Entries from Lyman Wilbur's daily diary covering the Wilburs' 1957 trip to Afghanistan and the days leading up to the trip. These entries describe the trip documented by the photos in this collection.
Fire prevention--Fire drills; Fire prevention--Study and teaching; Fire fighters; Fire engines; City halls;
A roof escape demonstration at City Hall during Fire Prevention Week. A crowd of people line the sidewalk on the other side of Bannock Street to watch. Two men on stand at the top of the slide on the roof of City Hall, while a group of men wait at...
Fire departments--Equipment and supplies--Aerial ladders; Fire prevention--Fire drills; Fire prevention--Study and teaching; Fire engines; Fire fighters;
A Fire prevention Week Demonstration takes place in front of City Hall, on Bannock Street opposite Capitol Park, with the Hotel Boise in the background. A fire fighter stands on top of an aerial ladder and demonstrates the hose spraying water. A...
Visiting geology students study rock formations during a stop on the tour from the West Slope Intercollegiate Field Conference. Boise State hosted the conference in 1976, which included a speech by Dr. Terry Maley, geologist for Idaho Department of...
The very early stages of construction of the Gymnasium at Boise Junior College. Gate City Steel (whose name is on the beam) was a steel fabrication firm in Boise.
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...
Boise State University; Jails; College administrators; Fund raising;
Three men, including Ed Wilkinson and Bob Gibb, of Boise State College are ""locked up,"" as a fund raising event during homecoming. Many Boise State homecoming events were western themed. The cage has several signs, one of which says 'Iron...
West, Jessamyn--Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature--United States--History--20th century; Quakers in literature; California in literature
Rivers; Dams; Irrigation; Kajakai Dam (Afghanistan);
A view from the top of the Kajakai dam, looking down stream. To the left, water flows out of the power and irrigation tunnels, and to the right, water flows out of the spillway. A powerhouse was later built at the end of the power tunnel to...
Silko, Leslie, 1948- --Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature--United States--History--20th century; West (U.S.) in literature; Indians in literature;
