Totaling over 6,800 cubic feet of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, ledgers, financial papers, photographs and other records, these materials support research into nearly all facets of the history of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest. Access to the manuscripts and archival material in the library is primarily provided by the on-line bibliographical catalog .
Descriptive entries identify the persons, places, and things of prominence in the collection.
Larger bodies of material frequ ently have supplementary inventories and descriptive guides, whose presence is noted in the catalog . Kept in stack areas closed to public access, and frequently measured in the hundreds of cubic feet, these primary source materials are delivered to the reading room by the knowledgeable staff upon request. Students, faculty, visiting scholars, and members of the public with research inquiries are welcome to consult the personal papers and university archives in the Special Collections Department of the University of Idaho Library. Special Collections materials are non-circulating. Because of the oftimes fragile or unique character of the materials in Special Collections, great care must be taken in their use.