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The Edward F. Rhodenbaugh
Collection: A Guide
MSS 11
This is a web version of a
guide originally published by Boise State University in 1990
Mounted on the Web in January 2007
Edward F.
Rhodenbaugh (1872-1964) was a geologist, teacher, writer, and outdoorsman. The
publication of his book, Sketches of Idaho Geology, in 1953, was the
capstone of a career in teaching that began more than five decades before. He
dedicated the book to his former students at Boise High School, Gooding College,
University of Idaho Southern Branch, and Boise Junior College, whose “interest
and enthusiasm in the quest for knowledge of our earth, of the forces that act
within it and that play upon it” inspired him to write the volume. “May you
find here not only echoes of the happy days we had together in classroom,
laboratory, and on field trips,” he wrote, “but a renewal of interest in the
varied physical features of our own great state of Idaho.” Edward F.
Rhodenbaugh’s interest in Idaho geology, his teaching and writing career, and
his professional and personal concerns are well documented in the
correspondence, articles, lectures, diaries, field trip notes, photographs, and
other papers that make up the Rhodenbaugh collection in the Boise State
University Library.
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Container Lists and Series Descriptions
Contents of Field Trip Logs
Edward F. Rhodenbaugh: A
Biographical Sketch
Edward Franklin Rhodenbaugh was born
on May 4, 1872, near Vail, Iowa. His parents were William W. Rhodenbaugh, a
Civil War veteran and pioneer settler, and Saloma Leitner, who was distinguished
as a child by having met President Abraham Lincoln.
Rhodenbaugh grew
up on his parent’s farm near Vail. He graduated from Vail High School in May
1892 and in 1894 entered Iowa State College at Ames, where he enrolled in the
civil engineering program. During long breaks between semesters he taught
school near his home. At college he edited a student newspaper, participated in
the YMCA, and organized a Bryan for President Club. He also became an avid
photographer. Rhodenbaugh graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1897
and became principal of a school in Dennison, Iowa. He married Julia Anderton of
Dennison on July 20, 1899, and then spent three years teaching in Huntington,
Oregon, and Salem, Ohio.
The Rhodenbaughs
came to Boise, Idaho, in 1902 and in September of that year Edward Rhodenbaugh
began teaching science at Boise High School. Soon thereafter his brother William
and his parents also moved to Boise. The Rhodenbaughs spent many weekends and
vacations hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, and picnicking in the Idaho
outdoors. In 1913 they purchased a lot on Payette Lake near McCall. Payette Lake
would remain the family’s vacation retreat throughout their lives.
During time off
from teaching at Boise High, Rhodenbaugh pursued graduate studies in geology at
the University of Chicago and the University of Washington. He was awarded a
Master of Science degree from the University of Washington in 1915. He remained
at Boise High until 1917 when he became Idaho state chemist. In 1921 he gained a
measure of public attention because of his role in the Lyda Southard murder
trial. Mrs. Southard was suspected of poisoning four husbands and a
brother-in-law in order to collect on their life insurance policies. As state
chemist, Rhodenbaugh helped to convict Mrs. Southard of killing Edward Meyer,
her fourth husband, when he testified that tests done on Meyer’s exhumed remains
proved that his death was due to a large dose of arsenic.
After spending
five years as state chemist, Rhodenbaugh was appointed head of the department of
science at Gooding College in Gooding, Idaho, in 1922. He retained that position
until 1924, when he moved to Pocatello to take over as head of the chemistry and
geology department at Idaho Technical Institute, soon renamed University of
Idaho Southern Branch (and later Idaho State University). After fifteen years of
teaching and administrative work in Pocatello, Rhodenbaugh retired in 1940 and
returned to Boise. He soon came out of retirement to teach geology at Boise
Junior College. In 1947 he then retired from teaching once again in order to
devote time to writing a book on Idaho geology. Sketches of Idaho Geology
was published in 1953, and a second edition came out in 1961.
Edward F.
Rodenbaugh belonged to several professional organizations, the Idaho Gem Club,
and the Idaho State Historical Society. He was a collector of rock and mineral
samples, many of which were donated to the Geology Department of Boise State
University, where they are still used as teaching aids. Throughout his career, Rhodenbaugh contributed geological articles and photographs to Idaho newspapers;
many were printed as full-page features in Sunday editions. He had a lifelong
interest in carpentry, and for many years spent his summers building and
remodeling homes. Rhodenbaugh built a number of cabins and summer homes around
Payette Lake and was a member of the Payette Lake Club and the Payette Lakes
Property Owners Association.
