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College of Southern Idaho Special Collections and Archives: CSI Foundation Records, 1921-2008

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CSI Foundation Records, 1921-2008

College of Southern Idaho

June 3, 2024

315 Falls Avenue, Twin Falls, ID 83301



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Administrative/Biographical History Note

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Organizations

Related Material

Administrative Information

Associated Information

Repository: College of Southern Idaho. Special Collections and Archives.
Address: 315 Falls Avenue, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Creator: College of Southern Idaho.
Title: CSI Foundation Records, 1921-2008
Dates: 1921-1960.
Extent: 3 boxes occupying 8 folders and consisting of 200 files
Identification: CSI_F2MSS 001
Language:English

Administrative/Biographical History Note

The College of Southern Idaho Foundation was created in 1984 using funds and assets donated to the college in 1960 from Norman and Lillie Herrett. Since its inception, the CSI Foundation has become one of the nation’s top 30 Community College Foundations. All of our growth can be attributed to our generous community donors, our fiscally responsible management, and the students who make the most of the assistance they receive.

Scope and Content Note

The CSI Foundation Records Collection holds the founding and administrative documents of the College of Southern Idaho Foundation. It describes the financial transactions and assets of the Herrett Family. The donations, and funds retrieved from sales of assets, went toward the creation of the Herrett Center and the Foundation of the college. This collection also holds documents related to the functions, programs, operations, and individuals in the Foundation It also holds documents relating the Foundation to the College of Southern Idaho and the community of Twin Falls.

Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright Statement: The copyright of this collection is held by the College of Southern Idaho.

Copyright Restrictions: It is the researcher’s responsibility to conform to all legal literary and copyright provisions attached to the materials used. The Special Collections Department will not be responsible for the infringement of any such laws. Patrons assume all responsibility for reproduction requests and will not assign blame in any way to the College of Southern Idaho over the reproduction of material at the request of patrons. For more information please visit Title 17 of the Copyright Law.

Organizations

College of Southern Idaho.

Form

Records (Documents).
Herrett Center (CSI_F2MSS001.1)

Provenance

This collection holds all of the founding and administrative documents of the College of Southern Idaho Foundation. The first documents in this collection hold transaction and asset records of Norman and Lillie Herrett, which were accrued from 1921 to 1960. They were given to the Foundation in the 1960s. They were kept by the Foundation in a closet until they were retrieved by Erika Allen and given to the Archives on May 31, 2023.The second and third boxes of the collection were kept in a storage closet in the Foundation offices and transferred by Karrie Van Noy in May 2024.

Processing Information:

These records were organized and cataloged in 2023 by Reed C. Hepler.

Preferred Bibliographic Citation

College of Southern Idaho,"CSI Foundation Records" (CSI_F2MSS 001). College of Southern Idaho Special Collections and Archives, Twin Falls, Idaho. Accessed on [[date]]
CSI_F2MSS001-01: Herrett Family Records, 1921-1960.
(1 box containing 4 folders and consisting of 20 files)
The CSI Foundation Records Collection holds the founding and administrative documents of the College of Southern Idaho Foundation. It describes the financial transactions and assets of the Herrett Family. The donations, and funds retrieved from sales of assets, went toward the creation of the Herrett Center and the Foundation of the college.
CSI_F2MSS001-02: CSI Foundation Non-Administrative Records, 2006-2008.
(2 boxes containing 7 folders and consisting of 180 files)
This series holds donor records, photographs, scrapbooks, and other non-administrative records of the College of Southern Idaho Foundation. In addition to information about the priorities of the Foundation, these records hold important information about the relationship between the College and the Foundation and the relationship between the Foundation and the Magic Valley community.

Acknowledgments

The College of Southern Idaho Special Collections and Archives would like to thank the Idaho State Historical Records Advisory Board and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), whose financial and advisory support have facilitated the creation of these pages and records. For more information on the NHPRC, visit archives.gov/nhprc