Entries from Lyman Wilbur's daily diary from 1956 describing the Wilburs' 1956 trip to Afghanistan as well as the days leading to the trip, when Wilbur met with people to discuss the project in Afghanistan. While these diary entries do not cover...
Irrigation; Canals; International agricultural assistance;
Ted Y. Johnston, M-K: Afghanistan project manager, on top of a concrete culvert, part of the Boghra canal system. Ted Y. Johnston was an American from Fresno, California. He joined M-K in 1946 as a manager of the California highway division. In...
Dams; International agricultural assistance; Kajakai Dam (Afghanistan);
Ted Y. Johnston (left) and an unidentified man, on the intake control tower at the Kajakai Dam. The tower stands 311 feet from the bottom of the reservoir. It regulates the tunnel gate which draws water from the reservoir for irrigation.
T.Y. Johnston, M-K Afghanistan project manager, poses on top of a culvert in a section of the Boghra canal system, possibly near Shagai Manda. Each concrete feature constructed on the canal system was numbered for maintenance purposes.
T.Y. Johnston (M-K Aghanistan project manager), an two unidentified Americans, speaking with an Afghan man on a dirt road. Just off frame is a yellow Willys station wagon.
Entries from the diary of Henrietta Wilbur describing the Wilburs' 1956 trip to Afghanistan, starting in Boise and ending in Boise. This is not the 1957 trip documented by photos in this collection; Henrietta Wilbur's 1957 diary (if she kept one)...
Standing on a service road above the Kajakai dam site, T.Y. Johnston (left), an Afghan M-K employee (right), Henrietta Wilbur (center), and other members of the tour, pose for a photo. Below them is the Helmand River.
Rivers; Dams; Irrigation; Automobiles; Station wagons;
Morrison-Knudsen's Afghanistan project manager T.Y. Johnston (bottom) and others at the Boghra diversion dam on the Helmand River near Girishk. This structure diverts water from the river to the Boghra canal system which irrigates the Helmand...
Lyman and Henrietta Wilbur (left and front) pose for a picture while on a tour with T.Y. Johnston (behind) and an Afghan driver (right). The group is visiting the Morrison-Knudsen construction projects in Afghanistan. They are driving a yellow...
Boise State University; Group portraits; Fraternities & sororities;
Group photo of the Delta Phi Omega organization. From left to right, 1st row: Verda Hochstrasser, Ellyn Johnston. Second row: Kay Larson, Rose Mary Hill, Weddle, and Mrs. Farrer. Third row: Betty Bryant, Jeanne Dove, Barbara Thurston, Johnson, Mary...
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.
Boise State University; Music festivals; Folk music;
Bob Bakes, Buryl Carringer, Marvin Gardner, Mickey Ogan, and Bill Johnston sing in the Bach to Boogie musical program at Boise Junior College. They called themselves the Jug Huggers.
Associated Women Students, Left to right seated: Marian Watson, Mary Lee Moss, Anette Black (Pres.), Sue Clare Freeman (V.P.), Laura Lyman (Tres.), Shirleen Shaffer (Sect.). Standing: Virginia Harris, Gloria Johnston, Gerri Privett, Dorla Jo...
Boise State University; Group portraits; Actresses; Actors; Theatrical productions;
A group photo of the student cast of "The Cradle Song." performed at Boise Junior College on November 18th and 19th, 1948. Front left to right: Verda McCurdy, Ellen Johnston, Barbara Thurston and Donna Johnson; center, Merle Carpenter, Rosemary...
"The Royal Court," left to right: Gloria Johnston, Gerri Privett, Luane Brent, and Barbara Moulton sitting in the back of a convertible inside the football stadium. These four women were finalists for the Homecoming Queen competition won by June...
Fisher, Vardis, 1895-1968--Criticism and interpretation; Frontier and pioneer life in literature; West (U.S.) in literature; West (U.S.)--Intellectual life; Idaho in literature;
