Neighborhoods
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Curtis, September 1, 2015
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Abstract
Robert Curtis discusses living in the Vista neighborhood with his family in the 1940s.
Dates:
September 1, 2015
Roy, Pat, and Larry Sale , August 5, 2017
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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:
August 5, 2017
Russell Relyea , October 19, 2013
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Abstract
Russell Relyea was interviewed on October 19, 2013. Relyea detailed various homeowners and neighborhoods on the Boise Bench during the 1950s. He also relayed which schools he went to and how he drove a Model T Ford to Boise High School. Relyea provided information about the different grocery stores in the area, details about his family’s mortuary business, and how the Bench has changed since he lived there. He also explained how the valley has changed with the construction of Lucky Peak dam...
Dates:
October 19, 2013
Sadami Tanabe, January 13, 2014
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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...
Dates:
January 13, 2014
Sandy Dickerson , September 10, 2015
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Abstract
On September 10, 2015 Sandy Dickerson was interviewed regarding the history of the Vista neighborhood. She recounted how her grandparents first came to Boise in the 1930s and built their home in the Vista neighborhood. Dickerson recalled her childhood growing up in the area and what life was like in this part of Boise during the 40s and 50s. She moved away when she was twelve years old, but returned as an adult to the area in the 1970s. Dickerson described the differences in the neighborhood...
Dates:
September 10, 2015
Shari Hennefer, March 9, 2014
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Abstract
Shari Hennefer is the daughter of Earlene Pinneo. Earlene and her older sister, Marilyn Joan Pinneo, moved to the Central Bench neighborhood from the North End in 1930 with their parents George Earl and Ella Cassidy Pinneo. Both Marilyn and Earlene attended Franklin School, for all twelve years, graduating in 1943 and 1945. Shari recounts stories from her mother and aunt about growing up in the neighborhood, as well as stories from her childhood and life there.
Dates:
March 9, 2014
Susan Pisani, September 10, 2015
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Abstract
Susan Pisani was interviewed on September 10, 2015. Her interview primarily concerned community improvement projects that she supervised in the Vista neighborhood. Pisani moved to the Vista neighborhood in 1983 and was actively involved in the community by founding the Vista Neighborhood Association. She was president of the association, volunteering for more than twenty years while also working other full-time jobs. During her tenure, programs such as Paint the Town, Rake Up Boise, and...
Dates:
September 10, 2015
Tom Eubanks, August 24, 2013
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Abstract
Tom Eubanks is the son of Mary Latermore, the daughter of Tom Latermore who bought lots of the property on the NE corner of Franklin and Orchard. Royal Eubanks (Tom’s father) bought a plot from Tom Latermore and built a house for him and Mary. That is where Tom Eubanks grew up. He went to Franklin School and active in Wright Community Church. He remembers playing in the pastures, going to movies downtown, and cruising Fairview in his car. Tom’s father started a leather company in the...
Dates:
August 24, 2013
Vicki Linderborn, July 13, 2013
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Abstract
Vicki Linderborn was born in Mackey Idaho in 1936. Her father worked for the U.S. Forest Service, out of the Boise office, near 900 River Street. Her parents bought a house on the Bench in 1941, when Vicki was five. She went to Franklin Elementary School and spent most of her free time playing in the open fields. She was the first class to enter South Junior High and remembers voting for school colors and a mascot. Getting to school was difficult due to canals with no bridges. As a teenager...
Dates:
July 13, 2013