Priest Lake history on-line
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February 27, 2013 |
The University of Idaho Library’s Digital
Initiatives department announces the online
release of the Priest Lake Museum Association
Collection, a digital collection of historical
photographs of Priest Lake, Idaho, and the
surrounding area. The 380 images span the years
1880 to 1950, documenting the area’s waters,
boats, buildings, landscape and people.
“This is a great piece of history that we can
offer to the public,” said Devin Becker, digital
initiatives librarian. “By digitizing these
images and offering them online, we can preserve
the story they tell.”
The Priest Lake Museum Association built the
collection in the early 1980s after putting out
a call for historical photographs of their
region. The photographs were eventually
hand-delivered to the University of Idaho
Library's Special Collections & Archives
Department, where they were photographed,
reprinted, and then returned to the Museum
Association for delivery to their original
owners. The entire Priest Lake Museum
Association Collection is now accessible to the
general public at
www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/priestlake.
“It’s important for the library to work with
local historical societies and associations such
as the Priest Lake Museum Association. These
groups have valuable historical material and the
library has the ability to give it broader
recognition,” said Becker.
In addition to striking photographs of Priest
Lake and Priest River, the collection features
early Idaho images of stagecoaches, timber
transport, and homesteading, as well as
photographs of silent film star Nell Shipmen’s
zoo, moonshine production, and both German and
Italian WWII internees.
The University of Idaho Library’s Digital
Initiatives department works to preserve, create
and make accessible collections from the
library, the University of Idaho and the state
of Idaho via its digitization database and
digital archiving services. For more
information, contact Devin Becker at
dbecker@uidaho.edu. |
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