Boise State University; Naval aviation; Military officers;
"Former school mates visit with SEC NAV guest Dr. Eugene B. Chaffee, who was president of their Alma Mater, Boise Junior College, L. to R. Cdr. J.S. Evans, Dr. E.B. Chaffee, Lcdr. William C. Adams." (Caption written on back of photo)
Boise State University; College presidents; Governors;
Three presidents who represented six decades of leadership meet with Idaho Governor John V. Evans at the Founders' Dinner during Boise State University's 50th anniversary celebrations in 1982. From the left are President Eugene B. Chaffee,...
Boise State University; Geology; Aerial photographs;
"Three BSC geology students who have won Science Competition Day scholarships study aerial photos for a geologic interpretation project. Left to Right, they are Hugh Larkin, II (Boise High '72), Michel Miller (Borah '72), and Randy Ambuehl...
Geology professor Mont Warner, climbing at far left, and two of a group of twenty students who went on a field trip to the Bruneau River canyon area for his Historical Geology class.
Library and university officials receive the book Kabuki, by Zoe Kincaid, the first book purchased with a gift from BJC alumnus Yasuhara Shimamura, who came to Boise Junior College from Japan. Left to right: Former BJC president Eugene B. Chaffee,...
Boise State University; Fighter pilots; Fighter planes;
Seven pilots with the Idaho Air National Guard at Gowen Field who are also Boise College students pose with a F-102 All Weather Interceptor. Pictured are Lt. Bill Miller, top; Lt. Gary Brewington in the cockpit; Lt. James Ahrens (seated) and Lt....
Boise Junior College faculty in procession on the back lawn of St. Margaret's Hall during commencement ceremonies in 1934. Furthest to the right is professor Dorothy Atkinson who resigned that semester to travel to the Library of Congress to do...
Boise State University; Construction; Dormitories; Veterans; Apartment houses;
An aerial view of the construction of the Gymnasium at Boise Junior College, including a heating tunnel (bottom right) that connected the gym to an underground system of steam pipes. The U-shaped complex of buildings at the top right was housing...
Boise State University; Political campaigns; Dormitories
A committee of Boise Junior College students who individually led other supporters in a canvassing project on behalf of a bond measure to build two dormitories at BJC. The Bond measure passed on April 11, 1950, resulting in the construction of...
A group photo of various members of the Student Union staff and other employees who worked under the department of Student Activities. Some persons identified are Lee Lebaron, Sherrie Culver, Chrisa Bax, Sylvia Cotton, Mike Henthorne, Ann Balfour,...
Boise State University; Group portraits; Fraternities & Sororities
A group photo of Pi Sigma Epsilon. From the back of photo: Pi Sigma Epsilon is a Business Fraternity organized to give students who are interest in the business world experience in all phases of marketing and sales (sic) management. Pi Sigma...
Boise State University; Sculpture; Monuments & memorials;
Dedication ceremonies for a memorial to Rene Clark, a vocational technology student who drowned trying to save someone from drowning in Veteran's Lake.
L to R: BJC cheerleaders Jerry Hill, Virginia Oliason, Joan Edwards, and Don Urry cheering the BJC football team at the 1949 Potato Bowl in Bakersfield, California, the college's first bowl appearance. Caption from yearbook: "The entire student...
Boise State University; Archaeological sites; Archaeology;
An archaeologist sifts through Pleistocene loess (fine-grained, wind blown, top soil) for Paleo-Indian material at the site of an ancient Indian village on Hatwai Creek near Lewiston, Idaho. Over 900 artifacts, thousands of flakes, bones and other...
Boise State University; Archaeological sites; Archaeology;
Aerial photograph of an ancient Indian village site on Hatwai Creek near Lewiston, Idaho. The excavation was supervised by Ken Ames, state highway archaeologist and visiting professor of archaeology at Boise State, who directed the work of students...
Big fund raising event for Senator Frank Church's 1968 reelection campaign, featuring Jimmy Durante who sang "Get Me to the Church on Time." Bethine is shown presenting Jimmy Durante (left) and Senator Ted Kennedy (right) with the book "Historical...
Campaign postcard for gubernatorial candidate Len Jordan. The front side features a portrait of Len Jordan with his signature and the back left hand corner reads "For governor the man who will represent ALL Idaho".
An unknown man in wool chaps (left) standing with George Washington Blackman (right), who was was said to be the first African-American resident of Custer County and one of the carpenters hired to work on Redfish Lodge. Both men stand in front of a...
