Arthur Lowe Troutner collection, 1942-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Troutner, Arthur Lowe, 1921-2001
Title
Arthur Lowe Troutner collection
Dates
1942-1987 (inclusive)
Quantity
14 cubic feet, (13 oversize folders and 1 box.)
Collection Number
MG 460
Summary
Art Troutner was an architect, an inventor and the co-founder of Trus Joist Corporation. The collection consists mostly of architectural drawings of residential buildings in Boise and Ketchum, Idaho.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public. Researchers must use the collection in accordance with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Arthur Lowe Troutner (1921-2001) was an architect, an inventor and the co-founder of Trus Joist Corporation in 1960 with Harold E. Thomas. Troutner was a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Idaho in 1949 and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University in 1976. The University of Idaho's Kibbie Dome, which won the American Society of Civil Engineer's Outstanding Structural Achievement Award for 1976, was built by Trus Joist using Art Troutner's innovations in wood products technology.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permission for use.

Preferred Citation

[Description of Item], Art Troutner collection, MG 460, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Item level description.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Jonathan Reich, former University of Idaho Associate Professor of the Dept. of Architecture, in 2001.

Processing Note

Processed in January 2014.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Papers, 1978Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Notes
A small binder and a folder with notes written as a student of the University of Idaho.
1978
1
George West Correspondence
February 1969
1
Lease Agreement
1978

Series II: Architectural Drawings, 1948-1987Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
Oversized 1
Troutner House
1981
Oversized 1
Troutner Cabin (Stanley, ID)
May - June 1972
Oversized 1
Troutner House
August 1987
Oversized 1
Formed or poured moment Joint for Wood Haunches or Rigid Frames
Inventor: Arthur Lowe Troutner.
April 1960
Oversized 1
Truss-Deck, a Structural Stressed Skin Deck
Inventor: Arthur Lowe Troutner.
November 24, 1957
Oversized 1
Office addition (U of I Art Department)
February 1949
Oversized 1
Lana II (U of I Art Department)
March 1949
Oversized 1
Studio Shop
January 1949
Oversized 2
Klein House (Boise, ID)
October 1958
Oversized 2
Gruber House (Boise, ID)
January - April 1959
Oversized 2
Earle House (Ketchum, ID)
August 1959
Oversized 3
Chamberlain House
April - May 1948
Oversized 3
Pomeroy Residence
November 1951
Oversized 3
Mrs. King Residence (Nyssa, OR)
May - June 1948
Oversized 3
J. Troutner House
April 1949
Oversized 3
Ensign House (Hailey, ID)
August 1954
Oversized 3
Cassinelli House
undated
Oversized 3
Jacobsen House (Salt Lake City, UT)
undated
Oversized 3
Jacobsen House
May - July 1954
Oversized 4
Frank B. Cahn Residence (Baltimore, MD)
undated
Oversized 5
Brailsford Summer Home (Ketchum, ID)
February 1954
Oversized 5
Poitevin House - Migel Acres (Idaho Falls, ID)
April - May 1956
Oversized 5
Migel House (Idaho Falls, ID)
February - March 1956
Oversized 5
Herman Maricich House (Ketchum, ID)
August 1959
Oversized 6
C. M. Deglers Residence (Gooding, ID)
November - December 1952
Oversized 6
Arrow House (Idaho Falls, ID)
Possibly the Auperly Studio Residence.
July 1955
Oversized 6
Don Francis House (Idaho Falls, ID)
April 1960
Oversized 6
B. Larson Home
February 1950
Oversized 6
C. T. Glenn Residence (Mesa Drive)
April 1951
Oversized 6
Day House-Sun Deck Addition
August 1957
Oversized 6
Fairchild Addition
July 1957
Oversized 7
Boise Little Theater
Including watercolors for La Traviata.
undated
Oversized 8
Joel Olsen Residence (Boise, ID)
Modular and expandable.
August 1961
Oversized 8
Housing Project
April 1948
Oversized 8
M. G. Sexty Home (Boise, ID)
undated
Oversized 8
C. T. Glenn Home
undated
Oversized 8
Degler House (Gooding, ID)
February 1960
Oversized 8
Brick Prairie House
June 1973
Oversized 8
Puchner House (Ketchum, ID)
April - May 1953
Oversized 8
Thomas House
undated
Oversized 9
Phillips House (Boise, ID)
December 1957; March 1958
Oversized 9
Barlow Vacation House
May 1964
Oversized 9
Jones House (Boise ID)
March 1961
Oversized 9
Jones Roof (Boise ID)
1957
Oversized 9
Bowler Project (Hagerman, ID)
1947
Oversized 10
Corporate Research Center
undated
Oversized 10
First Federal Savings and Loan (Burley, ID)
March 1960
Oversized 10
Structural details for Howard E. Dohhe (Dobbe?)
undated
Oversized 10
St. Antony Professional Offices
undated
Oversized 10
General Store for Howard Schwartz (Ketchum, ID)
September 1953
Oversized 11
20" Trussjoint Stress Data (Patent Pending)
May 05, 1960
Oversized 11
Hickey and a similar one
May 1960
Oversized 11
Roof details (Idaho Falls, ID)
July 1960
Oversized 11
Gowen Field office - Keldevco Building (Boise, ID)
1961
Oversized 11
Office Building Kressler - McBride &Crissler (Las Vegas, NV)
July 1961
Oversized 11
Idaho Falls Television Station
August 1960
Oversized 11
Wayne Josephson (Idaho Falls, ID)
May 1960
Oversized 11
Whitney Station Post Office
September 1960
Oversized 11
First Federal Savings and Loan (Burley, ID)
April 1960
Oversized 11
Offset Finger Joint Cutters and a similar one
April 1961
Oversized 11
Rexburg, Idaho
April 1960
Oversized 11
Koelsch Electronic (Garden City, ID)
March 1961; May 1961
Oversized 11
High School Classroom addition (Mountain Home, ID)
August 1961
Oversized 11
Jerome Keller - Max Ker Lamber Company (Idaho Falls, ID)
June 1960
Oversized 11
Air operated scarfer
undated
Oversized 11
Suggested details
undated
Oversized 11
Montsurrat British West Indies
undated
Oversized 11
Trus-Joint Northwest Manufacturing Plant (Hillsboro, OR )
undated
Oversized 11
Fall Lake Lodge
April 1984
Oversized 12
Unidentified projects, three oversize photographs, and doodles of airplanes
undated
Oversized 13
Art Cultural Center and two unidentified drawings on cardboard
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Buildings