Prejudice

Abstract Haley Noble conducted this interview on December 6th, 2017, with Jim Collier in Boise, Idaho as part of the Citizens of Boise oral history project. Jim Collier, who was the owner of Lemp’s Apothecary in downtown Boise from 1968 to 1989, shares his memories of working there as a pharmacist. He discusses the various responsibilities he had after gaining ownership in 1968, such as managing the deliveries of prescriptions to people in the area, record keeping, and the pharmaceutical contracts he...

Abstract Travis Jeffres conducted this remote interview on March 7th, 2023, with William Ah Fong as part of the Documenting Chinese History in Greater Boise through Oral History project. William Ah Fong, the great-grandson of C.K. Ah Fong a Chinese herbal specialist, offers his memories of Boise’s Chinese population, Boise’s Chinatown, and growing up in Boise as a Chinese American person. Fong discusses his family history, including his great-grandfather’s immigration from China, the evolution of his...