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Barbara Meldrum Papers, 1937-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Meldrum, Barbara Howard, Professor Emerita of English at the University of Idaho
Title
Barbara Meldrum Papers
Dates
1937-1995 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 685
Summary
Collection contains a vast array of materials taught and collected by Barbara Meldrum ranging from class materials, featured authors, artists, and genres, organization connected to Meldrum, and papers that were of interest to Meldrum in her studies and teachings.
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

This collection is a gathering of materials from former University of Idaho faculty member Barbara Ruth Howard Meldrum. It features materials related to directly connected to the classes she taught, the organizations she was associated with, correspondence with other Universities, and a collection of essays that were used to formulate one of her novels that she edited together.

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Historical Note

Barbara Ruth Howard Meldrum is a professor emerita in English at the University of Idaho. She was heavily associated with different writing organizations such as the Western Literature Association (WLA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA), as well as an active contributor of the Let's Talk About it Program. Meldrum had a particular interest in the American and Canadian West as a direct descendant of Oregon Trail Pioneers.

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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

Folders are organized in related groups: classes and class materials; author resource materials; grants; newsletters; conferences; forums; and essays that were the basis of one of her novels.

Acquisition Information

Materials received from Barbara Meldrum in 2012 (MA 2012-13).

Related Materials

Let us Talk About It

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series I: Courses

    • Description: American Studies at UI
      13 items : Memorandum and Proposal related to American Studies
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Teaching Unit on Western Lit & Clark's Ox-Bow Incident by Pam Brown
      38 items : Paper materials used to teach Ox-Bow Incident
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: English 175 - Intro to Literature
      80 items : Paper materials used to teach Intro to Literature class
      Dates: 1983-1985
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: English 210 - Intro to Analysis of Literature
      24 items : Paper materials used to teach Intro to Analysis of Literature
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: English 277 - Meldrum Materials
      43 items : Newspaper clipping about "The Flying Dutchman", Papers related to International Film Bureau, surveys of American Literature, notes about teaching the course, worksheets related to the class, and Correspondence related to the class with the Education Department Center
      Dates: 1980-1986
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: English 343 - Working File
      36 items : Paper materials used to teach Survey of American Literature
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: English 344
      34 items : Paper materials used to teach Survey of American Literature featuring notes, worksheets and assignments
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: English 344 - American Lit. Survey Materials
      24 items : Paper materials used to teach Survey of American Literature featuring teaching notes
      Dates: 1983-1991
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: English 344 - Handouts, Exams, etc.
      16 items : Paper materials used as handouts, exams, and assignments used to teach Survey of American Literature
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: English 344 - Lecture Notes
      11 items : Paper materials used as lecture notes to teach Survey of American Literature
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: English 344 - Handouts and Notes
      36 items : Paper materials used as handouts and notes for teaching Survey of American Literature
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: English 344 - Handouts , etc.
      29 items : Paper materials used as handouts, assignments, and study guides for teaching Survey of American Literature
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    • Description: English 344 - Lecture , Teaching, Research Materials
      39 items : Paper materials used as lecture and teaching notes, research materials, and study questions for teaching Survey of American Literature
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
    • Description: English 344 - Student Papers, etc.
      3 items : Paper correspondence with the English faculty and TA's, essay assignments, and Mildred scene debate prompt
      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    • Description: English 344 - Working File
      20 items : Paper materials used to teach Survey of American Literature
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    • Description: English 344 - Quiz Materials
      23 items : Paper materials that act as quizzes for Survey of American Literature and an envelope addressed to Professor Meldrum
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16
    • Description: English 471 - Poe, Hawthorne, Melville
      65 items : Paper materials used to teach the authors Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
      Dates: 1980-1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 17
    • Description: English 473
      31 items : Paper materials used to teach Literature of the American West
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 18
    • Description: English 473 - Summer Session
      10 items : Paper materials used to teach a summer session of Literature of the American West featuring a thank you note for Professor Meldrum
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 1, Folder 19
    • Description: English 473 Exams
      11 items : Paper materials used as exams for the Literature of the American West course
      Dates: 1985-1986
      Container: Box 1, Folder 20
    • Description: English 473 - Lecture Materials, misc.
      37 items : Paper materials used as lecture notes, photocopies of teaching materials, and newspaper clipping for article titled "Dear Deer"
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 1, Folder 21
    • Description: English 473 - Lit. of American West, working file
      44 items : Paper materials used to teach Literature of the American West
      Dates: 1988-1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 22
    • Description: English 473 - Study Questions
      27 items : Paper materials used as study questions for Literature of American West course
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 23
    • Description: English 473 - Syllabi & Assignments
      16 items : Paper materials used as assignments and the syllabi for Literature of American West courses
      Dates: 1982-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 24
    • Description: English 570
      84 items : Paper materials used as lecture notes, assignments, and teaching and course materials for Literature of American West course
      Dates: 1979-1984
      Container: Box 1, Folder 25
  • Series II: Western Literature

