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Neighborhoods

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Sielaff, August 27, 2015

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Abstract Allen Sielaff’s interview, completed on August 27, 2015, spanned his personal and family history in the Boise area. Sielaff detailed his grandfather’s career as a jockey, racing horses all over the country and parts of Mexico. His second grandfather worked in construction and raised horses; the most famous being race horse, Idaho Tribe. His family’s connection to horses permeated Sielaff’s earliest memories with his grandfathers. Sielaff also discussed his parents both going to Borah High...
Dates: August 27, 2015
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Vista Neighborhood

Barbara Brasch, April 23, 2014

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Abstract

In an interview with Elizabeth Welk on April 23, 2014, Barbra Brasch discusses memories of the businesses on the Bench in the 1950s, the schools and parks people who lived on the bench frequented, how the roads were set up, some of the families she remembers from the neighborhood, what transportation was like, and how Boise has developed throughout her life.

Dates: April 23, 2014
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Bench Neighborhood

Barbara Miller Johncox, February 23, 2014

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Abstract Barbara Miller Johncox is the daughter of Donald B. Miller and Janet Jenkins Miller. Her family moved to the Central Bench neighborhood in 1966 from San Diego, California. Barbara discusses her memories of Boise growing up, the development of the Central Bench neighborhood, and her family. She recounts her mother’s work in politics as the national committee woman for the State of Idaho Republican Party, a position she held for fifteen years, and her successful 2002 campaign for seat 17-B in...
Dates: February 23, 2014
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

Barber Valley Neighborhood Association records

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Identifier: MS 080
Scope and Contents

This collection contains born digital records including organizing documents, annual reports, meeting minutes, project reports, map, and informative flyers documenting the activities of the neighborhood association.

Dates: 2015-2019
Found in: Collections / Barber Valley Neighborhood Association records

Ben Day , November 9, 2017

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Abstract During Ben Day’s interview, which took place on November 9, 2017, he described what it was like growing up on the Boise Bench. Day described his childhood, schooling, and his father’s construction history. The main subject discussed was the construction of Vista Village, how it impacted the Bench neighborhood, and what businesses have been located there. Overall, the interview was about the changes that took place on the Depot Bench during Day’s lifetime, from his birth in 1949 to the...
Dates: November 9, 2017
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Depot Bench Neighborhood Association Project

Ben Day and Andrew Jacobs , October 28, 2013

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Abstract

Ben Day grew up with his family on the Bench. First living on Day Drive until age five, and then moving to a house on Bel Air Street. He and his nephew, Andrew Jacobs, discuss living in the area.

Dates: October 28, 2013
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Bench Neighborhood / Angie Davis Boise Bench History Project

Betty Jo Evans and Megan Brandel , November 11, 2017

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Abstract As part of the Depot Bench Neighborhood Association, this interview detailed multigenerational stories about growing up in the Bench Neighborhood, given on November 11, 2017. Betty Jo Evans grew up on the Bench, going to school at South Junior High and Borah High School, while working at North’s Chuck Wagon. Her daughter, Megan Brandel, remembered her early years living on the Bench before moving, as well as, visiting her grandparents. Brandel and Evans both live on the Depot Bench, and...
Dates: November 11, 2017
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Depot Bench Neighborhood Association Project

Carlyle Wilkie Briggs, November 4, 2013

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Abstract Carlyle Briggs was born in 1922, he grew up near the corner of Franklin and Eagleson. His father was an engineer and his grandfather was a farmer near Cole and Ustick. Carlyle’s father ran an engineering office out of a building in Downtown Boise until the 1940s, when Carlyle joined the firm and the two of them opened an office on Grove Street. The office is now where the Basque Pelota court is. Carlyle built a house on a plot of land gifted to him from his father on the family land on...
Dates: November 4, 2013
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

Carol Nye , July 16, 2013

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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.

Dates: July 16, 2013
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Morris Hill Neighborhood

Carole Hesse and Kim Coe, August 15, 2013

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Abstract This interview includes Carole Hesse, her niece Kim Coe, and Carole’s roommate Van Heiselberg (sp?). Van does not answer any question, but does make some comments towards the end. Jim Duran had difficulty controlling the room and it may be difficult to transcribe this interview.Carole Hesse was born in the early 1940s, her older sister Sharron was good friends with Vicki Linderborn. Sharron’s daughter Kim Coe did extensive research in her mother’s diary and tells some stories she...
Dates: August 15, 2013
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

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