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Ted Trueblood
Collection
Series 9: Additions
This series of documents was
donated to the collection by the Trueblood family after a majority of the papers
were received in 1988. In many ways
these additions serve as a memorial to the late author, demonstrating the high
regard in which he was held both before and after his death in 1982.
Pete Barrett, his colleague at
Field & Stream, said of him: “Trueblood is . . . a conservationist, a
superb camp cook, somewhat of a homespun philosopher, an excellent photographer,
and pre-eminent as a writer . . . [but] I appreciate him most, I think, as a
sportsman” (“The Real Ted Trueblood,” F&S, 12/80, p. 42).
Awards and recognitions were
heaped upon Ted in the latter half of his life; perhaps none were more
meaningful than the “Ted Trueblood Night” on February 14, 1978, in Nampa,
Idaho. The memorabilia saved from
this event is included in this series. (See
Box 49 listing, below.)
Sponsored by a
local rod and gun club, the three-hour testimonial was attended by Senator Frank
Church and Governor John Evans. Cecil
Andrus, then Secretary of the Interior, was unable to attend but sent a
laudatory letter which stated that Trueblood was “one of America’s foremost
outdoorsmen and conservationists.”
There were
many family friends at the event; from one of these came a prophetic note: “It
took too long for people here in Nampa to recognize what you two have
done for the benefit of all of us and those years to come by way of our
offspring and their families.”
Indeed, the author’s work would
go on benefiting others after his death, in the form of a conservation fund
established by his family and a scholarship fund started at Boise State
University in 1989. Tim Woodward, Idaho
Statesman columnist, summed up local feelings in his column shortly after
Ted’s death. The journalist
stated that Trueblood’s work was known and admired in all 50 states, that he
was an environmental champion, and that he was a loyal friend---a modest and
unassuming neighbor.
Interest in his writing
continued well beyond its termination. Box
49 of this series contains several articles by and about Ted that were published
posthumously. The timeless appeal
of his style is demonstrated in “Those Were the Days,” published in 1990,
but originally written in 1980 about a 1954 fishing trip. “A curling mist was rising from the water and the eastern
sky was blushing at the approaching sun. And
salmon were there!”
Papers of Major George Burton
Warner are found in Box 50. Warner,
an Oklahoma resident, died in 1993, leaving the bulk of his estate to Boise
State University’s Trueblood scholarship fund.
Early correspondence to Warner reveals that he was avid outdoorsman and
hunter as well as a conservationist.
In 1974 Warner became
interested in the Salmon River Primitive Area and began corresponding with
Trueblood. A bond of friendship was
formed with the entire Trueblood family; letters as well as Idaho fishing
licenses indicate he visited Idaho and the family several times.
This box also contains a selection of Trueblood’s articles that Warner
clipped and saved. The earliest is
dated April 1932 and the latest, July 1981; this nearly fifty year span is a
representative cross-section of Ted’s magazine contributions.
Box 51 holds valuable
information regarding book proposals and permission to publish Ted’s articles
after his death. Of particular
interest are Jack Trueblood’s materials that were the beginnings of a
biography about his father. (See
Folder 2)
Jack and Ellen, Ted’s wife, wrote many letters trying
to get various collections of Ted’s articles published posthumously.
The letters to Stackpole Books and other publishers denote the
frustrations and complications contingent with the publication of any book---the
family’s efforts never came to fruition.
However, Boise State University English professor James Maguire did
succeed in including part of The Hunting Treasury in The Literature of
Idaho: An Anthology, published in 1986.
(See Box 51, Folder 9)
The history of the Ted Trueblood
Conservation Fund is found in Box 51, Folders 13 - 20.
The fund was started upon Ted’s death by Jack Trueblood and Dr. Robert
Boren, Chair of Boise State University’s Communication Department.
It evolved into a private foundation and received national recognition
when Lonnie Williamson mentioned it in his article “A Dam Shame” in Outdoor
Life, August 1986.
