Small business--Management

Abstract

In an interview with Elizabeth Stadley on March 17, 2014, Dan Balluff discusses his business, City Peanut Shop. The local business was established in 2010 by Dan and his wife; he describes where the idea for the shop came from and his experience as a local business owner in Boise.

Abstract In an interview with Elizabeth Stadley on April 16, 2014, Wilma “Dody” and Garnette Edwards discuss their family’s business Edwards Greenhouse and The Florist at Edwards. They describe how the business has expanded and evolved to meet community needs, and their experience as small business owners in Boise.Edwards Greenhouse was started in 1930 by Garnette’s grandfather Thomas F. Edwards as a truck farm, selling vegetables to local grocery stores and door to door. The business has...

Abstract In an interview with Elizabeth Stadley on March 5, 2014, Gabrielle Krake discusses her business Bee Wise Goods and experience as a small business owner in Boise. After many years of running different businesses, including partial ownership in an outfitters business and restaurant with her family, Gabrielle started Bee Wise Goods in 2007. She recognized a personal and commercial desire for reusable grocery bags, and instead of the branded freebees she had collected over the years...

Abstract

Carol and Tim Tallman, owners of Hap Tallman Stocksmans Supply. His father, Hap Tallman, took over the business on Overland Road in 1962 from Patterson Livestock and renamed it in 1964. They recount the history of the business and how the area has developed since the 1960s.

Content Description

This collection documents the activities of the Hitchcock and O’Leary families. Materials are largely textual, comprising correspondence, newspapers, newspaper clippings, family histories, postcards, and yearbooks. Among other formats present in the collection are photographs, ephemera, and artifacts.

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the business activities of Idaho Camera from 1948-2005. Included in the collection are photographs, legal documents, articles of incorporation, financial documents, building design drawings, newspapers, awards, and a scrapbook.

Abstract In an interview with Elizabeth Stadley on March 21, 2014, Jessie Krumpe discusses The Basque Market’s history in Boise and their development of a specialty product for the Boise 150 project celebrating Boise’s sesquicentennial. Jessie describes the businesses desire to use the Boise 150 project as an opportunity to expand the public’s awareness of the Basque culture. She also discusses how the business has evolved and their experience in the small business community of Boise. The...

Abstract Haley Noble conducted this interview on December 6th, 2017, with Jim Collier in Boise, Idaho as part of the Citizens of Boise oral history project. Jim Collier, who was the owner of Lemp’s Apothecary in downtown Boise from 1968 to 1989, shares his memories of working there as a pharmacist. He discusses the various responsibilities he had after gaining ownership in 1968, such as managing the deliveries of prescriptions to people in the area, record keeping, and the pharmaceutical contracts he...

Abstract Travis Jeffres conducted this remote interview on February 22, 2023, with Katheryn and Edmond Fong as part of the Documenting Chinese History in Greater Boise through Oral History project. Katheryn and Edmond Fong, children of Harry Fong, offer their memories of Boise’s Chinese population, Boise’s Chinatown, and growing up in Boise as Chinese Americans. Their father, Harry Fong, arrived in Boise from China in 1911 and quickly became an indispensable figure in the community. He worked as an...

Abstract In an interview with Elizabeth Stadley on March 3, 2014, Kay Johnson discusses her business Dream Chocolate, and her experience as a local business owner. After selling her first business, Kay wanted to craft foods appropriate for outfitters due to her love of the outdoors and many connections with rafting companies. As she was working on her new business, she was contacted by a struggling local chocolate company to help expand their distribution. She combined her two ideas to...