Music professor John Best leads a class in the Music-Drama Building (later the Communication Building) probably sometime in the 1970s. The room was later reconfigured to serve as the television studio for the Communication Department, and although...
Housing developments; City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal; Parking;
A parking study for the Boise Downtown Redevelopment Project. The project is proposed as a mixed-use development containing office, retail, theater, hotel, and convention center uses. Located on eight blocks of downtown Boise, the project will be...
A Comprehensive General Plan for guiding the future growth and development of Boise City. It is submitted after almost two years of study by a Planning Commission and Zoning Commission working in cooperation with other public officials and with the...
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...
Contestants in the "King Beard" competition line up so their beards can be judged during Homecoming festitivites in 1966. Behind the men is a giant B made of old clothing tied to a wooden frame. The B will be burned later in the evening (see AR...
A four-sided stack of railroad ties topped with an outhouse, with garbage inside, built by the Intercollegiate Knights to be set afire during the homecoming celebrations later that night.
A view of the entrance into the library from inside, with the stairs reflected in the glass. In the foreground is a mock-up of the Pavilion (later renamed the Taco Bell Arena), then under construction.
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.
Boise State University; Fraternities & sororities; Coats; Emblems
The Intercollegiate Knights pose for a group photo with their new club jackets. The photo was on the front page of the student newspaper later that week. The article describes the jackets as blue with an orange emblem.
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.
