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Families--history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Wilkins , August 30, 2019

 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: August 30, 2019
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 3: Citizens

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
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Bench Neighborhood / Angie Davis Boise Bench History Project

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
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Vista Neighborhood

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
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

Stanley Herzinger , May 22, 2014

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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: May 22, 2014
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 3: Citizens

Thomas Byrne , July 9, 2013, July 23, 2013, and August 20, 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 9, 2013, July 23, 2013, and August 20, 2013
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 3: Citizens

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
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

Vernon L. Bisterfeldt , September 15, 2010, August 31, 2011, and September 9, 2011

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Abstract In three interviews with Brandi Burns on September 15, 2010, August 31 and September 9, 2011 Vernon Bisterfeldt discusses his family and personal history, his career in the Boise Police Department, and his decade of service as a member of the Boise City Council. In Vernon Bisterfeldt’s interview on August 31, 2011, Bisterfeldt shared his experiences as a Boise City Police Officer. Bisterfeldt worked for the Boise Police Department from May 1959 to January 1987, retiring after 28...
Dates: September 15, 2010, August 31, 2011, and September 9, 2011
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 2: Boise City Departments / City Council

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
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

Wilch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 008
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, cards, photographic prints and negatives, advertisements, bills, and ephemera. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence and cards addressed to Mary dated between 1942-1968. A significant portion of the correspondence is from 1956, when Mary’s mother Edith and sister Hazel traveled to Chicago. Correspondents include Edith McCarthy, Hazel McCarthy, William McCarthy, Mrs. Kenneth Lingley, Blanch McCarthy, and Frank "Tex" Branning.

Dates: 1920-1970; Majority of material found in 1942-1968
Found in: Collections / Wilch family papers

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