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Fenton Roskelley collection, 1957-2017

Overview of the Collection

Title
Fenton Roskelley collection
Dates
1957-2017 (inclusive)
Quantity
7 cubic feet, (4 bankers boxes, 2 document boxes.)
Collection Number
MG 611
Summary
Articles and slides created by Fenton Roskelley. Includes materials used for his book "Flies of the Northwest" and for his column in the "Spokesman-Review" and "Spokane Daily Chronicle."
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Clippings and copies of articles written by Fenton Roskelley over a 60 year career at the "Spokane Chronicle" and "Spokesman Review". Subjects primarily include fishing, hunting, and outdoor recreation. Also includes one box of slides of fishing, hunting, and fly fishing flies.

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Historical Note

Fenton S. Roskelley was born 13 January 1917 in Franklin, Idaho to Richard and Alice Roskelley. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1938 with a degree in Journalism. He was hired by the "Spokane Daily Chronicle" prior to World War II where he covered the city desk and regional news. During WWII, he served as master sergeant of the 776th Liberty Bell anti-aircraft battalion from May 1942 to December 1945. While stationed in England, he met and married Violet May Shipman. At the end of the war, he was asked to set up a journalism school in Germany and published a paper for the troops called "The Rhine Valley News." He returned to Spokane following his time in the service. He was a writer for the "Spokaesman-Review" and "Spokane Daily Chronicle" for over 60 years. Roskelley was one of the first members of the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club (IEFFC) in 1956. He wrote and edited the IEFFC newsletter and edited their fly pattern book. Roskelley died 30 January 2013 in Spokane, Washington.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104622576/fenton-samuel-roskelley.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Original arrangement kept. Duplicate copies of newspaper articles were removed.

Acquisition Information

Materials were donated by John and Joyce Roskelley in February 2020.

Separated Materials

The book "Living to Fish: Tales of Youth, War and Outdoor Writing" by Roskelley was added to the Day-NW book collection.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Materials

