Pre-game or post-game festivities? Included in the picture are Charles O. Brown (left) and Clyde Potter (second from right). Potter was longtime business manager of Boise Junior College;Brown retired as head of building and grounds in 1967 after...
An aerial view of the Boise College campus from the mid 1960's. Construction of the new Student Union and Chaffee Hall can be seen in the background. The horseshoe drive which once led from the river to the Administration Building can be seen a...
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...
Head table dignitaries for the Harry W. Morrison Day luncheon hosted by the Boise City Chamber of Commerce. Seated, left to right, are Episcopal Bishop Norman L. Foote, Harry W. Morrison, and Idaho Governor Robert E. Smylie. Among those standing...
Eugene M. Johnson, superintendent of schools for Kern County, California (left) and Boise Junior College president Dr. Eugene B. Chaffee (left) pose with an Al Malaikah Shriner at the 1949 Kern County Shrine Club Potato Bowl in Bakersfield,...
Left to right: Genevieve Turnipseed, Lucille Forter, Hattie Gesner, and President Eugene Chaffee relax at a social event at Boise Junior College. Mrs. Turnipseed was director or dormitories, Mrs. Forter was voice teacher, and Miss Gesner managed...
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; College presidents; Governors;
Three presidents who represented six decades of leadership meet with Idaho Governor John V. Evans at the Founders' Dinner during Boise State University's 50th anniversary celebrations in 1982. From the left are President Eugene B. Chaffee,...
Boise State University; College presidents; Paintings;
"ASB President Bill Ilett presents a portrait of Dr. Chaffee done by a famous Spanish artist to the outgoing President. ASB secretary Pat Strait looks on." (President Chaffee was retiring after more than 30 years as the college's chief...