    • Description: Essays on Western Literature
      9 items : Paper materials featuring an essay from American Indian Quarterly, a mailed pamphlet from the University of New Mexico about the Histories of the American Frontier, an essay about the American West, and a letter that mentions the materials featured in the folder.
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box 1, Folder 26
    • Description: Essays on Western Literature - Texas A+M Ms.
      9 items : Paper materials featuring essays analyzing Western Literature
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 27
    • Description: Western History
      5 items : Paper materials featuring a brief history of Moscow Idaho and a correspondence to the Students of the Pacific Northwest
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 1, Folder 28
    • Description: Western Film
      56 items : Paper materials used as lecture notes and course resources for a Western Film course
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 29
    • Description: Popular Westerns
      19 items : Essays from the WLA, Essay about Western films, Notes about essays in folder, and Newspaper clipping titled " Western Author L'Amour dies of lung cancer at 80"
      Dates: 1974-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 30
    • Description: Western Humorists, etc. (Including Twain)
      9 items : Paper materials featuring notes about Western writers featuring notes on Mark Twain
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 31
    • Description: Western American Art
      17 items : Paper materials featuring notes of Western American art, exerts about specific Western art pieces, and newspaper clipping titled "Thomas Moran: Painting the Western Wilderness"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 32
    • Description: Western Poetry
      1 items : Paper material used as analysis of a Western poem
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 1, Folder 33
    • Description: Western Americana - clippings, books, misc. to keep
      2 items : Booklet titled "Views of the Vanishing Frontier" and newspaper clipping titled "America's Lost World"
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 1, Folder 34
    • Description: Western Lit Teaching Packet and Letter - Rutgers
      3 items : Paper materials used as a teaching packet to teach Western Literature and a letter from Rutgers University meant for Professor Meldrum
      Dates: 1982-1984
      Container: Box 1, Folder 35
    • Description: Native American Literature News Clippings
      2 items : Newspaper clippings titled "Momaday Tale is myth, legend & dime-store novel" and "Momaday: Novel probes role of myth and legend in American imagination"
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 36
    • Description: M. Laurence Paper, Canadian Studies - West. Soc. Sci.
      21 items : Photographs featuring artwork, and paper materials regarding Canadian Studies
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 1, Folder 37
    • Description: Western American Literature
      Dates: Summer 1969
      Container: Box 3, Object 105
  • Series III: Authors

    • Description: Cooper, Simms, Bird, & Kennedy
      40 items : Paper materials featuring notes, documents, and a map related to the lecture related to the authors
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 38
    • Description: Eastlake & Fergusson
      3 items : Paper materials featuring study questions on Fergusson and notes on Eastlake
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 39
    • Description: Lit - Kroetsch, Canadian & Sinclair Ross (As for Me & My House)
      52 items : Newspaper clipping titled "How a man of wilderness became a man of words", essay comparing American and Canadian westerns, Ross Symposium pamphlet, correspondence and essay related to Canadian Westerns, and study question
      Dates: 1979-1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 40
    • Description: Edgar Allan Poe
      53 items : Paper materials related to teaching about Poe and newspaper clipping titled "Terror Wasn't His Only Talent"
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 41
    • Description: Flannery O'Connor - Notes & Excerpt
      5 items : Paper materials related to and meant for teaching about O'Connor
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 1, Folder 42
    • Description: Frank Norris - Notes & Lecture Materials
      15 items : Paper materials related to teaching Norris
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 43
    • Description: Frank Waters
      22 items : Paper materials related to teaching Waters
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 44
    • Description: Frederick Jackson Turner & 'Where Is The West'
      29 items : Paper materials related to teaching Turner and notes regarding 'Where Is The West'
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 45
    • Description: Gary Snyder
      14 items : Newspaper clippings titled "UI poetry workshop", "Beat Generation poet reads at UI", scans of exerts written about Snyder, and notes about his work
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 1, Folder 46
    • Description: Hamlin Garland
      5 items : Paper materials related to notes on Garland and a brochure of Garland's homestead
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 47
    • Description: Hawthorne
      33 items : Newspaper clippings titled "Dimmesdale Poisoned? Anna Pushed?," Doctors Do a Literary Autopsy on Hester Prynne's Lover," and "The Scarlet Letter Was 'I'," Paper materials featuring lecture notes, study questions, and course materials
      Dates: 1984-1987
      Container: Box 1, Folder 48
    • Description: James Dickey
      11 items : Paper materials related to teaching Dickey
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 49
    • Description: John Steinbeck
      8 items : Newspaper clipping titled "Biographer challenges Eastern critics' view of Steinbeck," informative pamphlet called "A Viewer's Guide by Cultural information Service: John Steinbeck's East of Eden, and notes related to the contents of the folder
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 1, Folder 50
    • Description: Leslie Silko
      2 items : Paper materials featuring study materials related to Silko
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 51
    • Description: Maria Sandoz - Materials and Conference
      92 items : Newspaper section titled "Welcome to Valentine, Nebraska," Papers, pamphlets, maps, booklets and notes related to Sandoz and conferences of her materials
      Dates: 1937-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 52
    • Description: Margaret Atwood
      25 items : Newspaper clippings titled "The Child Within: Atwood takes readers aback with memories of growing-up pains," and "Atwood's poetry sinks and soars," a 'Books & Arts' newspaper on Atwood, and Paper materials used to study Atwood
      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 53
    • Description: Margaret Lawrence
      42 items : Paper materials consisting of the Margaret Lawrence Newsletter, documents from the Canadian Consulate General, print-outs and notes related to Lawrence, and brochure for Great Books from the Canadian West
      Dates: 1981-1994
      Container: Box 1, Folder 54
    • Description: May Sarton
      14 items : Paper materials consisting of print-outs, notes, and poetry related to Sarton
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box 1, Folder 55
    • Description: Owen Wister
      23 items : Paper materials consisting of notes and print-outs related to Wister
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 56
    • Description: Stephen Crane
      4 items : Paper materials consisting of notes and essays related to Crane
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 57
    • Description: Thomas Pynchon
      5 items : Paper materials consisting of notes on Pynchon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 58
    • Description: Walter Van Tilburg Clark
      9 items : Paper materials consisting of notes, study questions, and printed photo of Clark
      Dates: 1969-1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 59
    • Description: Walt Whitman
      45 items : Paper materials consisting of notes, study questions, and reflections on Whitman, as well as a newspaper clipping titled "An American Genius"
      Dates: 1967-1980
      Container: Box 1, Folder 60
    • Description: Wright Morris
      10 items : Paper materials consisting of a correspondence to Meldrum from Joe W and Bellevue College, a few receipts, notes, and a newspaper clipping titled "Journeying with Wright Morris"
      Dates: 1980-1985
      Container: Box 1, Folder 61
  • Series IV: Applications, Correspondence, and News Clippings

