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.
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.
The Boise 2010 project is a process designed to develop basic assessments of the current community condition and identify the five or six most critical problems within each QOL component area. Each of the problems identified will be evaluated based...
Housing developments; City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal;
A report on the actions of the Boise Convention & Visitors Bureau roughly from 1982 to 1985, also includes "1984 Trends Survey Results," from the International Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus.
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...
Boise State University;Ground breaking ceremonies;Dormitories
President Eugene Chaffee turns the first shovel of dirt at the groundbreaking for a new dormitory building, later named Chaffee Hall. At far left is student body president Bill Ilett. Behind them is Morrison Hall. See also photo AR 10053.
Boise State University;Ground breaking ceremonies;Dormitories
Boise College vice president William G. Gottenberg passes out shovels at the groundbreaking for the new dormitory later called Chaffee Hall. Others, left to right, are: Robert Overstreet (trustee), Homer Deal (chair of Housing Committee), Ray...
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944; Authors, American--19th century--Biography; Authors, American--20th century--Biography; West (U.S.) in literature
