Donna Day Jacobs , November 13, 2013
Scope and Contents
As part of the completion of the Master of Applied Historical Research program at Boise State University, Angie Davis interviewed long-time residents of the Boise Bench. The subjects’ lifetime experiences range from the interwar period, Depression Era, and through the post-war period as Boise’s suburban Bench neighborhoods were transformed from rural farms and orchards to the metropolitan outskirts of suburban Boise. The subjects interviewed range in economic, social, and cultural backgrounds and persuasions, their perspectives contribute unique insights into the ways that Boise’s rural communities reacted to and dealt with international, regional, and local historical events.
Dates
- November 13, 2013
Extent
73.6 Megabytes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Donna Day Jacobs was interviewed on November 13, 2013. The purpose of the interview was to establish some of the Boise Bench History. Jacobs started the interview detailing her family’s history and settlement in Boise and Emmett from England. Just as Jacobs began discussing her life, the tape was cut short, with the interview only lasting a little over seven minutes.
Source
- Jacobs , Donna Day (Narrator, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Collections Repository