City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal; Parking; Traffic congestion;
An evaluation of the affect of the proposed Westpark Mall development on the adjacent arterial street system. The Westpark Mall is located generally between Cole Rd. on the east, Milwaukee St. on the west, Franklin Rd. on the south and Denton St....
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.
Lon Mabon and Kelly Walton, new chairman of ICA, announce their purpose in creating a new initiative against special rights which would eventually become Proposition 1.
Typewriters; Actresses; Motion pictures; Book jackets;
Cover illustration on the dust jacket of the edition of Shipman's correspondence published by Boise State University in 2003. Edited by Tom Trusky, "Letters from God's Country: Nell Shipman: Selected Correspondence & Writings, 1912-1970" is "an...
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...
Boise State University; Initiation rites; Fraternities & sororities; Hotels;
New recruits to the Intercollegiate Knights student organization dressed as knights as part of the pledging rituals for the group. A similar photo on the IK page in the 1951 yearbook indicates that this photo is probably from the Fall of 1950.
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...
John Strieff of the circulation department checking out a book to a library patron. This is one of the first photos of the new circulation desk after the library was remodeled in 1993-95.
A map of campus printed in the Boise Junior College catalog for 1953-1954. This style of map was used for several years, and changes were made as the new features were added to the campus.
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.
New York folk singer Charlie Maguire performing in the Quad at Boise State University. Maguire also performed at the Boise State Coffee House performances on September 30 and October 1, 1976.
A map of campus printed in the Boise State University catalog for 1988-1989. This style of map was used for several years, and changes were made as the new features were added to the campus
A map of campus printed in the Boise State University catalog for 1976-1977. This style of map was used for several years, and changes were made as the new features were added to the campus
A map of campus printed in the Boise College catalog for 1967-1968. This style of map was used for several years, and changes were made as the new features were added to the campus