Williamson
stated the fund’s purpose was to “help conserve Idaho’s fish and wildlife
bounty.” The effort served to
counter-balance the Federal Energy Regulation Commission’s attempts “to
promote hydro projects that are poorly planned and constructed.”
The Conservation Fund ceased operation in January of 1991 and donated its
remaining monies to Boise State's Trueblood scholarship fund.
Box
49: Miscellaneous Papers Donated by the Trueblood Family
Posthumous
Publications
Folder
1 Hunt, Lynn
Bogue. Fishing in America.
New York:
Gunning & Fishing Prints, 1946.
With descriptive text by Ted Trueblood
and Kip Farrington.
Folder
2 Trueblood,
Ted. “Don’t Let the Spooks
Spoil Your Night.” Wildlife
Express.
Boise, Idaho Department of Fish and Game (October 1989): 1
Folder 3
Trueblood, Ted. “Those
were the Days.” Flyfisher 33 (Fall
1990): 10-111
Folder 4 Trueblood,
Ted. “The Noblest Game Bird of
Them All.” Idaho Wildlife
15 (Fall 1995): 9-11.
Folder 5 Trueblood,
Ted. “Trigger & the
Grasshopper Gun.” Idaho
Wildlife 16 (Fall 1996): 14-15.
Awards/Recognitions
Folder
6 Outdoorsman
of the Year Announcement, 1975
7 Awards
and Recognitions, 1966-1983
8 Ted
Trueblood Night, Feb. 14, 1978
9 Ted
Trueblood Night: Correspondence
10 News
Clippings, Personal and biographical, 1939-1989
11 Articles
about Ted Trueblood, 1961-1990
12 Tributes
and Eulogies, 1982
13 Obits
and Tributes, 1982-1985
14 Ted
Trueblood Wildlife Area (Elmore County, Idaho), 1986
Personal
Papers
Folder 15 Passports
and cards
16 Diary
of Medical Problems
17 Correspondence
with family, 1978-1982
18 Thomas
Stanford Correspondence to Ted Trueblood, 1938
Ted
Trueblood Papers
Folder 19 Cataloging
grant application: Correspondence, 1983
Box
50: Papers Donated by George Warner
Folder 0 Boise
State University: news release, 1995
1 Letters
from Ted Trueblood, 1974-1982
2 Correspondence
with others, 1958-1985
3 Licenses,
1977
4 Articles
pertaining to Ted Trueblood, 1952-1982
5 Magazine
articles about Ted Trueblood, nd
6 News
clippings about Ted Trueblood, 1946-1970
7 Pamphlets
pertaining to Ted Trueblood, 1950's?
8 Publicity
relating to Ted Trueblood, 1944-1962
9 Publicity
relating to Ted Trueblood’s awards, 1965-1975
10 River-of-no-Return
information, 1974-1980
11 Hayden,
Carl E. Western Writers and
Sportsmen. Salt Lake
City: Valley Press,1944.
12 Testimony
of Governor Cecil S. Andrus before the U.S.
Forest Service. November 26,
1973. The Idaho Primitive
Area, The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, and The Salmon River.
