A view of a house in Menzel Bagh, Morrison-Knudsen Company's Afghanistan headquarters. The American engineers and contractors working in Afghanistan were assigned to either a single family house (if they had a family with them) or to barrack style...
Contains a collection of dance tunes from Warren’s Diggins, Idaho in the 1860’s. Peter Beemer, a musician with a small dance orchestra, wrote down and arranged the songs which were collected from various residents of the area. Includes...
A 1:53 minute waltz written by Viennese composer Joseph Lanner, popular in the United States during the 1850s. This waltz features Vivian Williams on the fiddle and Phil Williams on the guitar, as performed in 2011.
A 1:17 minute quadrille sett, was originally published by Henry Kleber's "The Engagement Quadrille" in 1851 in the key of C. This song features Vivian Williams on the violin and Phil Williams on the guitar, as performed in 2011.
A 1:28 minute mazourka, which is a couple dance of Polish origin, characterized by stamping feet, clicking heels, and improvised steps. It became a popular ballroom dance in America in the mid-19th century. This tune may have come from Warrens...
A 1:15 minute quadrille sett, which is a series of square dances called "figures" or "changes" done one after another with only a brief pause in between, by the same groups of dancers with the same partners, and with a different for each change....
Four page pamphlet showcasing Robert W. Limbert's illustrated lecture on his explorations of Craters of the Moon before it was named a national monument. It also advertises for "God's Out of Doors" panorama exhibit in Boise, which included colored...
An aerial photo of the city of Boise taken directly overhead. This photo includes part of modern day North End, Morris Hill, Depot Bench, Boise State University and Downtown areas.
A collection of markers in a kmz file, indicating the approximate location of aerial photos held at Boise State University Library, Special Collections. This file requires Google Earth to access. To download, click on the link above and save to...
