Community Library Association Inc. Ketchum Sun Valley & Triumph

“The community library does not recognize and capitalize its collections.”

“The historical archival and artifact collections of the community library's sun valley musuem of history are used for public exhibition, scholarly research, and preservation for future generations. The collection consists of roughly 2,000 items including historical photographs, print materials, sport skiing gear and clothing, mining paraphenalia, native american artifacts and pioneer ephemera, sun valley resort artifacts and specific family collections. The community library owns the collections as deeded gifts to the museum operation; all collections are catalogued as accessions on paper and digitally in specific museum software. The regional history deparment of the community library is a research and resouce center and a depository for the preservations and long-term storage of two-dimensional historical materials relating to the alturas and blaine county regions of idaho. These materials include books, oral history interviews, diaries, letters, official reports, photographs, ephemera, manuscripts, newspapers on microfilm, dvds, videos and other related materials. All of the regional history deparment collections are being preserved for future generations at the same time as we allow public access to them or the information included in them. The public is allowed access to all of our materials when visitors remain within the department and efforts are underway to allow access via the internet. Any portion of the collection could feasibly be exhibited, but only a very small fraction of it is on display at this time. The community library circulation collection also includes a unique collection of over 700 volumes of vintage astrology, horology, palmistry and parapsychological books collected by local resident (and nationally respected) astrologer johnny lister. It is the largest know assemblage of such astrological materials in the northwest. We have a strong collection of books documenting the history and development of skiing and mountaineering, both locally and worldwide. Our circulating collection of biographies, memoirs and criticism of the works of ernest hemingway is now on display near the regional history department (which also contains numerous works, as well as one of hemingway's spanish typewriters, which is on loan.) other vintage and rare books are included in the community library's collection.”

“To provide guaranteed income for the library.”