Edward and Julia
Rhodenbaugh had two sons. The eldest, Harold, was born in 1901 and became a
nationally known photographer and feature writer. Early in his career he worked
for the Idaho Statesman and the Salt Lake Tribune, before going on
to work for the Washington Post, Look Magazine, and The
Saturday Evening Post. He died in 1951, survived by his second wife,
Elizabeth (“Beth”) Rhodenbaugh. The Rhodenbaughs’ second son, Walter William,
was born in 1907 and died in 1919 at the age of 12.
Julia Anderton
Rhodenbaugh died on April 9, 1959. Edward F. Rhodenbaugh died in Boise on August
1, 1964, at the age of 92.
Sources: Obituaries and
autobiographical writings in the collection (Box 2, Folders 1 and 2)
Scope and Content Note
The papers of
Edward F. Rhodenbaugh consist of correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles,
lecture notes, geologic field trip logs, account books, clippings, memorabilia,
photos, and family papers. They document Rhodenbaugh’s interests in Idaho
geology and geography, his work as Idaho state chemist, his teaching career at
University of Idaho Southern Branch and Boise Junior College, and personal and
family affairs. The papers date from 1875 to his death in 1964, with the bulk of
material falling after 1910.
The collection
has been arranged into twelve series. Included within
the collection are approximately 1400 photos, mostly located in Series XI and
XII.
The Rhodenbaugh
papers were given to the Boise State University Library by William W.
Rhodenbaugh, Jr., a nephew, on September 29, 1974. He received his uncle’s
library and personal papers according to the terms of Edward F. Rhodenbaugh’s
will in 1964. The papers were in no discernible order when they arrived at Boise
State. Letters, photographs, family documents, newspaper clippings, and lecture
notes were intermixed. They had been stored in a basement in open boxes. As a
result some of the papers suffered physical deterioration. To establish order,
materials were grouped together by document type, resulting in the series
outlined in this guide. The arrangement of the collection was substantially
completed in 1977. The collection was reboxed and refoldered in 1990, with
particular attention paid to the isolation and/or reproduction of acidic papers
and protection of fragile items. As a result this new finding aid, with a
revised box and folder list, was prepared in 1990 to take the place of the one prepared
in 1977.
The Edward F.
Rhodenbaugh collection is open to researchers by appointment. For more
information, contact the Special Collections Department in the Boise State
University Library.
Collection number: MSS 11
Inclusive dates: 1875-1964
Collection size: ca. 9 ft.
Copyright: Assigned to Boise State University
Processed by: Don P. Haacke and Leslie Pass, 1977
Alan Virta and Barbara Simler, assisted by Mary Carter and Susan Kormylo, 1990
Container Lists and Series Descriptions
Summary of the
Series
I.
Family papers
II.
Biographical material
III.
Correspondence
IV.
Diaries and chronicle
V.
Speeches and articles
VI.
Teaching materials
VII.
Miscellaneous
VIII.
Financial notebooks
IX.
Student notebooks
X.
Field trip logs
XI.
Photograph albums and scrapbooks
XII.
Photographs
SERIES I: FAMILY PAPERS
The largest
group of papers in this series are those of Edward F. Rhodenbaugh’s son, Harold
Rhodenbaugh (1901-1951), a professional photographer. Included in his papers are
letters written while on the staff of the Washington Post in Washington,
D.C. (1932-1934) and while serving as a military photographer during World War
II. A few of his photographs are included. This series also contains probate
papers relating to Harold Rhodenbaugh’s estate; memorabilia relating to the
participation of Julia Rhodenbaugh (Edward F. Rhodenbaugh’s wife) in the
Daughters of the American Revolution and other organizations; and obituaries and
newspaper clippings relating to Saloma Rhodenbaugh Moberly (Edward F.
Rhodenbaugh’s mother) and other relatives (1888-1964).
