in Moscow, Lewiston, Sandpoint and Kellogg, Idaho. As a congressional fellow of the American Political Science Association, he worked as a congressional staff member in Washington, D.C. Bird is co-author of a new biography of former House Speaker Tom Foley, The Man in the Middle, published earlier this year by the University Press of Kansas. He retired from the University of Idaho in 2023.

https://www.uidaho.edu/class/borah/2023-fall/kenton-bird-borah

 University of Idaho. Dept. of Journalism. Journalism 185 Bunker Hill Mine (Idaho) Journalism, School American newspapers Newsletters Universities and colleges--Faculty Books Kenton Bird Journalism Civic Activism Idaho Series 1: Courses ISEM 101 18 items 2016-2019 1 1 ISEM 301 9 items 2015-2018 1 2 JAMM 100 24 items 2009-2023 1 3 JAMM 225, 226, 227 10 items 2015-2021 1 4 JAMM 325 14 items 1995-2021 1 5 JAMM 327 20 items 2013-2019 1 6 JAMM 328, 350 36 items 2017-2020 1 7 JAMM 404 14 items 2004-2018 1 8 JAMM 425 13 items 2018-2023 1 9 JAMM 427 44 items 2004-2006 1 10 JAMM 428, 440, 442 7 items 2007-2009 1 11 JAMM 444, PT 1 53 items 2006-2014 1 12 JAMM 444, PT 2 36 items 2006-2014 1 13 JAMM 448, 499, 478 12 items 2007-2023 1 14 AM ST 301 27 items 2007-2021 1 15 COMM 111, 222, 323, 427, 444 42 items 1998-2002 1 16 INTR 450-CWID 101 11 items 2015-2023 1 17 JT 100, J 200, J 201 5 items 1992-1999 1 18 JT 210, PT 1 36 items 1996-1997 1 19 JT 210, PT 2 40 items transparencies 1996-1997 1 20 JT 310, 311, 320 13 items 1997-1998 1 21 JT 411, 420 25 items 1998 1 22 Civic Journalism 14 items 1997-2001 1 23 Series 2: Department of Journalism and Mass Media (JAMM) JAMM Faculty-Staff Meeting, 2018-2023 23 items 2018-2023 1 25 JAMM Faculty-Staff Meeting, 2014-2017 49 items 2014-2017 1 26 JAMM Faculty-Staff Meeting, 2011-2013 31 items 2011-2013 1 27 JAMM Faculty-Staff Meeting, 2008-2010 33 items 2008-2010 1 28 JAMM Faculty-Staff Meeting, 2005-2007 13 items 2005-2007 1 29 PNNA 39 items 1997-2001 1 30 MOUs 3 items Memorandums of Understanding 2006-2009 2 31 History 25 items Argonaut; alumni undated 2 32 Argonaut Reunion 9 items 2006 2 33 Tenure & Promotion 8 items 2006 2 34 Surveys & Focus Groups 13 items 2007-2010 2 35 Students 15 items 2005-2020 2 36 Web Degree Profiles 4 items 2008 2 37 Digital Media Lab 9 items 2002-2008 2 38 KRFA/KUID/KUOI 5 items 2004-2009 2 39 JAMM Mission, Strategic plan, Bylaws, Diversity, etc. 27 items 2005-2021 2 40 Court Documents 3 items 2020 2 41 Staffing & Job descriptions 27 items 2006-2013 2 42 Proposal 8 items undated 2 43 Correspondence 17 items 2007-2019 2 44 JAMM Advisory Board, Pt 1 25 items 2010-2018 2 45 JAMM Advisory Board, Pt 2 31 items 2005-2009 2 46 JAMM Advisory Board, Pt 3 14 items 1974-2009 2 47 Multi-cultural High School Workshop 4 items 2009-2010 2 48 Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium 21 items CDs 2011-2018 2 49 Scripps, Pt 1 65 items 2003-2008 2 50 Scripps, Pt 2 16 items CDs 2003-2008 2 51 Series 3: School of Communications School of Comm Advisory Board 1 items 2000 2 52 School of Comm Bylaws, Proposals, Budget 12 items 1992-2001 2 53 School of Comm Curriculum 31 items 1997-2000 2 54 School of Comm Faculty Meetings 9 items 1999-2000 2 55 School of Comm Hiring Searches 40 items 1999 2 56 School of Comm Misc. Photos 22 items 1999-2000 2 57 Series 4: College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS) CLASS Positions 9 items 2009-2018 2 58 CLASS Strat plan, etc. 22 items 2005-2016 2 59 Letters & Science Dean's Advisory Committee 7 items 1999-2000 2 60 Executive Council 64 items 2009-2014 3 61 Budgets, Pt 1 33 items 2006-2012 3 62 Budgets, Pt 2 31 items 2005-2019 3 63 Event Programs 8 items 2006-2014 3 64 Schedules 13 items 2005-2015 3 65 Scholarship Agreements 18 items 1981-2003 3 66 Enrollment Retention 31 items 2005-2017 3 67 CLASS Misc. 10 items 2008-2019 3 68 JAMM-Law Cooperation 11 items 2005-2016 3 69 Athena Mentorship Workbook 1 items University Place; Boise Initiative; CD undated 3 70 Series 5: University Committees 49 items Curriculum committee; Commencement committee; Facilities Planning committee 2004-2010 