    • Description: Lake, Field, and Forest columns
      54 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Columns
      152 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Columns
      140 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: Columns
      157 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Fish and Game
      152 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Column
      140 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Columns
      126 items : Newspaper clippings, mostly Lake, Field, and Forest.
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Columns
      149 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Columns
      143 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: Columns
      153 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: Fish and Game
      160 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: January - May 1967
      3 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    • Description: June - November 1967
      3 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
    • Description: Fish and Game 1968
      170 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    • Description: January - June 1968
      5 items : 5 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    • Description: July - December 1968
      6 items : 6 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
    • Description: Fish and Game 1969
      164 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
    • Description: January - June 1969
      4 items : 4 packets of newspaper clippings
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
    • Description: June - December 1969
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 19
    • Description: Fish and Game 1970
      151 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 20
    • Description: January - June 1970
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 2, Folder 21
    • Description: July - December 1970
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 2, Folder 22
    • Description: Fish and Game 1971
      176 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 2, Folder 23
    • Description: January - May 1971
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 2, Folder 24
    • Description: June - December 1971
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 2, Folder 25
    • Description: Fish and Game 1972
      153 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 2, Folder 26
    • Description: Fish and Game 1973
      4 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 2, Folder 27
    • Description: January - June 1973
      4 items : 4 packets of newspaper clippings
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 2, Folder 28
    • Description: July - December 1973
      6 items : 6 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 2, Folder 29
    • Description: January - June 1974
      6 items : 6 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 2, Folder 30
    • Description: July - December 1974
      5 items : 5 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 2, Folder 31
    • Description: Columns 1974
      138 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 2, Folder 32
    • Description: January - June 1976
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 2, Folder 33
    • Description: July - December 1976
      4 items : 4 packets of newspaper clippings
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 2, Folder 34
    • Description: January - June 1977
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 2, Folder 35
    • Description: July - December 1977
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 2, Folder 36
    • Description: Fish and Game 1977
      162 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 2, Folder 37
    • Description: January - June 1978
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 38
    • Description: July - December 1978
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 39
    • Description: Fish and Game 1978
      145 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 40
    • Description: January - June 1979
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Folder 41
    • Description: July - December 1979
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Folder 42
    • Description: Fish and Game January - June 1979
      75 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Folder 43
    • Description: Fish and Game July - December 1979
      63 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Folder 44
    • Description: September - December 1980
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 2, Folder 45
    • Description: Fish and Game 1980
      174 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 3, Folder 46
    • Description: January - April 1980
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 3, Folder 47
    • Description: May - August 1980
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 3, Folder 48
    • Description: January - May 1981
      4 items : 4 packets of newspaper clippings
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3, Folder 49
    • Description: June - August 1981
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3, Folder 50
    • Description: September - December 1981
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3, Folder 51
    • Description: Fish and Game 1981
      149 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3, Folder 52
    • Description: January - April 1982
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 3, Folder 53
    • Description: May - August 1982
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 3, Folder 54
    • Description: October - December 1982
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 3, Folder 55
    • Description: January - June 1983
      6 items : 6 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 3, Folder 56
    • Description: July - December 1983
      6 items : 6 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 3, Folder 57
    • Description: Columns 1984
      177 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 3, Folder 58
    • Description: July - September 1984
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 3, Folder 59
    • Description: October - December 1984
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 3, Folder 60
    • Description: June - September 1985
      4 items : 4 packets of newspaper clippings
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 3, Folder 61
    • Description: October - December 1985
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 3, Folder 62
    • Description: Columns 1985
      168 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 3, Folder 63
    • Description: January - June 1986
      6 items : 6 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 3, Folder 64
    • Description: July - December 1986
      6 items : 6 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 3, Folder 65
    • Description: Columns 1986
      136 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 3, Folder 66
    • Description: January - June 1987
      4 items : 4 packets of newspaper clippings
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 3, Folder 67
    • Description: July - December 1987
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 3, Folder 68
    • Description: January - June 1988
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1988
    • Description: July - December 1988
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 4, Folder 70
    • Description: Columns 1988
      103 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 4, Folder 71
    • Description: January - August 1989
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 4, Folder 72
    • Description: September - December 1989
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 4, Folder 73
    • Description: Columns 1989
      97 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 4, Folder 74
    • Description: January - May 1990
      2 items : 2 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 75
    • Description: June - December 1990
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 76
    • Description: Columns 1990
      93 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 77
    • Description: Columns 1991
      98 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 4, Folder 78
    • Description: Columns 1992
      33 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 4, Folder 79
    • Description: Columns 1993
      46 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 4, Folder 80
    • Description: January - February 1993
      1 items : 1 packet of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 4, Folder 81
    • Description: Columns 1994
      37 items : Newspaper clippings relating to Fish and Game. Additional in blue folder.
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 4, Folder 82
    • Description: January - May 1994
      3 items : 3 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 4, Folder 83
    • Description: Columns 1995
      41 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 4, Folder 84
    • Description: Spokesman Review Columns 1996
      56 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 4, Folder 85
    • Description: Columns 1997
      60 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 4, Folder 86
    • Description: Columns 1998
      57 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 4, Folder 87
    • Description: Columns 1999
      59 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 4, Folder 88
    • Description: Columns 2000
      65 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 4, Folder 89
    • Description: Columns 2001
      95 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 2001
      Container: Box 4, Folder 90
    • Description: Columns 2002
      89 items : Newspaper clippings relating to the outdoors, including fishing and hunting.
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 4, Folder 91
    • Description: Ervin Palmer - Nespelem - Records of his fight with WDF and Colville Indian Tribe
      13 items : Correspondence, Writ of Certioriari, articles.
      Container: Box 4, Folder 92
    • Description: Clippings used for research for book "Living to Fish" (1)
      65 items : Newspaper clippings.
      Container: Box 4, Folder 93
    • Description: Clippings used for research for book "Living to Fish" (2)
      5 items : 5 packets of newspaper clippings.
      Container: Box 4, Folder 94
    • Description: Fly Patterns
      8 items : 8 pages (some partially filled) with slides of fly patterns/flies.
      Container: Box 4, Folder 95
    • Description: Fly Patterns - Fly Tiers, Flies
      20 items : 20 pages (some partially filled) with slides of fly-fishing flies.
      Container: Box 4, Folder 96
    • Description: Fishing Streams Idaho
      22 items : 22 pages (some partially filled) of slides featuring waterways in Idaho.
      Container: Box 4, Folder 97
    • Description: Fishing Lakes - Idaho, Montana
      8 items : 8 pages (some partially filled) with slides featuring Idaho and Montana waterways.
      Container: Box 4, Folder 98
    • Description: Fishing - Wash, Streams, Lakes
      30 items : 30 sheets (some partially filled) with slides featuring Washington waterways.
      Container: Box 5, Folder 99
    • Description: Insects
      12 items : 12 sheets (some partially filled) with slides featuring insects used in fly-fishing as bait.
      Container: Box 5, Folder 100
    • Description: Hells Canyon, Snake River, Sturgeon
      14 items : 14 sheets (some partially filled) with slides featuring Hells Canyon and fishing.
      Container: Box 5, Folder 101
    • Description: Fishing; Fly Patterns; Fly Tyers; Frank Wire; Grande Ronde River; Snake River; BC Lakes & Rivers (Folder 1/2)
      21 items : 21 pages (some partially filled) with slides.
      Container: Box 6, Folder 102
    • Description: Fishing; Fly Patterns; Fly Tyers; Frank Wire; Grande Ronde River; Snake River; BC Lakes & Rivers (Folder 2/2)
      26 items : 26 pages (some partially filled) with slides.
      Container: Box 6, Folder 103
    • Description: Hunting; Backcountry; Packing; Fritz Kroll
      17 items : 17 pages (some partially filled) with slides.
      Container: Box 6, Folder 104
  • Series 2: 35mm slides