  • Series V: Conferences

    • Description: Conference Papers
      101 items : Paper materials consisting of notes and essays from various literary conferences
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 1, Folder 70
    • Description: Carol Ryrie Brink Conference
      66 items : Paper materials featuring essays and essays from the Brink Conference, correspondence with the Latah County Historical Society , and newspaper clippings titled "Writers gather to rekindle Carol Ryrie Brink's tradition" and "'Dirt Band' come through for their fans once more"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 71
    • Description: John C Neihardt Spring Conference Pamphlet
      1 items : Paper material consisting of a pamphlet for the John G Neihardt Spring Conference
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 1, Folder 72
    • Description: PNASA Conference and Abstracts
      5 items : Paper materials related to the PNASA Conference including an abstract and notes
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 1, Folder 73
    • Description: MLA Seminar - Immigrant Experience in American Lit.
      89 items : Paper materials consisting of Mulberry Bend copies, various essays, correspondence with Western Washington State College, University of South Florida, University of California, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, University of California Berkley, East Texas State University, Modern Language Association of America, and Simon Fraser University, as well as correspondence with individuals within the various departments, essays, and a newspaper clipping titled "Ellis Island: Celebrating Our Immigrant Roots"
      Dates: 1975-1977
      Container: Box 1, Folder 74
  • Series VI: Newsletters and Papers

    • Description: MLA Newsletters
      8 items : Paper materials consisting of MLA Newsletters
      Dates: 1986-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 78
    • Description: Athena Forum
      16 items : Paper materials related to the Athena forum consisting of newsletters, member lists, meeting notices
      Dates: 1994-1996
      Container: Box 1, Folder 79
    • Description: PAPC Paper - Women in Literature
      66 items : Paper materials consisting of papers on women in literature, a printout titled "Unknown Novels," and correspondence with Meldrum
      Dates: 1974-1975
      Container: Box 1, Folder 80
    • Description: Heath Anthology Info Newsletter
      28 items : Paper materials consisting of newsletters from The Heath Anthology of American Literature
      Dates: 1991-1994
      Container: Box 2, Folder 81
  • Series VII: Organizations

    • Description: National Faculty Exchange
      35 items : Paper materials related to the National Faculty Exchange and the National Student Exchange with booklets, an award slip, correspondence, annual reports and photographs of a building and its interior
      Dates: 1984-1987
      Container: Box 2, Folder 82
    • Description: Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly
      33 items : Paper materials related to the Modern Language Association of America featuring delegate assembly meeting committee notes, newsletters, and correspondence
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 83
  • Series VIII: Western Literature Association

