TY - JOUR
AU - Wells, Merle
AB -  Pioneers PublicHistory of Wells: Merle on Historian theMove WILLIAM E. TYDEMAN and MERLE WELLS to WELLS, IDAHO STATE HISTORIAN EMERITUS, leads a lifedevoted his Now seventy-seven yearsold, tenyearsintoretirement, steely history. in withthethrill research. Fromthe mornings his of blue eyesstillsparkle the and a fewblocksfrom Historical book-lined only Library apartment, sessionsat theArchives he Archives helpedcreate,to late evening copying Oftenhe comes to my for Wells lives history. material his latestarticle, if in office. He'll waitpatiently, I'm involved whathe calls"anadministrative historical thetalkwillturn hisrecent to discoveries or tangle."Frequently, new acquisitions: possible into I told last Say, weekI bumped so andso,youremember, youabout modem hima while back.He had Boise'sfirst automobile shop. repair manuals. Nowhe'sgot Nearly years he gaveus hissetofrepair fifty ago You a now another will years conglomeration. know,hundred from nobody idea those haveanearthly how were made. there's some Actually, repairs them inthefront ofmy books I'lljuststash all seat too, early ledger pickup andyoucancomebyandpick them up. Wells was born in Lethbridge, Canada, on December 1, 1918, and in his and arrived Boise with mother, brother March22, on father, younger in had and 1930. His family movedrepeatedly Canada. His father farmed, the relocationto Idaho promisedbettereconomic opportunities. After finishing highschoolin Boise, Wells attendedBoise Junior College from wherehe received 
TI - Merle Wells: Historian on the Move
JF - The Public Historian
DO - 10.2307/3377882
DA - 1996-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-california-press/merle-wells-historian-on-the-move-xMWvkGABdj
SP - 65
VL - 18
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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