Magazine
Articles
Folder 13 After
You Catch Them, Field & Stream, July 1962
14 The
Bad Old Days, The Hunter’s Handbook
15 Bass
Across the Country, True, August 1952
16 Bass:
The West’s Best Bet for Spring, True, April 1956
17 A
Certain Idaho Trout, National Sportsman, April 1932
18 Coho:
Cure for Fishing Frustration, True, September 1965
19 Cold-Weather
Trout, Field & Stream, March 1963
20 Cutthroat
Quest
21 Cutthroats
of the Cattle Country, Outdoor Life’s Anthology of Fishing Adventures, 1945
22 Deep
Stuff, Field & Stream, May 1954
23 Discovering
the Secret of the Spurned Stripers, True, August 1962
24 Dry
Fly Fishing for Trout
25 Everybody
Should Catch a Big Fish, Field & Stream, June 1966
26 Fair
Bait, Elks, 1954
27 Fifty
Years of Fly Fishing for Bass, Field & Stream, July 1981
28 The
Fisherman’s Encyclopedia
29 Flies
for Sophisticated Trout, Field & Stream, May 1963
30 Fly
Fishing for Trout in Lakes, Field & Stream, May 1966
31 The
Handsome Cat, Field & Stream, August 1974
32 The
Happy Times, Field & Stream, February 1967
33 The
High Rockies---Wildlife Fortress, Field & Stream
34 How
to Get More Out of Fishing, Field & Stream, June 1980
35 Humane
Wife Control, Sports Afield, February 1951
36 Idaho
Mushrooms Attract Amateurs and Pros, Idaho Guide, 1965
37 Impossible
Gifts, Field & Stream, December 1969
38 A
Job for Sportsmen, Field & Stream, October 1948
39 Knots
to Know, Statewide, nd
40 Leaping
Leviathans, True, April 1957
41 A
Lion in the Snow, True, February 1959
42
The Multiple Use Myth, Idaho Citizen, July 1977
43
Muskie Comeback, Field & Stream, April 1946
44 My
Favorite Sport, Field & Stream, July 1953
45 Outdoors,
Statewide, 1950
46 Pacific
Salmon on Plugs, Field & Stream, November 1940
47 Promise
of the North, Field & Stream, June 1964
48 The
Relaxing Sport, Hope, 1974
49 Restful
Fish, Elks, June 1959
50 Sailfish
of the North, True, August 1958
51 Silvery
Migrants, Elks, September 1959
52
Snook Have No Sense of Humor, True, November 1948
53 Steelhead
Fly Fishing, Field & Stream, October 1963
54 Ted
Trueblood, Field & Stream, June 1954
55 Ten
Great Days in Ten Great Places, True’s Fishing Yearbook, 1978
56
That Beautiful Dumbell, The Brookie, True, April 1954
57
There’s No Other Fish Like Salmon, True, July 1954
58 Those
Were the Days, Flyfisher, August 1990
59 Too
Many Elk, Field & Stream, July 1963
60 Trueblood
is Thicker than Butter, Sports Afield, August 1950
61 Wet
Fly Fishing for Trout, Field & Stream, June 1975
62 Where
to Find Big-Water Bass, Field & Stream Fishing Yearbook, 1976
63 Where
to Look for Trout, Field & Stream, June 1974
64 Why
I Went Bugs Again, Field & Stream, May 1959
65 You
Can’t Exaggerate Sturgeon Fishing, Idaho Guide, 1965
66 Your
First Trout, Field & Stream, April 1981
Box
51: Book Proposals, Conservation Fund, and Scholarship Fund
Book
Proposals
Folder
1
Copyrights
2
Ted Trueblood biography
3
Fishing Treasury: Proposals
4
Fishing Treasury: Correspondence, 1983-1984
5
Fishing Treasury: Correspondence: Stackpole Books, 1983-1984
6
Trout anthology: Correspondence, 1983-1985
7
Trueblood anthology: Correspondence with Jim Rikhoff, 1987
8 Reprints: Field
& Stream
9 Reprints:
Permission to Publish: Boise State University, 1985
10
Reprints: Permission to Publish: Idaho Citizen, 1983
11
Reprints: Permission to Publish: Willowcreek, 1985
12
Reprints: Miscellaneous
Conservation Fund
Folder 13
Ted Trueblood
Conservation Fund: Beginnings, 1982-1986
14
Ted Trueblood Conservation Fund: Board Minutes, 1986
15
Ted Trueblood Conservation Fund: Charter and By Laws, 1986
16
Ted Trueblood Conservation Fund: Contributions, 1986
17
Ted Trueblood Conservation Fund: Correspondence, 1986
18
Ted Trueblood Conservation Fund: Funding, 1987-1988
19
Ted Trueblood Conservation Fund: John McDaniel/Paul Knight, 1987
20
Ted Trueblood Conservation Fund: Tax Documentation, 1991
Scholarship
Fund
Folder 21
Ted Trueblood Scholarship Fund: Boise State University, 1989-1991
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