    • Description: Western Literature Association assorted
      28 items : Paper materials related to the WLA featuring booklets, newsletters, correspondence, and notes
      Dates: 1990-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 84
    • Description: WLA Paper - Stauffer Interview
      1 items : Paper material featuring an essay by Deb Wylder
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 2, Folder 85
    • Description: WLA - Walker Prize
      7 items : Paper materials consisting of correspondence, notes, and print-outs authored by Jack Brenner, Kristen H. Powell, Roger B. Stein
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 2, Folder 86
    • Description: WLA Papers
      5 items : Paper materials featuring essays by Jacquelynn Sorensen, Sanford E. Marovitz, Louis Paskoff, Glen A. Newkirk, and Glen A. Love from the WLA that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 2, Folder 87
    • Description: WLA Conference Papers - Momaday, Turner, Morris
      4 items : Essays from the WLA conference by H.S. McAllister, and Jack Brenner about Momaday, Turner, and Morris that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 2, Folder 88
    • Description: WLA Conference Papers - Poetry, Kesey, Twain
      3 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Peter Stevens and Forrest G. Robinson about western poetry, Kesey, and Twain that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 89
    • Description: WLA Papers - Steinbeck, Kesey
      3 items : Essays from the WLA conference by David B. Amick and William C. Baurecht about Steinbeck and Kesey that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Folder 90
    • Description: WLA Papers - American Westerns with Sandoz, Whitman, Cooper, Turner
      6 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Elmer F. Suderman, Paul Witkowsky, Wayne Viitanen, Carol J. Petersen, James R. Nicholl, and Jerry A. Herndon about American Western, Sandoz, Whitman, Cooper, and Turner that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 2, Folder 91
    • Description: WLA - Hamlin Garland Papers
      8 items : Essays from the WLA conference by James Robert Payne, George F. Day, Cheyenne Autumn, Robert Glen Deamer, Lawrence Anfderheide, Glen A. Love, Roger E. Carp, and Richard Boudreau about Hamlin Garland that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 2, Folder 92
    • Description: WLA Conference Essays - Non-Fiction Essays/Books
      8 items : Essays from the WLA conference by James Work, Richard Daverman Dr. Jerry A. Herndon, Jan Baker, and Helen Cox Thompson about non-fiction works including works by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 93
    • Description: WLA Papers - Non-Fiction Books/Essays
      3 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Roy K. Bird, S. S. Moorty, and Robert E. Moraberger about non-fiction books by authors like Norris and Abbey that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Folder 94
    • Description: WLA - Short Fiction Study
      1 items : Essay from the WLA conference by Ann Roland about various short fiction authors that was of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 3, Folder 95
    • Description: WLA Conference Papers - Westerns
      4 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Joseph M. Flora, James H Maguire, and Andrew Hey about Westerns featuring Clark, Austin, and LeLouch that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 3, Folder 96
    • Description: WLA Papers - American Westerns
      11 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Don Graham, Samuel I. Bellman, William Bloodworth, Ben Merchant Vorphal, Katharine W. Cohen, Richard Townsley, Lawrence Clayton, Jan Baker, and Glen A. Love about American Westerns that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 3, Folder 97
    • Description: WLA Papers - Western Studies
      2 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Diane Dufva Quantic and William Bloodworth about a study of Westerns as a genre and Lonesome Dove that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 3, Folder 98
    • Description: WLA Papers - Native American Literature
      5 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Don Graham, Jack W. Schneider, Rosalie Brookhart about Native American Literature by authors like Eastlake, Waters, Bandelier, and Momaday that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 3, Folder 99
    • Description: WLA Papers - Native American Literature
      1 items : Essay from the WLA conference by Michael T. Marsden about Helen Hunt Jackson that was of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 3, Folder 100
    • Description: WLA Conference Papers - Steinbeck
      2 items : Essays from the WLA conference by a few authors, one of which being J. Golden Taylor about Steinbeck that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 3, Folder 101
    • Description: WLA Papers - Steinbeck Papers
      1 items : Essay from the WLA conference by Sanford E. Marovitz about Steinbeck that was of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 3, Folder 102
    • Description: WLA Papers - Mari Sandoz Studies
      4 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Katharine W. Cohen, Ruby V. Pedersen, Rosemary Whitaker, and Barbara Rippey about Sandoz that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 3, Folder 103
    • Description: WLA Papers - Mari Sandoz's Western Papers
      4 items : Essays from the WLA conference by Carol J. Petersen, Kathleen Serenco, Diane Dufva Quantic, and Barbara Rippey about Sandoz's work that were of interest to Meldrum
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 3, Folder 104

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Subject Terms

  • Meetings
  • Newsletters
  • Publications
  • Universities and colleges--Faculty
  • University of Idaho

Corporate Names

  • University of Idaho. Department of English
  • Western Literature Association (U.S.) (1965 -)
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