    • Description: Rivers
      1 item : Snake-GR mouth; Grande Ronde mouth; lower Grande Rode; Clearwater-Haystack; steelhead- Dworshak; Confluence; steelhead-snake; Clearwater Patlach; clearwater R. Spaulding; Clearwater Outhouse;
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 105
    • Description: Rivers
      1 item : Grande Ronde;Snake;Clear water;Potlatch mill;Derby;Cherry Line;Derby;Turkey Ron;Black Rock;Dworshak Dam;
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 106
    • Description: Rivers
      1 item : Methow;Methow mouth;Don Hopkin; Wells Dam Columbia R; Steelhead Pateros; Wenatchee
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 107
    • Description: Rivers
      1 item : Wenatchee;Steelhead
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 108
    • Description: Rivers
      1 item : Clearwater; Missouri;Bitterroot; Clark Fork; Wally Budd; Madision below park; Big Hole; Beaverhead; Quake L. outlet; Yellowstone Falls; Yellowstone Kanyon; Below Quake L.; Yellowstone R-Buffalo ford; L. Blackfoot; Firhole-Muleshoe; Gibbon;Rock Cr.
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 109
    • Description: Lakes
      1 item : U Hampton; AAC Janet; Chopoka-RB; Hamptons; 4th July; Marsh Unit; Ell; ELL- Mike Sbiosflci-Potter;sdge;fishtrap;Desert lakes; AAC Dry FALLS; Boyley Lake
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 110
    • Description: Lakes
      1 item : Janet; Joda; Lahunton cutthroat; Dry Falls; FSR-Tube; AAC-RB' Phalon-FSR; Bayley-FSR; FR-BR-Dry-Falls; Seep L FSR; Fenton Roskelley
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 112
    • Description: Lakes
      1 item : Shallow Pond; Fan; Dry Falls; Basin Lake; Tubers; Falls-Hog Canyon; Janet; Roskelley-tube; Columbia, near border; Barge Little Goose; Soda; Ice fishermen; Pothules Res;Crab Cr. Lake; Brookie Lake; Quail
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 113
    • Description: Lakes
      1 item : Hog Canyon; 4th Of July Lake;Ringold Spring
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 114
    • Description: Fish Types
      1 item : Trout;RB;CT; Bluegill;; lohonton CT; Bitterwood RB; Gray/mq; Broon;RB-Alagnak
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 115
    • Description: Fish Types
      1 item : Brown; Bluegill;EB;Graylin Alognak;Stone Fly Nymph; Green Drake; Girard RB; Crappies;Brookies;Ling Cod; Bluegill;Steelhead
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 116
    • Description: Fly Tyers
      1 item : Everett Caryl; w Cushner; Mixe Lawson; Jack Dennis;Al Troth; FFF Conclave;Boyd Aigner; Cary Berger
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 117
    • Description: Flies
      1 item : Ros Halfback; Tonkwanamid;Flash-d-Bugger;Needle Fly;Christmas Tree; Golden Shrimp;Mohdit Leech; Stop Light; Sliver, Black+Orange;Sammy shrimp; Yellow Bodiied GrayBack; Muddle Minnozd;Dadd Chicken; Sandfly Nymph; Dandy Green Nymph; Thor; Gil's Monster; Wahlflower; Stillamudmish Sunrise;Golden Demon
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 118
    • Description: Flies
      1 item : Sprvce;Ross EGG; Jerry's Black Ant; Silver,black+Orange, Yellow bodied Grayback; chapple; Girdle Bug; Purple Spey; Dirty Mother; Tibbs Dragonfly Nymph; Purple squirrel; Sliver Ant; Baby Bullhead; Fry Fly; Painted Lady; Red Ant; FI6 w/sldve, manual from back ground; Skagit Coach mdn
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 119
    • Description: Fly Types Patterns
      1 item : Kalama Special; Painted Lady; Spruce; Terrible Troth Nymph; Gulper Special; Assam Dragon; Purple Peril; Trotit Salmon Fly; Bitch Cr Special; Stonefly Pattern; Brown Mohair Leech; Troth Nymph; Girdle Bud; Matuka Sculpin; Skagit Coachman; Red Fox; Crawdad Pattern; Yellow+white;Yellow Bodied Grayback; Sam Nymph
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 120
    • Description: Fly Patterns
      1 item : Chironomids; Bead Head Patterns; Ross Chironomid long skinny; Green Drake Flies; Chan Chironomid; green Drake; Bead Head Patterns; Skinnie; YDC; TDC; Skater; Needle Fly; Pheasant Tail; Trude; Black Leech; IDA Moy; Blood Sucker
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 121
    • Description: Unit_id: Uigsa Plug
      1 item : Steelhead rigs, Steelhead Plug; Steelhead Jigs; Steelhead fies;Callibartis Pun; Dun to spinner;
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 122
    • Description: Turkey
      1 item : Turkey; Gobbler;
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 123
    • Description: Misc
      1 item : Duck Hunt-Camouflaged Boat; Rusty; Bird Grouse; Dog Duck
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 7, Object 124

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Subject Terms

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Fishing
  • Nature
  • Nature photography
  • Photographs

Personal Names

  • Roskelley, Fenton, 1917-2013
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