3 71 Events 11 items 2008-2012 3 72 Grad Program 26 items 2000-2002 3 73 Strategic Plan & documents 15 items 2005-2015 3 74 Administrators' Council 18 items 2005-2007 3 75 Dual Credit 12 items 2001 3 76 Assessment 11 items 2005-2017 3 77 Curriculum 5 items 2008-2015 3 78 Dependent Tuition 21 items 2010-2020 3 79 Budget 24 items 2009-2018 3 80 Retention & Enrollment 23 items 2004-2011 3 81 Scholarship Endowment (SEND), Pt 1 8 items 1974-2008 3 82 Scholarship Endowment (SEND), Pt 2 24 items 1976 3 83 Correspondence 5 items 2008-2012 3 84 Proposals 7 items 2007-2015 3 85 Search Committees 19 items 2000-2006 3 86 Hartung Memorial 14 items 2004 3 87 Grants 8 items 2008-2017 3 88 Development 38 items 2007-2014 3 89 Foundation 16 items University Place; Boise Initiative; CD 2003-2005 3 90 Accreditation, Pt 1 20 items 2004-2019 3 91 Accreditation, Pt 2 17 items 2007-2013 3 92 Accreditation Self-Study 2 items 2012-2013 4 93 External Review 17 items 2004-2012 4 94 Faculty Affairs 11 items 2007-2013 4 95 Responsibility Center Management 4 items 2000 4 96 Faculty Secretary's Report 5 items 2000 4 97 Faculty Senate Meetings 13 items 1985-2017 4 98 Faculty Retreat 10 items 2009-2012 4 99 General Education 17 items 2012-2017 4 100 U of I Misc. 20 items 2013-2019 4 101 Common Reads 22 items 2008-2017 4 102 College Democrats 3 items 2008 4 103 Common Reads poster 149 3 items 2015-2017 7 149 Series 6: Personal 1912 Building-Heart of the Arts 10 items 2000 4 104 AFT in Idaho 10 items American Federation of Teachers 1974-2024 4 105 Tom Foley Project 28 items 2001-2019 4 106 Field Burning 7 items 1999 4 107 Misc. 18 items Palouse Peace Coalition; Palouse Folk Society; Latah County Human Rights Task Force 2004-2014 4 108 Photos 55 items camas harvest 2002-2003 4 109 City of Moscow-Moscow Schools 20 items 2004-2006 4 110 Kenton Bird Papers 15 items Correspondence; flyers; interview with Hillary Flowers; interview with Palouse Anthropology; news clippings; 1999-2018 4 111 PNASA-Walla Walla 9 items 2008 4 112 Political Humor Talk 5 items 2008-2010 4 113 Series 7: Publications - Articles Publications and Articles 9 items Civic Journalism's Forgotten Lessons; Raising Another Voice: Framing the civil rights movement through ads in The New York Times; Public Work Programs in Idaho's National Forests: Douglas Wilson's Religious Empire; Reporting that Matters; Standing by Words; Ketchup for a Small Boy; Media Use by Youth; Creating Balance-Idaho Women and the Land by Lauren Fins 1996-2016 4 114 Sarah Palin 16 items 2008-2009 4 115 Series 8: Media Libel Law 4 items 2004 4 116 Audio Cassettes 3 items "Focus West" Focus Group; ID Pub TV/focus group 2002 4 117 CDs, 1 4 items Common Read Anthony Doerr; Sy Montgomery; Colson Whitehead 2015-2018 4 118 CDs, 2 14 items 1972-2005 4 119 Martin Forum 1 items VHS tape 2001 4 120 PNNA-LA Times-Ads 1 items VHS tape 2003 4 121 JAMM 444/Focus Groups 1 items VHS tape 2011 4 122 Creating Balance 1 items VHS tape; Lauren Fins; Alan Lifton undated 4 123 NIOSH-Spokane Research Lab 1 items VHS tape; Elaine Cullen undated 4 124 Series 9: Idahonian Editorials Editorials 1983 149 items 1983 5 125 Editorials 1984 160 items 1984 5 126 Editorials 1985 108 items 1985 5 127 Editorials 1986 Jan-Jun 158 items 1986 5 128 Editorials 1986 Jul-Dec 125 items 1986 5 129 Editorials 1987 Jan-Jun 137 items 1987 5 130 Editorials 1987 Jul-Dec 133 items 1987 5 131 Editorials 1988 Jan-Jun 152 items 1988 5 132 Editorials 1989 67 items 1989 5 134 Editorials Sept-Dec (Post D.C.) 1 items 1990 5 135 Editorials 1990 Jan-Jun 141 items 1990 5 136 Editorials 1990 Jul-Dec 132 items 1990 5 137 Editorials Gulf War 22 items 1990-1991 5 138 Editorials 1991 Jan-Jun 134 items 1991 6 139 Editorials 1991 Jul-Dec 120 items 1991 6 140 Editorials 1992 Jan-Jun 173 items 1992 6 141 Debates 67 items 1985-1986 6 142 Editorials Nicaragua 48 items 1986-1987 6 143 Reviews 36 items 1985-1987 6 144 Editorial Page Critiques 3 items 1988 6 145 Series 10: Bunker Hill Company Booklets 7 items Booklets; invitation 1957-1978 7 146 Bunker Hill Reporter 12 items Newsletter 1958-1976 7 147