Older people--Care--United States

A book published by the Boise Council on Aging titled Now My Soul Has Elbow Room-Writings on Healing. The book was compiled during the fall of 1982 by a group of a dozen senior citizens in an artistic experiment. The book consists of poems, stories, and dramas.

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.

This collection documents the business activities of Mary Ann Seitz Hart, who worked as the Executive Director of the Boise Council on Aging from 1977-1986. The material is largely textual, consisting of correspondence, meeting minutes, budgets, handbooks, reports, policies, newspaper clippings, and newsletters. Other formats include photographs and scrapbooks.