An aerial view from the south of the future site of the BJC campus, previously the site of the Boise Municipal Airport. The Boise train depot, the State Capitol building, and Capitol Boulevard linking them can be seen on the far left.
Boise State University; Dance cards; Balls (Parties)
Excerpt from Carol Burnham Thomas' dance card from the annual Boise Junior College Club Football Formal held in the Elks Ballroom. Inside of the dance card features "Story of the Dance", in the way of "Dear Diary," and a list of patrons and...
Boise State University; Broncos; Homecomings; Mascots
One of Boise Junior College's early traditions was the burning of the bronco, nicknamed Elmer. BJC president Eugene Chaffee described Elmer in his book An Idea Grows: A History of Boise College(page 47): "He began as a wooden or paper mache...
A group picture of the cast of "Rebound," a play by Donald Ogden Stewart, performed by the Boise Play Makers at the Columbian Club in Boise. The cast included Anna Jane Wilkstrand, Edwin H. Adams, Dorothy Wood, Delores Downing, William G. Weiler,...
Seven of the 29 Sophmores honored at the 1937 commencement ceremonies at Boise Junior College. From left to right: Wilma Elizabeth Hjort, Barbara Gordon Smith, Maxine Havird, Harriet Jean Klingler, Harley Arthur Sullivan, unidentified, and Harry...
The first class to graduate from Boise Junior College. From left to righ, back row:, George Arthur Garrett Allman, Clyde Allen Crooks, George H. R. Taylor, Wallace Beard Pefley, Vernon Gustavus Gilbert, H. Elden McConnell. Second row: Louise...
Some of the 1934 Boise Junior College graduates. From left to right: Arthur Allman, Vernon Gilbert, Mae Stanton, LeIlah May Foster, Mary Dudley, Shirley Barnwell, Margaret Maxwell.
Boise Junior College faculty in procession on the back lawn of St. Margaret's Hall during commencement ceremonies in 1934. Furthest to the right is professor Dorothy Atkinson who resigned that semester to travel to the Library of Congress to do...
Boise State University; Music education; Singers; Choirs (Music)
A group picture of the Boise Junior College glee club on the steps of Saint Margaret's Hall, the original building for the college. Music instructor Lucille T. Fortner, at the center of the first row, directed the club.
Portrait of Harry W. Morrison, original member of the Boise Junior College board of trustees. Morrison was a founding member of the Morrison-Knudsen Corporation, an international construction and civil engineering company headquarted in Boise Idaho.
