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...
Three school aged boys in a scene Lyman Wilbur called "Kabul Lumber yard." One difficulty Morrison-Knudsen engineers faced in countries like Afghanistan was the lack of lumber for construction projects. Two solutions to this problem were to limit...
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.
Prison riots; Fire departments--Equipment and supplies--Aerial ladders; Fire fighters; Old Idaho Penitentiary State Historic Site (Idaho);
The Boise Fire Department responds to a riot at the Idaho State Penitentiary. Fire fighters use the aerial fire truck from Boise Fire Department No. 1 to gain access to the Penitentiary. One man observes from the bottom of the ladder, while...
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...
Recommendations for revitalizing downtown Boise made by the Urban Lands Institute Panel, commissioned by the City of Boise Planning adn Development Committee.
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.
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.
Edward Rhodenbaugh's daily, sometimes hourly, account of activities during the summer break of 1924. As a teacher at Gooding College, Edward had the summer off. He spent his time traveling throughout Idaho and Easter Oregon, including Craters of...
Boise State University; Buses; Television production & direction
Boise State University president John Keiser inaugurates a university campaign to encourage the use of "alternative transportation." Among the enticements were free fares on city buses for all Boise State students, faculty and staff.
Authored by Robert Limbert, this sixteen page promotional brochure describes Redfish Lake Lodge as the ideal place for sportsmen, hunters, horseback riders, naturalists, and anyone who wants to partake in all the back country has to offer. Includes...
Housing developments; City planning; Municipal government; Urban renewal;
An Urban Renewal Plan for the Boise Central District Redevelopment Project in the City of Boise, and consists of the Text, the Description of the Project Area Boundaries, the Project Area and Land Use Map, the Description of the Properties within...
