Public history

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains recorded interviews with Boise citizens. Notable topics include Boise Bench history, Greenbelt history, Foothills Levy history, Boise Fire Department history, Boise Police Department history, and personal and political histories of former mayors and councilmembers.

Abstract Glenn Selander served on the Boise City Council during the last years of urban renewal. The mall had still not been built downtown, and the community was upset. He served to 1985 when the mall was finally approved in the suburbs, and there was a change in the city leadership.In an interview with Brandi Burns on September 29 and October 20, 2010, Glenn Selander discusses the growth Boise experienced in the 1970s, the trend to develop west of the city and into the foothills. He...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains recorded interviews with Boise citizens. Notable topics include Boise Bench history, Greenbelt history, Foothills Levy history, Boise Fire Department history, Boise Police Department history, and personal and political histories of former mayors and councilmembers.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains recorded interviews with Boise citizens. Notable topics include Boise Bench history, Greenbelt history, Foothills Levy history, Boise Fire Department history, Boise Police Department history, and personal and political histories of former mayors and councilmembers.