Box 1: Family Papers
Julia Rhodenbaugh
Folder 1 DAR memorabilia:
1921-1958
2 Miscellaneous
Harold Rhodenbaugh
Folder 3 Correspondence:
Undated
4
: 1911-1933
5
: 1934-1945
6
: 1949-1964
7 Clippings and published photos
8 Estate: 1951-1952
9 Miscellaneous
Saloma L. Moberly
Folder 10 Correspondence:
1899-1951
11 Clippings and obituaries
12 Estate: 1950
Miscellaneous
Folder 13 Anderton relatives:
Obituaries and clippings: 1911-1956
14 Leitner
relatives: Obituaries and clippings: 1888-1950
15 Rhodenbaugh
family: Obituaries and clippings: 1888-1964
16 Rhodenbaugh
family: Grand Army of the Republic memorabilia: 1903-1911
SERIES II: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL
This series
contains four articles about Edward F. Rhodenbaugh (including two obituaries)
and two brief autobiographical sketches written in his own hand.
Box 2: Biographical material
Folder 1 Obituaries and biographical articles
2 Manuscript autobiographies
Edward F. Rhodenbaugh's
correspondence files consist chiefly of letters sent to him, arranged
chronologically. Most of the letters are of a business or professional nature
with occasional personal letters mixed in. Included among the personal
correspondents are cousins, friends from school and college days, early
professional colleagues, and former students. Two small groups of personal
letters have been placed into separate folders: correspondence between Rhodenbaugh and his wife, Julia Anderton Rhodenbaugh (mostly letters to her),
and correspondence with his brother, Will Rhodenbaugh. The papers of Edward F. Rhodenbaugh’ son, Harold (including letters between father and son), are found in
Series I, Family Papers.
Professional and
business correspondence constitute the bulk of the correspondence files. There
are many letters of reference written on his behalf (primarily 1898-1903), and
many of the later letters deal with employment concerns such as appointments,
contract renewals, and sabbatical leave. During his years as Idaho state chemist
(1917-1922) Rhodenbaugh often analyzed soil, minerals, and water for citizens. He retained copies of many of the letters reporting tests results and filed them
among his correspondence.
Rhodenbaugh’s
outside business interests as an occasional home builder are reflected in
letters from clients concerning rent, building details, etc. A few letters
(particularly in the 1930s) relate to his property and recreation interests on
Payette Lake. As a professor of geology at the University of Idaho Southern
Branch, Rhodenbaugh corresponded on geological matters; letters of that nature
are also found in the files.
Some particular
items of interest include three analyses of moonshine liquor Rhodenbaugh
performed for the sheriff of Lincoln County (1923); one letter from Hortense
Perrine of Twin Falls (March 1934) regarding a fossil; and two letters from
Vardis Fisher (December 1935) regarding the Federal Writers Project state guide
for Idaho, which Fisher edited. There is also an exchange of correspondence with
Gilbert Grosvenor, editor of the National Geographic Magazine, in March 1924. Rhodenbaugh was critical of an article on Craters of the Moon by Robert Limbert
which appeared in that month’s issue, and Grosvenor responded by explaining the
process of review and naming the reviewers of the article.
Box 2: Correspondence
Folder 3 Correspondence: 1896-1920
4 : 1921-1926
5 : 1927-1932
6 : 1933-1937
7 : 1938-1950
8 : 1951-1956
9 : 1957-1959
10 : Julia Rhodenbaugh
11 : Will Rhodenbaugh
Edward R. Rhodenbaugh was a
meticulous recorder of his life’s events. This series includes daily diaries for
several years and
a retrospective yearly chronicle prepared in 1942. The handwriting in the books
is quite small and often hard to read. The entries are usually brief and relate
chiefly to personal and family matters and community events. Loose items from
the diaries have been moved to Series VII (Miscellaneous papers), Box 5 Folders
15 and 16. Log books of geological field trips and other travels are in
Series
X.
