World War, 1939-1945

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.

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This collection contains a compilation of World War Two Era Minute Maid original art and photographs.

Scope and Contents The Byrne, Clawson, Virgil Families Papers consist of correspondence, land deeds, high school reunion programs, receipts and invoices, funeral ephemera, business documents, sports books, photographs, and postcards to, from, and relating to the Byrne, Clawson, and Virgil families of Boise, Idaho and Morris County, New Jersey and the collateral and descendent families of Hodgin, Gibson, and Howland. The papers relate primarily to Sarah Topping “Sallie” Clawson (1856-1928) and to her children...

Scope and Contents This collection contains bumper stickers, photographs, and audiovisual materials from Bill and Cordelia Onweiler’s political and public service in Boise, Idaho during the 1950s-1970s. Special emphasis is placed on the development of Boise’s Greenbelt. The collection also includes a printed manuscript titled “Billy Goes to War” that Bill Onweiler wrote about his service in the United States National Guard during World War II. The collection contains digital reproductions of images and...

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The collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, newspapers, newspaper clippings, family histories, postcards, yearbooks and artifacts.

Scope and Contents This collection documents Irving Warren Hart Jr.’s career as Editor of The Idaho Statesman for 13 years and as Chief Information Officer of the Selective Service System from 1940 to 1954. It also contains personal material including manuscripts, vital records, and family photographs. A significant topic represented in this collection is the first peacetime draft lottery which occurred in 1940, prior to U.S. entry into World War II. Also represented in the collection are two editions of The...

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This collection consists of five copies of The Idaho Statesman Centennial Edition published July 26, 1964, and copies of The Idaho Free Press published May 6, 1941 and May 11, 1941 containing coverage of World War II.

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This collection contains ration books and a war bond booklet from World War II, maps of the Boise area, and a pamphlet about uranium prospects near Mesa Verde.

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.

Abstract Sadami Tanabe was interviewed on January 13, 2014 as part of the Boise Bench history. He began his interview talking about how his family made a living farming near Portland, OR and how he volunteered to work the fields in Nyssa, ID. After his time in Nyssa, his family was forced to leave Portland and go to Minidoka Internment Camp until 1946. After World War II, Tanabe and his family stayed in Boise with Tanabe buying his first house on the Boise Bench. Currently, Tanabe is retired, but...