Broadside collection
MSS 115
28 items, 1969-2006
Modern broadsides (mostly poetry), primarily from presses in Idaho and the Western United States.
Two Magpie Press (Kendrick, Idaho)
Each measures approximately 10”x 13”. Poems, with illustrations. Title, author, date printed listed below.
Gift of the press, 1985.
Sabbath. Derek Walcott. 1984
The Death of Li Po. Daniel Halpern. 1984
Is the Garden Worth It? Carolyn Gravelle.
Composting at Forty and Palouse History. Ron McFarland. 1984
Hard Red Wheat. Paul Zarzyski. 1985.
Surfaces. Robert Wrigley. 1984.
The Miles Between. Howard Moss. 1984.
A Preference in Birds. Robert Wrigley. 1984.
The Beliefs of a Horse. Robert Wrigley. 1984.
Limberlost Press (Boise, Idaho)
Gift of Tom Trusky, 2003
Rough County. Dana Gioia. 2003. 9”x 12”.
Observer Books (Boise, Idaho)
Gift of Ruth P. Wright, 1988 (as part of Charles David Wright manuscript collection, MSS 86)
On Meeting Ralph Smith. Merna Hecht. Autographed; hand numbered #9. 11”x 15” (Boise Broadside Number 5).
Anaquoness Writes from Canada/February, 1918. Bonnie Cochrane Hirsch. 1976. Autographed; hand
numbered #13 of 50. 11”x 15” (Boise Broadside Number 2)
Gypsy Scrivener Press
Gift of Tom Trusky
Parting Company After Four Days in the Desert. Rick Ardinger. 1985. Autographed; hand numbered 26/50.
8-1/2”x11.”
Black Rock Press, University of Nevada
Gift of Robert Blesse, who operates the press. 1991.
The Introduction. Andrei Codrescu [Poem]. 1989. 10”x 12”
No. 53 of 150 copies printed to commemorate the author’s visit.
Boise/The City of Trees. 1990. 13”x 20”
One of fifty printed for the Boise Club of Printing House Craftsmen and friends of the press. April 11, 1990.
Adjusting to the desert. Kirk Robertson. 1990. 22”x 15”
No. Proof of 150 printed. Drawing by Ted Waddell.
Ahsahta Press (Boise State University)
Newspaper. Linda Dyer. 2001. 16/100. 11” x 18 “ (Cataloged)
Lost Horse Press (Sandpoint, Idaho)
Gifts of Tom Trusky, 2009
Celebration—for Pi and Mags. Scott Poole. 12” x 18”
Indeed. Christopher Howell. 2003. 12” x 18”
Love’s Fugitive on the Run. Christopher Howell. 2003. 12” x 18 “
Penny Whistle—for Mick Mulcrone. Carlos Reyes. 2004. 12” x 18”
Miscellaneous broadsides
Nine Verses for Ninety—for Grandpa Dave/ September, 1977.
11”x17” From Charles David Wright collection MSS 86
Silver Gate. Peter Bowen. Autographed and inscribed. 12”x20”
A Voyage to the Moon. Archibald Macleish. 1969. 9 ½”x 19”
850 copies printed at the Gehenna Press. (Cataloged).
The R.L. Stevenson Tree on Oahu. William Stafford. 1975.
12”x 13”. Petronium Press. No. 34, autographed. (Cataloged)
Gutenberg Bible page. Facsimile page of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455.
Beginning of St. John’s Gospel. 12” x 17”. Gutenberg Museum, World Museum
of Printing (Mainz, Germany). Souvenir of Expo 86, Vancouver, Canada
Billie Holiday. Vern Rutsala. 2006
7” x 12 ½” The Berberis Press / Lewis & Clark College Special Collections.
No. 19 of 100. Gift of Lewis & Clark College Special Collections
Invitation to the Idaho Commission on the Arts. Tom Trusky. [1990]
9 ¼” x 15 ¾” Gift of Tom Trusky