The Idaho Writers Archive
The Idaho Writers Archive is a collection of letters, drafts, and other papers of Idaho authors which constitutes an important source for the study of Idaho's literary heritage.
A large collection of books by Idaho authors is also kept in Special Collections.
A list of literary collections follows, with links to collection descriptions.
The Idaho Writers Archive is a joint undertaking of Boise State University's Albertsons Library and the Hemingway Western Studies Center.
View a short video about one research use of the Idaho Writers' Archive.
Idaho Writers Archive
- Ahsahta Press (RG 443)
- Alvarez, Amando (part of MSS 177)
- Anderson, William C. (MSS 218)
- Balch, Glenn (MSS 174)
- Bittner, John Robert (relating to Ernest Hemingway) (MSS 267)
- Boise Magazine (MSS 114)
- Bowman, Earl Wayland (MSS 004)
- Broadside collection (MSS 115)
- Brown, George E., Jr. (relating to Vardis Fisher) (MSS 169)
- Chatterton, Wayne (MSS 123)
- Clore collection of materials relating to Vardis Fisher (MSS 002)
- Conley, Cort (MSS 142)
- Corrigan, Michael (MSS 321)
- Crow, Donna Fletcher (MSS 104)
- De Freitas, Thomas L. (MSS 137)
- de Groot collection relating to Hemingway (MSS 087)
- Fisher family (MSS 160)
- Fisher, Vardis and Opal (MSS 159)
- Flora, Joseph M. (relating to Vardis Fisher) (MSS 285)
- Foote, Carolyn (MSS 054)
- Foote, Mary Hallock (MSS 223)
- Fuller, Lois Hamilton (MSS 164)
- Grimmett, Gerald (MSS 093)
- Grover, Dorys Crow (Vardis Fisher) (MSS 120)
- Guilford, Charles (MSS 231)
- Gutzman, Philip C. (MSS 228)
- Hannifin, Jerry (MSS 178)
- Heath, Willard A. (MSS 98)
- Hemingway file, FBI (MSS 087)
- Idaho Arts Journal (MSS 096)
- Idaho Authors Book Fair collection (MSS 239)
- Idaho author file (MSS 088)
- Idaho Writers in Place interviews (MSS 144)
- Jaynes, Clare see Spiegel, Clara Gatzert
- Jensen, Dwight William (MSS 219)
- Jensen, Lloyd (Collection of Vardis Fisher) (MSS 269)
- Koehler, William M. (MSS 220)
- Leitner, Della Adams (MSS 283)
- Limbert, Robert (MSS 080)
- McLeod, James R. (MSS 277)
- Metzger, Ed (MSS 151)
- Mitchell, Dwight (MSS 027)
- Nelson, Axel T. (MSS 053)
- Olsen, Helen M. (MSS 106)
- Paine, Judith Shannon (MSS 121)
- Payette Lakes Progressive Club (MSS 233)
- Penson, Betty (MSS 130)
- Plowhead, Ruth Gipson (MSS 237)
- Preston, Scott (MSS 262)
- Reedy, Penelope (MSS 108)
- Renstrom, Richard C. (MSS 203)
- Roberts, Lorry (MSS 153)
- Shipman, Barry (MSS 090)
- Shipman, Nell (MSS 081)
- Singer, Joe (MSS 125)
- Spiegel, Clara Gatzert (MSS 185)
- Studebaker, William (MSS 284)
- Stumbough, Virginia (MSS 097)
- Tracy, Lorna (MSS 020)
- Tracy, Paul E. (MSS 019)
- Trueblood, Ted (MSS 089)
- Trusky, Tom (MSS 099)
- Western Literature Association (MSS 182)
- Wright, Charles David (MSS 086)