Housing developments; City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal;
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Project Proposal - Acquisition application by the City of Boise to acquire approximatley 325 acres of land adjoing Boise River on both sides, for the purpose of creating a green belt.
Tom Trusky (1944-2009), professor of English at Boise State University, examines a reel of film in his campus office, surrounded by Nell Shipman memorabilia. Trusky first became intrigued with the filmmaker in the early 1980s when he learned she...
This obituary appeared on the front page of the Arco Advertiser, located near the region Limbert explored and later became Craters of the Moon National Monument.
These men appeared before the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources to testify on S. 697, the Southwest Idaho Water Development project. Top left to right: Al Benson of Emmett; U.S. Representative James...
The site of the future Student Union at the convergence of College Boulevard (University Drive), Lincoln, and Bellevue (University Drive, eastern portion). In the background, Webb Hangar (left) and the residential building that later became a SUB...
The central east-west hall in the Library looking East, 1990. The stacks displayed current periodicals. The administrative offices were on the left, the microfilms room on the right. At the far end of the hall is the door to the technical services...
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...
One of two staircases in the main entrance to the library from 1964 to 1993. When the building was remodeled in 1993-95, the entry lobby became the atrium of Albertsons Library.
Nell Shipman, in one of the publicity stills from her Shipman-Curwood Productions album. The caption under the photo as published in the Los Angeles Times on July 31, 1918, reads "Nell Shipman as Nepeese / The Indian girl who became the 'close...
Members of Nell Shipman's movie company visit with Belle Angstadt and members of her family at Angstadt's Lone Star Ranche on Priest Lake, Idaho. Angstadt and Shipman are seated in front; Shipman's son Barry is crouching at the left. Shipman used...
A 1:28 minute mazourka, which is a couple dance of Polish origin, characterized by stamping feet, clicking heels, and improvised steps. It became a popular ballroom dance in America in the mid-19th century. This tune may have come from Warrens...
Field trip notebook of Edward F. Rhodenbaugh, mostly in Idaho locations. Note: blank pages were not included in the digital copy, but included in the pagination.
Boise State University; Student government; Rhodes scholars;
Boise State University student body president Michael Hoffman speaking at the annual student recognition banquet after receiving an award. Hoffman became Boise State's first Rhodes Scholar and later a movie director.
Boise State University; Ground breaking ceremonies; Dormitories
Boise State University executive vice-president Larry Selland at the ground breaking for an addition to the Canyon County satellite campus of Boise State University. The Canyon County campus later became part of the College of Western Idaho.
Barry Shipman (1912-1994), Nell and Ernest Shipman's son, about 1935. He became a screenwriter for the movie serials in the 1930s, scripting some of Dick Tracy's and Flash Gordon's most memorable adventures. He later wrote for television,...
Barry Shipman (1912-1994), Nell and Ernest Shipman's son, about 1930. He became a screenwriter for the movie serials in the 1930s, scripting some of Dick Tracy's and Flash Gordon's most memorable adventures. He later wrote for television,...
Boise State University; Diners (Restaurants); Restaurants
A view of the Round House restaurant, which opened about 1949 at the corner of Chrisway and College Boulevard (now University Drive). A popular hangout for Boise Junior College students in the 1950s, it featured a soda fountain and dining room. ...
A view of the interior of the library's main entry lobby with the fountain and the Liberal Arts Building beyond. When the building was remodeled in 1993-95, the entry lobby became the atrium of Albertsons Library.
