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Families--history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

Byrne, Clawson, Virgil families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 026
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...
Dates: 1876-2023; Majority of material found within 1880-1960

Carla Sunshine Bailey , April 4, 2014

 File
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: April 4, 2014

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

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

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

Charles F. Hummel oral history

 Collection
Identifier: MS 022
Content Description

This collection contains six oral history interviews with Charles F. Hummel including transcripts, copy of an Idaho State Historical Society oral history with F. Hummel, original contract, proposals, schedules, releases, presentation with slides to City of Boise Historic Preservation Commission.

Dates: April 29, 1999, May 13, 1999, May 26, 1999, June 2, 1999, June 9, 1999, and June 30, 1999

Charlie Bull, November 19, 2011

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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: November 19, 2011

Chris Miner , August 22, 2013

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Abstract Chris Miner is a sibling of Marko Simunich and Mary Crist. She grew up near the corner of Franklin and Orchard and went to Franklin School. Chris spends most of the interview telling stories and memories of her parents Mike and Mary Simunich. She gives details of their marriage, how they came to Boise and Mike’s work with Boise Payette Lumber Company and work in Stibnite in the early 1900s. Chris also tells stories of her mother’s activities as a homemaker, including raising cows and making...
Dates: August 22, 2013

Chuck and Polly Hedemark , February 13, 2018

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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: February 13, 2018

Clarence A. Bolin , March 20, 2019

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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: March 20, 2019