Box 3: Diaries and chronicle
Book 1 Chronicle (in 1942 desk diary)
2 Diary, 1918
3 Diary,
1933-1937
4 Diary,
1938-1939
5 Diary,
1940-1944
6 Diary,
1945-1949
7 Diary,
1950-1954
8 Diary,
1955-1961
9 Diary, 1962
10 Diary,
1963-1964
11 Day book,
1936-1945
12 Miscellaneous
folder
SERIES V: SPEECHES AND ARTICLES
This series is composed of manuscripts of speeches and articles on geological
topics as well as photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rhodenbaugh or
reporting his activities. The earliest articles (1894-1895), from an
unidentified newspaper, were written by Rhodenbaugh and concern events at Iowa
Agricultural College, where he was a student. Most of the remaining articles are
on geological topics or fossils. The file includes a seven part series written
by Rhodenbaugh in 1931 about the Idaho Primitive Area. It reports on a horseback
trip by a group from the University of Idaho Southern Branch. Newspaper
clippings about the sensational Lyda Southard murder trial (1921), in which
Rhodenbaugh played a role as state chemist, are found in Series VII,
Miscellaneous papers.
Box 4: Speeches and articles
Folder 1 Antiquity of Man in North
America (1937)
2 The
Collapsing Canyon of Buhl, Idaho
3 Craters of
the Moon National Monument
4 Darwin the
Destroyer (1926)
5 Grand
Canyon of the Snake River of Hell’s Canyon
6 Idaho: Its
Physical Features, Climate Soils, Geologic Structure(1935)
7 Idaho’s Phosphate Beds (1949)
8 Idaho’s Primitive Area (1931)
9 Minerals of
Idaho (1936)
10 The New Canyon
of Idaho
11 Seeing Idaho
from the Inside (1932)
12 Some Old
Timers in Idaho [Fossils] (1926)
13 Some Thoughts
on Idaho Geology
14 The Story of
Payette Lake (Part II)
15 Trip from
Arrowrock…. (1940)
16 A Volcanic
Laccolith in the Far West
17 Miscellaneous
18 Newspaper
articles by EFR (Photocopies): 1894-1957
SERIES VI: TEACHING MATERIALS
Edward F.
Rhodenbaugh’s teaching material includes typewritten and handwritten lecture
notes on geological subjects from his years at University of Idaho Southern
Branch and Boise Junior College; a gradebook from the Southern Branch; and
geology tests from Boise Junior College. Also included are two small handwritten
books of notes on mineral properties and other scientific topics.
Box 4: Teaching materials
Folder 19 Lecture notes
20 Lecture notes and articles on geology
21 Lecture notes and articles on geology
22 Tests for geology courses
23 Miscellaneous teaching material from colleges
Box 8: Teaching Materials
Book 1 Index (Minerals)
2 Book B
(Notes)
3 Lecture
Notes, Geology 101 (1926-1927)
4 Geology 1 (Gradebook)
(1939-1940)
5 Lectures in Geography (1941)
6 (Lectures notes) (1941)
7 Physical Geology (Lecture notes) (1942)
8 (Lecture notes) (1954-1955)
9 Historical Geology (Lecture notes and questions) (1955)
10 Atlas of American Geology (loose-leaf) (1932)
11 Answers to Atlas of American Geology
12 Partial set, sheets from Atlas of American Geology (annotated)
13 Notes and book excerpts
A notable file among the
miscellaneous papers in this series is the folder of toxicological reports
prepared by Rhodenbaugh in 1921 for the prosecuting attorney of Twin Falls
County. The prosecutor was investigating the death of Edward F. Meyer of Twin
Falls. His widow, since remarried and known as Lyda Southard, was charged with
murder. Rhodenbaugh’s toxicological investigations established that large
amounts of arsenic had been administered to Meyer and to Southard’s three
previous deceased husbands, as well as to a deceased brother-in-law. Southard
was convicted in the Meyer case and sent to the Idaho State Penitentiary. Also
present are photocopies of newspaper clippings of the sensational trial. Rhodenbaugh is mentioned in a number of them.
Another file in
the miscellaneous series is a small group of papers relating to the Payette Lake
Club. Rhodenbaugh was a frequent vacationer to the Payette Lakes region; he
owned a cabin there and was a member of the club. Included in the file is the
program for the club’s first annual dinner meeting in Boise (1913). There are
photos of the Payette Lake region and a home movie (in color) in
Series XII,
Photographs.
In 1924
Rhodenbaugh participated in an “editorial caravan” on the North and South
Highway (U.S. Route 95) from Weiser to the panhandle. This automobile trip was
organized to acquaint southern Idaho journalists with the northern part of the
state. Included in this series are photocopies of several newspaper articles by
Byrd Trego describing the caravan and the country they saw. Photos of the trip
are located in Series XII (Photos 79-106). Brief diary entries about the trip
are in Series X, Field trip logs (Book 2).
