The trophy presentation at the Kern County Shrine Club's 4th annual Potato Bowl, which featured Boise Junior College vs Bakersfield Junior College. From left to right: #20 Merlin Howard (BJC), #47 Dwight Winslow (BJC), Bowl Queen Ruth Armstrong,...
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.
Library and university officials receive the book Kabuki, by Zoe Kincaid, the first book purchased with a gift from BJC alumnus Yasuhara Shimamura, who came to Boise Junior College from Japan. Left to right: Former BJC president Eugene B. Chaffee,...
In BJC's second appearance at the Potato Bowl, Dwight Winslow (fullback) runs the ball for a first down. The BJC player on the ground to the left of him is probably John Milani.
Boise State University;Construction equipment;Ground breaking ceremonies;
L to R: State Senator E.D. Baird, architect Frank Hummel, BJC trustee J. J. Chapman, and BJC President Eugene Chaffee standing by a steam shovel during ground breaking ceremonies for the Administration Building, March 1940.
L to R: BJC cheerleaders Jerry Hill, Virginia Oliason, Joan Edwards, and Don Urry cheering the BJC football team at the 1949 Potato Bowl in Bakersfield, California, the college's first bowl appearance. Caption from yearbook: "The entire student...
Boise State University; Football; Recruiting & enlistment;
"Fullback Fred Miklancic makes it TD number two as he scores from the one yard line. Tackle Jack Newman, no. 40, and Ken Pope, no. 41, look on. The TD erased Pasadena's 7-6 halftime lead" (quoted from BJC Roundup). In the background, military...
Boise State University; Coca-Cola Company; Floats (Parades);
A float in a BJC Homecoming parade sometime in the 1950s. The building behind the float is the Eastman Building, on the corner of Main street and 8th in downtown Boise. This building was destroyed by a fire in 1987, and the site has long been the...
Members of the newly formed Golden Z's attend a tea party in their honor with the local Zonta International club;, which which the Golden Zs were affiliated. Boise Junior College was the first junior college to form a chapter club of Zonta...
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...
Harry W. Morrison (left), Boise businessman and benefactor of Boise Junior College, with BJC president Eugene B. Chaffee and his wife Lois Chaffee, probably sometime in the early 1950s. They appear to be entering Bronco Stadium.
Boise State University; Graduation ceremonies; College presidents;
Bishop Middleton Barnwell, founder and first president of Boise Junior College (left,) visits campus with President Eugene B. Chaffee during the BJC commencement of 1956.
Boise Junior College president Eugene Chaffee is presented Kern County potatoes as part of the ceremonies for the Potato Bowl in Bakersfield, California. The BJC football team played the Compton Junior College in the Bronco's third visit to...
Boise Junior College president Eugene B. Chaffee (center) shake hands with Jean de Lagarde, consul general of France at San Francisco, during his goodwill visit to Boise. Between them is Pierre Le Nail, vice-consul, and to the right is Lee...
