mining; education; families; gold; history; livestock; country life; dogs;
A first person account of two daughters being raised in Idaho City from 1930 - 1943. They moved to Spanish Creek area in 1934 and wintered in Caldwell. The father was a gold miner. Describes his activities sluicing and panning gold. Describes their...
American Association of University Women. Boise Chapter. --Women-Idaho-Boise-Societies and clubs.
Constitution, by-laws, and minutes of meetings (1909-1963); scrapbooks of organization activities (1939-1988); yearbooks; history of the organization, 1909-1938; membership information; photographs; and memorabilia.
Idaho State Penitentiary (Boise)-History. --Time capsules-Idaho-Boise. --Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources.
Contents of an 1870 cornerstone from a cellhouse building at the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary. Includes correspondence, lists of fraternal lodge members, various almanacs and newspapers, coins, seals and other memorabilia.
Wells, Merle W. --Caldwell, Harry H. --United States. Bureau of Reclamation.-Idaho. --Boise Project (Idaho)
Copies of annual reports, operation and maintenance reports, project files from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and related files pertaining to the Boise Reclamation Project. Assembled by Idaho State Historical Society staff for a study prepared by...
Lugenbeel, Pinkney, 1819-1886. --United States. Army.-Military life-History-19th century. --Nez Percé Indians-Wars, 1877. --Indians of North America-Wars-1815-1875. --Mexican War, 1846-1848. --Fort Wayne (Ind.)-History-Sources. --Fort Boise...
Correspondence, offical reports and special orders relating to Major Lugenbeel's military career which included service during the war with Mexico, establishment of Fort Boise, Idaho, in 1863 and duty as commandant at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Also...
Frontier and pioneer life-Idaho-Parma. --General stores-Idaho-Parma-History-Sources. --Parma (Idaho)-History-Sources. --Fort Boise (Idaho)-History-Sources. --Boise River Valley (Idaho)-History-Sources.
Diary (Sept. 1887-June 1888), recording business and recreational activities of Fouch as store manager in Parma, Idaho; addresses commemorating Old Fort Boise monument (1927); correspondence concerning the early history of the Boise Valley.
Excerpt from interview with Dorothy McKenzie conducted on July 23, 1981 by Kris Major, where Dorothy McKenzie describes how she came to the Yankee Fork area in 1940. She first stayed in a campground, Flat Rock Campground, and later lived in a log...
In her 1999 interview with Troy Reeves, Elizabeth "Bitsy" Quinn discusses her time at Boise High School and her life in Boise, Idaho in the 1940s and 1950s. She talks about the social aspects of being in high school at that time and going to...
In her 1999 interview with Troy Reeves, Hazel Peterson discusses her time at Boise High School and her life in Boise, Idaho in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks about sewing class and working in the cafeteria. She also talks in detail of the...
In her 1999 interview with Troy Reeves, Jean Wilson discusses her time at Boise High School and her life in Boise, Idaho in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks about attending Boise High during World War II and how it affected her life.
In her 1999 interview with Troy Reeves, Melva Smith discusses her time at Boise High School and her life in Boise, Idaho in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks about different stores and restaurants in Boise and discusses in detail the Egyptian Theatre...
In her 1999 interview with Troy Reeves, Pat Wilcomb discusses her time at Boise High School and her life in Boise, Idaho in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks about the different movie theaters in town and discusses a little of the history of McCall,...
In her 2000 interview with Troy Reeves, June Smith discusses her time at Boise High School and her life in Boise, Idaho in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks about how the Depression and World War II affected her and her friends' lives.
Women in Politics--Idaho. --Ada County Courthouse (Boise, Idaho).
In her February 5, 2005, interview with Arthur Hart, Deborah Bail discussed her memories of the Ada County Courthouse. Bail spoke of the time period from the 1950s to the time of the interview and of the following topics: being the first female...
In her interview conducted on July 23, 1981 by Kris Major, Dorothy McKenzie describes how she came to the Yankee Fork area in 1940. She first stayed in a campground, Flat Rock Campground, and later lived in a log cabin with the rest of the mining...
In her interview with Keegan Poppen in July 2005, Isabel Brassey, wife of former Idaho State Senator (1969-1978 and 1981-1982) and Representative (1961-1964) Vern Brassey, offered her memories of growing up in Idaho. Brassey spoke of the following...
In her interview with Keegan Poppen in July 2005, Isabel Brassey, wife of former Idaho State Senator (1969-1978 and 1981-1982) and Representative (1961-1964) Vern Brassey, offered her memories of growing up in Idaho. Brassey spoke of the following...
Boise (Idaho). --Boise State University. --African Americans--Idaho.
In her interview with Sharon Charlton on May 1, 1986, Patricia Ourada, who was a long-time member of the Boise State University History faculty, offered her memories of the African-American students at Boise State. Ourada spoke of the time period...
Boise State University. --Boise (Idaho). --African Americans--Idaho. --Civil rights--Idaho. --Racism--Idaho.
In her interview with Sharon Charlton on May 13, 1986, Cherie Buckner Thompson, who was a 3rd generation African-American Idahoan, offered her memories of the experiences of the African-American community in Boise. Buckner spoke of her experience...