This series also
contains a photocopy of Rhodenbaugh’s Christmas card scrapbook. The original,
which is quite fragile, is located in Series XI, Photograph albums and
scrapbooks.
Box 5: Miscellaneous
Folder
1 Payette Lake Club: 1913-1951
2 Order book
and receipts, Sketches of Idaho Geology (1955)
3 Idaho Gem
Club publications (1940, 1947-1948)
4
Miscellaneous geological notes and pamphlets
5
Miscellaneous items
6 Clippings:
“Editorial Circuit of Idaho” (1924)
7 Clippings:
“Stories of the Snake River Valley,” by Byrd Trego (1929-1930)
8 University
of Idaho, Southern Branch: Directories and course lists (1937-1940)
9
Toxicological investigations, Lyda Southard case (1921)
10 Clippings:
Lyda Southard case
11 Poetry
12 Student field
trip report (Raymond F. Lacy)
13 Loose items
from scrapbook
14 Loose items
from field trip logs
15 Loose items
from diaries
16 Loose items
from retrospective chronicle
17 Miscellaneous
deeds and business papers
18 Christmas card
scrapbook (Photocopied) (1928-1941)
19 Probate and
funeral (1964)
Included in the
accounts kept in these financial notebooks are records of Rhodenbaugh’s real
estate transactions and investments.
Box 6: Financial notebooks
Book 1 Real estate journal and
general accounts (1906-1925)
2 Account
book (1916-1937)
3 Account
book (1934-1945)
4 Account
book (1940-1955, 1961)
5 Expenses
(1952-1961)
SERIES IX:
STUDENT NOTEBOOKS
These are
handwritten course notes taken by Rhodenbaugh while both an undergraduate and
graduate student.
Box 6: Student Notebooks
Book
6 Drama, Iowa State College (1894)
7 Geology, Iowa State College (1896-1897)
8 Botany, University of Iowa (1901)
9 Geology, University of Iowa (1901)
10 Geology, University of Chicago (1911)
11 Miscellaneous lectures, University of Chicago (1911)
12 Optical Crystallo(gy), University of Washington (1914)
SERIES X: FIELD TRIP LOGS
Recorded in
these books are logs and narrative accounts of geological field trips,
occasional hunting trips, and vacation travel. Handwritten maps sometime
accompany the text. The contents of these logs are listed
at the end of
this finding aid.
Box 7: Field trip logs
Book 1 1923
2 1924
3 1925
4 1926
5 1927, 1928
6 1938
7 Geology
trips in Idaho and Oregon; tour of Washington, D.C.
8 1933
9 California,
1933-1934, 1957
10 Various trips,
1929-1941
SERIES XI: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS AND SCRAPBOOKS
Included in the photograph albums and
scrapbooks are family photos, scenes of hunting, fishing, and camping, photos of
homes, and scenes of Payette Lake and vicinity. Many of the early family photos
are from Iowa. Some of the oldest hunting, fishing, and camping scenes in Idaho
are from the first decade of the twentieth century. The Rhodenbaughs reached
their destinations by horse and buggy, rather than automobile, as the photos
attest. There are also photos from Rhodenbaugh’s student days at Iowa State
College in 1890’s. There are very few geological photos in the albums.
This series also includes a scrapbook of verse
cut from newspapers and magazines (1884-1889) and a Christmas card scrapbook
(1928-1941). Included in the latter are cards sent to the Rhodenbaughs by the
Idaho artist Thomas Raymond Neilson. The sketches of Idaho scenes on the card
fronts are Neilson’s own.
