Boise State University; Dance cards; Dance parties
Dance card of Carol Burnham with attached pencil from Homecoming Dance held in the Elks Ballroom. Inside of dance card features names of dances related to football terminology. The handwritten names were prospective dancers for specific songs.
Boise State University; Diners (Restaurants); Restaurants
A view of the Round House restaurant, which opened about 1949 at the corner of Chrisway and College Boulevard (now University Drive). A popular hangout for Boise Junior College students in the 1950s, it featured a soda fountain and dining room. ...
The 1988 recipients of the Boise State University's Distinguished Alumni Award, from left to right, James McClary, Karl Knapp and John Elorriaga. McClary worked for Morrison-Knudsen Co. for 45 years, serving as the firm's chairman of the board from...
Boise State University; Fund raising; Carnivals; Fraternities & sororities
The casino wheel at the Valkyrie and IK carnival. The Carnival was a fundraising and recreational event for students, sponsored and hosted by two student organizations at Boise Junior College, the Intercollegiate Knights and the Valkyries.
Boise State University; Dance cards; Balls (Parties); Dance parties
Dance card of Boise Junior College student Carol Burnham from the Valkyrie dance held in the Elks Ballroom. Provides a description of the saving bonds program and albums, names of songs and singers, dance committee members, and patrons and...
The christening of the newly built brick oven that made the longest sandwich in the world. Boise State students and Albertson's Inc. broke the Guiness world record for the longest submarine sandwich (400 feet and 6 inches) and served over a...
Roger Brown of Albertson's Inc. serves Randy Birkinbine part of the 400 foot sandwich created for the Great Lunch. Boise State students and Albertson's Inc. broke the Guiness world record for the longest submarine sandwich (400 feet and 6 inches)...
The Engineering Advisory Board for Boise State University's new College of Engineering. Standing from left: Patrick House, Ray Smelek, Tom Blomstrom, Charles Bergman, Donald Hubble, and Joe Karniewicz. Seated from left: Joseph Canning, Norm Dahm,...
Boise State University; Political campaigns; Dormitories
A committee of Boise Junior College students who individually led other supporters in a canvassing project on behalf of a bond measure to build two dormitories at BJC. The Bond measure passed on April 11, 1950, resulting in the construction of...
Boise State University; Engineering; Laboratories;
The grand opening of Boise State University's Idaho Microfabrication Laboratory clean room. From left to right: Darrell Fuller, electrical engineering student; Steve Parker, electrical engineering professor; Larry Barnhardt, Dean of the College of...
Headquarters for the international heavy construction and engineering company, Morrison-Knudsen. This office building, on the corner of Myrtle and Broadway and was renamed Washington Group building and is now the location of URS.
Historic photo of Christ Chapel, when it was located in downtown Boise on the corner of Seventh street and Bannock. Originally called "Old St. Michael's," it is the oldest church in Boise - constructed in 1866. It was restored and moved to Boise...
Opening ceremonies for the Engineering and Technology Building, from left to right: BSU President John Keiser, Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus and Tom MacGregor.
Boise State University; Broncos; Horses; Mascots; Logos;
A newspaper article about a new insignia. transcript: "New Insignia: Boise Junior College Broncos. Last spring the Pi Sigma Sigma, men's service group, decided to carry on a campaign to get a new Bronco insignia for the school. They called for...
Boise State University; Group portraits; Actresses; Actors; Theatrical productions;
A group photo of the student cast of "The Cradle Song." performed at Boise Junior College on November 18th and 19th, 1948. Front left to right: Verda McCurdy, Ellen Johnston, Barbara Thurston and Donna Johnson; center, Merle Carpenter, Rosemary...
A view from campus of the Morrison-Knudsen Company headquarters and the Boise Foothills beyond. In the foreground are the Fountain and Memorial Mall, the Library parking lot, and the dormitories.
Boise State University;Dance parties;Victory celebrations;
Yearbook caption reads "Cranston and Qualls, Gibbons and Thompson, Coffin and Reed, Feeney and Griffin, numbered among Boise J. C.'s elite at fall-term victory dance."
Boise State University; Fund raising; Carnivals; Fraternities & sororities
A man uses a water pistol to hit an object (out of frame) in order to win a prize from the "shooting gallery" booth at the Carnival. The Carnival was a fundraising and recreational event for students, sponsored and hosted by two student...
