A view of a house in Menzel Bagh, Morrison-Knudsen Company's Afghanistan headquarters. The American engineers and contractors working in Afghanistan were assigned to either a single family house (if they had a family with them) or to barrack style...
The 1988 recipients of the Boise State University's Distinguished Alumni Award, from left to right, James McClary, Karl Knapp and John Elorriaga. McClary worked for Morrison-Knudsen Co. for 45 years, serving as the firm's chairman of the board from...
Boise State University; Boise River (Idaho); Footbridge;
The northeast view from the top of the Education Building; Friendship Bridge in the front, the Boise River center, and the Morrison-Knudsen Company business center in the background.
Boise State University; Business people; Marching bands; Engineers; Construction industry;
At the headquarters of Morrison-Knudsen Company in Boise, Harry W. Morrison, longtime trustee and supporter of Boise Junior College (far right) is greeted by the BJC marching band on Harry W. Morrison Appreciation Day. John Best (in white standing...
Boise State University; Business people; Marching bands;
Harry W. Morrison, longtime trustee and supporter of Boise Junior College and president/cofounder of Morrison-Knudsen Company (left) receives a letter of appreciation from Gary Brown, president of the Boise Junior College marching band, for his...
A view from campus of the Morrison-Knudsen Company headquarters and the Boise Foothills beyond. In the foreground are the Fountain and Memorial Mall, the Library parking lot, and the dormitories.
Boise State University; Governors; College administrators; Capitols;
Governor's Award on the Arts at the State Capitol. From left to right: Fred Norman director of the Morrison Center, William McMurren president of Morrison-Knudsen Corporation, Velma Morrison, Idaho governor John Evans, Boise State president John...
Boise State University; Marching bands; Engineers; Construction industry
The Boise Junior College band performs at the headquarters of Morrison-Knudsen Company in Boise, Idaho, to show appreciation of Harry W. Morrison (far left) for his donation of new uniforms for the marching band.
Portrait of Harry W. Morrison, original member of the Boise Junior College board of trustees. Morrison was a founding member of the Morrison-Knudsen Corporation, an international construction and civil engineering company headquarted in Boise Idaho.
Headquarters for the international heavy construction and engineering company, Morrison-Knudsen. This office building, on the corner of Myrtle and Broadway and was renamed Washington Group building and is now the location of URS.
Canal construction; Canal construction workers; Canals; Children; Families; Indigenous peoples; International agricultural assistance;
Afghan natives, including children, at a construction site. Two of the men are wearing pants, western style hats and boots, indicating they probably worked for Morrison-Knudsen.
Canal construction; Canal construction workers; Canals; Construction equipment; International agricultural assistance;
Afghan natives, including children, watch a P & H dragline excavator. One of the men is wearing pants and western style hat, similarly to the heavy machine operator in the background, indicating he probably worked for Morrison-Knudsen.
Canals; Irrigation; Mosques; International agricultural assistance;
An American, presumably from Morrison-Knudsen, inspecting a canal in Afghanistan. Lyman Wilbur did not identify the building in the background, perhaps a mosque. See also photo AFG 039.
Canals; Irrigation; Mosques; International agricultural assistance;
An unidentified American, presumably from Morrison-Knudsen, inspecting a canal. Lyman Wilbur did not indentify the building in the background, perhaps a mosque. See also photo AFG 049.
The Wilbur tour group travels along side a Boghra canal in a Willys station wagon. The Boghra canal system already existed in Afghanistan before Morrison-Knudsen arrived in 1946. M-K was hired to upgrade the system to handle the constant flow of...