Box 9: Photograph albums and scrapbooks
Book 1 Photograph album
2
Scrapbook (1884-ca. 1889)
3
Guest log (1942-1962)
4
Guest log (1964)
Box 10: Photograph albums and scrapbooks
Book 1 Photograph album
2
Photograph album
3
Photograph album
4
Photograph album
5
Photograph album
6
Photograph album
7
Framed tintype
Box 11: Photograph albums and scrapbooks (Oversize)
Scrapbook (1899-1922)
Christmas card scrapbook (1928-1941)
Most of the photographs in the Rhodenbaugh
collection are scenic and geologic shots from the early years of the twentieth
century to the 1950s, and most are uncaptioned. They document the Payette Lake
region (where the Rhodenbaugh family vacationed), the forested central Idaho
wilderness (then called the Primitive Area), and the rock and lava formations of
the southern portion of the state, including Craters of the Moon. There are also
a number of family portraits and photos from Iowa and Idaho. Included among them
are old tintypes and album prints from the nineteenth century, as well as photos
of the Rhodenbaugh family’s hunting, fishing, and camping activities in Idaho
during the early years of the twentieth century.
Photos 79 to 214 were filed in small boxes by
Edward F. Rhodenbaugh; the descriptions for them below were, for the most part,
taken from the box labels. The remaining photos were all loose and grouped into
subject categories by library staff. Photos numbered from 2001 and above are
larger than 5 X 7 inches; all the rest are 5 X 7 or smaller.
Boxes 12 to 14
Photos 1-78 Miscellaneous. Chiefly geologic, scenic, and
personal
photos from two small partially
filled album portfolios.
Photos 79-106
North-South Highway (U.S. Route 95). Photos taken on the “Editorial Caravan” of
1924. See Box 5, Folder 6 for news
columns reporting on the caravan.
Photos 107-128 Payette Lakes.
General views, Lake Fork, Brundage Mountain, Twin
Lakes, Goose Creek, People, Fish
Photos 129-167 Idaho Primitive Area.
Photos of a pack trip into the
Idaho Primitive Area, 1931.
Most photos captioned. Most prints yellowed.
Photos 168-189 Pocatello vicinity. Promontory west of Pocatello,
General views, Pocatello Range
with snows, Red Hill with snow, University
of Idaho (Southern Branch) with snows.
Photos 190-214 Geologic. King’s Bowl-Craters-Caves,
Aberdeen Cave, Tea Kettle Cave,
Clover Creek Caves.
Photos 215-253
Idaho Caves
Photos 254-319 Southwestern Idaho
Photos 320-358 Idaho Geologic Sites. Rock formations, canyons.
Unidentified.
Photos 359-368 Craters of the Moon
Photos 369-815 Idaho Geologic Sites. Rock formations, fault lines,
mountain scenes. Eastern Idaho, Boise Region.
Photos 816-841 Dams. Owyhee, Arrowrock, Unidentified
Photos 842-947
Miscellaneous. Includes camping scenes.
Photos 948-988
Payette lakes and area. Mostly scenic. Some camping and
recreational scenes.
Photos 989-1029
Houses and cabins. Chiefly family properties at
Boise, Payette Lake,and Idaho City. Chiefly
exterior views.
Photos 1030-1047
Rhodenbaugh family. Principally Saloma Rhodenbaugh
Moberly (EFR’s mother
Photos 1048-1077
Relatives
Photos 1078-1117
Edward F. and Julia Rhodenbaugh. Portraits, group shots and
domestic scenes.
Photos 1118-1138
Harold and Walter Rhodenbaugh. Portraits and family scenes.
Includes portrait of Beth Rhodenbaugh
(1134).
Photos 1139-1145
Family. Miscellaneous
Photo 1146
Indian teepee at Olds Ferry, 1899
Photos 1147-1156 Tintypes of relatives
Photos 1157-1164
Petroglyphs, White Arrow Hot Spring
Photos 1165-1170
Harold Rhodenbaugh
Photos 1171-1189
(Negatives) Bruneau dunes and cliffs.
Photos 2001-2043
Larger than 5 X 7 inches. Various categories. Includes 8 wirephotos taken by
Harold Rhodenbaugh of flood in New York State (1935)
Box 15
Negatives
Home movies (8 mm; 2 reels)
Glass Storage Area
Lantern slides (50). Most are commercially produced teaching aids.
Few Idaho scenes. Some slides are cracked.
OVERSIZE ITEMS
The following items, too large to fit unfolded
in legal-size file folders, are stored in map folders in the Special Collections
Department’s oversize storage drawers. For the most part, they are newspaper
pages, chiefly from the Idaho Statesman. Edward F. Rhodenbaugh
contributed both articles and photographs to the newspaper. Those dated
1917-1928 are full-page spreads from the front page of the Sunday Statesman’s
feature section; the others are articles that occupied most of an inside page.
