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Families--history

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:

20th Century Lanes , November 27, 2017

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Abstract In an interview with Adam Cotterell conducted on November 27, 2017, Mona Carrole Lindeen discusses her family’s ownership of 20th Century Lanes. Mona discusses how the business evolved through changes in the ownership of the business complex, her family’s involvement in management, and the popularity of bowling as a pastime. Mona describes how her father first got into the business in 1954 with the purchase of a partnership in a bowling center located at 606 Idaho Street and his...
Dates: November 27, 2017
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 1: Boise Businesses

Allen Sielaff, August 27, 2015

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Abstract Allen Sielaff’s interview, completed on August 27, 2015, spanned his personal and family history in the Boise area. Sielaff detailed his grandfather’s career as a jockey, racing horses all over the country and parts of Mexico. His second grandfather worked in construction and raised horses; the most famous being race horse, Idaho Tribe. His family’s connection to horses permeated Sielaff’s earliest memories with his grandfathers. Sielaff also discussed his parents both going to Borah High...
Dates: August 27, 2015
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Vista Neighborhood

Anona DeWinter, May 26, 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: May 26, 2017
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 3: Citizens

Arthur Jackson , May 2, 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 2, 2014
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 3: Citizens

Barbara Brasch, April 23, 2014

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In an interview with Elizabeth Welk on April 23, 2014, Barbra Brasch discusses memories of the businesses on the Bench in the 1950s, the schools and parks people who lived on the bench frequented, how the roads were set up, some of the families she remembers from the neighborhood, what transportation was like, and how Boise has developed throughout her life.

Dates: April 23, 2014
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Bench Neighborhood

Barbara Miller Johncox, February 23, 2014

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Abstract Barbara Miller Johncox is the daughter of Donald B. Miller and Janet Jenkins Miller. Her family moved to the Central Bench neighborhood in 1966 from San Diego, California. Barbara discusses her memories of Boise growing up, the development of the Central Bench neighborhood, and her family. She recounts her mother’s work in politics as the national committee woman for the State of Idaho Republican Party, a position she held for fifteen years, and her successful 2002 campaign for seat 17-B in...
Dates: February 23, 2014
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

Ben Day , November 9, 2017

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Abstract During Ben Day’s interview, which took place on November 9, 2017, he described what it was like growing up on the Boise Bench. Day described his childhood, schooling, and his father’s construction history. The main subject discussed was the construction of Vista Village, how it impacted the Bench neighborhood, and what businesses have been located there. Overall, the interview was about the changes that took place on the Depot Bench during Day’s lifetime, from his birth in 1949 to the...
Dates: November 9, 2017
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Depot Bench Neighborhood Association Project

Ben Day and Andrew Jacobs , October 28, 2013

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Ben Day grew up with his family on the Bench. First living on Day Drive until age five, and then moving to a house on Bel Air Street. He and his nephew, Andrew Jacobs, discuss living in the area.

Dates: October 28, 2013
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Bench Neighborhood / Angie Davis Boise Bench History Project

Benton "Ben" K. Wetzel , October 21, 2013

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Abstract Benton “Ben” Wetzel was born August 22, 1939, he is the son of Wilma Dorsey and Kenneth “Bud” Wetzel. He lived with his mother on 27th and Idaho until age 10 when he moved into his father’s home on South Phillippi. He discusses what Phillippi looked like in the late 1940s and 1950s, the businesses that were present, and his life there. He attended Park School at 16th and Main, Whittier Elementary, attended his first year of junior high at old Franklin School before moving to West Junior High...
Dates: October 21, 2013
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Central Bench Neighborhood Association History Project

Betty Jo Evans and Megan Brandel , November 11, 2017

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Abstract As part of the Depot Bench Neighborhood Association, this interview detailed multigenerational stories about growing up in the Bench Neighborhood, given on November 11, 2017. Betty Jo Evans grew up on the Bench, going to school at South Junior High and Borah High School, while working at North’s Chuck Wagon. Her daughter, Megan Brandel, remembered her early years living on the Bench before moving, as well as, visiting her grandparents. Brandel and Evans both live on the Depot Bench, and...
Dates: November 11, 2017
Found in: Collections / MS 075, Oral History Program collection / Series 6: Neighborhoods / Depot Bench Neighborhood Association Project

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