Idaho State Capitol (Boise, Idaho)

Content Description

The collection documents the actions and activities of the Boise City Department of Arts & History, including its administration, finances, events, projects, and programs. The records consist of correspondence, meeting minutes and materials, newspaper articles, architectural drawings, reports, surveys, promotional material, and publications. The collection also contains photographic and audiovisual documentation of events.

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This collection contains postcards related to Idaho, Boise, and the Oregon Trail including cards with images of downtown buildings and streets, parks, dams, and landscapes.

Scope and Contents Collection contains images taken by J.D. Roderick for the Bureau of Reclamation that were specific to Boise from 1966-1969. The images were used to advertise/market the importance of electricity and precipitation. Each image is accompanied by an identical negative and an envelope that at one time housed both the image and the negative. The sleeve includes the date the image was taken as well as a caption the Bureau of Reclamation used in its advertising/marketing. One undated...

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The collection consists of 14 postcards primarily depicting downtown Boise. Noteably the postcards depict Arrow Rock Dam, High School Park, the Natatorium, the Y.M.C.A building, Boise High School, the Boise Depot, the Federal Building, Main Street, view from Owyhee Hotel, and the Idaho State Capitol building.

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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.

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This collection contains three digital photographs, one taken in June 2018 of Pride Fest at the intersection of Capitol Blvd. and Idaho Street, and two taken of the Cactus Bar on October 2018 at 517 W Main St.

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This collection contains postcards, photographic prints of downtown Boise, an American Legion pamphlet, newspaper clippings, a copy of the Grapevine Newsletter, Village News, and Old West Newspaper from Time Magazine. The material was collected by the Eby's while living in Boise.

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This collection contains photographs of Boise streetscapes including Curtis, Front, Warm Springs, Broadway, Capitol Boulevard, Fairview, Grove, Main, Protest, and State.

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This collection contains black and white photographs of people in Boise. The project is titled "Collaboration."

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.