The few articles from other newspapers were, with one exception, front-page
articles.
The newsprint on which these articles were
printed is acidic and fragile; therefore no photocopying is allowed from these
pages. Researchers are encouraged to consult microfilm copies of these
newspapers in the library’s Microfilm Department instead of the originals.
Miscellaneous items
Bible school certificate, Harold Rhodenbaugh, 1910
Seating diagram, Payette Lake Club dinner in Boise, 1913
Idaho Statesman articles
1917 Aug 5 It’s a Three Days’, 32-Mile
Trip to Climb Old Jughandle Mountain
1921 April 17 Geology Reveals the Marvelous
Story of Idaho’s
Ancient Lakes
1921 Dec 11 What Means These Fossilized
Records From Bygone Age?
[Weiser stones]
1923 July 15 The Craters of Clover Creek
1924 Jan 27 Balanced Rock, Twin Falls
County
1924 Feb 24 The City of Rocks, Gooding
County, Idaho
1924 April 6 View of Payette Lakes, Near
McCall, Idaho
1924 June 29 New Pictures From Idaho’s
Craters of the Moon
1924 July 20 The Ice Caves of Black Butte
1924 Aug 3 The Jordan Valley Craters
1924 Oct 19 An Idaho Triolet [Sherwin
Mountain]
1925 Aug 2 Red Rock Pass
1925 Oct 4 Payette Lake’s Deepest Spot 290
Feet
1927 Feb 13 Some Old Timers in Idaho’s
History [Mammoth fossils]
1928 Feb 5 The Pocatello Promontory
1941 Mar 9 Boise’s Table Rock is Big Chunk
of Sediment Left by Ancient Lake
1941 Sept 28 Volcanoes in Reverse Near Cleft
Still Puzzle Scientists
1945 Sept 9 Region South of Mountain Home
Holds Rich Beauty Little Known
1945 Sept 30 Sand Dune Area of Southwestern
Idaho Shows Artistry of Erosion
1945 Oct 28 Gem State Has Its Share of
Subterranean Caverns of Various Types
Other newspaper articles
1929 Sept 15 The Pocatello Promontory (The
Pocatello Tribune)
1932 Undated Seeing Idaho From the Inside (The
Idaho Bengal, Pocatello)
1932 Aug 24 The Origin of Payette Lake (Payette
Lake Star, McCall)
1937 Sept 5 The Great Idahoax (The
Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.) [Sinking canyon at Buhl]
CONTENTS OF
FIELD TRIP LOGS
Edward F. Rhodenbaugh recorded
observations on the geology, topography, and flora of many sites in Idaho in his
field trip logs (Series X). The following is a listing of sites and trips
represented by notes in those logs. Some of the notes are accompanied by
hand-drawn maps and illustrations. Narrative descriptions of several duck and
pheasant hunting trips are included. Occasionally a field trip or site visit
merited no more than a brief paragraph recording the fact of the visit; those
trips and sites are not listed.
Rhodenbaugh recorded his notes in bound theme
books. Several of the books appear to have once belonged to students, for names
other than Rhodenbaugh’s own are inscribed inside the front covers. He
apparently cut out pages that had been written on and used the rest himself.
Most of his observations appear to have been written sometime after the trip or
site visit; they are not notes taken in the field.
