Boise State University;Construction equipment;Ground breaking ceremonies;
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Administration Building, March 1940. L to R in front: State Senator E. D. Baird;architect Frank Hummel;BJC trustee J. J. Chapman, and BJC president Eugene Chaffee standing by a steam shovel.
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.
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...
The head table at the reunion dinner for the Boise Junior College Class of 1934. From left to right: Dwight Dickey, Mrs. Dickey, Elsie Buck, Mary Hershey, President Eugene B. Chaffee, Lois Chaffee, Camille Power, unidentified, and Ada Hatch. The...
Governor Bob Smylie hands Eugene Chaffee a pen that signed a bill changing Boise Junior College to Boise College. Left to right: Governor Smylie, Larry Mill (shadowed), Glenn Compton, Ted Eberle, and Pres. Chaffee.
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; 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...
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...
