November 26, 2003

BOISE STATE COMMEMORATES BALCH’S 100TH BIRTHDAY WITH EXHIBIT

Boise State University’s Albertsons Library is celebrating the centennial of Glenn Balch’s birth, which is Dec. 11, with an exhibit commemorating his life and career as of one of Idaho’s favorite authors.

Balch was born in 1902 and died in 1989. He was best known as a writer of best-selling children’s books.

The exhibit features books, photos, documents, cover art and other materials from the Glenn Balch Collection in the Idaho Writers Archive at Boise State. It will be on display in the second floor exhibit cases in the library until March 30, 2003, and can be seen whenever the library is open.

A Web site with several of the images from the exhibit as well as a biographical sketch and indexes to the Glenn Balch Collection is available on the Web at http://library.boisestate.edu/special/balch.htm.

The exhibit has been made possible by donations from Balch’s four children.

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Alan Virta

Special Collections

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Bob Evancho

University Relations

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