Book 1
1923 June 21-22 Lizard Butte and Squaw Creek
1923 June 25 Black Canyon Dam and Emmett
1923 June 29-30 Boise Basin
1923 July 12 Ontario gas wells (Or.)
1923 July 25 Mount Lassen (Calif.), within
log of trip to California
1923 Aug 4 Oregon Caves (Or.)
1923 Aug 19 Grandview
1923 Sept 7-9 Castleford-Oakley
1923 Swiss Valley Ranch
1923 Sept 30 City of Rocks (near Gooding)
1923 Oct 23 Shoshone Ice Caves
1923 Nov 23 Hammett and Chalk
1923 Nov 30 Tea Kettle Cave Dec 8
1925 June 4-8 Craters of the Moon
Book 2
1924 May 2 Heller’s Ranch on Clover Creek
1924 May 24 Shoshone Ice Caves
1924 May 26 Box Canyon
1924 June 13-27 Fish Creek Reservoir and Craters
of the Moon
1924 June 23-24 Jordan Valley Craters (Or.)
1924 July 18 Goose Creek
1924 Summer Diaries of excursions in Northern
Idaho in conjunction with Noth-South editorial
caravan, July-August
1924 Winter Diary of holiday trip to Boise
Book 3
1925 March 14 Ridge west of Pocatello
1925 March 22 Red Rock Pass
1925 March 29 Mink Creek
1925 April 10-11 Hollister-Rogerson (Oil
investigation)
1925 May 9 Arbon Valley (oil well and
fossils)
1925 May 29-31 Soda Springs and Bear Lake
1925 June 6 Craters of the Moon
1925 June 16 Golden Seal Mine (Northeast of
Boise)
1925 July 9 Falls Creek
1925 July 12 Payette Lake Club
1925 July 15-16 Lake Fork Creek glacial moraine
1925 July 22-31 Payette Lake soundings
1925 July 29 Blackwell’s Butte
1925 Sept 7-9 Gray’s Lake and Mount Caribou
1925 Oct 17-18 Jerome County (Pheasant hunting)
Book 4
1926 April 10 Aberdeen Cave
1926 April 24 Garden Creek Gap
1926 May 13-14 Soda Springs, Conda, Woods Canyon,
and Georgetown
1926 May 16 Justice Park and Scout Mountain
1926 May 28 Old Fort Hall site
1926 June 5-16 Travel diary of trip to Bryce,
Zion, and Grand Canyon parks (Utah and Arizona)
1926 July 23-25 Marshall Lake and mines in Bear
Creek Basin
1926 July 29-30 Brundage Lookout to Goose Lake,
Slab Butte, and Fisher Creek
1926 Aug 10 Bergdoll’s Oil Prospect
northwest of Boise
1926 Aug 13 City of Rocks (north of Gooding)
1926 Sept 1-4 Mink Creek (Grouse hunting)
1926 Sept 8-9 Black Rock Canyon (hunting)
1926 Sept 14-16 Palisade Lake
1926 Oct 2-3 Roberts (Duck hunting)
1926 Oct 30-31 Island Park Ranch
1926 Nov 6 Blackfoot (Pheasant hunting)
Book 5
1927 April 2 Michaud Creek
1927 April 17 Tyhee (hot well)
1927 May 6-7 Craters of the Moon
1927 Aug 13-15 Cuprum, Peacock Mines, Kleinschmidt
Grade to Snake River, Queens Bar, Red Lodge
Mine, Homestead, and Irondyke Mine
1927 Aug 21 Kennally Creek (Fishing)
1927 Aug 29 Payette (gas well)
1927 Aug 30 Snake River west of Marsing
1928 Oct 21 Oil drilling, southwest of Arimo
1928 Nov 3 Tilden bridge (Pheasant hunting)
1928 Nov 11 Roberts (Pheasant
hunting)
1928 Dec 2 Spring Creek (Duck hunting)
Book 6
1938 Fall Travel diary of vacation
trip to Louisville, Ky., Gulf coast, and Southwestern U.S. Few
geological notes, except for Southwest.
Book 7
1936 undated Riggins, main Salmon River,
French Creek
1936 June7-July 9 Travel diary of trip to
Washington, D.C.
1955 Apr 12 Castle Creek
1936 July 27-Aug 2 Black Lake and Seven Devils
1945 June 2-3 Bruneau Dunes and Hot Creek
1945 June 10 Bruneau region
1946 Apr 29 Cow Creek Craters
1946 May 11 Owyhee Dam (Or.)
1953 Apr 19
Creeks on south side of Snake River, Grandview to Murph
1953 May 17 Thorn Creek
1954 June 1-2 Wayan and Tempskya fossils
1953 July 16-19 Cuprum
Book 8
1933 Fall Travel diary of
cross-country trip
Book 9
1933-Winter 1934 Travel diary of trip to
California
1957 Fall Travel diary of trip to
California
Book 10
1929 May 4, 11 Trail Creek (near Pocatello)
1942 June 21 Snake River canyon below Olds
Ferry
1944 January Burns (Or.) Thunder egg locality
1946 Oct 12 Daggett Creek
1941 Mar 18 Cleft (fissure and crater pit)
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