Material Locations

Updated 04-11-2026

Maps of all cages and the IJC/Book Room can be found in Spec SharePoint in Cage layouts.

To find the location of a collection, check the ArchivesSpace record for Instances information. Be aware that some records might have a permanent and temporary location attached. See Temporary Locations for more details.

Please note: Not all records have instances attached, so if something doesn’t have a clear location, see the following information for hints. Spec has long-term plans to arrange materials on shelves in a logical order and record instance for all materials.

Cage 1

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• UGs start at Row 1
• MGs start at Row 41
• PGs start are Row 92
• UA and MA Accessions, oversized materials, and artwork are spread throughout the cages
• Argonaut physical copies, Rows 34-35
• Idaho Law Codes, Row [to be updated]
• U of I Personnel Vertical File, Row 94
• Small UAs and MAs, Row 94
• Gem of the Mountain Yearbooks and Bulletins, Row 142
• Book Collections and Maps, see below
• Supplies (i.e. folders, boxes, film sleeves, etc), Pillars 6 and 7

Book Collections

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Locations

Most of the book collections are located in the Book Collections area (just past the Processing Room). Some are located in Cage 1, Cage 2, or the Reading Room. See Scope of Collections for collection descriptions.

Collections in Reading Room

• Spec Ref (Reference)
• Moscow/Pullman phone books and city directories
• UI faculty/staff and student directories
• Gem of the Mountains yearbook collection
• UI course catalogs

Collections in Rare Book Room

• Day-NW
• Day-NW Oversize
• Day 2
• Idaho
• Scott
• Spec
• Spec Oversize
• President Collection
• Day-NW Engerbretson
• Ciro Molina and Elizabeth Winegar Molina Collection
• Non-UI yearbooks
• SciFi, Dodson sub-collection
• Noah Cadle collection of Robinson book collection (MA 2026-10)

Collections in IJC area

• Idaho phone books and city directories (except for Moscow)
• IJC reference collection

Collections in Cage 1

• Theses and dissertations, Row 55
  • Theses Music/Oversized, Row 139
• Twain, Row 32
• Pound, Row 31
• Caxton, Row 64
• Stonewall, Row 65
• Non-Idaho phone books and city directories, Row 53
• Duplicate Idaho phone books and city directories (including Moscow), Row 54
• Naskali and Arbor, Row 65 (unprocessed/hidden in Primo)
• Sanborn Maps, Row 139. Part of Day-NW collection
• Curtis Plates, Row 139
• Kolln, Row 43
  • Processed portion of collection (in Primo)
• Gem of the Mountains (master copies and duplicates)
• Old Idaho Code books
  • Part of Idaho book collection
• Non-UI higher education institutions (BSU, ISU, etc.) publications
  • Part of Idaho book collection

Collections in Cage 2

• Sci-Fi book collection, Row 1
  • Mitchell, sub-collection
• Kolln
  • Unprocessed portion of collection

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Physical Collections Locations

Rare Book Room

• Vertical Files

International Jazz Collection (IJC) Area

• Small manuscript collections
• IJC collections
• IJC book collection
• Idaho Vertical Files

Cage 1

• PGs
• MGs
• Small MA/UA accessions
• Oversized materials (MA, MG, UA, UG, PG)
• UGs
• UAs
• Larry Craig accessions
• Vertical Files (VF UI Personnel)

Cage 2

• Display materials
• PGs
• UGs
• MAs
• UAs
• Bound periodicals (Access Services)

Bunker

• Athletic films

New Addition

• UAs
• MAs
• MG 457 (Potlatch)
  • Most of the collection is in Cage 1