Downtown Boise

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This collection contains glass plate negatives documenting the activities of unidentified people in and around Boise. Highlights include downtown buildings and parade in downtown Boise, homesteading, and outdoor pursuits.

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This collection documents the activities and families of Charles and Illa Wilcox while living in Boise, Idaho and traveling. The material is largely photographic, consisting of prints, negatives, and postcards. Other formats include a small number of ephemera and newspaper clippings. Most of the photograph albums are unbound and may be incomplete.

Abstract In an interview with Brandi Burns on July 25, 2014, Cordelia “Corki” Onweiler discusses her childhood in Boise during the 1930s and 1940s, including her recollections from attending school at St. Teresa’s Academy, going to the Natatorium, her family’s business interest in The Mode Limited, and her first job at C.C. Anderson’s Department Store. She also discusses how she met her husband, their life together in the 1950s when he was serving on the Boise City Council and Idaho State...

Abstract Mike Silva served on the City Council during the height of opposition to urban renewal; people were upset with how long it was taking to redevelop the downtown. His service on the ACHD Board of Commissioners occurred while the agency was new and there was hostility between the agency and other local governments.In an interview with Brandi Burns on October 1, 2010, Mike Silva discusses moving to Boise and running for the Ada County Highway District. He related that serving as an...

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...