Western Governors seated at a table with presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower holding a sign that reads "A solid west for Ike". Front row from left to right: Charles H. Russell of Nevada, Len Jordan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Earl Warren of...
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)...
Promotional materials; Publicity photographs; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Tourism
Union Pacific Railroad Company published this promotional booklet to promote tourism and the railroad in Idaho, written and illustrated by Robert Limbert. The booklet is filled with photographs taken by Limbert while exploring Craters of the Moon,...
Building construction; Log buildings; Trees; Hotels
Two carpenters saw wood in front of Robert W. Limbert's new addition to the Lake Hotel in 1928, which was about halfway completed. The original lake hotel is on the left of the new addition, which Limbert envisioned as a two-story log-cabin style...
Title frame from Nell Shipman's 20-minute short film, "A Bear, A Boy and A Dog." Originally titled "Saturday Off" in 1920, the film was reissued in 1921 under this new title.
Gay rights; Gays; Activists; Political issues; Gays in military service; Military life; Military organizations; Military personnel; Military policy; Supreme Court decisions;
The US Supreme Court allows the Pentagon to implement the 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy for the US armed forces. The current ruling only applies to the sailor who challenged the policy but does set a precedence for the Pentagon to follow.
Housing developments; City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal;
The Urban Renewal plan for Boise Central District, the downtown area, including Project Area Maps, Revenue Allocation Area, and Statement of Objectives.
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.
The Engineering Advisory Board for Boise State University's new College of Engineering. Standing from left: Patrick House, Ray Smelek, Tom Blomstrom, Charles Bergman, Donald Hubble, and Joe Karniewicz. Seated from left: Joseph Canning, Norm Dahm,...
The cover of a 1978 homecoming agenda pamphlet, featuring a bronco emblem and blue shapes. The homecoming theme for the year was "new dimensions in excellence."
Boise State University; Broncos; Pamphlets; Homecomings
The cover of a 1966 homecoming agenda pamphlet, featuring a Boise College Bronco kicking, or bucking, the Mesa College Mavericks, a rival college mascot. The Homecoming theme for the year was Birth of a New Tradition.
The Church family stands at a log worm fence in the Sawtooth Mountains for their annual Christmas card. The inside of the card reads "From the mountains of Idaho, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, The Churches, Frank, Bethine, Forrest, and...
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.
Telegram from Amelia Earhart (in Burbank, California) to Nell Shipman (in Roscoe, California) asking Shipman to phone her. Shipman worked for Earhart's husband, George Palmer Putnam, in New York in 1934 and 1935, developing stories for him when he...
Students sitting in the BJC gymnasium for new student orientation. Boise Junior College broke a college enrollment record that year with 1566 students registered for classes.
Richard Banks, chemistry department chairman, with the new $140,000 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. This photo was used in the 1987 Summer Focus magazine to emphasize that the "spectrometer is probably the only one in a Northwest...
